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Emiliana Betancourt If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Demi Lovato opens up like never before about their experience as a child star in a new documentary now streaming on Hulu and Disney+. “Child Star,” which Lovato co-directed alongside, Nicola Marsh, highlights the peculiarity of growing up famous along with the tough realities young actors and performers are faced with in the industry.

Angelique Jackson Demi Lovato brought their life experience full circle by co-directing the new Hulu documentary “Child Star.” The former Disney Channel kid turned teen pop sensation looks beyond their own career journey to analyze the rise of the entire child performer industry — from the Shirley Temple era to the TikTok and YouTube generation. Lovato recruited fellow child stars Drew Barrymore, Kenan Thompson, Christina Ricci, Raven-Symoné, Alyson Stoner and JoJo Siwa to share their stories on camera; Raven-Symoné, Siwa and Stoner also joined Lovato on Sept. 12 at a special screening of the documentary, held at Neuehouse Hollywood.

The creator of Full House spilled some tea about casting the beloved sitcom, and we learned some exciting new details about how the show came together.

Scott Huver There are “child stars,” and then there are performers that start working during childhood only to become bona fide, beloved screen icons, enjoying long, varied careers throughout their lives. Following in the footsteps of Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood and Mickey Rooney, Macaulay Culkin has — for three decades and counting — been a contemporary standard bearer for that personal and professional journey. Culkin became a full-fledged cultural phenomenon after the explosive commercial success of his fifth film, 1990’s “Home Alone,” which he made when he was just 10 years old.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “And I actually grew up in, this is an interesting place to grow up, my parents bought a house without realizing until Halloween came around and there was a tour bus that it was the original Michael Myers house from the ‘Halloween’ movie,” the actress laughed. The “Horns” actress’ revelation caused Kimmel’s studio audience to gasp and applaud.

The CDC has reported that the average age for most first-time moms is 26-years-old, but plenty of celebrities have welcomed children well before that age.

Disney’s unrivaled 1937 animation classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is coming to Disney+ in a 4K restoration, debuting Oct. 16 and completed to commemorate The Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary.

Sharon Rosen Leib I recently discovered my pioneer producer great-grandfather Sol M. Wurtzel’s obituary in the April 16, 1958 edition of Variety. In 1917, mogul William Fox sent Sol to oversee production at his Hollywood studio.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Recently restored versions of William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist,” Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “One From the Heart” feature in the Venice Classics section of the 80th Venice Film Festival. The lineup of recently restored films in Venice Classics, which is curated by the festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera in collaboration with Federico Gironi, was unveiled on Friday. “The Exorcist” is screened, 50 years after it was produced by Warner Bros., alongside Disney’s “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” starring Shirley Temple and directed by “the prolific and sometimes brilliant” Allan Dwan, to mark the Hollywood studios’ 100th anniversaries.

Anna Kloots has been described as the real-life “Emily in Paris” and now she’s sharing her story in her memoir My Own Magic: A Reappearing Act.

Katie Reul editor Emily Blunt, Andrew Garfield and Caleb McLaughlin are among the presenters for the 29th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. Nominees who will double as presenters include Blunt, who is up for female actor in a TV movie or limited series for her role in “The English,” and Jessica Chastain, who received a nod in the same category for her performance in the series “George & Tammy.” Actors Don Cheadle (“White Noise”), Caleb McLaughlin (“Stranger Things”), Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”), Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris) and Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick… Boom!”) will also take the stage.

Ten-year-old Texan Marlie McDonald has retired from mutton busting, having outgrown the sport. But in her time she could outride the best of them.

Jered Barclay, a longtime stage and screen actor who found a second career as a TV voice-over artist for series including The Smurfs and The Transformers, has died. He was 91. His longtime friend Myra Turley said Barclay died July 23 of MDS leukemia in North Hollywood, CA.

Kourtney Kardashian has been by her husband Travis Barker's side since he was rushed to hospital on Tuesday morning.MORE: Travis Barker's cryptic message before he was rushed to hospitalThe Keeping Up with the Kardashians star - who is usually quite active on social media - has since been offline during the anxious time.The Poosh founder's last Instagram post before the health scare focused on something far more upbeat - as she celebrated her younger sister Khloe Kardashian's birthday.VIDEO: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's love story Kourtney shared a number of pictures of herself and her sibling from over the years, including childhood snapshots, and wrote: "Happy happy birthday to my Shirley Temple apple pie sugar plum cinnamon dumpling. You make life so much better! I love you my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Drew Barrymore has undoubtedly become one of morning television's exemplary figures of positivity and good energy, proven so by the success of her talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show.MORE: Drew Barrymore makes rare comment about daughter as she reveals unusual upcoming celebrationFans know they can always look to her to boost their mood, while celebrities and co-workers consistently sing her praises about what a great and supportive teammate, co-star, and boss she is.The star's latest feature on The Washington Post proves just as much, filled with compliments from best friend Jimmy Fallon and her crew on her show, but it also reminds readers how tumultuous her journey was.WATCH: Drew announces her show has been renewed for a third seasonMORE: Drew Barrymore reveals shocked reaction to surprise tribute - detailsThroughout the interview, the actress turned television host opened up about how her difficult childhood made her so comfortable in front of the camera, and how it has translated into her children's own upbringing as she handles parenting and Hollywood.Drew comes from a long line of legendary Hollywood actors, and her very first movie was Steven Spielberg's E.T. at age six. Though she was poised to become a "modern Shirley Temple," she instead was in rehab by age 13, something she's incredibly candid about on her show and beyond.

statement to the New York Times.Born Feb. 11, 1928, to famed Manhattan art collectors Sidney and Harriet Janis, the entertainer got his start at age 13, appearing in the play “Junior Miss.” Several years later, he starred in his first Broadway show, “Dark Side of the Moon” — one of 12 Broadway productions Janis would appear in during his storied career, Deadline reported.In a 2012 interview with film historian Alan K.

Conrad Janis, a prolific character actor of TV, film and stage who had already become immediately recognizable even before landing his signature role opposite Robin Williams and Pam Dawber in the hit ’70s sitcom Mork & Mindy, died March 1 in Los Angeles. He was 94.

Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95.

Jane Withers has died aged 95. The former child star passed away on Saturday (07.

Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95.

Jane Withers has sadly passed away.