- 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)
- 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
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