Two child actors are making headlines via Twitter, one being 1990's child star Alisan Porter (Parenthood, Curly Sue) and the other is aspiring child actor Damian Charles Hurley, none other than the prodigy of actress/model turned swimwear designer mom Elizabeth Hurley (Gossip Girl, Austin Powers). Alisan Porter, a familiar face in the early to mid 1990's,
Maggie Elizabeth Jones Due to popular request, I am reposting this 11/9/2010 post on child actor Maggie Elizabeth Jones. According to IMDB, Georgia Native Maggie Elizabeth Jones is the latest child actor to be cast in "We Bought a Zoo." As HMB reported, Colin Ford was cast as Dylan Mee a few weeks ago.
Idaho-native turned breakthrough, Hollywood child star, Joel Courtney, 15, won the nationwide search to play the lead character Joe Lamb in this summer's hit Super 8 directed by J.J. Abrams, and now, according to Variety, the young talent will headline the indie films Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn and The Healer, as well. In the
Hollywood is the only place I know where you, your kids, your pets and your property can all aspire to some small shot at fame. This adorable Super Bowl half-time commercial featuring *a pint-sized Darth Vader was shot in and outside of my in-law's lovely Tarzana, California ranch home. Kind of ironic that when it
In a recent interview with Parent Dish, accomplished actor William H. Macy, star of the new Showtime series "Shameless," shared that he would support his kids (with wife Felicity Huffman) going into show business but not while they're minors. "I've got no problem if they want to go into this business. I love the
As we reported in October of this year, kids casting has been underway for SPIDER-MAN. Director Marc Webb was saddled with the difficult task of casting the younger version of Welsh actor and musician, Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Harry Potter). Kudos to casting director, Francine Joyce Maisler, who seems to have made a brilliant look-alike choice
Imagine this scenario: Your child auditions for her first feature film, gets the part and (shazam!) her film parents are being played by power house talents Ryan Gosling and Michele Williams. This is exactly the case for darling, six-year-old Faith Wladyka who will make her film debut as Frankie, in the gritty, dramatic love story,
Will Smith made his humble Hollywood debut on television's comdey "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and quickly graduated to a string of huge Hollywood movies: "I am Legend" The Pursuit of Happyness," "Hitch," "Bad Boys," "Seven Pounds," "Men In Black," "Ali" and "Hancock." If anyone knows the pitfalls and the glory of this business it would be
Disney Channel has ordered “Shake It Up!,” a buddy comedy centered around a teen dance show, created by Chris Thompson (“Laverne and Shirley,” “Bosom Buddies,” “The Naked Truth,” “Action”) and executive-produced by Thompson and Rob Lotterstein (“The War at Home,” “Ellen”). It stars 12-year-old child actress Bella Thorne (pictured above center modeling my favorite pettiskirts by
New date for this event is Saturday May 22, 2010 from 1 pm to 3 pm Meeting top Casting Directors is one of the single most important steps your skilled child actor can take on their journey to becoming a "working" child actor. Talented Child Actors who met with Debbie Entin at her last
