Hollywood Repents, Sort of

Colin Farrell "I'm just grateful I'm actually alive"

Hollywood Repents, Sort of

Written by Denise Rochelle M.

Is it just me or is Hollywood growing up? There was the sexual revolution, and I think we are about to go in reverse in this new millennium. What would that be called? We rarely see Hollywood stars who travel down the wrong pathway of drugs and self-destruction survive and reverse their actions. So, when we do witness those who do change their lives, we should make these actions known as well.


I truly love Hollywood, and I love movie making and I love, love, love Los Angeles. I recently moved from Los Angeles a little over a year ago and saw it from a different view while living in Santa Monica. I witnessed about Jesus and the Messiah's return in our time to several people in the business and people just passing through. The lifestyles that I witnessed was a life that turned my dreams of Hollywood to being in the industry and revise my plan of reforming Hollywood.

It was extremely easy to have people in the industry support your peace ideals, but when it came time to bring values onto the table such as waiting for marriage and God we would never see people again. What's the big deal about morals and Hollywood, what's the connection? These individuals' lives values are streamlined into your home and onto our society whether we believe Hollywood has that responsibility or not.

When we adults were growing up, values were pushed hard about family, shows I grew up with promoted chastity and they were not afraid to profess God. The argument that shows just reflect reality, I beg to differ. Too many people complain that Hollywood does not show reality of people who do abstain from sex, do not take drugs, are respectful etc. etc. Christian television networks do not count. But I digress.

Hollywood needs a reformation in morals. It spreads its immorality all over the world, and is one of the reasons why many are losing favor of the United States because some cultures hate how Hollywood introduces promiscuous sex and evil behavior to their society as pleasing and fruitful.

Recently Colin Farrell said in an article that he was coming clean about his drinking and being in a fog everyday for 18 years. There is only so much sex, drinking and 'exciting' devious ways we can experience before we see that while it is different and stimulating on the outside, it becomes boring and does not fill the hole that they feel within eternally.

Colin Farrell admits that even the birth of his first child made him determine NOT to change his lifestyle and be his son's best friend like the cool dad - a DILF(kids say Dad I Like to Fu*k). His answer to this after maturing with his son now 8 shows he is growing, "Like a (expletive) 28-year-old drug-addicted drunk friend is exactly what my 6-week-old son needs." Farrell is realizing that he wants to be present and is grateful to be alive for his children.

Teens who follow Drew Barrymore, would probably never believe her past of drinking, drugs and wild behavior. "I'm a Barrrymore, keep those drinks coming!" was her anthem. Miraculously Barrymore was another star who had the guise of prayer from someone who loved her to protect her during those lost years even turning to divorcing her parents. For her to rise on top and come clean, keep her stardom and get a chance to start over should be praised. Where is her tell all to help those who are going down the wrong path that it is possible to have second and third chances?

I adore Barrymore because she has been genuine and truthful about her battles and losses since ET and I think this is what saved her as well by not hiding her transgressions or making excuses. There is one quote that she said that is very enlightening that we should fight sadness like we are fighting an evil dragon everyday. This explains her giddiness throughout her trials and how it is not fake.

The picture above is Pink who says that she admits she was wild and crazy not too long ago. She went from singing a song about losing her husband almost to divorce to being married and with a child. She has to know that divine intervention helped her restructure her life and she testifies to her changed ways and loves motherhood. She says she finds it hard to remember what she did with her time beforehand.

Why do these few cases matter? Because like it or not, Parents, Hollywood and media is raising your children and reinforcing bad behavior as lucrative, sexy, happy and not harmful. We should acknowledge the actors who are changing their dark path as well as show the fruit of fallen stars actions to demonstrate to children the consequences of choosing the dark path.



Nicole Richie left wild past settles down with Joel Madden and their
two children

It is impossible to completely erase negative influences from our children. I personally know tens of families who take television, privileges you name it, lock their children into a safe environment of others with the same values, follow everyday faith practices and still, somehow, their children end up cursing and acting like obnoxious teens who act out. What?

My parents were the strictest around and very scary when it came to values. I had curfews and it all, you name it. One value my parents did place was rules and consequences. That was it. They did not tell me not to watch bad shows, not to have sex, not to listen to bad music as much as encourage me what I could do that was positive. They encouraged me to do more good things than brought up the bad things which became less interesting to me when I saw friends delving into it. Piano, afterschool job, band, babysitting the whole neighborhood etc. I think bad behavior comes from boredom, too much time on hand, and teens not having other choices for clean fun.


So, even though I ended up being in the same room as kids who drink, smoked weed and had friends who did everything they wanted by staying out all hours, my parents ultimately gave me a choice.

Parents should do the same as far as not fear Hollywood, and society, but reinforce the good more than the bad, because we all know children want to follow the bad because let us face it, it is exciting for awhile before the consequences hits.

I see a revolution in Hollywood taking place. Marriage, coming clean, regrets, and the realization how their wild lifestyle was...actually boring is taking place. I think our society definitely should not shun the evils of the world from our children, they will find it in the worst way if we shelter them completely from the realities without giving them alternatives.

Saying all of this, I do wish that Hollywood would include more positive options in movies and television other than just showing serial daters, non-married people jumping into bed and sexual innuendos even in children shows. Isn't there other lifestyles and more fun ways people on earth spend their time?

So, because there is so little positive in Tinseltown, we should celebrate the good things as well and praise these more. I guarantee, being a dictator and taking all that is bad from their eyes and leave them no positive options, our worse nightmares come true. I can only appreciate in my older age my strict Christian parents gave me choices at 16 and asked me what I wanted to do after raising me to make the right choices. So to this fact, we can not blame Hollywood directly because we need to teach our children the right way and give them better options.

Now only if Hollywood would do something about the names they give their babies. Well, it is actually cute. Olive and Apple, which are two real names, are ready to inherit the lineage of their parent's genes for entertaining the world.


Return for Tomorrow's post: The Messiah Needs You

I I have studied the religious textbook, the Divine Principle, for seven years which has the philosophy of the Completed Testament. Not an addition to the bible or New Testament, but put simply showing the hidden truth of the bible that the Messiah promised that would become clear in the Last Days that he would no longer speak in parables and symbols but tell plainly of the Father.