Abigail Breslin

The Daily Transom had never experienced Jonas Brothers mania in its purest form until we journeyed to their concert at the Ross School in East Hampton on Saturday, August 9. The Jonas Brothers are a Disney-promoted band of three brothers from Wyckoff, New Jersey--youngest brother Nick, who is 15, used to date Miley Cyrus and is now dating Disney star Selena Gomez (to Ms. Cyrus's chagrin, it is claimed); they tour with another Disney star named Demi Lovato; they are cute, but they are also Evangelical Christians and wear Promise Rings, so parents do not have to worry that their famously tight pants mean they will be talking about scary things like Sex and Drugs.  read more »

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Running Time 101 minutes
Written by Ann Peacock
Directed by Patricia Rozema
Starring Abigail Breslin, Chris O’Donnell and Julia Ormond

Considering the surfeit of popular junk that is currently polluting the ozone, an enchanting little movie like Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is so sweet and sanitized it makes me feel almost guilty for liking it. But this vehicle for Abigail Breslin, the Oscar-nominated surprise sensation of the acclaimed Little Miss Sunshine, is not only a brisk, beautifully conceived period piece that spells entertainment with a capital E—it exalts the cheerful audience-participation innocence of those family films that used to star Margaret O’Brien, Dean Stockwell and Peggy Ann Garner.  read more »

What do you do if your magazine was embroiled in a possibly manufactured controversy over its allegedly sexualized photos of a minor? If you're Vanity Fair, you make fun of the whole thing, of course.  read more »