June 16, 200520 yr Stars make poor role models, surprise, surprise! Poll: Most Say Stars Make Poor Role Models By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Most Americans think movie stars are poor role models and almost half say movies generally aren't as good as they used to be, an AP-AOL poll found. Australian star Russell Crowe's recent arrest for throwing a phone at a hotel employee is the latest in a long line of unflattering incidents involving major movie stars. Christian Slater faces charges he grabbed a woman's buttocks in a New York City grocery; Winona Ryder was convicted of shoplifting in 2002; and Hugh Grant was caught in a car with a prostitute in the mid-1990s. Those occurrences, combined with most Americans' preference for watching movies at home, suggest the industry faces challenges if it is to reverse a recent drop in attendance at movie theaters. Movie stars don't set a good example, said Earl Ledbetter, a movie fan who lives in Ventura, Calif. "They just don't have the morals," he said. "They marry and divorce, sleep around a lot." Almost three-fourths, 73 percent, said they would prefer to stay home and watch a movie on their DVD player, VCR or on pay-per-view. That's more than three times the number, 22 percent, who said they prefer to watch films at a theater, according to the telephone poll conducted by Ipsos for The Associated Press and AOL News. Almost half, 47 percent, said movies are getting worse, while a third said they're getting better. Hollywood's domestic revenues through last weekend totaled $3.85 billion, down 6.4 percent from 2004. Factoring in higher ticket prices, the number of people who have gone to theaters is down 9 percent from last year, according to industry estimates. After a strong start this year, movie business entered a prolonged slump, with revenues down the last 16 weekends compared to 2004. The wild card in comparing this year's revenues to 2004's is Mel Gibson's unexpected blockbuster last year "The Passion of the Christ," which drew a huge audience of Christians who were not regular movie-goers. People were most fond of comedies, followed by dramas and action-adventure movies. The AP-AOL poll of 1,000 adults was taken June 13-15 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
June 16, 200520 yr So when they say they aren't as good of role models as they used to be, who exactly are they referring to? Those wonderful role models like Elvis, who's gyrating hips destroyed a nation's innocence? Frank Sinatra? Marilyn Monroe? The Beatles? Celebrities have been crazy since there have been celebrities. You take people and give them an enormous amount of easy money, and voila, you get a bunch of kooks acting wierd on national TV. It's remarkable.
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) See? (wondering where steff is...) LMAO.. right here.. This cracks me up... Movie stars should not be roll models and parents and adults who think they are are idiots. By the way.. Mr. Ledbetter.. normal people marry, divorce, and sleep around also.
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 07:23 PM) LMAO.. right here.. This cracks me up... Movie stars should not be roll models and parents and adults who think they are are idiots. By the way.. Mr. Ledbetter.. normal people marry, divorce, and sleep around also. No, they're not role models, and people make the mistake of thinking because they are in the public eye they should be. Should they be?
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) No, they're not role models, and people make the mistake of thinking because they are in the public eye they should be. Should they be? What is with all the questions today???!?!?!!?!? No.. mommies and daddies should be role models. LMAO.. did you see I wrote "roll models" up there..
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 03:29 PM) No.. mommies and daddies should be role models. Not all of them...
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 07:56 PM) No, they're not role models, and people make the mistake of thinking because they are in the public eye they should be. Should they be? They definately don't HAVE to be, but I think they should be.
June 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 08:29 PM) What is with all the questions today???!?!?!!?!? No.. mommies and daddies should be role models. LMAO.. did you see I wrote "roll models" up there.. Just inquisitive today I guess.
June 17, 200520 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 16, 2005 -> 11:54 AM) Celebrities have been crazy since there have been celebrities. You take people and give them an enormous amount of easy money, and voila, you get a bunch of kooks acting wierd on national TV. It's remarkable. hahah. very true
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