Brooke Shields

2023 - 3 - 31

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Brooke Shields' Mom Teri Shields (Hollywood Life)

Brooke Shields opens up about her iconic Hollywood career in the doc 'Pretty Baby' and her late momager, Teri, plays a significant role in it.

[two daughters](https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/brooke-shields-daughters-4619442/), Rowan, 19, & Grier, 16, with [husband Chris Henchy,](https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/brooke-shields-husband-5035298/) said it was hard to defend Teri’s actions after her girls called Pretty Baby “child pornography” and asked, “Would you have let us [do that] at the age of 11?,” per [Woman & Home](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/brooke-shields-her-mother-encouraging-112846792.html). “You don’t ever recover from losing a parent,” Brooke said at the Variety Studio. Teri was accused at times of exploiting her own daughter, although Brooke found it hard to blame Teri. ” Brooke said of Teri at the The Suddenly Susan star even staged an intervention at age 13 for Teri, but the stint of sobriety was short-lived, per the outlet. I thought she was God, I thought she could change the weather. “It’s so innate when you’re an only child of a single mother,” Brooke told And by virtue of protecting her, I was justifying everything, and that solidified that bond between us.” Born August 1, 1933 in New Jersey, Teri Schmon would marry Francis Shields in 1964 and divorce only a few months later, when Brooke was only five months old. “The love was so intense,” she continued. Her teen years also included a very famous [Calvin Klein underwear](https://hollywoodlife.com/pics/celebs-wearing-calvin-klein-underwear-pics/) modeling campaign. ](https://hollywoodlife.com/2023/03/29/brooke-shields-white-bikini-turks-caicos-photos/)The two-part Hulu film, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, explores Brooke’s childhood stardom, which began with such controversial films like 1978’s Pretty Baby, where she played a 12-year-old prostitute, and 1980’s Blue Lagoon, where she was filmed partially nude at age 14.

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In A New Documentary, Brooke Shields Reckons With A Lifetime Of ... (British Vogue)

The last scene of the documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, about the 57-year-old actor's life, career, and sexual objectification as a child, ...

This is a story about all women.” We understand the argument she is making – about society’s penchant for both objectifying young girls and condemning their sexualization – but I ask Shields if there’s a feeling of her personal narrative being hijacked to fit a wider cultural one, both in this film and in the uproar that surrounded the original Pretty Baby. Shields began modelling at 11 months old, appearing in a Francesco Scavullo-shot Dove soap ad, and until now, neither she nor her manager-mother, Teri, had looked back. Across from us, oil portraits of Shields’s daughters as little girls by the artist Will Cotton frame the marble fireplace. Shields is dressed casually, in wide-leg track pants and a cropped white sweatshirt. “Okay, no, that’s weird, Mom,” she says, her hands up in protest. Rowan asks her mother if she appears naked in the film.

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How Brooke Shields' Documentary Became More Than Her 'I Was ... (Jezebel)

Director Lana Wilson talks to Jezebel about carefully capturing the icon and incorporating her feedback in Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields on Hulu.

She had one suggestion of an addition that actually she had said in the original interview, which was: “I was so trusting.” And I thought that was great and really important to add, because I also think it’s something that a lot of people connect to. That had to all feel completely comfortable to her, and it had to be something to which she was like, “Yes, this completely reflects my experience. I’m more comfortable,” and everyone was like, “Great!” I thought it was perfect. And I really tried to think about it as an experience I’m giving someone and they have to be okay at the end of it, as well as thinking of what I want and need to make this documentary. So I often don’t get to the harder stuff until the afternoon and then kind of bring it back to something that is more of an ending or more, “Well, what is the takeaway here?” I do try to do everything carefully. This is my experience and truth, and this is how it was for me.” I think that’s really rare. She’s really processed a lot of this stuff and was ready to talk. There’s the context of 1970s Hollywood cinema, and then there’s Brooke’s personal experience, and then there’s what we think looking at it now. Is it perpetuating that or is it critiquing it or is it ambiguous? JEZEBEL: I found the Pretty Baby section of your doc particularly fascinating, because you manage to contextualize the film in terms of both the Wild West nature of ‘70s cinema and the considerable controversy it riled up when it was released. She also went into the experience of interviewing Shields and her own vision for the film. Meanwhile, as she says in the doc, “The irony was, I wasn’t in touch with any of my own sexuality.”

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All the child stars who were 'exploited' by overbearing stage parents ... (Daily Mail)

From allowing them to get plastic surgery at a young age to stealing their fortunes, FEMAIL takes a look at all the tyrannical stage parents who took their ...

'I am so excited for the food,' she told her mom. I wanted her to develop as a woman.' 'Her mom would have men over all the time on different nights of the week and she'd make Kim perform for them – do her little skits and dance. He made his acting debut when he was only nine in the movie A Long Way Home. She is pictured with her mom and half-brother 'It was a very important thing to experience for me. If there was going to be a nude scene when I was that age, my mother would have a thousand per cent said yes.' 'I think it was just a way of him wanting to break my spirit,' he said. Macaulay told New York Magazine in 2001 that he begged his dad to let him take a break from acting, but he wouldn't let him. 'It's so innate when you're an only child of a single mother,' she added to The Times. But now I can look at that little girl and think, "She did it, she pulled through." 'I had to contend with so much at such an early age, and there was resilience, but also I put on blinders as a defense mechanism.

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Brooke Shields survived Hollywood – but only just (Glamour UK)

Following the New York City premiere of "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields," the actor sat down with Glamour's Samantha Barry.

I’m proud that I’ve come this far.” I’m proud of all the work I’ve done. “I had never seen my whole life in its entirety, start to finish,” Shields told GLAMOUR editor-in-chief Samantha Barry during a panel that followed the premiere.

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Brooke Shields's Latest Looks Included a Keyhole Jumpsuit and ... (Yahoo News NZ)

On Friday morning, Shields took things in a completely different direction for an appearance on Good Morning America with a head-to-toe Barbiecore moment that ...

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Brooke Shields proud of daughters for speaking out in Pretty Baby ... (Metro)

The actor and model's two children – Rowan, 19, and Grier, 16 – who she shares with husband Chris Henchy – appear in the documentary, with Rowan branding the ...

There was one moment when we were in the car and the cameras were there and he grabbed me to kiss me, and I said, “No! [Comment Now](#metro-comments-container) I am having a shot at normal life – you cannot drag me into crazy town”.’ [friendship with Michael Jackson](https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/28/brooke-shields-branded-michael-jackson-pathetic-after-dating-rumours-18513282/). In it, she was forced to kiss co-star Keith Carradine, then 27. [childhood career as ‘child pornography’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/27/brooke-shields-asks-why-mother-let-her-star-in-nude-scenes-aged-11-18506942/).

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Brooke Shields Shares Sweet Moment with Daughter on FaceTime ... (PEOPLE.com)

Brooke Shields shares daughters Grier, 16, and Rowan, 19, with husband Chris Henchy.

Do you want me to hold your purse? Do you want me to hold your phone? "That last scene in the movie where they are confident and free.

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Brooke Shields' Daughter Grier & More Grown-Up Celebrity Kids ... (Yahoo Lifestyle)

We've always marveled at the looks that A-list stars rock on the red carpet. The second time around was extra-special for these famous moms who got to see ...

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Brooke Shields looks pretty in pink as she promotes her ... (Daily Mail)

Brooke Shields stopped by Good Morning America on Friday to promote her new documentary Pretty Baby. The documentary details her sexualization and ...

Stronger: 'I wanted to erase the whole thing from my mind and body and just keep on the path I was on. 'I wanted to erase the whole thing from my mind and body and just keep on the path I was on. I believed somehow I put out a message and that was how the message was received. 'He said to me, "I can trust you and I can't trust people." I just cried all the way to my friend's apartment.' I went down in the elevator, and I got my own cab.

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Brooke Shields takes charge of her story in 'Pretty Baby' (The Washington Post)

Brooke Shields has been known as beautiful and famous since she was a baby, but a new documentary series reveals it's taken decades for her to feel ...

And I want to feel that whole thing again because it was a very healthy, pure place for me to be. I really want to find the right (one) because “Suddenly Susan” to me was such a revelation and it was the happiest time for me. Before COVID I was healthy and I was working out a lot and I felt good. SHIELDS: I was worried about the #MeToo stuff just because I didn’t want it to be reduced to just a headline. SHIELDS: I decided at an early age that if I was going to speak about anything, it was going to be about things that I believe that could help other people. Now, I don’t ever feel like I’m on the defensive because I’ve learned that I’m not at anybody else’s mercy.

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Brooke Shields takes charge of her story in 'Pretty Baby' (ABC News)

Brooke Shields has been known as beautiful and famous since she was a baby, but a new documentary series reveals it's taken decades for her to feel ...

I really want to find the right (one) because “Suddenly Susan” to me was such a revelation and it was the happiest time for me. And I want to feel that whole thing again because it was a very healthy, pure place for me to be. Before COVID I was healthy and I was working out a lot and I felt good. SHIELDS: I was worried about the #MeToo stuff just because I didn’t want it to be reduced to just a headline. SHIELDS: I decided at an early age that if I was going to speak about anything, it was going to be about things that I believe that could help other people. You have to own how hard it is just to get to this age, and with your wits about you, and good people in your life and how much more there is. And I just hoped that out of two hours and however many minutes, the one brief story — I mean, I knew it’s going to be clickbait — but I was worried that I would get let down again by the press. You know, you really do learn to compartmentalize. Now, I don’t ever feel like I’m on the defensive because I’ve learned that I’m not at anybody else’s mercy. I’ve maintained a career and kept challenging myself, and I don’t think I ever felt confident enough to say it out loud. SHIELDS: I made myself small for so long, either to be relatable or to not be threatening or humbled, you know? Don’t be a snob.

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Brooke Shields Is Proud Of Her Daughters For 'Speaking Their Mind ... (ETCanada.com)

Brooke Shields is sharing her pride in daughters Rowan Henchy, 19, and Grier Henchy, 16, for their appearance at the end of the new documentary about her ...

Do you want me to hold your purse?’ And I was like, ‘No thank you, just hold my hand!'” “My [other] daughter was just like, ‘Do you want me to hold your hand? “That last scene in the movie where they are confident and free.

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Brooke Shields' daughter Grier Henchy wears her mom's vintage ... (Olean Times Herald)

Brooke Shields' daughter Grier Henchy wears a vintage Dolce and Gabbana suit that was her mother's to the premiere of "Pretty Baby," a documentary about ...

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'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' Review: Hulu's Timely Documentary (Hollywood Reporter)

Hulu's two-part documentary 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' looks at Shields' career from '80s stardom to finding her voice and her agency.

The best scene in the documentary, by a wide margin, is a dinner in which Shields and her daughters try to make sense of what was progressive and what was regressive about her early career; it’s funny, relaxed and still welcomely analytical. It isn’t just that Shields is protective of her image and her mother’s image (she’s less so, later, when talking about her mother’s alcoholism); she simply isn’t interested in being scathing or dishy or in playing the role of advocate. The entertainment/cultural side of things is well-covered by the likes of Buzzfeed scribe Scaachi Koul and podcaster/film historian Karina Longworth. As Wilson, Shields and the doc’s talking heads quickly acknowledge, it wasn’t like pockets of society weren’t disturbed and maybe even grossed out by the idea of Shields as a pre-teen prostitute or the centerpiece of a series of sexually suggestive Calvin Klein ads. Shields presents herself here as a woman who has made it through to the other side, which will doubtlessly be reassuring for some viewers. The personal side of Shields’ life is well-documented by an assortment of friends and contemporaries, including Laura Linney, Ali Wentworth and Drew Barrymore. 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 inspiring journey as a vehicle to critique one of Hollywood’s ickier undercurrents and ask questions about whether or not anything has changed in the past 40+ years. Shields, though, was delivered into the monoculture as The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, an Ivory Soap Baby who became a commercial sensation; then, in a way that presumably couldn’t exactly be reproduced today, she became a movie star in a series of vehicles dedicated, with wildly varying levels of artistry and prurience, to showcasing her sexuality, even if Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love were all made before she turned 18. Pretty Baby has issues with structure and focus, as well as a featured subject who isn’t always angry about the same things its storyteller is worked up about. Then, of course, Shields grew up and became a high-profile celebrity virgin, a sitcom star, went to public war with Tom Cruise and much more. The patriarchy is in for a shock! 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.

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New this week: Brooke Shields, 'Grease' prequel and NF album (Athabasca Advocate)

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game ...

[EA Sports PGA Tour](https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour?utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) franchise since 2015, and its main selling point is exclusive rights to the Masters and the sport’s three other majors. [“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAov-PRrVRY&utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) shows the origin of the girl gang before Frenchy, Rizzo, or Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets. — Golf’s marquee annual event, The Masters Tournament, begins Thursday but the big news for virtual duffers is Electronic Arts’ long-awaited return to the links. The new music includes the anching love song [“Pointless,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNGI4LbAto&utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) with lush strings and powerful percussion. In the series, Hahn plays Clare, a writer who agrees to take on an advice column where she writes beautiful, heartfelt responses to people’s problems, incorporating her own life experiences, and all the while, Clare’s real lie is messy. “Rise of the Pink Ladies” takes place four years prior to the events of the “Grease” movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” debuts Thursday. — Linkin Park fans can celebrate the band’s landmark “Meteora” album with a 20th anniversary edition dropping Friday, April 7. [A new series on the Criterion Channel](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8101-the-criterion-channels-april-2023-lineup?utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) revisits sex and film from a much different perspective. “Sounds like a nightmare if you ask me/Went from my bedroom to the big leagues.” The 13-track album ”Hope" boasts features with singer-songwriter Julia Michaels and rapper Cordae. — Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi is ready for his spotlight in 2023. — Michigan rapper NF has a new album out Friday, April 7 and some tough love for his record label.

Reassessing Brooke Shields: The Prismatic Journey of 'Pretty Baby (NNN)

The film offers a reassessment of Shields, who was once labeled “America's Newest Sexy Kid Star” due to her early body of work. Director Lana Wilson recalls ...

Shields had a great experience filming “Pretty Baby,” but the material was ripe for an in-depth look. Wilson filmed Shields’ interviews over four “very long days” in addition to the more verité footage that peppers the commentary. Brooke Shields, the documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” has been making headlines since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

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Brooke Shields Talks Hulu Series in Black Jumpsuit on Stephen ... (WWD)

Brooke Shields on March 30 episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' in a cutout jumpsuit. 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' will be out April 3.

To the documentary’s premiere on Wednesday, she wore a Carolina Herrera suit with multicolor pink, purple and red detail. How she was able to just forge ahead and grow into a healthy person.” The jumpsuit also featured a bra-insert underwire and a ’70s-style bootcut flare.

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New this week: Brooke Shields, 'Grease' prequel and NF album (Athabasca Advocate)

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game ...

[EA Sports PGA Tour](https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour?utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) franchise since 2015, and its main selling point is exclusive rights to the Masters and the sport’s three other majors. [“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAov-PRrVRY&utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) shows the origin of the girl gang before Frenchy, Rizzo, or Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets. — Golf’s marquee annual event, The Masters Tournament, begins Thursday but the big news for virtual duffers is Electronic Arts’ long-awaited return to the links. The new music includes the anching love song [“Pointless,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNGI4LbAto&utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) with lush strings and powerful percussion. In the series, Hahn plays Clare, a writer who agrees to take on an advice column where she writes beautiful, heartfelt responses to people’s problems, incorporating her own life experiences, and all the while, Clare’s real lie is messy. “Rise of the Pink Ladies” takes place four years prior to the events of the “Grease” movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” debuts Thursday. — Linkin Park fans can celebrate the band’s landmark “Meteora” album with a 20th anniversary edition dropping Friday, April 7. [A new series on the Criterion Channel](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8101-the-criterion-channels-april-2023-lineup?utm_source=townandcountrytoday.com&utm_campaign=townandcountrytoday.com%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) revisits sex and film from a much different perspective. “Sounds like a nightmare if you ask me/Went from my bedroom to the big leagues.” The 13-track album ”Hope" boasts features with singer-songwriter Julia Michaels and rapper Cordae. — Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi is ready for his spotlight in 2023. — Michigan rapper NF has a new album out Friday, April 7 and some tough love for his record label.

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Has Brooke Shields Had Plastic Surgery? Transformation Photos (Life & Style Weekly)

Brooke Shields has been open about cosmetic procedures she's tried over the years. See her transformation in photos.

The doc derives its name from her controversial first film in 1978 where she played a child prostitute at the age of 12. [I work out really hard with a trainer](https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/category/health-fitness/) [and I do] yoga and Pilates,” the Suddenly Susan alum told the outlet. Brooke went on to describe how she was using the non-surgical, body contouring WarmSculpting treatments to deal with problem areas of her fabulous figure. “I want laser treatment because I’m not a fan of my wrinkles,” she revealed in the April 2010 issue of And if that involves this procedure or that procedure, it’s your prerogative,” Brooke explained. [Brooke Shields](https://www.closerweekly.com/tags/brooke-shields-19745/) has been famous ever since she was a child, so fans have literally watched her grow up over the years.

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New this week: Brooke Shields, 'Grease' prequel and NF album (Cochrane Today)

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game ...

[EA Sports PGA Tour](https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour?utm_source=cochranetoday.ca&utm_campaign=cochranetoday.ca%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) franchise since 2015, and its main selling point is exclusive rights to the Masters and the sport’s three other majors. [“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAov-PRrVRY&utm_source=cochranetoday.ca&utm_campaign=cochranetoday.ca%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) shows the origin of the girl gang before Frenchy, Rizzo, or Sandy ever donned their own pink jackets. — Golf’s marquee annual event, The Masters Tournament, begins Thursday but the big news for virtual duffers is Electronic Arts’ long-awaited return to the links. The new music includes the anching love song [“Pointless,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlNGI4LbAto&utm_source=cochranetoday.ca&utm_campaign=cochranetoday.ca%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) with lush strings and powerful percussion. In the series, Hahn plays Clare, a writer who agrees to take on an advice column where she writes beautiful, heartfelt responses to people’s problems, incorporating her own life experiences, and all the while, Clare’s real lie is messy. “Rise of the Pink Ladies” takes place four years prior to the events of the “Grease” movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” debuts Thursday. — Linkin Park fans can celebrate the band’s landmark “Meteora” album with a 20th anniversary edition dropping Friday, April 7. [A new series on the Criterion Channel](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8101-the-criterion-channels-april-2023-lineup?utm_source=cochranetoday.ca&utm_campaign=cochranetoday.ca%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) revisits sex and film from a much different perspective. “Sounds like a nightmare if you ask me/Went from my bedroom to the big leagues.” The 13-track album ”Hope" boasts features with singer-songwriter Julia Michaels and rapper Cordae. — Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi is ready for his spotlight in 2023. — Michigan rapper NF has a new album out Friday, April 7 and some tough love for his record label.

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'Awkward' Brooke Shields admits she's 'the biggest' nerd (Page Six)

Brooke Shields admitted to Page Six at the premiere of her "Pretty Baby" documentary that she is "the biggest" nerd.

“It all came full circle,” she told Page Six. “You sit there and you think about what you were doing at 16,” he said, speaking directly to the legendary model. “It’s insane that she is as normal as she is. “And I was, you know, pumping air in my bike tires and driving to 7-Eleven, and she’s doing amazing things, movies, and … “She’s very nerdy,” he told us. “And I’ve always been a studier and a smudgy eye-glass person and tripping [over things].

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