Talk:Amanda Bynes

Interests

"Besides acting, her interests include fashion designing, drawing, being a make-up assistant and hair stylist. She was trained as an actress by Arsenio Hall and Richard Pryor." - does someone have a reference for this? I find it hard to believe these two got together and said "let's teach this teenaged white girl to act!"

Covered it. It was at a kids' comedy camp; Pryor and Hall would often visit to help coach the participants, not just Bynes. Numerous interviews and websites corroborate this.

She actually started acting when she was a toddler, and got her first television role at 10, so she wasn't "learning to act" as a teenager.

Dog

Does anybody know what is the type of breed her dog Betty is?

Jewish/Catholic

Good job to the person that re-edited my updated addins, it sounds better now. I put the Jewish/Catholic thing in a new sentence, it read out of place. Now I normally don’t like to contradict CaptHayfever, who I see is lurking here, but I always though its the other way around, father Jewish (He is from Chicago and before that Europe, also Bynes is the more Jewish spelling of Bines) mother Catholic (mothers side of the family is from BC Canada). I guess leave it how it is right now since nobody is sure. --Mrm551282/Open32

Well, yeah, like I said, it was just a guess based on what little research I bothered doing; it could still go either way. When I'm wrong about stuff, I actually hope people do contradict me so I don't spread false info. CaptHayfever 00:29, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Actually, her mother is from Toronto, Ontario, isn't she? Not Vancouver.Vulturell 03:03, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Now that you mentioned it I think your right about Ontario, and Capt, I don’t like contradicting you because it usually turns out that your right. (Im still getting the hand of this posting, first time im here, ever since CB linked to it. --Mrm551282/Open32

Why does the article say she lives in an apartment alone with her dog? She was on the Jimmy Kimmel show tonight (3/7) and she said that she still lives with her parents.

Because she did live in an apartment with her dog, but then moved back in with her parents. (And please sign your comments on talk pages.) CaptHayfever 15:03, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Nice update, all the information is 100% correct, well written, and completely up to date. Good job it looks really nice. 15 March 2006 --Mrm551282/Open32

Thanks for the compliment! JackO'Lantern 07:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to remove the 'half Jewish and half Catholic' line. Neither of them is a race; it's not possible to be half of one religion and half of another. If someone can find out which one of her parents is Jewish and which is Catholic, that would be an acceptable replacement. --Mrowlinson 01:48, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

• Why isn't it possible, depends on how your family raised you. I grew up with a kid who was raised in a Jewish and a Protestant family, where one parent was Jewish and one was Protestant, he got Hanukah and Christmas gifts, and celebrated Easter and Passover.--Azathar 04:01, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
  • But Catholicism & Judaism still aren't ethnicities, so one still cannot be half one and half the other. As to the matter at hand (and this is just a theory, so don't add it), I would presume her mother is Jewish and her father Catholic, partly because "Bynes" is a British name (see Medieval Religion in England, among other things), and a couple of Jewish celebrity databases (which often make their assumptions/confirmations based on maternity) include Amanda in their systems. Again, though, that's just a guess. CaptHayfever 05:24, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

• • • It's not possible to BE half Jewish, half Christian? What do you define as "be"? I say neither that its possible to be half black /half white, because race is arbitrary anyway. Your genes are what they are. No, you say "half this, half that" simply to specify what their ancestry is (based on whatever arbitrary designation you chose), simply because people find it interesting.
      • But it's not possible to hold half-&-half Catholic-Jewish beliefs for the simple fact that the defining characteristics of the two faiths are in direct contrast. Bringing this all back to the matter at hand, the article, I don't think there would be any problem in just saying one parent is Catholic and the other Jewish, instead of the obviously debatable "half" statement. CaptHayfever 00:01, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
      • So a child who has one parent who is white and the other parent who is black is what? And what about the group Jews for Jesus, those Jewish people who believe that Jesus was the messiah, but don't chose to follow Christianity, they could be considered Half-Jewish/Half-Christian. You'll forgive me if I don't agree with you that one can be half one and half another. I think that stating that one parent is one religion and the other is another is an acceptable compromise though.--Azathar 01:22, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
        • Jews for Jesus wouldn't be half Jewish, half Christian, they would be a sect of Judaism. They are Jews who have branched from traditional Judaism to include Christian ideas. The concept of organised religions do not work like colors. With organised religion, mixing blue and yellow does not make green. It is possible to share beliefs from both religions, but it is not possible to be half of one and half of the other.--Mrowlinson 19:28, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
          • For all intents and purposes, being half Jewish has some legal status in some countries. - 24.7.186.22 20:05, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
            • That pertains to the Jewish race, not the religion of Judaism. CaptHayfever 22:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

About pictures

If this article is to have a second "fair use" picture (as was added), the content and picture should be tied together for fair use to apply. For instance, a movie pic, should go with discussion of the picture (beyond merely listing it as one thing she did). --rob 09:21, 17 October 2005 (UTC)