The fellow former child star mourned Panettiere following her recent death at the age of 36.
The fellow former child star mourned Panettiere following her recent death at the age of 36.Open
Author Rachel Cusk's upcoming novel "Life of M" maps so closely onto Natalie Portman's biography that sources say the actress finds the whole affair "annoying", and insists the two women were never close friends. The book, a slim 100-page work scheduled for release August 25, centers on a character called M: a former child star […] The post Rachel Cusk's new novel draws an unmistakable portrait of Natalie Portman — without her consent appeared first on American Almanac .
Author Rachel Cusk's upcoming novel "Life of M" maps so closely onto Natalie Portman's biography that sources say the actress finds the whole affair "annoying", and insists the two women were never close friends. The book, a slim 100-page work scheduled for release August 25, centers on a character called M: a former child star living in Paris who once trained alongside "starved and chain-smoking ballerinas" for a film about ballet, endured the sexualization of her early career, and watched her marriage collapse. Every detail tracks with Portman's public life, her Oscar-winning turn in "Black Swan," her childhood debut in "Léon: The Professional" at age 12, and her March 2024 divorce from ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied after 11 years…Open
The actress was a child star who went on to become a fixture of network TV dramas in the 2000s.
Panettiere began her career as a child star, and she would go on to have roles in both television and film.
The actor who played Woim in the 1994 hit The Little Rascals spent his teenage years working fast food inside a Walmart, a choice he says reflects how little money most child stars actually take home. Blake Collins was nine years old when he appeared alongside a cast of kid actors in one of the […] The post Blake Collins traded child stardom for a McDonald's cash register — and says he'd do it again appeared first on American Almanac .
The actor who played Woim in the 1994 hit The Little Rascals spent his teenage years working fast food inside a Walmart, a choice he says reflects how little money most child stars actually take home. Blake Collins was nine years old when he appeared alongside a cast of kid actors in one of the most quotable family comedies of the 1990s. By fifteen, he was wearing a headset and punching in combo-meal orders at a McDonald's, fielding double-takes from customers who recognized him between the fryer and the register. Now 41, Collins works behind the camera in Hollywood and has started talking publicly about what child fame actually looks like once the credits roll. In a recent interview with People magazine, Page Six reported , Collins…Open
Actress Mackenzie Phillips says producers forced her off the set of the hit CBS sitcom "One Day at a Time" after she refused an on-the-spot drug test, a test she admits she would have failed. Phillips, now 66, laid out the account at a recent panel appearance at Fanboy Expo in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she […] The post Mackenzie Phillips says a morals clause and a failed drug test ended her run on 'One Day at a Time' appeared first on American Almanac .
Actress Mackenzie Phillips says producers forced her off the set of the hit CBS sitcom "One Day at a Time" after she refused an on-the-spot drug test, a test she admits she would have failed. Phillips, now 66, laid out the account at a recent panel appearance at Fanboy Expo in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she told fans that her contract included a morals clause with teeth sharper than the standard version. Every cast member signed a morals agreement, she said, but hers carried a specific provision: if producers suspected she was under the influence, they could haul her to a doctor for a urinalysis on the spot. That provision came due during a lunch break. Phillips told the panel she had fallen asleep on a couch on set when co-executive…Open
'It's one of the five different gig jobs that I'm doing right now'
He said he did drugs 'all day, all night'
'I gave it to the tax man'