Archive for June, 2012

“SPARKLE” Singing Challenge Open to 13 Years and Up! #SparkleMovie

Posted on 29. Jun, 2012 by .

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Get Ready to Show Your SPARKLE! Sony Pictures, BET, MySpace and Power 106 FM are searching for the best singers in Los Angeles to take part in the SPARKLE Singing Challenge. If you are an amateur singer between the ages of 13-40 and think you have what it takes, come out on Saturday, July 14, [...]

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REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: PURPLE PIXIES Brings a Rainbow of Color to the Red Carpet!

Posted on 27. Jun, 2012 by .

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UPDATE! Hollywood Mom Suzette Troche Stapp and her darling actress daughters are the winners of the PURPLE PIXIE Giveaway! Congrats ladies and enjoy those new clothes! Thank you to all who entered. Check out this colorful, new clothing line just for girls!  Purple Pixies, the brand for the budding individualist, was launched in 2010 by [...]

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CASTING SEASON 3 of Family Game Night!

Posted on 26. Jun, 2012 by .

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CASTING SEASON 3 of THE HUB NETWORK’s “Family Game Night!” Do you want to see YOUR family on a new episode of Family Game Night? Apply for a chance to appear on The Hub Network’s “Family Game Night,” an action-packed live show where games are LIFE SIZE and kids & adults play for a chance [...]

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FL CASTING CALL: Toddlers, All Ethnicities for HUGGIES Little Swimmers

Posted on 25. Jun, 2012 by .

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EMREGE TALENT Casting Notice for Huggies Commercial! If available please email Shawn Hebbeler at Shawn@emergetalent.com ASAP with name, DOB, photos, height and weight of your child. Product: HUGGIES LITTLE SWIMMERS Location: FT. Lauderdale – Must be able to attend casting. Scheduled Shoot Dates: 7/13-17 Callbacks: 7/9 – 7/10 Casting Dates: • Tuesday June 26th 12-24 [...]

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Product Review & Giveaway: An AMERICAN GIRL MOVIE: McKenna Shoots for the Stars!

Posted on 25. Jun, 2012 by .

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UPDATE: American Girl is Giving away TWO DVDs! The Winners of this Fab HMB Freebie are Hollywood Mom Janna Tolleson and her daughter Kayli AND Sharon Prelesnick and her daughter! Congrats ladies and thanks a million from American Girl and Hollywood Mom Blog! Feeling Lucky? This is your opportunity to win the movie “AN AMERICAN [...]

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L.A. CASTING CALL: Mothers with Daughters 14-17 yrs old for Makeovers on Network Talk Show!

Posted on 22. Jun, 2012 by .

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A popular network talk show based in Los Angeles is casting the following: Are you a mother with a daughter between the ages of 14-17?  Does your daughter have long, thick hair? Would your daughter be willing to donate at least 8-inches of hair and receive a new back-to-school makeover? If your daughter wants a [...]

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CHILD STAR STYLE: Free Tickets to Disney Tapings of PAIR OF KINGS, ANT FARM & More!

Posted on 20. Jun, 2012 by .

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Majestic Actors is giving Hollywood Mom Blog readers free tickets to Disney XD “Pair of Kings” for this Thursday 6/21/12 and for “Ant Farm” for Friday 6/22/12. The minimum age requirement is 8 years old. Children should be accompanied by parents/adults. These shows film at Hollywood Center Studios, 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los [...]

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From The Momager Trenches UK: Following in My Footsteps (Like Mother, Like Son)

Posted on 15. Jun, 2012 by .

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Following in my footsteps.. …or how Wendy Craig taught me to yawn The entreaty of German playwright Goethe that “to accept good advice is but to increase one’s ability” has a special resonance for a child who is beginning to learn how to act. It’s one of the unique delights of doing this kind of [...]

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CHILD STARS: 7 Year old Actor MAX PAGE Summons Courage for Heart Surgery @ChildrensLA

Posted on 13. Jun, 2012 by .

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UPDATE: ”The surgery today went very well,” Max’s surgeon, Dr. Vaughn Starnes, says in a statement posted online by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We went in to replace his pulmonary valve, which we did without incident. Max is in the cardiac ICU and recovering very well.”  Max is expected to be in the hospital another three days [...]

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MAD MEN Child Star Kiernan Shipka to star in Grainger David Short Film, EDGE OF THE WOODS

Posted on 10. Jun, 2012 by .

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Director Grainger David, (The Chair), has completed another short film “Edge of the Woods,” starring child actor Kiernan Shipka which David says is “..like the saddest little monster movie ever.”  Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men), plays the lead role of Alice; and her parents are played by Sean Bridgers (Deadwood), and Maria Dizzia (Martha Marcy May Marlene). [...]

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Looking Ahead Program Invites HMB Readers to FREE Screening of MADAGASCAR 3, Sat. June 9!

Posted on 05. Jun, 2012 by .

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Attention Hollywood Moms and your young performers, Ages 9-18! The Actor’s Fund Looking Ahead Program invites You and Your Family to a Special Screening  of… M A D A G A S C A R   3 Date:  10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 9, 2012 Where:  Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028 **Main entrance to the [...]

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FREE TICKETS to Live Taping of DISNEY TV’s “AUSTIN & ALLY!”

Posted on 04. Jun, 2012 by .

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Thanks to Majestic Actors, free tickets are available Hollywood Mom Blog readers for the live taping of Disney Television Show “Austin & Ally” this Friday 6/8/12 taping, minimum age to be in the audience is 8 years old and parents are welcome. AUSTIN & ALLY is a live action comedy for DisneyXD about the unique relationship between a [...]

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12 Wardrobe Tips for the Perfect Kids Headshots!

Posted on 03. Jun, 2012 by .

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In a recent interview with Backstage.com, Photographers Kelsey Edwards and Matt Twiggs gave 12 wardrobe tips to help achieve the perfect headshots for your child actor: Keep it simple and age appropriate. Solid shirts are key. No frills, buttons, or patterns. Choices, Choices, Choices. Bring LOTS of shirts in LOTS of colors. Say Yes to Simple [...]

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NEW TALENT: Child Actor Talia Jackson Debuts in “A Green Story,” at the 2012 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival

Posted on 03. Jun, 2012 by .

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A Green Story, the inspirational, true story of  Van Vlahakis (Ed O’Ross), a Greek immigrant who arrived in the US with only pennies to his name, debuted at the 2012 LA Greek Film Festival on Thursday. The Paramyth film follows his amazing life journey, pursuing the American dream and ultimately building Earth Friendly Products, a corporation that was [...]

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LEGAL: Sex Offender & Former Kids Talent Manager, Martin “MARTY” Weiss, Released From Jail After 6 Months

Posted on 02. Jun, 2012 by .

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The following information was provided by Child Actor advocacy organization BIZ PARENTZ. You may also read more about this ongoing criminal pursuit in the Los Angeles Times. Former child talent manager Martin Weiss was sentenced June 1, 2012 for two counts of child molestation (California Penal Code 288a).  Weiss pled “no contest” to two counts [...]

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