I'd just completed reading "Diary of a Stage's Mother's Daughter: A Memoir," and I was equal parts disturbed, curious and excited to speak with it's author, Melissa Francis, host of Fox News' Money with Melissa. To the uninitiated, Melissa was a working child actor of the 1980's (known then as Missy Francis) who most notably
In 1998 I was working with my husband on the teen comedy film, "Never Been Kissed." We had recently purchased our first home and my only immediate goal was to pay our monthly mortgage. At the time, I didn't have many girlfriends in Los Angeles and certainly none who were pregnant or having kids. So about
Former Child Actor and now two-time Golden Globe winner for ARGO, Actor/Director Ben Affleck doesn't like working with child actors, and will not let his children (Violet, Seraphina and Samuel with actress Wife Jennifer Garner) be actors, as children or as adults according to a recent interview with NPR. Affleck stated, '"I hate directing young actors. I
Two And A Half Men's controversial co-star Angus T. Jones, now 19, is returning to the set for the first time following his religious You Tube proclamation in late 2012, per Deadline.com. You may recall Jones' decrying his top-rates series as “filth” and his pleas to viewers to “stop watching.” Against all odds, producers are giving the
Hollywood Mom Blog was invited to take an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at daytime television’s guiltiest pleasure,"Days of our Lives," (DOOL). Having grown up watching the show, we were excited to hit the NBC lot and get an insiders look at how DOOL runs. Maya Frangie led the set tour, along with Sony Pictures Director of
Each day in the mainstream media we read "Then & Now" articles about former child actors no longer working in film or TV whose lives are, let's politely say, less than aspirational. Fortunately there are three great examples of former child stars no longer working in front of the camera but enjoying great professional success
In an interview with The London Evening Standard, former BILLY ELLIOT child star Jamie Bell, now 25, explains how he was able to avoid the "curse of the child star." "I had this extreme focus, and people around me who wanted the best for me. There are many examples of young children in the entertainment industry who
There is no shortage of stories about American child actors whose lives have spiraled out of control or of the tragic lives of former child stars as adults. On a weekly basis, we read about a volatile young performer whose issues are laid bare for all to see and hear. For instance, in October, 14
TV's Highest Paid #ChildActor, Angus T. Jones, has a new found appreciation for his Christian faith, but the posting of his religious views in at least two separate You Tube videos bring into question, his future on the sitcom that brought him to fame, "Two and Half Men." Why? Because Jones publicly slams his character Jake
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
