The Weekly News Roundup - week of November 29 - December 3

The Biebmachine

- After being nominated for 2 Grammys, Bieber tweeted a little reaction vid. (4TNZ)

- YouTube yanked Bieber's video for "Pray" after he posted it, because he violated their copyright rules. With his own music video. For serious. Turns out the copyright is owned by his label, and the video now lives on Vevo. YouTube did apologize to the Bieb, even though they were technically in the right. (JSYK)

- There was this massive rumor that Bieber got a new haircut (HEAVEN FORFEND!), but it turns out he had just brushed it the other way. We can all go about our normal lives now. (JSYK)

- Bieber can solve a Rubik's cube in 1 minute 23 seconds. What you got, hmm? (JSYK)

- Biebmeister is getting some company on his "My World" tour - starting Dec 9 he'll be joined by band of 13-year-olds Mindless Behavior, whose hit "My Girl" has been tearing up YouTube. (JSYK)

- Biebster is auctioning some of his t-shirts, jeans, jackets, and sneakers, plus a special UK-only meet-n-greet deal on England's eBay site, all to benefit the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Awwww. (Cambio)

Holy Crap

- NASA held a press conference on Thursday to announce their discovery of a microbe that is chemically different from all other known forms of life on this planet. Next stop: District 9. (everywhere)

- Three teens survived 55 days in a tiny boat adrift in the Pacific, drinking rainwater and eating flying fish. Seriously. This is some crazy Life of Pi nonsense, right here. (Teen Tribune)

Movies

- In a delightful Funny or Die video, Daniel Radcliffe thinks he's Harry Potter. (Cambio)

- Taylor Lautner met new girlfriend Lily's dad - Phil Collins. I know he's crazy famous, but Bruce Willis would have been a lot scarier. (Teen)

- Nooooo! Justin Timberlake hurt his leg on Wednesday while filming on the set of his new sci-fi movie "Now" with Amanda Seyfreid. (Cambio)

- Bailee Madison and Chloe Moretz will play ballerina nemeses in the upcoming movie "Dance of the Mirlitons." Kristin Bell will play Bailee's overbearing momager, and Jackie Earle Haley will play her sadistic ballet teacher. (JJJ)

TV

- Demi Lovato released a Thanksgiving video thanking her fans. It was pre-recorded a while back, though, and was not actually recorded during her time in recovery. (JJJ)

- The final season of Hannah Montana will be released on DVD in March. (JJJ)

- AJ Michalka will join her sister Aly in the cast of Hellcats. (JJJ)

Music

- A complete list of Grammy nominees can be found here.

- Miranda Cosgrove is going on tour to support her album "Sparks Fly." The tour starts in Missouri in January and wraps up in Anaheim on February 24. (J14)

- Entertainment Weekly named Taylor Swift their Entertainer of the Year. Lesser entertainers also mentioned include Kanye West, James Franco, Jon Hamm, and Katy Perry. (EW)

- Billboard released their first ever Social 50 chart, which ranks musicians' use of social media. Rihanna came in #1, with Bieber and Eminem not far behind. Gaga was fourth, and Nicki Minaj rounded out the top 5. (Cambio)

- Z100's 2010 Jingle Ball concert will be viewable on TV nationwide for the first time this year, but one performer will only be seen live in Madison Square Garden - The Bieb. Those of us stuck everywhere else on the planet will have to make do with televised performances by Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Paramore, B.o.B., Bruno Mars, Taio Cruz, Selena Gomez, and Travis McCoy. Sheesh, what a let-down. (JSYK)

- Flo Rida gave out his personal cell phone number on Chelsea Lately, and was somehow surprised when he received over 10,000 texts within 24 hours. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm surprised, too. Didn't realize Chelsea was getting that many viewers. (Cambio)

Trends

- Lamar High School in Houston, TX has tossed out almost all their books in favor of e-books, and converted the library to a coffeehouse. Now where is my flying car? (JSYK)

- A school in North Carolina banned lip balm because students might share them and catch germs. (Apparently no one makes out there. Lamest. School. Ever.) There is a loophole to the rule, though - you can have Chapstick if you get a doctor's note. (JSYK)

- Two Pennsylvania students filed a free-speech lawsuit against their school district after those "I <3 Boobies" bracelets were banned. I kind of love this trend. Too bad it'd never get past S&P. (JSYK)

- The term "UGG moccasins" has been topping search lists in the past month. No word on whether it's at the top of Christmas lists, too, or if it's just morbid curiosity. (JSYK)

- According to a study conducted by Intel and published in Wired, 99% of teens think it's important to be good at math & science. I have this sneaking suspicion there's some bias in there somewhere. (JSYK)

Cashing In

- Cashing out, actually - a month after endorsing a line of prepaid debit cards, the Kardashian sisters took their names off the product because the company was charging users excessive fees. This marks the first time in history that any of the sisters considered anything to be excessive. (JSYK)

Giving Back

- Lady Gaga is quitting Twitter as of 12/1 as part of the Keep a Child Alive campaign. Confused yet? She and others are going radio-silent on Twitter and Facebook until text donations reach the $1 million mark. All that money is being raised to give medical assistance to families affected by AIDS in India and Africa. (4TNZ)

- The Florida-based nonprofit To Write Love On Her Arms has been nominated as Must-Follow Non-Profit at the 2010 Mashable Awards. The organization helps teens struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. (JSYK)

Magazine Covers

- Taylor Swift is on the cover of Entertainment Weekly

- Victoria Justice is on the cover of Zooey

- Ashley Greene is on the cover of Cosmo

- Shay Mitchell is on the cover of Runway

Yahoo's Top 10 Searched Terms for 2010 (CNN)

1. The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster

2. The World Cup soccer tournament

3. Miley Cyrus

4. Kim Kardashian

5. Lady Gaga

6. iPhone

7. Megan Fox

8. Justin Bieber

9. American Idol

10. Britney Spears

Top 10 movies in the box office last weekend (imdb)

1. HP7

2. Tangled

3. Megamind

4. Burlesque

5. Unstoppable

6. Love and Other Drugs

7. Faster

8. Due Date

9. The Next Three Days

10. Morning Glory

Movies opening this weekend (imdb)

Black Swan

All Good Things (limited release)

I Love You Phillip Morris

Night Catches Us (limited release)

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (NY)

The Warrior's Way ("Ninjas. Damn.")

Meksada (limited release)

The Weekly News Roundup - week of November 22 - 26

Movies

- Disney Animation has announced that after "Tangled," they're done with fairy tales "indefinitely." I think that should probably read "for an unspecified amount of time," or "until the fad for up-to-the-minute junky animated movies is done." (JSYK)

- OMG you guys, new trailer for Bieber's movie "Never Say Never," and he takes his shirt off for like a tenth of a second! Anyone else already bought their tickets online for February? (JSYK)

- HP7 broke franchise records by pulling in $125.1 million its opening weekend, $24 million of which was just from the midnight shows opening night. Worldwide it made $330 million. Pretty, pretty impressive. Either it didn't end up being too scary for the wee ones, or the therapy industry is about to experience a Potter bubble. (JSYK)

TV

- American Idol is doing everything differently this year. In addition to changing up the judges and the time slot, they've decided to lower the minimum age to 15. For any other show, these stunts would hint at desperation. (JSYK)

- While waiting to be interviewed by Extra over at the Grove this week, Glee cast member Darren Criss serenaded shoppers with an acoustic cover of "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid. (JSYK)

- After a schoolmate criticized "Sarah Palin's Alaska" on his Facebook page, Willow Palin lashed out at him with homophobic (and grammatically incorrect) slurs, and Bristol criticized him, too, just not quite so alarmingly. Since then, Willow deleted her Facebook account. Here's hoping she's spending her newfound free time learning tolerance and studying English. (JSYK)

- That NBC special about Taylor Swift aired at 8pm on Thanksgiving. Did you spot us in the crowd at the Hollywood show? (JSYK)

- Jennifer Grey won this season of Dancing With The Stars. The other finalists were put in a corner. (Cambio)

- There are rumors that Glee's Dianna Agron is engaged to Alex Pettyfer after only a few months of dating. (Cambio)

- A "Hellcats" soundtrack will be released. I'm sure they're cheering. (JJJ)

Music

- Justin Bieber pwned the AMAs last weekend. Full list of winners below. (Cambio)

- Bieber did a guest performance on England's "X Factor" this weekend. (JJJ)

- Keke Palmer has released the video for her song "The One You Call." (JSYK)

- Mitchell Musso has released the video for "Celebrate" from his album Brainstorm. The video is part 3 of an 8-part story arc about a relationship that grows out of a Twitter flirtation. Welcome to the future. (JSYK)

- Miley turned 18 on Tuesday, and celebrated with a quiet family party at home and a vow to tone down the scandalous behavior. HAHA JUST KIDDING! Party out on the town, black leather bikini top, make-out photos on TMZ, cake bigger than her, the works. (JSYK)

- The band A Day To Remember released their fourth album, "Better Off This Way," which is gentler and more melodic than their previous post-hardcore sound. (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift performed at the AMAs last weekend, but the big story was her hair. Can you believe she straightened it and wore bangs?! Who does that? Other than Taylor Swift a year ago? (JSYK)

- The Black Eyed Peas will be performing the Superbowl halftime show this February in Dallas. (Teen)

- The tree-lighting ceremony was Sunday at The Grove and featured performances by David Archuleta, Charice, Corbin Bleu, and Jesse McCartney. The fireworks were pretty cool, too, from what I could tell. (JJJ)

- It finally happened: someone wrote a song about BBM. "BBM" is by Sean Kingston, featuring Soulja Boy and Teairra Mari, and yes, it's about Blackberry messenger. Wow. (JJJ)

- Kanye did a surprise-ish concert at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC this week, and he performed his entire new album start to finish. Or maybe he played it from his iPod. Conspiracy theorists unite! (Cambio)

- Taylor Swift announced dates for her Speak Now tour. 87 shows in 19 countries, starting in February in Singapore. (JSYK)

- And there are rumors that Tay spent Thanksgiving with Jake Gyllenhaal. (Cambio)

Trendz

- The hottest toy right now is Squinkies. Collectible, cutesy, and cheap - what more could you want? Wal-Mart has been sold out of them for a week, and they're flying off shelves everywhere else. (NYTimes)

Working for a Brighter Tomorrow

- NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg has teamed up with the Trevor Project to introduce legislation requiring all schools that receive federal aid to have policies prohibiting harassment of students. The bill will also provide federal aid to these schools to deal with anti-LGBT bullying, and it will also expand the definition of harassment to include cyber-bullying. (Do Something)

AMA winners (Cambio)

Favorite Male Artist, Pop or Rock – Justin Bieber
Favorite Female Artist, Pop or Rock – Lady Gaga
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Pop or Rock – The Black Eyed Peas
Favorite Album, Pop or Rock – Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
Favorite Male Artist, Country – Brad Paisley
Favorite Female Artist, Country – Taylor Swift
Favorite Band, Duo or Group, Country – Lady Antebellum
Favorite Album, Country – Carrie Underwood, Play On
Favorite Male Artist, Rap/Hip-Hop – Eminem
Favorite Album, Rap/Hip-Hop – Eminem, Recovery
Favorite Male Artist, Soul/R&B – Usher
Favorite Female Artist, Soul/R&B – Rihanna
Favorite Album, Soul/R&B – Usher, Raymond v. Raymond
Favorite Album, Soundtracks – Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
Favorite Artist, Alternative Rock Music – Muse
Favorite Artist, Adult Contemporary Music – Michael Buble
Favorite Artist, Latin Music – Shakira
Favorite Artist, Contemporary Inspirational – MercyMe
Artist of the Year – Justin Bieber
Breakthrough Artist – Justin Bieber

Top Movies in the Box Office last weekend (imdb)

1. Harry Potter 7 part 1

2. Megamind

3. Unstoppable

4. Due Date

5. The Next Three Days

6. Morning Glory

7. Skyline

8. Red

9. For Colored Girls

10. Fair Game

Movies opening this weekend (imdb)

Tangled (Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi)

Burlesque (Cher, Christina)

Love and Other Drugs (Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway)

Faster (The Rock, Billy Bob Thornton)

The King's Speech (Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush)

The Weekly News Roundup - week of November 15 - 19

OMG!

- Prince William got engaged to Kate Middleton! Finally!! He gave her Dianna's ring, and the wedding is slated for spring/summer 2011. (everywhere)

- Ryan Seacrest has a girlfriend! Country singer Julianne Hough! (Cambio)

- A 9-year-old kid named Daniel Bessonov swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco! I bet all those former inmates who never escaped are feeling pretty silly right about now! (JSYK)

Movies

- Emma Watson told MTV she almost quit the Harry Potter franchise because the filming schedule conflicted with her school schedule. Luckily for everyone, WB adjusted and they filmed around her exams. (JJJ)

- The trailer for Disney's Prom is now out! (JJJ)

- Keke Palmer has been cast in the movie "Joyful Noise" alongside Queen Latifah andDolly Parton. (JJJ)

- Carey Mulligan will play Daisy opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Great Gatsby." All of this would be awesome, except that Baz Luhrmann is directing. What a travesty. (Cambio)

Music

- The Beatles and Apple have FINALLY set aside their differences. For the first time in history, you can now legally buy Beatles songs on iTunes. (JSYK)

- Paramore released the music video for their song "Playing God." (JSYK)

- Best Week Ever made a compilation video of Taylor Swift looking surprised as she wins a bunch of awards. She apparently never fails to be shocked and awed. (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift and Taylor Guitars are doing a sweepstakes contest, where the winner gets a Sony camera and gets to meet Tay. Not sure where the guitars come in to the whole thing. (JSYK)

- In an interview in Allure magazine, Taylor Swift admitted she gives terrible advice to her friends when it comes to love & dating. (4TNZ)

- Rihanna wanted to record a duet with Avril Lavigne for her latest album, but settled for just sampling one of her songs because it ended up sounding the same. (Cambio)

- Justin Timberlake still plans to make more music, he's just taking a little time off from that while he's acting. I hope what he really wants to do is direct. (Cambio)

- Keith Urban did two surprise shows for commuters at Amtrak stations. Maybe this belongs better in the "Trends" category. (Cambio)

TV

- Bristol Palin and The Situation made a PSA about abstinence and safe sex. The irony is so staggering, I may never recover. (JSYK)

- Lea Michele and Cory Monteith did a much-less-scandalous photo shoot for Teen Vogue. Preview the pix here. (Teen Vogue)

- Raven Symone will star as Georgia in the new ABC Family series "The Great State of Georgia." (JJJ)

- Friend of the show Kyle Massey is a finalist on Dancing With The Stars. Team Kyle! (JJJ)

- Amber from "Teen Mom" has been charged with 2 felony counts of domestic abuse for assaulting her boyfriend in front of their toddler. Because that's what television has come to in this country. Felonies = ratings. (JSYK)

- Anne Hathaway wants to be on Glee. Get in line, honey. (Cambio)

- Lea Michele has won Billboard magazine's first Triple Threat award. (Cambio)

Saving the World

- President Obama wrote a book for kids! It's called "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters". All proceeds from the book will go to a scholarship fund for the children of wounded or fallen soldiers. (Tween Tribune)

- Two Pennsylvania teenagers filed a free-speech lawsuit against their school district after it banned the wearing of "I <3 Boobies" bracelets. Damn the man, save the boobies. (ParentDish)

- Nick Jonas (and Bayer) made a video talking about Diabetes. (Cambio)

- 14-year-old Graeme Taylor defended his suspended teacher at a recent school board meeting. The teacher had reprimanded students who were making anti-gay comments, and he was suspended for infringing on their 1st Amendment rights. Graeme, who is gay, lauded the teacher for standing up against the sort of bullying and discrimination that had driven him to attempt suicide at age 9. (JSYK)

- The Beauty Bean is encouraging "Makeup-Free Mondays" to encourage girls to celebrate their inner beauty. It is also supposed to encourage people to donate makeup to local women's shelters. (JSYK)

- Sophia Bush from One Tree Hill did a PSA encouraging teens to go green. (Cambio)

Trends

- Waving the white flag of defeat, MySpace announced the new feature "Mashup with Facebook", which will allow you to stream your interests and updates from Facebook onto your MySpace page. No word on when Friendster will follow suit. (JSYK)

- There are now over 300 high school Quidditch teams, and over 400 college teams. Same rules as in Harry Potter, just less flying. (JSYK)

- Numerous high schools and colleges across the country are starting to use "clickers" in classrooms. The small electronic devices are used for taking attendance, and for students to answer questions and take pop quizzes via buttons on the clicker. Future generations will mock the primitive technology. (JSYK)

- 14-year-old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson is teaming up with Sassy and EIC founder Jane Pratt to start a new fashion magazine for girls. (JSYK)

Seventeen Magazine's Style Stars 2010 (Seventeen)

Taylor Swift (#1 Style Star)

Katy Perry

Rihanna

Ashley Tisdale

Justin Bieber (he says it's all about the hair (JJJ))

Ke$ha

Lucy Hale

Taylor Momsen

Victoria Justice

Miranda Cosgrove

Movies opening this weekend (imdb)

HARRY FREAKIN POTTER

The Next Three Days

Made in Dagenham

Top Movies in the box office last weekend

1. Megamind

2. Unstoppable

3. Due Date

4. Skyline

5. Morning Glory

6. For Colored Girls

7. Red

8. Paranormal Activity 2

9. Saw 3D

10. Jackass 3D

The Weekly News Roundup - week of November 8 - 12

Bieberpalooza

- On Tuesday, Bieber passed a few milestones: 6 million followers on Twitter, 15 million fans on Facebook, and over a billion views on YouTube. (JSYK)

- Bieber is a supporter of Mo-vember! That's when dudes grow a mustache in November to raise awareness for men's cancers. He even convinced his manager Scooter to sport a sweet handlebar mustache. (JSYK)

- Just before Veterans Day, Bieber played a surprise concert for students at Cole High, on the Fort Sam Houston army base. (JSYK)

- OH NO!! Bieber sprained his knee on stage during a concert in Cleveland on Thursday. (JSYK)

- A preview is now available for the Bieb's new track "Pray," which will be on his My Worlds Collection, dropping on black Friday. (JJJ)

Movies

- Dakota Fanning was crowned Homecoming Queen at her high school, Campbell Hall Episcopal High in NoHo. (PopEater)

- The first official still has been released for Miley's upcoming movie "LOL" (JJJ)

- Taylor Lautner is reportedly dating his "Abduction" co-star, Lily Collins. She is his first girlfriend since he dated Taylor Swift last year. (Cambio)

- Narnia stars Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, and Joe McElderry turned on the fabulous Christmas lights on Regent Street in London on Tuesday. We'll see them at the Bev Center on Friday! (JJJ)

- Lots of paparazzi photos out there of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Rio, where they're filming scenes for Breaking Dawn. (JJJ)

- Breaking Dawn actress Nikki Reed is apparently a huge Hanson fan. Yes, the band. They're still around. It was news to me, too. (JSYK)

TV

- Demi Lovato is still in a treatment facility, after checking in last week. Rumor has it she's being treated for an eating disorder and cutting, but this is all still speculation. (Teen)

- Jane Lynch revealed that Sue Sylvester will be getting married during this season of Glee, but she won't say to whom. (JSYK)

- And speaking of Glee, Gwyneth Paltrow will be next week's guest star, singing Cee-Lo's "Forget You." Could have sworn that song was called something else... (Cambio)

- The Flaming Lips were special musical guests on Yo Gabba Gabba. It kind of makes sense, if you think about it. (Teen Vogue)

- The Peoples Choice Awards nominations have been announced. Twilight tops the noms with 8, with Bieber, Glee, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and The Vampire Diaries not far behind. (Teen Vogue)

- Cassie Scerbo is now dating Paris Hilton's ex-bf Doug Reinhardt. (JJJ)

- "Jonas LA" has been officially cancelled after 2 seasons. (JJJ)

- Avalon High will premiere on the Disney Channel today. (JJJ)

- Joe Jonas had a guest spot on 90210 this week. (JJJ)

- Kourtney Kardashian has booked her first acting gig (if you don't count "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"), in a guest spot on "One Life to Live." (Cambio)

- The new show "Shake It Up" averaged 6.2 million viewers during its premiere this week. (Cambio)

- Disney XD has a new series coming up called "Wasabi Warriors," a live-action comedy starring Jason Earles and Leo Howard. (JJJ)

- The original Disney Channel has picked up a new series called "A.N.T. Farm", starringChina McLain of the late "Jonas LA." (Cambio)

Music

- This video of a toddler rocking out to Florence and the Machine will make your day. No, seriously, watch it. Right now. (JSYK)

- In an interview with a Minnesota radio station, Kanye totally backtracked on his apology toTaylor Swift, saying his interruption wasn't arrogant and was instead selfless. Awesome. I'll make him a Nobel Peace Prize. (JSYK)

- And speaking of Kanye, during a flight last Friday to New York, he took over the intercom and performed two of his songs for all the passengers. (Cambio)

- Taylor Swift performed "Back to December" at the CMAs in Nashville on Wednesday. (JJJ)

- Katy Perry and Justin Bieber will play at the Grammy Nominations party. (Cambio)

- Pink is pregnant. (Cambio)

- Victoria Justice, Miranda Cosgrove, and Big Time Rush will perform as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Which is very soon. Because time keeps disappearing. (Cambio)

- The UCSD soccer team made a music video for The Ready Set's "Love Like Woe", and it's kinds of hilarious. Go team! (JSYK)

Cashing In

- The Kardashian sisters launched their own brand of prepaid Mastercard credit cards this week, aimed specifically at teens. Funds on these cards can be managed from your cell phone. This will all end in tears. (JSYK)

Doing Good

- Joey King hosted a screening of Ramona and Beezus at Chidren's Hospital UCLA this week, and did a meet-n-greet with patients, too. (JJJ)

Trends

- Reading is still very popular with teens, but not in traditional book form. Instead, according to experts, teens do their reading on cell phones, online, and in video games. (JSYK)

- Aviator-inspired shearling jackets are super hot right now. (Teen Vogue)

- Everyone is now on Facebook, including the Queen of England. For serious. Prince William made her join. I cannot make this stuff up. (PopEater)

- A new study showed that "hyper-texters" (kids who send more than 120 texts per day) were more susceptible to peer pressure, and were more likely to engage in peer-pressure-induced activities like smoking, drinking, and sexual activity. Not sure whether that was meant to be a warning or a suggestion. (JSYK)

Magazines

- Emma Watson is on the cover of the new Vogue. (JSYK)

- Jackson Rathbone is on the cover of the new Zooey. (JJJ)

- Lucy Hale is on the cover of the new Girls Life. (JJJ)

- Aly Michalka is in Maxim. (JJJ)

Movies opening this weekend (imdb)

Unstoppable (Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson)

Morning Glory (Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton)

Skyline (Donald Faison, Eric Balfour)

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (limited release)

Top 10 movies in theaters last weekend (imdb)

1. Megamind

2. Due Date

3. For Colored Girls

4. Red

5. Saw 3D

6. Paranormal Activity 2

7. Jackass 3D

8. Secretariat

9. Hereafter

10. The Social Network

The Weekly News Roundup - week of October 25 - 29

Taylor Swift

- "Speak Now" is finally out in stores, and Taylor Swift celebrated by performing at the United Nations in NYC. (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift's song "Mine" is rumored to be about Cory Monteith. (JSYK)

- Tay did a concert in Central Park on Monday, and appeared on The Today Show and on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday. (JJJ)

- Taylor did a show from a double-decker bus in Hollywood on Friday (Hubworld)

- There are rumors that Taylor is now dating Jake Gyllenhaal. (JSYK)

TV

- Simon Cowell is bringing the astonishingly popular British singing competition show "X Factor" to the US, and Justin Bieber has already expressed interest in being one of the celebrity guest judges. (JSYK)

- Skyler Samuels has been cast in the title role of "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" (JJJ)

- Glee is releasing a Christmas album to accompany their Christmas episode. Maybe this one belongs in the "cashing in" category... (JSYK)

Movies

- The trailer is out for the Justin Bieber Movie "Never Say Never." The director says it's not a concert movie, but a musical movie. No word yet whether the movie will explain why the Canadian started talking like a gangsta. (JJJ)

- Betty White will play Zac Efron's grandmother in the upcoming movie adaptation of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, scheduled to release in 2012. (JJJ)

Music

- There's a new teen-pop duo called Memphis High, and their new single "Riverside" is now online. (JSYK)

- Greyson Chance unveiled his very first single "Waiting Outside the Lines" on the Ellen show this week. (JSYK)

- Katy Perry got married to Russel Brand in India last weekend. (Cambio)

- Miley is debuting the video for her collaboration with Rock Mafia "Big Big Bang" on Monday right after E! News. (JJJ)

- Jordin Sparks is headed to Broadway. She'll be playing Nina Rosaio in the show In The Heights. (JJJ)

- Miley's parents, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus, filed for divorce this week. (JSYK)

- Katy Perry released the video for her song "Firework." (JSYK)

- Justin Bieber debuted the music video for "Never Say Never" during the pre-show for last Saturday's World Series game. (JSYK)

Trends

- Silly Bandz is now a game for Nintendo DS. Not really sure how, but I have no doubt it'll be popular. (JSYK)

- Hopping on the anti-bullying bandwagon, President Obama made his own "it gets better" video. (JSYK)

Cashing In

- On November 26, three days after his acoustic album hits shelves, Bieber-brand scent will be available exclusively at Walmart. But just like the Bieb, this is no ordinary perfume: the unisex fragrance called "My World" is available in scent-infused wristband and scent-infused dog tags only, and not as a traditional spritz. (JSYK)

- Build-a-Bear is making a line of Victoria Justice bears. (JJJ)

Doing Good

- Huge turn-out for the Power Of Youth event this year, as we know. Tons of attendees, including POY honorees Justin Bieber (who gave away 500 tickets at the event), Bow Wow, Shailene Woodley, Victoria Justice, and David Henrie. (JJJ)

- Victorious's Daniella Monet has a new PETA ad, in which she protests the dissection of animals in school. (JJJ)

- On Saturday in Vegas there was an event called the "Justin Timberlake & Friends Concert a Special Evening Benefiting Shriners Hospital for Children presented by Neuro Drinks". It was a very long title for a worthy cause. Attendees included Selena Gomez. (JJJ)

- Mitchell Musso is lending his name to Puzzlebuilder, a social network-driven fundraising campaign benefiting Autism Speaks. (JJJ)

Movies opening this weekend (imdb)

Monsters

Saw 3D

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Welcome to the Rileys

Waste Land

Wild Target

Top 10 Box Office weekend of October 22-24 (imdb)

1. Paranormal Activity 2

2. Jackass 3D

3. Red

4. Hereafter

5. The Social Network

6. Secretariat

7. Life as We Know It

8. Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole

9. The Town

10. Easy A

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Cambio = http://www.cambio.com/more/news

The Weekly News Roundup - week of October 18 - 22

Bieberama

- Conan O'Brien is having an online vote to determine who the first guest will be on his new show on TBS, and as of this morning, of the 12 options, Bieber was dead last. (JSYK)

- Some people are questioning why Canadian Bieber is performing at the AMAs, which are usually geared towards people born in the States. But Canada is part of North America... (JSYK)

- While playing laser tag in Canada last week, Justin Bieber allegedly punched a 12-year-oldkid because he was taunting Bieber with anti-gay slurs. The kid's father has filed a formal complaint with the Mounties, but no word yet as to whether charges will be pressed. (JSYK)

- Bieber's BFF and ex-gf Caitlin Beadles survived a horrible boating accident and is writing about her ordeal in installments on JSYK. It's really disturbing. (JSYK)

- JB loves the app/game Angry Birds, and he's not alone: Cory Monteith, Pete Wentz, and Conan O'Brien are just 3 of the 17.5 million people who have downloaded the app. (JSYK)

- Bieber announced on Twitter that he's releasing an acoustic album. (JSYK)

Movies

- In anticipation of next month's Deathly Hallows Part 1, Warner Brothers is whipping upPotter fever with 3-disc Ultimate Edition box sets of Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire. These box sets include a ton of BTS footage, deleted scenes, interviews, a photo book, and trading cards. All this for only $40 for the DVDs, or $50 for Blu-ray. (JSYK and Amazon)

- Kristen Stewart is helping Stephanie Meyer with a very important decision: what Bella's wedding dress will look like. (JSYK)

- Tickets for Deathly Hallows are now available for pre-sale, a month before the November 19th release date. (JSYK)

- Rumor has it Jaden Smith will be in the new M. Night Shyamalan-directed sci-fi flick "One Thousand A.E.". (JJJ)

- Lindsay Lohan has been ordered by a judge to go to the Betty Ford Clinic and remain there until January 3rd. If she breaks the clinic's rules or fails a drug test before her Feb 25th court date, she will go to jail for 180 days. (CNN - awesomely, none of the teen blogs carried this story)

Music

- All Star Weekend released their new album, "Suddenly Yours" this week. (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift covered Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" during a visit to BBC Radio 2 this week. (JSYK)

- Doctors are discouraging people from whipping their hair like Willow Smith, because it can cause whiplash and nerve damage. (JSYK)

- There's a lot of speculation that the songs on "Speak Now" are about Taylor's ex-boyfriendsJohn Mayer and Taylor Lautner, and of course "Innocent" is about Kanye. (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift's 21st birthday (Dec. 13) will be winter-themed. (JJJ)

- In a radio interview this week, Willow Smith said that she is a huge fan of Lady Gaga and would love to collaborate with her on a song. (JSYK)

- Willow also did an interview with Teen Vogue, in which she talked about Justin Bieber, Paris fashion week, and her own personal style. (Teen Vogue)

- Selena Gomez revealed in an interview with a French radio station that pal Justin Bieber prank-calls her all the time. (JJJ)

- Jason Derulo did a duet with Pixie Lott called "Coming Home!" (JJJ)

- Keke Palmer has released a teaser trailer for her single and webseries called "The One You Call". (JJJ)

- Big Time Rush performed at the Mall of America last weekend for over 9000 fans. (JJJ)

- Ke$ha has dedicated her song "We R Who We R" to the bullied teens who recently committed suicide. (Cambio)

Glee

- The Parents Television Council and parents across the country are up in arms over Cory Monteith, Lea Michelle and Dianna Agron's racy pictures in this month's GQ. Dianna issued an apology on her Tumblr, but also pointed out it's up to parents to keep their adult magazines away from their 8-year-olds. (JSYK)

- Cory Monteith wasn't exactly a model teen back in high school, but he's trying to keep that quiet so as not to be a bad influence on Gleeks. (JSYK)

- In honor of Halloween, Glee is doing a Rocky Horror episode. (JSYK)

Glee-free TV

- Skyler Samuels is getting her own show!!!

- Joe Jonas will be on an episode of 90210, escorting Jessica Lowndes to an event. (JJJ)

- Bailee Madison, Aimee Teegarden, and Zac Efron all had birthdays this week. (JJJ)

- Penn Badgley is tired of working on Gossip Girl, and is ready to move on. (Cambio)

Doing Good

- David Archuleta will perform in the Inaugural Eunice Kennedy Shriver Challenge in Washington DC, a run, cycle, and walking event hosted by the Special Olympics and Best Buddies International. (JJJ)

- The 2010 Mattel Party on the Pier was on Sunday, benefiting the Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA. Attendees included Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Kelsey Chow, Ryan Ochoa, Nicole Anderson, and Diego Boneta. (JJJ)

- As we know, Tony Hawk had a little get-together fundraiser last weekend, and Kyle Massey was there, rubbing elbows with the skateboarding and BMXing elite. (JJJ)

- The Love Is Louder campaign held an event in WeHo on Tuesday, and founder Brittany Snow was there, joined by friend Jessica Stroup. (JJJ)

Cashing In

- Katy Perry is taking a page from the Official Bieber Playbook and is getting her own line of nail polish. Her colors will include pink sparkles, silver, sparkly blue, purple, and a black topcoat that cracks as it dries, making a cool weathered effect. (JJJ)

- Oh yes, there is a Rapunzel doll for "Tangled." (JJJ)

- Hilary Duff has just finished her first book tour, and is already planning to write a second novel. (Cambio)

Teen Vogue's 10 Best Dressed, week of October 11

1. Carey Mulligan at Never Let Me Go premiere in London

2. Keira Knightly at Never Let Me Go premiere in London

3. Mamie Gummer and fiancé Ben Walker at the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson opening night after party

4. Kristen Stewart accepting Best Fantasy Actress award at Spike TV's 2010 Scream Awards

5. AJ Michalka at a screening of RED in LA

6. Kate Bosworth at the Esquire House opening in LA

7. Emma Stone at The Late Show with David Letterman

8. Nina Dobrev at Spike TV's 2010 Scream Awards

9. Sienna Miller at 21st British Film Festival in Dinard, France

10. Abigail Breslin at NYC premiere of Conviction

Movies Opening This Week (imdb)

Paranormal Activity 2

Hereafter (Matt Damon)

Inhale (Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger) [NY only]

Top 10 Movies last weekend (imdb)

1. Jackass 3-D

2. Red

3. The Social Network

4. Secretariat

5. Life As We Know It

6. Legend of the Guardian: Owls of Ga-Hoole

7. The Town

8. My Soul To Take

9. Easy A

10. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

The Weekly News Roundup - week of October 11 - 15

Movies

- Celebs of all shapes and sizes tweeted about the rescue of the Chilean miners. Who are we kidding? Everyone and their mother tweeted about that because it was phenomenal. (JSYK)

- The new Harry Potter movie will not be released in 3-D because WB wasn't satisfied with how the 3-Dification turned out, so we're stuck with stupid old 2-D and IMAX. Bo-ring. (JSYK and JJJ)

- Vanessa Hudgens is in talks to join the cast of the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, called Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. I see what they did there, with the number and the punctuation and the cleverness. (JJJ)

- Lea Michelle has been cast as Dorothy in a sequel to The Wizard of Oz, called Dorothy of Oz. (J-14)

- More cast members have been announced for the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn, including Lee Pace ("Pushing Daisies", "Marmaduke"). (J-14)

- The Jonas Brothers will not be starring in the Farrelly Brothers' film adaptation of the bookWalter the Farting Dog. I know. I'm crushed, too. (J-14)

Glee

- Taylor Swift is in talks to make a guest appearance on the show. (JSYK)

- In a heartwarming instance of life imitating art, a high school senior from Arkansas scored for his football team, despite being wheelchair-bound by his cerebral palsy. Take that, fans-who-said-Artie's-storyline-was-unrealistic! (JSYK)

- Chord Overstreet is J-14's Hot Guy of the Week. (J-14)

Other TV

- OMG you guys - there's going to be a 3-part Taylor Swift special on The Hub! Wait, hang on, I might have heard about that already... ;-) (J-14)

- Ok, so technically it's online, but http://controltv.com/ is now up and running. Created bySeth Green and Matthew Senreich (who brought us "Robot Chicken"), the show follows a guy named Tristan Couvares 18 hours a day, and all of his decisions are decided by viewer vote - what he eats, who he dates, what he wears... pretty much everything. Use this knowledge/power wisely. (CNN)

- Emma Stone went on Letterman last night to promote her upcoming hosting gig onSaturday Night Live (on October 23). (JJJ)

- Live-action mystery show "Tower Prep" premiers on Cartoon Network on October 19th! I saw an ad for this at the movies last week, and it kind of looks awesome. We shall see. (JJJ)

- Bailee Madison will be on the new season of Wizards of Waverly Place, playing Maxine. (JJJ)

- Taylor Swift says she had no idea she was being filmed when Duncan Penn asked her out on an episode of "The Buried Life." (JJJ)

- Fame's Debbie Allen will guest-direct an episode of Hellcats. (JJJ)

- Avalon High, a modern-day King Arthur story set in a high school, will premiere on November 12th. (JJJ)

- Tony Hawk is putting in a guest appearance on Zeke & Luther. (JJJ)

Music

- The 2010 American Music Award nominations were announced this week. Top nominees included Eminem and Lady Antebellum with 5 noms each, Justin Bieber got 4 noms, andB.o.B., Katy Perry, Kesha, and Usher all got 3 nominations. The AMAs will be November 21st, airing live on ABC. (MTV)

- Selena Gomez is the latest singer to cover Jason Derulo's "In My Head." The bandMayday Parade got there first. (JSYK)

- This week Taylor Swift released the single "Back to November" (JJJ), which may or may not be about Taylor Lautner. (JSYK)

- Rihanna released the music video for "Only Girl in the World." (J-14)

- Vapire Diaries star Katerina Graham released the video for her new single, "Sassy." (JSYK)

- JRandall premiered his knew song "Oo La La", featuring Akon. (JJJ)

- First of all, there's a girlband called Care Bears On Fire. Secondly, they released an EP this week called "Girls Like It Loud". (JSYK)

- Katy Perry and Russel Brand are getting married next week in India, and Rihanna will be her maid of honor. (J-14)

- Big Time Rush's debut album, BTR, hit shelves this week. (J-14)

The Bieberverse

- Biebzilla took over Tokyo this week, playing a massive concert as part of his international tour. (JJJ)

- The poster for Bieber's upcoming 3-D movie was released in pieces this week, with parts of the puzzle distributed to celebrities and media outlets over the course of 2 days. Rabid fans crashed twitpic trying to collect them and piece the poster together. The poster also revealed the title of the movie, which we now know is "Never Say Never." (JSYK)

- Bieber released a video of himself - or, rather, his alter-ego Shawty Mane - rapping. Predictably, fans now want him to release a rap album. (JSYK)

- Cambio has a set of 5 BTS videos of Jasmine Villegas, AKA That Girl Who Got Caught Kissing Justin Bieber. (Cambio)

- Jealousy among Beliebers is hurting the popularity of Bieber's kissing-buddy's new single "All The Boys". (JSYK)

- There are rumors that Bieber might return to the Z100 Jingle Ball concert in NYC this year, joining the already-announced Selena Gomez and Katy Perry. (JSYK)

- The book Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story hit shelves on Tuesday, and were promptly snapped up by Beliebers. (JSYK)

- Someone made a Bieber-lantern. (JSYK)

Fashion & Trends

- Monica Santos and the romper she designed won O'Neill's 3rd Annual Generation Next award. (JSYK)

- This year's big Halloween costume idea is pop stars, which makes sense when Lady Gaga and Katy Perry treat every day like Halloween! (JSYK)

- Some Chicago-area schools have started allowing the use of cell phones during class - as long as they're used in an educational way (texting in French or Spanish, etc). They call this policy "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." No, seriously, they do. (JSYK)

- From Justin Bieber to Kelly Osbourne, all kinds of celebs are wearing those big black-framed "geek chic" glasses. (JSYK)
- A North Carolina teenager was suspended 4 times for having a nose-ring, even though it's part of her religion (The Church of Body Modification), which says that tattoos and piercings have spiritual meaning. The ACLU is in love with this case. (JSYK)

- Long necklaces are totally hot this fall. (JJJ)

Changing the World

- A concert called "DM'ing for Change" happened on Sunday as part of the AllyKatzz Tween Girl Summit at NYU. The summit was attended by some 300 tweenage girls. The concert itself was hosted by Monique Coleman, and featured performances by Tiffany Thornton, Fefe Dobson, Kicking Daisies, and Mitchel Musso, among others. (JSYK)

- Colton Haynes, Simon Curtis and Lucas Gabreel did a photo shoot for the Love is Louder campaign, an anti-bullying initiative started by Brittany Snow in conjunction with the Jed Foundation. Vanessa Hudgens also made a video for the campaign. (JJJ)

- Miley did her part by dropping off 10 bags of clothes at a local homeless shelter. (JJJ)

- Georgie Henley (of Narnia fame) is the new face of the Operation Christmas Child project, which gives Christmas presents to underprivileged kids. (JJJ)

- Shake it Up! star Bella Thorne turned 13 this week, and asked that instead of presents, people would donate to Make-A-Wish. (JJJ)

- David Henrie, Debby Ryan, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, and Jenette McCurdy are lending their support to the charity 1 Warm Kid, which gathers and distributes winter coats to the needy. (J-14)

Magazines

- Taylor Swift will be on the cover of Parade on October 24th. (JJJ)

- Ke$ha will be on the cover of November's Seventeen. (JJJ)

- Aly Michalka will be in the November issue of Venice magazine, talking about her family, her work, 78violet, and more. (JJJ)

- Lauren Conrad is on the cover of Teen Vogue right now. (Teen Vogue)

Teen Vogue's 10 Best Dressed - Week of October 4th

1. Alexa Chung at Chanel Spring 2011 RTW Show

2. Freida Pinto at Hamptons International Film Festival

3. Clemence Posey at Chanel Spring 2011 RTW Show

4. Emma Roberts at My Soul to Take premiere

5. Florence Welch at Chanel Spring 2011 RTW Show

6. Kelly Osbourne at opening of Fendi boutique in La

7. Anna Kendrick at Elle & Express's "25 x 25" event

8. VV Brown out and about in London

9. Olivia Palermo at Mango's Fashion and Music Night

10. Natalie Portman at NYC Ballet 2010 Fall Gala

Movies Opening This Weekend (imdb)

Jackass 3D (Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O all the jackasses)

Conviction (Hillary Swank, Bailee Madison, Sam Rockwell)

Red (Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, etc)

Down Terrace (Robin Hill, Robert Hill)

I Want Your Money (documentary)

Top 10 Movies in the Box Office last weekend (imdb)

1. The Social Network

2. Life As We Know It

3. Secretariat

4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

5. My Soul to Take

6. The Town

7. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

8. Easy A

9. Case 39

10. You Again

The Weekly News Roundup - week of October 4 - 8

Bieberland

- Some 35-year-old guy in Jacksonville, FL, also happens to be named Justin Bieber, and fans of the pop star keep sending this poor guy fanmail and even calling his house. No word as to why he hasn't changed his name yet. (JSYK)

- Continuing his reputation as a prankster, rumors are circulating that Bieber may host a new season of Punk'd on MTV. (Vulture via JSYK)

- It was only a matter of time: Bieber-brand nail polish will be available at Wal-Mart starting in December. The One Less Lonely Girl line colors are silver, lavender, grape, dark blue, bright red, and heart-shaped glitter. (JJJ)

Twilight

- Stephanie Meyer is releasing a new book called The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide this April. Included in the 524 pages will be character backstories, maps, genealogical charts, cross-references, and everything else related to the world of Twilight. As if real Twi-hards need it... (JSYK)

- Stephanie Meyer also confirmed that Mackenzie Foy will be playing Bella's daughter Renesmee in the upcoming "Breaking Dawn." Does anyone else secretly wish Breaking Dawn turns out to be a movie about vampires fighting off Communist invaders? (JSYK)

- Other Breaking Dawn breaking news: MyAnna Buring will play Tanya, Kasey LaBow will play Tanya's sister Kate, Christian Camargo will be Eleazar, and Mia Maestro will be Carmen.

Music

- Two videos of Nick Jonas playing Marius in "Les Miserables" in London have hit the interwebs. (JSYK)

- In promoting his new album "Pipe Dreams", Glee's Mark Salling said that Mozart was his inspiration to get into music. (JSYK)

- Jasmine Villegas (of Bieber-tour and Biber-kiss fame) has a new single out - "All These Boys" (JSYK)

- Jordan Witzigreuter of The Ready Set has a new BTS "setisode" out, spoofing Where's Waldo. (JSYK)

- Emma Watson's little brother Alex Watson is in Pixie Lott's music video for "Broken Arrow". (JSYK)

- Taylor Swift is releasing one song per week until the October 25 release of "Speak Now."(JSYK)

- Kevin Jonas's wife Danielle might be pregnant. The two were seen buying a home pregnancy test last month. (InTouch Weekly via JJJ)

- Allstar Weekend will be going on tour this fall to promote their new album "Suddenly Yours." (JJJ)

Movies

- Emma Stone ("Easy A") has been cast as Peter Parker's first love Gwen Stacy in the upcoming Spider-Man movie, opposite Andrew Garfield (Eduardo in "The Social Network")

- Focus Features and Eventful have launched a guerrilla marketing campaign for "It's Kind of a Funny Story," called "Demand It!". This campaign/contest asks students to vote for their high school online. The top five vote-getting schools get a visit from the author of the book, and the #1 school also gets Keir Gilchrist. (JSYK)

- The Hub's own Booboo Stewart will play the eponymous teen-superhero in the upcoming movie Jake Stevens. (JJJ)

- The official trailer for "From Prada to Nada" has been released. The movie, based on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility," will open in 2011. (JJJ)

- New BTS photos have been released for "I Am Number Four" (opening Feb 2011). (JJJ)

- Miley Cyrus won Fave Movie Star and Fave Kiss (in absentia) at the Australian Kids Choice Awards (JJJ)

- More Harry Potter BTS photos are on the internet! (JJJ)

- Dwayne Johnson may be joining Liam Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins in the cast of the upcoming Arabian Nights. (JJJ)

Glee

- Glee is casting kindergarten versions of Puck, Santana, Rachel, Mercedes, and Brittany. Can we steal that idea and cast a mini-Justin? (JSYK)

- Chris Colfer (Kurt) has made a YouTube video speaking out against anti-gay bullying, as part of the Trevor Project. Glee creator Ryan Murphy has also confirmed that the show may soon be making a PSA about acceptance in schools. (JSYK)

- Mall chain Claire's is carrying a Glee line of jewelry, accessories, makeup, posters, pillowcases, and more. (Teen Vogue)

Non-Glee TV

- People are getting sick of Gary and Amber ("Gamber") on Teen Mom. (JSYK)

- Whitney Port ("The City" on MTV) has a YouTube video out, in which she's the spokeswoman for the Forward-Blocker App. Hmm, spoof product videos go viral? We should do that! ;-) (JSYK)

- Daniel Radcliffe will spoof Robert Pattinson in an upcoming episode of The Simpsonscalled "Tweenlight" (Teen Vogue)

- The new teen show "Shake It Up!", about two teen BFFs (Bella Thorne and Zendaya) who land parts as backup dancers on a TV show, starts November 7th on the Disney Channel (JJJ)

- The episode of X Factor Italy featuring a guest performance by Taylor Swift aired on Tuesday. (JJJ)

- ABC Family has canceled the show Huge and has ordered more episodes of Pretty Little Liars and Melissa & Joey to take its place. (JJJ)

- Miranda Cosgrove will make a guest appearance on Big Time Rush's holiday episode. (JJJ)

Trends & Fashion

- The town of Cocoa, FL, tried to pass an ordinance banning baggy, boxer-bearing jeans, but it turns out that's unconstitutional (right to free speech, or something along those lines). (JSYK)

- Facebook announced on Wednesday 3 new features: Groups, the Download Your Information app, and a new dashboard. (JSYK)

- The new line Lanvin for H&M will be revealed on November 2nd, and no one has leaked any photos yet. (Teen Vogue)

- Teen Vogue had a Young Hollywood party. All the cool kids were there. (Teen Vogue)

- One-upping the trend of Photo Booths at parties, fashion photographer Douglas Friedmandid an impromptu editorial shoot with some of the glamorous Teen Vogue Young Hollywood attendees at the party, including Skyler. (JJJ)

Doing Good

- Chris Colfer isn't the only one lending support to The Trevor Project. A new video called "It Gets Better" features Anne Hathaway, Ian Somerhalder, Katerina Graham, Candice Accola, Shay Mitchell and others urging teens to hang in there against anti-gay bullying, and that "it gets better." (JSYK)

- Lauren Conrad has teamed up with the Natural High Network to create a reality-style anti-drug PSA (JSYK)

- Demi Lovato participated in OfficeMax's Day Made Better Program, visiting Grape Elementary School in Los Angeles and presenting a teacher with $1000 in school supplies before playing a few songs with her band. (JJJ)

- Selena Gomez is doing a private concert at the Roxy in LA on October 26, with all proceeds going to UNICEF. (JJJ)

- Joe Jonas made an anti-bullying video for Cambio Cares. (Cambio via JJJ)

Magazines

- Glamour UK named Emma Watson the UK's most stylish British female. Not only does she dress well, she also co-created a fair-trade clothing line with People Tree. (JSYK)

- In the cover interview with Glamour, Taylor Swift wouldn't talk about her ex-bf Taylor Lautner, except to say he's one of her closest friends. Guess we won't see a Grammy's song about him next year. (JSYK)

- Emma Roberts will be in the November issue of Marie Claire. (JJJ)

- Next month's Flaunt will feature an interview and photo spread of Anna Kendrick (JJJ)

Variety's Power Of Youth 2010 Honorees

Justin Bieber

Victoria Justice

David Henrie

Shailene Woodley

Bow-Wow

Movies Opening October 8th (imdb)

Life As We Know It (Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel)

Secretariat (Diane Lane)

It's Kind of a Funny Story (Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts)

Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton, Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper) - LA/NY

Inside Job (Matt Damon) - limited release

Leaving (Kristin Scott Thomas) - limited release

Nowhere Boy (Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff)

My Soul to Take (dir. Wes Craven)

Stone (Ed Norton, Milla Jovovich, Robert DeNiro)

Top of the Box Office, Weekend of Oct 1-3 (imdb)

1. The Social Network

2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

3. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

4. The Town

5. Easy A

6. You Again

7. Case 39

8. Let Me In

9. Devil

10. Alpha and Omega

The Weekly News Roundup - week of September 27 - October 1

OMG JUSTIN BIEBER!

- Bieber's new music video for "U Smile" is now online. It's calling itself a film. (JSYK)

- Justin Bieber, age 16, makes $300,000 per concert. I don't want to hear ANY complaining about illegal downloads. EVER. (JSYK)

Movies

- Only 49 days left until the Harry Potter premier, and WB just released 3 new posters for it. Yay! (JSYK)

- Maggie Grace (formerly of "Lost") has been cast as Irina in Breaking Dawn (JJJ), and there are rumors that Mackenzie Foy will play Bella's daughter Renesmee (MTV).

- Emma Watson landed her first post-Potter role, in "My Week with Marilyn" as a wardrobe assistant who dated the author of the source book. (JSYK)

- The film "Secretariat" has its premier at the El Capitan in Hollywood this week. AJ Michalkaand Carissa Capobianco were there. (JJJ)

- Hilary Duff turned 23 this week. (JJJ)

- The official teaser trailer is out for "I Am Number Four" (JJJ)

- Fred: The Movie will be out on DVD next week (JJJ)

- Lindsay Lohan has checked in to the Betty Ford clinic. We should start our pool now on how long she'll end up staying. (TMZ)

Music

- A year after Taylor Swift donated $75,000 to her former high school to revamp its auditorium, they named that new auditorium after her! (JSYK)

- Massachusetts rock band Rocket To The Moon are releasing their latest EP, which will include a cover of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" (JSYK)

- Cody Simpson released the video for his song "Summertime" this week. (JSYK)

- Greyson Chance recorded another cover - this time Augustana's "Fire." (JSYK)

- The unreleased Miley Cyrus song "See You In Another Life" was leaked online this week (JSYK)

- Sacramento rockers One Eyed Rhyno are releasing a song called "The Bird" to raise awareness about the Gulf oil spill. (JSYK)

- Bieber makes $300,000 per concert, Selena Gomez makes $100,000 per show, andJordin Sparks makes $75,000 per concert. We are all in the wrong business. (JSYK)

- Frankie Jonas (AKA The Bonus Jonas) turned 10 this week (JSYK)

- Sean Kingston released "Dumb Love," the song he performed in his "Suite Life" guest appearance, as a single. (JSYK)

- David Archuleta's second album, "The Other Side of Down" will be released on Tuesday, as will Emily Osment's album "Fight or Flight". (JSYK)

- Joe Jonas and girlfriend Ashley Greene went to see Vampire Weekend at the Hollywood Bowl last weekend. (JJJ)

TV

- This week's Brittney Spears episode of Glee got the show's highest ratings ever, with 13.3 million viewers (JSYK)

- A 16-year-old singer named Cher Lloyd is getting a lot of buzz on Britain's "X Factor," and she may be one of the next giant pop phenoms. (JSYK)

- Nina Dobrev apparently injured her back during filming of The Vampire Diaries, but she was still well enough to tweet. (JSYK)

- Tiffany Thornton provided the first guest-voice appearance on "Fish Hooks" (JJJ)

- Pretty Little Liars returns in January, but you can get a first look here. (JJJ)

- Victoria Justice was on "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday. (JJJ)

- Matthew Perry's new TV series "Mr. Sunshine" is getting a very special guest - Nick Jonas. (JJJ)

Cashing In

- New on the market: Justin Bieber brand headphones, available in on-ear ($200) and in-ear ($120) styles, both purple. (JSYK)

- Jordin Sparks launched a new perfume line called "Because of You" (Cambio)

- Just in time for the holidays, 5 new Justin Bieber dolls will hit shelves in November. Different available looks include "Streets Style", "Awards Style", "Red Carpet Style", and two looks from his music videos. (JSYK)

- Victoria Justice is the next celeb to appear in a "Got Milk?" ad. (JJJ)

Doing Good

- October 4th is the 2nd annual "Blue Shirt Day", where people are encouraged to wear blue shirts to stand up against bullying. (JSYK)

- Lea Michele was honored by PETA at their 30th Anniversary Gala, along with Sophia Bush, Kellan Lutz, and Matt Prokop, because they all adopted strays or shelter animals as pets. (JSYK)

- Kentucky teenager Adama Kamara started the anti-bullying website YourBullyStory.com using money she earned babysitting, to help other teens who are experiencing bullying, like she did. (JSYK)

- Michelle Obama teamed up with Nick Jonas and others for Disney's The Magic of Healthy Living initiative. (JJJ)

Trends

- Aeropostale has started using real teens in its ads instead of professional models.

- Selena Gomez's K-Mart line "Dream Out Loud" is blowing up with teens - it's already the store's #1 juniors line. (JJJ)

Magazines

- Emma Stone ("Easy A") is on the cover of Nylon Magazine. (JJJ)

- Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy in "Harry Potter") is on the cover of Total Film (JJJ)

Movies Opening this Week (imdb)

- The Social Network (Facebook)

- Let Me In (vampire)

- Freakonomics (docu)

- Hatchet II (horror)

- Chain Letter (horror)

- Case 39 (Zellwegger horror)

- Barry Munday (indie in limited release)

The Weekly News Roundup - week of September 20 - 24

Bieberama

- Justin Bieber made his acting debut on Thursday night's CSI.

- Photos of Bieber kissing his tour-mate Jasmine Villegas almost took down the entire internet on Tuesday. Twitter will certainly never be the same.

- The Biebster went on a mini-vacation to South Africa on Wednesday, before his next scheduled concert - in Hawaii. No part of that sentence made sense.

Glee

- The Britney Spears episode is almost here! Watch the promo.

- Matthew Morrison used to date Kristin Bell back in college. Old news, but still apparentlynews.

Non-Glee TV

- Lauren Conrad is getting her own reality show on MTV, thus saving the universe from certain destruction.

- Sesame Street pulled a segment it taped with Katy Perry after parents complained that her costume was too revealing. The clip is going viral on YouTube, of course.

- Demi Lovato was spotted going bowling with her boyfriend Rob Kardashian this week. She also hit the red carpet for the Padres Contra El Cancer gala on Thursday. The charity supports Hispanic children who have cancer, and Eva Longoria is their spokesperson.

- Miranda Cosgrove will have a guest spot on an upcoming episode of The Good Wife, where she'll play a troubled pop star.

- Miley's boyfriend Liam Hemsworth will host the Australian Kids Choice Awards.

- Bailee Madison was on Law & Order: SVU this week, playing a girl who ran away from her foster parents to be with Desmond from Lost.

- Kyle Massey made it through to the next round of Dancing With the Stars.

Movies

- Mandalay just bought the rights to Firelight, the young adult novels about dragons. And here I was hoping unicorns would be the new vampires.

- The new Harry Potter trailer is out. Only 56 days left...

- And the new Twisted trailer is out, too, but we already knew that!

- Twilight: New Moon made the Guinness Book of World Records, ousting "The Dark Knight" for the title of Highest Opening-Day Gross with $72.7million.

- Lindsay Lohan is back in jail. The streets of Los Angeles are safe again... for now. I think this city needs superheroes to protect us from the celebrities.

- Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kickass) will play the title role in the upcoming movie Emily the Strange. She is currently the vampire in Let Me In, based on the movie Let the Right One In.

- AJ Michalka is the latest actress to join the cast of the Spielburg/Abrams movie Super 8. Already in the cast are Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler.

- Zac Efron still has his horrible little beard.

- They're making a movie of The Suite Life On Deck.

Music

- Selena Gomez was on Good Morning, America this week for an interview and a performance.

- The new OK Go video "White Knuckles" is mind-boggling. You know you want to watch it.

- This week Taylor Swift announced the full track list for her upcoming album "Speak Now."

- Pixie Lott released her EP "Broken Arrow" this week.

Doing Good

- A radio station in Canada offered free Bieber tickets to the fans who donated the most cans of food in their "Feed It to Bieber" food drive. Two girls won, but the real winner was the community: the food drive collected over 21,000 food items for the Saskatoon Food Bank.

- Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play is tomorrow in NYC (and presumably worldwide). On hand for the main festivities will be Nick stars Keke Palmer, Victoria Justice, Miranda Cosgrove, Robbie Amell, Matt Shively, Ashley Argota, Chris Paul, and Jeff Sutphen. Players can participate in basketball, climbing a rockwall, running an obstacle course, and playing Nick's Wii Fit.

- Jordin Sparks will be working with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in NYC this weekend to give free hearing aids to hearing-impaired underprivileged children in the area.

- The Jonas Brothers teamed up with Office Max to give $1000 worth of school supplies to each teacher at the Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts this week. The Brothers also did a meet & greet with students and teachers.

Cashing In

- Selena Gomez was at a Kmart in NYC to promote her fashion line called "Dream Out Loud", and will soon head to London to promote her new album "A Year Without Rain." One of the shirts in her line does benefit UNICEF, though.

- Bieber signed a licensing agreement with a home fashions company. They will make bedding, beach towels, and bathroom sets with Bieber's picture on them. I can't be the only person who finds this creepy, right?

- The wait is over: Justin Bieber Silly Bandz are now available. Future generations will thank us.

Trends and Pop Culture

- McDonalds is redesigning 400 of its restaurants here in the US and renovating 1,600 others worldwide. No word yet on how that will affect the taste of the food.

- Proving once again that we're actually living in 1950, high school students in the town of Independence, MO, were forced to sign Homecoming Dance contracts that stated there would be no inappropriate physical contact on the dance floor. The list of specifically prohibited actions is extensive and hilarious/depressing.

- According to researchers at UCLA, from 2005 to 2007, the rate of gastric band surgeryamong California teens increased sevenfold. In just two years. Sevenfold.

- The CDC reports that last year 20% of high school kids were smokers, down from 36% in 1997. Clearly Mad Men isn't reaching the younger audiences.

Magazines

- Victoria Justice is in the new OK Magazine, modeling the new trends in makeup for this fall.

- Jessica Lowndes of 90210 is on the cover of the new Zooey.

Movies Opening This Weekend

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

You Again

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole

Waiting for 'Superman'

Last Weekend's Top Box Office Movies

1. The Town

2. Easy A

3. Devil

5. Resident Evil: Afterlife

6. Alpha and Omega

7. The American

8. The Other Guys

9. Inception

10. Machete