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  • On the Rosie O'Donnell show, the entire cast of Scooby Doo were on to promote the movie. Both Sarah and Freddie were discussing his love of practical jokes. Freddie also mentioned that Sarah likes playing practical jokes on her Buffy castmates.

    He mentioned that Sarah loves scaring Michelle . Freddie said that Michelle is scared of dirt and that Sarah's practical joke was throwing dirt at Michelle and pouring dirt down her pants! During the story Rosie said that she loved Michelle and mentioned doing Harriet the Spy with her. Sarah commented that Michelle very was cute. And it shows how close Michelle and Sarah are on and off the show.

  • BtVS UK Mag Issue 39 Oct 2002
    Gotta Sing

    "Singing makes me very, very nervous," adds Michelle Trachtenberg. "I love dancing. I said, 'Very little singing and a whole lot of dancing,' and Joss [demonstrated] the whole [choreography] - he showed me the loops and jumps."
    "And he was wearing the same costume [as Dawn]," Alyson quips.
    "Very slimming," Joss says.
    "Alyson threatened it; I actually had it," Michelle recalls. "I had psychosomatic tonsillitis. I was petrified. There was a whole big tissue box fiasco."

  • From TV Q&A, by Taylor Michaels. Article copyright Zap2it

    Q: Did Michelle Tractenberg ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") have a bit part on an early episode of "Law & Order"?-R.F., Judsonia, Ark.
    A: Whoa, nice catch! Yes, Trachtenberg didn't even get onscreen credit as Dinah Driscoll in an October 1991 episode called "God Bless the Child."

  • Buffy Questionnaire - Who are you closest to on the set of Buffy?
    Amber Benson: I really like to hang out with Michelle Trachtenberg.

  • Arnie Sykes wrote a song called Michelle - it includes Michelle Trachtenberg - the line goes 'Michelle Trachtenberg slays vampires'.

  • "Quotable Slayer" compiled by Nicol Ostrow and Steven Breznehoff.
    This is a daydream scene which was cut from ep 7.1 Lessons:
    "My sister is a vampire slayer, her best friend is a witch who went bonkers and tried to destroy the world. Um, I actually used to be a little ball of energy until about two years ago when some monks changed the past and made me Buffy's sister, and for some reason, a big klepto. My best friends are Leticia Jones, who moved to San Diego because this town is evil, and floppy-eared demon named Clem."

  • All My Children celebrated its 35th year anniversary in January, Michelle was mentioned:

    Through the years, it has won many Emmys and launched a number of stars into prime time and movies- including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kim Delaney, Lacey Chabert, Josh Duhamel, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Finola Hughes, Melissa Leo, Anthony Ruivivar, Daniel Sunjata, Holland Taylor, Lynne Thigpen and Michelle Trachtenberg.

  • A toy company called Palisades Toys www.palisadestoys.com has acquired the rights to do Buffy block figures called PALz. They are ittle LEGO style figures. There will almost lmost definitely be doing a Dawn figure for the series 5 set. Thanks to Colby for this info!

  • Michelle is mentioned at the web-journal of Jennifer Robinson. She's apparently one of Michelle's skating body doubles in 'Ice Princess'. In her journal, she discussed her time on the set, and gave her thoughts on Michelle. As usual, Michelle is described in very complimentary terms. Copied-and-pasted, the journal entry is as follows...

    Hi Everyone, Just wanted to give you guys a quick update on what is going on here in Canada for me. I have been a skating double for a movie that is filming in Toronto called "Ice Princess". It is a Disney production and it is a story about a girl who loves to skate and develops a talent for it through a project she is doing for a physics scholorship. I have been on set for about 3 weeks now, am blonde and have met a whole group of incredibly great people. The actress that I am skating for is Michelle Tractenberg, who is most well known for her roles as Buffy's sister in Buffy the Vampire Slayer from television and is in EuroTrip as well. She is fun, and has a great sense of humour and can skate a bit herself. This movie process is so completely different from anything I have ever done, and can't believe all the pre production work that goes into a film. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer wherever they are!! Jen

    Much thanks to Allyson for sending that to me!
     

  • Well, I made good on my promise to ask Amber Benson who she still keeps in touch with on the cast of Buffy. I was of course thrilled to hear that she and Alyson are friends. She said that she hasn't seen her in awhile though. John, you will be happy to hear that out of everyone, she keeps in touch with Michelle the most. :) She said that it is just wrong that she is now taller than her and that she has a boyfriend. She is just growing up so fast.

  • -  taken from BuffyAngelFirefly Yahoo! Group

  • XPRESS QUOTE
    "I love shopping and reading. I like being with my friends, family,
    boyfriend. I love watching DVDs at home in my sweat pants and with my
    zit cream on. It's all great."

    - Actor Michelle Trachtenberg, when asked about her hobbies, in Newsday


  • Anecdote from http://www.anecdotage.com


  • One day on the set of the Disney movie Ice Princess (2005), Michelle Trachtenberg did a photo shoot with professional figure skaters Michelle Kwan and Brian Boitano, who made cameo appearances in the film. "I bent down to show off a skating move," she later recalled, "and my pants split completely down the middle! Everyone could see I was wearing a thong. They yelled, 'Good job, Michelle!'"

  • There is a past chat with Michelle by Nickelodeon. Fans ask their questions etc. You can find it here:

    http://www.nick.com/blab/past_chats/archive_buffyjr.jhtml

  • This is a fan account of seeing Michelle at an event:
  • This was the biggest party we went to during the festival, in terms of number of people. It was held in the CityTV (big Canadian network, owns MuchMusic think) parking lots and on part of Queen Street West, which was blocked off for the event. David ran us around for this one, taking us to meet any and everyone we could ( he worked real hard trying to get us into the red carpet entrance where we would get interviewed, but it just didn’t happen).

    There had to be at least 2000 people there, and more than that filtering through the night. Very good music, lots of cute people in there fineries, and actually pretty pleasant considering the Hollywood vibe. Despite my experience performing at big shows and producing events, I’m really not much of a big crowd person in terms of hanging out….but this was actually OK. A few famous folks here and there, and lots of press people that I recognized. At some point in the party, Alex tapped me on the shoulder and said “said don’t panic- Michelle Trachtenberg is standing right across from you”. Yes, the famous proto-knee-ga-roe is a BIG Buffy/Angel/Firefly/anything Joss Whedon geek (SERENITY opens September 30th !!!! WOOOHOO!!! Take my love, Take my land….uh, OK I’m back.) so that kind of proximity to Buffy’s little sister could have given me a heart attack….But I was cool, y’all. I handled it and remembered I was there because I’m featured in a movie. Even If I wanted to be a fanboy, she was standing with that kid that played Iceman in” X-Men United” and they had a couple people in their grill already. Wouldn’t have been cute of me.

  • Information about Ringside's music video Tired of Being Sorry (Michelle is seen in it):
  • Ringside seats: Joaquin Phoenix may be getting the most press for Walk the Line right now, but he's also making waves as a music-video director. Hip reader Michele A. pointed me to this clip for Tired of Being Sorry, directed by Phoenix and performed by the L.A. band Ringside. There are so many stars in the video I lost count: Aside from band member Balthazar Getty, it features appearances by Casey Affleck, Michelle Trachtenberg, Christian Slater and Dermot Mulroney. And get this: The song is pretty good, too

  • Author Jackie K Cooper had this to say about Michelle's performance in The Dive from Clausen's Pier:
  • Trachtenberg starred in "Ice Princess" earlier this year and in that film she played a high school senior. In this new movie she is supposed to be twenty-three. She was more believable as the high school senior. Still it must be recognized that her acting is great and her beauty is shimmering.

    She is the standout star in this movie. Maher and Estes pale beside her. She creates whatever watchability the movie has.

    The film is difficult to understand as to what point is being made. This was also a problem with the book from which it is taken. It was somewhat muddled so the movie has to be too.

    Michelle Trachtenberg is the reason to watch this movie. Her performance is controlled and deep, two things the movie is not. So watch her but don't try to figure out the script.