The 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Held on May 7, 2017, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Hosted by Adam DeVine. This was the first time that this event presented TV awards as well as film ones.


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There was a slightly unexpected group of kid actors at the premiere of Disney's latest live-action, Beauty and the Beast, held on March 2 at El Capitan Theatre. Several of them weren't names that you know, like...


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Happy New Year! Here are a few notable young actress films that will be released this year:

Split, Anya Taylor Joy, January 20. After dazzling us all with her debut performance in The VVitch, Anya, now 20, is back in this thriller about three young girls who are kidnapped by a man with 24 different personalities (James McAvoy, X-Men). Directed by ( Read more... )

A live-action version of Beauty and the Beast arrives in theaters on March 17, 2017. The film stars Emma Watson, now 26, as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast. Emma, a known advocate for women's equality, recently revealed that she took a hands-on role in reshaping the character for the film. Aside from giving the plotline a major feminist makeover ( Read more... )

Film: Regression (2015). Young Actress: Emma Watson, age 24.

I blog a lot about The Transition. Most child actresses can move into teenage roles as they get older, but moving from those adolescent characters into adult ones is much trickier. It's common for young actresses to hang onto high-schooler-type parts well into their twenties because they ( Read more... )

SO many young actresses attended this year's Met Gala, held on May 2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Since this event focuses so heavily on fashion, I've decided to discuss the starlets who were there with some non-fashion news.


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I find it so interesting when former young actresses decide to step back from acting, so I'd like to look at the reasoning of a few who've done so recently. Last month, Emma Watson, 25, announced that she plans to take year-long break from acting to focus on feminist activism and personal development. Emma became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in ( Read more... )

British actor Alan Rickman died of cancer today, January 14. He was 69, the same age as British musician David Bowie, who also died of cancer on January 10. Rickman was best known to most young people for playing Professor Severus Snape, Hogwarts potions master, in the eight Harry Potter films. The three young actresses of Harry Potter all paid ( Read more... )

...here are a few young actresses out and about at different events.


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A number of young actresses had nude photos leaked to the public in 2014. Most of them - including Kirsten Dunst, Ariana Grande (who denied their authenticity), and Victoria Justice (who initially denied the photos but later called them a violation of her privacy) - were part of a leak that began on August 31 due to an alleged iCloud service breach ( Read more... )