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Cookie Magazine and H&M are seeking child models in an open casting to be held this Saturday, June 27th from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at the H&M located at Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd, Level 8, in Los Angeles, CA.
Enter the search for 2 quality kids to appear in an H&M ad and in [...]

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Probably one of the most shocking “Then & Now” pictorials - Michael Jackson as a toddler and in a picture taken a few years before his death of cardiac arrest earlier today, June 25, 2009, at UCLA Medical Center.

Jackson rose to fame in the early 1970’s with his brothers in “The Jackson 5,” and as [...]

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“Then” Pictures of Lohan as a toddler.  Can you believe the transformation? Photo courtesy of Lindsay Lohan’s TwitPic Account.

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A few days ago when I was strapped for content, I posted The Spill’s “Then and Now” list of child actors. Since then more “Then and Now” lists of Hollywood Child Stars have cropped up - the latest from the website of the television show, “The Insider.”  Here’s their round-up.
This list showcases both the obvious [...]

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The casting department of the feature film comedy “Grown Ups“ starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Chris Rock, is continuing their search for boys ages 10-13 who are good basketball players to work in this star-studded movie.  The film’s premise is five good friends reuniting for a Fourth of July holiday weekend, thirty years [...]

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You’re driving the little ones to an audition in rush hour traffic Friday afternoon (you crazy mom) when you realize the kids have completed their 87th consecutive viewing of the Backyardigans DVD and your secret stash of Mott’s for Tots and Pirate’s Booty is  running dangerously low.  Whining, leading to full blown tantrums, is merely [...]

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“Ribert and Robert’s WonderWorld,” the multi-award winning children’s television series, has signed the prodigy drummer Julian Pavone to 13 episodes. Julian will star in and co-host the shows as he travels to major U.S. cities on a quest to find out about the birth and evolution of various types of music throughout the country.
It would [...]

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Operation Gratitude is the California-based 501 (c) (3) non-profit,  volunteer organization that sends care packages of snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and on Naval ships at sea. Its mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service members faces [...]

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I’ve been really remiss in posting so here’s some good stuff from TheSpill.com to tide you over until I post tomorrow (or whenever).  It’s a strong list (DD’s worked with the five hyperlinked names), including: Christina Ricci, Drew Barrymore, Jason Bateman, Natalie Potman, Elijah Wood, Ron Howard, Christian Bale, Jerry O’Connell, Kieran Culkin and the [...]

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From 1974 through 1983, Former Child Star Melissa Gilbert grew up before our very eyes on the television show “Little House on the Prairie”, starring as Laura Ingalls or “half-pint” as she was endearingly nick-named by on-screen father Michael Landon. Her new book “Prarie Tale: A Memoir” is debuting this month and you can [...]

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Open Casting Call for the Feature Film: The Runaways
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kristin Stewart
Debe Waisman Casting is seeking the following SUPER-SPECIFIC types:
• Hollywood Party Types
• 18-to-look-younger Roller Skaters
• High School Types
• Club-Goers
• Joan’s Street Punk Friends
• Rough Crowd Types
• Preppy College Crowd
• Japanese Businessmen/Journalists
• Japanese People of All General Types
• Japanese 18-to-look-younger
• Teacher Types (reference photo [...]

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Forbes recently put out their list of top 10 teen actors. I’d say their right on. These kids not only have talent, but they have “it.” All of them clearly love what they do and were born with natural abilities that with training, just light up the screen.

In order of box office pull, Forbes [...]

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Babies, Tigers and Chickens - Oh My!  The kid who made me a “Hollywood Mom” has her first feature film debut nationwide today: The Warner Brother’s Vegas comedy,  “The Hangover.”
Kids fare? Ah, not by a long shot.  My child actor may have been in the film but she won’t get to view it for at [...]

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All  Hollywood Mom Blog readers, Momagers and Popagers take note because this is a *focking* good one.  Recall the smash hit comedy “Meet the Parents,” and the equally entertaining sequel “Meet the Fockers” ?  Good news! The third installment of this film franchise is in the works and your 6 to 8 year old child [...]

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