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Complaint Review: The Hollywood Group Aka Kidz In Media - Los Angeles California
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The Hollywood Group Aka Kidz In Media
2050 Bundy Drive-#202 Los Angeles, 90025 California, U.S.A.
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ScoutServe, Scout Serve, Kidz In Media, Hollywood Group, The Hollywood Group The Hollywood Group Aka Kidz In Media CHILD-MODEL-ACTING SCAM -VERY DISTURBING Los Angeles California
We were approached in the same manner as the other reports mentioned, except that the location was the Farmer's Market at the Northridge Mall. It's very disturbing because they tell your young one that they are beautiful, Photogenic and with a Great potential of making it in the business. I was given an invitation to bring my daugther to their screening event. We did it for the experience and also because my girl could not stop talking about the posibility of working on T.V and meeting teen stars they knew from TV. Just like the other parents, we got a callback and went to what I thought it would be a one to one meeting with an agent to discuss our daughter's future. They make it sound like a very seriuos matter, they demand that both parents be present and they ask not to be late. What turned out to be was a group meeting with a dozen of other families with the same dreams and hopes. It was an accurate climate for Timeshare sales, just another BIG HOAX. They meeting was in the same old smelly room where they had our kids do the screening. They don't even have the facilities worth of an entertaiment business with big $$$$. They filled the room with metal folding chairs and if you are smart and pay attention, the videos they showed to make their sales pitch was all recorded in the same room we were sitting in, where it all had taken place from the beginning. After an hour of Bull s**t, my husband and I could not take it anymore and we literally walked out with our kids without even looking back. To every parent out there...Please DON'T waste your time with these people, throw away that invitation card and don't even given a minute of your time because TRUST you will be setting up yourself for BIG dissapointment. The only thing good that came out of these was the fact that we did not disappointed our little girl by not taking her and she had to see it for herself and believe it or not, even my 11 year old girl who days before was fantasizing about being a star, was able to see right through their scam and walked out of there completely conviced that they were BIG FAKES. Just to give you a short example...they told the kids in the meeting that if their mommies and daddies allowed them to join their agency they could potentially have an opportunity to go to the set of of the "Sweet life of Zack and Cody", well too bad for them, but even my 11 year old dauther knew that that show is over and all is left is just the re-runs ! I mean imagine how stupid can they be they don't even have a clue of what is going on in the business ! Please pass the word and spare other families. Thank you.
Concern mom
Northrige, California
U.S.A.
Concern mom
Northrige, California
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Matt
north hollywood,California,
United States of America
I am real. Hollywood Group is real and does incredible work.
#2UPDATE Employee
Thu, January 28, 2010
Hi, I am a SAG actor and an employee of Hollywood Group for over seven years. All of my adult actor friends would give their eye teeth to be in the business as a child with cheap effective pics (my last shoot with copies was over 1200), inexpensive and excellent training from working actors, (my school AADA is now over 50kand it takes three years before they let you try to get an agent so you dont make them look bad by being ill prepared) and bi-monthly opportunities to meet face to face; agents, casting directors and producers-let alone work as an extra while training.
I read angry frightened parents who never joined, and not a single mom or dad who did.
Fear is only over come by information.
Out staff is small and doesnt make a lot of money. We believe in what we are doing and are SAG actors.
Our kids get a real chance at making it as an actor in LA. Our parents get a very, very inexpensive program that allows them to actually make the money back.
You want facts,
I know a dad whose son made over 50k last year through HG. The dad does luggage at LAX.
I know a boy who three years ago got Cs and now through HG is a 3.7 and is going pre med. He never got an agent but guess what his mom is very happy because thats what we teach-nothing is automatic-its all the quest.
We teach work ethic and reward it by being an actor. Our kids go to college and major in everything BUT acting-why- because thats what we teach.
WE ARE NOT A FREE LUNCH-NO SUCH THING.
We are real.
Our parents love us.
We have two offices, LA and SD. In each office is an employee who was and is a member with their child. One has a daughter with an agent who auditions and sometimes books small stuff working her way up as I did, the other was too shy to do anything and is now through HG a TV star. Both parents asked and now work at Hollywood Group.
Real SAG agents call us when they need marketable professionally trained (you have to have both) kids.
Some of our parents are SAG actors, entertainment lawyers, policemen, producers, and even a DGA (Directors Guild of America) director.
I have been offer ten times the small money I make helping kids do what I do and I turn it down because this is the only place I believe in.
I hope even one parent reads this then this is worth it.
Matt
north hollywood,California,
United States of America
Hollywood Group is real and does incredible work
#3UPDATE Employee
Thu, January 28, 2010
Hi, I am a SAG actor and an employee of Hollywood Group for over seven years. All of my adult SAG actor friends would give their eye teeth to be in the business as a child with cheap effective pics (my last shoot with copies was over 1200), inexpensive and excellent training from working actors, (my school AADA is now over 50k and it takes three years before they let you try to get an agent so you dont make them look bad by being ill prepared) and bi-monthly opportunities to meet face to face; agents, casting directors and producers-let alone work as an extra while training.
I read angry frightened parents who never joined, and not a single mom or dad who did.
Fear is only over come by information.
Out staff is small and doesnt make a lot of money. We believe in what we are doing and are SAG actors.
Our kids get a real chance at making it as an actor in LA. Our parents get a very, very inexpensive program that allows them to actually make the money back.
You want facts,
I know a dad whose son made over 50k last year through HG. The dad does luggage at LAX.
I know a boy who three years ago got Cs and now through HG is a 3.7 and is going pre med. He never got an agent but guess what his mom is very happy because thats what we teach-nothing is automatic-its all the quest.
We teach work ethic and reward it by being an actor. Our kids go to college and major in everything BUT acting-why- because thats what we teach.
WE ARE NOT A FREE LUNCH-NO SUCH THING.
We are real.
Our parents love us.
We have two offices, LA and SD. In each office is an employee who was and is a member with their child. One has a daughter with an agent who auditions and sometimes books small stuff working her way up as I did, the other was too shy to do anything and is now through HG a TV star. Both parents asked and now work at Hollywood Group.
Real SAG agents call us when they need marketable professionally trained (you have to have both) kids.
Some of our parents are SAG actors, entertainment lawyers, policemen, producers, and even a DGA (Directors Guild of America) director.
I have been offer ten times the small money I make helping kids do what I do and I turn it down because this is the only place I believe in.
We have kids at every level-back ground, with agent and auditioning for nationals, booking nationals, and stars.
I hope even one parent reads this then this is worth it.
