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Disney star Bella Thorne hosted the Grand Opening of YoBlendz store in Boca Raton and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida this weekend.

The teenager met fans and signed autographs with the crowd at the event filled with family activities including face painting, balloon artists and other children’s activities.

Thorne, 13, was born in Florida and has hosted other opening of the South Florida chain. One held in Weston, FL was such a success about 1,000 people came out to greet the Shake It Up teen!

Don’t forget to watch Bella and her costar Zendaya in the Shake It Up season two premiere on September 18th at 8PM.

More photos of Bella at the signing are below.  Read more »

Willow and Jaden Smith have an amazing place to go home to in between school and their busy acting and music appearances.

The siblings pose along with the rest of their famous family on the steps of their Calabasas, California home for the September issue of Architectural Digest. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and their half-brother Trey Smith are photographed at the massive and very beautiful wooden doors of the 25,000 square foot house.

AD says the property is on 50 acres and has a custom outdoor shower, a gazebo situated on a large pond and a meditation room for the family’s enjoyment.

This is the first time Mom and Dad Smith have opened up the doors of the nine bedroom home to photographers. Can’t wait to see more.

The Hamptons had a couple of celebrity filled events this weekend – all raising money for charities – and Abigail Breslin was on hand checking them out.

The 15 year-old started out at the shopping extravaganza Super Saturday 14 in Water Mill, NY. Breslin shopped at the annual designer garage sale and took part in the carnival games that raised money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.

Breslin wasn’t the only teen celeb at the event. Emma Roberts and boyfriend Chord Overstreet were there and Joe Jonas‘ new girlfriend, model Karlie Kloss grabbed up some high-priced goodies on the cheap.

Abigail also attended the Oceana Hamptons Splash party on Saturday night. The event was held at a private residence with actor Ted Danson and Adrien Grenier.

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Charity and giving back is very important to Justin Bieber.

The teenager uses his music and concert sales to help benefit his charities of choice: Pencils of Promise and The Children’s Miracle Network. JB also meets with kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation before concerts and tries to connect with them and make their experience memorable.

CNN interviewed Justin and asked why this is so important to him.

“For me it’s about helping people out that haven’t had opportunity,” Bieber said.

Justin and his mother really struggled and had hard times until she uploaded videos of her son to YouTube and he was discovered. As Bieber’s popularity grew, his memories of how tough it was for him and his mom inspired him to help out as often as he could.

Watch the video below to see the interview of Justin and his charitable works. Read more »

Hailee Steinfeld is a name you won’t recognize yet, but the young actress is getting lots of attention for her turn in True Grit. The Coen Brothers premiered the Western in New York on Tuesday at the Ziegfeld Theater and Steinfeld walked the red carpet with her costars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.

The 14 year-old actress beat out 15,000 other girls for the part that drives the heart the of story: Mattie Ross, a stubborn, headstrong young girl who hires an eye-patch wearing Marshall (Bridges) to avenge the killing of her father and the two head off together on a dusty road trip.

Get to know Hailee by checking out a short video and more photos below.

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Justin Bieber wants girls to lose their minds over his new venture: a JB fragrance. The teenager is breaking into the game with a scent designed for the ladies – not a cologne for dudes. Bieber told People:

“It’s for my female fans, and I want to create something that will have the girls go crazy.”

“Most male celebrities do male colognes for other males,” Bieber adds. “I think that me making a female fragrance is just a different idea and I think it’s going to be successful. I’m just really, really excited about it. It’s going to be really big.”

The “Baby” singer is a marketing machine: nail polish, bedding, unisex perfumed accessories and of course, books, music and an upcoming movie.

The pop singer is teaming up with Give Back Brands for this fragrance, and the proceeds will go to charity. Look for the scent to be in stores in spring 2011.

Keeping Up with The Kardashians sister Kendall Jenner attended Variety’s 4th Annual Power of Youth 2010 event at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.

The young model who attends a private school in Calabasas, California is set to become a reality star in her own right – she will be part of Bravo TV’s new show LA Prep - the spin off of NYC Prep. The show will follow six privileged teenagers and their drama and is scheduled to start shooting this week.

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Abigail Breslin plays a young singer/songwriter in her new film Janie Jones. In the movie, Breslin’s Janie is trying to connect with her musician father (who didn’t know she existed) while her mother enters rehab.

The 14 year-old actress really liked playing Janie as she even got to drive for the film (she was only 13 at the time) and scared one of the assistants! Breslin said:

“I actually drove in the parking lot and it was awesome, “she said. “I did the actual stunt thing where I almost hit a car. Everybody was fearful those 2 days. We had this one production assistant, Ben, who was in the back seat while I was driving. I could tell he was so afraid and thinking ‘Why did they put me in the car with this lunatic?’ ”

But the illicit driving experience was every kid’s dream.

“It was fun,” says Breslin “My brothers (Spencer, age 18 and Ryan, 25) got their licenses both of them like 3 months ago. I’m like ‘I’m more experienced than you guys are.’”

Breslin did her own singing for the part and while she was nervous – she says she had lots of fun experiencing something new.

More photos and a video of her singing live in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival below:

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Taylor Momsen is out touring with her band The Pretty Reckless. The part-time Gossip Girl star chatted with 411mania about her supposed feud with fellow teen singer Miley Cyrus and down plays the whole situation:

“I don’t even know Miley Cyrus. There’s just no comparison between us, you know. I’m a rocker, she’s a pop star. We’re entirely different things and there’s a big difference between us. I have nothing against her, I don’t even know her. I just don’t listen to her stuff. I don’t give a sh*t. It’s ridiculous that Disney is as relevant as it is today even with adults. Where is the real music? What happened to Zeppelin, and people who play their own instruments? There’s always going to be pop but it’s not real music, it’s not me.”

Momsen cites Pink Floyd, The Who and The Beatles as some of her musical influences. Taylor and her band are currently on the 2010 Warped Tour and making their way around the country.

Check out the live performance of their song “Zombie” below:

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It’s not often sixteen year olds get to sail solo around the world so when one brave teen takes on the challenge, everyone takes note. Abby Sunderland, has attempted the adventure and she has found herself in the middle of not only the Indian Ocean, but a heated debate about what a teen should or shouldn’t be allowed to do on their own.

Sunderland set sail in her yacht, Wild Eyes, in an attempt to be the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the globe non-stop, alone and unassisted. In April she had to stop in Cape Town, South Africa for repairs and while it ended the non-stop part of her quest, Abby continued on after her auto pilot system was fixed. On June 10th, Sunderland set off her EPRIB’s (emergency beacons) after her boat was turned on it’s side and the mast snapped thanks to a storm near Madagascar. A rescue plane has spotted the teenager and her disabled boat and a nearby fishing vessel has been dispatched to pick up the stranded-at-sea teen.

Abby’s father, Laurence Sunderland, is telling reporters that his daughter’s journey is over for now, but the debate is raging on: was she too young to try it in the first place? Should her parents have stopped her? Would waiting until she was eighteen made that much of a difference? It wasn’t too long ago when the world was asking the same questions of Jessica Dubroff’s parents. Dubroff died in 1996 when she attempted a solo flight at the age of seven and was tragically unsuccessful.

What do you think? Is Abby brave or foolhardy? Are her parents supportive of her dreams or way to lenient? Sound off below!

Learn more about Abby on her official blog here and this one that her parents update.

[image: USA Today]