About A Girl
Bringing women out from the shadows of music history. Familiar characters, new perspectives.
Brooke Shields & Michael Jackson — Girlfriend
Brooke Shields was a young star who had her first taste of massive fame — and controversy — with the film Pretty Baby, in which she’d played a child prostitute. Michael Jackson, youngest of the Jackson Five, was transitioning to solo stardom as an adult. They met in 1981, each with an uncertain path before them, but Brooke and Michael would find comfort and friendship in each other.
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