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Why is She Still Famous?


I just can't wrap my head around it. She's in several straight-to-VOD movies each year. She had a supporting role in a hit back in 2008. Her short-lived TV show was canned in 2007.

Yet despite all of this she is consistently the first guest on The Tonight Show (remember her stealing Ryan Lochte's interview?), appears in a number of headlines for trivial matters, and her unscrupulous Veronica Mars movie exploited Kickstarter for more PR. To add insult to injury, her "fame" has by proxy made Dax Shepard a name.

Whatever talent this actress possesses is not manifesting in a hit, but someone out there giving her chance after chance.

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If people were really giving her chance after chance she would be cast in some better projects and not all these low budget indie films.

Talk shows book her because she is a reliable guest to use as filler. She does also have a regular role on House of Lies so she is slightly relevant. She is coasting on a lot of goodwill of a former project at this point though. If

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I find her irritating, annoying, bothersome and laughable. I've never been impressed at her acting skills and it boggles the mind why she's still around let alone popular. But then again we live in a world with Beiber, Britney and Miley so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

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Frozen was definitely good she should stick to animated movies it suites her better.

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To be fair, I've only watched a couple of her films. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Lifeguard and her small role in Couples Retreat. Also Frozen. Damn she could sing. What I wanna say is imo, she really can act. In FSM, I know she and Pete weren't ever gonna be together, but that apology and stuff actually made me reconsider. She was good. And in The Lifeguard, albeit it's not a great film, being the director's debut production, her acting in that was beyond amateur or average.

I don't think she could be too much more famous than she is now. She's got talent, yes, but I don't think the world in this couple of decades really cares for real talent anymore.

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She's famous because she has a hit, made for premium cable series.

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And is a movie star/costar.

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On, I remember the show you speak of:
VERONICA MARS. Yeah, she's hot.

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Because she is extremely sexy.

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Her "short-lived TV show" is a cult classic. You act as if it was some meaningless show that nobody ever speaks of. I personally have never seen it, but I'm not ignorant enough to ignore the fact that is a cult classic. Why do you think her kickstarter campaign for a Veronica Mars movie made over 5 million dollars? It wouldn't have raised that much if the show didn't have an enormous fan base.

You also do realize she is a regular on a TV series that is on the air right now, right? She is a regular on House of Lies, which is in its 3rd season. She was the voice of Gossip Girl for 6 seasons, which is arguably an extremely popular TV series. She's been part of the cast of some pretty high grossing films the past couple years as well. She might not have been the star/lead of those films, but she was nonetheless apart of them.

That right there is why she is still famous. People also adore her and her personality. I haven't seen too much of her work, but she has an adorable personality. Every time she is booked on a talk show I watch simply because she is always an entertaining guest.

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"She was the voice of Gossip Girl for 6 seasons, which is arguably an extremely popular TV series."
XOXO. Gossip Girl.

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