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Best Comedy Act
Anne Kissel won this years comedy award for her impression of Roseanne Barr. Her MySpace says she's 101, but I bet that's comedy lol. Anyways, check out her MySpace.
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Best Tribute Band
Carlene Mitchell won this years Tribute Band Award for her Dream Girls group. The Examiner has a really nice article about her career.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Lynn “Win” Roberts is best known for his Bob Hope, but he does a bajillion others. Check his website out.
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Best Actor
Brent Mendenhall does a pretty mean George Bush. Here he is in a Hindi movie called Mission Istanbul. Check out his site gwbushimpersonator.com.
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News Hound Award
I'm not really sure what this award is, but I do know that John Allen (this years winner) won 2008's Best Actor.
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Best Actress
Dawnn Behrens won best actress for Anna Nicole Smith. She also does a really good Marilyn Monroe. This may actually be a Marilyn picture. Marilyn and Anna were like twins, anyways. This blingee is from her MySpace.
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Rising Star
This years “Best New Artist” is Carla DelVillaggio. Visit ~Simply Streisand.
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Country's Hottest Hitter Award
CJ King has some pipes, that's for sure. She also does Cyndi Lauper. Check out more videos at her YouTube.
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Pop N Rock for Reel Award
This years pop music award went to Chris America. Check out her website Chrisamerica.net
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R & B Feelin' Good Award
Samira also won this same award in 2008. She's real good. Here she is in China. Visit her website: Truly Tina.
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Classic Crooner Of The Year
Suzanne Goulet is a triple threat. She sings, dances, and acts just like Liza Minelli. Check out her site.
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Impersonator You Love to Work With
Talk about dead ringer. And nice to work with. Check out his site.
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Most Professional Impersonator
I falsely called Greg Thompson a bad impersonator in my other post, but to be totally honest, I called him that because Austin Powers kinda freaks me out. I think it's the teeth. But anyways, turns out Greg Thompson is a great guy to work with. Check out his MySpace. This video is of Greg opening an impersonating convention.
The Best Celebrity Impersonators of 2009
Last week I posted an ill-informed and badly researched list of what I thought were the worst celebrity impersonators. I apologize for it now because I didn't understand the impersonating industry. From your comments I learned a lot. I learned there's a difference between impersonators and look-alike's. I learned that it really isn't fair to judge a persons career based on one stupid picture. I also learned that being an impersonator is a great job where you can make a lot of money (way way more $ than me!) I learned about the talent it takes to make a good impersonator. There's a lot of up keep! Lastly, I learned about the Reel Awards. Each year industry professionals award people in the industry for their impersonations. This list is actually the 13 winners from this years ceremony. They're the cream of the crop. One last thing: Make sure you check out their websites. This site has some great impersonators. How funny would it be to have a MiMi impersonator at your party! lol
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- Kelli E. thinks The Best Celebrity Impersonators of 2009 is LOL
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Sticks and stones, baby-YEAH!!!
Still working….still making people laugh! Funny how there are a lot of “haters” on the internet who are chicken to use their real names! I LOVE this publicity and attention….it's what I LIVE FOR! (Laughing like Austin)….it's just an act people! Geez!
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Great article. I usually don't bother looking at online articles or their responses. The responses especially tend to sound like they are written by people who just enjoy being nasty. It was good to read something positive. And you are right, one picture doesn't say much…look at the still candid shots the paparazzi gets of real celebs. If the only picture you ever saw of Demi Moore was one where her mouth was hanging open and her eyes were scrunched up and her hair was flying, you might not think she was all that attractive.
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Why did you feel the need to apologize, Matt??? Your “30 Worst List” was hysterical, and although I did see some impersonators that looked actually kind of good, like Enrique Iglesias, you had that Austin Powers clown TOTALLY pegged! He looks like SHIT, and one can only wonder why he was up in arms to have that pointed out. I Googled Austin Powers lookalikes after seeing the story, and most of them look really bad. I think I saw like only one who looked good, and he really looked spot-on, and had good videos, etc. So, WTF? What did Obama say about Sarah Pailin? “Lipstick on a pig is still a pig”, and you can totally say that about that bad Austin you posted. And WTF about that agency who said you used images from her site without permission???? I went on that site and researched some of the characters there, and those same pictures are like on a zillion OTHER agency and booking sites, so she needs to stop running her mouth too, unless she was the photographer, HA HA. These “agents” crack me up, and this whole posting of yours really proved to be an interesting web search and learning experience about an industry I had no real knowledge of before this, and because of you, I did some homework. You don't need to apologize for SHIT, Matt, and your 30 Best list, that you were obviously pressured into making? Madonna is really the only spot-on one. Rock on.
- Mom The Best Celebrity Impersonators of 2009
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Kudos Matt, this proves that you have learned from your mistake, and should cancel out all the bad reactions you received from your original contribution. After all, isn't that what Buzzfeed is all about…redemption?
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Thanks for clearing that up. I appreciate your comments and the fact that you checked out what you wrote about. I understand about the Austin Powers thing…..my best friend's wife can't stand Austin…he grosses her out. But most people find him funny because the character is so bizarre. In this video….my voice was shot…but thanks for posting it. I was the first one out of 100 impersonators to perform over two days. BTW…Chris America is a real girl. You might want to change that!
- plaid lemur thinks The Best Celebrity Impersonators of 2009 is WTF
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have the lawyers been onto you or something?
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Johnny Depp impersonator? I thought that's what we had Skeet Ulrich for.
- Matt thinks The Best Celebrity Impersonators of 2009 is WTF
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