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娱乐圈讲究“折腾”。能一步到位的事情绝对要来个“九曲十八弯”——这样才能满足平凡大众“猎奇”的心理。身为“圈内人”首要具备的就是“娱乐精神”，也就是“娱人”——身世要离奇，经历要跌宕，如《西游记》的主角们那般经历九九八十一难之后“凤凰涅槃，浴火重生”就堪称“娱人”经典了。若按此标准，克里斯蒂娜·阿奎莱拉则显得太过“普通”。其实，她不是没有过“娱人”行径、耍过性感、玩过出位，但是与同时期的布兰妮·斯皮尔斯相比，她的娱乐精神却总抓不住最多人的关注目光。今天，布兰妮·斯皮尔斯重新出发，而克里斯蒂娜·阿奎莱拉却跌至谷底。俗语说：“福无重至，祸不单行。”接连犯错，克里斯蒂娜·阿奎莱拉成为了“公众敌人”，有人预言她“大限将至”，有人却力挺她会渡过难关。而我对此抱乐观态度，因为“劫后余生”这种戏码最是励志，也最具有“娱乐精神”。毕竟，身处这个圈子，“娱乐大家”才是“圈内人”的工作。
——Mac
The 2)Super Bowl 3)flub. A fall at the Grammys. 4)Public intoxication. Should Christina kiss her career goodbye? Or can a
5)gig on The Voice put her back on top?
Hoping for the J.Lo effect? Hitting the highest of high notes is important to 6)diva’s career, to be sure. But just as inevitable? Hitting the lowest of the lows. Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston—they’ve all 7)fallen from grace, and then 8)embarked on the very public (and often personally painful) journey to 9)redemption. It’s in this 10)precarious stage of the diva life cycle that big-voiced “Beautiful” singer Christina Aguilera currently resides.
On March 1st, the 30-year-old pop star was detained at a West Hollywood police station 11)on suspicion of public intoxication. (She was in the passenger seat when her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, 25, was 12)pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence.) The incident might have been 13)brushed aside had it not followed the most 14)tumultuous period in Aguilera’s career and private life. In the past year alone, the singer has: released a
much-anticipated but low-selling album, Bionic;
15)filed for divorce from her husband of five years, marketing executive Jordan Bratman; starred in the critically 16)panned movie musical Burlesque;
17)screwed up the lyrics to the 18)national anthem at the Super Bowl; and taken a much-discussed 19)tumble during the opening 20)number at the Grammys. (That’s not to mention all the reports about her allegedly drunken behavior at Jeremy Renner’s birthday party.) And on March 6th, there was more bad news: Her label, Sony Music, was sued over a sample used in the singer’s 2006 hit “Ain’t No Other Man.”
Other than some 21)flak for her questionable fashion choices (remember the “Dirrty”
22)chaps?), Aguilera has, until recently, maintained a
“23)squeaky clean” image, says talent manager Jeff Rabhan who has worked with Kelis and Kelly Rowland. “She was one of those amazing stars who came up through the business and remained like a
24)Teflon doll. But clearly she needs a little 25)polish right now.”
Like magic, though, just a day after the drunken 26)mishap,
a plan to 27)rehabilitate Aguilera’s public image began to 28)mate-rialize: NBC confirmed that the blonde would sit on the judging/coaching 29)panel of its new singing competition series, The Voice, alongside Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5 30)front man Adam Levine. (Country star Blake Shelton was later added to the panel.) “Christina was on our priority list from the very first minute we started thinking about this show,” says Voice producer Mark Burnett. “All the various press things [with her], it’s like we were sailing on a ship and a little breeze came and went and we didn’t even notice.”
It’s certainly possible that The Voice will help 31)humanize Aguilera in the same way Idol has given a 32)boost to Jennifer Lopez, whose new single, “On the Floor”, is her first hit since 2005.
No matter how The Voice 33)pans out, it should be noted that Aguilera’s claim to fame has always been her powerful vocals. “Artists like her make the best music from personal experience and hard times,” says Claude Kelly, a songwriter who contributed tracks to both Bionic and the Burlesque soundtrack and who says her last album bombed because Sony chose the wrong lead single (“Not Myself Tonight”). “All the media attention she’s getting, I guarantee it’s going to inspire her to release music that shows the world that it’s not over.” (Aguilera declined to comment for this story.)
And when she does head back into the studio, some in the industry say we shouldn’t 34)rule her out. “A lot of radio people learned their lesson with Mariah Carey,” says Michael Chase, music director for Star 94 in Atlanta. “Everyone thought her career was done. If Christina can find her ‘We Belong Together’, who knows what can happen?” Adds Kelly: “We’ve spoken through e-mail a few times. The worst is behind her, and I think this is the beginning of her 35)upswing.”
超级碗”庆祝活动上出糗，格莱美颁奖典礼上摔倒，公众场合醉酒闹事。克里斯蒂娜是否应该和自己的事业说再见？或是能乘着《金嗓子》这个节目的东风重回巅峰？
想要珍妮弗·洛佩兹效应 (编者注：珍妮弗·洛佩兹因担任《美国偶像》最新一季的裁判而人气大旺，其新出的单曲《在地板上》也因此大热。)？飙音至高音区顶点对“女王级”的歌手来说至关重要，这是肯定的。但是落到人生的最低点呢，这也是不可避免的吗？布兰妮·斯皮尔斯、玛丽亚·凯莉，还有惠妮·休斯顿——她们都曾身败名裂，然后在众目睽睽之下重新起航，开启一段自我救赎之旅（这对她们来说往往是苦不堪言的）。而美丽的“金嗓子”克里斯蒂
娜·阿奎莱拉目前正处于“女王级”歌手蜕变过程中岌岌可危的阶段。
3月1日，这位30岁的明星因涉嫌公众场合醉酒闹事而被拘留于西好莱坞警局。她当时在副驾位上，而她25岁的男友马修·鲁特勒被截停，因醉酒驾驶而被捕。要不是这件事是发生在克里斯蒂娜事业和生活最动荡的时期，那么它很可能就会被一笔带过。单单在过去一年里，这位歌手就：发行了一张高期待低销量的专辑《超·未·来》；与结婚五年的丈夫（销售经理乔
丹·布莱特曼）离婚；在一部备受抨击的音乐电影《滑稽表演》中担当主演；在“超级碗”典礼上唱错国歌的歌词；在格莱美开场表演中滑了一跤，引起热议。（更别提有关她在杰瑞
米·雷纳的生日派对上醉酒闹事的所有报道了。）然后，3月6日，又有一个坏消息砸来：她的唱片公司，索尼音乐，因对克里斯蒂娜2006年的热门曲目《非你莫属》取样使用而遭起诉。
除了对其备受争议的衣着选择猛烈抨击之外（记得她在《下流》MV里的皮裤不？），阿奎莱拉直到最近都一直保持着“乖乖女”的形象，曾与女歌手凯丽思以及凯莉·罗兰共事的经纪人杰夫·拉罕说。“她是那些入行以来一直保持良好形象的巨星之一，是媒体的宠儿。不过很显然，她的形象现在需要一点‘加工’。”
然而，仿若魔术一般，就在醉酒糗事的一天之后，一个旨在重塑阿奎莱拉形象的计划就启动了：NBC电视台确认这位金发美人会与希·洛·格林以及魔力红乐队的主唱亚当·莱文共同坐在新的电视歌唱比赛《金嗓子》的评委席上。（乡村音乐歌手布勒
克·谢尔顿后来也成为评审之一。）“我们一开始构思这个节目的时候，克里斯蒂娜就是我们的首选，”《金嗓子》的制作人马克·布奈特说道，“所有有关她的报道，就好像是在航行中吹来的一阵风，来去无痕，我们甚至都没有察觉。”
《金嗓子》很可能对阿奎莱拉的形象产生正面效应，就像《美国偶像》对珍妮弗·洛佩兹的影响那样。洛佩兹的新单曲《在地板上》就是她自2005年以来首支热门曲目。
无论《金嗓子》的进展如何，有一点应该注意，那就是阿奎莱拉赖以成名的一直都是她强有力的声线。“像她那样的艺人可以从个人经历与艰难时期中得到灵感，创作出最好的音乐，”作曲人克劳德·凯莉如是说，他为专辑《超·未·来》以及电影《滑稽表演》写了多首歌曲，还说阿奎莱拉上一张专辑备受恶评是因为索尼没有挑对主打曲（该专辑的主打曲为《今夜不再是自我》）。“我敢保证说，她现在所得到的媒体关注都是激发她音乐灵感的源泉，让世人知道她的星途还没结束。”（阿奎莱拉拒绝就此事发表言论。）
当她重回录音室之时，行内的一些人说我们不应该把她踢出局。“很多音乐人都以玛丽亚·凯莉为学习对象，”亚特兰大Star 94电台的音乐指导迈克尔·切斯说道，“每个人当时都以为她的事业完了。如果克里斯蒂娜能找到她的‘翻身神曲’，谁知道会发生什么呢？”（编者注：2008年玛丽亚·凯莉凭借一曲《我们注定一起》一洗颓风，重回巅峰，文中借此来指克里斯蒂娜需要找到自己的“神曲”来扭转颓势。）克劳德·凯莉补充说道：“我们通过邮件谈了几次。最糟的时期已经过去了，我认为现在她开始重新起飞了。”
小资料：
Christina’s Bad Breaks
克里斯蒂娜的“转颓”时刻
In addition to her run-in with(触犯) the law, Aguilera has had a series of personal and professional slipups(犯错).
除了触犯法律之外，阿奎莱拉在镜头前和镜头下连番出糗。
Grammy Stumble 格莱美颁奖典礼上的滑跤
She sang great, but slipped on stage at the Feb. 13 event.
她唱得不错，但是在2月13日的典礼上在舞台上滑了一跤。
Super Bowl Fumble “超级碗”庆祝典礼上的唱错词
Oops(噢，表示惊讶、狼狈时所发出的喊声)! Christina garbled(混淆) the national anthem on Feb. 6.
噢！2月6日的庆祝典礼上，克里斯蒂娜唱国歌时唱错词了。
Burlesque Bomb 《滑稽表演》遭遇滑铁卢
Her big-screen debut was much-m aligned(批评).
她的大银幕处女作惨遭恶评。
——Mac
The 2)Super Bowl 3)flub. A fall at the Grammys. 4)Public intoxication. Should Christina kiss her career goodbye? Or can a
5)gig on The Voice put her back on top?
Hoping for the J.Lo effect? Hitting the highest of high notes is important to 6)diva’s career, to be sure. But just as inevitable? Hitting the lowest of the lows. Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston—they’ve all 7)fallen from grace, and then 8)embarked on the very public (and often personally painful) journey to 9)redemption. It’s in this 10)precarious stage of the diva life cycle that big-voiced “Beautiful” singer Christina Aguilera currently resides.
On March 1st, the 30-year-old pop star was detained at a West Hollywood police station 11)on suspicion of public intoxication. (She was in the passenger seat when her boyfriend, Matthew Rutler, 25, was 12)pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence.) The incident might have been 13)brushed aside had it not followed the most 14)tumultuous period in Aguilera’s career and private life. In the past year alone, the singer has: released a
much-anticipated but low-selling album, Bionic;
15)filed for divorce from her husband of five years, marketing executive Jordan Bratman; starred in the critically 16)panned movie musical Burlesque;
17)screwed up the lyrics to the 18)national anthem at the Super Bowl; and taken a much-discussed 19)tumble during the opening 20)number at the Grammys. (That’s not to mention all the reports about her allegedly drunken behavior at Jeremy Renner’s birthday party.) And on March 6th, there was more bad news: Her label, Sony Music, was sued over a sample used in the singer’s 2006 hit “Ain’t No Other Man.”
Other than some 21)flak for her questionable fashion choices (remember the “Dirrty”
22)chaps?), Aguilera has, until recently, maintained a
“23)squeaky clean” image, says talent manager Jeff Rabhan who has worked with Kelis and Kelly Rowland. “She was one of those amazing stars who came up through the business and remained like a
24)Teflon doll. But clearly she needs a little 25)polish right now.”
Like magic, though, just a day after the drunken 26)mishap,
a plan to 27)rehabilitate Aguilera’s public image began to 28)mate-rialize: NBC confirmed that the blonde would sit on the judging/coaching 29)panel of its new singing competition series, The Voice, alongside Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5 30)front man Adam Levine. (Country star Blake Shelton was later added to the panel.) “Christina was on our priority list from the very first minute we started thinking about this show,” says Voice producer Mark Burnett. “All the various press things [with her], it’s like we were sailing on a ship and a little breeze came and went and we didn’t even notice.”
It’s certainly possible that The Voice will help 31)humanize Aguilera in the same way Idol has given a 32)boost to Jennifer Lopez, whose new single, “On the Floor”, is her first hit since 2005.
No matter how The Voice 33)pans out, it should be noted that Aguilera’s claim to fame has always been her powerful vocals. “Artists like her make the best music from personal experience and hard times,” says Claude Kelly, a songwriter who contributed tracks to both Bionic and the Burlesque soundtrack and who says her last album bombed because Sony chose the wrong lead single (“Not Myself Tonight”). “All the media attention she’s getting, I guarantee it’s going to inspire her to release music that shows the world that it’s not over.” (Aguilera declined to comment for this story.)
And when she does head back into the studio, some in the industry say we shouldn’t 34)rule her out. “A lot of radio people learned their lesson with Mariah Carey,” says Michael Chase, music director for Star 94 in Atlanta. “Everyone thought her career was done. If Christina can find her ‘We Belong Together’, who knows what can happen?” Adds Kelly: “We’ve spoken through e-mail a few times. The worst is behind her, and I think this is the beginning of her 35)upswing.”
超级碗”庆祝活动上出糗，格莱美颁奖典礼上摔倒，公众场合醉酒闹事。克里斯蒂娜是否应该和自己的事业说再见？或是能乘着《金嗓子》这个节目的东风重回巅峰？
想要珍妮弗·洛佩兹效应 (编者注：珍妮弗·洛佩兹因担任《美国偶像》最新一季的裁判而人气大旺，其新出的单曲《在地板上》也因此大热。)？飙音至高音区顶点对“女王级”的歌手来说至关重要，这是肯定的。但是落到人生的最低点呢，这也是不可避免的吗？布兰妮·斯皮尔斯、玛丽亚·凯莉，还有惠妮·休斯顿——她们都曾身败名裂，然后在众目睽睽之下重新起航，开启一段自我救赎之旅（这对她们来说往往是苦不堪言的）。而美丽的“金嗓子”克里斯蒂
娜·阿奎莱拉目前正处于“女王级”歌手蜕变过程中岌岌可危的阶段。
3月1日，这位30岁的明星因涉嫌公众场合醉酒闹事而被拘留于西好莱坞警局。她当时在副驾位上，而她25岁的男友马修·鲁特勒被截停，因醉酒驾驶而被捕。要不是这件事是发生在克里斯蒂娜事业和生活最动荡的时期，那么它很可能就会被一笔带过。单单在过去一年里，这位歌手就：发行了一张高期待低销量的专辑《超·未·来》；与结婚五年的丈夫（销售经理乔
丹·布莱特曼）离婚；在一部备受抨击的音乐电影《滑稽表演》中担当主演；在“超级碗”典礼上唱错国歌的歌词；在格莱美开场表演中滑了一跤，引起热议。（更别提有关她在杰瑞
米·雷纳的生日派对上醉酒闹事的所有报道了。）然后，3月6日，又有一个坏消息砸来：她的唱片公司，索尼音乐，因对克里斯蒂娜2006年的热门曲目《非你莫属》取样使用而遭起诉。
除了对其备受争议的衣着选择猛烈抨击之外（记得她在《下流》MV里的皮裤不？），阿奎莱拉直到最近都一直保持着“乖乖女”的形象，曾与女歌手凯丽思以及凯莉·罗兰共事的经纪人杰夫·拉罕说。“她是那些入行以来一直保持良好形象的巨星之一，是媒体的宠儿。不过很显然，她的形象现在需要一点‘加工’。”
然而，仿若魔术一般，就在醉酒糗事的一天之后，一个旨在重塑阿奎莱拉形象的计划就启动了：NBC电视台确认这位金发美人会与希·洛·格林以及魔力红乐队的主唱亚当·莱文共同坐在新的电视歌唱比赛《金嗓子》的评委席上。（乡村音乐歌手布勒
克·谢尔顿后来也成为评审之一。）“我们一开始构思这个节目的时候，克里斯蒂娜就是我们的首选，”《金嗓子》的制作人马克·布奈特说道，“所有有关她的报道，就好像是在航行中吹来的一阵风，来去无痕，我们甚至都没有察觉。”
《金嗓子》很可能对阿奎莱拉的形象产生正面效应，就像《美国偶像》对珍妮弗·洛佩兹的影响那样。洛佩兹的新单曲《在地板上》就是她自2005年以来首支热门曲目。
无论《金嗓子》的进展如何，有一点应该注意，那就是阿奎莱拉赖以成名的一直都是她强有力的声线。“像她那样的艺人可以从个人经历与艰难时期中得到灵感，创作出最好的音乐，”作曲人克劳德·凯莉如是说，他为专辑《超·未·来》以及电影《滑稽表演》写了多首歌曲，还说阿奎莱拉上一张专辑备受恶评是因为索尼没有挑对主打曲（该专辑的主打曲为《今夜不再是自我》）。“我敢保证说，她现在所得到的媒体关注都是激发她音乐灵感的源泉，让世人知道她的星途还没结束。”（阿奎莱拉拒绝就此事发表言论。）
当她重回录音室之时，行内的一些人说我们不应该把她踢出局。“很多音乐人都以玛丽亚·凯莉为学习对象，”亚特兰大Star 94电台的音乐指导迈克尔·切斯说道，“每个人当时都以为她的事业完了。如果克里斯蒂娜能找到她的‘翻身神曲’，谁知道会发生什么呢？”（编者注：2008年玛丽亚·凯莉凭借一曲《我们注定一起》一洗颓风，重回巅峰，文中借此来指克里斯蒂娜需要找到自己的“神曲”来扭转颓势。）克劳德·凯莉补充说道：“我们通过邮件谈了几次。最糟的时期已经过去了，我认为现在她开始重新起飞了。”
小资料：
Christina’s Bad Breaks
克里斯蒂娜的“转颓”时刻
In addition to her run-in with(触犯) the law, Aguilera has had a series of personal and professional slipups(犯错).
除了触犯法律之外，阿奎莱拉在镜头前和镜头下连番出糗。
Grammy Stumble 格莱美颁奖典礼上的滑跤
She sang great, but slipped on stage at the Feb. 13 event.
她唱得不错，但是在2月13日的典礼上在舞台上滑了一跤。
Super Bowl Fumble “超级碗”庆祝典礼上的唱错词
Oops(噢，表示惊讶、狼狈时所发出的喊声)! Christina garbled(混淆) the national anthem on Feb. 6.
噢！2月6日的庆祝典礼上，克里斯蒂娜唱国歌时唱错词了。
Burlesque Bomb 《滑稽表演》遭遇滑铁卢
Her big-screen debut was much-m aligned(批评).
她的大银幕处女作惨遭恶评。