True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet

True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet is a Lifetime Television comedydrama film, based on a youngadult book of the same name by author Lola Douglas. The film stars Joanna JoJo Levesque and Golden Globe Award winner Valerie Bertinelli. The film was directed by Tim Matheson. It premiered on August 9, 2008 on Lifetime.

With a new appearance and deprived comforts i.e., money Morgan enters a suburban high school with a bad attitude. At first she didnt fit in with anyone, until she meets cute guy Eli and they became friends. Eli introduces Claudia to his sister and her friends. Morgan takes a liking to Emily, Elis sister, and they become good friends. Emily invites Morgan to a sleepover where Debbie, who likes Eli, tells her to stay away from him. Morgan is upset so she leaves early, without telling Emily. When she gets home, she calls her mother for help. Instead of her mom, shes gets her new StepFather on the phone. He just happens to be her manager, Sam. After this discovery she comes to the misguided theory that Sam wanted her to leave Hollywood so he could marry her mom. Soon she drinks a bottle of vodka that she found in the cupboard. The next day when Eli comes over to tutor Morgan and she, wanting desperately to capture Elis attention, makes up a story about her father, borrowing a plot from one of her movies. Eli is worried, as Morgan drastically exaggerated and added several negative details about her supposed father, telling Morgan to alert him if he shows up. Eli asks Morgan on a date partly out of pity to the fair and she happily accepts. Morgans best friend from when she was in Hollywood, Marissa, comes to visit her in Indiana, where they go to a club. Morgan goes to the fair with Eli and Morgan begins liking him more. Everything was going great until Debbie tries to blackmail Morgan. The paparazzi finds out where she is and leak the story so she sneaks to Elis house to apologize for lying, both about her father and about not being Claudia. Eli is upset at the deception, but in the end he forgives her and they drive away on his motorcycle.The film makes references to several teen films, television dramas, and reality shows such as Mean Girls, Die Hard, Legally Blonde, Bring it On, Monster Garage, The Surreal Life, and Greys Anatomy. Also referenced in the film are Lind

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