Drew Barrymore: A Profile

Luxe Models were pleased to see that Drew Barrymore gave birth to a healthy baby girl this week with husband Will Kopelman. The 39-year-old actress gave birth on Tuesday and will be calling the new addition Frankie. The couple are also parents to 19-month-old Olive. Barrymore had said earlier this year that she couldn’t wait to greet her new baby and welcome her into the world. Drew Barrymore has, of course, been in the public eye for a number of years now, so the team at Luxe Models thought we’d take a look back over her illustrious career at this happy time for her.

Drew Barrymore is one in a long line of Barrymores noted for their fantastic acting skills. She is the granddaughter of John Barrymore, whose notable roles include Hamlet and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and the daughter of John Barrymore Jr., who starred in dozens of TV shows between 1950 and 1980.

When she was 7, she won the role of Gertie in Steve Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. From there she became one of the most recognisable child stars on the scene and established herself in mostly comic roles.

Her mother soon began taking her to bars and she became a regular at Studio 54. Sadly her later childhood and teenage years were turbulent and she struggled with alcohol and drug addictions. She was checked into rehab twice before she was fifteen.

In her late teenage years she was still something of a wild child. She posed nude in Playboy and showed David Letterman her breasts while on his show. It was during this period she made movies such as Poison Ivy and Guncrazy. At 19, she entered into a short marriage to bar-owner Jeremy Thomas, which lasted less than three months.

She found more mainstream success from 1995 when she founded her own production company, Flower Films. Since then she has starred in a number of box office hits including The Wedding Singer, Never Been Kissed and Charlie’s Angels.

Barrymore has also had a number of successful modelling projects. She was the face of CoverGirl cosmetics and Gucci jewellery, and was named one of People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People.

It’s great to see how far Drew Barrymore has come in her life and Luxe Models are really pleased she’s achieving and maintaining happiness with her family.

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What Happened to Katherine Heigl?

Luxe Models ask: Where is Katherine Heigl now?

This week Luxe Models got to wondering where Katherine Heigl has disappeared to in the last few years. It was only a few years ago she was on the cusp of super stardom as one of Hollywood’s hottest A-listers, but now she’s apparently nowhere to be found. Obviously we’re huge fans of Grey’s Anatomy and we loved her for her role as Dr Izzie Stevens in seasons 1-6, and we really enjoyed her part in Knocked Up. So we thought we’d do a little digging and we were pretty surprised by what we found!

According to some, Kazza can be extremely difficult to work with. Not what we were expecting since most of her characters have generally been relatable and friendly. She’s gained a reputation as a “difficult” actress, costing time on movie sets, constantly questioning scripts and complaining about wardrobe issues.

In 2007 she starred in her breakout movie, Knocked Up alongside Seth Rogen. However after a successful release, both critically and commercially, Heigl proclaimed that she found the movie to be a little sexist. This is possibly something you should have considered after a first read-through of the script, Heigz!

She also spoke out about Grey’s Anatomy, suggesting that Izzie’s character arc was “a ratings ploy”. And despite winning an Emmy in 2007, the following year she openly declared that she wouldn’t be pursuing another award for the role as a means of maintaining the integrity of the institution. In other words, Grey’s doesn’t deserve the recognition. Ouch! Recently though, Heigl has stated that she’d like to return to the show to see how things panned out for the character. Luxe Models think that seems a little odd if there’s so much bad blood there.

Apparently this nasty reputation problem isn’t entirely down to Katherine herself. Her mother and manager, Nancy Heigl, is also quite a difficult customer. People who have worked with the pair have stated that they couldn’t say anything to Nancy without being sworn at or branded an idiot.

Many producers have said they think Heigl would be perfect for the roles they have to offer but that her reputation precedes her and they’re unwilling to take the risk. However, certain others disagree. For example, Denise Di Novi, an executive producer on Life As We Know It has been quoted as saying that Heigl is hardworking and reliable.

Similarly, Anthony Burns, director of Heigl’s upcoming indie flick North of Hell, said she’s a “cool” person to work with and that she just enjoys a little honesty. She said she simply speaks her mind and when you get used to that, it’s really not an issue.

We certainly hope that the latter is true! We’ll give her new movie a go when it’s released and hopefully Katherine Heigl will return to Hollywood’s good graces. It would really be a shame to waste such a great acting talent because of a few misplaced words in the past! She also has a new TV series coming up that you can read about here.

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