The Academy of Cinema and Television strives to furnish quality Industry News that will be of value to both the school’s students and our faithful Internet readers. Since many of our students seem to end-up in the Los Angeles area, both temporarily and permanently, we felt this article from Washingtonpost.com would be great interest.
L.A. Apartment Complex Caters To Child Actors Chasing Dreams
By John Rogers
Associated Press
Saturday, June 16, 2007; Page F21
LOS ANGELES — From the street, it may look like just another apartment complex, but to a kid with dreams of stardom, it’s the Emerald City at the end of the Yellow Brick Road.
Oakwood Toluca Hills is the place where aspiring child stars arrive by the hundreds every year to take up residence as they pursue fame.
“Everyone in the business, everyone who knows about acting, knows about it,” said teen star Devon Werkheiser, who arrived with his mother four years ago with one small film role to his credit.
He left for better digs after landing the starring role in one of the most popular teen shows on television, Nickelodeon’s “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.”
Just one visit to the complex of 1,151 furnished residences carved into of the Hollywood Hills reveals this is no ordinary cluster of three-story, beige-and-tile apartment buildings.
Around the pools, in the clubhouses, at the barbecues, they are everywhere: curly-haired, freckle-faced, good-looking kids.
They are outgoing, friendly and look a lot like the people you see on TV. Sometimes they are. At any given time, 400 to 500 child actors live at Oakwood. Click here to read the full article.
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March 11th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
After seeing this Academy of Cinema and Television blog we visited the complexes while on vacation in LA. They are really unique and there were lots of friendly people willling to share their experiences of Hollywood auditions with us. We were so happy we stopped by to visit. Thanks Academy of Cinema and Television for giving us such useful and up-to-date information. We never miss a day of reading this.