In a new interview, the family of Can't Buy Me Love star Amanda Peterson, who died in July of an accidental drug overdose at age 43, says the actress was raped at 15 – and feels the incident had an indelible impact on the star.
"She just felt so ashamed. She didn't want people to know," her mother, Sylvia Peterson, said on The Doctors during an episode that aired Monday, later adding, "I think it affected her forever."
Amanda's father, Dr. James Peterson, said he noticed a marked difference in her personality after the alleged rape.
"After that she became so defensive, less trusting.
"She just felt so ashamed. She didn't want people to know," her mother, Sylvia Peterson, said on The Doctors during an episode that aired Monday, later adding, "I think it affected her forever."
Amanda's father, Dr. James Peterson, said he noticed a marked difference in her personality after the alleged rape.
"After that she became so defensive, less trusting.
- 9/15/2015
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- People.com - TV Watch
Following the controversy’s flareup in digital media, cable news shows are now dissecting the depiction of president Lyndon B. Johnson clashing with Martin Luther King Jr. over voting rights in critically acclaimed drama “Selma.”
MSNBC led the charge with hosts Steve Kornacki, Chris Matthews and Chris Hayes all dedicating segments on their respective programs to analyzing the controversy surrounding director Ava DuVernay‘s film. Despite the outcry among political insiders, the film has received universal praise from film critics on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, and is nominated for four Golden Globe awards.
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MSNBC led the charge with hosts Steve Kornacki, Chris Matthews and Chris Hayes all dedicating segments on their respective programs to analyzing the controversy surrounding director Ava DuVernay‘s film. Despite the outcry among political insiders, the film has received universal praise from film critics on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, and is nominated for four Golden Globe awards.
Also Read: ‘Selma’ Controversy Grows Over...
- 1/6/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Holler If Ya Hear Me, the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur was featured at the Schomburg Center's Theater Talk Panel last night. Holler If Ya Hear Me director Kenny Leon, stars Saul Williams and Saycon Sengbloh and producer Jessica Green along withMarcyliena Morgan, Executive Director of the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard and moderator Dr. James Peterson, Director of African Studies and Associate Professor at Lehigh University as they discuss the musical and why now is the time for the words of Tupac Shakur to be on Broadway. The video also features a performance of Unconditional Love by Saul Williams and Saycon Sengbloh. Check it out below...
- 5/13/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Tuesday, House Speaker Rep. John Boehner’s office on Capitol Hill became the subject of a siege by seven nude protesters demanding that Republican leaders back off their insistence that the federal budget be reduced in exchange for an increase in income tax rates for high wage earners. The unclothed protesters were demanding that funding for AIDS not be slashed – a demand that addresses a topic on the minds of few in Washington but the protesters themselves. When the subject came up with MSNBC host Martin Bashir on Tuesday, Lehigh Valley University Professor Dr. James Peterson praised the protesters for “raising the real issues of humanity.”...
- 11/27/2012
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
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