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The Top 25 Child Stars -Or- How to Turn Your Kid Into An F'ed-Up Commodity
Some people think that agents, executives and Anthony Pellicano are the most evil people in Hollywood. But watch Vh1's I Know My Kid's a Star for ten minutes and you'll see who the real villains are: Stage parents.
These kid pimps (usually mothers) push their tiny tots into the limelight, despite the tragedies that have befallen so many who came before them. This list of the "Top 25 Child Stars" is more a gallery of sadness than the tribute to talent we all wish it was. Sure, you've got your few who managed not to lose their marbles (Christian Bale, Elijah Wood), but they are few and far between. Out of 25 kid actors, two were married EIGHT times each, four became addicted to coke in their teens (though technically Drew Barrymore was only 12 when she started snorting what she may have actually thought was nose candy), four were married or pregnant by 20, and the rest are just a grab bag of crazy. Heroin addicts and a manic depressive make the list, as does one who was well on her way to normalcy ... until her stalker shot the President.
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Trade Round-Up: Macaulay's Orgy
Macauley Culkin will star with Eliza Dushku in the dark comedy Sex andBreakfast, which will attempt to coax edgy laughter from the disconnect of watching the Home Alone kid engage in group sex. [Variety]
Be prepared to excuse yourselves for some alone time after getting all worked up by these two sexy trade paper stories about multimedia conglomerate profit reports. [THR, THR ]
Seeking new and exciting ways of delivering episodes of The Hills to a cherished demographic, MTV is buying Y2M, the nation's largest network of online college newspapers. [Variety]
Sony and MGM move ahead with their Pink Panther sequel by hiring a writing team of "newcomers" whose work will eventually be undone by scores of uncredited rewrites. [THR]
Conservative CBS eschews the willy-nilly fall TV season premiere strategy of its crazy whippsnapper competitors, and will instead roll out new episodes of its various series in a single week. [Variety]
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Macaulay Culkin Forever Linked To Childhood Crotch-Grabbing Friend
Macaulay Culkin's much maligned first novel, Junior, hasn't exactly turned the literary establishment onto its ear, but according to an eyewitness report sent into our New York-hardened sister site, Gawker, a recent reading at Barnes Noble brought out a large, motley crew of fanatics in the truest sense of the word. ("A deaf woman who brought up a blown up picture of him...left in tears and hugged a security staffer.") Perhaps this explains how Culkin may have managed to crack the top 5,000 of Amazon's bestseller chart, who helpfully suggest it be paired with Margo Jefferson's 160-page rumination on all things Neverlandian, On Michael Jackson. More »
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Macaulay Culkin's Novel Gets Its First Trashing
It's an exciting time for former Neverland Ranch VIP Macaulay Culkin. There are rumors he may be getting ready to marry for the second time, and that he is considering taking a spot on the next season of UK's Celebrity Big Brother. But it's his debut novel Junior, due this March, that is getting the most buzz. Its first critique, from Kirkus Reviews, came out today. Some highlights: More »
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Paris Vs. Macaulay
Cory's Web Log notes this truly unsettling resemblance, and we've lost the last five minutes staring blankly at the monitor, trying to think of something to say about it. Sometimes words can do no justice; the scores of tiny blood vessels in the brain breaking free simultaneously and the Pop Tart's jelly filling slowly dribbling down one's chin are enough. More »
