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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” premiering Sunday and Monday on Investigation Discovery.“Quiet on Set” rips the facade off writer-producer Schneider, now 58, and his enormously profitable but toxic juvenile show-business factory that churned out iconic hits such as “The Amanda Show,” “Zoey 101,” “Drake & Josh,” “Sam and Cat,” and “iCarly” — starring young actors like Jamie Lynn Spears, Jennette McCurdy, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice.The series reveals a nightmarish world in which at least three convicted sex offenders — production assistant Jason Handy, animator Ezel Channel and dialogue coach/actor Brian Peck — were on staff with full access to children. (All were convicted after they had been hired for the shows.) One female writer recalls on screen being told to lean over a desk and pretend she was being sodomized, among many egregious examples of the toxic workplace overseen by Schneider.

A child star’s transition into adulthood is an age-old right of passage, and one only a handful have ever truly managed it successfully.For every Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, there’s been a Victoria Justice and a Haley Joel Osment; stars who have failed to evolve their brand and flourish into fully-fledged celebrities.Now, it’s former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa’s turn, and she’s going down the classic good girl gone bad route that worked so well for the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera back in the early 2000s.Sadly for Siwa, who still drives around Los Angeles in a car emblazoned with her face on the paintwork with the interior covered in colourful rainbow stickers, the attempted rebrand appears anything but genuine to audiences who don’t seem to be falling for it.Siwa has amassed more than 30 million TikTok followers since she rose to fame on Dance Moms in her early teens.She quickly made a name for herself and became one of the show’s biggest breakout stars, with millions of pre-teen girls falling head over heels for her child-friendly, unicorn-loving, rainbow-colored persona.She began to build her career around her signature high-ponytail with a bow, and quickly morphed into a Wiggles-style entertainer.However, criticism soon began to follow her from all corners of the internet, with social media poking fun at the star for appearing to dress and act far younger than she actually was, with fake social media rumors even emerging of her being trapped in a contract that was forcing her to act such a way.After years of channelling the spirit of Willy Wonka, Siwa has finally now decided to break out of her childlike fantasy realm and embrace who she truly is at heart; which, according to her new image, is a

Dan Schneider has been under fire for several remarks made in the new documentary series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.”The series has concluded, but on Sunday night a bonus episode aired, featuring former stars from the network sharing their thoughts on the events that have transpired since the premiere. In one segment, two actors slammed Schneider for the apology he made on the show, claiming it was insincere.Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne both appeared on “All That,” a sketch comedy show that aired on the children’s network, in the early 2000s.

“Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” exposes the alleged toxic environment child actors endured at Nickelodeon in the late ’90s and early 2000s — but Marc Summers didn’t know that when he agreed to an interview. The famed network host — who famously led “Double Dare” and “What Would You Do?” — revealed that he felt entrapped by the documentary’s producers when he appeared on the series.“They ambushed me,” the 72-year-old said on Friday’s edition of z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show.

told Scripps News on Monday, adding that her son was already having a bad day before the incident. “There was a lot of yelling and screaming.”According to Lisa, several drivers who were stuck behind the pair called 911. “The police got there, and they asked Jake some questions,” she said.

to TMZ, the former actor died on Sunday, in a sober-living home in San Bernardino County, Calif. The circumstances and cause of death were not made public, but according to the outlet, officials did not suspect foul play.

Fox News about her new venture and why she decided to take a leap by sharing sexy snaps on the program.“I always said, especially to my fans, that I was never going to join a paid creator platform because I didn’t want to show my body,” she said.However, she realized that Playboy was not just stripping down to your birthday suit.Shipman found out that the move was actually more about self-expression and feeling comfortable in her body. On the app, she often shares curated photoshoots where she rocks lingerie and bikinis.

posted a photo revealing that she had started high school.“Your yearly reminder that you’re getting old,” wrote Talerico, 14, in the caption. “First day of high school!!!”In the photo, Talerico is seen standing outside of her California home while wearing a black top and matching pants and shoes, holding a sign that says “first day of 9th grade 8-21-23.”Talerico, who appeared as the titular character in the Disney series “Good Luck, Charlie,” went viral at a young age when one savvy web user turned a seemingly unremarkable shrug into a widely-used reaction meme.Several of Talerico’s fans commented on the post claiming that they now felt extremely old.

hailed as “unrecognizable” upon resurfacing years after leaving the industry. All grown-up now, Michael Conner Humphreys, 38, played the younger version of Tom Hanks’ title character in the 1994 film “Forrest Gump.”Humphreys was just 8 years old when he played the titular character, cast from an open call to play Forrest as a child.However, 29 years on from participating in cinematic history, he decided the spotlight wasn’t for him — instead choosing to finish school, then enlist in the US Army, spending four years as an infantry soldier, which included an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq. He completed his military service in 2008.

died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in January at the age of 54, TMZ reported Friday.The “Eight Is Enough” star also had non-toxic levels of alcohol and the generic version of Ativan, called lorazepam, in his system, according to an autopsy report the outlet obtained from the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner.The Post has contacted reps for Rich and the medical examiner for comment. Rich was found dead in his LA home on Jan.

The Guardian. “People don’t realize how much constantly talking to the press as a child weighs on you.”The “Miracle on 34th Street” alum then recalled how she began acting at the age of six-years-old, and by the time she was seven, her fame skyrocketed.She noted that the media began to ask her questions in her early years if she knew about “french kissing” and which actor she thought was hot.“I had people sending me inappropriate letters and posting things about me online,” she said.

“Peter Pan & Wendy” — so the child actors on set remained genuinely afraid of him when he played Captain Hook.“[Director] David Lowery had the idea of really trying to encourage them not to see me when I wasn’t Hook,” Law, 50, said Tuesday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”“So I just stayed as Hook the whole time, which was an opportunity just to be really scary and mean. Sounds kind of awful,” “The Holiday” actor admitted.

Heart of the Matter” podcast.The actress — who is also the half-sister of Demi Lovato — played Juanita Solis, the daughter of Eva Longoria’s character, Gabrielle, from 2008 until 2012.De La Garza began using a computer when she was just a kid — despite not being allowed to by her parents — and spent a “crazy amount of time reading through” online comments.She claimed that social media led to “affecting my mental health and ultimately played into me developing an eating disorder at a very young age.”Besides depriving herself of food, she also endured a binge eating disorder.She recalled that people threw hateful words and phrases her way regarding her looks, including “ugly fat cow” and even saying, “I hope you get cancer and die because you’re so fat” — all when she was still under age 10.“Just horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible things. And this is when I was 6, 7, 8 years old,” De La Garza said.Because she didn’t tell her family about the digital abuse, she doesn’t “blame” them for not helping her with her eating disorder.“It was literally impossible to stop me from seeing those things.

according to TMZ.A source told the outlet that the former “Amanda Show” star was discharged from a facility in southern California on Monday and will begin outpatient treatment. She will be working with both doctors and different specialists to make sure that she is well going forward, the outlet claimed. The Post reached out to Bynes’ attorney, David A.

journalist Graham Bensinger whether there was any truth to the 69-year-old “Happy Days” alum crossing over to the adult film industry, Ron laughed but admitted, “Well, it’s true that it went through my mind.“It endured as a serious idea for probably two and a half to three seconds,” the former child star declared.Specifically, in the 1970s, Howard entertained directing a cheekily-titled skin flick, “Opie Gets Laid” — not to be confused with a same-titled 2005 rom-com — in which the main character’s first name would mirror the one from Ron’s more innocent days on the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show.”“Yeah, ‘Opie Gets Laid’ would have probably made Ron a million dollars and he could have gone off and made a movie, but I’m glad he steered away from that because I don’t think anyone really wanted to see Opie get laid,” his brother, actor Clint Howard, 63, separately told Bensinger, covering his eyes. Ron’s daughter, “Jurassic World” star Bryce Dallas Howard, 42, also admitted that she’s relieved her father decided against partaking in porn.

they were both promoting their respective new projects. “Oh my God, I just wanted to say ‘Hi’ because you were so kind to me,” Whitman, now 34, told Aniston, 54, in a video of their heartwarming reunion. “It’s always stayed with me,” she continued, before embracing Aniston.

OnlyFans creator, 25, has revealed that she recently refused to sign a “sexy” underage snap of herself that was presented to her by a male fan. Thorne recalled her encounter with the man in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, bluntly declaring: “I normally don’t tell them [fans] off but they offended me.”The “Shake It Up” starlet said the male admirer initially asked her to autograph a sultry photo from a 2017 GQ Mexico shoot she did at age 19. “It was super sexy and my butt is out and I’m wearing lingerie and I’m topless,” Thorne said of the snap.

.Majors — known for playingTheo Sipowicz, the son of Detective Andy Sipowicz, played by Dennis Franz, on ABC’s “NYPD Blue” — passed away while staying in a Los Angeles homeless housing facility on Saturday, according to TMZ. His cause of death is unclear. A source told the outlet that although foul play was not suspected to be involved, Majors might have “ingested a fatal amount of fentanyl.”Majors was expected to undergo an autopsy on Monday to determine if there was anything in his system at the time of death, according to the insider.The family issued a statement on his death, telling TMZ that Majors, “was a loving, artistic, brilliant, and kind human being.

Armchair Expert” podcast, host Dax Shepard said Johansson, 37, has what the calls “the X factor” — a natural likability that can’t be described.The “Black Widow” actress was grateful for the compliment, but went on to explain that how the public perceived her has been misrepresented since she was a child.“I kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this way where I felt like I wasn’t getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do,” Johansson said. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘I think people think I’m 40 years old.’ It somehow stopped being something that was desirable and something that I was fighting against.”Johannson, who made her first on-screen appearance in the movie “North” in 1994 at just nine years old, explained that people assumed she was always older than she actually was.“Because I think everybody thought I was older and that I’d been [acting] for a long time, I got kind of pigeonholed into this weird hypersexualized thing.

he told the Daily Mail in July.He revealed that his early success led to money mismanagement and bad decisions, adding that he “didn’t have too many people looking out for me” and was “left to run wild” as a young actor.Furlong shares his 15-year-old son, Ethan, with his ex-wife Rachael Bella. The couple was married from 2006 to 2014.Prior to the DailyMail interview, he wrapped filming on a project called “Charlie’s Horse.” His last movie role was “Terminator: Dark Fate” in 2019 where his face was digitally inserted onto a stand-in.

child star curse.While the 64-year-old entertainer got his start in Hollywood at the early age of 5, he’s tried to keep himself scandal-free over the decades.Osmond attributed his repeated fixation on constantly reinventing himself to be the key to staying out of the headlines.“It is a curse when you hit it big as a little kid because everyone wants to keep you in that pigeonhole,” the Osmonds member recently told Fox News.“And it’s really difficult to break out of it. Some people have been able to do it successfully. Look at Justin Bieber.

Framing Britney Spears,” child stars from Mara Wilson to Tavi Gevinson have spoken up about their struggles with celebrity and the illusion of power it brought to them as young women.

new music video collaboration with producer Benny Blanco, 32, released Friday at midnight.

who died Aug. 28 from colon cancer at the age of 43.“I was so sad and shocked when I found out about Chadwick Boseman because that was the first black superhero that I have ever seen,” she says.

“Showbiz Kids,” premiering Tuesday on HBO, he also got more than he bargained for — and not in a good way.Following commercial work that included the first Parkay margarine commercial, Bridges landed the “Strokes” gig.