Her music career began in 2005 when she made some of her vocal recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings.
I should have known that. I do love me some Lily Allen.
I’m pretty sure that Lily Allen and Justin Bieber aren’t the only ones to start their careers on YouTube; I’m pretty sure Shawn Mendes did as well, and there are probably others who were not musicians.
And Lana Turner really did get discovered by a casting agent who saw her sitting at a drugstore counter. But that’s a single real-life example up against how many film and TV examples of such a thing happening?
The thread title is “almost never happens.”
Yes, but @Asuka said “Who’s the only person to get lifetime fame from a viral video that wasn’t a sex tape?”, suggesting that this was some sort of unique occurence.
It appears to be happening more often without letting up. Of course fame does not equal wealth.
I should have also put it “musicians” as an exception.
Since the examples I’m thinking of someone is in a viral video and suddenly becomes a politician/major league athlete/CEO.
But even our examples are, what, half a dozen unknowns “discovered”?
Out of the millions who are spending their time trying, just sure fame’ll happen to them…
Not a performer, but it’s similar to how Andy Weir launched his career as a professional writer. He had a website where he posted his comic Casey and Andy. He wrote a novel The Martian, which he made available as a fee download from his website. Readers suggested it should be put on Amazon. It became a big hit, and was adapted into a movie.
Ugh, I’ve seen too much of this. Before I understood what was happening, it was, for lack of a better word, surreal. I wondered if people were posing bodies for some reason. You absolutely cannot un-see it.
When I saw this photo today, I cringed. Brought all the memories right back.
Oops! I see you already posted that. Sorry!
I am all agog to discover what Jesus has to do with quicksand!
Sheena Easton had a moderately successful music career as a result of being bigged up by a BBC documentary called The Big Time.
I don’t know that I’ve ever turned on the news and seen the authorities or anyone really pursuing someone on top of a moving train.
Maybe because those chases don’t last long. Just until that tunnel that the bad guy doesn’t see.
… And went on to be sniped on stage on Miami Vice.
Has running at you despite being riddled with bullets been mentioned yet? For example, James Caan in The Godfather. I watched a behind-the-scenes show about the movie, and someone was saying that Coppola was told by an expert on the set that there was no way Sonny or anyone else riddled with that many bullets could possibly run at anyone. The guy said Coppola listened carefully to the expert and then said that well, he wanted it to happen that way.
People breaking their leg and lying in traction in a hospital bed. I’ve known many people who have broken their legs and never heard of one requiring traction.
Isn’t traction only needed for a broken femur?
People have mentioned serial killers but not a trope that’s especially annoying.
In a police show, a serial killer who murders about once every three years will have drawn attention by a new murder. And then, for their convenience he - it’s almost always a he - will kill again three days later so he can get caught in the act.
That’s what I thought as well but when my daughter broke hers no traction there either. Seen it lots of time on tv (especially cartoons) but never in life.