The other day on the radio, the hosts were trying to decide who is currently "America's Sweetheart." They both agreed that right now, it's Zendaya. I can't think of anyone else fits the bill any better. Maybe Taylor Swift? What do you all think?
shareOlivia Rodrigo
sharelol she's pretty far from America's Sweetheart. I assume you are joking? If not, I have to wonder about your definition of a sweetheart. :P
shareAre you kidding? They already compare her to Taylor Swift. You picked someone who plays an addict on a blue tv show, while mine got invited to the White House to interview Dr. Fauci to promote vaccination. Zendaya is much farther from her Disney image now than Olivia Rodrigo is. Rodrigo is totally leaning into the "sweetheart, good girl" brand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbvr1WZjPro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wHOtsQ44HA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8sHSEtH3L4&t=24s
I didn't pick anyone. Zendaya was the consensus pick on the radio show. I mentioned Taylor Swift-- is she on a TV show? What is a blue tv show?
Olivia Rodrigo's image is that of a foul-mouthed, angry teen. She makes great music, but it's hardly the music of a sweetheart...
They brought it up, but you said you couldn't think of anyone better, except maybe Swift. Sounds like you're part of that consensus.
This is faux bad girl, who sings about boys, self-doubt, and the inability to parallel park -- and calls their record "Sour"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olivia_Rodrigo_-_SOUR.png
It's bubble gum, but bubble gum these days includes a few curse words. Stickers on your face and your tongue out is the type of thing that resonates with younger girls who think that's rebellious, while not knowing what bad really is -- but it's cute that they think it is.
That's a far piece from Euphoria that has more foul language, violence, drug addiction, sex, and nudity in any random 10 mins (and criticized for glamorizing it) than the silly school girl drama Rodrigo sings about. I don't think parents mind their kid listening to Rodrigo, or going to her concert with stickers on their faces, b/c none of it needs to be taken too seriously. But Rue and crew on Euphoria are showing what they pray isn't going on with high school kids. As an adult, one makes you smile while the other makes you wince. Throw in Rodrigo's impenetrable "aww shucks" demeanor, and you have a good candidate.
Sandra Bullock is.
sharelol 28 years ago she was :)
shareDid she do something to not make her a sweetheart anymore?
shareShe aged 28 years.
shareSo it's not about being a sweetheart, but about being attractive?
shareNo, it's that the concept of America's Sweetheart is that any given time there is one young, "girl next door" type of girl who is the de facto sweetheart to the nation. She's the girl who has caught the public's eye.
Before Sandra Bullock it was probably Julia Roberts. She gave way to Bullock, and so on. I'd guess that Shirley Temple would have been the holder of that title in the 1930s or '40s, but it isn't as if she was still "America's Sweetheart" until she died in 2014.
So it's "it girl" not "America's sweetheart."
But the way, Mary Pickford was America's sweetheart and she wasn't even American so that should show you how stupid the whole thing is.
America's Sweetheart is different than the "It Girl," but the same idea-- it changes every few years. And nationality doesn't really come into play. Just because someone is born elsewhere doesn't mean they can't become beloved in another land.
shareShe's very pretty but it really grates on me when stars use only one name. Like, I'm so unique that I can only be identified by one word, and therefore the only person who can ever be identified by that word, is wonderful, amazing me.
Big eyeroll.
I'm with you on that. Also, recently there was an author who passed away whose name was Bell Hooks. She didn't want her name to start with capital letters and people actually conformed to that stupidness.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
She thinks she's so special that she can bypass the English language.
I've heard of her. I remember the first time I saw her name in print, I thought it was a mistake and the editor of the article didn't bother to proofread it.
shareShe is the whole world's sweetheart. America is a racist county. Always has been. Always will be.
shareAnd you are a dumb fuck. I'm assuming you always have been and always will be.
shareMillions of sadistic darkies move to USA to be oppressed - the ultimate ecstasy.
shareIlhan Omar said she never experienced racism until she moved to America.
shareShe is Somalian... Read what happens to white women in Somalia - they get fucked in every hole by gangs of men non-stop until their ransom is paid (infertility results from the horrible vaginal trauma).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Lindhout
https://youtu.be/cy6w7i0Cnsc
Just one of hundreds of ignorant things she's said...
shareone of the podcasts i follow said that zendaya was given the highest rating of any celeb on some kind of famous person likability/favourability ranking - i think it's called a q rating, something like that. i haven't drilled into that, because i don't care.
but it seems like something that could be true.
someone who makes a ton of money MOSTLY for being sexy? hmmmm....
I can think of women in another profession that do that :D
She absolutely is and she is also the most important actress of our times. She's the future.
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