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Brooke Shields tackles aging and the pressure to remain forever ung in new book
On the Shelf
'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old'
By Brooke Shields
Flatiron Books: 256 pages, $30
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“I was doing an Instagram Live and people were saying, ‘I really wish you looked like you used to,’” Brooke Shields tells The Times from her hotel room in Los Angeles.
If Shields is getting criticized about her looks, what hope is there for the rest of us? That’s one of the quandaries at the center of Shields’ latest memoir about aging, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old.”
“The past books that I’ve written, except for the children’s books, have all been based on one event that was truly traumatic for me, so that was the impetus,” says Shields, who previously wrote books about her postpartum nedstämdhet and complicated relationship with her ma
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| Birth name: | Brooke Christa Shields |
| Gender: | Female |
| Hair Color: | Dark Brown |
| Age: | 59 Years Old |
| Birth: | May 31, 1965 |
| Place of Birth: | Manhattan, New York |
| Role: | Miss Spider (movie) |
| Occupation: | Actress Model |
| Years Active: | 1966–present |
| Nationality : | American |
| FirstAppearances: | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids |
| LastAppearances: | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids |
Brooke Shields is an American actress. She played Miss Spider in Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids.
Early Life[]
Brooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 31, 1965, the daughter of actress and model Teri Shields (née Schmon; 1933–2012) and businessman Frank Shields (1941–2003). Her mother was of English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Welsh descent, while her father had English, French, Irish, and Italian ancestry.
Career[]
Early work[]
Shields began her career as a model when she was 11 months old in
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What Makes a Family
2001 American TV series or program
What Makes a Family is a 2001 American dramatelevision film directed by Maggie Greenwald, written by Robert L. Freedman, and starring Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, Anne Meara, Al Waxman, and Whoopi Goldberg. The film premiered on Lifetime on January 22, 2001.[1]
Plot
[edit]Based on a true story, the film involves a lesbian couple living in Florida who choose to have a child. Janine Nielsen and her partner, Sandy Cataldi, elect to conceive a baby via artificial insemination with Sandy as the biological mother. After the birth of their daughter Heather, Sandy is diagnosed with systemic lupus when she collapses at the baby's christening. The couple handles the disease for several years until Sandy dies. Following her death, Sandy's parents sue to gain custody of the child. Addressing moral, legal and ethical issues, Janine's lawyer, Terry Harrison, wins the custody battle after a video tape surfaces in which S