Kay Panabaker has signed on to star in the pilot for a new ABC Family sitcom named Happy Campers. Her main co-stars are Beth Littleford and French Stewart (best known for 3rd Rock From the Sun). The story deals with the experiences of a family going on a cross-country road trip.

I have to say that it’s a bit weird timing to start shooting a pilot next week; seeing the WGA is on strike right now. As for this career move by Kay Panabaker I don’t quite get it, she seemed to have focused on movies lately. She’s been getting good reviews for Moondance Alexendar from critics.

Of course being an ABC Family sitcom it will only have a limited audience; seeing not everyone can get ABC Family. Their shows usually are quite good quality though, in a lot of cases the shows are only made to last one season. So it might not be that bad after all, also her sister Danielle is having some success on TV now though that’s on one of the major networks.

But I’m sure Kay knows what she’s doing, she’s a smart girl after all.

It’s quite common for siblings to be in the entertainment business. The same is true for the younger generation; people can probably notice that some people on starletlinks.com and starletviews.com share the same last name. This is of course because they’re sisters. Though it makes you wonder, who will have the bigger career in the end. So basically who is the most talented even though shear talent doesn’t always seem to be enough.

On starletlinks.com there are two main sister pares featured; Dakota and Elle Fanning are probably the best known ones right now. Dakota is four years older than Elle, that doesn’t really mean she works more though. While Dakota is in the spot light more than her little sister; Elle manages to pull of more movies a year than Dakota. Though I would have to add that a lot of the roles Elle does are smaller, supporting roles instead of starring roles. However she works with experienced actors like Denzel Washington and Brad Pitt, a perfect learning ground.

The fact that Dakota is in the spotlight more might help Elle in the end, she can stay in the background and slowly learn the trade. While Dakota might very well get stuck with the stigma of child star forever; Elle will probably have less of a problem with that. If I had to judge on pure talent I’m not certain actually, I have some movies with Elle and Dakota but not quite enough to form a definite opinion. Right now there isn’t that much of a difference between them I would say, though as I said I rate Elle’s chances in the long run higher.

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All girls in Hollywood are dumb and shallow. Sometimes it seems that way when you read the magazines and the celebrity news and gossip sites. The Lindsay Lohan’s and Britney Spears’ make it look like that but that’s only because they’re the ones that get all the media attention. There are girls out there that prove the opposite.

I’m not saying that people like Lindsay Lohan are dumb, I’ve never seen their school report cards; they just made the wrong choices. To the general audience they just seem that way also because you never know what is true and what isn’t. Most of the girls in Hollywood finish high school say that they want to go to college but don’t in the end. This is understandable looking at the busy schedules they have and that they’re jobs usually pay well so there isn’t a need for a college degree in that department.

There are quite a few girls out there that are serious about an education though. Natalie Portman for example, she has a college degree in psychology from Harvard. She has even indicated that she would leave acting at some point and work as a psychologist, though I have my doubts that that would work. I don’t know if a lot of people would be willing to go to a psychologist who’s famous. Not to mention it’s quite hard to keep up with the latest development in a field of health care when you aren’t active in it.

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