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Zooey Deschanel, Al Franken among two-field stars

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 27, 2009 12:42 PM CST
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(Newser) – We’ve seen lots of celebrities crash and burn in endeavors outside the area where they’ve made their mark; from James Brady Ryan, a look at the top five crossover successes:

  • Zooey Deschanel: Following the acting-to-singing trail blazed by “the mostly bland J.Lo, the horrendous Lindsay Lohan, the dog-howlingly awfulness of Paris Hilton,” Deschanel’s band She & Him “produced an album that was sweet, well-crafted, and flat-out catchy.”
  • Danica McKellar: “An entire generation’s first crush as Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years” was a math major at UCLA and is now the author of books pushing girls to get into math and science.

  • Al Franken: Transition from Saturday Night Live to the Senate is well documented.
  • Tom Ford: Gucci’s creative director has gotten good reviews for directing an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s short story, A Single Man.
  • Sasha Grey: Moving from porn to mainstream acting in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience showed “she was a force to be reckoned with.”

Danica McKellar, your first crush on The Wonder Years, writes books about math.
Danica McKellar, your first crush on "The Wonder Years," writes books about math.   (KissMyMath.com)
Zooey Deschanel is a good actress, and can sing, too.
Zooey Deschanel is a good actress, and can sing, too.   (AP Photo)
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cornelison
Dec 29, 2009 3:10 AM CST
Al & Danica are both geniuses.
hamsammichs
Dec 28, 2009 11:02 AM CST
You don't know Al Franken? The biggest n00b in the Senate? he gets pwnneeddd
NxBigmouthery
Dec 28, 2009 8:08 AM CST
Zooey has a wonderful voice, plus her musical style and collaborator is a master of his form.

 
entertainment • politics • Al Franken • acting • Sasha Grey • Zooey Deschanel • porn star • She & Him • Danica McKellar • Tom Ford • directing

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