Haley Joel Osment, Kel Mitchell, Spy Kids, Little Rascals

Haley Joel Osment is the kid who saw dead people. He was also Forrest Gumps son, and a slew of other charaters in blockuster films. He rose quickly to Macaulay Culkin status, but just as quickly dropped off the map. What happened to him? 

He has a similar story to the other actors featured in this weeks vlog. Kel Mtchell from Keenan and Kel, the Spy Kids, and Bug Hall are all featured below. Check it out!

The Sandlot

The Sandlot is a movie about overcoming hardship and finiding hope in a dark world . . . HAHA! Totally kidding! This movie is about nine friends and the American past time; baseball. But even if you are not a baseball fan you will enjoy the cleverness of each character as they each strive to become the Great Bambino while also doing all they can to avoid the blind James Earl Jones and his dog Hercules (The Beast). But what happened to these kids that stole our hearts and made this movie a classic? Where are they now?

Hallie Eisenberg

Hallie Eisenberg is the younger sister of Jesse Eisenberg, she also has starred in several movies, but was made famous for her appearance in in Pepsi commercials in the 90's. After a few movies she seemed to disappear and was not in any major motion pictures. What happened to her? Find out below. 

You may also enjoy a few of her commercials here. 

                                       

Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter was at the top with Britney Spears and Boy Bands back in the late 90's. He stuck around for a few years but then disappeared. Where did he go?  

The Culkin Bros

The Culkin Brothers

The highest paid child actor of all time did 14 movies in six years and then disappeared. Where did he go? He retired from film at age 14, then came back for a few films in 2003 and has done a couple since, but has spent most of his time out of the media. He keeps to himself, and doesn't have publicists to tell us about him and how he's doing. Mac is a mystery.

Kieran on the other hand is still active on the acting scene, but also stays out of the tabloids. Watch the short video below about where they are as far as we know. 

                                   

                                   

Jake Lloyd

 What Happened to Jake?

Jake Lloyd, the kid from Episode I. What happened to him? He is one of the leading actors in one of the biggest movies of all time and then he disappeared. Where did he go? 

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Jake Lloyd was the child of a talent agent, so it's no wonder that he got started in Hollywood at such a young age. Now if his name isn't ringing any bells that's OK. He wasn't on of the most popular child actors in Hollywood, especially when compared to someone like Macaulay Culkin. He was able to snag some big rolls those in some films. The first of which was Jingle All the Way which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, a workaholic father, and Sinbad, who was also a father and kind of a crazy mailman, but Jake really hit the big time when he starred in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.  Jake of course played the young Anakin Skywalker who was found on the planet Tatooine by Qui-gon Jinn, who was played by Liam Neeson. Anakin quickly falls in love with Queen Amidala, or her street name Padme, who's played by Natalie Portman, ad is then trained by a young Obi-wan Kenobi, who is of course played by Ewan McGregor. It's amazing how many of these stars went on to have great careers after starting in Star Wars. Episode I was of course a huge success at that time and so it is no surprise that a lot of popularity came to Jake Lloyd at that point. George Lucas of course wanted to get the word out. Whether is was getting action figures or video games produced, or getting each Star Wars character on a bag of Doritos, it didn't matter, he wanted to get it done. Jake said that he was doing about 60 interviews a day with different television shows, newspapers, magazines, all in all it was about 60 every single day. Jake says that as an 11 year old he felt very exploited by George Lucas, and still holds a grudge against George. On top of the constant interviews he said he was constantly bullied by other kids. He felt like a real outsider. He did play Anakin Skywalker in one of the highest grossing movies of all time, so of course where ever he went everybody knew him. It was hard to go anywhere, he said, without someone making a lightsaber noise at him. This of course doesn't seem like a big deal, or even an intense type of bullying of any kind, but the problem is everywhere you go, everyone you see is making lightsaber noises. Think about how annoying that is. See, not cool guys, not cool. I know it may be hard to sympathies with this kid because he did make a few million dollars off of just doing one movie, but it did cost him his identity, and most of his childhood. Jake said he won't even watch Star Wars anymore. He did reprise the part of Anakin for a couple video games but after that completely quit acting in film. He's appeared at a few events within the past few years signing autographs and things like that but other than that he really does all he can to stay out of the public eye. We are happy that this child actor's story didn't end in DUI's and drug use like we read so much about in the tabloids today, but it's sad that it did end with such a bitter taste in his mouth for those who helped to get him that career. 

They Did What? 2

They Did What?!!! 2

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Joseph Gordon-Levit is quickly becoming one of the hottest celebrities in Hollywood. It seems that every movie you see he's starring in. Just a year ago he was in Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio and more recently has been in three or four other movies that have either just come out or will be coming out within the next few months. The man seems to be unstoppable, but did you know that in 1994 he starred as Roger in the movie Angels in the Outfield? After that he was on Roseanne and then in '96 he grew his hair out and was on 3rd Rock from the Sun. He worked on that show until 2001 and then disappeared off the radar. He did some voice over work and played some parts in movies that no one has ever heard of, but in 2009 he was on 500 days of Summer with Zooey DeChannel, and since that he seems to have been in everything. Moving right along now to Christine Taylor, who is not one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood but is one of the greats. She's of course married to Ben Stiller and they have two beautiful children; their son Quinlin and daughter Ella. Christine has been in some great movies but primarily is in films starring her husband, Ben Stiller. She of course usually plays the serious roles in movies like Zoolander or Dodgeball, also starring Vince Vaughn. But before any of those movies she was on the Nickelodeon show, Hey Dude, where she played Melody, a teenager that lives on a ranch with a bunch of other teenagers that's kind of like a summer camp thing, and they kinda get into trouble and just have different adventures . . . it's real fun stuff. Next on the list is Hollywood heart throb, Ryan Gosling. Who of course was in the running for Sexiest Man of the Year, but lost to Bradley Cooper. But that does not revoke him of his Hottie Card, at least in my opinion. Look at this! He even makes eating fast food look good. Any way, moving on, Ryan was of course made famous in movies like The Notebook where he started opposite Rachel McAdams. Since then he has of course moved up the Hottie rating chart starring in movies like Crazy Stupid Love opposite Steve Carrell. But do you remember a few years ago where he was in Remember the Titans and he played the skinny white kid who listened to the terrible music. Haha, good times. Actually now that I'm thinking about it I think he was on the Disney show, the Mickey Mouse Club way back when. That's right he starred with some other big Hollywood names. People like JT! That's right! Justin Timberlake! Before he was quitting the music industry, or before he was in the movie The Social Network, or Friends with Benefits with Mila Kunis . . . let's see, before he was even in N'sync, before he had that Top Ramen noodle hair He was on the Mickey Mouse Club! Here he is with Ryan just acting out a skit! And- Wait . . . who's that girl he with in that picture? and there she is again with Ryan! I know who it is! It's 90's pop sensation Britney Spears! Britney of course topped the charts with songs like, Crazy, and Oops I Did it Again. Oh, "She's so lucky (bom bom bom) She's a star, but then her life started going down hill. She married this Kevin Federline guy who was apparently the biggest jerk in the world and turned into this, and then she went crazy! "She cried, cried, cried with her lonely heart" and then shaved her head. We are of course pleased to announce that Britney is back to normal and back on the radio for those catchy tunes of hers. Who would have ever thought watching the Mickey Mouse Club growing up that she would have turned into such a nightmare at one point. Any way moving on, did you know that there is one star that is huge now that was on the Mickey Mouse Club originally? Do you recognize that face? I'll give you a chance to guess. 3 2 1 buzz! You lose! It's Christina Aguilera! She of course was battling it out a few years ago on the pop charts with Britney Spears but really doesn't seem to be doing a ton of her own music anymore, but is helping to produce others and right now is a judge on the show the voice. Which is essentially like American Idol but a little different. You know it's really amazing when you think about it. Some of the biggest names in Hollywood started out together just a few years ago as kids on the same show. Last on our list today in Hollywood funny guy, Seth Rogen. Who of course you recognize from movies like The Green Hornet, Pineapple Express, and Knocked up. But way back in 2001 he played a very small part on Donnie Darko, a really weird movie starring Jack Gyllenhaal. Just prior to that however Seth really got his start on a show called Freaks and Geeks which only ran for two seasons, but had big names like Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel.