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Courtney Howard Throughout her all-too-brief life, Anna Nicole Smith played a variety of roles on screen and off, identifying as someone different to everyone in her orbit. Even her name was part of a manufactured persona, carved from the same marble as Marilyn Monroe — an aspirational idol of hers. The buxom blonde bombshell represented the dynamic range a woman’s identity could span, from the saintly (wife, mother, girl next door) to the sinful (exotic dancer, calculating gold digger, tabloid-courting sensation). Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she swapped her small-town woes for a ticket to stardom as a Playboy Playmate, Guess Jeans pinup girl and glamorous movie star: a walking, talking billboard for fashion, sex and, later, severe misfortune.
Director Ursula Macfarlane’s “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” taps into the notion that, whether we loved or despised her, the infamous celebrity from the ’90s and early aughts was putting on an act, playing into a self-created character she thought she could control — until an insatiable hunger for fame and fortune swamped her other ambitions. This Netflix documentary captures both her kindheartedness and her murkier complexities as it strives to determine why she hid her true identity from everyone, including herself. However, it ultimately leads to the frustrating conclusion that we’ll never know the real Anna Nicole, not least because, since her untimely passing in 2007, she’s no longer around to take back her autonomy. We’re given only an impression of the subject from those who knew her — or, at least, the chameleonic idea of her — and from the heightened, vivacious version of herself she chose to show on camera. To glean insight into Smith’s psyche, Hogan takes a fairly
Whoopi Goldberg is not happy where society is at right now.
Whoopi Goldberg might be getting in trouble with 's network — ABC. The 67-year-old co-host of spoke out against another ABC show during a panel discussion this week.While discussing the recent Anna Nicole Smith documentary,, Goldberg talked about society's obsession with judging others.«I think, you know, that we as a society love to watch stuff, to judge folks,» Goldberg said. «I've always thought that the beginning of the downfall of society was with… what's the name of that show?»«That's ABC's » a producer replied, smiling.«It was not always on ABC.
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A new Netflix documentary about the life of the late Anna Nicole Smith exposes the unsettling claim that her estranged father allegedly made a disturbing sexual advance toward her.
Anna Nicole Smith's life is being presented in a new way. The new Netflix documentary "Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me" shines a light on her troubled life, including her childhood, substance abuse and the death of her only son. Smith — whose legal name was Vickie Lynn Hogan — died in 2007 from a drug overdose in Florida.The former Playmate was 39 at the time of her death and had welcomed daughter Dannielynn five months prior.
The new Netflix doc Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me has been making waves with its wild allegations and never-before-seen pics — but is this one detail the most shocking of all? As you know, the documentary premiered
Ever wondered about Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead? Here's what we know so far. . . Anna Nicole Smith's sudden death caused mass hysteria among fans back in 2007, but many members of the public are still curious about the intimate details of her life, and Netflix's new documentary, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know My Story attempts to shed some light.
Anna Nicole Smith is best known for her time as a model and reality star. However, she reportedly just missed out on an acting gig that became a breakout part for another actress.
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Larry Birkhead has some choice words for the new Anna Nicole Smith documentary.
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Anna Nicole Smith’s friend Melissa ‘Missy’ Byrum claims they had an unofficial wedding. Model Anna died in 2007 of combined drug intoxication, and was famously married to oil tycoon J Howard Marshall II in 1994, which was her second marriage and his third and made headlines as J Howard was 89 and Anna was 26 when they married. But Melissa, who appears in the new Netflix documentary ‘Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me’, has told People they were in a “secret” lesbian relationship and got hitched “in the backyard by the pool” in 1993.
Larry Birkhead has strong opinions about the new Netflix documentary about the late Anna Nicole Smith and mother of his 16-year-old daughter, Dannielynn. In a statement to ET, Birkhead says he declined to participate in the documentary for a number of reasons.«We declined to participate as I did not want my daughter in a overwhelmingly poorly reviewed cesspool of a project about her Mother, where some people were allowed to invent things and rewrite history,» Birkhead said. «I am looking forward to a true definitive Anna Nicole project where her truth can be heard from her own perspective and by those that truly knew her the best and not just another 'wash, rinse and repeat' Anna Nicole project.
Larry Birkhead says Anna Nicole Smith deserves better, calling Netflix's new documentary about the late model an «overwhelmingly poorly reviewed cesspool of a project.»In a statement to ET, Birkhead says he declined to participate in the documentary because he did not want to expose their daughter, Dannielynn, to a flawed project for a number of reasons. «We declined to participate as I did not want my daughter in a overwhelmingly poorly reviewed cesspool of a project about her Mother, where some people were allowed to invent things and rewrite history,» Birkhead said. «I am looking forward to a true definitive Anna Nicole project where her truth can be heard from her own perspective and by those that truly knew her the best and not just another 'wash, rinse and repeat' Anna Nicole project.
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” out Tuesday. “She told me that her father had tried to have sex with her,” a tearful Byrum reveals in the doc. “I was really sad to see that.
Anna Nicole Smith tragically passed away from an accidental overdose when her daughter Dannielynn was less than six months old.The former Playmate’s sudden death triggered a custody battle over Dannielynn and questions about her paternity were once again raised. At the time of her daughter’s birth, mum Anna Nicole was in a relationship with her former lawyer, Howard K. Stern.
Anna Nicole Smith's life and career is the subject of a new documentary,, currently streaming on Netflix. The doc shows director Ursula Macfarlane's unflinching look back on the late model and actress. According to Netflix, the film offers a «humanizing examination of the life, death and secrets of Vickie Lynn Hogan -- better known as model and actress Anna Nicole Smith.
Additional sources tell New Idea that both Larry, 50, and Dannielynn, 16, “passed” on the program after discussions with production over who would and wouldn’t be included.
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