Nick Nolte stars as Matt Hobbs, a not-in-demand actor who hangs around Los Angeles looking for work and tends to the unflagging demands of his young daughter (Whittni Wright), whose own road to stardom is less bumpy.

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Scott-Young's previous foray into unscripted television was UPN's "Road To Stardom with Missy Elliott" -- a quasi-mash-up of "America's Next Top Model" and '"American Idol" -- back in 2005, but the treacherous family dynamics and scandalous love lives of hip-hop stars is proving to be a winning recipe.

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