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Brooke Shields has landed yet another role on television after the success of her Netflix movie Mother of the Bride. However, this latest project also officially reunites her with the writer behind the 2024 romantic comedy to recapture the magic of their surprise megahit. During AMC Networks' presentation on Monday, Acorn TV announced that Shields will lead the new murder mystery series Allie & Andi with Robin Bernheim serving as creator and writer. Production is slated to begin on the six-episode show this fall en route to a release sometime in 2026.

Allie & Andi takes place in a charming little colonial New England town where Shields, who has written several memoirs herself, plays a best-selling novelist roped into a case after forging an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer and influencer. The two will put their skills to use as they hunt for the killer of a close friend. Little else is known...

Movie stardom rarely occurs overnight. Yes, there is typically a film where the star "arrives," but this performance usually comes after a series of supporting turns in movies or TV shows where they've swiped a scene or two. Eddie Murphy rocketed to fame via "48 Hrs.," but this came as no surprise to anyone who'd been watching him kill it on "Saturday Night Live." It might've felt like Peter O'Toole exploded out of nowhere in "Lawrence of Arabia," but his portrayal of a too-credulous guard in "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" put moviegoers on notice that he was a special talent. And Julia Roberts popped in ensemble films like "Satisfaction" and "Mystic Pizza" before becoming America's sweetheart in "Pretty Woman."

When I rolled out of bed on the morning of June 22, 1984, Val Kilmer did not exist. When I came home from the movies that night, he was one...

Brooke Shields is revisiting the setting of her famous 1980 movie The Blue Lagoon!

The 59-year-old actress, alongside SNL alum David Spade, are set to star in Fox‘s Almost Paradise, a multi-camera sitcom from Modern Family‘s Danny Zuker and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, via Deadline.

Here’s the logline: “Just your everyday, normal married couple facing all the everyday, normal challenges of being stranded on a desert Island for decades. Think Blue Lagoon, the family sitcom.”

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The idea originated from a meeting between Brooke and Aaron. The two then approached David. Brooke also guest starred on his show Just Shoot Me!

There is a two-script order from Fox, but no official deals have been made just yet with the actors. They have been involved in the development and present at pitches.

If greenlit, they are expected to star as the lead characters...

Exclusive: Brooke Shields is ready to revisit the setting that made her a global star in the 1980 movie The Blue Lagoon, with SNL alum David Spade joining her for the ride. Fox is developing Almost Paradise, a multi-camera sitcom from comedy veteran Danny Zuker (Modern Family) and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Written by Zuker, Almost Paradise is described as The Blue Lagoon meets Gilligan’s Island. Its logline reads: Just your everyday, normal married couple facing all the everyday, normal challenges of being stranded on a desert Island for decades. Think Blue Lagoon, the family sitcom.

The idea originated from a general meeting between Shields and Kaplan. The two then approached Spade, on whose NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! Shields had guest starred and Zuker had worked for two seasons as consulting producer/co-executive producer.

Shields and Spade have no deals for Almost Paradise, which has a two-script order from Fox,...

Brooke Shields’ childhood success story rings as a cautionary tale because, throughout that time, the former child star was heavily se*ualized. Although she had started modeling at just 11 months old, her life took a drastic turn when she was made to pose naked for Playboy at just 10 years old.

Brooke Shields in a shot from the documentary Pretty Baby | Credits: Hulu

Things went even more haywire when the actress starred in Pretty Baby as a child pr*stitute. A recent TikTok trend dragged those dark days back into the light after Brooke Shields herself pointed it out effectively starting a public discourse on the matter.

To make matters worse, the ones making these decisions for the former child star were none but her mother. She also controlled Shields’ career well into her adulthood, until the actress broke free from her in a swift but powerful move.

Brooke Shields posed...

Save for a 1992 guest spot on the Og Quantum Leap and voicing herself in a 1993 episode of The Simpsons, Brooke Shields — best known at the time for the ’80s films The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, plus Calvin Klein ads — had yet to break out on television through the mid-1990s.

And then she winningly stalked Joey Tribbiani (more accurately, Dr. Drake Ramoray) in Friends‘ January 1996 post-Super Bowl episode.

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Spanish romance “Your Fault” (Culpa Tuya), like its predecessor, “My Fault” (Culpa Mía) has become the latest worthy addition to the ever-so-engaging “guilty-pleasure” genre. Although lacking in terms of cinematic value, the movie makes up for that with its ‘forbidden love” storyline. It is, of course, extra scandalous as the lead male and female happen to be step-siblings. There is always a significant appeal for movies like “Your Fault,” and many of you have certainly looked for similar movies right after finishing the Prime Video hit. For those interested in such films, this is where you find the answer.

1. 365 Days (2020)

Surely many of you have seen this phenomenon that took the world by storm when it suddenly arrived back in 2020. The Polish erotic thriller had it all – an attractive male lead, a beautiful female lead, and a huge dose of steamy romance. Ticking all the boxes required to be...

When Randal Kleiser‘s “The Blue Lagoon” was released in 1981, it was an instant sensation; the beautifully photographed tale of sexual awakening between two teenagers (Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins) set against the backdrop of a tropical island paradise combined prurience and elegance in a potent cocktail that audiences couldn’t get enough of at the time. Its $60-million gross against a $5-million budget couldn’t be ignored — especially by other filmmakers looking to replicate its success.

As was so often the case, Italian filmmakers were particularly aggressive in their plagiarism, with films like the now-forgotten “Due gocce d’acqua salata” blatantly ripping off both the premise and the marketing of “The Blue Lagoon.” But the most well-known “Blue Lagoon” imitator came from an unlikely location for an exotic travelogue centered on sensual exploration: Canada.

“Paradise,” which was released in 1982 by now-defunct distributor Avco-Embassy, was the brainchild of producer Robert Lantos,...

Brooke Shields, the renowned model and actress, is parting with a significant piece of her past. The 59-year-old star is auctioning the iconic jeans she wore in Calvin Klein’s controversial 1980 campaign as part of Studio Auctions’ event, “From Bombshells to Blasters: An Auction You Can’t Refuse,” scheduled for October 25 to October 27.

Alongside these jeans, Shields will also be auctioning her script from “The Blue Lagoon” and her high school cheerleading sweater.

Reflecting on the auction, Shields shared her feelings, stating, “I am going to be an empty nester! I’m so sad. But now I’m going through all my closets and my things and am ready to give some of my special pieces away, like my Calvin Klein jeans. Can you imagine my waist was ever that small? It’s terrifying! I hope that somebody enjoys these just as much as I have and finds them as meaningful as I do.

The sad news came down earlier today that actress Shelley Duvall died in her sleep of complications related to diabetes. She was 75.

“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us,” Dan Gilroy, her life partner, said in a statement. “Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”

Duvall was one of the most celebrated and accomplished actresses of the Seventies. Director Robert Altman launched her career by giving her one of the lead roles in his 1970 classic Brewster McCloud. He continued to work with...

With the sad recent news that star Shelley Duvall has passed away just after turning 75, we're looking back at a surprising late moment in her phenomenal career that occurred just two years ago. In 2022, her Golden Raspberry Award nomination for The Shining was officially rescinded. While the classic horror film, directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the Stephen King story, is widely regarded as one of cinema's all-time greatest movies, it was not met with the warmest reception when it was first released. In fact, Kubrick was nominated for Worst Director at the Razzies, with Duvall also nominated for Worst Actress. Those awards went to Robert Greenwald (Xanadu) and Brooke Shield (The Blue Lagoon) respectively, but the nominations have since garnered controversy.

It was Kubrick's behavior and treatment of Duvall during the production of The Shining that ultimately led to the rescission. Kubrick's torment of Duvall was notorious (and...

Phoebe Cates nearly ended Zach Galligan's career before she helped launch it.

Galligan was the New York City-born son of a corporate lawyer and a psychologist when, in his late teens, he landed his first major Hollywood audition. The film was Paul Mazursky's contemporized adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest," and it promised to be a powerhouse actor's showcase what with John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands already cast in the lead roles.

Mazursky and casting director Juliet Taylor were looking for a young actor to play the film's version of Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples who falls in love with Prospero's daughter Miranda. Given the production's pedigree, Galligan was competing against and reading with a who's who of up-and-coming performers, many of whom already had a movie or two under their belt.

One of these up-and-comers was Phoebe Cates, a showbiz kid who'd been on the...

Brats focuses on the impact of the "Brat Pack" nickname on young actors of the 1980s, honing in on three central films. McCarthy's documentary features conversations with former co-stars and social experts, exploring the collective experience of the actors. Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, and The Breakfast Club are highlighted in Brats for their significance in Brat Pack culture.

A new documentary on Hulu by director Andrew McCarthy called Brats explores the impact of the nickname the "Brat Pack" on a group of young actors whose careers took off in the 1980s McCarthy himself was a member, referencing several movies in the process. Other actors in the Brat Pack included Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Alley Sheedy, Demi Moore, and Molly Ringwald. The actors would be grouped with the Brat Pack label for the rest of their careers. Rather than explore every film that members of the Brat Pack created,...

On Tuesday June 4, Today with Hoda & Jenna welcomes actress Brooke Shields and actor Eric Dane to the show. Shields, a former child model and actress, will discuss her career, including her roles in “Pretty Baby,” “The Blue Lagoon,” and “Endless Love.” Shields gained notoriety for her leading role in “Pretty Baby” at just […]

Today with Hoda & Jenna: Brooke Shields, Eric Dane...

Shields' roles in sitcoms like Jane the Virgin showcased her strength as a comedic actress with great on-screen chemistry. Despite mixed reviews, Shields' performance in The Blue Lagoon launched her into superstardom with emotional resonance. Shields' versatility as an actress was evident in Law & Order: Svu, where she portrayed Sheila Porter with depth and intensity.

Warning: This article contains mentions of violence and abuse.

Brooke Shields received several Razzie Award nominations over the years, but despite this, she had a solid and varied career in both TV shows and movies. The actress famously stepped into the spotlight for the first time at less than a year old as a child model and made her first on-screen appearance as a performer in After the Fall, the 1974 TV show adaptation of the play of the same name by Arthur Miller. From there, Shields quickly established herself as a big name in Hollywood throughout her childhood,...

Michael Jackson has an unparalleled place in the history of music and it became more evident as countless fans around the world listen to his music even today. Jackson was not only the greatest entertainer of all time but also the most successful performer of all time. Being a man of many talents- a phenomenal singer, dancer, and songwriter- earned him the title of The King of Pop.

Michael Jackson. Credits: Daniele Dalledonne/ Wikimedia Commons

Needless to say, he had the biggest influence in the music industry. As a result, he met a lot of celebrities from Hollywood. However, in his long career, he met only one actress, who held a dear place in his heart, and he repeatedly asked her to marry him despite his proposal being turned down every single time.

Michael Jackson Repeatedly Proposed to Brooke Shields to Marry Him

During the 1970s, filmmakers were passionate about...

Negative reviews led to a dismal 22% Rotten Tomatoes score for Mother of the Bride. This score is disappointing compared to her well-reviewed 2021 Netflix movie A Castle for Christmas. A Castle for Christmas earned a 75% score largely due to the chemistry between Shields and her co-star Cary Elwes.

Mother of the Bride has been a critical disappointment compared to Brooke Shields' rom-com success from three years ago. The new Netflix original movie, which also stars Miranda Cosgrove, Sean Teale, Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Harris, and Benjamin Bratt, was written by Robin Bernheim, who has previously collaborated with Netflix on the Princess Switch trilogy and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding. It was directed by Mark Waters, whose most prominent credits include the 2000s teen classics Mean Girls and Freaky Friday.

The Mother of the Bride star has been in the industry for decades, having kicked off her career as a model...

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...

Brooke Shields makes a comeback in Netflix romcom Mother of the Bride but sets unwanted Rotten Tomatoes record for her career. Mother of the Bride stars Shields as a single mom shocked to find out her daughter's fiance's dad is her college ex-boyfriend. Critics may have slammed Mother of the Bride, but fans of romantic comedies will still be charmed by its familiar formula.

Brooke Shields has made a comeback with the lead role in the Netflix romantic comedy Mother of the Bride, but the new movie has unfortunately set an unwanted Rotten Tomatoes record for the actors career. Mother of the Bride stars Shields as a single mother and Miranda Cosgrove as her daughter who returns from a year abroad with the news that shes getting married in a month. Much to her moms horror, the father of the groom is her own ex-boyfriend from college, played by Benjamin Bratt.

Mother of the Bride boasts a star-studded cast including Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove, and Benjamin Bratt. The film follows a high-concept premise with surprises, comical misunderstandings, and the potential for rekindled love. Director Mark Waters assembles a talented team to bring veteran screenwriter Robin Bernheim's script to life on screen.

The cast of the Netflix romantic comedy Mother of the Bride includes such beloved actors as Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove, and Benjamin Bratt. Mother of the Bride revolves around a woman who returns from a year abroad and surprises her mom with the news that shes getting married. They promptly jet off to a resort in Thailand for the wedding, and when the mother of the bride meets the father of the groom, shes even more surprised to find that hes her ex-boyfriend. Its a classic high-concept premise that promises awkward situations, comical misunderstandings, and the possibility of rekindled love.

Get ready for your next marathon with Max! This February, the streamer is saying goodbye to major award winners, camp classics, and more. Most of the platform’s exits will take place on the final day of the month, including the genre and history-changing “The Exorcist,” the recent Oscar winner “Drive My Car,” and more, but Max will remove several other major TV and film titles throughout the month.

We at The Streamable have assembled our top picks for what’s leaving Max this month— continue below to find your next thing to watch and see the full list below to plan your next movie night before they’re gone!

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A recent Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film, the Japanese drama stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku,...

Finnish director Tiina Lymi decided to “go big” for “Stormskerry Maja,” set in the 19th century. Based on a series of books by Anni Blomqvist, it has been selected for International Film Festival Rotterdam and Goteborg.

“It had to be done this way. It’s about life and death, love, sorrow and lust. Big emotions. I really respect my producers’ decision to commit to this budget. €4 million is nothing in the U.S., but it’s a lot in Finland.”

In the film – produced by Markus Selin, Jukka Helle and Hanna Virolainen for Solar Films and sold by Picture Tree Intl. – a young peasant woman, married off to a man she barely knows, moves to a remote island. Her new environment isn’t exactly welcoming, but Maja falls for it quickly – and for her new husband Janne.

Lymi shot the film on Åland Islands. “It’s a crazy place in...

Brooke Shields‘ two-part documentary Pretty Baby is airing on ABC as a three-hour special and we have all the most shocking and surprising confessions she made in the project.

The Blue Lagoon and Suddenly Susan actress, who is now 58, has opened up about everything from losing her virginity to the star who gave her the best kiss of her life, as well as the celeb who removed her from a holiday gift mailing list.

Brooke has also discussed being sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive 30 years ago.

Browse through the slideshow for the biggest confessions from the doc…...

Brooke Shields ignored a call from The Blue Lagoon director, Randal Kleiser, after her documentary shed light on her sexual exploitation by older directors. Shields felt that she was objectified and used by the men she worked with in her younger years, who saw her as a commodity rather than a person. Shields took charge of her own story, attending Princeton University, writing autobiographies, and using her experiences to help others through her podcast.

Brooke Shields appeared in The Blue Lagoon in 1980 and decades after, she admits she ignores calls from the movie's director, Randal Kleiser. The Blue Lagoon is a controversial '80s romance movie that tells the story of two children marooned on an island in the South Pacific. Emmeline (Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) progress through puberty and their sexual awakening on the island, eventually conceiving a child together and determining they like the simple life they have found.

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...

The Academy Awards get the most prestige, but a certain joy comes from seeing which films and actors come out on top for the anti-Oscars, the Razzies, aka the Golden Raspberry Awards. For fans of "so bad it's good" cinema it's the highlight of the year, drawing attention to must-see movie massacres since 1980. That first year saw the Village People pseudo-documentary Can't Stop the Music take out such low-lights as The Nude Bomb and Raise the Titanic for Worst Film, Neil Diamond take home Worst Actor for his role in The Jazz Singer, beating formidable flops like Bruce Jenner (Can't Stop the Music) and Flash Gordon's Sam J. Jones, and a tight race for Worst Actress fall to Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon. Since then, the Razzies has seen a wide array of (not) talent come away with awards: some one-off winners, some surprising winners, and some names...

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,...

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.

Brooke Shields revealed that The Blue Lagoon director Randal Kleiser has tried to contact her after the release of her new Hulu documentary Pretty Baby.

In the documentary, the actor and supermodel accused Kleiser of wanting “to sell my sexual awakening.”

Shields starred in the 1980 film alongside Christopher Atkins. Aged 14 and 18 at the time of filming, respectively, Shields and Atkins played cousins who were stranded on a deserted island.

As the characters matured into adulthood, they fell in love and had a child together.

Appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday (11 April), Shields was asked whether any of the male directors she mentions in the documentary have reached out to her.

“I saw [Kleiser’s] name on my phone, and I was like, ‘Oh, what do I do?’ and I let it go to voicemail,” Shields said. “Because I was like, ‘I want to see what the tone is.’ He wants to chat.

Brooke Shields revealed that “The Blue Lagoon” director Randal Kleiser reached out to her after documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” aired on Hulu.

The two-part doc, which debuted at 2023 Sundance, examines the early sexualization of Shields in part during Kleiser’s 1980 film when she was 14 years old. Kleiser, who also produced the movie, allegedly called Shields following the doc premiere.

“I saw his name on my phone and I was like, ‘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 during “The Drew Barrymore Show.”

Shields continued, “And he wants to chat, I don’t know about what. I don’t feel like bringing any of it back up again.”

“The Blue Lagoon” stars Shields and Christopher Atkins as cousins-turned-lovers who consummate their relationship after their boat is shipwrecked in the South Pacific. Both leads were nude onscreen.

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...

We had seriously considered an April Fool’s edition of Don’t-Miss Indies this month full of Latvian Redbox actioners, but thought better of such trickery at the eleventh hour. After all, our beloved constituents deserve better than a perplexing blurb about The Humanity Bureau starring Nicolas Cage. And anyway there are too many great, legitimate titles to skip. So bunker down with some Cadbury Creme eggs at the art house and enjoy!

Pretty Baby: Brook Shields

When You Can Watch: Now

Where You Can Watch: Hulu

Director: Lana Wilson

Why We’re Excited: Two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee Lana Wilson’s two-part documentary tracks child star Shields, from her rise to fame in Reagan-era hits Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon through her 40-plus years in Hollywood. Amidst the tumult of growing up in the public eye–she landed her first commercial at 11-months-old, as the Ivory...

Brooke Shields is opening up about losing her virginity to ex Dean Cain.

Shields, who dated Cain for a few years in the ’80s while at Princeton University, spoke about feeling “regret” and running “butt naked” from the room after getting intimate with the “Superman” star.

The supermodel, now 57, discussed the whole thing in her candid new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields”, which is now streaming on Hulu.

Read More: Brooke Shields Is Proud Of Her Daughters For ‘Speaking Their Mind’ In ‘Pretty Baby’ Documentary

Shields recalled Cain being “more comfortable with … the sexual part” of their relationship, according to Page Six.

She shared, “I wanted to jump into the personal relationship and the love and the commitment. We had to teach each other about each other.”

Shields, who was sexualized early on, playing a child prostitute in 1978’s “Pretty Baby”, as well as appearing in nude scenes in “The Blue Lagoon...

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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.

The jokes will extend well past April 1st on HBO and HBO Max.

“Barry” returns for its fourth and final season. After the shocking Season 3 finale which saw Barry (Billy Hader) getting arrested and Cousineau (Henry Winkler) being hailed as a hero, there will be plenty of consequences for both. The dark comedy premieres on April 16 with two episodes.

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” will also bring plenty of laughs when it returns for its fourth season. The sketch comedy series premieres April 14.

On the drama side, the limited series “Love and Death” premieres on April 27. It’s based on the true story of Candy (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pat Montgomery (Patrick Fugit) and Betty (Lily Rabe) and Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons) – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small-town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.

For comic fans, the midseason premiere of the final season...

With its list of new releases for April 2023, HBO Max is premiering the final episodes of two major shows.

First up is the continuation of Titans season 4 on April 13. Returning after a four month hiatus, these next six episodes will be the last go around for HBO Max’s gritty live-action DC series. Arriving three days later on HBO proper is the fourth and final season of Barry. Bill Hader and the rest of the Barry team wrote themselves into a fascinating corner with the conclusion of season 3. And judging by the first teasers for season 4, this final batch of episodes will indeed catch up with our favorite actor/hitman in prison.

Other TV shows of note this month include the Pete Davidson-starring animated series Fired on Mars on April 20 (light ’em up) the the Elizabeth Olsen-starring true crime story Love & Death on April 27.

HBO Max’s...

Bill Hader stars in ‘Barry’ season 4 (Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO)

Bill Hader returns for one final season of Barry and the popular sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show kicks off its fourth season on HBO Max in April 2023. Additional highlights of the streaming service’s April lineup include the debut of Love & Death, a limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Patrick Fugit; season two of Somebody Somewhere with Bridget Everett; and the return of 100 Foot Wave for a second season.

In addition, the Titans mid-season premiere arrives on April 13. HBO Max offers this description of the fourth and final season’s remaining episodes: “The Titans – with the exception of Gar – are returned to the Temple of Trigon and rush to find Sebastian and Mother Mayhem before Sebastian summons Trigon. Along the way, they come across a prophecy that may require Kory to make a huge sacrifice to save the world.

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...

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...

In the final season of HBO Max’s “Barry,” premiering on April 16, Barry’s arrest for the murder of Cousineau’s girlfriend leads to a shocking conclusion. Barry (Bill Hader), a hitman who stumbles into acting, explores the dark, often comedic underbelly of both LA gangsters and Hollywood. Henry Winkler stars as Cousineau, Barry’s acting teacher and the man forced to confront the reality of his former student.

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Another crime story will come to HBO Max in April, although this one is based on a true story. “Love & Death” revolves around the murder of Betty Gore (played by Lily Rabe) in a small Texas town in 1980. Her husband Alan (Jesse Plemons) has an affair with Candy (Elizabeth Olsen), who attends their church. Suddenly, the thrills turn deadly. Candy picks up an ax, whacks her rival over 40 times, and then claims self-defense. The new...

The new titles coming to HBO Max in April 2023 include streaming debuts of 2022 movies and highly anticipated premieres of the final chapters of beloved TV shows. March 2023 was a big month for HBO Max, as it featured The Last Of Us’ season 1 finale, Succession’s season 4 premiere, and Perry Mason’s season 2 debut. The streaming service also added the Oscar-winning documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed to its library, with more 2023 Oscar nominees like Elvis and The Banshees of Inisherin still available to watch on HBO Max in April.

Joining HBO Max’s catalog in April 2023 is the long-awaited premiere of the Elizabeth Olsen-starring limited series Love & Death on April 27. Before then, the mid-season premiere of the fourth and final season of HBO Max's Titans hits the streaming service on April 13. HBO Max’s April 2023 additions also include the TV show premieres of A Black Lady Sketch Show...

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,...

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...

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,...

Brooke Shields had to make an important apology.

In an interview with People, the 57-year-old actress revealed that she recently apologized to her old college boyfriend, a pre-“Lois & Clark” Dean Cain.

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“We had a great relationship, broke up, got back together again after three years. And that should have been a delicious time for me of revelling in it and feeling proud and free because I was in love,” she recalled.

The pair dated while attending Princeton University in the ’80s, by which time Shields had already starred as a young actress in the controversial films “Pretty Baby” and “The Blue Lagoon”.

“But it was as if I was just paralyzed from shame, thinking everybody was going to know, thinking of letting my fans down because I had professed one thing,” Shields said,...

Brooke Shields’ new documentary “Pretty Baby” made headlines at the Sundance Film Festival due to her revelation that she was sexually assaulted in her 20s. In a new interview with People magazine, Shields revealed it was a powerful Hollywood executive who assaulted her over 30 years ago.

“It’s taken me a long time to process it,” Shields said. “I’m more angry now than I was able to be then. If you’re afraid, you’re rightfully so. They are scary situations. They don’t have to be violent to be scary.”

Shields said she never went public with the sexual assault until the documentary because she thought “no one is going to believe me,” adding, “People weren’t believing those stories back then. I thought I would never work again.”

The sexual assault happened at the “lowest point of my career,” Shields said. She was a recent graduate from...

Brooke Shields reveals she was sexually assaulted in her 20s in her upcoming documentary Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby.

Shields alleges she was assaulted by an unnamed Hollywood executive but never came forward to accuse the man.

“[I thought] no one is going to believe me,” she told People ahead of the documentary’s premiere on Hulu. “People weren’t believing those stories back then. I thought I would never work again.”

The two-part film will focus on the actor’s rise as a child star and the sexualisation she was subject to aged 15 in 1980’s The Blue Lagoon.

“Doing the documentary, you see it all together, and it’s a miracle that I survived,” the 57-year-old added.

“It’s taken me a long time to process it,” she said of her alleged assault. “I’m more angry now than I was able to be then. If you’re afraid, you’re rightfully so.

Brooke Shields is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Pretty Baby (1978), The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Suddenly Susan (1996).

Brooke Shields Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Brooke Shields was born on May 31, 1965 (Book Shields: Age 57), in Manhattan, New York to Teri and Frank Shields. Shields started working as a child model for Ivory Soap when she was 11 months old.

Shields graduated from Dwight-Englewood High School in 1983 and from Princeton University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in French literature.

Brooke Shields Biography: Career

When Shields was 12 years old she was launched into fame from her controversial role as a child prostitute in the film Pretty Baby. In the film Pretty Baby, Shields plays Violet, the daughter of the prostitute Hattie. The controversy around the film comes from the fully nude scenes of Violet being photographed.

Two years later, Shields appeared as the youngest...

Fan-favorite TV series and a host of exciting films arrive on HBO and HBO Max this month. The fourth and final season of Emmy-winning drama “Succession” kicks off on March 26, so mark your calendars. Meanwhile, the long-awaited second season of “Perry Mason” is upon us with a debut on March 6, while “The Last of Us” wraps up its acclaimed first season on March 12. And the Oscar-nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” makes its streaming debut on March 19.

Noteworthy new library titles this month include the first two “Creed” films, the cult favorite “Speed Racer” and the Paul Rudd/Jason Segel comedy “I Love You Man.”

Check out the full list of what’s new on HBO and HBO Max in March 2023 below.

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Image: Hulu Hollywood is so rife with stories about the exploitation of child stars that it would be difficult to say which case is the most infamous, or which child entertainer-to-adult performer narrative is the most high profile. Nevertheless, Brooke Shields is someone who would come close to the top of the list.