Standby; lights, camera, action, mic check? It is becoming a trend that many celebrities are crossing over in their career paths and have for years. Let’s just take a moment to gather opinions and thoughts about this topic of sudden interest.
Hilary Duff has been a fortunate celebrity whom has successfully made a huge transition; from an actress and accomplished singer. Now not only has she sold an estimated 13 million CD’s according to many sources including the website Wikipedia, she has also starred in movies—a few including “A Cinderella Story”, “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “The Lizzie McGuire Movie”. Although numerous critics may fault her for some of her movie or television roles, she made a landmark in the movie and TV industry. Additionally, she has brands too which a few are her fragrances “With Love” and “Wrapped with Love” as well as her breakthrough fashion brand Stuff by Hilary Duff. She has been daring yet logical with her career endeavors and has bravely accomplished a lot of the unthinkable. Not only does she have those notches fastened on her belt she has a few more projects in the works including a release of a book and a denim line with DKNY as a blog to mention, Just Jared reported.
Then another accomplished mogul, triple-threat, the incomparable Justin Timberlake dealt his creativity to the world and saw success. He has starred in movies such as “Alpha Dog”, “The Love Guru” and “Shrek the Third” just to name a few. In addition to a lucrative acting career, he also has brands such as his fashion line William Rast and expanded into restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality as mentioned on the infamous, updateable wikisite Wikipedia. Need I say more? Although he has many business ventures and sought out endeavors, he will remain another prime example of a crossover celebrity.
Additionally, another celebrity who has created success upon taking risks; whom has been mentioned to be one of the most successful black women in the world—none other than Oprah Winfrey. Not only has she been supposedly reported to be the richest black woman in the world, according to Forbes magazine and other sources, she paid her dues but yearned for success. Seeing can lead to believing when it comes to her. Winfrey has her successful daytime talk show which has been on air for more than 20 years and reportedly in syndication, she has numerous books, magazines, open an African school academy for girls, starred in films including the hit “The Color Purple” and a plethora of multiple ventures. Let’s face the facts before rambling anymore—she is a mogul and a powerhouse when resulting as a household name.
Whew! Perhaps the following statements seem a bit long-winded and informative. However, many of you should get the point. At times, when celebrities see money as a growing point, then they will seek business opportunities to accomplish multi-million or multi-billion dollar success. Some of us got to give a hand to many celebs for having smarts for thinking ahead of the career-success game.
Source of reference: Wikipedia
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