Deborah Gibson rooting for Neil Patrick Harris at Emmys...
It's been four years since Deborah Gibson co-starred with Neil Patrick Harris in the Broadway production of "Cabaret." But the teen pop princess turned stage star still feels warmly toward the "How I Met Your Mother Star" who is up for the outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series Emmy on Sunday.
We gabbed last night at the Los Angeles Confidential magazine party and she told me how proud she is of the way NPH came out publicly came out last fall.
"I was really happy about that. I think his nomination proves that it doesn't pigeon-hole you like it may have in the past. He plays a womanizer on his show and he's nominated. So, good for him - he's made it all work. He's been able to be candid about who he is personally and still thrive professionally so that's a good message to send out."
Gibson also had plenty to say about the current situation with such young stars like Britney Spears whose train-wreck of a career hit a new low on Sunday with a disastrous performance at the VMAs in Las Vegas...
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"I can recall very specific moments of having meltdowns. But I had people around me that took that very seriously and said, 'Let's pull the plug for a minute.' Sometimes, stopping the machinery for even three months feels like 'Oh my God, will the people be there for me when I come back?' You learn that you have to pace yourself if you're going to be here for a long time. You can't be afraid to disappear awhile then re-emerge. That's when the best comebacks happen."
"It seems like the media is demanding that these young girls be seen, seen seen. God forbid if you're not at the hot club every weekend, as if being in the business is related to going clubbing. Thank God it wasn't that way when I was a kid. That's what this generation is up against."
"I also didn't live in Hollywood and I think that's key... Also the problem now is that people want to be famous for being famous and they don't have a love of a craft that keeps them grounded and keeps them going. If you don't have that center, I don't know what you have to grab onto in tougher times."
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.