Another One on the Horizon
June 17th, 2008 by Evil Beet
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article today about the Disney fame machine and their newest protege, 15-year-old Demi Lovato, who will star in the upcoming Disney flick Camp Rock, which they obviously hope will be the next High School Musical. (It premieres today on pay-per-view, which is probably why the WSJ is running this article today.)
Anyway, the whole article’s worth a read (it’s here) as it talks a little about how Disney discovers and nurtures new talent. It turns out Demi is the BFF of another Disney star, Selena Gomez — the two met when they both appeared on Barney as children. Demi’s mother took Selena and Demi to a Disney audition in Austin, where they passed on Demi but snapped up Selena (she “looks more Hispanic than Demi, and that’s what they were looking for at the time,” says Demi’s mom). After Selena scored big with Disney, she was determined to help her BFF get famous too, and called her up on stage during a break from the taping of Wizards of Waverly Place. Demi belted out a tune for the producers, who then cast her in Camp Rock. Cute story, if it’s true.
The article also mentions that ratings for Miley Cyrus’s Hannah Montana dipped steeply after the racy photos of her in Vanity Fair hit stands.
As for Demi, she plans to be squeaky clean for now. “I ask myself, ‘Is this something a 15-year-old should be doing?’ and if it isn’t, then I don’t do it.”
Ah, these kids are so delusional at 15. But it’s just another generation of good gossip in the making.
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June 17th, 2008 at 3:17 am
WOW. I don’t keep up with this shit, but THAT chick is a knockout, and I’m thinkin’ that Miley should just go ahead and tuck her tail between her legs and mosey on back to the trailer park.
June 17th, 2008 at 3:19 am
aww they are just innocent still, too bad they will grow up and start to rebel, THAT’s when the fun starts!
June 17th, 2008 at 4:54 am
ahh Anne Hathaway much!
June 17th, 2008 at 6:24 am
shes pretty to me.
but it wont be long til she does something stupid
just another miley in the making.
but i wonder, why do all teen stars
that start on disney, always end up rebeling?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Looking forward to the sex tape in a few years…
June 17th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I just think it’s odd and sad that she has to remind herself that she is only 15.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:11 am
I can’t stand either of them.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:13 am
A 15 year old should not be wearing those shoes. I should be wearing those shoes but a 15 year old has no business wearing shoes that are that slutty.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:00 am
@ Ernestine: “mosey on back to the trailer park” lollllllll
but ya I agree with P. Cat, those are serious fukme pumps.
But she looks like the Jonas Brothers’ sister, so watching previews of her kissing that dood was VERY incestuous.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Is there a certain PPV it is playing on because mine doesnt show camp rock playing today?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:53 am
When I was 15 I don’t think it ever occurred to me to ask “is this what a 15-year-old should be doing?” That level of self-consciousness, or detachment, is just weird at her age.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
@C. Joy I’m not sure about PPV but it’s on Friday night at 7:00 central time on The Disney Channel. My kiddos are super excited for it. I already have the DVR programmed.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
@ Fartface McMuffin— LOL love your screen name name more than I love some of the posts on this website!!!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
her feet are extremely big….
June 17th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I agree with the Persi Cat. My mom never would have let me leave the house with those shoes on. And I couldn’t wear long dangly earrings either. The “would a 15-year-old do this” comment sounds like it came straight from a parent, though. THat’s a good sign, I guess.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Indeed… she should not be wearing hooker heals at fifteen. She doesn’t even look like she’s fifteen. What ever happened to letting kids be kids?
June 17th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I am fifteen… . and i’ve seen worse pictures on facebook
NO ONE CARES
it’s 40 year old women who are “Oh my god.. . Back.”
15 year olds couldn’t give a shit.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
And I wear shoes like that, when I feel sassy.
And I also never ask myself “Is this what a 15 year old would do.”
who asks that. Is this a continuous question? “What would a 40 year old do??”
June 17th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Hm. There’s a question for Demi…WHO THE HELL REGULATES WHAT A TEENAGER DOES??!! I mean, who tells you whats wrong?! Damn. I’m a 15 teenager too and I DON’T WEAR A PURITY RING so I can go ahead and make a sex tape 1 year later!!! C’mon!!! We’re just young once LET’S FUCK IT UP!!!!
June 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
well im 15. and i wouldnt wear shoes like that.
and i def dont think about fuckin my life up.
i party and chill with my friends, but i still have morals.
i guess it all depends on the persons choices.
so just let her mess up, it’ll be her fault in the end.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 am
I think Demi is a good person. I’m jealous of her because she got to know and hang out with the Jonas Brothers but I don’t think she will mess up. She keeping herself together and hopefully she will do the same in the future. I’m not so sure about Selena Gomez anymore because she had to be rubbing her hand on Nick. She shouldn’t touch him because the Nick Jonas fans will go after her. Anyway, she likes some other guy in a movie she’s making. She had to be in their video for some strange reason.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
i have absolutely no reason to not like selena gomez and demi lovato, but for some reason they annoy me, and for some reason i just LOVE miley cyrus!
August 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am
for the people who are saying that she is wearing ty shoes or whatever she isnt!!
she is at an event where everyone is in high heels and looking glamorous so whats the problem and im 15 and i dont see the big deal….