Demi had a small concert in LA this evening at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, and I was there.
I took quite a few photos, and a lot of video. So much in fact, that it's gonna take a few days to sort through it all.
But in the meantime, here's an exclusive photo. :D
Demi Lovato Concert at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles 07/18/08
Friday, July 11 - 7:15pm / premiere of “Now or Never” / Radio Disney Friday, July 11 - 8pm / Thunderbirds with Vanessa / Disney Channel Saturday, July 12 - 12pm / Thunderbirds with Vanessa / Disney Channel Sunday, July 13 - 7:55pm / HSM3 trailer and First-look premiere hosted by Zac & Vanessa / Disney Channel Sunday, July 13 - 8pm / Picture This with Ashley (plus another HSM3 First-look) / ABC Family Sunday, July 13 - 10pm / Picture This with Ashley / ABC Family Monday, July 14 - 12:01am / Online launch of HSM3 trailer / Disney.comThanks to Zeiness for compiling the times.
New Disney Channel Original Movie 'Dadnapped' [To be released October 10, 2008] tells the story of Melissa Hamilton [Emily Osment] who desperately tries to gain more attention from her always preoccupied father, best-selling author Neal Hamilton [George Newbern]. Melissa lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome, the adventurous and clever hero from her father's popular spy novels.. During a long overdue father-daughter vacation, an unexpected detour leads to her father's kidnapping, first by overzealous fans and then again by two brothers with ulterior motives. Melissa suddenly finds herself living in her own adventurous Tripp Zoome plot and is forced to find the courage and know-how to find her missing dad. Emily Osment as Melissa Hamilton George Newbern as Neal Hamilton David Henrie as Wheeze Moises Arias as Andre Jennifer Stone as Debbie Kirsten Storms as Meagan Jason Earles as MervPersonally, this sounds like the stupidest DCOM plot ever. And yes, I didn't forget about Camp Rock.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jun 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Disney.com reached record traffic levels as guests logged on to watch the full-length Disney Channel Original Movie "Camp Rock." The online event, which began at 5 p.m. PT Monday, June 23 and ended at 11:59 p.m. PT Tuesday, June 24, attracted 863,000 video plays and increased traffic to Disney.com by 37 percent (6/23/08 vs. 6/22/08). Camp Rock's online success follows the movie's unprecedented multi-platform premiere weekend which delivered an impressive 24.5 million total televisions viewers across the U.S. and Canada and reached 6.0 million Kids 6-11 and more than 6.1 million Tweens 9-14, ranking as the week's #1 TV program in those youth demographics. Disney Channel's debut of "Camp Rock" ranks as cable TV's #1 entertainment telecast of the 2007-08 season (8.9 million Total Viewers). On ABC-TV, the movie was the #1 summer Saturday entertainment telecast on any broadcast network in almost six years, and is ABC Family's #1 movie broadcast ever among Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14. Key performance highlights for the Disney.com Camp Rock online streaming event include: -- Camp Rock video plays totaled more than 863,000 -- Traffic to Disney.com increased by 37 percent on Monday, June 23 (vs. 6/22/08) -- Camp Rock Web sites (video player and supersite) scored 1.9 million visitors and 10 million page views during the entire event (6/23-24) -- Unique visitor traffic overall to Disney.com XD (DXD) on Monday, June 23 was more than twice the previous one-day record (953,592 vs. 465,421) -- The Camp Rock Channel in DXD, which hosted the video player, had more page views in one day (6/23) than any other DXD Channel has ever recorded in a full week. "This is one of those inflection points for online entertainment at Disney.com and really shows the power of marrying great content with a great online experience," stated Paul Yanover, executive vice president and managing director, Disney Online. "Disney Channel has created another sensation with 'Camp Rock' and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to feature it again on Disney.com." Video streaming services for the Camp Rock online event were primarily provided by Limelight Networks. Limelight Networks provides a variety of content delivery services, including live event services, on-demand delivery, website acceleration, and professional services across select Disney properties. The companies have had an ongoing relationship since 2006. All data sources are internal tracking.
Considering this latest incarnation of "High School Musical" has the added line of "Senior Year" to its title, I think we can all be pretty sure this is the last we will be seeing of Zac, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas, Monique or Corbin in the halls of East High. Unless of course someone wants to make "College Musical." Instead, should this feature film version of "High School Musical" be a huge hit, I think Disney may keep its franchise alive by introducing us to a brand new class of kids. That's exactly why I think such a big deal has been made about the three new cast members making their debut in HSM3. Disney held an international casting search involving over 1,000 teen actors across the United States, Canada, and the U.K. to find three sophomore Wildcats. Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, and Jemma McKenzie-Brown were the lucky three plucked out of near obscurity. 17-year-old Matt's biggest role to date was a small part in "Hannah Montana". 14-year-old Justin played Simba in "The Lion King" on Broadway. British born Jemma had a role in a BBC show called "The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard.” After this film comes out October 24th, I have no doubt their names will become as familiar to pre-teen and teenage girls everywhere as the rest of the HSM cast. I traveled to the set and had a chance to sit down with the three newbie’s who seem to be fitting in with the group quite perfectly. Ashley Tisdale has taken Jemma under her wing. Vanessa Hudgens admits to whipping out her English accent around Jemma. Corbin Bleu has the gang over to his room almost every night to play video games. Everyone is giving the trio tips on how to stay grounded should fame strike. According to Matt their main advice was not let fame go to their heads, "Be yourself mainly. That's the one thing they said. With all of the success, just don't change. Just be who you are and true to yourself."I think it's crazy how just being announced as a star in an upcoming DCOM gets people so much attention. Just look at what's happened to Demi Lovato - And Camp Rock's still a week away!Matt, who before this role never sang or danced, plays Jimmie "The Rocket" Zara, a basketball player who idolizes Zac's character, Troy Bolton. He told me being famous is not why he took this part,
"I think we're all in it just to be an actor and just enjoy acting more than the fans and the fame. It's all about a career.” Justin is Jimmie's "partner in crime" as he calls it, Donny, who is the basketball teams ball boy. He's a small little guy with a huge personality who wants to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington. Justin's big personality landed him at the hospital though with a bad bruise while on set a few weeks ago, "I have no gymnastics or tumbling background and I decided I was going to do a back flip on some cement and it didn’t work out well." Jemma comes to East High as Tiara Gold; a British foreign exchange student who has her sights set on Sharpay and becomes her personal assistant. She told me that from the moment the news came out she was cast her life changed, "My friend wrote me and said just type in McKenzie-Brown in Google. I typed it in and flash, flash, flash. Matt Prokop, Justin Martin, Jemma McKenzie-Brown all over. It was crazy!" Those Google searches are only going to grow and grow when the film comes out on the big screen this fall!
Just a few months ago industry mogul Miley Ray Cyrus trademarked a ton of 'Miley' merchandise including, dolls, electronics, Christmas tree decorations, cookie jars, etc [Full listing here]. In addition to this, Miley hopes to launch her own fragrance an clothing line. She revealed to J-14: 'I would love to have my own clothing line because my style is different from a lot of people. I like starting trends, but I also like to be comfortable. I like to be casual but cute and stylish at the same time.' Miley wants her line to look similar to her favorite designer Marc Jacobs.. ..It's young and it is expensive and couture, but it's not totally unaffordable. It's more funky, and it looks like it just came of the runway, but it's still casual. Miley is already looking towards her new future. She plans on finishing the Hannah Montana series soon. 'We're doing the movie, and then one more season, maybe two. It's probably going to be one more season though.'If Hannah ends after one more season, that would put it at roughly 70 episodes total. And while that's sightly better than the 65 episodes DC series used to be limited to, I think it should end up closer to 100, like That's So Raven did.
Hollywood scandals work, but not for kid stars. A semi-nude Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) in Vanity Fair could be the cause of an additional slide in ratings for the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana. According to the Nielsen Company, the brand new episode of Hannah Montana which aired after the photos were released saw a 14% decline in viewers when compared to the previous fresh episode. However, longterm figures suggest that Hannah Montana ratings were declining prior to the nude pics - numbers are down 26% compared with the first original show of the year, which aired in January. One issue is that once a show gets hot, programmers are stuck with a limited number of original episodes and must spread them over a long period. This means that as the time for new content increases, tweens fill their time with new shows. And this is exactly what has happened. Hannah Montana has now been replaced as Disney’s top-rated show by Wizards of Waverly Place, which stars Selena Gomez who has previously appeared on Hannah, reports the New York Daily News. The ratings decline has not effected merchandise or retail partners. Wal-Mart has created areas just for "Hannah" items and production has just began on the "Hannah Montana" feature film. "'Hannah Montana' kicked off as the highest-rated cable premiere series ever among kids and tweens, held the No. 1 rank across all TV, second only to 'American Idol' [in that age group] for two years, and is now a global hit," said Gary Marsh, president, entertainment, Disney Channels Worldwide.