If you’re a fan of 1980s comedies, you probably remember Rick Moranis from Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. But odds are no one remembers him for The Agoraphobic Cowboy, a 2005 spoof country album that managed to win a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Recording. Though he did sing his way through Little Shop of Horrors, Moranis never pretended to be a great musical talent — “There’s a couple of melodies that are O.K., I guess,” he said of the album — and the disc is now out of print.
What happens when bubblegum pop doesn’t stick? While other teen singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were reveling in late-’90s pop success, actress Jennifer Love Hewitt’s pop-happy tunes never quite caught on. Unfortunately in the pop biz, a strong voice does little to make up for awful songwriting. The actress, who starred in the TV drama Party of Five and the movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, released a staggering six total albums, with her first one at age 12.
The only track to snag a post on the Billboard 100 was 1999′s “How Do I Deal,” which made it to No. 59. A few more albums from 2002 to 2007 saw only overseas success, and Hewitt retreated from the music biz to focus on her CBS show, the supernatural weepie Ghost Whisperer. This year, however, she’s back, and going country: her new album is in the works for 2010. Seventh time’s the charm?
Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show “Family Feud” has died. He was 79.
As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages
