Sofia Vassilieva in the Season Premiere of Medium!

IMTA alum Sofia Vassilieva is starring in the season premiere of her hit NBC series Medium on January 7th! This is the start of the fourth season of the intriguing series based on a real-life story and fans have been clamoring for its much-awaited return! Sofia plays Ariel Dubois, the daughter of the main character, Allison (Patricia Arquette). This season will feature Allison and her family as their world is turned upside down after her psychic abilities are tested.

Sofia competed at IMTA in New York, where she won the title of Child Actress of the Year and she was the first runner-up for Child Model of the Year 2000. She went on to star in many films such as Eloise at the Plaza, The Brady Bunch in the White House, and Day Zero. She recently wrapped Hurt about a widow and her children coping with loss and a new life. Sofia won a Best Supporting Young Artist Award in 2006 for Best Performance in a TV Drama! Tune in Monday, January 7th to see Sophia in what promises to be an exciting beginning of the season!

Adrianne Palicki makes Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 List!

IMTA alum Adrianne Palicki was named one of Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list!! She is most famous for her current role as Tyra in the hit Friday Night Lights. This show received three Emmy nominations and won two, one of which was for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. It was also nominated for awards by the Image Awards and the Teen Choice Awards!

Adrianne competed at IMTA in New York City in 2001 and was signed by an agent. During an interview with the IMTA Video Crew, she said,"It was amazing. I love IMTA. I'm so sad it's over. It's very nerve wracking but it's a blast and you're here to have a good time, whatever happens, happens."

She went on to work in both film and television. Her first feature-film was 7 Mummies and she starred as Judy Robinson in the television pilot The Robinsons: Lost in Space, and she had a much larger role in the feauture film Popstar. Her television credits include guest appearances on Smallville, CSI, North Shore, South Beach and Supernatural.

Jessica Biel is starting the New Year by giving!

The big hearted and very talented IMTA alum Jessica Biel is a co-founder for the Make a Difference Network. This charity helps donors and supporters get together to make a difference. She was quoted on GoodSearch.com saying, "The future of giving and of nonprofits is to have a social community where your organization can talk to my organization and join forces or somebody gets to know about a charity because you’re meeting someone on a blog on a nonprofit social network. It’s definitely the future and everybody should get on it".

One of the charities Jessica supports is the nonprofit, no kill Much Love Animal Rescue organization which works to reduce overpopulation and mistreatment of domestic animals. Watch Jessica talk about Much Love Animal Rescue and using GoodSearch here:

Jessica captured the attention of many of the talent managers and scouts when she competed at IMTA in 1994. Her first big role was as Mary Camden on the incredibly popular WB series 7th Heaven. She has gone on to star in many major motion pictures such as The Illusionist, Stealth, Elizabethtown, Home of the Brave and Next. She recently wrapped the film A Women of No Importance which is about a woman who has an illegitimate child and is based on a play by Oscar Wilde. Things become sticky when her son tries to get a job from his father a secret neither of them knows. She just finished working on the movie Powder Blue about four people from very different backgrounds who find themselves thrown together which is set for release in 2008. Jessica was was seen most recently in hilarious comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. We all look forward to seeing Jessica on the big screen in her upcoming movies and know she will continue to use her star power to help others!!