MissExclusive.com exclusive interview with American Idol alum Haley Reinhart! The deluxe version of her new album, Listen Up!, features 14 original songs, all co-written by the jazzy songstress. Check out the interview to hear what Haley has to say… plus she answers some fan questions! Check out the interview above.

Nanny Agatha, played by Jennifer Veal, New York City’s most intimidating nanny, first appeared on Disney‘s “Jessie” last month, butting heads with fellow nanny Jessie (Debby Ryan). Now, Agatha’s twin sister Angela is in town, and Jessie suspects she is trying to steal her job and also catch Tony’s eye! Jennifer dished about the episode in her own words:

“Agatha has a twin sister called Angela, which I play both of the characters, and she turns up in Central Park and gets introduced to Jessie. She basically moves in as the live-in maid… And Agatha and [Jessie] actually end up getting together and fight against Angela. I think people are going to enjoy Agatha and Jessie kind of getting along.”

Since Agatha requires Jennifer to wear mounds of make-up, a fake mole, and a snaggletooth, we asked Jennifer if people ever recognize her out on the street:

“No… Not as much, really. I do sometimes get recognized and people will say, very confused, ‘Are you on the television? We recognized you from your voice.’ So if I talk a lot, people sometimes recognize me… but otherwise, no.”

Since Jennifer is now playing both Angela & Agatha, we asked her which she likes better:

“Honestly, to play, Agatha is a lot of fun. It’s so much fun as an actress to just really create a character which is so far from yourself. But then, it is quite nice to be actually able to have makeup put on you rather than just a mole and a snaggletooth. Angela is… it was nice to be able to play someone that looks like myself. But otherwise, I think Agatha is definitely more of a character.”

Check out the preview for the episode above and make sure to check it out TONIGHT!

Disney starlet Raini Rodriguez is hitting the big screen again! The “Austin & Ally” actress’ new movie Girl In Progress is about single mom Grace (Eva Mendes). She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Harford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad’s English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to “adulthood”. But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.
Check out the featurette above where Raini dishes on her character Tavita & the movie. Girl In Progress drops in theaters today!

Remember when Lucas Till was asking fans to help raise funds for a movie idea he had? Well, it looks like the money has been raised and Lucas is in Thailand filming! Check out some more photos below of Lucas in Thailand. Looks like he’s having a blast.
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Coming up on the second anniversary of Alison’s disappearance, Aria (Lucy Hale), Emily (Shay Mitchell), Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Spencer (Troian Bellisario) are thrown back into turmoil after one shocking night in “It Happened ‘That Night’,” the season three premiere of ABC Family’s hit original series “Pretty Little Liars,” premiering Tuesday, June 5th (8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT). Fans can prepare for the return to Rosewood in an all-day marathon starting at 11:00 AM (ET/PT) and running up to the one-hour season premiere at 8:00 PM (ET/PT).

A summer has passed since Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer found out about Mona being “A” and Maya’s death. With the terror seemingly over and an alleged murderer now behind bars, the town of Rosewood is slowly healing from old and new wounds and trying to get back to normalcy. Each of the four girls spent their summer in different ways – Aria taking a photography class, Spencer taking college courses at Hollis, Hanna taking cooking classes with Caleb and Emily building houses in Haiti. But what looks normal for each girl is not necessarily so, as all four are hardly over what happened. With post-traumatic stress, anger and the acquisition of more secrets the four Liars are anything but fine. Now all back together and coming upon the second anniversary of Alison’s disappearance, the girls find themselves back on the defensive when a shocking event rocks Rosewood.

Check out the trailer above!

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Rachel G. Fox, who you know from the movie Dream House and as a guest star on ABC Family‘s “Melissa & Joey” took the time to answer some questions for us! Rachel has a new movie, Jewtopia, hitting the Newport Beach Film Festival today and the second season of “Melissa & Joey” airing in May. Check out what Rachel had to say about her projects, working with huge celebrities, and what she does in her free time!

MissExclusive: Jewtopia is your latest film and it was selected to be in the Newport Beach Film Festival! First, Congrats!! Second, tell us more about the movie!

Rachel G. Fox: Jewtopia is a film about two men, one Christian, one Jewish, who were best friends when they were younger and lost touch as they got older. The film explores the differences in their families, traditions, and cultures, and also those of other religions as well. The two men, one Jewish, Adam Lipschitz (Joel David Moore) and one Christian, Christian O’Connell (Ivan Sergei) reunite when O’Connell falls in love with a Jewish girl, Alison Marks (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and needs help trying to woo her and her family. There is lots of religious and cultural humor by comedic greats, Jon Lovitz, Rita Wilson, parents of Adam Lipschitz and Tom Arnold and Camryn Manheim, parents of Adams fiancé (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and others in the film.

I play Adam’s younger sister, Jill Lipschitz. Jill is a quirky little character who tries to show her rebellious nature by dressing goth and by having a constantly bad attitude. The funny thing is she really likes her family and will probably end up raising her family just the way she was raised.

MissExclusive: The movie is based off the off-Broadway comedy. Is there a funny part in the movie you’d like to share?

Rachel G. Fox: One very funny part in the film occurs when Chris goes with Adam (when they were young) to dinner with Adam’s parents to a Chinese restaurant. The Chinese waitress calls Adam “little man,” and Rita Wilson hilariously exclaims, “You are not and will never be her LITTLE MAN!”

MissExclusive: Why should people check this movie out?

Rachel G. Fox: People should check out Jewtopia because you will laugh out loud, love the vivid, overly colorful characters, and understand better the differences between families with different customs, traditions, and religious beliefs.

MissExclusive: “Melissa & Joey” returns May 30th to ABC Family. Last season, we saw many sides to your character. What is she like this season?

Rachel G. Fox: On Melissa & Joey, I play Holly Reback, the girlfriend of Ryder Scanlon (Nick Robinson). In the first season, Holly is really dominant and controlling. Ryder is submissive and not too secure in himself. It’s cute and it works because Ryder is sweet and just really likes Holly. In Season 2, premiering in May, Holly goes through changes and Ryder does as well. You will have to tune in to see.

MissExclusive: You play a lot of characters with different attitudes, but it seems like they overlap in filming. How do you keep your characters straight?

Rachel G. Fox: Keeping a character straight comes from the preparation starting the night before reading over the script and my character’s part several times. Then it is further solidified during shooting days as I go into scene rehearsals, wardrobe, and hair and makeup for the character.

Then my very favorite part of working happens next, and that is creating memorable characters.

MissExclusive: You’ve worked on movies, dramas, & sitcoms filmed in front of an audience. Is there one you prefer?

Rachel G. Fox: I love all of it, every single solitary bit of it, that is creating a character, a human being, based on the writer’s imagination, coupled with the ideas of directors and producers.

My natural-given skills favor dramatic work, like the work I did in Dream House playing Chloe Patterson or playing young Jennifer Garner in the finale of Alias. I absolutely adore doing live-audience sitcom work, because it is an adrenaline rush and the audience just super-charges you.

I see myself gravitating towards dramatic movies and hope to have a career like Meryl Streep, who is one of my role models.

So to answer the question, I love it all!

MissExclusive: Jewtopia stars vets like Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tom Arnold, & Jennifer Love Hewitt and “Melissa & Joey” stars Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. What did you take away from all of these stars as a newcomer?

Rachel G. Fox: It is always amazing to work with actors who are so accomplished such as the people you’ve named. I’m not a brand new newcomer, having started working in Los Angeles in 2005 on That’s So Raven playing Buffy, Muffy’s little sister. But it does not matter if I’ve acted for 10 years or 10 minutes, I am constantly in awe of and learn so much from the amazing actors I have the amazing opportunity to work with.

I learn something completely different from each person, from preparation to demeanor to comic timing to focus to director-interaction to style and more, and then I incorporate the great things and learn from the not-as-great things.

I never take for granted all that each actor, director, producer, and other industry professionals have accomplished — who they are and what they’ve done and how they’ve done it and have the very highest respect for each and every one.

MissExclusive: Summer is right around the corner. When you aren’t working, what are you doing?

Rachel G. Fox: When I’m not working, I am trading stocks, studying for my Series 6 Financial License, which is issued by the SEC that will allow me to sell annuities, mutual funds, and other products, and help with my family’s insurance business. I also play guitar and sing and play in a band called Magnitude. This summer, I plan to travel, go to the beach, hang out with friends, and turn 16…. Sweet 16 and create memorable characters on film.

I’d love it if you follow me on Twitter right HERE.

Thank you for your wonderful questions!
Rachel

We caught up with the band Midnight Red and they told us about their new album! The band, who just got back from recording in Europe, also told us about their previous tour with Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block. Stay tuned until the end to check out the band sing some of Carly Rae Jepsen‘s single, “Call Me Maybe”! Check out the exclusive interview above.

Former Camp Rock 2 star Matthew “MDot” Finley has become a global jetsetter! MDot took some time out of his busy schedule to hit up the carpet of Amber Lily’s music video premiere. We talked to MDot about his travels, his new music, fashion choices and more. Check out the exclusive interview above!

Where are the “Shake It Up” fans? One of the show’s stars, Kenton Duty, dished about what is all new for the filming session with the crew. Kenton also talks about his music ventures and more. Check out the exclusive interview of Kenton above!

Amber Lily is all smiles as she hit the carpet at the party for her music video premiere! Amber Lily’s “Don’t Know What To Do” single and music video release on Friday, February 24 was a resounding success. We had a capacity crowd at the Complete Actor’s Place in Sherman Oaks, CA, with hundreds more tuning into the live Ustream broadcast. The event featured live performances by Amber Lily, WTZK, Ace Primo and the amazing new dubstep artist ZolotiNation– who came all the way from Lubbock, Texas with a full light show to be part of the event. The event was attended by teen Hollywood stars from Disney, Nickelodeon and others, as well as industry executives, producers and recording artists. The music video has met with rave reviews. We are very appreciative to our sponsors As U Wish Clothing, Lily White Clothing, Mai Couture, Army Pink, Road Rage Jewelry, Fine Featherheads, Chinese Laundry, LA Splash Cosmetics and many others for making the evening possible. We are also pleased to announce that the music video will be released on RadioDisney.com and on Radio Disney social networks next week.

Check out the video right here:

We caught up with Amber on the carpet. Check out the interview right here:

Party guests included Alliysn Ashley Arm, Kenton Duty, MDot Finley and more! Check out their photos under the jump. “Shake It Up” star Kenton Duty even jumped on stage at one point during the night!
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