I’ve been a Sofia Vassilieva advocate for several years now, I think she has a lot of potential as an actress for the future and I think she’ll be around for many years to come. The thing is that she still hasn’t had her real breakthrough yet though I think that really will change now. Maybe as early as tomorrow.

Good news for her is of course that Medium was renewed for another season, though it is making the move to CBS. I really don’t understand NBC in letting go of Medium, looking at their ratings it was a steady thing for them. Most of their new shoes were no match for Medium yet they choose to let a steady stream of viewers go. I’m not a network exec but I just don’t understand that; CBS has a far better track record in having successful shows in recent years. For Sofia it means that she has a steady thing in her career, it’s a safe place to return to while doing other projects on the side. She won’t drop in a hole after one movie waiting for another project to come along.

Tomorrow is what could very well be a turning point in her career; My Sister’s Keeper will finally be released. In a week where Transformers 2 is being released it still manages to get quite a bit of attention as Cameron Diaz is a big enough star to draw a crowd. The movie however isn’t just about Cameron but just as much about Sofia and Abigail Breslin. In that sense it’s strange to me why the media are almost ignoring Sofia though. It is logical that the promotion is focusing on Cameron and Abigail, they could give Sofia a little more attention though. Reading reviews and hearing comments sort of show that Sofia can easily match their performances. Maybe their bothered by her name which doesn’t seem to be that easy to pronounce to some people. I have no problem with it but whatever. (more…)

Sometimes you have to wonder who of the current young stars will have long careers; who are the stars that will still be around in twenty years or so. I would have to point out that it’s something that is impossible to predict, you can’t know what will be popular in twenty years and what won’t. Who knows whether things like TV or movies will still be a major thing, it’s even hard to predict how things will be in a year. Yet I’m going to say who of the current generation of under eighteen female celebrities will have a long career and will be still be big names in 2028. It’s mainly based on gut feeling about their talents, so it’s just my opinion and nothing more.

The hard thing about it is also that a lot of actresses and singers don’t have their breakthrough until at a later age, being a child or teen star isn’t a guarantee to being successful in the future. Someone who’s a complete nobody now can be the big thing in twenty years time, that really is something that is impossible to predict. That’s why I’m sticking to the teen stars that are the big thing right now, I’ll only name the people I’m really confident in that they will make it. From the people that are usually featured on this site I can only think of two though. (more…)