In a compelling article for Movmnt Magazine, that is thankfully not dumbed down as another Broadway and Hollywood, east coast versus west coast tirade, Writer Matthew Murphy explores the career dichotomy of the child actor working on Broadway and one working in film or television. The ultimate question he asks being: which performance medium better
I espouse the philosophy that as Momagers, the entertainment business needs to be all about our kids and their experiences whether they're stars, working actors or newbies just getting started in the business. However, as a business person, brand advocate and a full-fledged marketing addict, I'm throwing that philosophy completely aside for the day. If
"At first, [the transition from child actor] is very hard. Even when you're going on auditions now, after 'The Game’, I still run into people that still think I'm the little girl from 'Sister Sister'
Not many people hold the title of both child actor and celebrity offspring simultaneously; even fewer hold those titles and transition successfully to television stardom by early adulthood. This makes Hayden Panettiere a rare breed indeed. According to a recent interview with "In Style" Magazine, one time child actor and now star of the hit
I love hearing about the "happy" side of acting for kids - child stars and former child stars included. Ralph Macchio is today's case in point. While I don't believe that his career path has been rose-laden, I do know that former child star Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, Outsiders) is continuing to successfully forge his
Francene Selkirk-Ackerman, owner of Shooting from the Hip Casting, Inc. is hosting an on-camera commercial acting class for kids and teens. The Youth class is a 6 week course, starting March 28th and costs $275.00. The teen course is also 6 weeks and starts on March 28th as well. Cost is $300.00. To register for this class, please
Kristen Stewart and her mother Jules are friends of my husband Russell and also happen to live in our neighborhood. He's worked with both mother and daughter on separate film projects: Kristen as an actress on "Zathura" and Jules as script supervisor on "The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas," and "The Flintstones." Jules has apparently moved on to directing now and Kristen,
It's fascinating to watch this old footage of Miley Cyrus we discovered online the other day. Especially to see how radically she's changed over such a relatively short period of time. Disney is truely a star-making machine. Miley was absolutely adorable, fresh and tom-boyish at this age; we completely understand why they hired her. Do you? Miley Cyrus Audition Footage for Hannah Montana
Deborah Gibson’s Electric Youth has announced March 1, auditions for its second annual two-week “Summer Camp” in Hollywood, California from July 6 - 17, 2009, open to serious performers only, ages 10 - 20. Electric Youth will also consider younger students on a case-by-case basis depending on their professionalism and attention span. Classes offered at the Summer Camp
Hotel for Dogs' Emma Roberts, niece of Julia Roberts and daughter of Eric Roberts, shared with Moviefone.com in a recent interview that she would like to emulate the career path of Actress Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), also once a child actor known for Disney fare (Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted). I watched Anne Hathaway present at the recent "Behind the