True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet
| True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet | |
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 The DVD cover for the film. |
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| Distributed by | Lifetime Television |
| Directed by | Tim Matheson |
| Produced by | Mark Winemaker |
| Written by | Elisa Bell (teleplay) Lola Douglas (novel) |
| Starring | Joanna "JoJo" Levesque Valerie Bertinelli Lynda Boyd Shenae Grimes Leah Cudmore Ian Nelson |
| Cinematography | David Herrington |
| Editing by | Charles Bornstein |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release date | August 9, 2008 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Official website | |
True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet is a Lifetime Television comedy-drama film, based on a young-adult book of the same name by author Lola Douglas. The film stars Joanna "JoJo" Levesque and Golden Globe Award winner Valerie Bertinelli. The film was directed by Tim Matheson. It premiered on August 9, 2008 on Lifetime.
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[edit] Plot
Teen actress Morgan Carter (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) is a Hollywood princess, until the day that her hard-partying ways get the best of her. After she collapses outside of a Hollywood nightclub, Morgan's mother (Lynda Boyd) sends her to live in the wilds of Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her Aunt Trudy (Valerie Bertinelli). Morgan is camouflaged into Claudia Miller and given a new hairstyle, and suddenly, Morgan, albeit unwillingly, blends in with her peers who don't own televisions or read magazines.
With a new appearance and deprived comforts (i.e., money) Morgan enters a suburban high school with a bad attitude. At first she didn't fit in with anyone, until she meets "cute guy" Eli and they became friends. Eli introduces Claudia to his sister and her friends. Morgan takes a liking to Emily, Eli's sister, and they become good friends. Emily invites Morgan to a sleepover where Debbie, who likes Eli, tells her to stay away from him. Morgan is upset so she leaves early, without telling Emily. When she gets home she drinks a bottle of vodka that she found in the cupboard. The next day when Eli comes over to tutor Morgan and she, wanting desperately to capture Eli's attention, makes up a story about her father, borrowing a plot from one of her movies. Eli is worried, as Morgan drastically exaggerated and added several negative details about her supposed "father", telling Morgan to alert him if he shows up. Eli asks Morgan on a date (partly out of pity) to the fair and she happily accepts. Morgan's best friend from when she was in Hollywood, Marissa, comes to visit her in Indiana, where they go to a club. Morgan goes to the fair with Eli and Morgan begins liking him more. Everything was going great until Debbie tries to blackmail Morgan. The paparazzi finds out where she is and leak the story so she sneaks to Eli's house to apologize for lying, both about her father and about not being Claudia. Eli is upset at the deception, but in the end he forgives her and they drive away on his motorcycle.
[edit] Pop culture references
The film makes references to several teen films, television dramas, and reality shows such as Mean Girls, Die Hard, Legally Blonde, Bring it On, Monster Garage, The Surreal Life, and Grey's Anatomy. Also referenced in the film are Lindsay Lohan, Perez Hilton, Britney Spears, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Oscar-winning directors Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.
[edit] Cast
- Joanna "JoJo" Levesque – Morgan Carter/Claudia Miller
- Ian Nelson – Eli Walsh
- Justin Louis – Sam
- Lynda Boyd – Bianca
- Shenae Grimes – Marissa Dahl
- Jennifer Miller - Bully
- Melanie Leishman – Emily
- Leah Cudmore – Debbie
- Valerie Bertinelli – Aunt Trudy
- Dayna Devon - Herself
- Jonathan Higgins - Mr. Sappey
- Jonathan Potts – Principal Bowman
- Zain Meghji - Lux Movie Host
- Victoria Snow – Gaby
- Mary Kitchen - Local Reporter
- Billy Turnbull - Dan
- Rebecca Amare - Bethany
- Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang - Stan
- Araxi Arslanian - Cashier
- Dan Duran - Dave
- Kathryn Haggis - Lisa
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[edit] Release dates
| Date | Region |
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| March 3, 2009[1] | United States |
| March 3, 2009 | Canada |
| March 4, 2009 | Netherlands |
| March 25, 2009 | Portugal |
| April 21, 2009[2] | France |
| June 28, 2009 | Sweden |
| 2009 | Worldwide |
[edit] References
- ^ "Amazon.com: True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet: Valerie Bertinelli, Justin Louis, Lynda Boyd, Ian Nelson, Joanna 'Jojo' Levesque, Shenae Grimes, David Herrington, David Schwartz, Tim Matheson, Barbara Lieberman, Chalres Bornstein: Movies & TV". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001MEJTU0.
- ^ "Confessions d'une star :: streaming TF1". http://www.tvtnt.eu/direct/TF1/confessions-d-une-star.html.
