Young Performer Moni Burkhardt with Founders, Aaron Ableman and Dave Room This past Friday evening, February 22, 2013, young talent Damoni "Moni" Burkhardt, 11, performed at the launch of Imagination Heals, a program which provides inspiration and positive reinforcement through musical entertainment and the arts at a critical time in an ill child's life. One
UPDATE: Following an enormous public outcry, The Onion Editor, Steve Hannah, has finally posted the following response to Sunday night's "deleted" tweet: I'm speechless. Just when I thought I'd seen it all in the world of Child Stars and abusive media, turns out media outlet @TheOnion has sunk to an absolute new low in what usually
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
A free, open, Casting Call for the Lead Child Actor Role in an upcoming Warner Brothers Feature Film "CRAZY FOR THE STORM," directed by Sean Penn, casting by Francine Maisler & Associates. Casting for the role of "Norman," a 9 - 11 year old caucasian boy with surfing experience. Parents, please note, this child should
The next Vince Vaughn? This is another Free Casting Call, Hollywood Moms! A Major Network TV show is currently casting a 12 to 14 year old, Asian male. Description: Funny, outgoing, cool, wise-beyond-his-years, Asian boy, ages 12-14 year old, for a series regular role in a TV comedy pilot. This character is basically a
As most Hollywood Moms and Dads are aware, Annie, the Musical is being turned into a feature film by dynamic duo Will Smith and Jay-Z. Will's talented daughter, Willow Smith was pre-ordained to become an actress and most recently pegged to star as the lead in the Annie remake but now rumor is she's "aged
In 1998 I was working with my husband on the teen comedy film, "Never Been Kissed." We had recently purchased our first home and my only immediate goal was to pay our monthly mortgage. At the time, I didn't have many girlfriends in Los Angeles and certainly none who were pregnant or having kids. So about
How to Market Your Child Actor Part 3 To recap, in the last two parts of “Marketing Your Child Actor,” we discussed the following marketing tools: Part 1: (1) Headshots; (2) Postcards and Mailing Lists; (3) Social Media; Part 2: (4) Keeping your agent and/or manager in the loop; 5) Websites that provide information for casting projects;
How to Market Your Child Actor for Increased Auditions and Call Backs Part 2 of 3 As you may recall, in Part 1 of “How to Market Your Child Actor,” we discussed three ways to market your child actor: (1) Headshots for Kids; (2) Postcards and Mailing Lists for your child actor; and (3) Social
For those of you dying to catch another on-screen glimpse of Hailee Steinfeld since her debut in True Grit, the wait is finally over! And if you thought Hailee was all about acting, you'd be only partially correct. She's all about twitter and all about music too! The alt-rock band The Cab has premiered a new music
