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Our Culture Wants to 'Destroy' Celebs Like Me, Britney

Child actor Mara Wilson describes sexualization by the media

(Newser) - On her 13th birthday, Mara Wilson "made one of the biggest mistakes of my life." She opened up to a reporter, who would go on to describe a "complaining" child star who sounded "like a spoiled brat," Wilson writes in an op-ed at the New ...

'Matilda' Actress Comes Out as Bisexual

Mara Wilson tweets about sexuality in wake of Orlando massacre

(Newser) - Mara Wilson started a conversation on Twitter in the wake of the Orlando massacre that ended, Monday, with her coming out as bisexual, USA Today reports. "Me at a gay club when I was eighteen. I feel embarrassed looking at it now," Wilson, former child star of such...

Mara Wilson: Robin Williams Was Like a Dad

Mrs. Doubtfire actress reflects on her costar

(Newser) - Mara Wilson —aka Mrs. Doubtfire's youngest kid—is offering a heartfelt remembrance of a man who, to her and many others, felt a bit like a father. "Robin Williams, as I knew him, was warm, gentle, expressive, nurturing, and brilliant," she writes on her blog...

'Matilda:' Here's Why Child Actors Go Nuts


 'Matilda:' 
 Here's Why 
 Child Actors 
 Go Nuts 
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Jun 1, 2013 7:00 PM CDT

'Matilda:' Here's Why Child Actors Go Nuts

Mara Wilson weighs in

(Newser) - Mara Wilson—perhaps better known to some as Matilda or the little girl in Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street—is all grown up now, and she's glad she was never "Olsen twins famous," she writes on Cracked . Perhaps inspired by the recent troubles of Lindsay...

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