Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. Alyson Stoner remembers exactly how it felt when it all became too much. Stoner, who was then best known as the little girl busting a move …
Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. Alison Arngrim recalls that when she was playing local brat Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie in the ’70s, there was no official way …
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As Gordie, a preteen who embarks on a search for a dead body with his three best friends in late-1950s Oregon, Wil Wheaton anchored one of Hollywood’s greatest coming-of-age classics, 1986’s Stand by Me. Thirty-five years later, as the touchstone movie directed by Rob Reiner from Stephen King source material reopens in theaters this week, …
In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment last week, Stand by Me star Wil Wheaton revealed that a painful childhood fueled his performance as the troubled Gordie in the 1986 coming-of-age classic. “Through a combination of an incredible emotional abuse from my father and a lot of manipulation, using me, from my mother, it really put …
Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business, from triumphs to traumas, on the development and well-being of former child entertainers. By the time that actress Lisa Jakub was 14, she had already appeared in movies like 1992’s matinee and the TV series Night Court, and then …
Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. Growing up in the entertainment industry doesn’t guarantee success — but it doesn’t guarantee failure, either. Actresses and real-life best friends Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa …
Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. Even if she hadn’t entered the entertainment industry at a young age, Mayim Bialik would never describe her childhood as normal. “I don’t know if I …
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In 1999, Mena Suvari became a household name after taking on the role of Heather in American Pie. Her character was a good girl who followed the rules, but behind the scenes, Suvari was struggling to keep her life on track. In her new memoir, The Great Peace, Suvari opens up about her past experiences …
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Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. Hayley Mills is today best known for the many roles — six, in all — that she played in live-action Walt Disney movies, from 1960’s Pollyanna …
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Are the Kids Alright? is Yahoo Entertainment’s video interview series exploring the impact of show business on the development and well-being of former child entertainers, from triumphs to traumas. In the ’70s, Donny Osmond was beyond groovy. He had begun his career singing alongside his older brothers when he was 5, and, a decade later, …