Dawn Porter’s documentary about R&b icon Luther Vandross, “Luther: Never Too Much,” has been acquired by CNN Films in partnership with the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), IndieWire can reveal exclusively.
The documentary film, which first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will debut in 2025 first on television on CNN and OWN before it lands on Max.
The acquisition is encouraging news for CNN Films, which back in 2022 under former boss Chris Licht scaled back on its original documentary films. The brand moved away from acquisitions or commissioning projects and opted instead for newsy, quick turnaround docs produced in-house.
But CNN Films also partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios on this fall’s release of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” so the two acquisitions, both from this year’s Sundance, is a positive step forward for the documentary brand.
“Luther: Never Too Much” chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso,...
The documentary film, which first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, will debut in 2025 first on television on CNN and OWN before it lands on Max.
The acquisition is encouraging news for CNN Films, which back in 2022 under former boss Chris Licht scaled back on its original documentary films. The brand moved away from acquisitions or commissioning projects and opted instead for newsy, quick turnaround docs produced in-house.
But CNN Films also partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Studios on this fall’s release of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,” so the two acquisitions, both from this year’s Sundance, is a positive step forward for the documentary brand.
“Luther: Never Too Much” chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
When we think about the world’s richest actors, Robert Downey Jr, Brad Pitt, and Tom Cruise are the names we cannot just skip. However, many would be surprised to know that the richest actor in the world has not been an active face in the industry for now. We’ve been referring to The Lost Boys actor Jami Gertz who has a massive net worth of $3 billion as of 2023.
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in the 2012 movie.
It would be a surprise for many to digest the fact that the actress has been holding that position, especially when she has been inactive in the entertainment world.
Jami Gertz Has a Massive Fortune Alongside a Razzie Nomination!
The 1965-born actress has been active in the acting industry since she was a child. After appearing in small TV roles, she made her film debut with Endless Love (1981). After co-starring in the 1980s sitcom,...
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in the 2012 movie.
It would be a surprise for many to digest the fact that the actress has been holding that position, especially when she has been inactive in the entertainment world.
Jami Gertz Has a Massive Fortune Alongside a Razzie Nomination!
The 1965-born actress has been active in the acting industry since she was a child. After appearing in small TV roles, she made her film debut with Endless Love (1981). After co-starring in the 1980s sitcom,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
Being one of the main stars of the 1980’s, famous for her romantic flicks The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981), Brooke Shields has recently been celebrated by the audience again, as her romcom is now #1 in Netflix’s Global Chart. Even though it’s panned by critics, it can be a perfect guilty pleasure movie for an evening chill.
Its plot centers on Shields’ Lana, whose daughter surprises her with an unexpected news: she’s getting married. The thing is that the wedding is scheduled not only in a month, but at a resort in Phuket, Thailand. However, it’s not the end of Lana’s shock.
After arriving there for the ceremony, she meets her daughter’s groom and his father, who is none other than Lana’s ex who broke her heart long ago. Together they’ll need to organize the wedding and not destroy the children’s relationship with their past.
Its plot centers on Shields’ Lana, whose daughter surprises her with an unexpected news: she’s getting married. The thing is that the wedding is scheduled not only in a month, but at a resort in Phuket, Thailand. However, it’s not the end of Lana’s shock.
After arriving there for the ceremony, she meets her daughter’s groom and his father, who is none other than Lana’s ex who broke her heart long ago. Together they’ll need to organize the wedding and not destroy the children’s relationship with their past.
- 5/13/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
On paper, Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove share a lot in common. They both began their professional careers as child models who went on to find early success as actors. While Shields rose to fame in late-’70s and ’80s films (Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon, Endless Love), Cosgrove made a name for herself in the aughts on small-screen sitcoms (iCarly, Drake & Josh). As young women growing up in Hollywood, they both became cultural touchstones for their respective generations but, in turn, were forced to weather intense scrutiny under the limelight.
In that respect, it seems particularly fitting that Shields and Cosgrove would team up to play mother and daughter in Mother of the Bride, which launched Thursday on Netflix. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) and written by Robin Bernheim (The Princess Switch), the breezy new romantic comedy follows Shields’ Lana, a widowed single mother and world-renowned...
In that respect, it seems particularly fitting that Shields and Cosgrove would team up to play mother and daughter in Mother of the Bride, which launched Thursday on Netflix. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) and written by Robin Bernheim (The Princess Switch), the breezy new romantic comedy follows Shields’ Lana, a widowed single mother and world-renowned...
- 5/10/2024
- by Max Gao
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nicole Richie’s family history is a bit complicated. The fashion designer and actor has been through a lot and learned to lean on her adoptive father, Lionel Richie. The dad and daughter don’t step out in public together often, so fans loved the heartwarming moment they saw on the red carpet.
Lionel Richie and Nicole Richie at the LA premiere of ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Nicole Richie stars in the coming-of-age black comedy film Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, which premieres on April 12, 2024. A remake of the 1991 film by the same name, Don’t Tell Mom also stars June Squibb, Jermaine Fowler, Ms. Pat, Gus Kenworthy, Simone Joy Jones, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Miles Fowler, Iantha Richardson, and Tyriq Withers. LA’s The Grove hosted the cast for their LA premiere, and Nicole’s family came out to support her.
Lionel Richie...
Lionel Richie and Nicole Richie at the LA premiere of ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Nicole Richie stars in the coming-of-age black comedy film Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, which premieres on April 12, 2024. A remake of the 1991 film by the same name, Don’t Tell Mom also stars June Squibb, Jermaine Fowler, Ms. Pat, Gus Kenworthy, Simone Joy Jones, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Miles Fowler, Iantha Richardson, and Tyriq Withers. LA’s The Grove hosted the cast for their LA premiere, and Nicole’s family came out to support her.
Lionel Richie...
- 4/3/2024
- by Ali Hicks
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Don Murray, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance opposite Marilyn Monroe in the 1956 film adaptation of William Inge’s play “Bus Stop,” has died. He was 94.
His son Christopher confirmed his death to the New York Times.
In the 2017 reboot of “Twin Peaks,” he played Bushnell Mullins, the chief executive of Lucky 7 Insurance.
Murray also starred in the fourth entry in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes”; played Brooke Shield’s father in “Endless Love”; and recurred on prime-time soap “Knots Landing” as Sid Fairgate.
Reviewing “Bus Stop,” directed by Joshua Logan, the New York Times said: “With a wondrous new actor named Don Murray playing the stupid, stubborn poke and with the clutter of broncos, blondes and busters beautifully tangled, Mr. Logan has a booming comedy going before he gets to the romance. A great deal is owed to Mr.
His son Christopher confirmed his death to the New York Times.
In the 2017 reboot of “Twin Peaks,” he played Bushnell Mullins, the chief executive of Lucky 7 Insurance.
Murray also starred in the fourth entry in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes”; played Brooke Shield’s father in “Endless Love”; and recurred on prime-time soap “Knots Landing” as Sid Fairgate.
Reviewing “Bus Stop,” directed by Joshua Logan, the New York Times said: “With a wondrous new actor named Don Murray playing the stupid, stubborn poke and with the clutter of broncos, blondes and busters beautifully tangled, Mr. Logan has a booming comedy going before he gets to the romance. A great deal is owed to Mr.
- 2/2/2024
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
When American soul and R&b icon Luther Vandross sang, he didn’t just produce beautiful musical sounds. He caressed and coddled each note with his famously velvety tenor voice, considering where to linger, when to whisper, or to gradually crescendo with an impeccable and ever-influential technique. In other words, he didn’t only sing, but created something ethereal, something that both pushed the form and felt like it gently poured straight out of his soul.
Considering the stamp he put on the American music industry, it feels strange that there hasn’t yet been a definitive documentary about Vandross’ unsung legacy until Dawn Porter’s “Luther: Never Too Much,” which had its world premiere recently at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. But that delay is perhaps fortuitous — after experiencing Porter’s loving portrait of the virtuosic musician, producer, and songwriter, you can’t imagine Vandross’ story being told by anyone else.
Considering the stamp he put on the American music industry, it feels strange that there hasn’t yet been a definitive documentary about Vandross’ unsung legacy until Dawn Porter’s “Luther: Never Too Much,” which had its world premiere recently at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. But that delay is perhaps fortuitous — after experiencing Porter’s loving portrait of the virtuosic musician, producer, and songwriter, you can’t imagine Vandross’ story being told by anyone else.
- 1/26/2024
- by Tomris Laffly
- Indiewire
Billy Porter wrote the song “Always Be My Man” before he even knew about the film “Our Son,” let alone knew he would star in it, too. The multi-talented performer had wanted to pen a piece with collaborators Joe Killington and Conor Reeves about “the complexity of a relationship,” especially because he was living through a moment in which he was “fighting” with his now ex-husband. When the script for Bill Oliver’s film came his way soon after, the actor felt “the song was the law of attraction for me to receive this moment.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
The desire to write a song for a film in which he also stars is one Porter has felt for a very long time. “I’ve been doing movies since 1999. I’ve been trying to get a song in a movie that I’m in since then. I have been completely dismissed for decades,...
The desire to write a song for a film in which he also stars is one Porter has felt for a very long time. “I’ve been doing movies since 1999. I’ve been trying to get a song in a movie that I’m in since then. I have been completely dismissed for decades,...
- 12/8/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Five years after the launch of sales company Madd Entertainment as a partnership between Turkish TV giants Medyapim (“Mother”) and Ay Yapim (“Endless Love”), Madd is at Mipcom not only as Turkey’s top content exporter but also as an innovative industry driver thanks to a raft of deals that take the country’s booming TV business in new directions.
The combined firepower of Medyapim that comprises several subsidiaries and partners including Mf Yapim, Madd, and Mednova and has a library of more than 10,000 hours of TV content spanning from dramas and sitcoms to feature films and game shows, and Ay Yapım which produces a slew of Turkey’s most beloved dramas, accounts for over 400 hours of original programming per year.
They have a major impact on Turkey’s linear prime time and streaming programming. But now, thanks to Madd, they are broadening their horizons.
The five pacts known to...
The combined firepower of Medyapim that comprises several subsidiaries and partners including Mf Yapim, Madd, and Mednova and has a library of more than 10,000 hours of TV content spanning from dramas and sitcoms to feature films and game shows, and Ay Yapım which produces a slew of Turkey’s most beloved dramas, accounts for over 400 hours of original programming per year.
They have a major impact on Turkey’s linear prime time and streaming programming. But now, thanks to Madd, they are broadening their horizons.
The five pacts known to...
- 10/17/2023
- by Marta Balaga and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Brazilian media giant Globo has sold the first international adaptation rights to its biggest telenovela hit in recent years, “Brazil Avenue” (“Avenida Brasil”) to Ay Yapım, one of the most prominent daily series producers of Turkey.
Madd Entertainment, a joint venture of Medyapim (“Mother”) and Ay Yapim (“Endless Love”), will distribute the adaptation worldwide.
The unprecedented agreement allows for Ay Yapım to make some changes as long as it adheres to the telenovela’s main storylines. Globo Studios will be on hand as a consultant.
The International Emmy-nominated soap has already been sold to more than 140 territories so a Turkish adaptation would further expand its reach.
“We are betting on selling formats to bring our productions to new audiences and in different ways. And this agreement with Ay Yapım reflects that, showing the market that we are open to a variety of business models,” said Globo’s head of international business and co-productions,...
Madd Entertainment, a joint venture of Medyapim (“Mother”) and Ay Yapim (“Endless Love”), will distribute the adaptation worldwide.
The unprecedented agreement allows for Ay Yapım to make some changes as long as it adheres to the telenovela’s main storylines. Globo Studios will be on hand as a consultant.
The International Emmy-nominated soap has already been sold to more than 140 territories so a Turkish adaptation would further expand its reach.
“We are betting on selling formats to bring our productions to new audiences and in different ways. And this agreement with Ay Yapım reflects that, showing the market that we are open to a variety of business models,” said Globo’s head of international business and co-productions,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
After Everything is the fifth and final entry in the After Film franchise. Written and Directed by Castille Landon, the film is based on a novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The romantic drama film follows Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) as he travels to Portugal in order to make amends to Natalie (Mimi Keene). After Everything will also provide us with a final answer about where Hardin and Tess (Josephine Langford) will end up. So, if you loved the final chapter of the After series here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Through My Window: Across the Sea (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Ares has gone to study in Stockholm, and he and Raquel are in a long-distance relationship, which is more challenging than they had expected. When summer arrives and they meet again, the long separation and the people they have met during that time will...
Through My Window: Across the Sea (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Ares has gone to study in Stockholm, and he and Raquel are in a long-distance relationship, which is more challenging than they had expected. When summer arrives and they meet again, the long separation and the people they have met during that time will...
- 9/15/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
After shooting the Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana, deconstructing another pop icon in Brooke Shields was an organic segue for filmmaker Lana Wilson. The director is up for a Primetime Emmy nomination in Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for the Hulu/ABC News docuseries Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.
Wilson’s agent first brought the opportunity of a Brooke Shields doc to her attention after the concept was in the works via Alexandra Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos, who have a production deal at ABC News. Wilson tells us why the time was finally prime for Shields to tell all.
Shields proved a documentarian’s dream subject, not holding back from her roller-coaster ride high of being a 1980s starlet in such dicey movies such as Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love to tabloid headlines as Andre Agassi’s wife and Michael Jackson’s Grammys date. Wilson wanted...
Wilson’s agent first brought the opportunity of a Brooke Shields doc to her attention after the concept was in the works via Alexandra Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos, who have a production deal at ABC News. Wilson tells us why the time was finally prime for Shields to tell all.
Shields proved a documentarian’s dream subject, not holding back from her roller-coaster ride high of being a 1980s starlet in such dicey movies such as Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love to tabloid headlines as Andre Agassi’s wife and Michael Jackson’s Grammys date. Wilson wanted...
- 8/16/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After soaring to the highest heights of his career with Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise looks to surpass that with the Mission: Impossible franchise’s seventh outing, Dead Reckoning Part One. From the time he launched his now over 40-year career with an appearance in Endless Love, Cruise was “laser-focused” on achieving greatness, Val Kilmer recalls in his memoir, looking to become not only one of the most iconic and commercially successful actors of all time, but also perhaps the most athletic, regularly pulling off stunts that no one else would dare attempt. There will never be another one like him.
Here, we chart the methodical growth of a star who has shown courage and pluck and mostly making strong choices along the way. That will include his greatest ever stunt, which will be to head up to space with frequent collaborator Doug Liman and shoot the first narrative feature that way.
Here, we chart the methodical growth of a star who has shown courage and pluck and mostly making strong choices along the way. That will include his greatest ever stunt, which will be to head up to space with frequent collaborator Doug Liman and shoot the first narrative feature that way.
- 7/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The American actress and model Brooke Shields was born on May 31, 1965. The actress started as a model at a very young age. She equally received critical acclaim for her lead in the film Pretty Baby (1978) when she was just 12 years old. Ever since, she has starred primarily in dramas, for which she is mostly known. The biggest dramas she starred in to date are her roles in The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981). But what many fans do not know is that Brooke took several breaks from acting to pursue other career goals. This list...
- 7/12/2023
- by Elena Wasserzier
- TVovermind.com
A documentary about the life and career of legendary R&b singer Luther Vandross is in the works, with Jamie Foxx and Colin Firth serving as producers.
Sony Music Entertainment’s (Sme) Premium Content Division, Sony Music Publishing, Foxx’s Foxxhole Productions and Firth’s Raindog Films have joined forces to produce the first-ever doc on the eight-time Grammy winner, who died in 2005 at age 54. Award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter is directing, and production is underway.
Vandross began his career as a backup singer for Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler and David Bowie. He released his successful, double platinum debut album, Never Too Much, in 1981 and has sold 40 million albums worldwide. Most of his albums achieved platinum or double platinum status, and he scored five Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including “Here and Now,” “Endless Love” and “Power of Love/Love Power.” He earned 27 Top 10 hits on the R&b chart,...
Sony Music Entertainment’s (Sme) Premium Content Division, Sony Music Publishing, Foxx’s Foxxhole Productions and Firth’s Raindog Films have joined forces to produce the first-ever doc on the eight-time Grammy winner, who died in 2005 at age 54. Award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter is directing, and production is underway.
Vandross began his career as a backup singer for Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler and David Bowie. He released his successful, double platinum debut album, Never Too Much, in 1981 and has sold 40 million albums worldwide. Most of his albums achieved platinum or double platinum status, and he scored five Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including “Here and Now,” “Endless Love” and “Power of Love/Love Power.” He earned 27 Top 10 hits on the R&b chart,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brooke Shields came up in a different time. The model and actress has been working since infancy, and when she shot to superstardom in the ’70s and ’80s, she became a lucrative commodity whose own opinion was rarely heard, but became the focus of many other people’s opinions.
This is all explored in her two-part documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which hails from ABC News Studios and launched on Hulu earlier this year. Produced by Ali Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos and director Lana Wilson (Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana”), the doc that received rave reviews out of its premiere at Sundance uses Shields’ story of being sexualized as a child to paint a bigger picture of the treatment of women in society.
Speaking to Variety, Shields says that she hopes to be a “conduit” for a larger conversation. She believes things have improved in the industry, and hopes the public...
This is all explored in her two-part documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which hails from ABC News Studios and launched on Hulu earlier this year. Produced by Ali Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos and director Lana Wilson (Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana”), the doc that received rave reviews out of its premiere at Sundance uses Shields’ story of being sexualized as a child to paint a bigger picture of the treatment of women in society.
Speaking to Variety, Shields says that she hopes to be a “conduit” for a larger conversation. She believes things have improved in the industry, and hopes the public...
- 6/15/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Brooke Sheilds takes control of the narrative by sharing her story in her own words in the Hulu documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, from director Lana Wilson.
From Matador Content and BedBy8 for ABC News Studio, the film follows Shields from her early years as a blossoming model and actress to her present day as a powerful woman, mother, wife and performer with a career spanning more than four decades. It also touches on her complicated relationship with her mother and manager Teri Shields and how working on early projects including Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby, Randal Kleiser’s The Blue Lagoon and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love — all before age 16 — left her vulnerable to public criticism and unwanted attention from adult men.
Now, Shields is ready to tell her story in her own words.
“It was the right time, and it also felt very good to finally — you know,...
From Matador Content and BedBy8 for ABC News Studio, the film follows Shields from her early years as a blossoming model and actress to her present day as a powerful woman, mother, wife and performer with a career spanning more than four decades. It also touches on her complicated relationship with her mother and manager Teri Shields and how working on early projects including Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby, Randal Kleiser’s The Blue Lagoon and Franco Zeffirelli’s Endless Love — all before age 16 — left her vulnerable to public criticism and unwanted attention from adult men.
Now, Shields is ready to tell her story in her own words.
“It was the right time, and it also felt very good to finally — you know,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Blue Lagoon” director Randal Kleiser tried to get in touch with Brooke Shields, but the actress isn’t sure if she’s ready to talk to him just yet.
Shields spoke about her new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which examines her experiences of being sexualized and objectified in Hollywood from a young age, during a recent appearance on Drew Barrymore’s talk show.
Read More: Brooke Shields on Why Now Was The Right Time To Tell Her Story In ‘Brutally Honest’ New Doc (Exclusive)
“I saw his name on my phone, and I was like, “Oh, what do I do? And I let it go to voicemail because I was like, I want to see what the tone is.” Shields said. “He wants to chat. I don’t know about what. I don’t feel like bringing any of it back up again. It’s not about that.
Shields spoke about her new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which examines her experiences of being sexualized and objectified in Hollywood from a young age, during a recent appearance on Drew Barrymore’s talk show.
Read More: Brooke Shields on Why Now Was The Right Time To Tell Her Story In ‘Brutally Honest’ New Doc (Exclusive)
“I saw his name on my phone, and I was like, “Oh, what do I do? And I let it go to voicemail because I was like, I want to see what the tone is.” Shields said. “He wants to chat. I don’t know about what. I don’t feel like bringing any of it back up again. It’s not about that.
- 4/12/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
Brooke Shields revealed on “The Drew Barrymore Show” that she received a phone call from “The Blue Lagoon” director Randal Kleiser following the release of her new Hulu documentary “Pretty Baby.” In the documentary, the supermodel and actor called out “The Blue Lagoon” for exploiting her sexual awakening when she was just 14 years old.
“They wanted to make it a reality show,” Shields says in the documentary about “The Blue Lagoon” and other films she made as a teen actor. “They wanted to sell my actual sexual awakening. The irony was, I wasn’t in touch with any of my own sexuality.”
“The Blue Lagoon” stars Shields opposite Christopher Atkins. The two actors play teens stranded on a tropical island who experience puberty together and fall in love. The film is one of many that Shields calls out in the documentary for exploiting her at such a young age. Other...
“They wanted to make it a reality show,” Shields says in the documentary about “The Blue Lagoon” and other films she made as a teen actor. “They wanted to sell my actual sexual awakening. The irony was, I wasn’t in touch with any of my own sexuality.”
“The Blue Lagoon” stars Shields opposite Christopher Atkins. The two actors play teens stranded on a tropical island who experience puberty together and fall in love. The film is one of many that Shields calls out in the documentary for exploiting her at such a young age. Other...
- 4/11/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Brooke Shields has been in the public eye since she was just 11 months old, but it's taken her 57 years to embrace her power as an actor, model, and businesswoman. In Pretty Baby, a new documentary from Lana Wilson (who previously directed Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana), Shields examines just how far she's come after a career of being objectified by Hollywood and commodified by American culture. Across two episodes, the multi-hyphenate reflects on her controversial role in Louis Malle's 1978 film Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love's impact on her public image and sense of self, her complicated relationship with her mother and manager, Teri, and her brief marriage to tennis player Andre Agassi. Shields also alleges she was raped by a film executive when she was in her twenties, and she opens up about the blame she placed upon herself in the aftermath.
- 4/3/2023
- by Claire Spellberg Lustig
- Primetimer
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“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” a documentary about Brooke Shields and the sexual objectification she endured as a child actor, arrives on Hulu today.
In the two-part documentary, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the actor and model opens up for the first time about her earliest experiences in Hollywood. The film tracks her rise as a child advertising model to her sexualization in movies, starting at age 12, in “Pretty Baby” (1978), and then at 15, in “The Blue Lagoon” (1980).
“I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted,” Shields says in a new teaser dropped Wednesday morning. “I finally asked myself, ‘What will I be if I don’t allow that anymore?'”
Shields’ experience with older men on set as a child is a common theme in her recollections.
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” a documentary about Brooke Shields and the sexual objectification she endured as a child actor, arrives on Hulu today.
In the two-part documentary, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the actor and model opens up for the first time about her earliest experiences in Hollywood. The film tracks her rise as a child advertising model to her sexualization in movies, starting at age 12, in “Pretty Baby” (1978), and then at 15, in “The Blue Lagoon” (1980).
“I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted,” Shields says in a new teaser dropped Wednesday morning. “I finally asked myself, ‘What will I be if I don’t allow that anymore?'”
Shields’ experience with older men on set as a child is a common theme in her recollections.
- 4/3/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
In a new two-part documentary, actress, model, and author Brooke Shields tells another side of her story. “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” revisits her upbringing in the spotlight, beginning when she was just 11 months old. It also examines how she was seen as just a “pretty girl” and heavily sexualized in the media from the time she was just a child. The two episodes drop on Hulu on Monday, April 3. You can watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.
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“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” explores the actress’ rise to fame with her modeling debut when she was not even a year old. With her mom Teri Shields as her manager, she modeled for years before she landed...
How to Watch 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' Documentary When: Monday, April 3, 2023 Where: Hulu Stream: Watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu. 30-Day Free Trial$7.99+ / month hulu.com About 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' Documentary
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” explores the actress’ rise to fame with her modeling debut when she was not even a year old. With her mom Teri Shields as her manager, she modeled for years before she landed...
- 4/3/2023
- by Aubrey Chorpenning
- The Streamable
Using the genre trappings of the superhero origin story, Amazon’s new drama The Power explores society’s preoccupation with and fear of pubescent girls. The series, which I’m not actually reviewing here, delves into how vast corners of the law and organized religion have been unconsciously or very consciously advanced to deny those girls agency. In the case of The Power, that agency arrives not in the form of legislation or a Supreme Court verdict, but as an evolutionary ability to generate and wield electricity. The patriarchy is in for a shock!
If you prefer this topic to be treated with more text and less subtext, Lana Wilson’s Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields moves to Hulu after a January premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The two-part documentary — 136 minutes in total, but surely better suited to have been edited into a 120-minute feature — uses Shields’ alternately unsettling and...
If you prefer this topic to be treated with more text and less subtext, Lana Wilson’s Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields moves to Hulu after a January premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The two-part documentary — 136 minutes in total, but surely better suited to have been edited into a 120-minute feature — uses Shields’ alternately unsettling and...
- 3/31/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brooke Shields is telling her truth and her story.
The actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new Netflix documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, in New York City, where she spoke with Et’s Rachel Smith about her candid and emotionally powerful film, and why it was the right time to open up about her experiences and trauma.
“It was time because of the team, because my children’s age, and because of all the work that I have done to really find belief and confidence in my own self,” shared Shields, who found herself wiping away “happy tears” when she hit the carpet, as she was overwhelmed by the magnitude of the evening.
“At my age, this is a different time, it’s a different era, and I was ready to share [my story] and ready to be brutally honest,” Shields said. “Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been authentic...
The actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new Netflix documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, in New York City, where she spoke with Et’s Rachel Smith about her candid and emotionally powerful film, and why it was the right time to open up about her experiences and trauma.
“It was time because of the team, because my children’s age, and because of all the work that I have done to really find belief and confidence in my own self,” shared Shields, who found herself wiping away “happy tears” when she hit the carpet, as she was overwhelmed by the magnitude of the evening.
“At my age, this is a different time, it’s a different era, and I was ready to share [my story] and ready to be brutally honest,” Shields said. “Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been authentic...
- 3/30/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Mariah Carey is famous for topping the charts. In fact, she holds the record for the most number-one hits by a solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 (19), and she became the first artist ever to hit number-one in four different decades. But of course no one can send every song they’ve recorded to the top of the charts. A number of Carey’s greatest hits didn’t reach the summit, but they belong in any discussion of her storied career. Scroll down for our countdown of her best non-chart-toppers.
Early in her career it was hard to find Carey singles anywhere but number-one. The first four from her very first album reached that position. The 1990s continued at that same pace: a whopping 14 of her chart leaders were released in that decade. The 2000s were less auspicious for her: she had career and tabloid trouble when her movie “Glitter” and its accompanying soundtrack underperformed.
Early in her career it was hard to find Carey singles anywhere but number-one. The first four from her very first album reached that position. The 1990s continued at that same pace: a whopping 14 of her chart leaders were released in that decade. The 2000s were less auspicious for her: she had career and tabloid trouble when her movie “Glitter” and its accompanying soundtrack underperformed.
- 3/27/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
As one of the most popular songs of the 1980s, just about everyone has heard “Endless Love” with Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. It has been one of the most-requested songs at weddings and was also famously included in the hit movie Happy Gilmore. The sweet lyrics and gentle melody are enough to melt anyone’s heart. We can only imagine the countless number of couples who fell in love while the song was playing.
However, many music fans may not know that while the song has made millions of people insanely happy over the past four decades, it didn’t have the most joyful beginning. Apparently, Lionel Richie and Diana Ross didn’t get along while recording “Endless Love.”
How did ‘Endless Love come to be?
It is a song that people can listen to time and again. However, “Endless Love” has an interesting backstory.
According to Stereogum, singer...
However, many music fans may not know that while the song has made millions of people insanely happy over the past four decades, it didn’t have the most joyful beginning. Apparently, Lionel Richie and Diana Ross didn’t get along while recording “Endless Love.”
How did ‘Endless Love come to be?
It is a song that people can listen to time and again. However, “Endless Love” has an interesting backstory.
According to Stereogum, singer...
- 3/24/2023
- by Lisa Geiger
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fox’s The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 6 brings Country Night to the stage. The judges will see two new masks — Axolotl and Macaw — hit the stage, and they’ll also see Fairy revisit with another song. Fans think they know who Fairy is thanks to a clue Nick Cannon spilled in a teaser. Here’s what the host said.
[Spoiler alert: Possible spoilers ahead regarding The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 6.]
Fairy in ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 | Fox via Getty Images ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 Country Night brings 2 new masks to face Fairy
The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 6 is all about country. According to the plot synopsis, “Three celebrities perform their favorite country songs; two are unmasked, but only one singer advances straight to the quarterfinals.” Viewers are anxious to hear Axolotl and Macaw sing, as they’re the newest additions to the season.
A teaser on Twitter shows Macaw wowing the judges with their rendition of...
[Spoiler alert: Possible spoilers ahead regarding The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 6.]
Fairy in ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 | Fox via Getty Images ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 9 Country Night brings 2 new masks to face Fairy
The Masked Singer Season 9 Episode 6 is all about country. According to the plot synopsis, “Three celebrities perform their favorite country songs; two are unmasked, but only one singer advances straight to the quarterfinals.” Viewers are anxious to hear Axolotl and Macaw sing, as they’re the newest additions to the season.
A teaser on Twitter shows Macaw wowing the judges with their rendition of...
- 3/22/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Actress Brooke Shields will use her upcoming documentary to open up about her amazement over how she “survived” being sexualised from the age of 11. ‘The Blue Lagoon’ actress, 57, who recently revealed she was raped by a man after they had dinner to discuss her film project dreams, tears up as she tells in her two-part documentary ‘Pretty Baby’ how she was “catapulted into the world of adult sexuality” as a child, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She said in a trailer for the film, due out April 3: “That always just seared me…. I was struggling to find my own voice, I wasn’t told it was important to have agency.”
Shields said the words as those interviewed for her documentary referred to her as “the most photographed woman in the world,” an “iconic American beauty,” “object of desire,” “sexualised child model” and “vulnerable”.
Named after one of her first films,...
She said in a trailer for the film, due out April 3: “That always just seared me…. I was struggling to find my own voice, I wasn’t told it was important to have agency.”
Shields said the words as those interviewed for her documentary referred to her as “the most photographed woman in the world,” an “iconic American beauty,” “object of desire,” “sexualised child model” and “vulnerable”.
Named after one of her first films,...
- 3/22/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Director Lana Wilson’s Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a two-part documentary examining the life and career of the model/actor, has released a riveting new trailer. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and will debut on Hulu on April 3, 2023.
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields currently sits at 91% fresh of Rotten Tomatoes, with Candice Frederick of HuffPost saying, “Come for the candid and increasingly shifting reflections on what it was like to be an ogled preteen and teen beauty. Stay for the ultimately affirming story of a woman who took back her life.”
Lana Wilson, Ali Wentworth, Alyssa Mastromonaco, George Stephanopoulos, Jay Peterson, Todd Lubin, Jacqueline Glover, and Jennifer Joseph served as executive producers. The documentary is a Matador Content and BedBy8 for ABC News Studios production.
Hulu released the following synopsis:
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields is a galvanizing look at actor, model, and icon Brooke...
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields currently sits at 91% fresh of Rotten Tomatoes, with Candice Frederick of HuffPost saying, “Come for the candid and increasingly shifting reflections on what it was like to be an ogled preteen and teen beauty. Stay for the ultimately affirming story of a woman who took back her life.”
Lana Wilson, Ali Wentworth, Alyssa Mastromonaco, George Stephanopoulos, Jay Peterson, Todd Lubin, Jacqueline Glover, and Jennifer Joseph served as executive producers. The documentary is a Matador Content and BedBy8 for ABC News Studios production.
Hulu released the following synopsis:
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields is a galvanizing look at actor, model, and icon Brooke...
- 3/21/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Brooke Shields confronts the exploitation and over-sexualization that fueled her rise to stardom in the new trailer for the upcoming documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.
The two-part doc, directed by Lana Wilson, delves into Shields’ career, as she rose from a child model to an actor, taking on controversial roles in films like Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby (filmed when Shields was just 11, she plays an exploited child growing up in a brothel). In the Eighties, as a teenager, Shields’ popularity exploded with roles in movies like The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love,...
The two-part doc, directed by Lana Wilson, delves into Shields’ career, as she rose from a child model to an actor, taking on controversial roles in films like Louis Malle’s Pretty Baby (filmed when Shields was just 11, she plays an exploited child growing up in a brothel). In the Eighties, as a teenager, Shields’ popularity exploded with roles in movies like The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
It’s hard to believe that season 9 of “The Masked Singer” has seen the departure of eight celebrities already. The most recent exits were Squirrel, who was revealed to be actress Malin Akerman, and Jackalope, who turned out to be social media sensation Lele Pons. The latter lost the Battle Royale to Fairy on March 15.
We’ve watched Fairy’s winning performance of “On Top of the World” by Imagine Dragons again as well as her first time at the mike when she nailed a cover of the Linda Ronstadt classic “You’re No Good.” And we’ve taken another look at her clues package. We think we’ve cracked the code as to Fairy’s true identity. Keep reading as we have all your “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the answer to the question, “Who is Fairy?”
We think that the Fairy is Holly Robinson Peete, an actress best...
We’ve watched Fairy’s winning performance of “On Top of the World” by Imagine Dragons again as well as her first time at the mike when she nailed a cover of the Linda Ronstadt classic “You’re No Good.” And we’ve taken another look at her clues package. We think we’ve cracked the code as to Fairy’s true identity. Keep reading as we have all your “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the answer to the question, “Who is Fairy?”
We think that the Fairy is Holly Robinson Peete, an actress best...
- 3/16/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The group of panelists on “The Masked Singer” are sputtering in mid-air as they try to deduce the identity of the secret celebrity hiding inside the Fairy costume. The sparkly, winged pixie performed Linda Ronstadt‘s “You’re No Good” during the fifth episode of Season 9 and received more votes than Squirrel and Jackalope, which means we’ll all have to wait a bit longer to find out who she really is. Do You have any ideas? Read on for the judges’ “The Masked Singer” Fairy guesses.
Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg was the first person to throw out a name, after hearing the “Endless Love” clue from Cookie Monster during “Sesame Street” night. “I mean, you guys, it’s kind of obvious,” she stated before naming Tracee Ellis Ross, the daughter of “Endless Love” singer Diana Ross. Jenny also thought the “home-ish” clue was a reference to Ross’s award-winning comedy “Black-ish,...
Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg was the first person to throw out a name, after hearing the “Endless Love” clue from Cookie Monster during “Sesame Street” night. “I mean, you guys, it’s kind of obvious,” she stated before naming Tracee Ellis Ross, the daughter of “Endless Love” singer Diana Ross. Jenny also thought the “home-ish” clue was a reference to Ross’s award-winning comedy “Black-ish,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Tonight on “The Masked Singer,” Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, The Count and Abby Cadabby bring the fun in a special “Sesame Street” episode. Grammy Award-winning superstar entertainer Jennifer Nettles joins the panelists as three celebrities sing their way through the competition.
The Season 9 contestants boast a combined 28 Emmy nominations, 6 Grammy wins, 10 gold albums, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 5 medals, 26 books, 2 Tony Award mominations, 5 lifetime achievement awards, 4 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a combined 95,231,000 records sold.
Play along with host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke. Two new characters enter the competition to face off against Squirrel and two will be unmasked in the all-new “Sesame Street Night” episode of “The Masked Singer” airing Wednesday, March 15 (8:00-9:01 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.
See See all 135 (and counting) ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the...
The Season 9 contestants boast a combined 28 Emmy nominations, 6 Grammy wins, 10 gold albums, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 5 medals, 26 books, 2 Tony Award mominations, 5 lifetime achievement awards, 4 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a combined 95,231,000 records sold.
Play along with host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke. Two new characters enter the competition to face off against Squirrel and two will be unmasked in the all-new “Sesame Street Night” episode of “The Masked Singer” airing Wednesday, March 15 (8:00-9:01 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.
See See all 135 (and counting) ‘The Masked Singer’ costumes and celebrity reveals through the...
- 3/16/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 5 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired March 15 on Fox.
Two more celebrities were unmasked on Wednesday’s edition of “The Masked Singer”: Actor/comedian Malin Akerman and social media star Lele Pons were revealed to be Squirrel and Jackalope, respectively.
For Squirrel, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg got it right, naming Malin Akerman. Robin Thicke guessed Heather Graham. Ken Jeong thought it was Katherine Heigl. Nicole Scherzinger picked Kate Hudson. Guest panelist Jennifer Nettles said Anne Hathaway.
As for Jackalope, Scherzinger quickly figured out it was Lele Pons, and Thicke agreed. McCarthy Wahlberg said Jenna Ortega. Jeong went with Selena Gomez. Nettles picked Camilla Cabello.
It was “Sesame Street” night, and the episode opened with Elmo singing “What’s The Name of that Song” before turning it over to Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, the Count and...
Two more celebrities were unmasked on Wednesday’s edition of “The Masked Singer”: Actor/comedian Malin Akerman and social media star Lele Pons were revealed to be Squirrel and Jackalope, respectively.
For Squirrel, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg got it right, naming Malin Akerman. Robin Thicke guessed Heather Graham. Ken Jeong thought it was Katherine Heigl. Nicole Scherzinger picked Kate Hudson. Guest panelist Jennifer Nettles said Anne Hathaway.
As for Jackalope, Scherzinger quickly figured out it was Lele Pons, and Thicke agreed. McCarthy Wahlberg said Jenna Ortega. Jeong went with Selena Gomez. Nettles picked Camilla Cabello.
It was “Sesame Street” night, and the episode opened with Elmo singing “What’s The Name of that Song” before turning it over to Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, the Count and...
- 3/16/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Brooke Shields opened up about the time she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed Hollywood executive, admitting to People, “I’m more angry now than I was able to be then.”
Shields publicly reveals the assault for the first time in her new two-part documentary, Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will arrive on Hulu on April 3. The assault occurred over 30 years ago, at a time when Shields was struggling to find work as an actress. After dinner with a Hollywood executive, whom she...
Shields publicly reveals the assault for the first time in her new two-part documentary, Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will arrive on Hulu on April 3. The assault occurred over 30 years ago, at a time when Shields was struggling to find work as an actress. After dinner with a Hollywood executive, whom she...
- 3/15/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Four American women tried to find love on the new reality TV show. Love Trip: Paris ends with all of them making two important decisions. Will the four ladies continue a relationship they found through the show? And will they return home or stay in Paris? Here are the couples who stayed together in the finale.
[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from the Love Trip: Paris finale, “Endless Love.”]
Lacy Hartselle, Josielyn Aguilera, Caroline Renner, and Rose Zilla-Ba on ‘Love Trip: Paris’ | Freeform/Calvo Bruno Rose Zilla-Ba and Simon
Rose chose herself above all else ?
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Watch @FreeformTV's #LoveTripParis. Stream on @hulu now. pic.twitter.com/EGtIerGIln
— Love Trip Paris (@lovetrip) March 9, 2023
After Rose Zilla-Ba was warned on the app that someone was there to go to the United States, she asked Simon if that was his goal. “I think in my life I want to go back to the U.S.” he answered. This disappointed her.
“I...
[Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from the Love Trip: Paris finale, “Endless Love.”]
Lacy Hartselle, Josielyn Aguilera, Caroline Renner, and Rose Zilla-Ba on ‘Love Trip: Paris’ | Freeform/Calvo Bruno Rose Zilla-Ba and Simon
Rose chose herself above all else ?
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Watch @FreeformTV's #LoveTripParis. Stream on @hulu now. pic.twitter.com/EGtIerGIln
— Love Trip Paris (@lovetrip) March 9, 2023
After Rose Zilla-Ba was warned on the app that someone was there to go to the United States, she asked Simon if that was his goal. “I think in my life I want to go back to the U.S.” he answered. This disappointed her.
“I...
- 3/13/2023
- by Nicole Weaver
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The “After” movie series is an American romantic teen drama based on Anna Todd’s authored After novels. The series has captivated viewers worldwide and has become a global phenomenon.
In this series, Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin team up to tell the story of an inexperienced young woman who embarks on a passionate romance with a mysterious student in her first semester at college. The series was popular among viewers for its gripping story and romantic tension.
If you enjoyed “After,” you might want to check out these romance movies with a similar tone and focus.
Great Movies Like “After” for Young People “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018) “Love, Simon” (2018) “The Kissing Booth” (2018) “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011) “The Notebook” (2004) “Endless Love” (2014) “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” (2012) “Alex Strangelove” (2018) “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018)
Susan Johnson helms this delightful 2018 American teen romantic comedy, with Sofia Alvarez providing the clever script.
In this series, Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin team up to tell the story of an inexperienced young woman who embarks on a passionate romance with a mysterious student in her first semester at college. The series was popular among viewers for its gripping story and romantic tension.
If you enjoyed “After,” you might want to check out these romance movies with a similar tone and focus.
Great Movies Like “After” for Young People “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018) “Love, Simon” (2018) “The Kissing Booth” (2018) “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011) “The Notebook” (2004) “Endless Love” (2014) “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening” (2012) “Alex Strangelove” (2018) “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018)
Susan Johnson helms this delightful 2018 American teen romantic comedy, with Sofia Alvarez providing the clever script.
- 3/4/2023
- by Israr Ahmed
- buddytv.com
Brooke Shields is sharing the source of her strength.
On Wednesday, a new teaser dropped for the upcoming documentary from ABC News, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, all about the iconic actor and model.
Read More: Brooke Shields Details Rape After Graduating From Princeton: ‘I Just Absolutely Froze’
“I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted,” Shields says in the teaser. “Finally, I asked myself, ‘Who will I be if I don’t allow that anymore?'”
The documentary is described as “a galvanizing look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.
“The film follows Shields through her extraordinary childhood and complex relationship with her mother and manager,...
On Wednesday, a new teaser dropped for the upcoming documentary from ABC News, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, all about the iconic actor and model.
Read More: Brooke Shields Details Rape After Graduating From Princeton: ‘I Just Absolutely Froze’
“I spent my life owing people things and doing whatever they wanted,” Shields says in the teaser. “Finally, I asked myself, ‘Who will I be if I don’t allow that anymore?'”
The documentary is described as “a galvanizing look at actor, model and icon Brooke Shields as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.
“The film follows Shields through her extraordinary childhood and complex relationship with her mother and manager,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Hulu‘s upcoming documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields showcases a behind-the-scenes look at the life of actress Brooke Shields throughout her lengthy career, which started when she was a young girl. The documentary holds “a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls,” according to the streamer. Her story shows “the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.” Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields follows the actress through her unusual childhood and complex relationship with her mother and manager, Teri Shields. Shields’ first gig began at only 11 months old, working as a child model before starring in Louis Malle’s controversial film Pretty Baby at 12. She became the face of the ’80s, being featured in Calvin Klein jeans ads and leading roles in The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, navigating the scrutiny of the media and American culture that wanted to use her for profit. “After defying stereotypes by going to college,...
- 3/1/2023
- TV Insider
Nothing can get between Brooke Shields and her self-worth.
The former child star, infamous Calvin Klein supermodel, and Hollywood icon is at the center of two-part documentary “Pretty Baby,” directed by Lana Wilson (“Miss Americana”). The film debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where executive producer Ali Wentworth encouraged pioneering creatives to not “listen to ‘no, you can’t.”
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” is a galvanizing look at the actress, model, and icon as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power, per an official synopsis. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.
The documentary is produced by ABC News Studios in partnership with Matador Content and Bedby8. The film marks the debut project from BedBy8, the newly formed production company by Ali Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos,...
The former child star, infamous Calvin Klein supermodel, and Hollywood icon is at the center of two-part documentary “Pretty Baby,” directed by Lana Wilson (“Miss Americana”). The film debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where executive producer Ali Wentworth encouraged pioneering creatives to not “listen to ‘no, you can’t.”
“Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” is a galvanizing look at the actress, model, and icon as she transforms from a sexualized young girl to a woman discovering her power, per an official synopsis. Holding a mirror up to a society that objectifies women and girls, her story shows the perils and triumphs of gaining agency in a hostile world.
The documentary is produced by ABC News Studios in partnership with Matador Content and Bedby8. The film marks the debut project from BedBy8, the newly formed production company by Ali Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Brooke Shields is making a startling admission in her upcoming Hulu documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, detailing for the first time she was raped by an “industry insider” after graduating from Princeton.
In the documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is coming soon to the streaming giant, the 57-year-old actress recalled the harrowing experience she says happened during a period when she was struggling to find work in Hollywood.
Shields says, via Entertainment Weekly, that she met this unnamed man for dinner to discuss possible work. After dinner, she says the man invited her to his hotel room to wait for a taxi.
“He said, ‘Come back to the hotel and I’ll call a cab'” Shields recalls. “And I go up to the hotel room, and he disappears for a while.”
Shields says she then picked up binoculars and watched out the window to look at some volleyball players.
In the documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is coming soon to the streaming giant, the 57-year-old actress recalled the harrowing experience she says happened during a period when she was struggling to find work in Hollywood.
Shields says, via Entertainment Weekly, that she met this unnamed man for dinner to discuss possible work. After dinner, she says the man invited her to his hotel room to wait for a taxi.
“He said, ‘Come back to the hotel and I’ll call a cab'” Shields recalls. “And I go up to the hotel room, and he disappears for a while.”
Shields says she then picked up binoculars and watched out the window to look at some volleyball players.
- 2/4/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
In her forthcoming documentary about her life and long career, Brooke Shields describes in detail an assault she experienced at the hands of somebody she terms “an industry insider”.
The actress and author tells how she was in her early 20s when she met the man – someone she considered a friend – for dinner, then went to his hotel room to order a cab home while he left the room. Soon, she describes, he returned to the room where he attacked her.
“He was right on me. It was just like wrestling,” she says, and adds that, at the time, she blamed herself for drinking wine and going to his room.
She recounts the story in the ABC News/Hulu Lana Wilson-directed docuseries Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields that premiered at Sundance. Pretty Baby – named after one of her films – which explores the way she became an object of sexual desire...
The actress and author tells how she was in her early 20s when she met the man – someone she considered a friend – for dinner, then went to his hotel room to order a cab home while he left the room. Soon, she describes, he returned to the room where he attacked her.
“He was right on me. It was just like wrestling,” she says, and adds that, at the time, she blamed herself for drinking wine and going to his room.
She recounts the story in the ABC News/Hulu Lana Wilson-directed docuseries Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields that premiered at Sundance. Pretty Baby – named after one of her films – which explores the way she became an object of sexual desire...
- 2/4/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Brooke Shields, the iconic actress and model, rose to fame at the age of 12 for her leading role as a child prostitute in Louis Malle’s controversial film Pretty Baby (1978).
She went on to star in several 80s dramas like The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981).
Her early career was defined by objectification and exploitation when she did nude modeling at ten years old and appeared naked in major Hollywood movies at 15.
She talked with uInterview founder Erik Meers at the Sundance Film Festival 2023 in Park City, Utah to discuss her new two-part documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, which reveals her story of coming of age in the public eye.
Shields appears in the film as an adult, reflecting back on her career and life, including her strained relationship with her mother and perilous journey through Hollywood as a child actor. Perhaps more importantly, it allows her the space to...
She went on to star in several 80s dramas like The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Endless Love (1981).
Her early career was defined by objectification and exploitation when she did nude modeling at ten years old and appeared naked in major Hollywood movies at 15.
She talked with uInterview founder Erik Meers at the Sundance Film Festival 2023 in Park City, Utah to discuss her new two-part documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, which reveals her story of coming of age in the public eye.
Shields appears in the film as an adult, reflecting back on her career and life, including her strained relationship with her mother and perilous journey through Hollywood as a child actor. Perhaps more importantly, it allows her the space to...
- 1/23/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Similar to the stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film Romeo & Juliet, who are suing Paramount for 100M+ for alleged sexual abuse and more, Brooke Shields also had an unsettling experience with the 2x Oscar nominated filmmaker during the production of Endless Love.
She details the incident in the latest ABC News/Hulu Lana Wilson-directed docuseries Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields that premiered at Sundance.
Interspliced with footage from a 1981 TV interview, the late Zeffirelli, sitting next to the then 16-year-old actress, details how he twisted Shields’ toe during a sex scene; the pic about a two lovestruck teens, whose parents are bitterly against their romance. The movie was one of a trio of R-rated sex-themed summer pics that Shields starred in, the previous ones being 1978’s Pretty Baby and 1980’s Blue Lagoon.
In the Hulu doc, Shields confesses, “The physicality and the exploration of sexuality felt really dangerous to me,...
She details the incident in the latest ABC News/Hulu Lana Wilson-directed docuseries Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields that premiered at Sundance.
Interspliced with footage from a 1981 TV interview, the late Zeffirelli, sitting next to the then 16-year-old actress, details how he twisted Shields’ toe during a sex scene; the pic about a two lovestruck teens, whose parents are bitterly against their romance. The movie was one of a trio of R-rated sex-themed summer pics that Shields starred in, the previous ones being 1978’s Pretty Baby and 1980’s Blue Lagoon.
In the Hulu doc, Shields confesses, “The physicality and the exploration of sexuality felt really dangerous to me,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
To say that Brooke Shields was objectified during her early years would be the understatement of the century. It is hard to fathom how any of it happened, or how anyone thought it was Ok, through a contemporary lens — nude modeling at ten years old, branded “the world’s youngest sex symbol” at 12, appearing naked in a major Hollywood motion picture at 15. That she was able to gain any semblance of normalcy, let alone graduate Princeton and become a powerful voice for mothers everywhere, is extraordinary.
“You know, my professional...
“You know, my professional...
- 1/21/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Our past returns to haunt us, again and again, through documentary and documentary, until every woman mistreated by time is resurrected to have her say. It happened with Britney Spears, with Janet Jackson, with Billie Holiday and others. At the helm of this latest retrospective is Brooke Shields, in Lana Wilson’s new documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.”
Premiering at Sundance and coming to Hulu later this year, the latest film from the director of “Miss Americana” places Shields’s multi-hyphenate career — model and actress, yes, but writer and advocate too — on display for nearly two and a half hours, eager to prove she is much more than a tabloid talking point.
Wilson’s film is named for Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby,” in which Shields starred as a 12-year-old prostitute in this historical drama written by Polly Platt. Malle’s film was the urtext through which Shields was often...
Premiering at Sundance and coming to Hulu later this year, the latest film from the director of “Miss Americana” places Shields’s multi-hyphenate career — model and actress, yes, but writer and advocate too — on display for nearly two and a half hours, eager to prove she is much more than a tabloid talking point.
Wilson’s film is named for Louis Malle’s “Pretty Baby,” in which Shields starred as a 12-year-old prostitute in this historical drama written by Polly Platt. Malle’s film was the urtext through which Shields was often...
- 1/21/2023
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
Taylor Swift is known for her prowess as a songwriter, so it’s ironic that among all her accolades throughout her career, she hasn’t won Song of the Year at the Grammys yet. This year she tied the all-time record for the most nominations in the category. But among those who hold the record, she’s the only one without a trophy. Will that change this year?
SEE2023 Gold Derby Music Awards nominations: Taylor Swift leads with 11
Swift has been nominated six times now for Song of the Year. Those nominations are as follows:
2010: “You Belong with Me”; lost to Beyonce‘s “Single Ladies”
2015: “Shake it Off”; lost to Sam Smith‘s “Stay with Me”
2016: “Blank Space”; lost to Ed Sheeran‘s “Thinking Out Loud”
2020: “Lover”; lost to Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy”
2021: “Cardigan”; lost to H.E.R.‘s “I Can’t Breathe”
2023: “All...
SEE2023 Gold Derby Music Awards nominations: Taylor Swift leads with 11
Swift has been nominated six times now for Song of the Year. Those nominations are as follows:
2010: “You Belong with Me”; lost to Beyonce‘s “Single Ladies”
2015: “Shake it Off”; lost to Sam Smith‘s “Stay with Me”
2016: “Blank Space”; lost to Ed Sheeran‘s “Thinking Out Loud”
2020: “Lover”; lost to Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy”
2021: “Cardigan”; lost to H.E.R.‘s “I Can’t Breathe”
2023: “All...
- 12/8/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sometimes the Grammys take a long, long, long time to get to you. For instance, legendary country singer Tanya Tucker didn’t win until the two trophies she collected in 2020, when she was 61. This year there may be no artist more overdue than singer Diana Ross, who is 78 now and celebrating her 13th Grammy nom: Best Traditional Pop Album for “Thank You.” This is her first nomination in 40 years, and while she received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, she has never won competitively.
Ross’s nominations include bids for classics like “Baby Love” and “Stop in the Name of Love” with The Supremes, plus solo noms for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Touch Me in the Morning,” and her Lionel Richie collab “Endless Love,” for which she received her only bid for Record of the Year. Now she’s up for “Thank You,” her 25th studio album which was...
Ross’s nominations include bids for classics like “Baby Love” and “Stop in the Name of Love” with The Supremes, plus solo noms for “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Touch Me in the Morning,” and her Lionel Richie collab “Endless Love,” for which she received her only bid for Record of the Year. Now she’s up for “Thank You,” her 25th studio album which was...
- 11/28/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
With his gift expressing emotion through music and his velvety smooth voice, Lionel Richie is one of the greatest singer/songwriters of his generation. In a career that spans five decades, his catalogue of songs are the playlists of generations of music lovers and have become classic standards for parties and weddings.
Richie rose to fame as singer and saxophonist with The Commodores, which formed in his hometown of Tuskegee, Al, and eventually contributed to writing some of their funky hits, such as “Brick House.” He later segued into and became known for writing ballads, such as “Easy” and the group’s first number one hit, “Three Times a Lady.”
SEEDolly Parton 15 best songs ranked for her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction [Photos]
During his time with the Commodores, Richie also found success writing hits for other artists, such as “Happy People” (as a co-writer) for The Temptations. In...
Richie rose to fame as singer and saxophonist with The Commodores, which formed in his hometown of Tuskegee, Al, and eventually contributed to writing some of their funky hits, such as “Brick House.” He later segued into and became known for writing ballads, such as “Easy” and the group’s first number one hit, “Three Times a Lady.”
SEEDolly Parton 15 best songs ranked for her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction [Photos]
During his time with the Commodores, Richie also found success writing hits for other artists, such as “Happy People” (as a co-writer) for The Temptations. In...
- 11/18/2022
- by Susan Pennington and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
With his gift expressing emotion through music and his velvety smooth voice, Lionel Richie is one of the greatest singer/songwriters of his generation. In a career that spans five decades, his catalogue of songs are the playlists of generations of music lovers and have become classic standards for parties and weddings.
Richie rose to fame as singer and saxophonist with The Commodores, which formed in his hometown of Tuskegee, Al, and eventually contributed to writing some of their funky hits, such as “Brick House.” He later segued into and became known for writing ballads, such as “Easy” and the group’s first number one hit, “Three Times a Lady.”
During his time with the Commodores, Richie also found success writing hits for other artists, such as “Happy People” (as a co-writer) for The Temptations. In 1980, he and Kenny Rogers joined forces to cross pop and country, with Richie writing “Lady” for Rogers.
Richie rose to fame as singer and saxophonist with The Commodores, which formed in his hometown of Tuskegee, Al, and eventually contributed to writing some of their funky hits, such as “Brick House.” He later segued into and became known for writing ballads, such as “Easy” and the group’s first number one hit, “Three Times a Lady.”
During his time with the Commodores, Richie also found success writing hits for other artists, such as “Happy People” (as a co-writer) for The Temptations. In 1980, he and Kenny Rogers joined forces to cross pop and country, with Richie writing “Lady” for Rogers.
- 11/18/2022
- by Susan Pennington, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
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