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
Consummate acting pro Chloe Moretz, 13, is growing up Hollywood and so are her fashion choices. She looks so sophisticated on the BAFTA Childrens Awards red carpet wearing a wool dress from the Chanel Cruise 2011 collection. But watch the video interview below and you'll see that she's clearly still a sweet, young girl overflowing
DreamWorks Studios is holding an open casting call this Saturday, December 4, 2010, for the lead role of "Josh" in its upcoming movie Welcome To People starring Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks. This is the feature film directorial debut of writer/producer Alex Kurtzman (Transformers, Star Trek) with the script co-written by Kurtzman &
UPDATE: According to Deadline Hollywood, Taylor Momsen has been suspended from "Gossip Girl" indefinitely because of her "offscreen antics." Representatives for the CW and Warner Brothers did not comment, but Momsen is confirmed to miss at least 4 episodes, beginning with the show's Dec. 6, 2010 midseason finale. Momsen, who is credited as a series regular, has
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
Director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire) has cast the pivotal role of Dylan Mee in We Bought a Zoo, based on Benjamin Mee’s memoir of the same name. Seasoned Child Actor and Damon look-alike, Colin Ford has been cast as Matt Damon’s son in the movie, per the latest IMDB information on the film. Colin is
