Jake Lloyd is a 20-year-old young man who is like a lot of 20-year-old young men. He went to high school, and suffered the casual cruelties and careless aggressions of adolescence. He took a year off and is now in... CONTINUE READING WE ARE ALL AGING ANAKIN SKYWALKERS»
Posted on July 24, 2009 in Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Aging | Anakin Skywalker | Child Actors | George Lucas | Jake Lloyd | Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace
As if being a kid whose parents make her act in commercials wasn't already bad enough, one of the little girls in this commercial for Ally Bank is probably going to have lifelong self-esteem issues. And hate ponies. And REALLY... CONTINUE READING OUR BANK MAKES LITTLE GIRLS CRY»
Posted on May 28, 2009 in Animals On Film, Commercials
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Tags: Child Actors | Kids | Pony
The new Partnership For A Drug Free America ad campaign is all about how you have to be really tough on your teenagers to keep them off drugs, because they're not cute like newborn babies. They want drugs. But all... CONTINUE READING THIS CHILD ACTOR HAS THE WORST JOB IN THE WORLD»
Posted on April 23, 2009 in Commercials
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Tags: Babies | Child Actors | Children | Drugs | Pot | Teenagers
More terrible news for the children of Slumdog Millionaire, of course. Woof. Well, this is what happens when you exploit people for "art" and, more importantly, "profit." It turns families against each other and ruins communities. But wasn't that Bollywood... CONTINUE READING THE POST SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WORLD IS ON A RACE TO THE WORST»
Posted on April 21, 2009 in Backlashes, Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Child Actors | Danny Boyle | Fox News | Poverty | Rubina Ali | Slumdog Millionaire
The more dug-up videos I see, the more convinced I become that the 1980s was the most barbaric, un-self-aware, child-abusy, selfish, downright mean decade in our country's history. Of course, that can't actually be true, duh, but even the '70s... CONTINUE READING MEET KATIE: THE WORST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in Instructional Videos, Video Skeletons
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Tags: Child Actors | Kids | Stage Parents
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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