to Rising Star, a fan website dedicated to 11-year-old         actor Chandler Canterbury. You may recognize him     from productions such as Alex Proya's "Knowing" and         the Academy Award winning movie, "The Curious Case     of Benjamin Button". Here you will find all the latest           news, media, pictures and more on this talented star.         Make sure to take a look around the site, and if you           have any questions, suggestions, donations, etc. feel free to contact me.

Love,
Dani

News & Updates



Apr 11 ABC 13 Interview + Gallery Update

Chandler did yet another interview! ABC 13 had a segment featuring an interview with Chandler on April 9th. This video is another must see, so go ahead and click here to do so. I added screencaps of the interview to the gallery, and also replaced the 39 News interview screencaps with better ones.

Also, James Nielsen photographed Chandler recently, and I have added a picture of the photoshoot to the gallery. It's stunning! Two other new additions can also be found in the gallery: A still and a behind the scenes picture of "After.Life".



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Apr 10 "Houston actor talks about role in Liam Neeson's After.Life"

"Eleven-year-old Chandler Canterbury of Houston kept his eyes covered through most of the screening of his latest film, After.Life, which also stars Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long.

The thriller, opening today in Houston and nine other cities, stars Neeson as funeral director Eliot Deacon, who likes to chat as he prepares clients for burial. Ricci plays Anna, a car-crash victim sent to Eliot's mortuary. Long plays Anna's boyfriend.

Chandler plays Jack, one of Anna's students, who has been deeply affected by her death and is drawn to the funeral home and its director.

This isn't the type of movie that Chandler would normally see. First of all, it is rated R, and his parents, Kristine and Rusty Canterbury, carefully screen the movies their children see. Plus, Chandler prefers comedies and action movies. And then there's the nudity.

"Christina was naked for half the movie, so I covered my eyes out of respect for her," Chandler said. "After.Life is not a kid movie.""


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Apr 06 New Headshot + Interview Screencaps

Chandler has a stunning new headshot! It was taken this year and it's just amazing. Plus, we have it in HQ (yay!). I also added screencaps of the 39 News interview Chandler did. Enjoy! Oh, and I almost forgot... The gallery has over 1.000 pictures now! Isn't that great?



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Apr 04 "Houston Boy Is A Movie Star"

Oh my god! I have an amazing, amazing update for you guys. Chandler has started promoting "After.Life" and he already did two interviews. The first one is a must watch! Just click here to see it. The second one is a very interesting radio interview (Chandler's mom, Kristine, is also part of the interview!), which you can listen to here.

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Mar 25 Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo's Blog

Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, the director of the movie "After.Life", has and will continue writing a blog and answering fan questions in Facebook. In the comment section of that blog, someone asked about Chandler, and this is what she said:

"Great question Taryn! Chandler's part is very important in After.Life and he's amazing in it. He's such an old soul and so talented! I'll answer in more detail very soon in my next director's blog."

We'll have to wait for her next update to get a longer answer. If you're interested in asking some questions about the movie or reading the rest of the blog, you can do so here.

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Mar 19 "Repo Men" today!

"Repo Men" comes out in theatres today! The movie is R rated, but, if you're old enough, make sure to go see it.

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