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Sideshow: Drew Barrymore: Working to be the ideal mom

She may be a member of the fabled Barrymore thespianic dynasty, but Drew Barrymore didn't grow up in a close-knit family. "I didn't really have parents, you know?" The former E.T.: Extra-Terrestrial ingénue tells More mag. "And, therefore, the kind of parent I will be is a good, present parent."

Drew's parental responsibility

She may be a member of the fabled Barrymore thespianic dynasty, but Drew Barrymore didn't grow up in a close-knit family. "I didn't really have parents, you know?" The former E.T.: Extra-Terrestrial ingénue tells More mag. "And, therefore, the kind of parent I will be is a good, present parent."

Drew, whose parents split up before she was born, didn't really have a childhood - rather, she had a career, and by the time she was 9, she had developed serious substance-abuse problems.

Not having strong parental guidance "was a detriment to my youth," Drew says, "but it'll be the biggest asset to my adulthood." Especially as a parent.

Drew, 39, who has two kids - Olive, 2, and Frankie, 9 months - is taking a break from acting and works mostly on Flower, the cosmetic brand she founded. The 9-to-5 schedule gives her more time with the kids.

"As you add more onto your plate," she says, "things have to fall off, or you won't be a good parent."

Lena knows you hate her

And you know what? She's totally cool with it. Girls writer-star Lena Dunham tells the Daily Beast that her show, her attitude, her personality - all are polarizing forces.

Conservatives and anti-women's-lib types sure hate her. But so do liberals. "I'm sure it's connected to [women's rights], I'm sure it's connected to the content of the show and the way that I deal with my body on the show," she says. "I totally leave room for people to be irritated by me. They were irritated by me from second through 12th grade. I know the feeling dearly. . . . But I try not to be that self-pitying."

Indentured servitude as . . . a celeb

You'd think becoming champion of American Idol would be a good thing - especially since it comes with a record contract. Not so for Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips, who wants out of the "oppressive, fatally conflicted" contract he signed with Idol creator Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment.

The Hollywood Reporter says Phillips has filed a petition with the California Labor Commission, claiming Fuller's company has manipulated him into taking jobs of their choosing.

He was forced to perform for free to promote airliner JetBlue, he says, and he  didn't even pick the title for his album, Behind the Light. Fuller has yet to comment.

Signs of the apocalypse

Taylor Swift's widely read Twitter (51 million followers) and Instagram (20 mil) accounts were hacked Tuesday by an Unknown Evildoer. . . . A Ghostbusters reboot may actually happen, says Variety. Director Paul Feig is remaking the Bill Murray-Dan Aykroyd original with an all-female squad featuring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones. . . . Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden, who wed Jan. 5, have been spotted doing honeymoon-ish things at an exclusive resort in Jackson Hole, Wyo., then in Beverly Hills. They "looked like newlyweds," Anonymous Source tells People. . . . Fresh off Guardians of the Galaxy and the forthcoming Jurassic World, the Parks and Recreation alum Chris Pratt is being tapped to reboot the Indiana Jones franchise, says Deadline.com.

Sam Smith wants fame . . . or not

Three years ago, he was just a London vocalist trying to make do. Today, Sam Smith is a hit-making monster.

He makes "music so you don't have to go to therapy or rehab," Smith, 22, tells GQ. The "Not the Only One" singer concedes that he hungers for artistic immortality. "There's always been a hunger in me not necessarily to be successful," he says, "but to be an icon . . . to be kind of everlasting."

Smith is concerned that fame will cost him his soul: "I want to be the biggest star in the world, but I also want to maintain the soulfulness. I don't want to lose my mind or my humor. I want to be a pop star, but I also don't want to be a pop star."

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