She nearly died at 8 — then became one of Hollywood’s most powerful women

rule: you don’t talk about these things. You don’t complain. You don’t draw attention to yourself.

Only many years later did the world learn that behind the glow of a Hollywood star was a little girl raised to be “polite” at any cost. Those early wounds didn’t break her — strangely, they hardened her. They forged a quiet strength that directors, producers,continue reading …