This Sunday August 1st is gonna be a big day with a new Hannah, Charlie, and JONAS!
MILEY CONTEMPLATES REVEALING HER HANNAH MONTANA SECRET TO SIENA IN A NEW EPISODE OF “HANNAH MONTANA,” PREMIERING
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“De-Do-Do-Do, Da-Don’t-Don’t, Don’t, Tell My Secret” – Miley almost blows her cover when she returns from a Hannah Montana function and Siena spots her, and becomes suspicious that Jackson is seeing another girl so Jackson begs Miley to tell her the truth. Meanwhile, Robby goes fishing with Rico to teach him how to relax, in a new episode of “Hannah Montana,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
The new GLC sounds a little boring to me, but we’ll have to see how it all plays out.
TEDDY HOPES CHARLIE CAN WIN OVER HER ENGLISH TEACHER
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “GOOD LUCK CHARLIE,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Teddy’s Little Helper” – In an effort to win over her English teacher, Mr. Dingwall, Teddy brings Charlie to class in hopes she will be able to charm him, but things don’t go according to plan when Charlie begins to get an upset stomach. Meanwhile, Gabe fires Bob as his basketball coach, and after hiring Amy, the team wins their first game ever. When her extreme enthusiasm starts to wear on the team, Gabe must find a way to bring Bob back in as coach. Helping out his parents, PJ takes Charlie to a “Mommy & Me” class, in a new episode of “Good Luck Charlie,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 (8:30–9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
why are Nick and Macy worried about keeping their relationship secret? It’s not scandalous in any way.
NICK AND MACY’S SECRET RELATIONSHIP IS DISCOVERED
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “JONAS L.A.,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“The Secret” – When Big Man leaves Nick in charge of watching his niece Kiara for the day, she figures out that Nick and Macy have been keeping their relationship a secret from everyone and in exchange for her silence, Nick agrees to collaborate on a song with her. Meanwhile, Joe accidentally gives Kevin a black eye during his movie fight training, in “JONAS L.A.,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
SONNY IS TRICKED INTO SUITING UP AS HER FAVORITE CHILDHOOD CHARACTER IN A NEW EPISODE OF “SONNY WITH A CHANCE,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“The Problem With Pauly” – When Sonny discovers that Mr. Condor has brought her favorite childhood show, “Pauly the Polar Bear’s Playroom,” to shoot on the lot, she introduces herself to her beloved Pauly. But when the guy who plays Pauly quits and leaves Sonny to suit up, she and Chad must convince him to continue his career as Pauly for the sake of the fans. It is also Chad and Sonny’s seven week anniversary, and when Sonny can’t make their date, Nico and Grady try to get Chad to join their video gamer’s group, in a new episode of “Sonny With A Chance,” SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
So Vanessa finally figures out that Joe and Stella like each other? Wow. What took her so long? LOL
VANESSA REALIZES THAT JOE AND STELLA STILL HAVE FEELINGS
FOR EACH OTHER IN A NEW EPISODE OF “JONAS L.A.,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“A Wasabi Story” – Vanessa plans a sushi dinner double-date for her and Joe with Ben and Stella, but things get awkward when it becomes clear that Joe and Stella still have feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Macy hustles Nick and Kevin in a round of golf and after winning the bet, arranges for her and Stella to take over the main house while the guys have to move into the guest house, in “JONAS L.A.,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Now this next Good Luck Charlie sounds like a good one to me. Any description that starts with the word “Chaos” has to be good! LOL
CHAOS ENSUES WHEN CHARLIE LOSES HER FAVORITE BLANKIE
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “GOOD LUCK CHARLIE,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Blankie Go Bye-Bye” – Teddy enlists PJ and Gabe’s help to throw Amy and Bob a surprise anniversary dinner. When Charlie’s favorite blankie is misplaced, Teddy tries to track it down, and PJ gets locked out of the house with Charlie left inside. Meanwhile, Gabe does his part to help with the surprise by taking Bob and Amy to a movie, but Amy gets stuck watching a movie she doesn’t want to watch, in a new episode of “Good Luck Charlie,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 (8:40–9:05 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Hmm… looks like Vanessa’s not gonna let Joe go without a fight. Interesting.
JOE GETS STELLA A JOB ON HIS MOVIE IN A NEW EPISODE OF
“JONAS L.A.,” SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Up in the Air” – Joe gets Stella a job in the wardrobe department on his movie, much to Vanessa’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Nick makes a gift for Macy, in “JONAS L.A.,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 (9:05-9:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
And they finally get rid of Marcus so Doc can go be on his new show. But a “Retainer Baby” musical? Really? LOL.
THE S.S. TIPTON BIDS FAREWELL TO MARCUS AS HE RESTARTS HIS CAREER IN A NEW EPISODE OF “THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK,”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Bon Voyage” – Marcus leaves the ship after deciding to film a musical based on his hit song “Retainer Baby,” in a new episode of “The Suite Life on Deck,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
We sure have to wait a while for the first new Wizards episode in August! But at least it sounds like a good one.
ALEX GETS STUCK IN A PARALLEL ‘YOU-NIVERSE’
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE,”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“All About You-Niverse” – After Alex steps through a magical mirror, the universe becomes all about her, and when the mirror breaks after she doesn’t want to come back to the real world, Alex is possibly stuck in the parallel ‘you-niverse’ forever, in a new episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Another JONAS LA? Are they trying to get rid of them? Or is this all some sort of promotion strategy for Camp Rock 2?
KEVIN SEIZES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT THE BAND’S
MUSIC VIDEO IN A NEW EPISODE OF “JONAS L.A.,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Direct to Video” – Kevin is disappointed after his dad hires a popular music video director to helm the band’s latest music video, but after the guys are unhappy with the director’s vision, Kevin takes on directing responsibilities himself, in “JONAS L.A.,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Yay, Arwin returns for another On Deck episode. Brian Stepanek was always one of my favorite actors on the orginal series.
ARWIN COMES ABOARD TO INSTALL A ROBOT TO RUN THE SHIP
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK,”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Computer Date” – Arwin comes aboard to convert the S.S. Tipton into a “smart ship” with a central computer robot that runs everything, but things go awry when the robot becomes too human-like and develops feelings for Cody. Meanwhile, Woody and London are failing Phys Ed and ask Zack to tutor them, in a new episode of “The Suite Life on Deck,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
We finally get to meet Uncle Ernesto in a very special new Wizards episode!
WILMER VALDERRAMA GUEST STARS IN A NEW EPISODE OF
“WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE,” FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Uncle Ernesto” – Justin, Alex and Max promise a magic-free evening so Theresa can invite her brother Ernesto (who does not know about the Russo’s magical powers) for a birthday dinner. The promise is broken as soon as Alex spots magical birthday presents from Uncle Kelbo, in a new episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place,” premiering FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Then two days later we get the second new Sonny of the month. the highly anticipated “That’s So Sonny” also has a spoiler thread on the SWAC Forum thanks to Moderator Kaliet who obtained that episode’s script!
RAVEN-SYMONE GUEST STARS AS CHAD’S FAN CLUB PRESIDENT
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “SONNY WITH A CHANCE,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“That’s So Sonny” – As Chad’s fan club approaches the one million member mark, the numbers mysteriously start to dwindle, so he enlists his fan club president, Amber (played by Raven-Symone), to get to the bottom of it. Amber investigates Chad’s decline in popularity, concluding that Sonny is to blame, in a new episode of “Sonny With A Chance,” SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
And finally, there’s one more GLC episode coming this August. And it’s certainly an interesting idea!
CHARLIES BECOMES AN OVERNIGHT INTERNET SENSTATION
IN A NEW EPISODE OF “GOOD LUCK CHARLIE,”
SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
“Charlie Goes Viral” – PJ makes a funny video of Charlie that becomes an overnight internet sensation and leads to an on-camera interview with a local news crew. However, when Amy takes the opportunity to relive her college news casting days and Bob uses the opportunity to advertise his business, the segment spins out of control. Meanwhile, Teddy and Spencer witness her family’s ridiculous antics on TV, in a new episode of “Good Luck Charlie,” premiering SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 (8:30–9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
I was fortunate enough to be ale to attend the second live-audience filming for Bella Thorne and Zendaya Coleman’s new Disney Channel show “Shake It Up!” yesterday, July 27th, in Los Angeles, CA.
For those of you unfamiliar with how a filming works, I recommend you stop and read the recap of the first filming I went to before you continue reading this post.
We where seated in the audience area a good hour before the actual filming started. During part of this time, they showed us the pilot episode. For those unfamiliar with TV terms, the pilot is a single episode they film before a show is picked up for a full season. Because actors are sometimes re-cast and sets are changed, pilots are rarely if ever shown to the public at large. The first episode broadcast in a season is typically a re-shot and slightly reworked version of the pilot, although the actual plot can vary significantly.
In the pilot we are introduced to best friends CeCe Jones (Bella Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya Coleman). The show opens with the BFFs panhandling on the Chicago metro using their impressive dance moves. And they do a great job, until a transit cop shows up! After After receiving a ticket made out to “Mrs. Justin Bieber” we join your heroines at home and we meet CeCe’s little brother Flynn Jones (Davis Cleveland). After an eh, interesting, breakfast scene, the three kids are off to school. At school, we meet Deuce (Adam Irigoyen), and he lets us in on all the concert tickets he can hook us up with. He also had an important gift for the girls, a flier with the info to audition for a dance show called “Shake it Up Chicago.” Rocky is reluctant, but CeCe insists that they give it a try – it is their dream to be professional dancers after all. We also met sibling duo Gunther (Kenton Duty) and Tinka (Caroline Sunshine). Think Ryan and Sharpay from High School Musical, except they’re, well, I think they where supposed to be Swedish. Anyway, CeCe and Rocky audition for the show and through no fault of her own CeCe is eliminated. Rocky makes it, but doesn’t want to go without her BFF. CeCe insists that Rocky follow through with her dream and marches her to the studio – with Rocky still in her pajamas. This next segment was very Hannah Montana-esque as CeCe helped Rocky change into her dance clothes during the love show. Fortunately, the host though more of it than I did, because instead of firing Rocky, he asked both girls to stay on the show. And that is how these two best friends ended up on TV.
Now, it’s tough to objectively grade a pilot because it’s primary focus is to introduce the show and characters. It sets up the show and isn’t the best refection of what will actually happen in it. this show is clearly about dancing, there’s a lot of it, and it’s done very well. The humor fell a little flat, especially the breakfast scene I mentioned. the plot was predictable, but that again has to do with the constraints of it being the pilot. Using my normal scale, I think a 3.5/5 would be appropriate.
Now that the pilot was done with, we could begin the actual filming! Episode #102 is titled “I Could’ve Danced All Night” and opens with a pretaped scene where we see CeCe’s dream. “If this wasn’t a dream, then why where you kissing Robert Pattinson before you came out here?”
It turns out CeCe is obsessed with getting the “Spotlight Dance” on the show. And when they announce a special charity event the next day, Rocky wants to enter to help their local senior center. CeCe could care less, until she learns the winner also gets that week’s spotlight dance.
CeCe buys a bunch of energy drinks to help them stay awake for the event, but Rocky refuses to let them drink them. She compares them to steroids and how that temptation will take them to dark places… “then you get kicked off the show, expelled from school, your mom kicks you out, you’re living behind a dumpster, and you can’t plug a cell phone into a rat’s mouth!” Needless to say CeCe is convinced. But her brother, well, he’s find the discarded energy drink and likes it, a lot.
Meanwhile, Deuce stops by with some new outfits designed by his cousin. He offers them to the girls for free… they just gotta wear them of the show for a little free publicity. He explains that they’re fine couture, “my cousin explained to me that that’s a french word that means fancy clothes. I thought it meant lady parts.” LOLz. Rocky doesn’t care for the clothing deal either, but eventually relents. The girls go back inside to find CeCe’s little brother bouncing off the walls. They try to catch him, but he wind up keeping them up all night before the competition.
Fast forward a few hours and it’s time to dance! And the girls can barely keep their eyes open. Somehow they make it until it’s just them and Gunther and Tinka and the host calls a break. At this point Rocky’s older brother Eddie (Max Ehrich) who had been watching CeCe’s little brother arrives on set after realizing that the donation he had pledged was per hour. And the girls had already been dancing for four hours! He decides it’s time to end things and demands that the girls quit immediately, or even better if they can “find a way to quit four hours ago.” Deuce will have none of this and pinches CeCe to wake her up. A short pinch fight ensues and the girls get back up on stage where they ultimately win the competition and $5000 for the senior center! But before CeCe can collect on her spotlight dance, they fall asleep on stage and her brother ends up stealing the show.
This was a good, solid episode. Well written, well paced (although that’s hard to say just from the filming), well acted, and just plain entertaining overall. A definite 4/5 just on my first impression.
My friend J had asked for a brief description of the sets, so I’ve decided to draw a diagram.
I got mad paint skillz. The filming photos from last week show a little bit of the Shake it Up Chicago studio and quite a bit of the home set.
Following the conclusion of the filming, the cast signed autographs. They didn’t announce that they would, so a bunch of people just left. But those of us who knew how it usually worked lined the railing and eventually got to talk with the cast. I brought a photo of Bella & Zendaya and another paper for any other cast members I talked to.
Kenton Duty (Gunther) was nice enough to sign that paper for me…
Like my Shake it up sign? I made it the night before so I could get the attention of the audience warm up guy and tell everyone about the site. I printed two copies – Kenton signed one and I gave the other to Bella. She was very excited about my shake it up fansite: DisneyShakeItUp.com! She literally jumped up and down with excitement and proceeded to show it to her cast mates, never mind the fact that I was still talking to her about the site at the time! She came back over of course and I was able to finish my 15 second pitch. And of course, She and Zendaya both signed that photo I brought.
Isn’t that just the coolest thing? These girls are gonna be big. Disney casting rarely, if ever, makes mistakes and a few hours with Bella & Zendaya convinced me that as usual Disney knows what they’re doing. I know I’ve said it before, but I know that Bella’s gonna be the next Miley (and I mean that in a good way)! And I for one feel quite honored to have been there at the beginning.
Posted on: Sunday, July 25th, 2010 in: Demi Lovato
As I’m sure you’ll all remember, last week Amanda met Demi at her Shop ‘Til You Rock event in Glendale CA.
Well, yesterday Demi did another Shop ‘Til You Rock event at North Point Mall in Alpharetta, Georgia, and SWAC forum member Sierra was there – and she took pictures!
Those are Sierra’s feet. I like the idea!
Isn’t she pretty?
It looks like Demi sure signed a lot of autographs!
I like how she just signs them “Demi” like her last name is totally unnecessary because there are so few Demis out there.
Demi signed a lot of autorgraphs on Saturday, but she couldn’t get to everyone. Another friend of mine (Kaliet, the lead moderator of the SWAC Forum) was there too, but didn’t get to meet her.
She did get to see her at least: “That’s Demi. She was smiling like ‘Oh god, screaming fans.’”
Posted on: Saturday, July 24th, 2010 in: Selena Gomez
Honestly, I can’t remember if I’ve ever read any of Beverly Cleary’s Ramona stories. Ever since Selena first announced her connection to this project over a year ago, I’ve been trying to figure out if I had or not and I’m still not sure.
So for all intents and purposes I went into the movie not really knowing the characters beforehand. That said, this was very much a character driven story. The financial difficulties of Dad losing his job shaped the primary conflict of the film, but the story was really about how the various family members, and especially Ramona, reacted to it.
Of course, the only reason why I bothered running out to see it was because of Selena. And there was way too much Ramona and not enough Beezus. Yes, Ramona is the main character and the story is through her eyes (as I quickly noticed the low camera angles) but I still would have likes to see more Selena. Of course, there was that great scene of Selena and Ramona in bed. And I did see Selena’s mole a couple times.
One of the complaints I saw from the “professional” reviewers was that the CGI effects in Ramona’s fantasies where a little over the top and I have to agree. There probably wasn’t a better way to express Ramona’s imagination on screen, but it hurt the overall flow of the movie.
I liked Ramona’s plans to save the house. It was a feeling I could relate to, unfortunately. The lemonade scene was quite well done, but the Car wash idea was even better. Although I have to say, and I admit I don’t know what kind of paint it was, but if the jeep was already wet when the paint was dumped on it, I would think it would be fairly easy to wash it off before it set.
And Ramona sure had some bad luck. The egg thing in particular. I was like, “Wait No!” seconds before she cracked it on her head. Although I must admit she made a lot of her own problems. I mean, if you’re gonna hide your report card, you should hide your sister’s too.
“Who could ever love a girl named Beezus?”
If she looked like Selena? I don’t care what her name is! Despite being the one “everyone loves” Beezus had a rough time in this movie! She didn’t even get the new room! The oldest should always get first pic. And when Ramona almost set the house on fire, I know I was supposed to think Beezus was overreacting but I was more like It’s about time!
And then the cat died. That one really got to me. Picky Picky was a very pretty cat, and was almost as much of a character as the kids. Heck, the cat had as many lines as the baby.
Finally, a few thoughts on the cool Aunt Bea. Ginnifer Goodwin was brilliant casting. She looks just like I imagine Selena will look like when we’re married she’s older. And a wedding! What a classic but not very often used way to end a movie. That plot really pulled the whole film together.
And I didn’t even realize that Hutch Dano of “Zeke and Luther” and “Den Brother” played Henry until the very end. That lucky bastard.
Finally, I found the songs they used in the film to be rather interesting. “Walking on sunshine” by Aly and AJ seemed like a strange choice. It’s a classic, but why Aly & AJ’s version? Skye Sweetnam’s “Let’s Get Movin’ Into Action” was quite unexpected! I love Skye, but I’m surprised the producers even knew that song existed! Taylor Swift got a song too. I don’t recall the title but I recognized her voice. And I liked the usage of “Eternal Flame,” a really good song.
On the whole, a good movie. Not a blockbuster by any means, but a good family film with a good cast. Honestly, I think it’s something the adults will like and relate to more than the kids. 4/5
I like the new logo. It’s very sharp and impaction.
Aly Michalka looks stunning. Such power and emotion in a single still image. And I always enjoy Aly midriff.
Ashley Tisdale is a little more hidden than I would have liked, but my girl is lookin’ good as always. She’s showing quite a bit of leg in that short skirt, so I guess that makes up for the lack of Ashley midriff.
I guess they figured it would be just too hot if they both showed leg and midriff at the same time.
While I was doing some research for Mean Girls 2 I came across some pics and videos of Meaghan Martin singing last year. I hadn’t seen any of these before, so I figured some of you likely haven’t either.
In July of last year Meaghan preformed at Penn’s Landing’s Fam Jams concert along with the Naked Brothers Band. I kinda vaguely remember hearing about this, but she never did anything out here near me.
Meaghan performed a half hour set. She opened with “2 Stars” then sang “Circle of Life” and “Magic,” which can be heard on DisneyMania 7 and the Wizards of Waverly Place Soundtrack respectively. She closed with a song she co-wrote called “You” and the “Camp Rock” song, “Too Cool.”
Here are a couple videos of Meaghan singing “2 Stars”…
SWAC Forum moderator Mooncake actually has the script for this episode and posted a 
