One of HMB's favorite Child Actors, Merit Leighton has been cast in the role of The Little Witch on Disney Junior's Animated Series "Sofia the First." Her episode airs this morning, May 31 at 9:30 a.m. so be sure to watch or record it! "The Little Witch" is the eleventh episode of Sofia the First. She joins a star-studded
According to several media outlets, Chloe Moretz, 16, is rumored to be up for, or perhaps all ready cast in, the role of child prostitute "Teri," the female lead in Sony's "The Equalizer," the feature film version of the classic television show, starring Denzel Washington. Moretz participated in a table read for the part and reportedly impressed
She may have lost out to Jennifer Lawrence at the Academy Awards this evening, but Sony announced earlier today that Oscar-nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis, 9, has been cast in Will Smith's "Annie" remake. "Annie" will debut in 2014 during the winter holiday season, and is based on the stage play about an orphan's adventures in finding
According to Entertainment Weekly, child actor Rowan Blanchard, age 11, has won the coveted title role of Riley Matthews in Girl Meets World, the Disney Channel spin-off of Boy Meets World. Her parents will be played by Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel) reprising their original roles from Boy Meets World. SPY KIDS Star Rowan Blanchard poses
True Grit break-through child star Hailee Steinfeld signed on to play the lead in Why We Broke Up, the film adaptation of Daniel Handler's recent novel a while back and the project is still listed as "In Development." Better known to us moms as Lemony Snicket, Handler also wrote the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books, my daughter's
More and more often Celebrity Babies, the off-spring of famous of parents, are becoming child actors, child models, child singers and dancers, or child stars in their own right. This is the exclusive world where "celebrity baby" intersects with the world of the "child performer" and Celebrity Moms become Hollywood Moms. In the tradition of
First it was Jackie Evancho, runner-up on America's Got Talent who booked as the GUESS Brand IT girl for Fall 2012. Now it's Guess Kids' heir apparent, Dannielynn Birkhead, age 6, following in her mom Anna Nicole Smith's fashion footsteps some 20 years later in the GUESS Kids spring 2013 Campaign. Larry Birkhead is Dannielynn's father.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, it appears child actor Gattlin "Getty" Griffith will join Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin in Jason Reitman's Labor Day. HMB readers may recall that Reitman, Oscar-nominated for both Juno and Up in the Air, has been seeking actors for this role for sometime. Reitman is said to have chosen Griffith, but as of this
