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Vanessa Hudgens is gearing up for the release of Beastly (finally!) The date has been delayed, moved and pushed around the calendar so much it’s a wonder there is still interest in it.

Costarring with Alex Pettyfer, Mary Kate Olsen and Neil Patrick Harris (who later directed her at the Hollywood Bowl in a performance of Rent,) Hudgens spoke to ComingSoon about how she chose Beastly, her character Lindy and doing stunts while afraid of heights:

On what attracted her to the role: “It was just a script that was in the pile, you know, and I read it, and I thought that it was really interesting. I had a meeting with them, and I remember running in, and I was late and I felt horrible, and we just had a great conversation. It was me, Susan the producer and Daniel the director, and we just sat and talked about the project. Just hearing Daniel’s ambitions, what he wanted to do, how he wanted to shoot it, how he wanted to develop the characters. It just seemed like the right next choice.”

On who Lindy is and how she’s different: “It’s a whole lot different than me. I’m very outgoing and confident and when it comes to Lindy, she’s a bit more all over the place. She’s kind of the person that has a bunch of word vomit. She’ll say something and then instantly start to retract it, yet she can’t stop talking about it. She’s just kind of this neurotic character that’s just a lot of fun. There’s much more of a deeper undertone to the way I speak in it, because I have an extremely high voice.”

On her stunt work: “I’ve had one stunt already, which was quite frightening ’cause I’m afraid of heights, and I had to climb up a ladder, hold onto something upside down, they rigged me and I was literally hanging upside down on a pole, and then they would let the latch go, and they’d count “3,2,1″ and then I’d let go and fall into Alex’s arms.”

The movie hits theaters March 4th.

Victoria Justice is pretty in a strapless peachy pink dress and awesome oversize floral cuff for the cover of the 2011 issue Seventeen Prom.

Justice, who’s never been to a prom, dishes to the mag about finding the right dress, don’t be desperate for a boy (amen, sister!) and what she thinks prom should be all about:

On finding the perfect party dress: “All of the outfits that I’ve worn have made me feel special in different ways, but fit is so much more important to me than wearing a designer brand. I’d rather find a really cheap dress and have it fit me.”

On what prom means to her: “I think prom is just about enjoying yourself. You shouldn’t have to worry about guys at all. It should just be about hanging out with your friends and having the best time you’ve ever had. And even if you don’t have the best time you’ve ever had, you’ll have plenty of good times in the future. I don’t think there has to be so much pressure put on this night. Just take it easy and have a positive attitude, and you’re going to have a great night either way.”

On finding a perfect prom date: “Guys don’t like girls that throw themselves at them. That’s something that I’ve learned. I feel like a lot of girls do things to get attention for a guy to notice them, but you don’t want to do the wrong things to get attention. A guy wants a classy girl who is smart and has goals — someone that he wouldn’t be afraid to bring home to his parents.”

I just love Victoria! She’s very smart and self-assured.

Lots of photos below and a behind the scenes video of her photo shoot are under. Read more »

Jackson Rathbone is always busy with multiple projects. The Twilight actor is starting work on Breaking Dawn, keeping a web diary of his band 100 Monkeys and is starring in a new web series “Aim High” with Aimee Teegarden. The photo above is Rathbone as Nick, a teenage spy posing as an ordinary high schooler:

The actor’s playing Nick Green, a high school student with a side job as an international spy. Nick is one of the US government’s 64 trained teenage operatives and just blew a hit he had on a Russian mercenary named Boris the Bear (Clancy Brown). He’s juggling the ripple effects of that with his secret love for Amanda Miles (“Friday Night Lights’” Aimee Teegarden). The major problem there is that she’s got a jealous boyfriend (Jonathan McDaniel) who just so happens to be the swim team captain.

The full series will released online and as a DVD sometime in 2011.

Jackson is still in high school in this? Well, I do happen to adore him so I will catch this anyway – but I have to admit, I’m getting tired of actors in their late 20s and early 30s playing high school students. I understand when you need an actor who won’t age significantly as a vampire but the rest of the time it’s ridiculous. Is it just me? What do you think?

Nickelodeon is adding another live action teen show to it’s prime time roster with the new show House of Anubis, beginning in January 2011.

Eight teens at a boarding school with magic, mysteries and secret ceremonies all try to figure out what is happening around them while dealing with love, friendship and betrayal.

Watch the trailer below – it looks interesting – I hope Nickelodeon puts out more photos and videos. I’d like to see more.

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Nickelodeon’s hit show Victorious! has a brand new episode on Friday, November 26th. “Freak The Freak Out” has karaoke, scheming club owners to foil and wacky hi jinks from the super talented cast. Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gilles, Avan Jogia and Daniella Monet star.

In “Freak the Freak Out,” Tori (Justice) and her friends are excited to try out Karaoke Dokie, a karaoke club that features weekly singing competitions. On competition night, Jade (Gillies) and Cat (Grande) partner on a prize-worthy performance, but the club’s owner rigs the competition so his daughter and her obnoxious friend win. Tori and the gang have to figure out a way to expose the cheating girls and show everyone who can really sing.

Check out the official song & video (so catchy! LOVE IT!) and more photos from the episode are below. Read more »

Mean Girls 2 first official trailer is here. New vicious bully girls rule the school in this direct to DVD sequel that pales in compairson to the original Tina Fey scripted high school hierarchy comedy. (Lindsey Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Rachel McAdams are sorely missed.)

Meghan Martin, Nicole Gale Anderson, Jennifer Stone and Maiara Walsh all give it a go but you can see right away Fey’s biting, smart wit isn’t there.

February 2011 this hits shelves.

Check the trailer and tell us what you think?

Keeping Up with The Kardashians teen stars Kendall and Kylie Jenner hit the red carpet with big sister Khloe Kardashian, for the premiere of Burlesque in Los Angeles at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. The sisters were cute together and looked like they had a great time.

Kendall just celebrated her 15th birthday on November 3rd and she just appeared in One Call’s music video “Blacklight” along with Kevin McHale of Glee and Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson.

See more of the sisters under. Read more »

Nina Dobrev hit up the 25th Annual Gemini Awards on Saturday November 13th at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Dobrev, who was born in Bulgaria but raised in Canada, returned to Toronto as part of the 30th Anniversary Degrassi tribute the Gemini Awards planned for the evening. Nina played Mia on the high school teen drama from 2006 to 2009.

The 21 year-old is currently starring as both human Elena Gilbert and vampire Katherine Pierce on the hit CW show The Vampire Diaries. She will costar with Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz in The Killing Games (formerly called Deathgames) due out in 2011.

More Nina photos under. Read more »

Provocative and controversial, Skins will hit the airwaves of MTV in January 2011 and bring the hit British show to an American audience. This version will be set in Baltimore, Maryland and follow a group of teenagers and their exploits in love, drinking, casual sex, eating disorders, “Daddy issues,” drugs and anything else sure to cause a ruckus by parent’s groups around the country. The drama is written by teenagers and stars real, unknown teens to provide authenticity to the stories.

The preview below gives you a taste of the explicitness of the show – it is not for younger viewers and is NSFW so be warned.

Click the link to check out what all the hype is about. Read more »

Actress Dianna Agron wrote one very long entry to apologize to the kids, parents, families and fans who were offended by GLEE’s super sensual photo shoot for GQ Magazine, which was slammed by Parents Television Council. Dianna argues that other stars did it first, but still recognizes they are perpetuating this inappropriate image of teens.

Parents Slam GLEE Stars On Controversial GQ Cover

“Other public figures and shows . . . have pushed the envelope and challenged the levels of comfort in their viewers and fans,” Dianna wrote on her blog.

PHOTOS: ‘Glee’ Gets Super Sexy For GQ Magazine

“In perpetuating the type of images that evoke these kind of emotions, I am sorry,” she wrote. “If you are hurt or these photos make you uncomfortable, it was never our intention.”

“If your eight-year-old has a copy of our GQ cover in hand, again I am sorry,” she wrote. “But I would have to ask, how on earth did it get there? . . . There are parental locks and ways to get around this. I am twenty-four years old. I have been a pretty tame and easy-going girl my whole life. Nobody is perfect, and these photos do not represent who I am.”

All this drama for a couple of extra sexy pictures!?! Dianna is right. Parents should control what type of material kids have access too. However, we live in a free world where kids will see these “grown-ups” magazine covers while shopping with their parents.

[image: GQ]