IN THE
CITY OCTOBER 2012
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival screens 200-plus films from Oct. 19-Nov. 11. Bailee Madison, right, will be honored Oct. 21. In her film Cowgirls ‘N’ Angels, she plays a girl who becomes a rodeo trick rider while searching for her dad. More at www.fliff.com. For a look at films and special guests slated for the film festival, visit www.cityandshore.com
PHOTO COURTESY TIMOTHY ARMSTRONG
Sunshine Star
Young Bailee Madison returns home to Fort Lauderdale film festival honor BY ELIZABETH RAHE Twelve-year-old Bailee Madison was a bridesmaid in her sister’s wedding two days ago. In May the Lauderdale-ByThe-Sea actress bubbled about her sister’s engagement and pregnancy on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Then she told an animated story about losing a baby tooth during the filming of Hallmark’s Smart Cookies, bringing fellow guest Kevin Costner in on the conversation like she was 30. Such is the little-girl/grown-up, show-business life of the precocious tween – who becomes a teen on Oct. 15. Bailee has already appeared in a dozen TV productions, most notably Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place; and a dozen films, including the childhood fantasy Bridge to Terabithia, the horror film, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, and the comedy Just Go With It. Her credits have appeared with such names as Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hilary Swank, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston.
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