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Celebrity Families

The Changing Face of Modern Families Adoptive Parents Blended Families Celebrity Families Families Living with Mental & Physical Challenges First-Generation Immigrant Families Foster Families Gay and Lesbian Parents Grandparents Raising Kids Growing Up in Religious Communities Kids Growing Up Without a Home Multiracial Families Single Parents Teen Parents What Is a Family?

Celebrity Families Sheila Stewart

Mason Crest Publishers, Inc.

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Introduction  6 1. Fame and Families  8 2. Entertainers and Athletes  22 3. Politicians and Royalty  38 4. Famous Kids  48 Find Out More  59 Bibliography  61 Index  63 About the Author and the Consultant  64

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he Gallup Poll has become synonymous with accurate statistics on what people really think, how they live, and what they do. Founded in 1935 by statistician Dr. George Gallup, the Gallup Organization continues to provide the world with unbiased research on who we really are. From recent Gallup Polls, we can learn a great deal about the modern family. For example, a June 2007 Gallup Poll reported that Americans, on average, believe the ideal number of children for a family to have these days is 2.5. This includes 56 percent of Americans who think it is best to have a small family of one, two, or no children, and 34 percent who think it is ideal to have a larger family of three or more children; nine percent have no opinion. Another recent Gallup Poll found that when Americans were asked, “Do you think homosexual couples should or should not have the legal right to adopt a child,” 49 percent of Americans said they should, and 48 percent said they shouldn’t; 43 percent supported the legalization of gay marriage, while 57 percent did not. Yet another poll found that 34 per-

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In t ro d uct io n cent of Americans feel a conflict between the demands of their professional life and their family life; 39 percent still believe that one parent should ideally stay home with the children while the other works. Keep in mind that Gallup Polls do not tell us what is right or wrong. They don’t report on what people should think—only on what they do think. And what is clear from Gallup Polls is that while the shape of families is changing in our modern world, the concept of family is still vital to our sense of who we are and how we interact with others. An indication of this is the 2008 Gallup poll that found that three out of four Americans reported that family values are important, while one in three said they are “extremely” important. And how do Americans define “family values”? According to the same poll, here’s what Americans say is their definition of a family: a strong unit where faith and morals, education and integrity play important roles within the structure of a committed relationship. The books in the series demonstrate that strong family units come in all shapes and sizes. Those differences, however, do not change the faith, integrity, and commitment of the families who tell their stories within these books.

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Terms to Understand scandals: public incidents that cause disgrace or damage to a person’s reputation. paparazzi: freelance photographers who take candid photos of famous people to sell to media publications. red-carpet event: formal events at which celebrities walk along a red carpet to enter. scrutiny: close examination or observation. preconceived: an opinion formed before looking at the evidence.

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veryone wants to be famous, right? Don’t celebrities have the best of everything? Whether they’re famous for being actors, singers, athletes, politicians, writers, or some other reason, people seem to look at celebrities as though they are somehow different from the rest of us—and the better-known the celebrity, the greater this difference seems.   For a lot of people, famous equals rich, and there’s a kind of unspoken opinion that famous, rich people don’t have to deal with all the ordinary problems that “regular” people do. Like the common cold or having to wait in long lines. The truth is, money and fame can help people deal with some problems, but no amount of celebrity can make life perfect. Celebrities struggle with their health, relationships, and emotions, just like everyone else. In fact, celebrities also deal with some problems that non-celebrities don’t face.

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The Fishbowl People love to hear about celebrities. Magazines devoted to the lives and scandals of the stars line the checkouts at the grocery story; television shows and websites offer juicy gossip about the love lives and bad habits of celebrities. “Inside sources” whisper rumors that make headline news, and the paparazzi with their telephoto lenses wait on the street to snap photos they can sell for hundreds—or even thousands—of dollars. Celebrities like Paris Hilton must deal with paparazzi following their every move. Gossip magazines exist and thrive because the public is fascinated by even minutiae of the lives of the rich and famous.

did You knoW? Fame can make it hard to tell who your friends are. Many children of famous people have described how people have tried to get close to their parents by pretending to make friends with them.

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Celebrity Families For children growing up with famous parents, or as celebrities in their own right, fame is a way of life, and there is no other “normal” to compare it to. These kids have all the normal ups and downs in their lives, but the price of fame is that someone is always watching, whatever they do. Sometimes people call this life “the fishbowl,” because of the lack of privacy and the way curious observers love to stare at what goes on inside. People buying these celebrity magazines want to read about the things the celebrities have done wrong. They like to hear how someone has gotten fat or been arrested or has a failing marriage. People like to hear good In a magazine display at a convenience store there is a high percentage of magazines things too, but somehow featuring celebrities. These magazines sell the positive news isn’t always idea that by reading the articles, the buyer can as interesting. Because of learn to be like a featured celebrity, such as Robert Downey, Jr. the perception that celeb-

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1 • Fame an d Familie s rities have better lives than everyone else, people like to hear bad things about them that will make them seem less perfect, and make non-celebrity lives seem better in comparison. Everything celebrities do is held up to the light and examined. Whenever there is a red-carpet event, photographers and reporters line the entrance, snapping photos of what everyone is wearing and trying to grab short interviews. The next day, the outfits are rated—organized into “best dressed” and “worst dressed”—and any odd behavior is noted and discussed. Generally, famous people understand that, to a certain extent, this kind of scrutiny comes with their position, but when that scrutiny extends to their children, the situation gets trickier. Babies and toddlers are always popular to read about—they’re so cute, after all— but most parents don’t like the idea of strangers taking pictures of their kids whenever they go outside. In 2007, actress Julia Roberts chased down a photographer who was taking pictures of her dropping off her two-year-old twins at their school and yelled at him about the inappropriateness of taking pictures of children outside a school. In April of 2009, Suri Cruise’s third birthday party at her own home was interrupted by a paparazziloaded helicopter, trying to get photos of the event. Her parents called the police, but the helicopter had left by the time they arrived.

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headlines (From “Rowling wins landmark ruling over paparazzi,” by Shân Ross, news.scotsman.com/jkrowlingharrypotter/Rowling-wins-landmarkruling-over.4061340.jp)

Harry Potter author JK Rowling won a landmark privacy ruling yesterday in her battle to ban further publication of a long-lens photograph taken of her son when he was 18 months old. Rowling’s lawyers said the ruling was likely to have a “profound effect” on certain sections of the paparazzi. The author claimed her son David’s right to privacy had been infringed after photographs of him were taken in an Edinburgh street while being pushed in a buggy by his parents. The action was intended to protect David’s rights to privacy and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The initial claim by Rowling and her husband was thrown out by a London court last year, prompting the couple to appeal. But yesterday, in a key finding, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Anthony Clarke, said: “If a child of parents who are not in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him published in the media, so too should the child of a famous parent.”

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1 • Fame an d Familie s The disputed photos, taken on 8 November, 2004, were published in a Sunday Express magazine, prompting Rowling, 42, and her husband to sue Express Newspapers and the Big Pictures photo agency, and seek to block further publication. The Express settled the claim, but last August Nicholas Patten, a High Court judge, threw out the case against the agency. In a statement, the parents said: “We embarked on this lawsuit not because we were seeking special privileges for our children but because we wanted them to grow up, like their friends, free from unwarranted intrusion into their privacy. “We understand and accept that with the success of Harry Potter there will be a measure of legitimate media and public interest in Jo’s professional activities and appearances. “However, we have striven to give our children a normal family life outside the media spotlight.” They said the ruling would give their children protection from “covert, unauthorised photography” and make an “immediate and material difference to their lives.”

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What Do You Think? Do you agree with the outcome of the case? Do you think the children of celebrities are entitled to privacy or that they should accept media attention as a natural part of their lives? The children of celebrities learn early that anything out of the ordinary they might do is likely to attract media attention. This isn’t to say that celebrity families never have any privacy, but they certainly get a lot more attention than most people. People become very self-conscious when they’re often being watched and judged, and it can be hard to relax. Kids growing up in this environment usually have one of two reactions to the close observation. They might try to avoid the spotlight as much as possible, building lives and careers for themselves that keep them out of the public eye. Some change their names, so as not to be associated with their famous parents. On the other hand, some children of celebrities become comfortable with the spotlight, learning to deal with—and sometimes even to expect—the attention. Quite a few children of celebrities follow their famous parent into the same career. Lots of children do the same thing, of course,

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1 • Fame an d Familie s whether their parents are doctors, teachers, or truck drivers. Working in the same field as your parent means you already know how their business works, and, often, you have connections with others in the same field who will help get you your first job. The same is true for the children of celebrities. Goldie Hawn started her successful acting career in the 1960s. Kate Hudson, Hawn’s daughter from her marriage to Bill Hudson, has followed in her mother’s footsteps to become a famous actor as well.

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Finding Your Own Identity Because the public expects celebrities to be somehow better than non-celebrities, celebrities and their families can find themselves constantly pretending for the public, trying to be that better self that people believe them to be. Actress Isabella Rossellini, daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini, wrote in her book Some of Me that her parents were “myths”:

To the public, actors like Ingrid Bergman take on the personas of the characters in their films and television shows. Sometimes, however, the everyday, real person clashes with the public ideal.

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. . . and that means that everybody has a highly personal idea of who they are. Obviously it’s a projection, a fantasy, but it’s very vivid in people’s mind. What I say about them can be different from the fantasy, and people don’t like that. . . . But truly it is hard for me to understand the collective unconscious about Mom and Dad.

1 • Fame an d Familie s Part of growing up is figuring out who you are, apart from your parents. For the children of celebrities, this can be even trickier than for most kids. Everyone has preconceived ideas about who these kids are, based on preconceived ideas about who their parents are. People expect them to act certain ways. If, for example, a former child star or the teenage child of an actor starts drinking heavily and using drugs, people shake their heads, but they aren’t surprised; they’ve seen it before. But if, on the other hand, the teenage child of the president starts drinking heavily and using drugs, the public are outraged. The standards expected of the children of actors can be very different than those expected of the children of political leaders. These kind of preconceptions can be difficult for kids to deal with as they grow up, especially as they become teenagers and try to find their own place in the world. Some kids seem to handle the pressure well and come through as mature, well-adjusted adults, while others struggle most of their lives with addictions and bad relationships. Are their struggles the fault of their celebrity? Do those who succeed do so in spite of the pressures of fame? The truth is that everyone has struggles. While one family deals with the pressures of fame and the constant scrutiny of the public, another might deal with serious

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Celebrity Families illness or poverty, or several issues at the same time. There is no way to judge whose problems are more difficult. What does seem to have made a difference in the success of celebrity children as they grow up is whether or not they have had a stable and supportive parent or adult influencing them—and that’s true for all kinds of families.

What Do You Think? How important in your life do you think your parents or other adults are? Do you think an individual chooses who he or she will be—or that those choices are made for him or her by his parents? Do you feel sorry for the children of celebrities? Why or why not?

headlines (From “Fame: The Power and Cost of a Fantasy,” by Sue Erikson Bloland, The Atlantic Monthly November 1999 vol. 284, no. 5: 51–62)

Fame is not a successful defense against feelings of inadequacy. It only appears to be. This is where the greatest distortion lies in our idealization of the fa-

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1 • Fame an d Familie s mous. We imagine that our heroes have transcended the adversities of the human condition and have healed their childhood traumas by achievement of the extraordinary. We want to believe that they have arrived at a secure place of self-approval; that achieving recognition—success—can set us all free from gnawing feelings of self-doubt. We want to believe that if we ourselves could just secure enough recognition and approval from the outside world, if we could feel sufficiently admired, we would be healed and our self-esteem secured. Like the celebrities we admire so much, we would be rescued from the relentless need for validation. . . . The famous live with the constant, terrifying possibility that their special gifts or their celebrity will vanish, exposing them as the insecure mortals they are in their own experience. The horror of such exposure is exquisitely portrayed in The Wizard of Oz, when the Wizard’s façade is stripped away and he is revealed as an ordinary man with profound feelings of inadequacy. Public applause and admiration are intoxicating while they last. More than that, they are addictive, creating an appetite for the heightened feeling of acceptance that comes with being adored and revered. But when the applause was over, my father experienced a let-

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Celebrity Families down, a feeling of abandonment, a depression, that diminished his pleasure in everyday living. After one has been publicly celebrated and is again in the privacy of home, the sense of isolation can be the more acute because of its contrast with that exhilarating moment when one felt like the center of the universe. And there is always the haunting question Will I ever get that kind of affirmation again? Will my next performance (or my next creation) be received with the same excitement as my last? . . . If enormous success like my father’s is not a reliable cure for feelings of inadequacy, then what is the road to self-esteem? I would propose that self-esteem is experienced in the context of authentic interpersonal encounters in which the self is revealed and acknowledged rather than obscured by idealized self-images. This is the model of a truly intimate interpersonal relationship, including, of course, the analytic relationship. The real cure for shame is a gradual willingness to expose to others what you are most ashamed of, and the discovery that you will not be cast out for making your shameful self known—that you are still a member in good standing of the human community. You are acceptable for who you are.

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What Do You Think? Do you agree with the author that fame “is not a reliable cure for feelings of inadequacy”? Does this change the way you look at celebrities? Why or why not? Does it change the way you think about yourself?

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rew Barrymore got her first acting job—a dogfood commercial—before she was even a year old.   Drew was born on February 22, 1975 into one of the greatest acting dynasties in Hollywood. The family’s roots stretched back to Drew’s great-grandfather Herbert Blythe, who had taken the stagename Maurice Barrymore in 1879. Her grandfather, John Barrymore, was often called the greatest actor of his generation. Her father, John Barrymore, Jr., was also an actor, but his alcoholism and drug use made him unreliable in his roles.   Before Drew was even born, her parents had separated. Drew grew up in Hollywood with her mother, Jaid.

dynasties: a series of members from the same family who are known for their success or wealth. rehab: short for rehabilitation; used to refer to a clinic or treatment center designed to help drug or alcohol users become clean and sober. emancipation decree: a legal document freeing someone from the control of another. blacklisted: having been noted by a group (such as those in an industry) as being untrustworthy or under suspicion. A-list: a group of the most admired or favored people.

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2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s When Drew was six years old, she appeared in the movie E.T. This was her first big role, although she had already acted in several movies and a handful of commercials. Suddenly, everyone was interested in the little girl. She did interviews, went on The Johnny Carson Show, and hosted Saturday Night Live. She was outgoing and bubbly and people loved her. Drew Barrymore was born into an acting legacy. Shown here are Maurice, her great grandfather; John, her grandfather; Lionel, her great uncle and Ethel, her great aunt.

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Celebrity Families Since E.T., Drew has continued to successfully appear in films. Meanwhile, her personal life also developed problems early. In her autobiography Little Girl Lost, written with Todd Gold when she was only fourteen years old, she told how she began smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol at the age of nine, smoking marijuana at ten, and snorting cocaine at twelve. Her mother often took her along to clubs and parties, or Drew would sneak out of the house with her friends to go out. Finally, her mother recognized that Drew was out of control and checked her into a rehab clinic in June 1988; Today Drew Barrymore is in control of her life. She is a successful actor, producer and spokeswoman.

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2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s Drew was thirteen years old. She left, sober, after less than two weeks to film a movie, but she quickly relapsed. Her stay in rehab was longer this time. Then, in December, just before she was released, someone told the media where she was. Suddenly, everyone knew the truth about Drew. “Needless to say, I was furious,” Drew wrote in Little Girl Lost, and then went on to say, A low self-esteem had plagued me for years, almost as far back as I can recall, and repairing it had been a major part of my treatment at ASAP [the rehab clinic she had been in]. Consequently, imagining . . . the impression people would get of me was all my worst possible fears come true. I would have been the last person on Earth to deny my problems, but I wanted to have the option of confessing them. In the position I found myself, I felt helpless, like a drowning swimmer gasping for air. I didn’t know what to do and I fell into the worst depression. In July 1989, Drew, miserable and depressed, tried to commit suicide, and was sent back to rehab for three months. When she was released, her therapist arranged for her to stay with the singer David Crosby and his wife Jan Dance for three more months. Both Crosby and

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Celebrity Families Dance had been long-term alcoholics and drug-users before getting sober, and Drew’s therapist, a friend of Crosby and Dance, believed Drew needed some positive role models as she tried to turn her life around. Her autobiography Little Girl Lost was written at about this point in her life. She ended the book on an optimistic note: And that’s me, Drew Barrymore, age fourteen, today. I have to accept this person, frailties and all, for who she is, and not try to be someone else. I can’t obsess about my weight. I can’t compete with my mother. I can’t find love where there isn’t any love to be found. I can’t go on beating myself up, emotionally and physically, or else I’ll have the miserable life I’ve been trying so desperately to escape. . . . I’m not a miracle worker. I’m not someone special. Whatever I’ve accomplished has been through hard work, tears, pain, love, and more hard work. My goals are simple: to stay sober and to live a good life. All I can do is the best I can. At fifteen, Drew felt she had succeeded in overcoming her troubled childhood. She moved out of her mother’s

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2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s house, got her own apartment, and obtained an emancipation decree, making her legally an adult. But she still had a long way to go. For one thing, many people did not want to give her a job. Drew remembers going to an audition during this period, only to have the casting director laugh at her. “He said, ‘I can’t believe you have the [nerve] to walk this audition, Little Miss Drug Addict. Right, like we’re going to give you this job.’ I was blacklisted, big time.” Despite this opposition, Drew made her way through the next few years, waiting tables at a coffee shop as she went to audition after audition. Finally, she landed the lead role in the 1992 movie Poison Ivy. Her character,

When she was fourteen years old, Drew Barrymore had already been experimenting with drugs for five years. This picture shows her attending an awards show with Corey Feldman in March 1989, four months before she attempted suicide.

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What Do You Think? Drew overcame a lot at a very early age. Does it surprise you to learn that actors like Drew have had problems like this?

During this time, although Drew remained sober and continued to work, she struggled with her relationships. For a while, she lived with Jamie Walters, a musician and actor, and then, in 1994, she married bar-owner Jeremy Thomas, divorcing him just over a month later. Her second marriage, to actor Tom Green, lasted less

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2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s than a year and a half. In an interview with W magazine in 2009, Drew talked about her father, whom she finally got to know as he was dying of cancer in 2004; she said: He was such a flighty bird—unattainable and off doing his own thing. I’m sure it’s affected my relationships with men. I’m sure I’m sadder about it than I admit, but I accept that a lot easier than my mother’s and my relationship, which is more tumultuous. Later in the same interview, she added, “I’m just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.” Drew’s difficult relationships with her parents have not made her life easy, but she has not been totally alone. Steven Spielberg, her godfather and the director of E.T., has been a father figure to her throughout her life, a stable and consistent influence. During the filming of E.T., Drew, used to living alone with her mother, discovered on the set what it could be like to have a large and caring family. Today, she builds her own family, surrounding herself with close friends, who can be counted on no matter what. She calls them her tribe, and says, “They’re the glue. They’re everything to me.”

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Celebrity Families The Barrymore family was famous for its addictions and instability as much as for its acting prowess, but Drew seems to have come farther and risen higher than her famous ancestors. She has fought her way out of their shadow, and the shadow of her own past, to emerge as an A-list actor, well respected and liked. “I went to hell and back. But I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Drew has said. “Then I wouldn’t be in the position I’m in—happy about life and comfortable in my skin. Everything is fate.”

What Do You Think? Even though Drew grew up in a celebrity family, some of her problems are shared by many adolescents. Do you identify with Drew in some ways? If so, what ways? Why do you think Drew has “come farther and risen higher than her famous ancestors”? What made the difference in Drew’s life?

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headlines (From “Jordan’s Son Is Happy to Be Just One of the Guys,” by Greg Bishop, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/sports/ ncaabasketball/19illinois.html?_r=1)

Jeff Jordan’s teammates at Illinois tease him mercilessly, the way they tease everybody else. They ride him when Hanes underwear commercials come on television. They point to a closet bursting with Air Jordan clothing and sneakers, his father’s arms extended in a familiar pose. They say he more closely resembles the rapper Soulja Boy or the actor Alfonso Ribeiro than his famous father. Jordan relishes these jokes. He always wanted to blend in, to be recognized simply as a basketball player, instead of as the son of perhaps the game’s greatest player. This has not come easily for the oldest son of Michael Jordan. But now, in his sophomore season, Jeff Jordan has earned an athletic scholarship and a limited role on an N.C.A.A. tournament team, as well as the one thing he always wanted most — a sense of normalcy. . . . Illinois Coach Bruce Weber first heard of Jeff Jordan through his brother, a high school coach who worked a camp attended by the young Jordan. There Jordan ate lunch alone, separate from the other campers, surrounded by security. He was 9.

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This statue of Michael Jordan outside the United Center in Chicago, IL, has a plaque at its base listing all of Jordan’s accomplishments and awards. This legacy has made it difficult for his son Jeffrey to lead a normal life.

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Normal for Jordan included signing his first autograph in eighth grade, celebrating in the Chicago Bulls’ locker room after championship games and announcing his college choice on the “Today” show. During his first high school varsity basketball game, students chanted, “Overrated!” . . . Still, the shadow looms. His father’s mere presence at games has caused grown men to act like teenagers at a boy band concert, and the younger Jordan moved

2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s into an apartment instead of a dormitory for better privacy. Even when Weber awarded him the scholarship, critics wondered why the university gave money to a student who lacked financial need. But that cut to the center of Jordan’s paradox. The least normal Illinois player, the guard whose coach, McClain, ranked Michael Jordan as his idol and one of the two most influential athletes of all time, longed for that scholarship because it made him feel more like part of the team, more like everybody else. . . . “I always wanted to be that way, to be normal,” Jordan said. “I didn’t want to stick out in high school, so when all the national attention came, I wasn’t ready for it. But once the guys treat you normal, that’s the best treatment you can get.”

What Do You Think? What do you think it would have been like to grow up with Michael Jordan as your father? Do you agree with, or understand, Jeff Jordan’s desire to be “normal”? Do you think it was right that he received a scholarship even though he didn’t need the financial aid? Why or why not?

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headlines (From “Spic ‘n’ Span Son of Tom Hanks Shines Up the Great White Way,” by Sara Vilkomerson, www.observer.com/2009/movies/spic’n’-span-son-tom-hanks-shines-great-white-way)

Mr. [Colin] Hanks slipped into a nondescript coffee shop near the theater in Times Square. The 31-yearold looked like your basic cute-boy Manhattanite, in a heavy coat and thick tortoise-shell–framed glasses. He rode the subway up from his West Village apartment unnoticed—in fact, he said, he’s hardly ever bothered by strangers—despite increasingly prominent roles throughout the past decade, in teen-TV-favorite Roswell; in movies including Orange County, King Kong, W., and The House Bunny; and, extra awesomely, his turn as Father Gill last year in Mad Men. But perhaps there’s this, too: When was the last time you saw Colin Hanks in a cheesy Hollywood party picture or read any sort of gossip about him? Perhaps seeing stardom up close is the best education on how to classily handle fame. Take note, future tart and tartlets! . . . Mr. Hanks started acting in middle school while growing up in California, the oldest son of Tom Hanks and his first wife, Samantha Lewes, an actress and producer who passed away in 2002. “It was always something that was really fun, something I loved,” he said. “Obviously people just instantly assumed, Oh

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that’s what he’s going to do. But it wasn’t that for me. It was just fun.” It wasn’t until college at Loyola Marymount University, he said, that it became a more focused ambition. “I realized I have more fun doing this than any other classes . . . or even just the sitting around and doing nothing. So then, you know, there was a process of saying, ‘O.K.! We’re really going to do this. And . . . there’s going to be some stuff that comes up . . . and that will be fine. It had to be the thing I really wanted to do. And the thing is, I really don’t want to do anything else.”

Colin Hanks (right) decided to go into acting because it is what he loves to do, not because his father is Tom Hanks (left).

Part of that “stuff” is of the big, unavoidable, sonof-a-megastar variety. In The Great Buck Howard

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Celebrity Families (produced through Tom Hanks’ Playtone) Hanks père plays Colin Hanks’ onscreen father. It’s brief and cool and somewhat mind-bending to see, but it isn’t the main attraction—that would be John Malkovich’s zany performance that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. But, having a famous father in the same profession is the one issue that continually comes up (just ask Jane Fonda!). “Quite honestly, I’m sick to death of the subject. It’s something that will come up until the day I die,” said Mr. Hanks. “That said, I knew going in that it was going to be the case, so I can’t say I’m surprised. The strange thing really is that I didn’t really think about it that much before, but when you’re constantly asked what your favorite color is and you give an answer, and they go, no seriously, you start wondering … ‘Oh my God, is green not my favorite color? I do like blue.’ … It’s forced me to think about things in a way I don’t think about, and that was a little frustrating starting out. But I’m glad I was able to do something with my dad. Films live forever, so we’ll forever have that. We did it, it was really fun, and I’m glad it was something that I’m really proud of.” His Buck Howard director, Sean McGinly, noted Mr. Hanks’ special aplomb in dealing with the various pressures of the business. “He takes it all in stride,” said Mr. McGinly, via telephone from Los Angeles. “I

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2 • E n te r tain e rs an d Athlete s know millions of actors and Colin is one of the more calm and un-neurotic ones that I’ve come across. And he has a lot more reasons to be neurotic than many of my friends who are tortured actors.”

What Do You Think? Do you agree with Colin Hanks’ low-key approach to fame? If you were Colin, would you want more attention, or would you be happy being able to ride the subway without being noticed?

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hen someone leads a country, she is expected to stay clear of scandals. While actors, singers, and athletes are expected to make occasional headlines for outrageous behavior, the leaders of the country are not. Scandals in government are embarrassing and a distraction from the work of running a country. And this goes for the children of the leaders as well, although most are not under as close a scrutiny as their parents. Teenaged children of American presidents sometimes feel like their position isn’t much different than a prison, as they deal with being both watched and guarded almost around the clock. Taking several members of the secret service along to a party is bound to put a damper on some of the fun! Prince William and Prince Harry of the United Kingdom face many of the same issues as children of a president, except that their position is lifelong rather than

tabloids: small-sized newspapers, often reporting on sensational material. regiment: a military unit of ground forces, made up of a number of different groups.

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3 • Po lit ician s an d Royalt y only for four or eight years. As members of the royal family, William and Harry have an image to uphold for their entire lives. William, born in 1982 to Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is second in line to the throne, and Harry, born in 1984, is third in line. Already, these young men have faced a lot in their lives. Their parents separated when William was ten and Harry eight, and the divorce was finalized four years later. Then, in 1997, Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris. For as long as William and Harry have been alive, the press has loved to speculate about their mother, who was known as “the people’s princess.” And, as they have grown up, William and Harry have frequently been in the spotlight as well. It’s probably no surprise that William and Harry are often compared with each other, as well as with their parents. William is the heir, and Harry is sometimes referred to as the “spare.” William is seen as more dutiful and Harry more wild. In 2005, People magazine ran side-by-side pictures of William and Harry on the cover. “Good Prince vs. Wild Prince,” the headline read, “As William preps for the throne, his party-boy brother can’t seem to stay away from girls, clubs, and trouble.” Harry is known for making headlines, and for saying and doing things for which the Royal Family later issues official apologies. He has also been known as “the Happy Prince,” full of fun and mischief. This sense of mischief is often what has gotten him in trouble with

The PresidenT’s kids United States President Barack Obama’s two young daughters, Malia and Sasha, are growing up in the public eye, and their parents are aware of the difficulties that may cause for them. Soon after Obama’s election, Michelle Obama talked to former first lady Hillary Clinton about how to best raise children in the White House. Chelsea Clinton was twelve when her father became president in 1993, so Hillary Clinton had some useful advice for Michelle Obama.

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Celebrity Families the press, such as the time he dressed up in a Nazi uniform for a friend’s costume party. William knows that he will likely be king someday, but becoming king is much less likely for Harry. Each prince has struggled to find his own identity, but for Harry, the process seems to have been much more difficult. Numerous tabloids have run stories on Harry’s rowdy behavior—drinking, partying, racist remarks. Harry is never malicious, but he does tend to offend people at times.

Though Prince Harry, shown here with his brother’s girlfriend, Kate Middleton, does not have the same pressures as Prince William, he still cannot lead a “normal” life.

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3 • Po lit ician s an d Royalt y   After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an officer, Harry insisted that he be sent to the front lines in Iraq with the rest of his regiment. His deployment was scheduled for June 2007, but in May, Harry was told he would not be going. Specific threats had been made against the prince and Harry’s presence would put every member of the regiment in danger. Harry was disappointed, but he understood. In December of the same year, though, Harry was secretly sent to the front lines of Afghanistan. To protect him and his regiment, the British media made an agreement with the Royal Family to keep his presence there a secret. For two months, Harry fought on the front lines in Afghanistan, until the foreign press discovered he was there and broke the story. Harry wanted to stay anyway, but he was called home. Privacy has always been difficult for the princes. In 2006, William discovered that several reporters had bugged his phone, hoping for interesting stories they could print. And both William and Harry have had long-term girlfriends who must also deal with the press. Christopher Anderson, in his book After Diana, describes how the press has stalked William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton: Now an average of six or seven photographers dogged her every move, tailing Kate whenever she went out shopping or to meet friends. They

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Celebrity Families Prince William has responsibilities because of his title. Here he is seen with his father, Prince Charles, being inducted to the Order of the Garter, an ancient English society reserved only for a select group of titled individuals.

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crouched between cars and lunged from behind bushes, snapping away as Kate loaded groceries into the back of her car or fumbled with her apartment keys. William, haunted by the fact that his mother had died fleeing the paparazzi, worries for Kate. Unlike celebrities who have chosen their career, William and Harry cannot escape the spotlight. They can’t just quit. “It’s not a question of wanting to be King,” William says. “It’s something I was born into and it’s my duty.”

3 • Po lit ician s an d Royalt y Harry has always longed for a normal life. He would love to be able to go to the front lines in Iraq with his regiment without putting his friends in danger by his presence. He said once that if he could do anything in the world, he would probably live in Africa and be a safari guide. Since he can’t do that, he does what he can. In 2004, he made a documentary called The Forgotten Kingdom, a kind of video diary in which he explores the impact of AIDS on the African country of Lesotho. This is an issue that still interests him. Together with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, he has founded Sentebale: The Prince’s Fund for Lesotho, which cares for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. When his mother was alive, she tried to make a normal life a reality as much as possible for her family, shielding her sons from the press and buying them presents like video games. “William and I try to be normal,” Harry said. “It’s very difficult but, you know, we are who we are.”

What Do You Think? Prince Harry has done work to fight HIV/AIDS, and other celebrity families often take on causes as well. Do you think that if you are a celebrity you have a greater responsibility to do good in the world than “normal” people do? Why or why not? What power does being a celebrity give someone like Prince Harry to do good in the world? 43

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headlines (From “Why Have So Many Presidents’ Kids Gone Wrong?” by Noemie Emery, http://hnn.us/articles/1518.html)

Why do so many presidents’ children commit suicide? Or take risks or take drugs? Different reasons suggest themselves. Being a president’s child does not merely refer to the few years the parents may live in the White House. It means a lifetime of being the child of the kind of person who wants to be and then makes himself president. It means having a father who drives both himself and the people around him. It means having a father who is constantly busy, frequently traveling, and for various reasons may be unavailable. It means having a father whose love affair with his calling and country often comes at the expense of his family. It is no accident that the presidents whose children showed the most overt hostility were those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt, two great national leaders who found it much easier to establish the illusion of intimacy with millions of strangers than to establish the real thing with their children. Wead tells the story of Roosevelt’s son who had to make an appointment through his father’s aides for a formal meeting in the Oval Office to discuss a matter of personal urgency. While he talked, his father sat reading

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3 • Po lit ician s an d Royalt y a document. The son told his mother he would never talk to his father about anything that troubled him again. “The stress of the American presidency is a killer,” Wead tells us. Some of that stress is passed on in the instant and undeserved fame that comes to the children of presidents—together with constant attention, high expectations, and gleeful notice when they slip. It can come from the overblown praise that makes a

The lives of Malia and Sasha Obama were changed forever when their father, Barack Obama, was elected the 44th president of the United States of America.

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Celebrity Families father appear all too god-like. It can also come with undue abuse. Presidents’ children routinely see their parents denounced as thieves, fools, liars, and killers; and when their parents fail, the failures are public and huge. It can even come, as Wead notes, with “a complete lack of connection between doing and getting.” This is what destroyed the elder three sons of Franklin Roosevelt, who got too many freebies and never learned discipline. Celebrities in general have short, stressful lives: They are four times more likely to commit suicide than normal Americans, two and one-half times more likely to die in an accident, and two times more likely to die of cirrhosis or kidney diseases, often from drinking or drugs. But presidents’ children have additional problems that drive self-esteem down. An actor’s son may become a doctor and believe he is doing something more important; a doctor’s son may become an actor and be much better known. But a president’s child has no place to run: no line of work with more power and glory, fame and dazzle, or chance to change the world. A president’s son cannot surpass his father; he can just hope to match him. And only two men have done that.

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What Do You Think? What do you think it would be like to have a parent who was a world leader? Do you agree with this article that celebrities “have short, stressful lives”? Do you agree that a president’s child “cannot surpass his father”? Why or why not?

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hile sometimes children are famous simply because of who their parents are, sometimes the parents are famous because of who their children are. Miley Cyrus has had it a bit Terms to Understand of both ways. intervention: the act of interfering   Miley was born Destiny Hope Cyrus in a situation to change its outcome. on November 23, 1992, in Nashville, Tencystic fibrosis: a chronic disease nessee, the same year that her father, characterized by excessive mucus country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, had his production, causing a number of problems, including an increased greatest hit, “Achy Breaky Heart,” hit number of infections. number 1. She was nicknamed Miley as a baby because she smiled so much. (The name stuck, clearly, and early in 2008 she officially changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus.) Miley grew up on her family’s farm in the country with her brothers and sisters. She went to public school and life seemed normal—even if she did tour with her father from time to time. When she was in fifth grade, her father was starring in a television show called Doc and the family moved to Toronto to be with him. For that year, Miley’s mother homeschooled her, but before

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4 • Famo us Kid s Miley started sixth grade, they moved back to Tennessee. There, Miley went back to her old school. At first, Miley’s old friends seemed happy to see her, but gradually things changed. People were mean to her,

Miley Cyrus, shown here with her dog, Roadie, found it hard to continue her normal life when her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, became famous. The obstacles to a normal teenage life only increased once she herself found fame.

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Celebrity Families Where do CeleBriTies go To sChool? Most famous kids or the children of famous people don’t go to public school. This is not because they are snobby and think they are better than people in public schools. Sometimes security is an issue, and private schools are usually more used to dealing with this kind of thing. When a famous kid goes to private school, they are more likely to make friends who understand what their lives are like and are not going to be jealous of them. Sometimes, young celebrities are homeschooled, since their schedules are not always very regular. Often, tutors are hired to teach them.

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made fun of her, and refused to talk to her. She didn’t understand what had happened. Eventually, she discovered many of her classmates thought she was a snob, since her father was a famous country music star and actor. Then, a talent agent called, with the news that Disney was creating a new show, called Hannah Montana and that she thought Miley should audition for a part. At first, Miley sent an audition tape for the part of Lilly, the main character’s best friend, but Miley’s dad thought Miley would be perfect for the starring role, so they sent in a second tape as well. Pretty soon, Miley and her family were flying back and forth to Los Angeles to do reading after reading as the casting directors narrowed down the group of girls auditioning for the role. This did not help Miley’s life at school. In her book Miles to Go, Miley writes, I never told anyone at school that I was auditioning in L.A., but it seemed like my torturers had a sixth sense about it and knew I was going somewhere. When I came back from L.A. the second time, the girls took it beyond normal bullying. Miley started being afraid to go to school. She didn’t know what to do. When her father discovered what was going on, though, he talked to her mother, and her mother talked to the principal, even though Miley

4 • Famo us Kid s begged her not to. She was afraid her mother’s intervention might make the bullying worse. Instead, after the principal took Miley and the worst of the bullies into her office and talked to them, the worst threats of physical violence against Miley disappeared, although people still weren’t exactly nice to her. Then, the call came: Miley had gotten the lead role in Hannah Montana. They flew to Los Angeles again, and, with Miley’s dad, Billy Ray, now playing the part of her father, they shot the first episode. And when Disney decided they liked the show and wanted to film more episodes, life took off for Miley. Suddenly, everything changed and before she even realized what was happening, she was famous, with people stopping her on the street for autographs and screaming her name at concerts. Miley loved it; she felt so much happier than she had been as a lonely, bullied sixth-grader. She writes: I know that it seems like I took the whole Hannah thing in stride. Don’t think I wasn’t completely over the moon. But I also had an advantage. As a little girl, I had had my fair share of the spotlight. When I was tiny, I was my dad’s shadow. . . . So when he went on the road to play concerts—my dad was always a singer, this acting thing came later—he wanted me with him as much as possible.

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Celebrity Families And he was in the fast lane for a while there. I sat on his shoulders in front of thousands of people. I rode helicopters, Lear jets, buses, and limos. Sometimes he’d bring me onstage to sing “Hound Dog” with him, and I’m told they had some trouble getting me off. Miley’s earlier experience with fame, back when she was too young to think about it much, along with her family’s down-to-earth approach to life, helped her cope in Hollywood. Even if she was suddenly a star to the rest of the world, her relationship with her family hadn’t changed. “At home, I’m not a celebrity,” she writes. “Everyone still knows my name, but instead of chanting it at a show, they’re shouting up the stairs for me to get my dirty laundry.” After a while, though, it started getting too much for Miley. Everywhere she looked, there was Hannah Montana. And there were pictures of Miley, looking airbrushed and beautiful. But Miley didn’t feel beautiful. She was fourteen years old, she had acne, she didn’t feel like she was as special as everyone seemed to think. And, of course, there were those nasty comments on the Internet about her, the ones where people noticed the acne and criticized it, along with almost everything else about Miley. She found it hard to shake her depression, and she didn’t know how to fight people’s obsession with the way she looked.

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4 • Famo us Kid s On her television show, Miley’s character creates an alter ego, Hannah Montana (shown here), so her friends will not treat her differently. This concept must have hit close-to-home for Miley, who has personal experience with the ways fame can alter personal relationships.

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Celebrity Families Then Miley met Vanessa, a little girl with cystic fibrosis. They met at a hospital fundraiser and became friends. One day while they were together Vanessa got upset because she was not allowed to wear makeup for fear of germs. Suddenly, everything began to shift for Miley. She saw that her worries about her looks were pretty minor compared to the things Vanessa and a lot of other kids faced. Since then, she’s tried to keep things in perspective: I’m sixteen. I have my moments. How can you always have perspective if you haven’t lived for very long? I don’t think it’s possible. But you can try. I want to be a person who focuses on the positive. I’m living an incredible life, and I never forget to be grateful for that. I try to remind myself that with that life comes some challenges. People can be mean or spiteful or envious or resentful or judgmental. Or they honestly hate my ankles, and it’s important to them to express that in a public forum! Whatever. Miley tries not to care what the media says about her, but sometimes it’s harder than others. “I try to be a good role model,” Miley says, “and that’s why I think it’s too bad that lots of people hope to make money off my mistakes. I wish they could make money off my achievements.”

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4 • Famo us Kid s When Miley published Miles to Go, her autobiography, in 2009, she was still only sixteen, a fact that was not lost on her. Anything could happen. “I don’t know how long my fame and success will last,” she writes, “but if years from now I’m playing coffeehouses instead of stadiums, that’s okay so long as I’m still inspired and still inspiring a few people.”

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Why were Miley’s classmates unkind to her? Does it surprise you that she had to face bullying like this? Why or why not? What do you admire most about Miley? Why do you think she is as well-adjusted as she is? If you could change places with Miley, would you? Why or why not?

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One of Britain’s top medal hopes for the London Olympics is being bullied at school due to his high profile, his parents said yesterday. Teenage diver Tom Daley shot to national fame when he was selected for the Beijing Games and became one of Britain’s youngest ever Olympians. The 14-year-old is expected to challenge for medals when the event comes to London in 2012, but his father said the success was causing him problems at school. Rob Daley, from Plymouth, said he was considering moving his son from Eggbuckland Community College because of the constant jibes and “childish name-calling and antics” of his fellow students. Mr Daley said: “I’ve been to see Tom’s head of year and also the principal in the past six weeks, because Tom has been so upset. “Although they cannot be held responsible for the students, I do think the school should be more proactive in trying to sort this bullying out.

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4 • Famo us Kid s “We wouldn’t want to have to do it, but we will change schools unless this is sorted out, as my son’s wellbeing comes before everything else.” . . . Tom said the bullying started after last year’s Olympics and got increasingly worse. He said: “I’d always ignored the ‘diver boy’ or ‘Speedo boy’ comments when I came back from Beijing last year, hoping they’d get fed up and stop. . . . Katrina Borowski, the school’s principal, said: “Tom’s extremely high profile has led to a minority of students acting in an immature way towards him.” . . . Dr Mary Brown, lecturer in psychology at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, said bullies were just as likely to pick on a sporting hero as a timid child. “The bullies recognise psychological strength and are envious of it. They will also be jealous of the great deal of attention Tom has been attracting because he is talented, successful, good socially and popular. “They know that someone like Tom, who also has physical strength, has learned to harness that strength and will not allow himself to be provoked into retaliating.” . . . Dr Brown added that she welcomed the fact that Tom

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Celebrity Families and his father had drawn attention to the problem. “Tom has done the right thing by speaking out. An Olympian admitting he is being bullied will help others who don’t have his confidence.”

What Do You Think? If Tom was in your class, do you think you’d be jealous of him? Do you find it hard to be friends with someone you see as having more advantages or privileges than you? Why or why not?

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Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House. New York: Touchstone, 2000. Halpern, Jake. Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truths Behind America’s Favorite Addiction. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Howe, Peter. Paparazzi: And Our Obsession with Celebrity. New York: Artisan Books, 2005. Jobson, Robert. Harry’s War: The True Story of the Soldier Prince. London: John Blake Publishing, 2008. Long, Diane. He’s Just My Dad! Portraits of Celebrity Athletes and Their Children. New York: Harper Entertainment, 2000. Nunn, Robin. William & Kate: Celebrating a Royal Romance. London: Pavilion Books, 2009. Pearlman, Cindy. What They Know About . . . Parenting!: Celebrity Moms and Dads Give Us Their Take on Having Kids. Carlsbad, Calif.: Hay House, 2007. Rojek, Chris. Celebrity. London: Reaktion Books, 2004. Turner, Graeme. Understanding Celebrity. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2004.

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Celebrity Families Vogel, Michelle. Children of Hollywood: Accounts of Growing Up as the Sons and Daughters of Stars. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company, 2005. Wead, Doug. All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America’s First Families. New York: Atria Books, 2003.

On the Internet Drew Barrymore’s Official Web Site www.drewbarrymore.com

Official Web Site of the British Monarchy www.royal.gov.uk

Hollywood Celebrities www.hollywood.com/ celebrities

White House Historical Association: First Kids www.whitehousehistory.org/04/ subs/04_a02_d.html

Miley Cyrus’ Official Web Site www.mileycyrus.com

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Andersen, Christopher. After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor. New York: Hyperion, 2007. Barrymore, Drew. Little Girl Lost. New York: Pocket Books, 1990. Bloland, Sue Erikson. “Fame: The Power and Cost of a Fantasy.” The Atlantic Monthly 284, no. 5 (Nov. 1999): 51–62. Cyrus, Miley. Miles to Go. New York: Hyperion, 2009. “Drew Barrymore.” hellomagazine.com. www.hellomagazine. com/profiles/drewbarrymore. “Drew Barrymore Biography.” People: Celebrity Central. www. people/drew_barrymore/biography. Furman, Leah and Elina Furman. Happily Ever After: The Drew Barrymore Story. New York: Ballantine Publishing Group, 2000. Maheshwari, Surabhika. “Children of Famous Parents: An Exploratory Study.” International Journal of Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (Winter 2009): 44–53. The Prince of Wales. www.princeofwales.gov.uk “Prince William.” hellomagazine.com. www.hellomagazine.com/ profiles/princewilliam.

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Celebrity Families “Prince William.” People: Celebrity Central. www.people.com/ people/prince_william. Rossellini, Isabella. Some of Me. New York: Random House, 1997. Solway, Diane. “Drew Barrymore.” W April 2009. www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2009/04/drew_barrymore. Suddath, Claire. “Prince Harry.” Time 14 Jan. 2009. www.time. com/time/world/article/0,8599,1871523,00.html. “Suri Cruise’s Birthday Party Interrupted by Paparazzi Helicopter.” Access Hollywood April 19, 2009. omg.yahoo.com/news/suricruises-birthday-party-interrupted-by-paparazzi-helicopter/21492.

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actors 8, 15–17, 22, 24, 28, 30–31, 37–38, 46, 50 alcohol 22, 24 alcoholism 22, 26 athletes 8, 22, 33, 38 Barrymore, Drew 22–24, 26–27, 30 Barrymore, John 22, 30 Barrymore, John Jr. 22, 30 Bergman, Ingrid 16 Clinton, Hillary 39 celebrity 8, 10–11, 14, 17–19, 30, 43, 52 Cruise, Suri 11 Crosby, David 25–26 Cyrus, Billy Ray 48–49 Cyrus, Miley 48–55 Daley, Tom 56 Daley, Rob 56 depression 20, 25, 52 drugs 17, 22, 26–27, 44, 46 fame 8–10, 17–18, 21, 34, 37, 45–46, 49, 52–53, 55–56

Hanks, Colin 34–37 Hanks, Tom 34–36 Hannah Montana 50–53 Hawn, Goldie 15 Hilton, Paris 9 Hollywood 22, 28, 34, 52 homeschool 48, 50 Hudson, Kate 15 identity 16, 50 interviews 11, 23 Jordan, Jeff 31–33 Jordan, Michael 31–33 Little Girl Lost 24–26 magazines 9–10, 13, 29, 39 marriage 10, 15, 28 media 8, 12–14, 25, 41, 54 Middleton, Kate 40–41 Miles to Go 50, 55 news 9–10, 50 newspapers 13, 38 Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama,

Barack 39, 49 Michelle 39 Malia 39, 49 Sasha 39, 49

Prince Charles 39, 42 Prince Harry 38–43 Prince William 38–43 Princess Diana 39, 41 privacy 10, 12–14, 20, 33, 41 red-carpet 8, 11 rehab (rehabilitation) 22, 24–25 relationships 8, 17, 20, 28–29, 52–53 reporters 11, 41 Roberts, Julia 11 Roosevelt, Franklin 44, 46 Rossellini, Isabella 16 Rowling, J. K. 12–13 royalty 38–39, 41 scandal 8–9, 38 school 11, 31–34, 48–50, 56–57 scrutiny 8, 11, 17, 38 self-esteem 19–20, 25, 46 success 13, 15, 18–20, 22, 24, 55–57 suicide 25, 27, 44, 46 tabloids 38, 40 television 9, 16, 31, 48, 53

paparazzi 8–9, 11–12, 42 photographers 8, 11, 41 politicians 8, 38 presidents 17, 38–39, 44–47 press 39–41, 43

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Sheila Stewart has written several dozen educational books for young people. She lives with her children in Western New York and works as a writer and editor.

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Gallup has studied human nature and behavior for more than seventy years. Gallup’s reputation for delivering relevant, timely, and visionary research on what people around the world think and feel is the cornerstone of the organization. Gallup employs many of the world’s leading scientists in management, economics, psychology, and sociology, and its consultants assist leaders in identifying and monitoring behavioral economic indicators worldwide. Gallup consultants help organizations boost organic growth by increasing customer engagement and maximizing employee productivity through measurement tools, coursework, and strategic advisory services. Gallup’s 2,000 professionals deliver services at client organizations, through the Web, at Gallup University’s campuses, and in forty offices around the world.

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