Red Carpet Closet: Bradley Steven Perry

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Disney Channel's 'Let It Shine' Premiere

On Tuesday night, I covered the red carpet for the premiere of Disney Channel's new original movie, Let It Shine. The film stars Coco Jones, Tyler James Williams, and Trevor Jackson and it focuses on the message of staying true to yourself and following your dreams. You are in for a treat as this film has a powerhouse cast with loads of talent. Mark your calendars for the June 15th premiere on the Disney Channel. Now, sit back and enjoy the photos and video interviews from the night....

This girl is a star: Coco Jones

Ariel Winter of Modern Family is becoming one of my favorite young actresses to interview. We saw her last at the Gracie Awards being her usual fashionable self.

Did you know I worked with Booboo and Fivel Stewart back in 2006 on a series called Blue Dolphin Kids? Take a look, they were both so little.

The entire Simpson Family dressed in black and white in support of sister, Alli's, big hosting debut with Radio Disney. It was nice to catch up with Cody since I haven't seen him since he mentored the N.B.T. semi-finalists last August.

Zendaya looked beautiful in her orange dress on the red carpet. (She looks like she's ready to claw someone though....giggle.)

Oh, my niece loves Bradley Steven Perry from Good Luck, Charlie. She got a shout out from him that I sent off to her yesterday.

Adam Irigoyen from Shake It Up had a fun little rivalry with Bradley Steven Perry going on during the premiere. See the interview here.

One of my favorite Disney stars, Olivia Holt, from Kickin' It. She is so sweet and lovely. Next to her is Kerris Dorsey from Moneyball. If you haven't seen this film, add it to your Netflix queue now.

To see more videos from the Let It Shine premiere from other Disney Channel stars like Zendaya, Alli Simpson, Trevor Jackson, and more, click here.

As a reminder, these are all of my personal photos. You are welcome to use them, but please give credit and link back to Red Carpet Closet. Thank you!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

'Good Luck, Charlie' Set Visit

Julia with her script cover before she had it autographed by the cast.

Last week, my niece came to visit me in LA and we had a whole list of things she wanted to do. We crossed almost everything off that list, especially the most important one: watch a TV taping. She was finally at the perfect age to go watch one of her favorite Disney Channel shows. Most of their shows have an age restriction of 8-years old. For the major networks, most shows have an age restriction of 16-years, but Disney clearly knows their demographic and they invite the younger ones in. It is a three to four hour adventure depending on how many scenes the show has to tape. Good Luck, Charlie, has an infant and toddler on the show, so they pre-tape all of their segments which actually makes their live segments a bit shorter than other shows. I was grateful for that.

The kids are entertained by a comedian in between shots who gives away Disney-related prizes, like the autographed script from the cast my niece won for laughing the loudest on the first shot. He also played games, a DJ spun tunes throughout the night, and a snack of juice and protein bars was handed out about halfway through the show. It's hard to get bored when there is constant action at every moment. I had a little 8-year old sitting next to me and he sat in rapture throughout the entire night. I was impressed.

The show finished taping at about 7:30PM, so we had been there about 2 1/2 hours in total. (Although we had to line up for our seats at 3:45PM, the taping doesn't begin until 5PM.) At that point, the audience is ushered on to the set to line up for photos and autographs. Yep, this is a kid's dream come true. The cast was friendly with everyone taking their time to talk to the fans, sign their script covers which are placed on each seat at the beginning of the show, and take pictures. Everyone walks out of that building happy and satisfied. Way to go, Disney Channel! This keeps parents and kids fans for life.

See some of our pictures from the night at Good Luck, Charlie below. You won't see any photos of Bridgit Mendler, unfortunately. She was there for the taping, but she had to catch a flight after the show.

For information on tickets try these two sites:
Good Luck, Charlie/Pair of Kings
TV Tickets: A.N.T. Farm, Austin and Ally, and Shake It Up!

UPDATE: On my Cocktails and Conversation appearance on June 2nd, I made mention of a great article from the site, Jezebel, that talked about the incredible diversity on Disney Channel and Teen Nick. Read it here.