“And we’ll be introducing her on our ‘Burning Up’ tour this summer,” pipes up his 20-year-old brother, Kevin.Īs was the case when the first “High School Musical” film debuted in 2006, most of its teen stars, although unknown to mainstream audiences, already have followings among the demographic of 8- to 13-year-olds. We’re writing with her for her new record,” 15-year-old Nick Jonas says by phone from Florida, where he was recently on tour with the band. Then, in the time-honored tradition of kid musicals dating to the days of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, they bring everybody together for a show at which the irrepressible Lovato says happily, “I get to rock the house.” She’s also hounded by the rich girls, particularly after she’s outed as a kitchen worker, until one of them (17-year-old Anna Maria Perez de Tagle) comes over to her side. Once there, she’s befriended by miscreant rock star Shane Gray, played by 18-year-old Joe Jonas. In the film, Lovato plays Mitchie Torres, a musical prodigy who can’t afford to attend a prestigious music camp filled with snooty rich kids until her mother gets her a break on the tuition by landing them both jobs in the kitchen. “People are expecting it to be the next ‘High School Musical.’ That would be an honor if it is,” says 14-year-old Alyson Stoner, who plays budding music producer Caitlyn Geller.
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Disney is clearly banking on it, however, rolling out buzz about the movie on the Internet for months, offering various “Camp Rock” tchotchkes and casting as co-stars the mega-hot pop group the Jonas Brothers. Only time will tell whether the Disney Channel can capture lightning in a bottle twice in the same decade. “They were at a McDonald’s and there was paparazzi all over the place. “I’m getting kind of anxious, and a little nervous, because there was a picture I saw the other day of Ashley and Vanessa,” she says of “High School Musical” stars Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Anne Hudgens. “Absolutely not,” she declared.As the star of the latest Disney Channel original movie “Camp Rock” – which the Mouse House hopes will be its next “High School Musical” – it’s a scene Lovato might have to get used to. “Did your close friendship with Taylor Swift over the past eight years drive a wedge between or complicate your friendship with Demi Lovato?” Gomez’s answer was extremely straightforward. “Your relationship with Demi Lovato has been on-again, off-again,” Cohen began. Gomez denies that her friendship with Swift caused the breakdown of her friendship with Lovatoīut is there any truth to this theory? In an interview with Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Gomez was questioned about her friendships with both Swift and Lovato. Naturally, this moment was caught on video, and fans began speculating that Swift had somehow driven a wedge between Lovato and Gomez. “Ask Taylor,” Lovato retorted matter-of-factly before offering a big grin to the camera. “Demi, how’s Selena,” the person inquired. In the midst of taking photos and signing autographs, one fan questioned them about Gomez. RELATED: Selena Gomez Revealed the Thing She ‘Can’t Stand’ About Taylor Swiftīack in 2010, Lovato was spotted in London.