Hollywood’s Children: A Roll of the Dice

Movie Poster for "Dickie Roberts"

There’s a cliché that Hollywood’s child stars exist under a double-edged sword.  Having money and, yes, power at a very young age have been the downfall of many a beautiful, talented kid that happened to be in the right place at the right time (if you get what I’m saying here).

You’d have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the exploits of a Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears, whose well-publicized struggles with mental illness and addiction have become the butt of a lot of jokes.

But some of the more tragic stories are from stars we forget.

Take Jaimee Foxworth, for example, whose character of Judy Winslow was unceremoniously cut out of Family Matters without …

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Critic Camille Paglia No Fan of Lady Gaga

Photo of Lady Gaga Before and After "Fame"
Camille Paglia has had a very interesting life as a social critic, author, and college professor. While she proudly identifies herself as a feminist, she is seen by some as an “anti-feminist feminist.” She’s expressed views that have raised some eyebrows, such as supporting Ralph Nader in the 2000 election and engaging in verbal fisticuffs with the likes of Gloria Steinem, NOW stalwart Patricia Ireland, and Betty Friedan.

However, there is no question that Paglia is an intelligent, educated woman and as such, her interpretation on various things is generally thought-provoking.

Her latest target? Lady Gaga.

Paglia’s basic beef with Gaga is that the former Stefani Germanotta is, in her eyes, essentially a hypocrite.

From The Sunday Times:

Although she presents herself as the clarion voice of all the freaks and misfits of life, there is little evidence that she ever was one. Her upbringing was comfortable and eventually affluent, and she attended the same upscale Manhattan private school as …

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