She may be the mean girl on popular Paramount+ series Wolf Pack, but in real life, Bailey Stender is full of heart. The 23-year-old actor, comedian and singer lives to make people laugh, love and feel through her craft – a dream she’s been pursuing since her childhood in Duluth, Minnesota. Her early years were…
5 Questions with ‘Wakanda Forever’ Stunt Performer Shalet Monique
It was the middle of the pandemic in 2020, when nurse-turned-teacher-turned-actress Shalet Monique took her first stunt class. She had been searching for ways to keep busy and up-skill with COVID-19 shutting down sets across the U.S. In that first session, she learned how to hold weapons and perform basic moves on camera. Two years…
‘Lou’ Actress Ridley Asha Bateman on the Lessons She Learned Working with Allison Janney & Jurnee Smollett
When she’s not playing the trumpet, sweeping opponents in JiuJitsu or making slime, Ridley Asha Bateman is lighting up the screen with her charisma, confidence and talent. The 9-year-old from California who also likes to bake, do parkour and hang out with her big brother Caden, is the daughter of multi-skilled actress and singer Rachel Luttrell…
Rafael Castillo on ‘Mo’, Falling in Love With Acting & Afro-Latino Representation
Seven years ago, Rafael Castillo took his first acting class – and it changed his life. The Dominican-American actor, who’s making waves as menacing thug Dante in the hit Netflix series Mo (starring Mo Amer), was meant to be a pro-athlete. He’d been excelling at college football but when he realised this wasn’t the path that…
3 Questions With ‘Never Have I Ever’ Actress Lily D. Moore: “I Am a Lot Like Rebecca”
When it comes to Lily D. Moore, one thing is for sure: she is unstoppable. The 19-year-old who has her sights set on becoming the first actress with Down syndrome to win an Oscar, made audiences around the world fall in love with her sass and ‘tude playing Rebecca Hall-Yoshida in the hit Netflix series Never…
10 Questions with Ana Maria Belo
She writes. She acts. She sings. She directs. She produces short films. She teaches young stars. And she has a laugh, so joyous and contagious, it’s impossible not to leave her presence smiling! Yes, Ana Maria Belo is one of Australia’s most exciting and versatile performers – and she’s constantly using her platform to advocate…
Taboo Releases Empowering Kids Book About Identity
For many of us who are bi-racial, multi-racial or the children of immigrants, it can be difficult to figure out who we really are. Sometimes we feel like we don’t fit in. That we don’t belong to one culture or another. That we’re simply not enough. And while most of us eventually learn that the…