Vanessa Hudgens to Play Stripper Mimi in Rent
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--Vanessa Hudgens is a stage and screen good girl no longer. The actress recently signed on to appear as HIV-positive junkie stripper Mimi in an L.A.-based stage performance of Rent, directed by Neil Patrick Harris. [Celebuzz.com]
--Move over, Sarah McLachlan -- The Lilith Fair's got a brand new gal added to the lineup: Rihanna! The "Russian Roulette" songstress will join the women-only music festival when it hits Salt Lake City on July 12. Colbie Caillat, Erykah Badu and Kelly Clarkson will also perform. [Just Jared]
--Jennifer Love Hewitt is delving deep into her dating past as she promotes her relationship advice book, The Day I Shot Cupid. During an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show, Hewitt revealed she went to dinner with Wonder Years' Fred Savage when she was 14. "We went to a comedy club and we went to dinner and he dropped me off at home," she said. "He never called me again." [Huffington Post]
--Singer Shakira visited earthquake-rocked Haiti Sunday to meet with quake survivors and announce plans to break ground for a school for children. [PopEater]
--Who does Jennifer Lopez consider first when picking out her clothes in the morning? No, not hubby Marc Anthony. J. Lo keeps the drag queens who impersonate her in mind. "I'll be like, 'Is this outfit any good? Would any drag queen want to put this on? No? Then forget it -- it's not worth it,'" the singer tells The Advocate. [StarPulse.com]
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14Okay, I have arguments for both sides about the following comments: One, okay, I LOVE rent! Don't get me wrong. But guys, Mimi IS a stripper! That's what she's supposed to be! I definitely think Vanessa can't pull this off. I really don't like her and she doesn't have good enough vocal abilities to pull it off. However, Vanessa is not a sl*t or a wh*re. She is an actress and she has talent. But not enough to pull Mimi off. Neil Patrick Harris, I love you. But this is the biggest mistake you've ever made. Even Barney never made a bigger mistake than u have and that's saying something.
OMG!! How did she get cast? She can't sing, and can barely act. She looks adorable, I guess that helps. As for the Jennifer Love Hewitt thing, I think Fred Savage is quite a few years older than her. 14 is a young age, maybe he realized how young on the date.
@ manny Mimi works at the Cat Scratch Club, not Kit Kat and the people who play Mimi can actually sing, unlike Vanessa
I'd Totally Hit That.........V, call me........;)
Go for it Vanessa..you are an artist. Therefore u r allowed to perform various roles..not only Gabrella. I am rooting for you.
Go Vanessa!! I only hope u have learned from your mistakes. We are all humans..who ar prone to make mistakes. The problem is what we do after we make the mistakes. Some of u bloggers..pose nude for your boyfriend and/or girlfriends. so what if Vannessa did that? Its the guy who got JEALOUS when she was becoming a celebrity. Go and watch Rent...people like you media lead a stray.
OMG...why all the haters? Is it that she is with Zach or that she is pretty and talented? OMG...she took the pictures for her (ex) boyfriend before she became part of Disney, she trusted the guy, needless to say we all make mistakes. Maybe you all should take a breath, man, you all have nothing but trash mouths.
Always knew this b.tch was a sl.t and I was right. Go back to your street corner you h0oker!
Yeah, Mimi ain't a stripper. She may dance around in her underwear, but she doesn't go any further than that. Haven't you seen Rent?
mimi is not a stripper in rent. she is a dancer at the kit kat club.
The "stripper" part sounds about right, and she doesn't have to do it, she already showed everyone everything she's got, when she purposely stripped down totally naked and had a friend cell photo her and put it all over the internet. What a trash girl. Why'd she think anyone want's to see her naked anyway? Disney should have fired her, yeah, this trash belongs in Disney films? Shows what Disney is all about. She'll probably start doing porn soon, if she can't get any movie roles.
The "stripper" part sounds about right, and she doesn't have to do it, she already showed everyone everything she's got, when she purposely stripped down totally naked and had a friend cell photo her and put it all over the internet. What a trash girl. Why'd she think anyone want's to see her naked anyway? Disney should have fired her, yeah, this trash belongs in Disney films? Shows what Disney is all about. She'll probably start doing porn soon, if she can't get any movie roles.
I hate vanessa hudgens because she looks like my ex boyfriend girlfriend.
wooooooow VANESSA you're always surprise me