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Alyson Stoner had worked in showbiz for nearly 20 years when the former child star checked a bank account, expecting over a million dollars – and there was nothing.

The entertainer had been performing since turning 3 years old. The 32-year-old danced alongside Missy Elliott, and appeared in "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Camp Rock," among other films. Yet after being "groomed to be sold," the bank account had zero dollars. Stoner is now exploring the pitfalls of fame in a new memoir, "Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything."

"Even though I was absolutely frugal, and I continue to be, there are a lot of loopholes that leave room for a child’s money to be mishandled, even by people who have good intentions but don’t und

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