Archive for 'Momagers & Popagers'
JUSTIN BIEBER’S Hollywood Mom PATTIE MALLETTE Champions Ontario’s Salvation Army’s Teen Pregnancy Center!
Posted on 18. May, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
Justin Bieber’s Hollywood Mom, Pattie Mallette, is making an urgent plea for assistance in saving the Salvation Army’s Bethesda Center in London, Ontario, Canada. The center is the home for unwed mothers where Mallette herself stayed prior to giving birth to her pop superstar son Justin, in 1994. Bethesda Centre is slated to close on May [...]
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Hollywood Moms, YOU Are The CEO!
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
CEOs run the business world. Show business is a business; Therefore, Mom, you are the official Chief Executive Officer of your company, your family! If you have a talented child actor and you decide to encourage them to follow their dream, then your role as CEO becomes even more important. You will be making both [...]
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From the Momager Trenches United Kingdom: “How it All Got Started”
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
Jemima Laing (a Plymouth, UK Native) tells us how her son Felix Soper, now 13, was first bitten by the acting bug after landing a part in a theatre production of Peter Pan. What got Felix started with this whole acting thing was, basically, my innate nosiness. Collecting him and a friend from drama group on [...]
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From the Momager Trenches Los Angeles: “But it’s SO competitive!”
Posted on 02. May, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
“But it’s SO competitive!” I don’t hear those words nearly as often as I did in the beginning or maybe I just don’t pay attention to them any more. The beginning being when I first heard my son say “Mom, I want to be an actor.” We’ve come a long way since then. It took [...]
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Join HOLLYWOOD MOM BLOG at the UCLA Family Commons for Mother’s Week MOM BLOG SUMMIT!
Posted on 27. Apr, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
For those not yet in the know, the UCLA Family Commons is a wellness facility dedicated to creating healthier families and stronger communities throughout the Los Angeles Westside area. As a non-profit organization founded by one of the country’s leading scientists at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, all of their programs are [...]
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How Do You Help Your Child Pursue Her Talents?
Posted on 27. Mar, 2012 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
I was recently invited to contribute to Jen & Barb Mom Life, (Jen Pate and Barbara Machen respectively) a fun website dedicated to sharing original online videos all about the challenges and joys of modern motherhood. Their most recent video clip is about how they encourage their children to pursue their passions. I shared my thoughts (via [...]
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Are Hollywood Moms, Momagers & Child Stars Tinseltown’s Hot Commodity or Hot Mess?
Posted on 16. Mar, 2012 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
You’ve seen the recent onslaught of casting calls: “Non-Union Documentary Needs L.A. Moms,” “Villainous Stage Moms Wanted!” “My Talented Kid,” “Casting Opinionated Mothers of Child Actors,” “Do You Think Your Child is a Superstar?” and even one for the ultimately delusional parents, “YES, I Think My Child is a Super Star!” But instead of hitting the SEND button [...]
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Justin Bieber’s Hollywood Mom @PattieMallette Writes Memoir “NOWHERE BUT UP”
Posted on 09. Mar, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
Pattie Mallette, known to most of the world as Justin Bieber’s mom, is more than just the mother of a world-renowned pop sensation. Pattie walks a rarely traveled road parenting her son through the unpredictable journey of fame. As a young woman and a single mom, she fought hard to rise above her painful past [...]
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MOMAGERS: Scarlett Johansson’s Mom is No Longer A Momager
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by Hollywood Mom.
It’s a fickle mistress, the job of stage mother, especially when your famous daughter gives you the boot. This is apparently the case of former child actor turned full-fledged movie star Scarlett Johansson and her mother Melanie Sloan who had managed Scarlett’s career since she was 9 years old, debuting in Rob Reiner’s “North.” As Manager, [...]
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From The Momager Trenches South Carolina: Unemployed Momager for Hire!
Posted on 28. Oct, 2011 by Hollywood Mom.
“The times, they are a changin” ~ Bob Dylan I now can truly relate to these words, and I have seen some major changes throughout my life. I don’t know what it is about this move from Texas to South Carolina that has me feeling so upside down? If anything, I have a lot more [...]
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CHILD STARS: Saoirse Ronan Says She’s Not a Child Actor, She’s an Actor Who’s Young.
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
On Acting & Fame: “Never take things too seriously. You should be doing it really for yourselves because you love it and you have fun doing it which is why I do it.”
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From the Momager Trenches L.A.: Baby Books Carters Holiday Shoot
Posted on 27. Jul, 2011 by Hollywood Mom.
When we auditioned for a Carter’s Holiday print job on Saturday (during Carmageddon weekend no less), I knew the shoot was scheduled for the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So by Tuesday evening, it was safe to say that I’d given up hope of Cash booking it at all and was mentally ‘on to the [...]
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Happy Hollywood Mom Day! Rolling Stone Mag Names the Best Hollywood Moms in the Biz!
Posted on 08. May, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Rolling Stone Magazine recently chose Justin Bieber’s Momager Pattie Millette as one of the “Greatest Hollywood Moms in show business. Hollywood Mom Blog agrees with that choice but some of Rolling Stone’s other choices are questionable. To us the list reads more like “Most Infamous Parents in Show Biz.” We’ll let you be the judge. [...]
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American Idol’s Controversial Stage Mamas Direct “The Minors” to Group Night Victory!
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
If you’re watching American Idol this season then you no doubt tuned in for the emotional train wreck event known as “Groups,” when the individual contestants are forced to partner up with the competition and make beautiful, harmonious music together. One of those singing groups,“The Minors,” is a quintet made up of 15- and 16-year-olds [...]
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Justin Bieber’s Momager Pattie Mallette on Raising a Super Star
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
According to the website Fans of being a Mom, Justin Bieber’s mother/ momager Pattie Mallette is doing a wonderful job not only raising her son, but raising a Super Star. Here’s an excerpt of the post: As Justin’s fame rises, do your responsibilities as a mom change at all? Mallette: The responsibilities change somewhat, and [...]
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Twitter Feathers are Ruffled When Author Criticizes Parenting Choices of Will & Jada Pinkett Smith
Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Author Terry McMillan (How Stella Got Her Grove Back) has ruffled some Twitter feathers with a tweet rant criticizing the parenting skills of Hollywood parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, even declaring they were “pimping” their children Willow and Jaden. Terry McMillan’s tweets: “The Smith children already act like child stars. There’s an arrogance in [...]
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Miley Cyrus, Turns 18 Today! Technically, No Longer a Child Star.
Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Well, it was fun while it lasted! Miley Cyrus, the star of the huge television commercial success “Hannah Montana,” is now officially an adult, turning 18 years old today, November 23, 2010. For better or worse, I can’t recall another television child actor in the last decade who has penetrated pop culture and the public [...]
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Child Star Max Records’ is Battling Retro Robots in “BLINKY”
Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Young Actor Max Records has graduated from taming Wild Things to battling Robots! Max Records, 13, made his feature film debut in Spike Jonze’s film, “Where the Wild Things Are,” with no prior acting experience. Most recently he played a young Mark Ruffalo in Rian Johnson’s “The Brothers Bloom.” In his next film “Blinky,” directed [...]
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Update: Joe Jonas Not The Reason For Demi’s Rehab Check In, But Estranged Father Patrick Lovato Voices Concern
Posted on 04. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Update to our initial post on Demi Lovato leaving tour and checking into rehab. According to People.com, on most of her nights off, Demi invites her band, dancers and her parents to dinner. On the night in question, she broke off with a very small group after the meal. The following day, tour managers and Lovato’s [...]
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Momagers Gone Wild: Is Bret Michaels to Blame for Cyrus Split?
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Miley Cyrus admitted to media outlet X17 Online that she is saddened over her parents impending divorce and it’s rumored that her parents are “already bickering over how to handle their most valuable asset” which happens to be 17-year-old Miley who they co-manage. An insider also stated, “This whole situation has hurt Miley’s relationship with [...]
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From the Momager Trenches Seattle/ Vancouver: Working 3 Markets Means Triple the Travel Time!
Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Occasionally, I respond to emails faster than I actually think about them. Okay, perhaps I do this more often than occasionally. I could easily blame my smart phone but to be honest it’s me, in all my positivity, saying “yes” to everything. And “yes” can often cause a bit of a conundrum or in the [...]
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World’s Most Famous Momager Popager Duo File for Divorce
Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
World famous Popager of Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, has filed for divorce from Miley’s Momager Tish Cyrus in the state of Tennessee citing the infamous irreconcilable differences. Insiders say there was not a third party involved and this decision has been a long time in the making. Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus have issued [...]
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Is it time for Jessica Simpson to Let Popager Joe Go?
Posted on 23. Oct, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
We felt this storm of “popager backlash” brewing months ago and now Popeaters’ Naughty but Nice is reporting that following Jessica Simpson‘s manager and dad, Joe Simpson, alledgedly kicking a group of singing U.S. combat veterans off his daughter’s PBS holiday special, Jessica has been under pressure from the masses to fire Joe and hire a [...]
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