Based on information here and elsewhere, it seems Disney actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is connected to PG in several ways. (You may know more...)
1. Born: Waco, Texas
Waco connections:
- Near George Bush Family Ranch (Crawford, TX)
- David Koresh's child abuse cult (Branch Dividian)
- Jessica and Ashley Simpson
- Joe Simpson (psychologist, youth minister and daughters' manager)
Jessica Simpson and Hewitt both had "relationships" with John Mayer, as did Katy Perry.
2: Los Angeles
At age 10, after winning a Little Miss competition, talent scouts recommended that Hewitt move to LA to pursue acting and singing. Her classmates then included Jonathan Neville, who became a "talent scout" and recommended her for the show Party of Five.
Note: She joined Party of Five at age 15. Does anyone start working as a talent scout at 15?
In LA, Hewitt lived at the Oakwood Apartments, which have been discussed in other posts:
3. First role: Kids Incorporated (Disney)
Corroborated sexual abuse by producers, with co-star Stacy Ferguson (Fergie):
At this time, producer Tommy Lynch also made a TV special for Andrew Dice Clay. Dice was a raunchy comedian, best known for his pornographic "nursery rhymes".
In 1994, Lynch created The Secret World of Alex Mack. Though a children's show, it became well known for creepy themes:
- "In the pilot, when 12-year-old Alex morphed back into a human after a stint as goo, she was naked".
- "In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or... "
- Lynch begged Larisa Oleynik (Alex Mack) to stay on the show, offering her a feature film and a ton of money. But Oleynik left saying she was "burnt out".
Actress Jessica Alba also began her career with Lynch/The Secret World of Alex Mack.
4. Music: Jive records
Hewitt's managers created a successful "overseas" career for her as a singer, the "success" of which depended on her keeping quiet. Hewitt's first album, Love Songs, was released by the Japanese label Meldac when she was 13.
She released two subsequent albums called Let's Go Bang and BareNaked.
BareNaked was on Jive Records, the same label as Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and NSYNC.
5. TV: Party of Five
Hewitt joined Party of Five at age 15 to play Sarah Reeves. She apparently carried on a poorly disguised relationship with at least one adult making the show.
6. Movies:
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Co-stars:
- Anne Heche
- Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Brandy Norwood (sequel)
Shortcut To Happiness (2003)
Co-stars:
- Dan Aykroyd
- Gregg Bello (Darren Aronofsky collaborator)
- Alec Baldwin
- Kim Cattrall
Does anyone have more to add... perhaps based on the last two movies, or looking somewhere else?
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Micheal84 ago
@GD_Ridefort @carmencita read this, it happened at Oakwood thought it was interesting.
https://www.timesleader.com/archive/387575/news-wk_sorrymom-151882803-child-star-karaoke-gone-wrong
carmencita ago
Good God. What was that? A place for Mommy Dearests to whip there daughter into shape? Like a little Stripper Rehearsal Stage? The pedophiles are guilty of course but the mothers should not be forcing their children into parading themselves like this. This story sounds like the description of what they demanded Heather O to do on stage day in and out in front of a group of old lecherous old men. Dressed in a tiny little bikini she also paraded back and forth on the stage at the age of 12. Did her mother show up to see what she was doing all those afternoons? No. Was reminded in your story you sent that the Oakwood Arms is next door to Warner Bros. I had forgotten.
GD_Ridefort ago
Geez. Have you had the experience where you Google a simple piece of information... and it instantly turns out more disturbing than you thought? From Love Hewitt's Wikipedia page:
"As a young girl, Hewitt was attracted to music, which led to her first encounters with the entertainment industry."
"At the age of three, she sang The Greatest Love of All at a livestock show."
"[At age four], at a restaurant-dance hall, she entertained an audience with her version of Help Me Make it Through the Night." Below are the lyrics:
Imagine a four year-old singing those words to the adults at a 'restaurant-dance hall', whatever that is?
carmencita ago
I know that song, and it is not for kids to sing. It is for adults in love. Kids do not need to know these words. No.