Friday, September 10, 2010

The Weekly News Roundup - week of September 6 - 10

Bieber-Watch 2010
- Old yearbooks signed by Justin Bieber are up for auction on eBay! The most recent one sold for $3550. (JSYK)
- Justin Bieber threw a water balloon at a cop on Sunday and hit him right in the crotch. His manager talked the cop out of arresting him, and Justin played his gig at the Maryland State Fair. The only hitch came when his crew punked him during "One Less Lonely Girl," sending out a man in a tiara on stage instead of the usual - a swooning teenage girl. (JSYK)
- Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are suing Bluewater Comics for issuing unauthorised biographical comic books about the artists. (JSYK)
- At any given time, 3% of Twitter's resources are dedicated to tweets about Justin Bieber. (JSYK)
- Justin Bieber took part in Britain's Make Mine Milk campaign, chugging a pint of milk in 26.03 seconds. (JJJ)


Jonas Brothers
-The Jonas Brothers are promoting Allstate's "X The Text" campaign, urging teens not to text and drive. (JJJ)
- The Jonas Brothers hosted a 5k Fun Run in Florida on Monday to raise money for the Special Olympics. (JJJ)
- MTV Live's Paul The Intern punked the Jonas Brothers with a Between-Two-Ferns-esque interview


Trends and Fashion
- Kids have started wearing "I <3 boobies" bracelets in support of breast cancer research, and school officials don't approve. There are widespread reports of confiscations and demands that the bracelets be removed. (JSYK)
- Polka dots are in again. (Teen Vogue)


Music
- Willow Smith (9-year-old daughter of Will) has a new single out, called "Whip My Hair," and just signed a record deal with Roc Nation.
- Glee's Mark Salling will release his album "Pipe Dreams" next month.
- Plug In Stereo, aka Trevor Dahl (16), officially released the single "Oh Darling" on Tuesday.
- Selena Gomez released the video for her song "A Year Without Rain."
- JoJo premiered the video for her single "In The Dark," and was seen at the Christian Siriano show during Fashion Week this week. She also released a mixtape (mini album) called Can't Take That Away From Me.
- "The Vampire Diaries" is releasing a soundtrack in October, featuring Smashing Pumpkins, Gorillaz, and more.
- David Archuleta debuted his new song "Things Are Gonna Get Better" during the Jerry Lewis MDS Telethon last weekend. His new album drops October 5th.
- Allison Iraheta is no longer with Jive Records
- Jesse McCartney's single "Shake" debuted on Tuesday on the Tap Tap Revenge game for iPhones.


Television
- The Stand Up To Cancer telethon is tonight. Some of the celebs scheduled to appear are Vanessa Hudgens, Naya Rivera, Brenda Song, David Archuleta, Leona Lewis, and Abigail Breslin. (JSYK)
- The 2010 VMA's are on Sunday
- Jane Lynch (Glee's Sue Sylvester) is on iCarly this weekend, playing Sam's mom. (JSYK)
- "Hellcats" premiered this week, as did the new season of "Vampire Diaries."
- Kyle Massey and his DWTS partner Lacey Schwimmer ditched dance rehearsal on Wednesday to have some fun at Disneyland.
- Monique Coleman premiered new show "Gimme Mo'" on Wednesday.
- Demi Lovato will appear on America's Next Top Model to talk about fashion and her anti-bullying campaign.
- The 2010 Nickelodeon Mega Music Fest aired Monday night, featuring Justin Bieber, Dr. Phil, Colbie Caillat, Wyclef Jean, Dora the Explorer, and Yo Gabba Gabba, hosted by John Leguizamo.


Movies
- "Eclipse" is back in theaters this weekend in honor of Bella's birthday - September 13th.
- The Toronto International Film Festival is getting started! Emma Roberts and Amanda Crew arrived in Toronto on Thursday to promote "It's Kind of A Funny Story" and "The Repeaters," respectively. (JJJ)
- Zac Efron left for Europe this week to promote "Charlie St. Cloud" at the Deauville Film Festival in France, as well as at premiers in Madrid, Munich, and London. (JJJ)
- Shooting for "L.O.L." wrapped in Paris, and stars Miley Cyrus and Ashley Greene returned to LA.


Video Games
- David Henrie and his little brother Lorenzo attended the XBox 360 "Halo Reach" launch in LA on Wednesday. Chris and Kyle Massey were also in attendance.
- The Lord of The Rings: Aragorn's Quest will be released on September 14th. Gamers play out Aragorn's quest, under narration from Samwise Gamgee.


Other News
- Demi Lovato is swearing off Twitter... for a while, anyway. (JSYK)
- Miley Cyrus has a new tattoo - an outline of a heart on her right pinky.
- New magazine covers: Aly Michalka and Ashley Tisdale on "Seventeen," Amanda Seyfried on "Elle", Selena Gomez on "Latina", Emma Stone on "ASOS: New York", Justin Bieber on "Teen Vogue"


Making A Difference
- Edward Bosson, a 17-year-old from England, just became the first person ever to wakeboard across the English Channel. He did it for the challenge and to raise money for charity. (JJJ)
- Taylor Swift joined Michelle Obama and NFL players Deuce McAllister, Derrick Brooks, and Eddie George, speaking out for the Play 60 campaign. (JJJ)
- Glee's Lea Michele is starring in a new PETA ad aimed at stopping horse-drawn carriage rides. (JJJ)
- Alyson Stoner and MDot Finley honored 11-year-old Olivia Bouler as part of Disney Friends for Change: Project Green. Olivia raised $20,000 for Gulf cleanup by making watercolor paintings of Gulf-region birds. (JJJ)
- Make It Or Break It's Cassie Scerbo launched her own foundation called Nothing's Impossible, which will help underfunded gymnastics gyms.



HIGHLIGHTS FROM TEEN VOGUE

Britt Robertson (Avalon High, Life Unexpected, The Family Tree)
Brie Larson (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, United States of Tara)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road, Hung, Let Me In)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone, The Beaver, Like Crazy, X-Men prequel)
Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf)
Ella Purnell (Ways to Life Forever, Intruders, Never Let Me Go)
Keir Gilchrist (IT's Kind of a Funny Story, United States of Tara)
Lily Collins (The Blind Side, Priest, Abduction)
Bella Heathcote (Beneath Hill 60)
Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson, The Three Musketeers 3-D, Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Harrison Gilbertson (What's Wrong With Virginia)
Max Thieriot (My Soul to Take, House at the End of the Street, Nancy Drew, Catch That Kid, Chloe)
Thomas Sangster (Love Actually, Nowhere Boy)
Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender, Unbound Captives)


1. Elle Fanning at the Venice Film Festival
2. Jessica Alba at the Venice Film Festival
3. Natalie Portman at the VFF
4. Shanae Grimes at the Food & Wine's Taste of Beverly Hills
5. Jessica Stroup at the Food & Wine's Taste of Beverly Hills
6. Rachel Bilson out and about in LA
7. Annalynne McCord at the Food & Wine's Taste of Beverly Hills
8. Katy Perry in England
9. Jessica Lowndes at the Food & Wine's Taste of Beverly Hills
10. Winter Ave Zoli at the Sons of Anarchy Season 3 premiere






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World of Jenks
No Ordinary Family
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