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"Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?"...
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Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
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Dickie Roberts is a former child actor who appeared on a hit television show. Now in his thirties, he can only find work as a parking valet and spends his free time with other formal child stars. Wanting to make a comeback, he manages to get an audition with director Rob Reiner. When the role requires him to be normal, he decides to hire a normal family for $20,000 in order to "research" the childhood he missed out on.
3) At Freddie's
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
"Freddie's" is the familiar name of the Temple Stage School, which supplies London's West End theaters with child actors for everything from Shakespeare to musicals to the Christmas pantomime. Its proprietress, Freddie Wentworth, is a formidable woman of unknown age and murky background who brings anyone she encounters under her spell - so common an occurrence that it is known as "being Freddied." At her school, we meet dour Pierce, a teacher hopelessly...
4) Tribute
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English
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Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The iconic actress looks back on her days as a child star for Disney, as well as the challenges of dealing with an industry that wanted her to remain to bound to a wholesome, youthful public image.
Mills was still a preteen when she began her acting career and was quickly thrust into the spotlight. Under the wing of Walt Disney himself, Mills was transformed into one of the biggest child starlets of the 1960s through iconic roles in both British...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An inspirational comedy about faith and forgiveness. Gavin Stone, a washed-up former child star is forced to do community service at a local mega-church and pretends to be Christian so he can land the part of Jesus in their annual passion play only to discover that the most important role of his life is far from Hollywood.
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Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 3
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Former child star "Badly" Hadley Dalton can't shake the nickname she got on Little Cowgirls, the reality show that made her famous. Another thing she can't shake: her attraction to hometown heartthrob Leyton Jameson. After their teen make-out session was televised, Leyton ended their relationship, and Hadley left town. But when she learns her beloved Granny Em has gone missing, Hadley returns home and immediately lands in hot water' Leyton has wanted...
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Hollywood discovered Peggy-Jean Montgomery when she was just nineteen months old and made her a star before she was two. By the time she was six, Baby Peggy had become one of the most popular stars in Hollywood. Stores even sold Baby Peggy products. By the age of eleven, she was broke, her money twice stolen by her family. Over the next six decades, this neglected child reinvented herself as Diana Serra Cary, a respected author, film historian and...
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"Thirty years after a tragic accident shut down production of the classic children's program Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members have done their best to move on. But just as generations of cultishly devoted fans still cling to the lessons they learned from the show, the cast, known as the Circle of Friends, have spent their lives searching for the happiness they felt while they were on it. The friendship. The feeling of belonging. And the...
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A fiercely funny and heartfelt Brooklyn-set rom-com featuring two talented romantic misfits whose first date ends with a psychic's prophecy that is equal parts great fortune and certain doom-and sends them on a search for answers to some of life's big questions, including whether they'll throw caution-and fate-to the wind, trust their instincts and write their own futures?
From co-authors and real-life partners Kate and Danny Tamberelli.
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Series
Lena in the spotlight volume 2
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Lena is just figuring out how to manage her new fame at home when she finds out she's hitting the road on a two-week bus tour to further promote the film. Traveling across the country with the cast--with the surprise addition of her whole family joining them--Lena experiences adventures and challenges she never expected, while learning to step outside of her comfort zone and follow the path God has for her life. She learns that saying yes to God...
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It's been years since anyone really thought about Hayley Aldridge. A child star turned television royalty, Hayley spent years in Hollywood partying and being plastered across the front page of all the tabloids before quietly disappearing after a whirlwind marriage and divorce and very public breakdown. Once the tabloids wrung every last drop out of the drama, they moved on to the next It Girl. But Hayley is still here. For over a decade, she's been...
14) Tribute
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Cilla McGowan is a former child star who buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to restore it from ruin. Her hope for serenity is soon shattered by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother who perished in the house thirty years before. She finds comfort in her neighbor, Ford Sawyer, who must protect her when the dark visions and family secrets spiral into a real-life nightmare
Author
Series
Lone Star Ridge volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Their past never faded -- and neither did their passion. Between running his family ranch and dealing with far too many needy relatives, Shaw Jameson doesn't have time for more trouble. But when his first love, former-child-star-turned-businesswoman Sunny Dalton, returns to Lone Star Ridge, Shaw senses things are about to get a whole lot more interesting. Shaw isn't prepared for the memories that come flooding back now ... or the reignited spark between...
16) Star of the show
Author
Series
Magic puppy volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Language
English
Description
Acting in a film for the first time, Tessa is lonely until she meets a magic puppy who helps her make friends and meet her favorite actor.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Blanche, a famous Hollywood star, is crippled in a car accident and must be taken care of by her sister Jane, a former child star jealous of her sister's fame. As the hatred between the two sisters grows, Jane begins to torture her ailing sister. This title has been repackaged.
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Child star Owen Eugene had it all: a hit sitcom on prime time, a Saturday morning cartoon, and a memoir on the bestseller list. The secret to his success was his talent for improvisation . . . and his small size. On screen he made the whole world laugh, but behind the scenes his life was falling apart. Hollywood ate him alive."--Amazon.com
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