Having watched the recent biopic about the late singer aaliyah, miss o gives her impressions of the film and the reactions of other viewers. Mtv shares rare aaliyah clip for the 18th anniversary of. So advance controversy about the casting, among other things, can only benefit aaliyah. It was released on july 7, 2001, by blackground records and virgin records america aaliyah started to work on the album in 1998, but rescheduled its recording around her developing film career. Nickelodeon star alexandra shipp, who replaced zendaya after she backed out of the film, now has her missy elliott and timbaland. It was controversial because aaliyahs family objected to its production. More than a woman by christopher john farley, the film arrives on dvd and digital hd via lionsgate on march 10. With alexandra shipp, elise neal, lyriq bent, morgan kelly. The film premiered on the lifetime channel on november 15, 2014 and was met with criticism in its early stages of production due to aaliyahs familys disapproval of lifetimes choice to create the film. We havent seen a movie get dragged this bad since mariah carey made her big debut in glitter. Support the guardian available for everyone, funded by readers. Certainly her life and career contains stories worth telling, but the lifetime movie aaliyah. The film was met with an immense amount of backlash by the fans, close associates of the songstress, and provided an endless string of memes. The story of music and video star aaliyah, whose life ended tragically in a 2001 plane crash in the bahamas.
But there was much more to aaliyah than choreographed dance moves, movie roles, and a celebrated voice. Ive not read the book, but i sincerely hope its more insightful than the movie. Timbaland, fans blast lifetime for aaliyah biopic variety. Like buddy holly decades earlier, aaliyah haughton perished in a plane crash at age 22.
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