In this July 25, 2011 photo, Brooke Shields poses for a portrait in New YorkVictoria Will/The Associated Press
MEMORY LANE
Now it can be told: Brooke Shields lost her virginity at the age of 22 – and to Superman, no less.
CTV News reports on the juiciest tidbits from Shields' new memoir titled There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me, in which the former child star reveals that her very first lover was Dean Cain, who went on to play the Man of Steel in the popular nineties series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
In the book, Shields dishes in detail on her past relationship with Cain, who was a fellow student during her four-year stint at Princeton University.
At the time, Shields says she was "terrified of physical contact with boys," largely due to her relationship with her controlling mother Teri Shields, who passed away in 2012.
"I didn't know where I began and where my mother ended and that meant I didn't know how to fit Dean in," writes Shields in the book. "I believe my mom wanted me to stay a virgin as long as possible."
Shields also expresses appreciation that Cain wasn't forceful when it came to consummating their love.
"He was incredibly and painfully patient with me regarding sex," writes Shields. "I made him wait and my mom kept track."
But once the deed was done, Shields admits she went a little loopy.
"Afterward I got so overwhelmed that I jumped out of my bed," she writes. "I actually kind of tumbled off it and started running. I was buck naked streaking down a hallway and running like I had just stolen someone's wallet."
In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Cain said, "Brooke was a very big part of my life and I'm honoured to have been part of her life."
As for Shields' decision to talk about the details of their love life, Cain said, "If she chooses to write about it, that's fine with me."
In the book, Shields, now married and the mother of two young daughters, opens up for the first time about her friendship with the late Michael Jackson, whom she met for the first time when she was 13.
At the time, Jackson was one of the biggest pop stars on the planet and Shields was already an A-list celebrity courtesy of her portrayal of a child prostitute in the 1978 film Pretty Baby and modelling assignments that included a controversial campaign for designer Calvin Klein.
According to Shields, she and Jackson bonded immediately over their respective fame.
"We loved each other," she writes. "We just felt safe with each other. I didn't want anything from him. We watched movies and ate candy and laughed at all the craziness around us."
The book also touches on Shields' rocky romance with tennis star Andre Agassi, whom she married in 1997.
In hindsight, Shields says she knew the relationship was in trouble when Agassi became furious over her guest-star appearance on the sitcom Friends in 1995.
In the episode, Shields plays a sultry woman named Erica who stalks the Friends character of Joey (Matt LeBlanc). Shields says in the book that Agassi hit the roof when Erica began seductively licking Joey's fingers and told her she "made him look like a fool."
At that point, Agassi allegedly got into his car and drove to his home in Las Vegas in a seething rage.
"Upon arrival, he systematically smashed and destroyed every single trophy he had won, including Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, never mind all the others," Shields writes.
Shields and Agassi filed for divorce weeks before their second wedding anniversary in 1999.
There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me goes on sale Nov. 18.
LA DOLCE VITA
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Source: AV Club
DUCK TALES
Is the world ready for a singing-and-dancing version of Duck Dynasty? Plans are currently underway for The Duck Commander Family Musical, which will debut at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas next year. The production will reportedly feature actors playing the various members of the Robertson family and will tell the story of how the family went from rags to riches in song. Veteran Broadway producer Michael David is currently developing the show and recently told The New York Times, "The show will end up challenging the views and assumptions of people across the political spectrum, more than most theatre does."
Source: New York Times
GET SERIOUS
The mother of autistic children has taken issue with Jerry Seinfeld's recent claim that he's on the autism spectrum. Last week, NBC Nightly News aired an interview with Seinfeld in which he told NBC anchor Brian Williams, "I think I'm on the spectrum." A few days later, Kim Rossi Stagliano went on Twitter to post a picture of her three teenaged autistic daughters along with the comment, "THIS is autism – my 3 girls @JerrySeinfeld. 1 does not speak. I in single words. I paralyzed by anxiety." Stagliano also told The Washington Post, "My kids' lives are irrevocably altered by autism and not in a good way. Autistm is a neurological condition that requires a clinical diagnosis based on serious behaviours and challenges."
Source: Washington Post
ZERO TOLERANCE
Be careful this upcoming holiday season: Having just one alcoholic drink doubles your chance of a trip to the hospital emergency room. A new study published in the medical journal Addiction analyzed surveys filled out by 13,000 people in 18 countries who had found themselves intoxicated and in the ER for injury. Researchers concluded that an individual who had consumed three drinks over a six-hour period was 4.6 times more likely to end up requiring medical treatment, while even a single drink doubled their odds of going to the hospital.
Source: Washington Post
SALTY TALK
Bryan Cranston has narrated the profane not-really-for-kids book titled You Have to F**king Eat. The Breaking Bad star lent his dulcet tones to the book written by Adam Mansbach, whose previous book, Go the F**k to Sleep was narrated by both Samuel L. Jackson and LeVar Burton. You Have to F**king Eat was released on Amazon and other retailers earlier this week.
Source: CNET