New and Noteworthy

Assessing where Shirley Temple, now 85, would rank as a modern child star, for Yahoo!

Remembering Annette Funicello, for E! Online. On the crooked line from Beach Party to Spring Breakers, for Yahoo!

A tribute to Conrad Bain; a remembrance of Diff'rent Strokes, "the most tragic show ever," for E! Online.

A think-ish piece (for E! Online): How to stop child stars from "going bad."

When child stars collide: analyzing Lindsay Lohan's Twitter swipe at Amanda Bynes, also for E! Online.

What my kindergartner taught me about Gary Coleman.

As far as I know, Coleman's ashes have been in limbo for

More on the whys and wherefores of former child stardom in Essays.

More on the whys and wherefores of this site here and here.

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