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Wednesday 18 OctOber 2017
Review: Demi Lovato reveals

a lot in new documentary

By MARK KENNEDY “It’s embarrassing to look “I think my heart’s always
AP Entertainment Writer back at the person that I with Wilmer. I think it was
You might expect a lot of was,” Lovato says in the with Wilmer, I think that it is
glamorous footage of Demi film, directed by Hannah with Wilmer and I think it will
Lovato in the new You- Lux Davis, who has direct- be,” she says in yet another
Tube-exclusive documen- ed music videos for DNCE, moment of refreshing hon-
tary that she co-produced Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande esty. “I do have moments
— and you won’t be disap- and Lovato, among many where it’s late at night and
In this Oct. 11, 2017 file photo, Demi Lovato arrives at the premiere pointed. She’s often shown others, but is making her I’m lonely and I wonder if I
of her documentary, “Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated” in Los in flattering light, in slow debut here as a full-length made the right decision.”
Angeles. motion with perfect hair director. (Valderrama appears in
Associated Press and makeup. But there’s The unrated film is the lat- footage but is not inter-
also a lot of ugly stuff, too. est in a wave of star-driven viewed.)
Lovato spills the beans music documentaries air- Lovato’s surreally beauti-
about her years of drug ing on streaming platforms ful voice is the soundtrack,
abuse, her eating disor- that includes “Lady Gaga: whether it’s featured in a
der and even the time Five Foot Two” on Netflix, slick, camera-ready vid-
she angrily punched one a short feature on Apple eo shoot or with her eyes
of her backup dancers in Music about Pink’s new closed, makeup-less and
the face. She discusses be- album, “Clive Davis: The with her hair tied up, belt-
ing bipolar, says she’s still Soundtrack of Our Lives” ing out songs in front of a
in love with her ex, Wilmer on Apple and Katy Perry’s microphone.
Valderrama, and that she four-day livestream in part- Viewers find out that she
constantly worries about nership with YouTube. looked up to Amy Wine-
what she did or didn’t eat. Structured chronologically, house — both for her talent
“Demi Lovato: Simply Com- “Demi Lovato” uses old and, unfortunately, for her
plicated ,” which airs on footage and photos to ex- thinness — and that Lovato
the video platform starting amine Lovato’s rise from can be really witty. (She
Tuesday, is a combination a bullied girl who was fas- can also belt out a mean
of a Barbara Walters spe- cinated with death to a whale call when asked.)
cial and an infomercial for Disney princess on “Camp There’s plenty of honesty
Lovato’s new album. It’s a Rock” struggling with her but bills have to be paid
weird, sometimes uncom- squeaky-clean image, to and much of the film serves
fortable, 78-minute fusion her life today, as a sober as a commercial for the al-
of artificiality and honesty, music superstar who dates bum she just released, “Tell
but Lovato’s charisma ulti- men and women, using on- Me You Love Me.” Of the
mately pulls it off. line dating sites to find po- 12 songs featured in the
We see her suggestively tential mates. documentary, seven come
sucking her thumb while “I’ve learned that secrets off the new CD, including
stretched out on a bed in make you sick,” she says. “Sexy Dirty Love” and “Sor-
her underwear and giving We learn she considered ry Not Sorry.”
us a come-hither look in wet Shirley Temple’s career a This fusion of commercial
hair, but also hear about template for her own and with contrition doesn’t al-
a cocaine bender that was so disliked as a girl that ways work but it’s surprising
ended with her in a psych a petition signed by school- how much brutal honesty
ward. She admits drinking mates made the rounds re- we get between shots of
so much one night that she questing that she kill herself. Lovato working out in a
threw up on the way to a We learn she first did coke light-streamed gym or sug-
crucial performance for at 17, faked drug tests and gestively lounging in her
“American Idol,” a gig she that she might not be over frighteningly white kitchen.
eventually did very hung loving Valderrama, her Hey, it’s complicated. Like
over. boyfriend for six years. Lovato.q

Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

film finally has a title

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The originated by Harrison Ford.
young Han Solo Star Wars The film also stars Donald
spinoff film finally has a title: Glover as Lando Calrissian,
“Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Woody Harrelson, Emilia
Director Ron Howard an- Clarke and Thandie New-
nounced the title Tuesday town and focuses on Han
in a Twitter video celebrat- and Chewbacca before
ing production wrap on they joined the rebellion. In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo,
the anthology film starring “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Alden Ehrenreich arrives at
Alden Ehrenreich as the is set for a May 25, 2018, the world premiere of “Rules
grumpy space smuggler release.q Don’t Apply” in Los Angeles.
Associated Press