day 3.280

what i love (this week)

the song

go listen to demi lovato's "unbroken." now.

the show

the ladies of wisteria lane are back tonight. sadly, it's the last time i'll ever be able to say that.

the movie

this is on dvd now. you have no excuses if you haven't seen it. none.

the look

damn.

day 3.220

what i love (this week)

the song

i don't even like this song that much, but i can't stop listening to it. i mean i've even listened to the spanish version. and watched countless covers on youtube. sorry i'm not sorry.

the show

any show in which danielle staub yells at any person, animal or thing is worth watching.

the movie

who knew abc family was in the lifetime movie-making business? the family friendly net sporadically puts out tv movies, including its latest effort, cyberbully. the emily osment-starring film is laughably overdramatic and predictable- just the kind of guilty pleasure tv movie everybody needs.

the look

kristen stewart, who? relativity media released the first image of lily collins as snow white in the company's as-yet-untitled fantasy project. collins will go head-to-head with kristen stewart, who's set to headline another big screen adaptation. but, by the looks of this pic, i'm definitely seeing the lily collins version.

day 3.209

demi's "skyscraper"

this is what a comeback looks like. adding her name to a long list of child stars-turned-adult phenoms, demi lovato transitions from disney to mainstream with "skyscraper." the release of "skyscraper" follows a tumultuous year, including a break-up from joe jonas, a rehab stay, publicly admitting her battle with depression, bipolar and eating disorders and leaving her disney channel sitcom. lovato proves she has the voice and experience to join the pop diva ranks alongside christina aguilera. while the song's nothing groundbreaking, lovato voice packs soul, power and punch. check out "skyscraper," above, to hear lovato's raw emotion pull through.

day 2.115

was this really a secret?

the worst kept secret of the tween world is a secret no more. it turns out that joe jonas and demi lovato actually are dating. yeah, i know...shock. the duo, who recently recorded "make a wave" for disney's go-green initiative (check out the vid above) have finally come clean about their special friendship. demi was being interviewed by access hollywood's billy bush when she let the truth slip. when bush asked the disney darling if she had ever dated one of the jobros, she responded with "maybe" before calling joe her bff...and then alluding to their relationship and saying she's never felt happier. well great for these two, but kind of weird. he's 20+, she's still a teen. oh well...

in tv news...

there are some big things happening on some of your favorite shows. first up: 24. the action-adventure serial may be coming to an end...on fox. the network is apparently set to announce an end to the series, but one network might save the drama: nbc. yep, the peacock net is strongly considering picking up the show should fox tank it. the only problem is that 24 costs a lot, a lot of money to make. like movie money. but, it brings in a big enough audience that it's probably worth it to nbc. they need some sort of audience. expect an announcement from fox in the next coming days ... betty white is returning to tv: in two forms. it's been confirmed that the "golden girl" will co-host snl for a special "ladies of comedy"/mother's day episode in may alongside former snl funny ladies tina fey, amy poehler, ana gasteyer, mya rudolph, molly shannen and rachel dratch. white will also pop up on abc's the middle as a snarky school librarian in the show's season finale. that should bring a bigger audience to the ok comedy ... katherine heigl is officially off of grey's anatomy. ok, it's not official, offical, but it's soon to be. the actress was set to return to the abc show's set this past week, but her return date came and went with no sign of heigl on set. apparently show creator shonda rimes is done with heigl and is fine leaving izzie's storyline where it ended on katherine's last grey's appearance a couple of weeks ago. i think that's a big disservice to the fans by both sides of this battle, but i'm glad this back-and-forth is all done. good riddance.

day 2.47

yes, they made a second one

disney's second fiddle to the high school musical series, camp rock, is set to premiere a sequel this summer and a teaser for the flick was released this week. check it out above. it looks like the all jobros will have a little more to do with this one, instead of joe taking the spotlight. but, i find it hard to believe there was much material for a sequel. we shall see.

day 334

jonas brothers like to "bounce"

the jobros have long been known to give back to their fans in multiple ways. while in vancouver filming the second installment of the camp rock series, the brothers took some time out of their schedule to film a viral video. check out the music video to "bounce," a fake song by a "cool new band" above and look out for miss demi lovato's cameo. i had no clue nick could be funny.

day 325

kate gosselin is likeable!

in the continued war of team jon versus team kate, it looks like kate is continuing to win. not only is she getting the exclusive interviews with big time media outlets like the today show (john has been saying his piece to the insider and entertainment tonight), but she also knows how to poke fun at her image and not be a walking contradiction. jon says he hates fame, yet makes appearances at hollywood's millions of milkshakes store to make a milkshake in his honor (previous milkshake makers include miley cyrus, lindsay lohan, and latoya jackson). kate, on the other hand, took some time out of her schedule to film a funny parody for jay leno's new show. while i doubt many people saw it live, the video has gone viral. i like when people in the public eye don't take themselves seriously and can play along with those who are laughing with them, not at them. check out kate in the skit above and get your laugh fix for the day.

in some sadder news...

it looks like we won't be getting any daily words of wisdom from miss miley cyrus anytime soon. the disney darling has officially deleted her twitter. while the reasoning is unknown, it looks like peer pressure got the best of miley. apparently, her new boyfriend - the last song costar liam hemsworth - is anti-twitter and told miley she should lay off the cyber sauce too. cyrus went on - what else? - a twitter rant about the whole debacle and officially removed herself from the site last night/this morning. this lead to a domino effect, with cyrus's momma - tish - taking her page off the site as well. the only remaining cyrus on twitter is brother trace ... and, really, who cares what he's saying!? i want my moody miley tweets back. hopefully miley departing cyberspace won't lead to fellow disney star demi lovato peacing out, too. i need at least one tweeting child star on to keep myself feeling normal.

day 264

disney goes green

disney has decided to use it's multi-faceted performers selena gomez, demi lovato, miley cyrus, and the jonai to pass on the message of "going green" to the tween crowd. and, what better way to do so than a power pop ballad entitled "send it on." the song - shockingly - premiered yesterday on radio disney. i'm all for getting kids involved with community service and learning about the world around them, but i think i liked it better 10+ years ago when nickelodeon called the program "the big green help." yes, for once, disney has stolen an idea from nickelodeon. the bigger problem i have with the song is that the production of it probably wasn't "green" at all. i'm guessing each of the disney darlings was flown in on a private jet to record the single and then film the music video. i'm guessing only the jonas brothers traveled together. and i'm guessing the 320957096173917 lights used in the production were left on more than they were needed to. wouldn't it be better to record these stars actually going out and doing service work, like nick's "green help" used to do? i distinctly remember larissa oleynik (aka alex mack/the girl from 10 things i hate about you) planting a tree or something. we all know that these kids are super busy because disney is milking them for all they're worth, but in the time it took them to record the single that is probably not even going to recoup the cost of its production and film a flashy video to be run on disney commercial breaks, all 6 "stars" could have done a group community service project. the actors were probably paid out the wahzoo for the promotional stunt, too. money that could have gone to a charity that's actually doing something good for the environment. instead of a single, why doesn't disney sponsor a huge national beautification or recycling campaign? when video surfaces of miley cyrus cleaning up a park or changing every lightbulb on the disney lot to a cfl bulb then i'll be content. until then, i'll continue to hurt my chances of ever working for the mouse house (not that i was ever counting on it).

day 233

disney channel loves west side story

with the previously announced high school musical: east meets west, you would think disney wouldn't try their hands at the whole west side story/romeo and juliet concept for a second go around until after the film's premiere. but, that isn't the case. the mouse house has green-lit the script for their other musical movie franchise, camp rock's, sequel, camp rock 2: the final jam. the second installment of the demi lovato/jobros series will follow mitchie (lovato) and the boys from "connect 3" (the brothers) will head back to camp rock for another summer, but will come to find that a lot of their close friends have jumped ship to newly opened camp star. some of the most talented kids and instructors are now traitors and camp rock is suffering. so, what are the camp rock-ites to do to keep the camp afloat? a big musical rock-off between the rival camp. duh. while joe was the only brother to really star in the original flick, nick will take romantic center stage in this go around. as joe's shane and demi's mitchie continue to go strong in their relationship, nick will find love with - shocker! - one of the rival campers. said camper is the daughter of camp star's owner, a talented pianist to be played by chloe bridges, who most recently appeared in the straight to dvd trequel legally blondes. the movie will start production this summer (hsm4 goes into production this fall) and some tracks have already been recorded (demi lovato tweeted she had laid a track called "never let it go"). american idol's newly married judge, kara dio guardi, is set to pen the music for the sequel. hopefully the jonai have improved their acting skills since the first movie, but from what i've seen of their sitcom jonas, i'm not so sure.

day 88

lindsay lohan to get comeback? 

while the rehabed actress has landed herself a pretty big role, i don't know if we should go around calling it a comeback quite yet. la lohan will be taking the female lead in the nightmare on elm street franchise reboot.  the film series, whose main villain is freddy kreuger, will completely overhaul the franchise, which previously included 7 films. basically, this film will be a remake of the first film with a new story line.  lindsay's manager apparently contacted the films producer, andrew ford, about lindsay being involved with the flick.  lohan was allegedly very persistent in wanting to be a part of the franchise.  lindsay got a first look at the script and was handed the role, without an audition.  usually, that is only the luxury of high brow stars.  so, maybe, lindsay is on the up and up? other actresses who actually had to audition for the role (and were turned away) included one tree hill's sophia bush and actress danielle panabaker. the guys behind the latest hollywood horror remake, friday the 13th (released today), are also behind the new nightmare on elm street alongside transformers mega director michael bay.   it's also been announced that music video director sameul bayer will make his feature film directing debut with nightmare.  bayer is known for his work on nirvana's video for "smells like teen spirit."  the film should go into production alter this year with a release date sometime in 2010.  hopefully lindsay will be getting more press for her work in the film than for her personal life with girlfriend samantha ronson.

update: it looks like lindsay is not set to join the movie after all.  someone was going around spreading the quotes and rumors, but they were mistaken.  the role is still up for grabs, though.  maybe la lohan will take it after all? 

nick jonas no longer under a wizard's spell 

the youngest jonas (at least in the band), nick, has reportedly split from disney's wizards of waverly place star selena gomez.  when asked by the insider and david letterman on their plans for valentines day, joe and kevin had no comment (joe is currently dating actress camilla belle and kevin is with a girl from the boys' home state of new jersey), nick spilt the beans that he is actually single.  nick didn't expand much more on the breakup, but did offer some insight into his relationship with scandal-prone disney star miley cyrus.  nick said that when the two were together (during the fall of 2007's hannah montana and miley cyrus: best of both worlds tour), they were immature and it was just a "young little relationship."   hmm, i wonder if miley sees it the same way? so that means nick is without a lady love this valentines day.  that void is sure to be filled within the next week or so.  nick and his brothers also blabbed that the purity rings the boys wear aren't necessarily intended to make them wait for marriage, just a reminder to live the best life they can.  interesting.  i wonder if some of the boys are getting a little promiscuous.  not exactly the best time to go changing your image boys - your disney concert movie launches this month and your disney channel original series kicks off later this year.  

speaking of selena and miley

it looks like selena gomez, miley cyrus, and demi lovato have put the rumors to rest that they're a part of th

e biggest feud disney's seen since the war over aaron carter between lindsay lohan and hilary duff.  the threesome were seen out at west hollywood's koi restaurant thursday night, accompanied by miley's a-little-too-old boyfriend, justin.  the threesome laughed the night away according to onlookers (i'm sure they all have some great jobros secrets - with miley and selena both dating nick and demi having worked with the trio on the disney channel original movie camp rock).  justin even picked up the bill (with miley's credit card i'm sure).  this is the second time the three starlets have been seen cozying up to one another.  on sunday, all three girls hung out after miley's performance at the grammy's (with another jonas ex, taylor swift).  maybe the jonas brothers should be more careful with who they decide to get close with?  it looks like an entire gang of jonas-ex's are starting to band together.  

day 33

clarkson crawls back

click here to watch kelly clarkson's new vlog where she talks about her new single, "my life would suck without you," releasing january 19th and new album, which drops march 17th.  the star is quite blonde again (not my fave), but seems to be headed back to the pop life.  kelly's official site has also changed  - kellyclarkson.com is out and kellyofficial.com is in.  it seems that rather than redesign the old my december site, clarkson and her team would rather completely relaunch her image.  a leak of the new song is sure to hit the internets in the next couple of weeks (or days) and should be on the radio before the 19th.

demi does disney

in other music news, demi lovato's latest single, "la laland," has dropped and so has the video.  click here to check it out.  the song, which has a pink-meets-britney vibe, is set to be the theme to lovato's new disney channel show sonny with a chance, formerly known as welcome to mollywood (and welcome to holliwood).  the show is about a teen girl who wins a contest to become a regular on a teen sketch comedy series, somewhat like a 30 rock for the tween set.  former nickelodeon teen sketchcom all that actually conducted a "funniest kid in america" contest during its 2000's relaunch, making me think that's where the disney machine got the idea.  the show premieres february 27th on the disney channel and will probably be a big hit.  disney's new marketing scheme seems to be "make a star, then give them a starring vehicle."  lovato was cast in the disney channel original movie camp rock and then released a self-titled debut album on disney-owned hollywood records.  the network is similarly grooming the jonas bros, making them megastars on the same record label and giving them a show slated for may, jonas.  i don't know, but the jobro's show seems to be unnecessary and a back step for the group - they've already conquered the world, why make a kidcentric show and alienate some of the older fans/dumb them down.

today's a relatively boring day in the hollyhood...but chances are something will be stirred up tonight, so check back for sunday's news.  

day 10

brit's back

britney spears made her comeback performance at germany's 2008 bambi awards.  click here to check the performance out over at perezhilton.com.  britney did a new mix of her number one hit "womanizer" and, as expected, it was lip synched.  as this was her first performance since the disaster that was the mtv vma's over a year ago, britney seemed a little nervous.  but over, it looks like she's back.  while there wasn't a whole lot of dancing, the routine was definitely choreographed and is a good sign of what's to come.  

jobros and lovato

it looks like the jonas brothers brought their entire disney family to the dallas area for their performance at the cowboy's game today.  yesterday, wizards of waverly place star and current nick jonas's flame was spotted at northpark in dallas and the boy's camp rock costar opened the game with an interesting (to say the least) rendition of the national anthem.  when the brothers took the salvation army stage at halftime, they were dressed the most casually anyone has seen them in years, in sweaters and jeans.  the boys did a medley of songs from their current record, ending in the single that started the sophmore album off, "burning up." since the family act recently purchased a home in a dallas suburb, i wonder if they had a big sleep over? no word on whether or not joe's current girl, actress camilla belle, or kevin's hometown girlfriend were in the area for the holiday.

thanksgiving = a quiet day in the hollyhood. 

hope everyone enjoyed the holiday.