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While almost all youngsters would kill to be in the spotlight for even
one night, these kids have it every day and night. Hollywood is swarming
with young talents that have gained fame even before they have their
growth spurts and bunny hair.

The High School Musical hearthrob, Zac Efron was lucky to have been chosen
to play the lead role in the massive HSM series. Now 19, he is planning
to widen his acting abilities with a role in the remake of “Footloose”
and the upcoming comedy “Seventeen Again”.

Daniel Radcliffe,the 18-year-old star of the top grossing Harry Potter series,
starred first as the son of Geoffrey Bush and Jamie Lee Curtis in
“The Tailor of Panama”. He was only known though when he played
Harry when he was only fourteen years old.

Kristen Stewart, 17, plays Bella, the vampire Edward’s love interest
in “Twilight”. Her role in Panic Room, which was originally given to
Hayden Panettiere, proved to be her key to fame. She played Jodie
Foster’s daughter.

Remambered as the boy with the golden ticket in “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory”, Freddie Highmore is already doing big films at
15. He starred in “Finding Neverland”, “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, and
“Eddie dicken and the Awful End”.

At 11 years old, Abigail Breslin co-starred with bigtime Hollywood
stars:actor/director Mel Gibson in “Signs”, with Catherine Zeta-Jones
in “No Reservations”. She is also the younger sister of Spencer Breslin.

Elle Fanning, 9, is (you guessed right) the sister of Dakota Fanning.
She was, in fact, the younger Dakota in “I Am Sam”. She made fame by
herself though in “Deja Vu” and “Babel”.

Dakota should be in the list, too, but I find it quite unnecessary.

Although the constant object of envy by common kids, these young
celebrities find lots of drawbacks in being young and famous.

How would you feel if the paparazzi captures every first pimple or
growth spurts or bunny hair? And it is really hard to keep that
changing voice and broading hips unnoticeable. What if the roles stop
coming when you hit 20?

Well, one thing is for sure, you can’t hold on to anything else but
your talents. Anyway, Hollywood is not the end of the road.

Hollywood is one fast-paced world. That means you should do everything quick. Therefore, “instant” is in.

Instant marriages, instant divorce, instant babies, instant best friend, instant enemies and instant fame. You name it, it’s in Hollywood.

Pop princess, Britney Spears, set a world record when she married childhood friend, Jason Alexander in Las Vegas – and then divorced him after only 55 hours.

Just recently, Madonna and Guy Ritchie had a quickie divorce. They ended their eight years of marriage in a few minutes when the British court granted them a quick divorce.

Apparently, adopting foreign babies is the trend among Hollywood stars today.

Angelina Jolie started it when she went to Vietnam to adopt a 3-year- old boy she named Pax Thien Jolie. It is a wonder how she did it in just one week when normally, it will take about 2 to 3 weeks to process the adoption papers. Instant connection, I guess.

Paris Hilton, infamous with her on and off friendship with peers, took advantage of reality TV when her My New BFF aired on MTV where contestant vie to be her best friend. Instant friendship then.

Similar case goes with reality TV show The Bachelor where bachelorettes are in cat-eat-cat competition for one bachelor’s quest to find ‘love’.

Hollywood never ceases to surprise us.

One thing is for sure: Hollywood is our instant connection to drama.

The urge to be scene on the big screen is on. Thanks to Hollywood and all its splendor, people are flocking to reality talent search auditions.

People young or old are risking almost everything even for that fifteen minutes of fame. Undeniably, some really do have talents to boast but a larger percentage, well, don’t really have.

Reality TV is getting to be more unreal each minute. Young girls act twice their age and adults act half of theirs.

It pains viewers to see their friends making fools of themselves on national television. But the rush for the next “idol” is unstoppable.

We cannot deny though that these reality shows produced several talented artists: Leona Lewis, Bianca Ryan, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and a lot more.

Hollywood is overrated. Even other countries are joining the trend: Britain got Britain’s Got Talent, Malaysia and Philippines have their own version of American Idol.

Contagious? Absolutely. I’ve got to hand it to Hollywood.

The latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is perhaps the most memorable one in the Batman series to date. Sadly but undeniably, the former Heath Ledger played a very important role in that.

Posthumous: born after the father’s death – this is how we describe something that arose unexpectedly after one’s death. It could be the publishing of a book by a dead author. It could be a song sang only after the composer’s departure. And it could be an Oscar for an actor who kicked the bucket a few weeks earlier. Whatever it is it only means one thing: the one who should be recognized and credited will never be able to anymore. It is one of the saddest ironies in life; one of life’s dramas.

Hollywood, with all its drama and glamour, holds some of the most sensational posthumous credits. It is quite creepy to think that fame continues on with these stars even in their afterlives.

Peter Finch of the 1971 movie, Sunday Bloody Sunday, died of a heart attack not AFTER but BEFORE he received an Oscar for Best Actor in the 1977 Academy Award for his role in Network. He died on January, 14, 1977 in Beverly Hills while promoting his movie. Aletha, his widow accepted the award for him.

Clark Gable, dubbed as the King of Hollywood, co-starred with Marilyn Monroe on the 1961 film, The Misfits. He informed the public that he is going to be a father to his first child with his third wife, Kay Williams. He also announced that Monroe “almost gave him a heart attack”. Ironically, he died two months later of a heart attack. Williams gave birth to their son months after his death and named him John Clark Gable after his father.

Brandon Lee, the legend Bruce Lee’s son, died of a on-set freak accident while filming The Crow. Scenes were yet to be filmed and they needed to make use of doubles and lots of camera tricks to do this. The film (you guessed it) was released after his death.

Hollywood has enough drama even without all the movies. We just hope that it will not set another trend on posthumous awards among actors. It is after all, a lot happier to handle that trophy to a live and breathing star.