How Does Sinbad, Comedian, Want You To Think Of His Comeback?
Hey, Sinbad’s back! The famously clean comedian rose through the stand-up ranks in the eighties, eventually working his way onto the big screen in family-friendly fare like Houseguest and Jingle All the Way. Then, we all sort of forgot about him. On Sunday, Comedy Central will air his first special in thirteen years, Sinbad: Where U Been (he’s also on Celebrity Apprentice this year). The comedian chatted with Vulture about politics, Sade, and the fleeting nature of modern fame. So, what have you been up to since you were last in the public eye? I’ve been on the road since 1983. Nothing ever changed, even when I was doing TV and movies. So I don’t see it as, “Well, here’s my time away from the public eye.” Plus I wasn’t out of the public eye ’cause I was still doing stand-up, which I guess is one version of it. When you were doing movies, did you ever get resistance from more classically trained actors because you were a comedian crossing over? I think actors got issues with everything,
The last 10 years haven’t been kind to Sinbad as the former high profile comedian/actor has struggled to find work after earlier successes on television (A Different World) and on the big screen (Houseguest, Jingle All The Way). The situation recently took an ironic turn with the scheduled release of Sinbad: Where U Been? The film, which will skip theatrical release and go straight to DVD in the coming weeks, was supposed to be the springboard back into the public eye for Sinbad. Unfortunately, the information just becomes another line in the business story outlining Sinbad’s bankruptcy filing. His Chapter 7 filing lists liabilities in excess of $10 million and assets of $50,000. At this point he probably doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry … Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler reportedly became close while filming The Bounty Hunter last year but both denied they were in a romantic relationship. Photos turned up this past weekend of the pair on a beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and
