Archive for 'Momagers in the News'
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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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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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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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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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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Betty Ford Professionals Urge Former Child Star Lindsay Lohan to Fire Momager Dina
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
According to Perez Hilton, professionals at the Betty Ford Center are reportedly advising patient Lindsay Lohan to cut her mother, Dina Lohan, out of her professional life, so that they can try to establish a more normal parent/child relationship. A number of former child stars retain their parents as managers long after the age of 18 and as [...]
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Blake Lively’s Mom Is a Manager But She’s No Momager.
Posted on 14. Sep, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Blake Lively, a 23-year-old actress best known as Upper East Side princess Serena Van Der Woodsen on the television hit Gossip Girl, is grateful to her Mother Elaine Lively but not for the typical reasons you might think. According to the British edition of OK Magazine, while Blake’s mommy is indeed a Hollywood manager, she has never [...]
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HMB Exclusive Interview: Challen Cates (BIG TIME RUSH) Proves TV’s Newest Boy Band Momager ROCKS!
Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
I’ve known Challen Cates for almost two decades now but until our interview last week the most I could tell you about her is that she is from Virginia, is a talented actress and as you can see in these amazing accompanying photographs taken by Jennings Paige – She Never Ages. Just like the character Mrs. [...]
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When is a Mom Not A Mom? When She’s A Momager! Once A Star turns 18, Do They Still Need Parents on Payroll?
Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
“Nobody will look out for your interests the way a parent would.” Ashanti’s momager Tina Douglas shares with FOX that other managers “have approached me in a negative way, saying that I can’t manage Ashanti because I’m her mom and I’m ‘emotional.’ But that emotion is what helped get her to where she is today.”
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MOMAGERS: Life is No *Ice Cream* Cake Walk for Dina Lohan
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
In trivial and unbelievable Momager/Child Star news today, the latest “scoop” at Carvel Ice Cream is that the Lohan Family’s Carvel Black Card has been Black-listed. For those unfamiliar, a “Black Card” grants the holder free Carvel ice cream for 75 years. RadarOnline reports that Dina Lohan, the momager of tabloid staple and former child star Lindsay [...]
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HMB Exclusive: Parenting Hollywood Style with Kathy Ireland, Ed Begley Jr., Tony Dovolani & the Original Celebrity Momager, Shirley Jones
Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
By Contributor Diana Marcketta Celebrity parents gathered in Beverly Hills this past weekend in support of their friend and fellow celebrity parent, Kathy Ireland who hosted a Mother’s Day reception at Geary’s, a leading retailer of fine luxury gifts, in honor of the launch of her new jewelry line produced by Elan Luxury Collections. The collection [...]
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MOMAGERS IN THE NEWS: NZ Fans Trample Justin Bieber’s Mom?
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Teen musician and heart throb Justin Bieber touched down in Auckland, NZ last night and was immediately surrounded by 500 crazed fans, which began a mini riot of sorts. According to Justin’s Bieber’s twitter: “Finally got to New Zealand last night. The airport was crazy. Not happy that someone stole my hat and knocked down [...]
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“The Middle” Child Star: Atticus Schaffer Conquers Physical Disability & Says His Parents Support His Dreams!
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Atticus Shaffer, born June 19 1998, stars as Brick Heck on ABC’s comedy, “The Middle.” Eleven-year-old Atticus lives in Acton, California, with his mother, Debbie, and father, Ron, as well as a host of rescue animals including 2 dogs, 4 cats, chickens, fish and a rabbit. He also has a 31 year old brother. People magazine [...]
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Hollywood Mom Tracy Bobbitt interviewed on NBC’s NewsRaw
Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
No surprise that I was completely honored to be interviewed by the host of NBC NewsRaw, Mekaloh Medina, last week in NBC’s Los Angeles studios ♥. It’s been years since I’ve been on camera and to say that I had a rusty start is putting it mildly. Spoiler Alert: College kids could make a drinking [...]
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