Amanda Bynes Cancels Podcast To Pursue Manicurist Career
Amanda Bynes arrives at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios' Gibson Amphitheatre on June 5, 2011 in Universal City, California.
Amanda Bynes is hanging up her podcasting career once again. Despite being convinced to try again after just one episode of her podcast aired, the former child star announced she has another calling.
As we recently reported, Bynes, 37, announced an update on her Amanda Bynes & Paul Sieminski: The Podcast show last weekend. Bynes said on Instagram that even though the podcast was doing “really well” and the response “has been great,” she wanted to “take a pause on it for now.” Her reasoning for the show’s hiatus is that she and her Sieminski “are not able to get the type of guests that I’d like on the show like, say, Jack Harlow or Drake or Post Malone.”
Leaving it up in the air for “those types of guests on the show,” the All That alum thanked fans for their support of the project. Bynes and her co-host/best friend/biochemist/PhD student Paul Sieminski interviewed a Los Angeles tattoo artist named Dahlia Moth for their first and only 26-minute debut episode, which premiered earlier this month. Moth met Bynes at a Spirit Halloween store a few years prior. During the first episode, however, Bynes’ energy was pretty lackluster as she read and stuck to the questions on her phone. Per the synopsis, the podcast was going to focus on “the hosts’ loves: fashion, artists, actors, actresses, music and everything else!”
Now, Bynes said that despite the encouragement she received to continue with her podcast, she would rather have a consistent job. She wrote on TikTok before the holiday weekend: “I would rather get my manicurist license and have a consistent job. I’m going to follow that path instead. Thank you for following my journey!” Following her announcement, Bynes shared the process of her dying her hair from platinum blonde to bluish black. After rocking the dark-haired ‘do for a day, she bleached her hair back to blonde, documenting it all on her Instagram Stories.
These Songs Turn 20 in 2024
The early 2000s in pop was such a magical time for music. Artists that have become legends were just starting out. Disney were still bursting onto the music scene in 2004, with actors like Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff. Then, you had returning pop mainstays like Gwen Stefani, Destiny’s Child, Avril Lavigne, The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, and Usher releasing music that year. Newcomers to the industry released tracks that may have been their one-hit-wonders or claim to fame in 2004, like JoJo with “Leave (Get Out)” and Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten.” Pop music that came out this time were either dance bangers or songs that would pull on your heartstrings.
Gotta Let It Burn
What a time to be alive: we relate to, and return to, the pop music that came out twenty years ago more than the music that came out in 2014. In 2004, Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, and Ciara were all enjoying massive hits. Usher was officially the biggest artist of 2004 when his Confessions album was named the best-selling album of the year, and his single “Yeah!” was named the most-played song of the year, according to MTV. According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, Usher took the top spot with “Yeah!” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris. Hoobastank’s “The Reason” came in second, with Maroon 5’s “This Love” in third. Usher’s other hit from his Confessions album took the number four spot with “Burn,” and in fifth was Nickelback’s “Someday.” We may never get music as diverse as these artists were in 2004. If we don’t, we’ll always come back to the music of this era to jam out on some throwback tunes.
Check out our list of seven songs we love from 2004 that turn 20 years old in 2024:
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
