![]() ![]() Then again, to employ a bit of wisdom that onetime kid star Bertinelli might share with a teenage actress, in a project this obvious and mediocre, it’s best to take things one day at a time. Lessons will be learned, of course, but by then it’s hard to care much about Morgan’s fate or, for that matter, the movie. At various times it’s a screwy teen comedy, “Notting Hill,” a high-school drama and “The Lost Weekend,” when a despondent Claudia/Morgan falls off the wagon and raids the liquor cabinet. Strictly as a fish-out-of-water tale, the movie subjects Claudia to the indignities of becoming a high school outsider in Nowheresville, which she details in constant voiceover narration - groaning about being “stranded in a flyover state” and forced to become “an extra in my own life.” She even meets a cute boy (Ian Nelson), but in a desperate attempt to protect her cover story, she’s compelled to borrow the plot of a Lifetime movie in which she starred.Įlisa Bell’s screenplay adaptation is full of all kinds of similar showbiz references in pursuit of street cred, but Tim Matheson’s direction drunkenly careens all over. OK, let’s ignore the implausibility of the premise for a moment. All it takes to camouflage this fictional starlet is a new ‘do and name, Claudia - and voila! Morgan blends right in with the other kids, who apparently don’t own TVs or read magazines. Surprisingly, I truly enjoyed reading this book! And, surprisingly, I’m going to rate it 5/5 stars! I’ve already ordered More Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.“Starlet” features pop singer-actress Joanna “Jojo” Levesque as Morgan Carter, a Hollywood “it” girl who, following a rehab stint, is sentenced to a life of normalcy with her aunt Trudy (Bertinelli) in Fort Wayne, Ind. Instead, I packed up my bag and walked out of his room without another word. I wanted to scream several expletives at him that would’ve surely landed me in detention, but I didn’t. True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet is a Lifetime Television comedy-drama film, based on a young adult novel of the same name by author Lola Douglas. Miller,” he said, “so nice of you to join us today!” He used that snarky, condescending voice of his, too. Sure enough, Sappey picked that moment to acknowledge my presence. ![]() OMG, I burst into a giggling fit right there! At… one a.m. I’ve started talking to myself inside my own journal. “Do you have any idea how hard it is to get any work done when you’re trying to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations? Not to mention trying to figure out why a tiny kiss from Eli Whitmarsh made you slightly weak in the knees? It premiered on August 9, 2008, on Lifetime. The film stars Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque and Valerie Bertinelli. This book was written in a journal format in the POV of Claudia Miller, aka Morgan Carter, a drug-addict and alcoholic celebrity who was forced to hide out in a small town to preserve her career.Įli, Eli, ELI! I lurved Eli! He was such a sweetie! I ADORED LaTanya, too! True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet is a 2008 American comedy-drama television film directed by Tim Matheson, based on the young adult novel of the same name by author Lola Douglas. All of the pizza and the ice cream and the peanut butter was making me hungry! (I had peanut butter and crackers…) In my mind, I don’t usually read chick-lit, so it was a nice, fresh experience.Īt one point I had to, reluctantly, put the book down to make myself a midnight snack. I haven’t done something like that in a long time. Of course, I started reading this right after I finished HoH–I needed to get my mind off the sadness and the feels for a little bit… Yep! This definitely did the trick! It’s not too big, and I read more than half of it in one sitting. Because I was interested, I checked to see if it was at my library–which it was–so I ordered it! Still wide awake, I went back to YouTube to see if it was available, and BA-BAM! It was! So I watched some of it and found out is was based on a book. Sometimes I still listen to it.Īnywho, I learned she made a movie on Lifetime (don’t you just love Lifetime?) called “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.” So, I logged onto my computer and went to YouTube to listen to music, when I thought of the singer, JoJo Levesque. I discovered this book after waking up at some ridiculous hour and not being able to go back to sleep. Even with a makeunder, an assumed name, and a fake identity, Middle America is going to mean a serious lifestyle adjustment for this Hollywood starlet. ![]() Summary: Fresh out of rehab, teen star Morgan Carter is taking a step out of the spotlight. Title: True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet ![]()
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