Belinda Carlisle Unsealed", published in June 2010, was a "New York Times" Best Seller and received favorable reviews. On August 11, 2011, as a member of the Go-Go's, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Belinda Jo Carlisle was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on August 17, 1958 to Harold Carlisle, a gas station employee, and his wife, Joanne (née Thompson), a homemaker. Her mother met her father, who was twenty years her senior, at age eighteen, and Carlisle was born nine months later. She was named after her mother's favorite film, "Johnny Belinda" (1948). Carlisle was the
The Collection (Belinda Carlisle album) release of The Collection entitled "The Anthology" was released a week later and includes these tracks along with all other omitted singles of Carlisle. A television advert was released to promote the album and Belinda made a number of appearances on TV shows including BBC Breakfast and The Alan Titchmarsh show to promote the album. To tie in with the release of "The Collection" an expanded edition entitled "The Anthology" was released in a 3 CD and 2 DVD format in a 12"x12" hardback release. The first two CDs include all of Carlisle's singles, including all the tracks from "The