Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Matt Roush says...

From ABC News Studios, director Lana Wilson’s frank profile of the model-actress features an extended interview with Brooke Shields as she reflects on a controversial childhood that led to criticisms of sexualization, objectification and exploitation in her early career. Among the highlights (or lowlights, depending on one’s perspective): starring as a 12-year-old prostitute in 1978’s Pretty Baby and in the racy The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, later announcing nothing came between her and her Calvins in a series of provocative ads. A publicity magnet whose relationships with Michael Jackson and Andre Agassi were tabloid fodder, Shields discusses these topics, her difficult relationship with mom/manager Teri Shields, her decision to pursue a college degree and return to show business in control of her own image and career. She’s as surprised as anyone that she survived and came out whole.

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