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THEN & NOW: Former Child Actor LAURA DERN on Her Strict Upbringing
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
18 year old Laura Dern in SmoothTalk (1985)
Laura Dern’s parents’ are Academy Award nominated actor Bruce Dern and Academy Award nominated actress Diane Ladd, whom divorced when she was only 2. You could say she was born into the business and you’d be right. However, she made her own mark early in a series of heavy projects like “The Stains,” and “Foxes” at age 13, “Smooth Talk,” at age 18 and David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” at 19. Dern then graduated to lead roles in “Citizen Ruth,” “Wild at Heart,” “Rambling Rose” and “Jurassic Park.” Laura earned her own Oscar nod for “Rambling Rose.”
But although Laura began performing professionally as a young girl, Mom Diane Ladd was strict with her teen.
“Luckily for me I had both – with my grandmother and my mother particularly – both my parents, but I was living with my mom most of the time. (They had) a real longing to make sure I was very involved in school,” she said. ”So I was lucky in that for me it worked that I was never home-schooled. I was always in school, had to be involved in two activities or I couldn’t do a job. It was like swim team and president of whatever club or something like that, and classes and play dates and over-nights,” she says.
Dern continues: “I was also lucky, frankly, to start young but my mom really balanced it. Where there were a few things that meant a lot to me that she let me audition for, but didn’t push me to go out there. And she asked my agent not to send me on everything. So I just didn’t work that much. I wasn’t doing a series for five years as a teenager. I didn’t have to deal with severe high-visibility celebrity, which is a whole other level that I feel fortunate to not have had to walk through.”
Dern’s latest project, HBO’s “Enlightened,” premiered Oct. 10, 2011. She stars in the series with Mom Diane. Last week Dern was served with divorce papers from husband Ben Harper. They share two children Ellery, 9, and Jaya, 5.
THE STAINS: Diane Lane (15) center with Laura Dern (13) far right
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THEN & NOW: Child TV Star JASON BATEMAN Says Acting for Kids Not a Good Idea
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Former Child Super Star Jason Bateman, 42, says it’s not a particularly “good idea” for children to work as actors. Bateman starred in his first major acting role at age 12, as James Cooper Ingalls in “The Little House on the Prairie.” Following that, he did the sitcom “Silver Spoons.” From there he went on to star in numerous television series including, “Valerie’s Family” easily becoming one of the busiest child actors of his generation.
Bateman with his daughter Francesca.
Although Jason is grateful for the opportunities he was given in his youth, he shares that there are negative efects resulting from being employed at such a young age.
He recently told Swiss newspaper Sonntags Zeitung:: “It’s not a good idea. For one an acting career is quite unstable and also because things in this business are very unfair. Most of all I think it’s highly questionable to put a child in front of a camera and ask that child to pretend to be someone else. Children need to find out who they really are first. When you’re growing up child acting isn’t very clever. I personally didn’t survive it completely undamaged.”
HMB previously reported on Jason, who is currently filming the movie version of the cult favorite television show “Arrested Development,” last year.
After overcoming an addiction to drugs in the 1990′s, In the 90s, Jason married to Amanda Anka, with whom he has a four-year-old daughter Francesca and is currently expecting another.
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Former HARRY POTTER Child Star Daniel Radcliffe On Personal Quest to Prove Child Actors Do Not Have to Burn Out
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, former child actor Daniel Radcliffe, now 21, of Harry Potter fame, revealed that while Harry Potter was battling Draco Malfoy with the Hogwarts on the big screen, he was conquering personal demons off screen.
The final film in the series debuts July 15, 2011
Radcliffe was cast as Harry Potter at age 11 and grew into a man before our eyes. The pressures of fame made him reliant on alcohol to enjoy himself, particularly while filming Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince, at which time he was 18 years old. Radcliffe confided that he became increasingly “complacent” about his acting and was, “…enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me.”
To his credit, Radcliffe now chooses a life of sobriety, having stopped drinking in August 2010. He reflects that he would love to go to parties and such but that having just a few drinks doesn’t work for him. He now prefers to stay home with his girlfriend, telling GQ, “There’s no shame in enjoying the quiet life. And that’s been the realization of the past few years for me.”
Radcliffe is on a “personal crusade” to prove that child stars do not have to burn out and is using his own life path as the ultimate example. “If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity,” he stated, “then that puts to bed the ‘child actors argument’. If I can do it, in the biggest film franchise of all time, no other child actor who comes after will ever have to answer those same bloody questions.”
Amen.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, the last installment in the franchise, is out July 15.
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Former Child Actor Elijah Woods Credits Mom With Keeping Him Grounded
Posted on 06. Jul, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Former Child Actor Elijah Wood ( The Lord of the Rings), now 30, recently told media outlet Nylon Guys that unlike many child actors’ parents, his mother Debbie Wood was more reserved when supporting him in the film industry. He can next be seen in the new FX comedy series, “Wilfred.”
Wood states, “This is a funny industry for a child, and I think there are a lot parents who put their kids in it for their own motivations. I was lucky – that was never my situation. In fact, my mother would threaten to take me out of it more frequently than support it. She knew I loved it and that it was a good motivator for keeping me in line.”
One pitfall of being a successful, professional actor according to Wood is become full of oneself. He directly attributes his “grounded” home and family life with keeping him from succumbing to that temptation.
“Life on a film set, the surreality can seep into your daily life. You can be treated in ways you’re not deserving of” says Wood, “and you can start to believe it. But I was always so grounded at home that it provided a sense of balance.”
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Former Child Actress Elizabeth Taylor, 79, Has Passed Away
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Actress and Humanitarian, Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, has died at age 79. Born in Hampstead, London, England on February 27, 1932, she was a child star and one of the great Hollywood beauties. She began her career with several Lassie movies and the beloved, “National Velvet.” She went on to star in film classics “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Butterfield 8,” “Cleopatra,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and many others.
She was nominated five times for an academy award and won twice for Best Actress is a Leading Role for “Butterfield 8″ and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Taylor was married 8 times, twice to her great love Richard Burton. About this she was quoted as saying, “I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too – for being married so many times.”
She holds the record for Life Magazine Covers, having been featured 11 times.
Taylor pioneered the campaign against HIV and AIDS awareness in Hollywood after her good friend Rock Hudson died and The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation has raised millions of dollars for the cause.
About her life she was famously quoted as saying, “Everything was handed to me – looks, fame, wealth, honor, love. I rarely had to fight for anything.” She was also known for saying, “When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.” Rest in Peace Ms. Taylor.
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TV’s Blossom is in Full Bloom and Handing Out Advice to Would-Be Hollywood Moms
Posted on 11. Feb, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
I know you all remember 80′s teen star Blossom of the NBC TV show of the same name. What you may not recall is that Blossom was played by actress Mayim Bialik and that Bialik now stars on the popular sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. What I didn’t know until this morning is that the former child star also writes for the jewish parenting site Kveller.com. In this weeks post, she gives her two cents about the challenges of raising a child actor and insightfully explains the pitfalls from a parents perspective as well as the child’s. It sounds very typical of the challenges we all face and after reading her post all I can say is, I would LOVE to talk to her mother! A small excerpt from her post below:
“So your kid wants to be an actor. A ‘real’ actor; a ‘professional’ one. I hear this a lot. And the questions I get next range from ‘Should I?’ to ‘Why the hell would I?’ to ‘How do I?’ Well, I’m going to lay it all out here as directly as I can. Let’s name your kid Clive (yes–after Clive Owen, my favorite actor who is also my fantasy boyfriend).”
“Here’s the deal: if Clive wants to professionally act, your life will be driving Clive to auditions at the drop of a hat; schlepping him and any other kids you have to rooms full of adorable bubbly kids who have been trained to intimidate Clive and tell him he looks tired when the audition calls for a perky bright-eyed kid.”
More hilarious true tales on the perils of raising and being a child actor can be read here:
http://www.kveller.com/blog/parenting/so-your-kid-wants-to-be-an-actor-tough-noogie/
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Search Warrant Issued for Former Child Star Lindsay Lohan’s Home
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Hollywood Mom.
I subscribe to a great service in Los Angeles called Nixle, which sends out alerts from the LAPD headquarters about breaking crimes relevant to the area. It’s a great tool for determining when a specific area might be backed up with traffic due to a lock down or a crime of some sort – an essential tool for a Los Angeles momager who’s always on the road carting her kid from one audition to the next. Well, imagine my surprise when this Nixle message was sent to my phone this morning:
“A community message has been issued by the LAPD Headquarters, Wednesday February 2, 2011 7:46 AM PST
LAPD Detectives Investigate Theft of Necklace
Los Angeles: On January 22, 2011, a one of a kind necklace, valued at 2,500 dollars, was taken from a jewelry store in the Venice area of Los Angeles.
As part of the Grand Theft investigation, Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Area obtained a search warrant on February 1, 2011, for
actress Lindsay Lohan’s Venice residence, to search for the necklace. Prior to service of the warrant, the necklace was returned to Pacific Detectives.
The case is currently under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4646780/?sub_id=454219″
People Magazine online further reports that Lohan continues to be on probation and remains under random drug testing in her ongoing DUI case. She faces a Feb. 25 progress review hearing and is also currently under investigation by Riverside County prosecutors for allegedly battering a Betty Ford employee.
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Oscar Winner Helen Hunt Reflects on Early Days as a Pro Child Actor, But Doesn’t Want the Same for her Daughter
Posted on 20. Jan, 2011 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt, Academy Award-winning actress, film director and screenwriter, is starring in the film Every Day with talented teen actor Ezra Miller (hailed as one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine’s Young Hollywood Issue). Hunt recently stated to New York Magazine that she refuses to let her 6-year-old daughter Makena Lei become a child actor although she herself began her own career as such. Her early roles include, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bionic Woman,” and “The Swiss Family Robinson.”
About her own career she shares, “I don’t wish I started later, but I was never a child star,” Helen Hun said. “I was in school every year and had normal friends and I loved it and here I am, so I can’t say that I wish I hadn’t done it. I used to say, ‘No, I didn’t miss any of my childhood,’ but it is a very adult place to be, a movie set. Like, it’s a little weird. I think if my daughter was interested in acting, I would find ways for her to act in theater that has to do with her school or a kids’ improvisational thing.”
Hunt says that if Makena Lei were ever serious about acting she would look for her to appear in theatre productions, adding, “There are ways to do it where you’re not on a movie set with 60 adults (which I loved at the time), but as a parent, I don’t know that I’d be dying to put her in that spot”.
Every Day is the story of a crisis stricken New York couple, also starring British comedic actor EDDIE IZZARD and LIV SCHREIBER.
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Former Child Actor Christian Bale Embarrassed by the Title “Child Actor”
Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
In the latest edition of Esquire Magazine (on new stands now) talented thespian Christian Bale speaks about his early years as a child actor, “when he did fantasy movies and even sang and danced in a Disney musical called “Newsies.” Now he cringes at the words ‘child actor.’”
BALE: I spent many years trying to pretend I wasn’t.
ESQUIRE: Why?
BALE: Because it’s embarrassing.
ESQUIRE: Why?
BALE: Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star. Most people look at you like, “That’s not a fucking job, is it?” And then on top of that, you learn very quickly that you’re just a tool — other people are manipulating everything you do, you’re at the mercy of editors, and there’s nothing you can do. But I learned that there’s a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there’s not much else that can really get to ya.
Click here to read the interview in it’s entirety.
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Gary Coleman’s Death Ruled Accident, No Foul Play
Posted on 06. Oct, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Santaquin, UT – The case on Gary Coleman’s death has been closed. While there were initially doubts that the 42-year-old “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s death was accidental, it has now been ruled an accident and not a murder. There was no foul play.
Coleman passed on May 28, 2010, days after suffering a brain hemorrhage from a fall in his home. His ex-wife Shannon Price, who lived with him, called 911.
A spokeswoman for the Santaquin, Utah police told eonline.com that the probe into the former child star’s death has been completed.
Coleman’s fans were angry at Price not because of her alleged involvement in his death, but for her seemingly apathetic behavior when she called 911 during the accident. She didn’t try to win anyone’s favors as well when reports that she shopped around the deathbed photos of the actors. Price was the one who told doctors to take Coleman off life support just two days after he was admitted to the hospital. She previously insisted that contrary to reports, she did not push her ex-husband to his death.
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Former Child Stars Shia LaBeouf & Frankie Muniz Battle It Out in the Press
Posted on 04. Oct, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Former Malcolm in the Middle child star Frankie Muniz, now pursuing a music career, has some sharp words for fellow actor Shia LaBeouf (Wall Street, Transformers, Disturbia) calling him “creepy” for talking about Muniz in recent interviews.
La Beouf, also a former child star (Even Stevens), mentioned Frankie Muniz in a recent chat with American radio program The Bert Show.
When the host asked LaBeouf about his movie success, he replied:
“While that’s flattering as hell, you could have put Frankie Muniz into any of the movies I’ve been in and those movies still would’ve still been number one.”
When LaBeouf was asked whether he feared repercussions over that comment if he were to see Muniz at say, a party, he replied, “I don’t go to many parties… and I really don’t hang out in Frankie Muniz-type zones.”
Muniz is allegedly unhappy about LaBeouf’s comments and took to Twitter to vent, writing:
“Dear Shia LaBeouf. It’s getting creepy the fact that you can’t stop talking about me. It’s been 12 years now. I don’t know you. Thanks.”
The dueling duo were previously engaged in a public feud back in 2003 when LaBeouf accused Muniz of “looking down” on him at parties.
He said, “I used to see him at premieres and stuff and it would always be like he was looking down on me. And then it turned into we’re equal, and then it turned into, ‘Oh Frankie, I know that guy.’”
What do you think? Did Frankie really dis Shia back in his hey as the more prominent child actor? Or is Shia being insecure about imagined slights?
Either way – looks like one of these former child stars is accused of being a Big Fat Liar. Sorry – just had to use that movie title in here somewhere!
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Dakota Fanning on Growing Up in Marie Claire’s August Issue
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Soon-to-be “Former” Child Star, Dakota Fanning, 16, graces the cover of Marie Claire’s August issue. The “Eclipse” and “The Runaways” starlet continues to evolve into a mature actress, trading in yesteryear’s’ Kaiya Eve Pettiskirts for a a leather-trimmed blue graphic-print Proenza Schouler dress among other sophisticated but age appropriate looks. My fave is Fanning with teased-out hair donning a gun-metal metallic sheath with blue short shorts, topped with a 3.1 Phillip Lim tuxedo jacket and Nina Ricci sweater.
Photos courtesy of Marie Claire
The Campbell Hall high school student dishes to the magazine on her “transition” from child actor to screen star. “When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at 6 years old,” Fanning tells Marie Claire. “I hope that ‘The Runaways‘ was kind of a moment to be like, ‘You know, I’m not that young little girl anymore, but I’m still not all grown up, either.’” The critics have taken notice of Fanning’s blossoming talent as well. The New York Times, A.O. Scott states: “Ms. Fanning, who has shown herself a remarkably disciplined and self-aware actress almost since toddlerhood, displays heartbreaking vulnerability as well as frightening poise,” of her performance in the “Runaways.” And like a fine wine aged to perfection, The Denver Post simply called her performance, “uncorked.”
The seasoned actress is practical about the future of her career. “As you get older, there’s so much more that you can do in films,” Fanning says. “I’ve never wanted to rush that; I’ve always wanted to do what’s right for my age, but as you approach 18, a whole new world opens up to you as an actor, and I really look forward to that.”
Visit the magazine’s Web site and pick up the August issue of Marie Claire, on sale July 13, 2010 for the full interview and more fab pics.
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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.
Ashanti, Lindsay Lohan and Usher all have them – Young Hollywood’s hottest accessory, the Momager. Jessica Simpson and younger sister Ashlee have a Popager. And some stars like Beyonce have both parents on payroll.
R&B superstar Ashanti’s mother Tina Douglas recently told FOXNews.com that there is a reason for the momager and popager trend, “This is a tough business. It is dog-eat-dog and very competitive, but when you surround yourself with people who love you and support you, then you can’t lose.”
So whose parents are on payroll even after they’ve become legal adults?
Ashanti and her momager, Tina Douglas.
Jessica Simpson, 27, employs her father Joe as her manager, her best friend CaCee Cobb as her assistant and childhood pal Mike Alexander as her personal trainer.
Papa Joe Simpson also manages his daughter, pop-star and actress, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz.
Beyonce’s mom served as stylist for her daughter’s R&B group Destiny’s Child and her dad managed the trio.
Usher’s mother also serves as his manager.
While having family members on your team may be a great option for some young performers, it becomes a bumpy road for others.
- For instance, what happens when the child becomes the primary or sole bread winner for the parents?
Or perhaps the bread winner for an entire family as was the case with Macaulay Culkin? Christopher “Kit” Culkin, father and ex-manager of former child super star Macaulay Culkin, notoriously lived off the “Home Alone” actor’s assets and that was the least of his reported offenses. Kit Culkin also had a reputation for signing Macaulay up for movies without his son’s permission, being notoriously difficult to work with and allegedly verbally and physically intimidating his then young son.
In 2000, country singer LeAnn Rimes sued her own father, Wilbur Rimes, and his co-manager, Lyle Walker, for embezzling at least $7 million from her empire. Though Rimes and her father are no longer estranged and the case was settled out of court, one might wonder if a child could ever recover from such betrayal.
Dr. Pamela Hain-Koenigsburg, a psychologist in Baltimore, MD also told Fox News, “A parent, you would hope, would be protective of their child and her assets and say, ‘This money should last you a lifetime. I just want you to be successful and have a good life with it,’” said Dr. Pamela Hain-Koenigsburg, a psychologist from Baltimore.
Another danger in playing manager is that parents end up hyper-sexualizing their own children, which is the most obvious conflict of parental interest.
Joe Simpson, a former church minister, has come under fire for vamping up his daughters Jessica and Ashlee.
Teri Shields, the former momager of Brooke Shields, famously marketed her gorgeous daughter as Brooke Shields and Co. and was criticized for encouraging her then-underage daughter to play a child prostitute and appear in sexually implicit ads for Calvin Klein Jeans as a teen and for nude photos at 10 years old that were commissioned by Teri herself as “promotional tools.” Thankfully there is no way those images would ever be produced in today’s protective social climate.
“I used to look at Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson and wonder ‘How do you let your child dress like that?’” Hain-Koenigsburg told Fox News. “As the parent of a girl, I wonder how you could sex a child up like that and throw her out to the world.” Fox News reports that Hain-Koenigsburg has been particularly troubled by the recent case of Lindsay Lohan, whose oft-imprisoned father demanded that ex-wife Dina split the earnings she’s made by managing their various children. “Her [Lindsay's] situation is so terrible,” she said, adding that she thinks Lohan would have been better off if her parents just remained parents. “When that kind of situation happens, who do you go to and who do you trust?”
That being said, the majority of parents do not equate the duties of being a child performers manager with financial or sexual exploitation, and make concerted efforts that this is not the case. “Celebrities are vulnerable, so it makes sense that they would yearn to have someone close to them there at all times,” said Bonnie Low-Kramen who acts as personal assistant to actress Olympia Dukakis. “It has to be a very special relationship for it to work. I know Olympia, and my business relationship is first and foremost, and we have that boundary. [A parent and child] would have to [set] some ground rules, because it’s likened to going into business with someone. It changes the whole relationship.”
And then there’s the sticky issue of payroll…
“The child has to pay the parent a salary — there is something tricky about that,” Low-Kramen tells Fox News. “I think celebrities welcome the ability to separate the business from the personal.”
But Hain-Koenigsburg said that if a parent’s motivation is genuine, employing him or her might be the best thing for a star. “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.”
Source: Fox News, FOXNews.com, Google.com
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Kids Talent Manager Debbie Entin Garner & Partner Jordan Warkol to Teach Acting & Modeling Classes In the West Valley
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by Editor Tracy Bobbitt.
Debbie Entin Garner, children’s talent manager for RisingTalent.net, (a former actor/model herself with more than 20 years experience) will be teaching acting and modeling classes with professional actor Jordan Warkol (child star of the “Little Rascals” 2002 remake), at the West Valley Actors Space in Woodland Hills, CA. This acting class is specifically geared for young children ages 4 to 8 years, while their modeling class is open to youth ages 4 to 18.
Debbie & Jordan’s Youth Acting Class will teach stage presence, build self-esteem and create a strong foundation in acting technique. During class, Debbie and Jordan will provide the young talent with interactive tools such as theater games, improvisation, commercial cold reading and mock interviews. It promises to be a very fun and up beat class. The series will culminate in a showcase for all the parents during the last class meeting.
What: Acting Classes for ages 4 – 8 years
Where: Valley West Actors Space
When: 6 week session begins Monday, April 19, 2010, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $160 per 6 week session
The team’s Modeling classes will both introduce children to and teach them about the modeling industry while also building their own modeling portfolios. Each child will have the opportunity to shoot with top photographers and work on their modeling technique and each “photo shoot” will be a unique experience with different themes. By the end of the series, each child will have many photos which can be used to complete a portfolio or modeling card and Parents will marvel at their child’s transformation over the course of 6 weeks. Photo shoots will be held at various locations to be announced. When the children are not participating in one of the scheduled photo shoots they will be in a class learning to walk a runway, poses, reviewing pictures from previous shoots and learning how to do commercials. If age-appropriate, children will also learn about modeling specific make-up, hair styles, and clothes.
The last modeling class will be a runway show for the parents! If your child is interested in starting a modeling career, Debbie will help send their pictures to top modeling Agents.
What: Modeling Classes for ages 4-18 years
Where: Valley West Actors Space and various photo shoot locations to be announced.
When: Thursdays beginning May 6, 2010 from 4:00 to 5:30. *The class is an hour and half long and the photo shoot days may run longer.
Cost: 6 week series is $350 and includes 3 photo shoots!
If you would like to hold a spot in either class please email your child’s information and class preference to actandmodel@gmail.com or by calling 818-445-7555. West Valley Actor’s Space is located at 22743Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills CA 91364. Their website is www.ValleyActors.com
* Debbie Entin represents kids and young adults via RisingTalent.net in television, film, print, modeling and commercial advertisements. Her clients have appeared in shows like “The Suite Life on Deck,” “Out of Jimmy’s Head,” “Ugly Betty,” “ER,” “Zoey 101,” “Cory In the House,” ”i Carly,” “Victorious,” “Dexter,” “The Closer,” “How I met Your Mother,” “CSI,” “Everybody Hates Chris” and commercials for McDonalds, Pepsi, Saturn, Ford, KFC, Coca Cola, and Disneyland. Her young clients have also completed modeling jobs for many of the fortune 500 companies.