<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Legendary </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> producer </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norman Lear</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who was responsible for some of the most popular </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">television shows</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the 1970s, has died at the age of 101.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather,” Lear’s family said in a statement, per </span><a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lear had his first big hit with the sitcom “All In the Family” featuring Archie Bunker (Carroll O&#8217;Connor) as the family patriarch of a working-class family. The program soon became the most-watched show in the United States and is regarded by many as one of the best sitcoms ever created.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lear’s next hit TV sitcom was “Sanford and Son,” which focused on a black widower father and his son living in Los Angeles. It’s seen as a precursor to many other black-focused comedies to come. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other shows credited to Lear include “Maude” and “The Jeffersons,” which were both spin-offs of “All in the Family,” “One Day at a Time,” and “Good Times.” He also worked on film scripts for popular projects, including writing scripts for “Come Blow Your Horn” (1963); “The Night They Raided Minsky’s” (1968); “The Thief Who Came to Dinner” (1971); “Stand by Me” (1986) and “The Princess Bride” (1987), and “Fried Green Tomatoes” (1991). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The TV producer received many awards over the course of his career, including six Emmys, two Peabody Awards, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2021. He was also a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lear, who was a liberal, is well known for creating one of the most iconic politically incorrect characters of all time in Archie Bunker, whom he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/12/06/norman-lear-dead-tv-obituary-archie-bunker/">said</a> he based on his own father. Lear later <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/282163-all-in-the-family-creator-on-trump-he-is-archie-bunker/">compared</a> President Donald Trump to Bunker. He’s also remembered for addressing social issues of the day, including racism, abortion, homosexuality, and the Vietnam War. In a two-part episode of “Maude” which aired in 1973, the main character opts to have an abortion after becoming unexpectedly pregnant at the age of 47. This was the first time a character on primetime television had an abortion, and the narrative happened to coincide with the historic </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roe v. Wade</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Supreme Court decision. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the ’80s, Lear dropped out of television and founded the liberal public-interest group People For The American Way.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When asked if he found his shows controversial during a 2005 Onion A.V. Club </span><a href="https://www.avclub.com/norman-lear-1798208484"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the producer replied, &#8220;My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. That&#8217;s a very hard thing to help the establishment know. We&#8217;re still an establishment that thinks the average mentality is something like 13 years of age, that never forgot H.L. Mencken&#8217;s notion that nobody lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people. That&#8217;s the horsesh** the establishment has always lived with.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lear went on to say the American people were not “the best educated” but “wise at heart.”</span></p>


Norman Lear

‘All In The Family’ Creator Norman Lear Dead At 101

'All In The Family' Creator Norman Lear Dead At 101

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nick-cannon" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick Cannon</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has dropped some serious cash sending all 12 of his children to </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disneyland" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disneyland</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> over the years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 43-year-old television host discussed how often he spends cash at Disney during a Friday appearance on &#8220;The Breakfast Club&#8221; radio show.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Do you know how much money I spend at Disneyland a year?&#8221; Cannon asked the show hosts, per <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nick-cannon-reveals-probably-spends-year-taking-children-disneyland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Wild ‘n Out” </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/father" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">host</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> shares his 12 kids with six different women and often jokes about having so many children while insisting he spends enough quality time with each one. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He shares twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey; sons Golden Sagon and Rise Messiah Cannon and daughter Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell; twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir and daughter Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; and daughter Onyx Ice Cole with LaNisha Cole.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cannon also had two children with Alyssa Scott, including daughter Halo Marie, who was born in December 2022. His first child with Alyssa,  son, Zen, died at five months old in December 2021 after being diagnosed with brain cancer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The activist celebrity also discussed how it was especially challenging because his trips to Disneyland used to be free when he was employed there. Cannon previously hosted the park&#8217;s annual Christmas morning parade from 2009 until 2013.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s no longer free and I only had two kids then,&#8221; he said.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Every birthday and Christmas, I&#8217;m literally at Disneyland at least once a month, and to move around Disney, like, I&#8217;m probably spending $200,000 a year at Disneyland,&#8221; Cannon told the “Breakfast Club” hosts. &#8220;Disneyland is expensive already off [the] top if [you’re] trying to stay in the hotel,&#8221; Cannon said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s not how it used to be,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You got to make reservations. So, I&#8217;m spending $200,000 a year at Disneyland.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At another point in the conversation, the comedian once again explained why he was happy having so many kids.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I could have stopped, you know, or even not had the children,&#8221; Cannon said. &#8220;But I was welcoming the idea of it and was never against it. So, you know, I&#8217;ve worked through a lot of that through therapy of like, yeah, I love being a father. I love the life that they give me.&#8221;</span></p>


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Nick Cannon Said He Drops $200K Per Year At Disneyland For His 12 Kids

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Food Network star </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ina Garten</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recently revealed one of the reasons she and her husband of 55 years, Jeffrey, opted not to have children.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barefoot Contessa</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” host said her own </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">childhood</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was at least partially to blame. When asked during an interview with BBC News&#8217; Katty Kay if she chose her career over kids, Garten said while it would have been “much harder” to juggle both, that wasn’t the main driver.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s why I made the decision,&#8221; the 75-year-old celebrity chef <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/entertainment/ina-garten-reveals-why-she-never-had-kids-with-husband-jeffrey/">said</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m actually writing a memoir now, and I&#8217;m kind of looking back at my childhood. It was nothing I wanted to recreate.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I&#8217;m always looking forward. To look back and realize a lot of my decisions were based on my childhood, I think that was really the motivating factor, and Jeffrey and I were just so happy together,&#8221; Garten added. She and Jeffrey met when Garten was just 15 and got married when she was 20. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cookbook author has alluded to not being happy with her childhood in the past. She told Al Roker that she wasn’t “allowed” to experiment in the kitchen when she was growing up.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;When I was growing up, I wasn&#8217;t allowed to </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/food" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">cook</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,&#8221; she </span><a href="https://people.com/food/ina-garten-says-her-dietician-mother-didnt-let-her-cook-growing-up/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> during an episode of Roker’s &#8220;Cooking Up a Storm&#8221; podcast in 2021. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I think my mother just wanted me in my room and she wanted the kitchen to herself. And so she said, &#8216;It&#8217;s your job to study, it&#8217;s my job to cook, and just get out of the kitchen.&#8217; So, I kind of always wanted to do it,&#8221; Garten continued. &#8220;And I got married when I was 20, and I think that&#8217;s when I started to think I love cooking.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Garten is not a classically trained chef but rather learned everything on her own. &#8220;I think what I was craving as a child is connecting with people, and I felt that if you feed them, they always show up and you have a good time together. And that was the connection I loved. So, I kept doing it over and over again,&#8221; she said of discovering her passion for cooking.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also admitted previously to having a difficult relationship with food while she was growing up due to her mother restricting what she ate. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;My mother was obsessive about food. So, we weren&#8217;t allowed any carbs, we weren&#8217;t allowed any butter. We had margarine. … She just kind of got dinner on the table. … And her idea of a great dessert was an apple,&#8221; she </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ina-garten-at-home-with-the-barefoot-contessa/id1134154895?i=1000384601932" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> during an episode of Katie Couric’s podcast “Next Question” in 2017.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s the ultimate rebellion,&#8221; she added of her chosen career path.</span></p>


Ina Garten

Food Network Star Ina Garten Never Had Kids Because She Didn’t Want To ‘Recreate’ Her Own Childhood

Food Network Star Ina Garten Never Had Kids Because She Didn't Want To 'Recreate' Her Own Childhood

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<p>&#8220;Supernatural&#8221; actor Mark Sheppard told fans on Saturday that he was lucky to be alive after suffering six &#8220;massive heart attacks,&#8221; adding that doctors had brought him &#8220;back from the dead&#8221; four times during the course of his emergency treatment.</p>
<p>Sheppard, who played Crowley the demon on the long-running CW drama, shared a selfie from his hospital bed along with a few details of what had happened.</p>
<p>&#8220;You’re not going to believe this! Was on my way to an appointment yesterday when I collapsed in my kitchen. Six massive heart attacks later, and being brought back from dead 4 times I apparently had a 100% blockage in my LAD [left anterior descending artery],&#8221; Sheppard wrote. &#8220;The Widowmaker.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;If not for my wife, the @losangelesfiredepartment at mullholland and the incredible staff @providencecalifornia St Joseph’s — I wouldn’t be writing this. My chances of survival were virtually nil. I feel great. Humbled once more. Home tomorrow!&#8221; Sheppard continued.</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to Sheppard&#8217;s post thanking them, saying, &#8220;We’re so glad to hear of your outcome and wish you a full and speedy recovery!&#8221;</p>
<p>Actor Misha Collins, who played the angel Castiel alongside Sheppard&#8217;s Crowley, ribbed his colleague for overdoing things. &#8220;Mark! You don&#8217;t need to do the most and biggest every time! 6 heart attacks? 2 or 3 would have been impressive enough. You&#8217;ve impressed us, okay. Now stop with this heal up and get back on the road with us. Love you, pal,&#8221; he commented.</p>
<p>Actress Felicia Day, who also starred alongside Sheppard on &#8220;Supernatural,&#8221; said, &#8220;OMG Mark I am so glad you’re recovering this is awful! Sending all my love to you and the family.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Doctor Who&#8221; alum John Barrowman added, &#8220;Mark, WTF … if there is anything you need or I can do just let me know. I am just a small journey away. Please do all they tell you to make yourself heal and get well. You are a lovely soul and a lovely man. I am sending you lots of love …&#8221;</p>


Comic-Con International 2016 – “Supernatural” Special Video Presentation And Q&A

‘Supernatural’ Actor Says Docs Brought Him ‘Back From The Dead’ After 6 Heart Attacks

'Supernatural' Actor Says Docs Brought Him 'Back From The Dead' After 6 Heart Attacks

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<p>Actor Sean Astin said in a recent interview that he has never shied away from his status as a &#8220;nepo-baby,&#8221; even joking that he routinely answered, &#8220;Nepotism,&#8221; when people asked him how he had gotten started in Hollywood.</p>
<p>Speaking to entertainment site <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/12/03/entertainment/sean-astin-embraces-being-a-hollywood-nepo-baby/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a>, Astin freely admitted that his parents — &#8220;The Addams Family&#8221; star John Astin and Oscar-winner Patty Duke (&#8220;The Miracle Worker,&#8221; 1963) — gave him a leg up when it came to getting work in Tinsel Town, and he didn&#8217;t see any reason to feel guilty about taking advantage of that.</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen, it’s just true,&#8221; Astin explained, saying that he didn&#8217;t blame others for jumping on the opportunities their own lives presented. &#8220;Life is hard, work is hard. Finding your way in the world is hard. So when people have some good fortune, I don’t begrudge that.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I don’t begrudge myself having been born into a family where I was given a lot. I also feel that that comes with a lot of responsibility that you have the opportunity to embrace or not,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;So yeah … you know … [you] nailed it,&#8221; he said of being pegged as a &#8220;nepo baby.&#8221; &#8220;Got it in one!&#8221;</p>
<p>And though Astin may have gotten his foot in the door thanks to his parents&#8217; connections, he followed that with a series of iconic roles — from the 1980s cult classic &#8220;The Goonies&#8221; and the titular role in the underdog sports film &#8220;Rudy&#8221; to the role of Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson&#8217;s adaptation of &#8220;Lord of the Rings.&#8221;</p>
<p>And as two other self-described &#8220;nepo-babies&#8221; — actresses Kate Hudson and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nepo-babies-jamie-lee-curtis-kate-hudson-fight-back-i-dont-care-where-you-come-from" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Lee Curtis</a> — have said, whether or not it&#8217;s nepotism that opened the door, it still takes a lot of hard work to have a lasting career in Hollywood.</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever. I have come to learn that is simply not true,&#8221; Curtis said. &#8220;I have suited up and shown up for all different kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I’ve tried to bring integrity and professionalism and love and community and art to my work.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t care where you come from, or what your relationship to the business is … if you work hard and you kill it,&#8221; Hudson added.</p>


Celebrities Visit SiriusXM – April 17, 2019

‘Nailed It’: ‘Lord Of The Rings Star Won’t Apologize For ‘Nepo-Baby’ Status

'Nailed It': 'Lord Of The Rings Star Won't Apologize For 'Nepo-Baby' Status

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are certainly examples of former child actors who grew up to become happy, healthy, and well-adjusted adults. Unfortunately, there are also dozens of examples of the opposite happening. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pitfalls of stepping into Hollywood under the age of 18 are so bad that many former child stars are speaking publicly against the concept and even forbid their own kids from entering the business.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most recently, former “Full House” actress Jodie Sweetin said that one of the biggest dangers for young stars is having parents who once wanted to be famous themselves. That’s not what happened to her — Sweetin’s adoptive parents were great, she said — but she also noted how people used to approach her to say the sole reason they had children was to make them famous.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you see the kids that grew up in this business that turned out to be fairly normal, well-rounded people, they all have really normal parents, who didn’t want to be in the business themselves,” the 41-year-old celebrity told Today during a November 2023 </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/full-house-star-jodie-sweetin-explains-what-normal-child-actors-have-in-common" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“They’re like, ‘I tried to be famous, but it didn’t work out, so now it’s your turn,’” Sweetin added, saying people have told her, “I had a kid because I wanted them to be famous.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress became a household name thanks to the popular 90s comedy “Full House,” making her debut on the show when she was just 5- years- old. While fame-hungry parents weren’t her downfall, Sweetin did struggle in adulthood with drug and alcohol addiction. She said the show ending was partially to blame.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was a huge shift in my life,” the actress said. “Everything I had known from the time I was 5 years old suddenly ended and it was like saying goodbye to a family I had loved very, very much,” Sweetin said in 2016. “At such a young age it really was a huge loss for me, I didn’t know how to grieve. Drugs and alcohol just sort of numbed everything.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another celebrity who warned the world about the dangers of childhood stardom is Academy Award winning actress Natalie Portman. The 42-year-old mother of two </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/natalie-portman-says-children-shouldnt-be-actors-kids-should-play-and-go-to-school"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> children should be allowed to experience traditional childhood far from the bright lights of Hollywood.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I would not encourage young people to go into this. I don’t mean ever; I mean as children,” Portman told Variety during a recent interview.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I feel it was almost an accident of luck that I was not harmed, also combined with very overprotective, wonderful parents,” the “Black Swan” actress continued. “You don’t like it when you’re a kid, and you’re grateful for it when you’re an adult. I’ve heard too many bad stories to think that any children should be part of it.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Ultimately, I don’t believe that kids should work,” Portman added. “I think kids should play and go to school.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress launched her acting career at the age of 12 starring in the action film “Léon: The Professional” (1994). Portman catapulted to fame for her portrayal of Padmé Amidala in “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” (1999).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former child star Christina Ricci </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-child-star-christina-ricci-its-abuse-make-paul-bois" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">agreed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Sweetin’s assessment, going as far as saying parents who force their children to become famous are committing “child abuse.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I feel it’s child abuse to make your child famous,” the 43-year-old mother of two said in 2019. “Once [my son’s] an adult, and he studies, and he understands that it’s an art form, then he can pursue an acting career if he’d like.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Being famous is not good for children, it’s just not,” Ricci added “We have a million examples of why it’s not good for children. I’m just not going to risk it. Why would you put the most precious thing in your life up for that?”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, her assertions stand in contrast to statements she made previously about enjoying her life as a child star. Ricci began her acting career at the age of nine in “Mermaids” (1990). She became a household name for her breakout role as Wednesday Addams in “The Addams Family” (1991) and the sequel, “Addams Family Values” (1993).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a July 2019 interview with People, Ricci said she has no regrets about being a child star. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve had some incredible experiences and loved working as a child. I have to say ‘The Addams Family’ movies were two really – they were like glory days for me as a 10 and 12-year-old. Those were great movies to be on,” she said at the time. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are many examples of child stars who had drama in their lives. Former child star Amanda Bynes was placed on a psychiatric hold in March 2023 after the actress was found roaming the streets of Los Angeles naked, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-child-star-amanda-bynes-released-from-mental-health-facility-after-reported-naked-incident-in-l-a" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This was the latest in a long string of disturbing incidents over the years, including Bynes being placed under a conservatorship for years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking of conservatorships, former child star turned pop artist Britney Spears has been making headlines for most of her adult life after launching her career in “The Mickey Mouse Club” at the age of 11. In time, Spears became one of the most celebrated pop culture figures in the world, but this fame had a dark side. Between 2007 and 2008, the pop star shaved her head, assaulted a photographer with an umbrella, lost custody of her two children, and was placed under a conservatorship which lasted 13 years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are almost too many examples of child stars gone wrong to mention. Macaulay Culkin, who became famous as a young kid starring in “Home Alone,” took his parents to court to block them from controlling his trust fund.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former child star and the daughter of famous parents Drew Barrymore has been open about being exposed to drugs and alcohol at a very young age because of her career. The actress became famous thanks to her role in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” in 1982 when she was five.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore is a good example of a former child star who turned her life around after being in some bad situations. But not all young actors are able to escape a terrible fate. Gary Coleman, the kid star of the “Diff&#8217;rent Strokes” (1978-1986) died at the age of 42 following a history of substance abuse and depression.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There will always be a need for child actors, but by the same token, there is a need to protect them from the worst elements of Hollywood. Those who have been there themselves have sounded the alarm, and it’s up to parents and studio executives to heed their warnings.</span></p>


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‘Too Many Bad Stories’: Former Child Stars Say Hollywood Is Too Dangerous For Kids

'Too Many Bad Stories': Former Child Stars Say Hollywood Is Too Dangerous For Kids

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actress </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jodie Sweetin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, best known for playing Stephanie Tanner on the hit comedy “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/full-house"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full House</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,” said child stars who aren’t damaged by becoming famous all have one thing in common.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When you see the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">kids</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that grew up in this business that turned out to be fairly normal, well-rounded people, they all have really normal parents, who didn’t want to be in the business themselves,” the 41-year-old actress told </span><a href="https://www.today.com/parents/family/jodie-sweetin-child-stars-one-big-risk-factor-rcna127038"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sweetin starred in the series when she was just 5 years old after doing some commercial work in her hometown of Los Angeles. She went on to say how parents who were failed actors were too hard on their kids trying to make it in the business.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“They’re like, ‘I tried to be famous, but it didn’t work out, so now it’s your turn,’” Sweetin told the outlet, saying people have told her, “I had a kid because I wanted them to be famous.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress also mentioned how child celebrities now have it “a lot rougher” due to social media, which didn’t exist when she first got famous. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I can’t imagine being one of those kids on a big network show that gets all of the attention and all of the criticism. And people are worrying about who you’re dating, and what you look like,” Sweetin said.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“When I was nine, I had teeth coming out of every direction,” she added. “I was very self-conscious of it at the time, and if that had been the thing that was getting made fun of online? That would have destroyed me.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Full House” alum’s biological parents were both incarcerated at the time of her birth, which led to her being adopted by her aunt and uncle, Sam and Janice Sweetin, when she was 9 months old. Sweetin said her adoptive parents never pushed her to become famous and she survived being a child star rather well. But when “Full House” went off the air, the actress did struggle with addiction. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It was a huge shift in my life. Everything I had known from the time I was 5 years old suddenly ended and it was like saying goodbye to a family I had loved very, very much,” Sweetin said in 2016. “At such a young age it really was a huge loss for me, I didn’t know how to grieve. Drugs and alcohol just sort of numbed everything.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The celebrity has been sober since 2011. She’s now a mother of two and is a certified drug and alcohol counselor.</span></p>


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‘Full House’ Star Jodie Sweetin Explains What ‘Normal’ Child Actors Have In Common

'Full House' Star Jodie Sweetin Explains What 'Normal' Child Actors Have In Common

<p>The Mayor of Flavortown has done it again, scoring a massive multi-year contract with Food Network to remain the channel&#8217;s highest-paid talent.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celebrity-chef-guy-fieri-raises-over-20-million-for-out-of-work-restaurant-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guy Fieri</a>, 55, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/guy-fieri-100-million-food-network-deal-1235810817/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> signed on to a three-year contract with the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned channel for upwards of $100 million. His past contract with Food Network was estimated to be around $80 million for three years.</p>
<p>“For nearly two decades, Food Network has been my home and continuing to create great TV within the Warner Bros. Discovery universe is exactly where I want to be,&#8221; Fieri said, <a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/guy-fieri-100-million-food-network-deal-1235810817/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Variety. &#8220;Food is our most universal language so being able to unite people through highlighting chefs, restaurateurs and the folks dishing out incredible meals all over this country and world is a privilege and responsibility that I don’t take lightly.”</p>
<p>Warner Bros. Discovery head of food content Betsy Ayala gushed over the talent.</p>
<p>“Recognized everywhere he goes, there is only one Guy Fieri,” she said. “Guy’s love of food, restaurants, and the chefs behind the dishes, combined with his extraordinary passion for crafting series with stories that resonate make extending this partnership a clear choice in our mission to deliver to viewers more of what they love.”</p>
<p>The host will continue with hits like “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives&#8221; and &#8220;Guy’s Grocery Games&#8221; and develop other projects for the network through his production company, Knuckle Sandwich LLC.</p>
<p>Generally, Fieri is universally loved at a time when many celebrities have merged their public identities with politics. The Food Network star has refused to comment on politics directly, once <a href="https://www.avclub.com/the-unknowable-guy-fieri-pandemic-folk-hero-and-politi-1847588586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> in an interview that this has &#8220;allowed fans to project whatever they want onto him&#8221; &#8212; something that doesn&#8217;t bother him.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s also been involved in vital charity work. For example, during the early days of the pandemic, Fieri <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celebrity-chef-guy-fieri-raises-over-20-million-for-out-of-work-restaurant-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worked</a> with the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation to raise $25 million for the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. The fund provided grants to out-of-work restaurant employees.</p>
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<p>This past summer, however, some on the Left erupted with anger at Fieri being cordial with former President Donald Trump at a UFC match in Las Vegas.</p>
<p>&#8220;Trump in Flavor Town,&#8221; conservative Benny Johnson captioned a picture of the two men.</p>
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<p>In reaction, the online food magazine Eater quickly <a href="https://www.eater.com/23789874/guy-fieri-donald-trump-ufc-drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> a piece titled, &#8220;Of Course, Guy Fieri Was Nice to Trump.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Many Fieri fans are furious, speculating about his (Fieri&#8217;s) politics and wondering if he was secretly sympathetic to Trump and everything he stands for this whole time,&#8221; the piece said. The magazine noted that Fieri generally stays out of politics but added that the &#8220;apolitical facade has occasionally slipped.&#8221;</p>
<p>For Fieri&#8217;s part, the host refused to weigh in on the supposed controversy.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/celebrity-chef-guy-fieri-raises-over-20-million-for-out-of-work-restaurant-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri Raises Over $20 Million For Out-Of-Work Restaurant Employees</a></strong></p>


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Guy Fieri Lands Another Massive Food Network Contract, Remaining Highest-Paid Talent

Guy Fieri Lands Another Massive Food Network Contract, Remains Highest-Paid Talent

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<p>Actress Shannen Doherty revealed in a recent interview that cancer has spread to her bones — but she also made it clear that she had no intention of giving up the fight, even in the face of difficult news.</p>
<p><a href="https://people.com/tv/shannen-doherty-has-breast-cancer-the-star-opens-up-exclusively-to-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Doherty</a>, 52, <a href="https://people.com/shannen-doherty-embrace-life-cancer-spread-to-bones-cover-exclusive-8407406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gave the news first</a> to PEOPLE Magazine for an interview published Wednesday. &#8220;I don’t want to die,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better. I’m just not — I’m not done.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Doherty laughed a bit as she compared fighting the disease to a &#8220;Pac-Man video game,&#8221; saying that she and her doctors had found a &#8220;good regimen&#8221; and she was taking things &#8220;day by day, month by month, year by year.&#8221;</p>
<p>The actress has been battling breast cancer since 2015 — and after undergoing chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, she announced in 2017 that the disease was in remission. She revealed that the cancer had returned in 2019 — this time at Stage 4 — and had metastasized.</p>
<p>&#8220;When you ask yourself, ‘Why me? Why did I get cancer?’ and then ‘Why did my cancer come back? Why am I stage 4?,’ that leads you to look for the bigger purpose in life,&#8221; the &#8220;Charmed&#8221; star told PEOPLE, adding, &#8220;It’s insane to me [that] we still don’t have a cure.&#8221;</p>
<p>Doherty has been very open about her journey, her fears, and the treatment she has gone through — and has shared much of the process publicly on Instagram.</p>
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<p>She also announced on Wednesday that she was starting a new podcast, titled &#8220;Let&#8217;s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to share this news with you!&#8221; she posted. &#8220;I am hosting my very own podcast called &#8216;Let&#8217;s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.&#8217; I will be opening up like never before in a series of brutally honest conversations with some very special and influential people in my life. From former co-stars, to friends and family, to the brilliant doctors guiding me through my cancer journey &#8230; it&#8217;s going to be a wild ride. Join me on this adventure by downloading &#8216;Let&#8217;s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty.'&#8221;</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Billionaire venture capitalist </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mark-cuban"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Cuban</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> announced he’s leaving the hit ABC </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reality-tv"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reality series</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Shark Tank,” after season 16.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 65-year-old owner of the Dallas Mavericks made the revelation during an </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">episode</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the Showtime podcast, &#8220;All The Smoke,&#8221; per </span><a href="https://deadline.com/2023/11/mark-cuban-leaving-shark-tank-after-season-16-1235639043/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deadline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s time,” Cuban said of his decision to move on from the series. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s been one of the main investors on the show for most of its run after appearing as a guest star in season 2. “Shark Tank” has been popular since it premiered in 2009. The series, which was created by Mark Burnett, allows hopeful entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to the “sharks” in hopes of getting an investment.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The other longtime shark investors on the show include Barbara Corcoran, Lori Greiner, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, and Kevin O&#8217;Leary. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I love it because it sends the message the American Dream is alive and well,” Cuban told the podcast hosts. “I feel like in doing &#8216;Shark Tank&#8217; all these years, we’ve trained multiple generations of entrepreneurs that if somebody can come from Iowa or Sacramento or wherever, and show up on the carpet of Shark Tank and show their business and get a deal, it’s going to inspire generations of kids.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He continued, “That’s what happens, right? Now we’ve got people coming on saying I watched you when I was 10 years old. I’m like, f***. But we’re helping them right? I’ve invested in, I don’t know how many hundreds of companies. On a cash basis, I’m down a little bit, but on mark to market meeting, the companies are still in operation. I’m way up.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to a question about how he determines what makes a good investment on “Shark Tank,” Cuban said much of it comes down to the person more than the product.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just listen to them. You can just tell,” the billionaire businessman said. “Body language matters, the harder they have to try to sell, the worse the deal … when someone walks in &#8216;Shark Tank,&#8217; you can tell if they are trying too hard. I have this rule: the longer the back story, the worse the deal. The minute you start telling me how hard it was for you, it’s hard for every motherf***ing entrepreneur, tell me about your business, tell me why you are going to be successful.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I look for ideas like, damn, why didn’t I think of that,” Cuban added.</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chip and </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joanna-gaines"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joanna Gaines</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are reflecting on 20 years of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage"><span style="font-weight: 400;">marriage</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and how their relationship has changed over the past two decades.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The couple shot to fame after appearing on the hit </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">HGTV</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reality series “Fixer Upper,” which followed them as they renovated homes in their hometown of Waco, Texas. Eventually, the Gaineses translated that popularity into a lifestyle media empire, which now consists of their own TV network, a retail emporium, multiple bestselling books, and dozens of product collaborations and other branded merchandise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chip, 49, and Joanna, 45 are known for their family-first mentality, which prompted them to take a break from television when their children were younger. Now the couple is discussing how things are different as they enter the next phase of their lives.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I would say, as we&#8217;re getting older, I&#8217;m shifting and I&#8217;m more like Chip, and Chip is more like me,&#8221; Joanna told </span><a href="https://people.com/chip-and-joanna-gaines-embrace-changes-in-their-marriage-after-20-years-8404426"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about her husband during an interview published November 20. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Jo and I are in this beautiful moment. We&#8217;re evolving into each other,&#8221; Chip agreed. &#8220;It&#8217;s the second part of our marriage.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the show, Chip was notorious for his goofy antics and practical jokes, while Joanna was always more outwardly practical and reserved. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I want to be her biggest cheerleader,” Chip said of his wife exploring her more adventurous side. “I’m like, ‘Hey, you go do whatever. My knees are killing me.’”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joanna joked about her new outlook being like a “midlife crisis.” She also said now that she’s in her mid forties, “we just see life differently now.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You’ve rubbed off on me,” Joanna told Chip at another point in the interview. “I think that’s the beauty of relationships in general. If Chip weren’t my partner, I would probably still be in the corner. From the moment I met him, he’s always experienced change in a positive way. Even if it was negative, it was, ‘All right. What do we do next?’&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I believe it now,” she said. “We’ve had so much change in our lives, and the proof is there: Change is hard, but it’s always beautiful.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I hope that it&#8217;s just the beginning,&#8221; Chip said. &#8220;I hope that we get to look back in 20 years from now, and feel just as confident that we were meant to be. We really feel like we are in some ways just getting started.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Gaineses have five children: Drake, 18, Ella, 17, Duke, 15, Emmie, 13, and Crew, 5.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joanna also reflected on the transition of sending their oldest to college, which she said helps her appreciate her 5-year-old even more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s this tension of joy and pain, all in one breath,” Joanna said of dropping off Drake at school. “Even now when I’m setting the table, I have to consciously go, ‘Oh, there’s only six here.’” </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The greatest gift of having a kid go off to college and having a 5-year-old is that perspective,” she added. “It’s not here forever. We don’t want to waste these moments.”</span></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comedian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jon Lovitz said the overt biases of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">late-night show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> hosts are becoming tedious.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former “SNL” cast member discussed his feelings about hosts like </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-colbert"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephen Colbert</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seth Meyers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> constantly pushing a leftist political agenda on their shows. While Lovitz agreed that they were free to talk about anything they wanted, he also said these shows have become more political and less entertaining over the years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I don&#8217;t like it. I don&#8217;t like it,&#8221; Lovitz told Fox News Digital during a recent </span><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jon-lovitz-tears-colbert-kimmel-pushing-political-agenda-late-night"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. &#8220;They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they&#8217;ve all become very political. And for me, it&#8217;s just- it&#8217;s too much.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He continued, “I mean, Johnny Carson would, you know, he would do two or three jokes about whoever was president then or what was going on then and that was it. But they were entertainment shows.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I know all those guys. And they&#8217;re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they&#8217;re funny, you know,&#8221; Lovitz said. &#8220;But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it&#8217;s like- and that&#8217;s all it is, the whole thing, it&#8217;s just like, that&#8217;s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was ‘The Tonight Show’ and David Letterman.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lovitz discussed how much the format of late-night shows has changed over the years, and in his opinion, it’s not for the better.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you&#8217;re asking me, do I like it, and I&#8217;m like, no,&#8221; the 66-year-old comedian said. &#8220;If I want the news, I&#8217;ll watch the news. I&#8217;m not watching those shows. They&#8217;re late night entertainment, but it&#8217;s all political, except for Jimmy Fallon. And they keep getting mad at Jimmy. &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you go into politics?&#8217; Because he&#8217;s doing a silly, like, escapism entertainment show.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lovitz said most late-night hosts have sacrificed the humor and fun for partisanship.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;They just hammer it to death… they&#8217;ve become, &#8216;Here&#8217;s my political agenda.&#8217; They&#8217;re very open about it,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;And I&#8217;m like, well, all right. I have no say in that. It&#8217;s their show, you know. But I don&#8217;t particularly- I don&#8217;t like that they&#8217;ve become that because where&#8217;s the comedians and the stand-up and the bits, you know, like Letterman. It was comedy.&#8221;</span></p>


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