Secrets of My Hollywood Life #4: Paparazzi Princess by Jen Calonita Page B

Grandaddy Buchanan's daughter, mother of Sam and Sara, wife of Dennis)
    After a summer-long hiatus, Melli will be seen on the big screen in the girl-power flick Revenge . Playing against type, Melli will star as the mother of two small kids who finds out her husband is actually wanted by the FBI.
    Spencer Hirsch (Dennis, Paige's hot hubby and Sam and Sara's pop--and the reason the gang is moving out of Summerville!)
    He'll appear this summer on London's famed West End in a modern retelling of As You Like It . After that, he flies to Yugoslavia to shoot the thriller Tell Me What Time I Die?
    Sky Mackenzie (Bad seed Sara, daughter of Paige and Dennis, and twin of Samantha)
    Sky's got Pretty Young Assassins to promote with FA costar Kaitlin Burke (see below) and has had offers to do several pilots. We hear she's this close to choosing one for the CW about bratty girls who live in a Chicago hotel and make backstabbing their favorite sport. Guess our favorite bad seed will continue to be the bad girl in town. We love it!
    Trevor Wainright (Samantha's boyfriend)
    FA 's resident hottie is upping his smoldering quotient with a shirtless star turn as a slacker surfer in Beach Bum, from can't-miss comedy director Jus Apple. "This is going to be the film that takes Trevor from sidekick to major movie star," Apple tells us.
    Tom Pullman ( Family Affair 's creator and executive producer)
    Said to be in demand for several TV series offers, Tom has just signed on to do a pilot for the CW based on Scooby-Doo. The Buffy-esque plot, full of sarcasm and too-cool-for-school wit, follows the Scooby Gang and their comrades in monster-slaying. Don't be surprised if you see several Affair players pop up in this series should it get picked up for the fall. Matt Burke, Kaitlin's bro and FA 's newest cast member, just signed on to play Velma's boyfriend. Which brings us to....
    Kaitlin Burke (Practically perfect Samantha, Paige and Dennis's daughter, Sara's twin)
    This is where things get interesting. Family Affair 's stand-out teen and media darling hasn't signed on to do a single project! Her publicist, Laney Peters, says she's mulling over offers, but an insider tells us that Kaitlin has refused to commit to anything she's been given so far. The only Kaitlin news we've heard lately is this bizarre story about Kaitlin smashing her cellphone at her boyfriend's lacrosse practice. (Did you get bad news, Kates? Uh-oh.) That means other than promoting Pretty Young Assassins this summer, we'll be Kaitlin-less for a while. Make up your mind, Kaitlin! We miss you already. *
    Six: Kaitlin Burke -- Music Star?
    "YES!" I scream after the car door closes behind me. I start bouncing up and down on the seat in excitement.
    It's Saturday morning, and Seth, Mom, and I just came from a breakfast meeting with the director of Manolos Are Meant for Small Feet . I read the script and loved it. It was very The Devil Wears Prada meets Legally Blonde . What could be better than that? I told Seth I have to have the part. This is the only script I've flipped over so far. The family drama pilot I had a meeting about the night I was on a date with Austin turned out to be too similar to Family Affair . (At least the meeting was semi-short. Austin and I were still able to have dinner afterward.) I don't want to repeat what I've already done. That jungle flick would certainly be new territory, but when I met with the director yesterday, his vision -- method acting with us actually living in the jungle during filming -- seemed too much for me. Manolos might just be what I'm looking for. I feel safer picking a movie as my next project than a TV show. In my head, a movie is something I would do on hiatus anyway so I can pretend this is just another one. Even if it really isn't. "Dean was so funny and smart," I gush about the film's director. "I really liked what he said about this role being my chance to be seen as more than just a flighty teenager."
    Seth nods. "He's right. This is