#child stars

[vintage-tigre]

Drew Barrymore at 9 lighting Stephen King's cigarette, 1984

[classycookiexo]

Face card been valid asf and I honestly believe that her dark hair phase was just as iconic as the blonde one

The dark hair really brought out her eyes to me

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Lidya Jewett is actually a wonderful actress and a beautiful girl and there are SOOOOO many opportunities to include her as an FC, but I feel like I don't really be seeing her on here. Ionlikedat.

If you use Lidya Jewett for an FC, tag me. I want to see more of her.

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

Judy Garland's experience while filming "The Wizard of Oz" was a tragic example of the harsh realities young actors often faced during that era. When she was only 16, she was put on a strict diet of mainly chicken soup and coffee. Additionally, she was encouraged to smoke approximately 80 cigarettes a day, a common practice in the entertainment industry during that time.

[oldshowbiz]

[nerdby]

I'm really fucking depressed because of the new Quiet On The Set docuseries about the abuse Nickelodeon's child stars suffered. Like its not surprising at all, especially after hearing what Jeannette McCurdy went through. I just can't help but hate myself because all I can think about is like my childhood is getting stomped on.

Which is a completely bullshit thing to be upset over because those poor kids had their childhoods stolen from them.

[idasessions]

Thora Birch and Kirsten Dunst on the red carpet of the 6th Annual Blockbuster Awards in Los Angeles on May 9th, 2000. Photos by Ron Galella.

[mafaldaknows]

“We trade trauma for wisdom…it deepens our eyes.”

Cole Sprouse

Listen to what he says about our culture of sensationalism at around the 24:20 mark and consider the damage that specific mentality of extremes has caused many innocent people in the entertainment industry via celebrity gossip news and social media.

It seems that few people these days are interested in knowing the human being behind the famous name; they want to know only about the paragons of virtue and the absolute monsters, so that’s what celebrity gossip gives them, with no room whatsoever for anything in between those two extremes.

Listen also to what he says about custody with regard to his parents. Sometimes it’s the fathers who are better equipped mentally and emotionally to raise children.

Ignore this sensationalist headline, ignore the previous weird interview elsewhere in which he smokes a cigarette indoors, and all that sort of nonsense. Give Cole Sprouse a shot at convincing you that he’s one of the most insightful and thought-provoking people who’s ever sat down for a conversation with Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO.

[theladyfromplanetx]

Hey Razzies, here’s two more people you owe an apology.

[rumade]

Why the person who got chimped in Nope had to be that person

SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE NOPE BELOW

Hello hello so I just watched it this evening and for me, one of the best parts of the film was the reveal of who got chimped by Gordy, and why it had to be that person.

From what I remembered, there are 3 flashbacks to the chimp incident (chimpcident?)- 1) the opening scene, 2) the flashback when Ricky is warming up for his show, 3) the flashback at reveals exactly what happened on set, with footage from behind the sitcom cameras too.

The film opens with us seeing those legs in jeans and one slip on shoe sticking out from behind the sofa. We don't know who has been attacked and whether they're alive or dead; two points that add tension to the final flashback reveal. When that sitcom footage shows, I found myself scanning the actors legs looking for those jeans and slip on shoes. The mom sits down on the sofa in a skirt, and that's when I realised it was the daughter; but the truth is it always had to be the daughter.

Nope has many different interpretations, but one that comes up throughout the film is the moral that fame/showbiz can be dangerous.

Mary Jo, the daughter who gets mauled by the chimp but survives is a metaphor for all those young female stars who get chewed up and mauled by fame. Women like Lindsay Lohan, or Amanda Bynes, or going further back, Drew Barrymore.

[cladriteradio]

Here are 10 things you should know about Anita Louise, born 107 years ago today. She began her career as a child and went on to enjoy success on the stage, in pictures and on radio and television.

[occulthoss]

Moodboard young ♡ Brooke Shields ♡

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

To be clear, I'm not even talking about the typical colorism of making unambiguous and/or monoracial characters portrayed by light skinned biracial and multiracial actors. I got beef with that, but the thing I'm talking about is within a production, when there are multiple actors playing the same role, and they can't be bothered to accurately cast.

I'm watching Westworld, and this adorable little girl that they let me form a connection with (who look so much like my youngest niece when she was little) ...

They turn around and bamboozle me with an adult version of her played by none other than that girl that had the audacity to steal the representation of Shana Elmsford in that Jem movie that none of us watched, and I personally cannot forgive.

So. Here are a few examples that I recall looking around the room whenever I saw the choices while watching some stuff.

This little girl in the flashback for Ava in Ant Man and The Wasp.

It's not a huge difference in photos, but photos don't be true to how the people look and It's difficult to find images as clear as the production when you're watching it. But, that child is not likely to grow up and look like that. They ain't eeem got the same eyes and Ava was on her revenge thang. She was not about to be bleaching her skin and getting light colored contacts in her revenge free time.

And I was double sideeyeing because that's not even the first time casting pulled that with one of Hannah's characters. Remember baby Dutch on Killjoys?

Maybe Dutch would change her appearance when she got older, because she really wanted tp detach herself from her past... But Aneela wouldn't have, so??? That's simply the form they allegedly grew up into. 🙄

And... I ain't never watch this, because I just didn't, but it's the most agregious example on this short list and that's the Ruby character in The Darkest Minds. Girl, looka dis:

Ruby grew up and lost an ENTIRE HALF of her DNA. Whoever was responsible for this was ON ONE.

[somethingoriginal127]

the treatment of a young justin bieber and in turn my inability to see him as the enemy:

keeping my trend of just talking and giving my 2 cents on trending topics, in the matter of rich, cis white men being exposed as a literal scum of the earth people i am never moved or surprised. (i also don’t usually care bc it’s normally someone i was not a fan of before they were exposed for heinous behavior)

however i have never been able to shake my sympathy, understanding, and hesitance to write off the musician that is justin bieber. i just always feel as though there’s so much he deals with behind the scenes that we’ll never know about. that’s true of anyone famous but the reason i say this is because of the amount of documentaries this man has where they barely skim the surface of what he endured in the industry. the stuff they choose to discuss doesn’t even scratch the surface of even things we saw happen on live television

(early sexualization of a child, SA, SH, etc.)

his entire brand since he was 15 was also to essentially be a “boyfriend” to all his fans and the minute he dropped the persona because he wasn’t feeling up to being touched/groped/kissed/screamed at for the day he was in turn CRUCIFIED in the media for being a heinous human. which has always been so odd to me? like the media/general public has some sort of claim or ownership of his body since he was a developing child. it’s gross and it’s been like that since his formative years. (that has to be ridiculously damaging)

*update* i’m reading this back to make sure i articulated my thoughts in the way i wanted and i’m now angrier about his treatment then when i first typed it. bc why isn’t his body allowed to be his and why is he a villain for setting boundaries? bc he’s a boy? that’s actually is so disturbing to me the longer i sit with it. (no seriously i want you to think abt how physically and mentally he lost like all body autonomy at 14. and he has never gotten it back in all honesty.)

also him having a drug problem in (2014?) i think and knocking on deaths door at (18/19? years old) visibly deteriorating and reacting to his lifestyle/trauma he was given too young, adult celebs took to twitter to call him names and attack him when he was clearly a child (yes child idc that he was 18) crying for help was also extremely odd to me. laughing at the traumatized kid having a downward spiral and evidently no reliable adults in his life left a bad taste in my mouth, even then.

maybe it’s the blind items i keep seeing about his alleged SA or the clips of it happening from grown women in talk shows, or because the open discussion about his sex life/sexual preferences/when he was only 15 and growing up watching the general public use him (A KID) as a punching bag/toy for their own enjoyment gives me so much sympathy and is why i’ve always given him grace. it’s also worth noting those who are respected in hollywood and are close to him speak extremely highly of him which also makes me pause to think he’s not nearly as heinous as the media has always liked to paint him.

not to mention that interview he did with zane lowe ?? where he talks about wanting to protect billie eilish from what he endured in the industry because “he wouldn’t wish that upon anybody” and then starts to sort of crumple in on himself when speaking about it like he can’t even recount what he’s been through without it having a visible effect is SO sad/scary to me. that whole interview was very strange and sort of haunting actually.

to this day small things he does/says are blown up to insane headlines to make him look like he’s on some tirade and then you watch the clips with these insane titles and it’s just the man asking to be left alone for a little while ? he just seems like a deeply traumatized/cut individual to me.

i hate long post w no pictures or gifs so this is what justin bieber looks like if you didn’t know !😃

(i think everyone who’s had the internet longer than a week could identify this man in a line up of white men but i digress😭)

but that could just be because i witnessed his growing up in my lifetime so it feels closer than most lmao idk. it’s very possible i wouldn’t be as sympathetic if i didn’t watch him get broken down in real time.

[dreaming-in-4d]

You guys, I'm worried about Neige. Think about it. He's your typical cute and marketable child star. I'm afraid that once he gets too old the industry will drop him like an old shoe tossed into an alleyway.

What usually happens to folks like this? Drugs, drinking, crime, etc. No need for a poison apple because he'll be poisoning himself.

What does the future hold for this fair boy as well as his companions?