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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Big Time Rush


Big Time Rush

Biography
Big Time Rush (also known as BTR) is an American television sitcom created by Scott Fellows for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt), James Diamond (James Maslow), Carlos Garcia (Carlos Pena Jr.), and Logan Mitchell (Logan Henderson), who get a chance to become the newest pop sensation (while going on humorous adventures). The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode on November 28, 2009, on Nickelodeon, and the series began airing on YTV on January 18, 2010. The series also stars Ciara Bravo, Tanya Chisholm, and Stephen Kramer Glickman. The series is taped on Los Angeles, California.Three hour-long films (including pilot) have spanned two seasons

David Henrie


David Henrie

Biography
David Clayton Henrie (born July 11, 1989) is an American actor. He is most notable for playing Justin Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place and Larry on That's So Raven. He is also known for playing Ted Mosby's Son on How I Met Your Mother
At age 10, Henrie signed with a SAG agency in Phoenix and began going out on auditions. At age 9, during a regional commercial shoot in Scottsdale, a director recommended that Henrie move to LA. That summer, at the age of 10, he and his family relocated to Hollywood. Henrie booked his first two national commercial auditions, playing principal roles in spots for Burger King and Quaker Oats. Henrie booked his first co-starring role on the TV show Providence, and went on to land a guest star role on the premiere episode of Without a Trace. He's also been seen on other TV shows shows such as How I Met Your Mother, where he plays the son, also NCIS, Cold Case, House, and Judging Amy. By age 13, Henrie got his first big break, landing a regular role as Petey Pitt on the Fox sitcom The Pitts. Henrie next landed a leading role in the Hallmark movie, Monster Makers, with Linda Blair and George Kennedy, and was asked to come back for another Hallmark movie, to play a role in Dead Hollywood Moms Society.At the age of 18, Henrie got the role of Justin Russo in the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. The show premiered on October 12, 2007. Due to his involvement with Disney Channel, Henrie competed in the 2008 Disney Channel Games. He was team captain of the Green Team, also known as the Cyclones. He has a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Dadnapped. Before his present role on Wizards of Waverly Place, he had a recurring role on That's So Raven as Cory's friend Larry. Henrie also has a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother, and made a guest appearance as himself in 2 episodes of Jonas L.A.. According to Reuters, Henrie was officially named the Grand Marshal for the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.
David was born in Mission Viejo, California to Linda and Jim Henrie, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the brother of actor Lorenzo Henrie. He went to school at Cheyenne Traditional School. David was raised as a Roman Catholic and, according to his website, comes from a "large, loud, Italian family". Henrie is an avid hockey fan. Selena Gomez has stated they share a brother and sister bond

Victoria Justice


Victoria Justice

Biography
Victoria Justice was born February 19, 1993, in Hollywood, Florida to Serene and Zack Justice. She is of Puerto Rican descent on her mother's side, and of Irish descent on her father's. Her family moved from Hollywood, Florida, to Los Angeles when she was 11 so she could pursue acting. She has a stepfather named Mark. Victoria Justice in June 2007 Justice has guest starred on several television series including Gilmore Girls and Everwood. She played "Rebecca" on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in the episode "The Fairest of Them All". She had roles in the films Mary, When Do We Eat?, Silver Bells, The Garden, and Unknown. Justice's first major role came in 2005 on the series Zoey 101. Her character (Lola Martinez) was a perky outgoing actress who eventually becomes best friends with other students, Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), Nicole Bristow (Alexa Nikolas), and Quinn Pensky (Erin Sanders). In 2009, Justice played Tammi Dyson in the Nickelodeon's original film, Spectacular!. She also had a supporting role in the feature film, The Kings of Appletown, starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse. Also in 2009, she guest starred on The Naked Brothers Band, in the iCarly episode "iFight Shelby Marx" and on True Jackson, VP. In 2010, Justice appeared in one episode of The Troop. The Orlando Sentinel reported in August 2008 that Justice had signed a talent deal with Nickelodeon. The series, Victorious, takes place in a performing arts high school and revolves around Justice's character Tori Vega as she pursues a singing career. It premiered on March 27, 2010 to 5.7 million viewers, making it the highest-rated premiere for a live action series in Nickelodeon history. Justice also starred in the 2010 Nickelodeon television movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, playing Jordan Sands, a girl who is transformed into a werewolf following her move to a creepy manor. In an interview with the Associated Press, she stated that she is coming out with an album but will take her time with the process, rather than rush it, and write the songs on the album.

Ashley Tisdale


Ashley Tisdale

Biography
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series. Her role as Evans required her to perform several songs in the film series' soundtracks. Tisdale became the first female artist to debut with two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of February 12, 2006, with "What I've Been Looking For" and "Bop to the Top", both songs from the first High School Musical soundtrack.
After her first High School Musical appearance, she signed with Warner Bros. Records and launched a solo music carer. Her debut album Headstrong, was released in February 2007, debuted at number five in the U.S. chart with 64,000 copies sold in the first week and was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. A second studio album, Guilty Pleasure, was released in 2009. Tisdale also has a prominent voice role as Candace Flynn in Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb and starred in the 2009 feature film Aliens in the Attic. In 2010, she was cast as the peppy and intense cheerleader Savannah Monroe in The CW comedy-drama series Hellcats.

Selena Gomez


Selena Gomez

Biography
Selena Marie Gomez was born to Mandy Cornett and Ricardo Gomez on July 22, 1992. At a young age, she moved from New York to Grand Prairie, Texas. Giving birth to Selena at 16, her mom Mandy recalls living "paycheck-to-paycheck". Selena started out on "Barney & Friends" (1992) as "Gianna" in 2001 where she really discovered her talent. Unfortunately, they dropped her from the series after just two years. In 2003, she had a very small role in the movie Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and a bit part in 2005 when she played "Julie" in Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) (TV) with Mitchel Musso and in 2006 as "Emily Grace Garcia" in Brain Zapped (2006) (TV) when she recorded a song for the movie. She she guest starred as "Gwen" in "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" (2005) and as Hannah's rival, the 'evil' "Mikayla", in "Hannah Montana" (2006). Selena's amazing talent landed her roles in two Disney series, both spin-offs. Unfortunately, neither show was picked up until 2007 when she got the role of "Alex Russo" in the magical series "Wizards of Waverly Place" (2007) which she auditioned for three times. In March 2008, she made her first animated movie Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and later starred in Another Cinderella Story (2008) (V) with Disney Channel star Andrew Seeley for ABC Family. Her two Disney Channel Original Movies Princess Protection Program (2009) (TV), with real-life BFF Demi Lovato, and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) (TV) will both air Summer 2009.

Ciara Bravo


Ciara Bravo

Biography
Ciara Quinn Bravo is an aspiring young American child actress best known for her work on the smash hit Nickelodeon TV series "Big Time Rush" and voice over on "Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?". She was born March 18, 1997. She lives with her father, mother, sister and brother in Alexandria, Kentucky. She has much support from her older sister (Rikkel) and younger brother (Jaxon), parents and grandparents. Especially her grandparents who provides excellent support when she is in LA. Despite being so young she has a very amazing natural talent ability and one of Hollywood's newest rising young starlets. From doing plays in school at an early age Ciara knew what she wanted to do and that is to become a successful actress.
At only 9 years old Ciara has Jake Lang of "Wings Model Management" to be thankful for. In November of 2006, she attended the Mike Beaty Model and Talent Expo in Dallas, TX for four fun, long and crazy days. That was her lucky day. She was discovered by Bryan Leder and Frederick Levy of "Management 101". That is where it all started. After the Talent Expo Ciara did several voice overs for Disney Schoolhouse playing "Chloe" in "Can You Teach my Alligator Manners?". She also appeared in Natasha Bedingfield music video "Love Like this" and done several commercials. Yes 2007 was a busy and successful year for Ciara that helped jump start her career in acting. In 2008 she had more auditions and acting in several local commercials for Newport Aquarium and even made a short appearance as the Italian girl in a hit film "Angels & Demons" with Tom Hanks directed by Ron Howard.
In 2009 is when she got her big break. She acted in two short films "Lost Sheep AKA 'The Cafeteria'" and "Washed Up" that baffled the eye of some Hollywood execs. With just a single audition tape that was enough to earn her a three year contract with Nickelodeon on the set of "Big Time Rush". Receiving a 3-year contract is very rare for someone her age. In the summer of 2009, she filmed 10 episodes. The pilot aired in November with over 3.5 million viewers. With such overwhelming success Nickelodeon ordered 20 episodes for the season.