Archive for July, 2012

Child Actor Guardians Reach First Agreement With Broadway League

Posted on 31. Jul, 2012 by .

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Good news for our Broadway Babies in New York – Child Actor Guardians unanimously ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with the Broadway League. Child Actor Guardians are employed by members of the Broadway League for the purposes of overseeing the care, professional behavior and well being of child performers while in theaters and rehearsal [...]

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CHILD STARS: Modern Family KID CAST Begin Their Own Salary Negotiations

Posted on 30. Jul, 2012 by .

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We’ve all read about the adult cast of ABC’s Emmy award-winning comedy Modern Family banning together ala Friends and holding out  for substantial salary increases as a cohesive unit.  Well congrats to them as  those new deals provide for about $175,000 per episode for the fourth season, rising to about $350,000 per episode by the [...]

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FREE MOVIES on The Green in Warner Center Park, Every Summer Saturday!

Posted on 29. Jul, 2012 by .

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Hollywood Mom Blog is aware that many Hollywood Moms & their children are here from out of town and looking for affordable and age-appropriate activities for their families. Fortunately, The Valley Cultural Center will continue its FREE Movies on the Green series with a screening of the animated film The Adventures of Tin Tin Saturday, [...]

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Product Review: Make Learning to Tell Time FUN with Kids Watches!

Posted on 29. Jul, 2012 by .

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Time to wake up! Time for school! Time for your audition! Time to…learn how to tell time. Oy. Learning to tell time can be one of the trickier things to teach a child.  This is why, like many of the educational elements in your child’s life, it’s important to make this process fun.  Children’s watches [...]

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Former Child Actor: MILA KUNIS Glad She Was NOT A Child STAR

Posted on 29. Jul, 2012 by .

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Mila Kunis (Ted 2012), star of the highly anticipated OZ: the Great and Powerful (debuts March 8, 2013), has been working in show biz since elementary school; however, she asserts that she was never a “child star,” per se. I think this is simply a case of “You say Tomato, I say To-mah-to.”  If not [...]

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PBS KIDS Presents “Soar With Reading Celebration!” FREE on August 7, 2012

Posted on 29. Jul, 2012 by .

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PBS of Southern California is hosting SOAR WITH READING CELEBRATION on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at the Los Angeles Central Library! Join PBS SoCaL, PBS KIDS, and Jet Blue at the Los Angeles Central Public Library to celebrate and encourage summer reading on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. The special “Soar With Reading [...]

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CHILD STAR STYLE: Free Tickets to Lifetime Television’s Kids Dance Competition Show!

Posted on 29. Jul, 2012 by .

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Do you and your kids LOVE the Lifetime Show DANCE MOMS?!   Would you like to be a part of a new kids dance competition show? If you love music and dance and are ready to cheer for your favorites, plan to join us in the LIVE studio audience. Tickets are for Filming MONDAY 7/30/12 in [...]

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CHILD STARS: 13-Year-Old Musician Lil JaXe Conquers Stutter with Rapping!

Posted on 18. Jul, 2012 by .

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Thirteen-year-old rapper Jake Zeldin, aka Lil JaXe  of Toronto, Canada is making headlines these days much like his musical  idol Drake. Zeldin has a debilitating stutter which literally disappears when he raps. When JaXe free-styled for Drake backstage at a Tyga concert in 2011, he did so flawlessly. The Grammy-award-winning rapper was clearly impressed with [...]

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Resources: Celebrity Photographer RENA DURHAM Booking Sessions in Atlanta, GA!

Posted on 18. Jul, 2012 by .

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Mark your calendar for January 19, 2013 Hollywood Moms because extremely popular and talented celebrity photographer RENA DURHAM will be in Atlanta, GA  (and possibly Orlando, FL) to photograph the young talent of the south east in a limited number of mini-sessions. Head shots are your child actor’s first exposure to casting directors and agents [...]

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PRODUCT REVIEW: Kids Can Create with KIWI CRATE!

Posted on 16. Jul, 2012 by .

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A typical day in our house usually involves rushing from one job, school, play date, dance class or errand to the next and our opportunities for sitting still are few and far between.  With two full-time working parents, we rarely have the time to sit down together as a family and if we do, we [...]

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COMIC CON 2012: Meet the TWILIGHT SAGA’s Youngest Vampire, Child Star MACKENZIE FOY

Posted on 16. Jul, 2012 by .

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I had a William Thacker moment the other day.  You know who he is, right?  He’s thecharacter played by Hugh Grant in the romantic comedy Notting Hill.  In the film, Thacker is mistaken as a journalistat a press junket and in a panic he says he is from “Horse & Hound Magazine.”  Well, that was me (sort [...]

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Happy Independence Day! Here’s to 4th of July Fun!

Posted on 04. Jul, 2012 by .

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Happy 4th of July to all our Hollywood Moms, Dads and talented child actors! Regardless of where you are located in this great country of ours, please have a safe, fun-filled and memorable holiday! xo Tracy Bobbitt, Editor Hollywood Mom Blog LOS ANGELES COUNTY AREA CELEBRATION LOCATIONS: Alhambra Almansor Park 800 S. Almansor St. Alhambra, [...]

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CASTING CALL: ‘TWINTUITION’ Seeks Twins 6-12 Years Old, All Ethnicities!

Posted on 03. Jul, 2012 by .

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Alex Wald Casting is casting Twintuition, a new children’s multi-camera comedy TV series. The search is being conducted by established network and studio casting director who cast the pilot and first seasons of One Tree Hill & other pre-teen TV shows and films. The executive producer of Twintuition has created successful TV shows for all [...]

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OPEN CALL AUDITIONS: Disney’s Broadway Show “NEWSIES” in NYC, July 9-14; Accepting Online Submissions Too!

Posted on 01. Jul, 2012 by .

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OPEN CALL AUDITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, JULY 9 – 14 CURRENTLY SEEKING: JACK KELLY STANDBY: Male, 17 – 22 years old, Caucasian. Handsome, passionate and charismatic leader of the Newsies. A street-smart kid with a dark artistic soul right beneath the bluster.  Not a blowhard.  This kid’s the real thing.  Must have a great pop tenor voice. LES:males [...]

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