Red Carpet Closet: Good Luck

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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!

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Friday Five: June 1st

Every time I have doubts about my retirement from the road, I wind up having a week like this: crazy, busy, and right in the mix of entertainment news. Ah, the universe always has a way of keeping you on your intended path. Here's my Friday Five for this week:

Photo courtesy of Gennefer Gross

1. I Just Want My Pants Back: This was a fun night. I talked earlier this week about the efforts to save the MTV show and hopefully, the cast will find a new home. We had so much fun talking about the show and the antics on set. If you missed the live stream, you can find the rebroadcast here or below. A big thanks to Gennefer Gross, the Streamin Garage crew, and my publicist, Melanie Marquez, for all of their efforts.

Hamming it up on the red carpet.

2. Gracie Awards: I don't think there is any other event in Los Angeles that manages to gather such an impressive list of women in the media each and every year. I was so excited to bring my niece to the event because there were a lot of wonderful role models on the red carpet that night. Here is one of my favorite interviews from the evening with 2-time Oscar winner, Sally Field. The woman is ballsy and she speaks her mind. That is awesome. (Also, a big shout out to Valerie Blackburn, Chair of the Alliance of Women in Media and Market Controller for CBS Radio, for even knowing who I am and for the lovely compliment on my work. The interview is here.)

3. Chris Hemsworth: Need I say more? Here is my interview with him for Snow White and the Huntsman. The feed on my end wasn't very good quality, but I was the one asking the questions on the other end for iVillage. He and his wife had their first child less than 24 hours before, so there was a lot of good scoop in this interview. Next up for me is the press junket for Rock of Ages this weekend and you know how excited I am about that movie! You can read the accompanying article by my iVillage colleague, Ali Gray, here.

4. Squaresville: About a year and a half ago, I filmed a small cameo in a new web series called Squaresville awesome nerdy girls just trying to fit in. I posted about the shoot and again when the production was in fundraising mode. Well, the show is up and running and definitely worth a look. See their first episode here.

5. Charles Winston: I always like to feature one fashion or accessory in my Friday Five and this week is no different. At the 84th Annual Academy Awards, I was lucky enough to wear the jewelry of Charles Winston. This year, he gifted me with the ring I wore on the red carpet. I wanted to showcase it because it is the perfect complementary piece to the earrings I received from him last year. I'm a lucky girl. Thanks, Charles! Visit his site here for more gorgeous pieces from his collection.

I also met a new Aussie friend yesterday, Leanne from Deep Fried Fruit. She had a few questions about dressing for the red carpet, so I think I am inspired to do a post about it soon. Here is her article and the incredible Disney event she will be attending.

Also, I have my monthly appearance with my Cocktails and Conversation gals tomorrow morning at 5AM PT/8AM ET. I know it is early for my West Coast pals, but , East Coast, join us here. I will post the rebroadcast later in the day. We will be discussing 50 Shades of Grey (oh boy!), my visit to the Good Luck, Charlie set, and the inside scoop on my Chris Hemsworth interview.

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Have a great weekend!

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.