Many are not aware that Janet Jackson, of the musical Jackson clan, originally found fame not as a singer but as Pre-teen Child Actor playing Penny on the 70's sitcom 'Good Times." According to Janet, as a Pre-teen Child Actor her breasts, which have been the topic of water cooler conversation (a racy Rolling Stone cover)
Abigail Breslin, now 14 years old, sports a goth look in black and white photos for Bullett Magazine this month, a far cry from the innocent, gap-toothed seven-year-old she we fell in love with in "Little Miss Sunshine." The teen star has become the "it girl" for all child roles (heir apparent to Dakota Fanning)
It's been revealed that former child star Danny Pintauro, 34, who played Jonathan Bower on the 1980s sitcom "Who's the Boss," is now a Tupperware salesman. I can't believe that a former child star being gainfully employed outside the film industry is breaking news, but there you have it. Perez Hilton has pealed the plastic lid
Mary-Kate Olsen, 24, rose to unexpected fame with her twin sister Ashley, playing the youngest Tanner sister on the hit television series Full House, and somehow graduated from the dreaded title "former child star" to the enviable moniker of "fashion icon" with relative ease in her late teens. Today, she and her sister have an
In a case of bad timing, Amanda Bynes, 24-year-old former Nickelodeon star on “All That” and “The Amanda Show," announced Saturday via her twitter account that she is retiring from acting. Following Nickelodeon, Bynes was in the WB sitcom “What I like About You,” with costar Jennie Garth. She starred in the films, “She’s the Man” and
According to People Magazine, Former Child Star and accomplished Academy Award winning actress, Jodie Foster shared some advice with "Panic Room" co-star, Kristen Stewart. Foster's advice: "Just about how to not go crazy and be a young actor who wants to have a long career." And if anyone would know about the graceful
Molly reveals that her role as a mother on her new TV show "is a bit of a flash forward" into her own kids' future, which she hopes won't include acting, at least until they're much older. Molly shares that her own parents were "naïve" about the perils awaiting a child star, but she also credits them with her ability to overcome the challenges that can lead to many young actors' downfalls.
This morning on ABC News, host George Stephanopolis interviewed beautiful actress and UNICEF ambassdor Alyssa Milano in promotion of her new prime time series "Romantically Challenged," premiering tonight on ABC. During the interview George asked Allysa how she managed to be a child actor, grow up in the spotlight on 70's smash hit "Who's the Boss?"
After a month of depressing new stories about the tragic ends of former child stars, I have some encouraging news to relay about the rewards of hard work and strong parenting. This is the story of former child actor Joe Mazzello. Former child actor Joe Mazzello [“Radio Flyer,” “Raising Helen” and “Jurassic Park”] takes an adult
Even back when she was a child star shooting the television hit "The Wonder Years," with iconic co-star Fred Savage, producers had to hire an advanced calculus tutor to keep up with Danica McKella's math aptitude. But at that point she had never considered becoming a mathematician. Social conditioning, says 32-year-old McKellar, made her believe girls