Director Stephen Daldry (The Reader) has cast Jeopardy-Kids Contestant and acting newbie Thomas Horn, 12, of Piedmont, California to play the son of mega-stars and Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Horn will play Oskar Schell, an intelligent and loquacious 9-year old whose father is killed during the 9/11 World Trade
Brick, better known as child actor Atticus Shaffer, the youngest sibling in ABC’s hit comedy “The Middle,” is offering his own unique and hilarious, unorthodox advice for the holidays (and beyond) in free, quirky personalized online video greetings, available at ABC.com at http://GreetingsFromBrick.com. Personally, I can't think of any child actor I'd rather receive a
As we reported in October of this year, kids casting has been underway for SPIDER-MAN. Director Marc Webb was saddled with the difficult task of casting the younger version of Welsh actor and musician, Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Harry Potter). Kudos to casting director, Francine Joyce Maisler, who seems to have made a brilliant look-alike choice
Imagine this scenario: Your child auditions for her first feature film, gets the part and (shazam!) her film parents are being played by power house talents Ryan Gosling and Michele Williams. This is exactly the case for darling, six-year-old Faith Wladyka who will make her film debut as Frankie, in the gritty, dramatic love story,
As reported a couple of weeks ago, HMB covered and attended the premiere of "The Nutcracker in 3D." Until last week, my strongest memories of the evening were of my wonderful HMB entourage who assisted in every way possible to make the coverage a success, Elle Fanning's graciousness and incredible poise on the red carpet
Project Name: TBA Project Type: Family Cooking Variety TV Series Rate/Compensation: Copy and Meals Dates: December 4, 2010 Project Type: Shooting Teaser Location: Switch Studio-Venice Casting: Actors and Actress 6 to 10 yrs. Actors should be outgoing, not shy in front of camera, and truly excited about food. Experience in the kitchen is a must! Singing
Young Actor Max Records has graduated from taming Wild Things to battling Robots! Max Records, 13, made his feature film debut in Spike Jonze's film, "Where the Wild Things Are," with no prior acting experience. Most recently he played a young Mark Ruffalo in Rian Johnson's "The Brothers Bloom." In his next film "Blinky," directed
Elle and Dakota Fanning Synopsis: From Academy Award-winning writer/director Sofia Coppola ("Lost in Translation," "The Virgin Suicides," "Marie Antoinette"), "Somewhere" is a witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff). Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around
The Hollywood Reporter recently covered the business of professional child actors and according to the magazine, in 2009 young actress Ciara Bravo, 12, nearly gave up pursuing her professional acting career after spending 2 frustrating summers auditioning in L.A. with mother Tammy, with absolutely no success. While Ciara had come close to booking a regular role
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)
