HBO’s newest documentary, Showbiz Kids, examines the dark reality of child stardom through the lens of those who lived it.Evan Rachel Wood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Wil Wheaton, Todd Bridges, Mila Jovovich, Henry Thomas, Mara Wilson and the late Cameron Boyce paint a sobering picture of the price they paid to pursue their dreams (and in some cases the dreams of their parents) […]
Continue readingFour years after Robin Williams‘ death, his Mrs.Doubtfire costar Pierce Brosnan shared a sweet thought about the late actor.Brosnan, 65, posted a photograph of himself on Thursday reuniting with the child stars of the 1993 film: Mara Wilson, Matthew Lawrence and Lisa Jakub.“Guess who? Today, after 25 years, I gathered around a table in the […]
Continue readingMatilda actress Mara Wilson is speaking out against the sexualization of young girls in Hollywood, and sharing her own experiences of being objectified as a child star.In a power essay for Elle, Wilson began by recounting a fan letter she received at the age of 15 from a man named “Don, or maybe Doug,” who wrote to […]
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