While I write this, I've left my 11-year-old daughter Jordan in the very capable hands of casting director extraordinaire, Howard Meltzer. Jordan and approximately 25 other young, Hollywood hopefuls are fortunate enough to be working with Howard one-on-one for the next 2 hours. As both her mom and as writer for HMB, I approached this
Photo by Jennings Paige I've known Challen Cates for almost two decades now but until our interview last week the most I could tell you about her is that she is from Virginia, is a talented actress and as you can see in these amazing accompanying photographs taken by Jennings Paige - She Never
Well, technically Hollywood Mom did a celeb interview for People Magazine - it's not about us or the blog. But a girl can dream can't she? It's an article about gorgeous Hollywood couple Aonika Laurent and Sean Patrick Thomas, covering their baby shower for son-to-be Luc Laurent. Our love and congratulations to the entire
By Contributor Diana Marcketta Celebrity parents gathered in Beverly Hills this past weekend in support of their friend and fellow celebrity parent, Kathy Ireland who hosted a Mother’s Day reception at Geary’s, a leading retailer of fine luxury gifts, in honor of the launch of her new jewelry line produced by Elan Luxury Collections. The collection
I drive a lot. And by a lot, I mean all the freaking time. At the risk of sounding like a mathematical word problem, my daughter's school is located about 15 miles away to the west. So with 2 round trips per day to and from school, I drive a minimum of at least 60
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
By HMB Contributor Cari Surch Being the parent of a child actor requires hard work, dedication and patience - lots of patience! When my daughter, who has been pursuing acting professionally for a year and a half now, first approached her father and me with the news she wanted to act, we were skeptical. I did
Last week Jordan got a call to work one of our favorite television shows, "Modern Family." We were hoping it was for one of the "featured friends of Alex" played by young talent Ariel Winter, but no, she was (too young I tell myself) cast as "kid standing in line outside the Apple Store as
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
Some child actors do and some child actors don't. My kid does. Have a dedicated website, that is. While the debate rages on amongst parents with the "Should we or shouldn't we?" conversation, many of us have forged forward into the internet abyss, securing our child's *namesake URL and creating web sites that range from