Entertainment Weekly is reporting that insouciant teen actress Evan Rachel Wood is close to signing a record deal with Interscope Records.
Wood, who is best known for banging Marily Manson and playing brassy, irreverent teens (“Thirteen,” “The Upside of Anger”) evidently impressed execs with her renditions of Beatles songs in the Julie Taymor directed ’60s turmoil McCartney/Lennon songs karaoke movie “Across The Universe.”
In the film Wood sang “Blackbird,” “If I Fell,””It Won’t Be Long,” and according to an insider who blabbed to EW, “The general buzz is that she does have a very good voice and genuinely wants to make music.” Another source close to the situation added, “You should hear her karaoke!” Umm, see above.
Meanwhile, Marilyn Manson, who can’t get arrested these days unless he’s diddling someone of questionable age difference (like Rachel Wood) is rumored to be upset and going door to door in attempts of shocking listeners who have grown accustomed to his shock-rock techniques.
Download: Rachel Evan Wood – “Blackbird”