Ariana Grande 'catches Steven Spielberg's eye'
Ariana Grande has apparently caught the eye of Steven Spielberg with her incredible celebrity impressions.
The 22-year-old singer first showcased her ability to mimic others when she appeared on the Wheel of Musical Impressions segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live back in March 2015, turning her attention to Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion among others.
Her hosting of Saturday Night Live (SNL) earlier this month (Mar16)
saw her break out her impression skills once again, with Jennifer
Lawrence, Britney Spears and Whitney Houston on the agenda. She
also perfectly mimicked late singer Judy Garland in a sketch cut
from the show that was later released online.
Ariana's skills wowed her fans worldwide on SNL, and attracted the
attention of one person in particular - director Steven
Spielberg.
According to the New York Post's gossip column Page Six, movie
legend Steven sent SNL producer Lorne Michaels a text message after
Ariana's show - praising the singer's confident and talented
performance.
While her focus has more recently been on music, Ariana actually
first shot to fame through her role in Nickelodeon series
Victorious. She starred in the show from 2010 to 2013, and then
reprised her role as Cat Valentine in the spinoff Sam & Cat from
2013 to 2014. She has returned to the television world over the
past couple of years in Fox television series Scream Queens last
year, albeit briefly before her character was unceremoniously
killed off. She also had a small cameo role in comedy movie
Zoolander 2.
Her SNL hosting has apparently led to a host of new offers to
appear on the small and silver screens, but Ariana's priorities are
said to lay with her singing.
"She’s had plenty of acting offers, but many more people are
starting to talk since she was on SNL. But she’s all about her
music right now,” a source told Page Six.