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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mothers 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,'{28}Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesnt tint hers?'...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Description
Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city...
4) Tribute
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 and American films. She became one of only twelve actors in history to be bestowed with the Academy Juvenile Award. In her memoir, Mills provides a unique window into when Hollywood was still Tinseltown...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We Were Dreamers is the superhero origin story of Simu Liu, Marvel Cinematic Universe's first leading Asian superhero, who grew up torn between China and Canada, until he found the courage to dream like his parents before him. Witty, honest, inspiring and relatable, We Were Dreamers weaves together the narratives of two generations in a Chinese immigrant family who are inextricably tied to one another even as they are torn apart by deep cultural...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
Español
Description
Explores the work theater kids do when participating in a show. Highlights a selection of shows that feature child actors. Includes a picture glossary and color photographs.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Language
English
Description
Explores the work theater kids do when participating in a show. Describes a selection of shows that feature child actors. Includes a picture glossary and color photographs.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 them that turns into a raging inferno. Still, this gorgeous...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Melissa Francis was eight, she won the role of a lifetime: Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted by the Ingalls family on the prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Despite her age, she was already a veteran actress, moving from one Hollywood set to the next. But behind the scenes, her success was fueled by the pride, pressure, and sometimes grinding cruelty of her stage mother. While Melissa thrived under pressure,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three tweens with unique talents must team up to battle prehistoric zombifying monsters taking over a spooky mansion." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Starring Jules volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2014].
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jules is starting third grade, but her new teacher seems a little strange, she has to choose and research a famous person for the class wax museum project, and rehearsals for the sitcom she is in are harder than ever--especially since the TV show is about to air." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Katie Kazoo switcheroo volume 10
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Library bound ed.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
78 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While a movie is being filmed in Cherrydale, Katie switches into Rosie Moran, a world renowned child actress.
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 245 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A self-help primer for fans of the beloved show "Little House on the Prairie" by the former child star shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set and the lessons the author learned from her work with Michael Landon.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom, Teri, a woman who loved the world of show business and was often a media sensation all by herself. Brooke's iconic modeling career began by chance when she was only eleven months old, and Teri's skills as both Brooke's mother and manager were formidable. But in private she was troubled and drinking heavily. As Brooke became an adult,...
19) Love, unscripted
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fresh off the heels of a bad breakup, Chloe Anderson poured her heart into penning the perfect boyfriend--and the result was an off-the-charts debut beach read that resonated with women worldwide. Now, Chloe's scripted hero is headed for Hollywood, with her book destined to become a major motion picture. When Chloe gets wind that silver screen bad boy Liam Hamilton has been cast as the ideal-in-every-way hero of her novel, she's horrified by the...
20) Darling days
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author describes her search for an authentic sense of self and gender identity in a coming of age biography set in the 1980s and 1990s urban bohemia of New York's Lower East Side, where punk rock, poverty and heroin met art and glamour,"--NoveList.