Beyonce Knowles gets seal of approval from Eartha Kitt for biopic

[lovely bones]

Iconic singer/actress Eartha Kitt has given her seal of approval to R+B beauty Beyonce Knowles to star in a biopic on her life.

The original Catwoman star, 79, has written about her seven decades in showbusiness in her memoirs I'm Still Here and Rejuvenate: It's Never Too Late.

The Santa Baby hitmaker is thrilled to hear the former Destiny's Child singer is lined-up for the movie, and she believes it is high time her exciting life hit the screen.

She tells website PageSix.com, "My life has been so damned interesting."

From Yahoo!News

[heart_leigh]

I love Eartha Kitt! I don't know what Eartha Kitt was thinking, but Beyonce wouldn't do her justice. However, I suppose I could give a benefit of doubt.

[alcohol the honey]

She looks nothing like Eartha plus she's not much of an actress.

[pacific breeze]

^^Exactly. Beauty will only get you so far and Kitt has tons of personality.

[bychance]

JANET JACKSON FTW!

The Kitt-en’s still purring






KATHERINE VOLIN, Washington Blade
Friday, November 09, 2007

When Extra! asked Janet Jackson last month whom she’d like to portray in a movie musical, she hesitated as though she was reluctant to reveal a secret.


“I don’t know — I have this thing for Eartha Kitt,” she said. “I would love to.”


An Eartha Kitt musical biopic starring Jackson is the stuff of gay diva-worshipping fantasy, but this particular dream could come true. The Extra! interview was at least the second time in October that Jackson dropped a hint that she was interested in playing Kitt.


Kitt, who is scheduled to perform at the Warner Theatre in D.C. on Nov. 10, says the screenplay of her life’s story was written years ago. She’s only waiting for “somebody who is suitable for the character.” And if Jackson really wants the part, Kitt says she would support her playing the role.
“I think it would be wonderful. I’m very glad that she’s interested,” Kitt told the Blade. “Everything depends on the studio. If she’s interested, she should call them.”


Kitt’s is the kind of story that’s begging to be told. Born to racially diverse parents in a 1927 South Carolina world that rejected her for being neither white nor black, Kitt was eventually abandoned by both parents by age 8, when her mother sent her to Harlem to live with her aunt.


When she was still a teenager, Kitt auditioned for and won a spot dancing and singing in the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe. One night while performing in Paris with the group, a nightclub owner noticed her and booked her to be his featured singer. It was in the audience’s adoration that she finally found acceptance.


“The audience has always been my real family, outside of my daughter and her children, of course,” Kitt says.


ALTHOUGH SHE’S NOW 80, Kitt is still performing and thrilling live audiences.

Janet looks much more like Eartha than Beyaki. Angela Basett as well.





Very Angela Basett here.

[lurkur]

Beyonce as Eartha Kitt? No way, not even. Even Angelina Jolie would be better suited.

[bychance]

Yes, Angelina Jolie should play every well known black women.

[msdebagain]

I think Angela Bassett would be a great choice

[lurkur]

Originally Posted by bychance

Yes, Angelina Jolie should play every well known black women.

Wow, that flew right over your head, eh?

[bychance]

Even Angelina Jolie would be better suited.

^yes.

[Sweetie]

Beyonce is trying so hard to get an Oscar.

[bychance]

She should stick to making albums in 2 weeks

[lurkur]

Originally Posted by bychance

Even Angelina Jolie would be better suited.

^yes.

bychance, I didn't mean to come off as too nasty (ok, maybe I did ), but I think we're in agreement. I think Angelina Jolie was NOT a good choice to play a black woman, especially with the amount of quality of black actresses there are - and the amount there COULD be if they didn't give black roles to white Hollywood royalty.

Beyonstage has little resemblance to Eartha Kitt aside from "being black." They don't look alike, they don't have the same body shape (no amount of industry or Knowles machinery could EVER squeeze Beyonstage into one of Eartha's catwoman suits), they don't sound alike, and Beyonstage cannot act.

[bychance]

Originally Posted by lurkur

bychance, I didn't mean to come off as too nasty (ok, maybe I did ), but I think we're in agreement. I think Angelina Jolie was NOT a good choice to play a black woman, especially with the amount of quality of black actresses there are - and the amount there COULD be if they didn't give black roles to white Hollywood royalty.

Beyonstage has little resemblance to Eartha Kitt aside from "being black." They don't look alike, they don't have the same body shape (no amount of industry or Knowles machinery could EVER squeeze Beyonstage into one of Eartha's catwoman suits), they don't sound alike, and Beyonstage cannot act.

I agree 100%

[pinkbunnyslippers]

NO! please not Beyonce! Eartha and Beyonce are two different types of artists. Yes Angela Bassett would be great for playing her.