Category: Webmaster Greg

Debby Ryan’s Jessie Filming Update

Here at DC Fans, we’ve been excited for Debby Ryan’s new show Jessie for quite some time. Well, I’m proud to be one of the first to bring you an inside report from the taping of very first episode, last Friday, June 17th 2011.

The show is filming at Hollywood Center Studios on the same soundstage where Wizards once filmed. sonny/So Random also films here, and Suite life on Deck also filmed at Hollywood Center Studios.

In the new series, Debby plays recent HS graduate Jessie who was raised in rural Texas. She wants to be a singer/actress and comes to New York to chase that dream. She ends up as a live in nanny to four kids, three of whom are adopted from all over the world. The parents are like “Brangelina” with the mom an ex-model and the dad having a movie background. So Jessie quickly finds herself hired and on the job.

Emma is the oldest and the only biological kid. She’s played by Peyton List. Luke is next oldest and is a bit of a trouble maker. He’s played by Cameron Boyd. Ravi is a ten year old indian boy who also has a pet Komodo dragon!? He is played by Karan Brar. Zuri is the youngest at seven, and is played by Skai Jackson.

There was mention in the press release of a 20 yr old door man named Tony. He’s played by Chris Galy but it seems unlikely he and Jessie would end up as a couple. There’s also a lazy, sarcastic butler named Betrum that’s not very nice to Jessie. He’s played by Keven Chamberlain.

Along with the producers, Debby has put a lot of work into developing this show and building each character’s back story. It’s very much unlike any show Disney has ever ordered for DC. If it succeeds it could be a major game changer for the future of the network. If it fails, well, expect more shows built on the HM formula for a loooong time.

The show is expected to premiere in the fall. We will of course continue to keep you updated as we learn more.

BTW, there are also some new pics of Victoria Justice at Debby’s 18th birthday party posted over at my Nickelodeon Girls Blog. Here’s a sample. 😉

June 22, 2011
Selena Gomez Monte Carlo Mall Tour in Santa Monica

Yesterday I spent four and half hours in the sun (and I have the sunburn to prove it!) waiting to see Selena Gomez at the first stop of her rescheduled Monte Carlo Mall Tour.

I haven’t commented here on Selena’s health scare over the weekend and her subsequent trip to the hospital, but I’ve been worried about her.

Selena herself said no less than three times that she’s felling much better now. She missed a few notes in “Who Says” and I think it was because she had to catch her breath.

Anyway, I’m incredibly thankful I got to actually see her with my own eyes because I know now that she’ll be just fine.

That said, OMG was she looking HOT! I mean, yes, I’ve seen her preform before. I’ve met her before, but wow I’ve never been that close to her bare legs. 😉

I could even see the nail polish on her fingers and toes. That’s like, mega HD. 😉

And speaking of camera’s it was a media circus! Camera’s everywhere. Here’s a shot of MTV news filming, there’s more in the gallery too.

MTV News also had a nice writeup about the event:

Selena Gomez was back onstage and appeared to be in much better health on Monday (June 13). The Disney star spent the weekend recovering after being hospitalized last Thursday in Los Angeles for a combination of food poisoning and exhaustion.

The 18-year-old singer/actress took the stage for a performance at the Santa Monica Place mall Monday afternoon, wearing a flowing, white blouse over a white tank top, black shorts, and black strappy heels. Gomez and her band, the Scene, played two of her hit songs, “Who Says” and “A Year Without Rain,” to cheers from the crowd. Gomez thanked her fans profusely for coming out to see her and for their support, especially in the last few days. She also apologized for missing her original appearance, which had been scheduled for this past Friday.

“I want to thank you so much for coming. If you guys came on Friday, I’m so sorry that I couldn’t be here,” she said before the band struck up the first few notes of “Who Says.” “I love you guys very much.”

Although Gomez didn’t do any crazy dance moves or flips, she performed each song with plenty of energy. Her voice sounded strong and steady. At the end of the second song, the teen star answered a few questions from fans in the audience, mostly pegged to her experience filming the upcoming movie “Monte Carlo,” around which the event was organized.

Gomez did take a brief moment to assure her fans (and the throng of reporters also gathered) that she’s feeling just fine. “I’m feeling much better, thank you,” she said.

After performing “Who Says” Selena addressed the crowd asking us if we wanted another song…
Selena: “What other song should I sing?”
Crowd (chants): “Naturally! Naturally! Naturally!”
Selena: “Um… How about A Year without Rain?”
Crowd (collectively): “Okay.”

There was no meet and greet I’m afraid, but that was okay. I already met her… twice. 😀

Click on any picture to see the full image gallery. I’ve already embedded all my video from the event in this post. And be sure to see Monte Carlo in theaters starting July 1st!

June 14, 2011
Pirates 4 Premiere (Part 2)

Alright, we’re back up and running now. Our traffic here at DC Fans has been off the charts these past couple weeks and it’s been a real challenge just to keep up, not to mention trying to add new content. With that in mind, I am proud to present the professional pics from the Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides Premiere at Disneyland.

As I previously mentioned, my girl Ashley Tisdale was looking amazing in red.

And Vanessa wore that sexy open front dress mere inches away from me.

I barely saw Emma Roberts as she rushed past. She was rocking that little black dress though.

Ashley Benson looks nice. I didn’t much see her either.

Eliza Dushku’s lipstick was very red. o.O

And here’s a nice shot of Eva Longoria too.

As always, click any pic to see the full gallery. I didn’t find any of Chelsea Kane though. 🙁

May 18, 2011
Greg’s Awesome Autograph Wall

So in honor of her 18th birthday, I finally got around to framing my new Debby Ryan autograph. Pretty awesome right? I love that pic of her.

I ended up spending a couple hours rearranging and fixing up my autographs wall. So I thought I might as well show it off. These first few are unchanged…

There are a few new ones in this next batch including Erin sanders (Zoey 101, Big Time Rush), Carly Schroeder (Port Charles, Lizzie McGuire) and Daniella Monet (Victorious).

I did keep one I’m in the Band pic for myself. And despite Disney flat out refusing to give me one at the filming, (seriously, they treat everyone over 16 like crap) I did eventually manage to get my hands on a Sonny with a Chance poster. 😀

I finally got around to framing my Ariana Grande autograph. It’s only been 7 months. LOL.

I got my Bella Thorne and Zendaya autographs on the far right of this next pic plus my Taylor Swift calenders (This year’s and last!)

Last but not least, one of the rarest pieces of KP memorabilia that I know to exist.

I hope you enjoyed looking half as much as I enjoyed showing off. And no, you can’t have anything, so don’t ask. 😛

May 13, 2011
Debby Ryan Meet and Greet in Long Beach

So yeah, I had a pretty good day yesterday.

I was second in line to see Debby at her Radio Disney meet and greet in Long Beach yesterday May 1st 2011.

How did I manage that you ask? Well, I got there waaaay earlier than I needed to. I know she’s not as big a name as Selena or Demi (yet) but I still expected more people.

She even remembered me! 😀 But enough about me and how about Debby? My God was she looking good!

She had a really nice top and her hair was perfect. I like it best dark, but the red works on her, and that’s exactly what I told her.

And that gold skirt looked great on her. She was showing a pretty good about of leg, and she has very nice legs, I must admit.

I was shooting most of these pictures after I met her from the far side of the rope. It was inside as well, so a lot of the shots that looked great on the camera screen came out kind of blurred. Sorry about that.

It’s not as good as being there, but at least I tried. I took some videos for my youtube too…

… including this one of a guy who actually Proposed to her! Debby was quite shocked by this and she was literally questioning out loud “Um, what do I do? What do I say? Do I say yes?”

Debby even mentioned it on her twitter: “today, a guy named Mark wrote me a song while he was in line to meet me, then proceeded to serenade me with it, ending in a proposal. #charm” … That bastard. He showed me his autograph after and she even wrote “my fiance” under his name!

Anyway… it was a fun day. She even posed with a giant sandwich!

As always, click any photo to view the full gallery of my original, exclusive photos, and you can find more of my videos on my youtube.

May 2, 2011
Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

I met Ashley Tisdale! <3

She was at the Barns and Noble at The Grove in LA (where I met Hilary Duff) to sign copies of her new movie Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.

Because I’m awesome (okay, I just got there really early) I was the 7th person in line and got some great photos of Tizz as she arrived.

There was quite a bit of press there. 15+ press photographers plus B&N’s own in house photographer. Disney did some filming there too.

I think I was the only one that caught her with her usual coffee prink though. LOL

She was behind that table most of the time, but I did get a few shots that showed her legs (You’re welcome Arwin. :P)

And of course, I got some nice actual signing pics too.

I’m not sure how I’m gonna properly display this autograph, though. I can’t really frame it.

As always, click any pic to see the full set of my original photos.

April 20, 2011
The Skinny on “So Random”

We all know that Demi’s back in LA and looking forward to getting back to work. Will she be returning to Sonny with a Chance? Well… maybe.

The third season of Sonny isn’t really a third season of anything. It’s really a spin off of the Show within a show, So Random. Or should I say, “SO R@n:D0?!” It’s basically kid friendly Saturday Night Live, without the “live” part.

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the live audience filming of the fifth SR episode and it was pretty good. There’s no plot, like the Halloween and Christmas specials, it’s all sketches. Sonny is just gone and Chad is a regular on so Random. There’s no explanation given in the show itself, but it’s obviously because Demi’s not there and because they want to keep Sterling. Better to have chad out of character than to not have him at all, I suppose.

Demi is welcome to come back if she wants, but it sounds like they have the whole season planned out based on the assumption that she will not be there. I wouldn’t hold my breath for Sonny’s return. Even is she did, they’d probably just add her into the sketches and not address the plot points of the first and second seasons.

Also, Selena Gomez was this week’s musical guest. <3 I love her new song “Who Says,” but I think you could all guess I would say that.

I really hope you all give So Random a fair shake. It’s not the Sonny we know and love, but you guys didn’t see how hard they were working on this show. It really touched me and I’m so afraid that it’s gonna fall flat just because Demi’s not there.

Got a question about the show? Leave a comment at the Sonny With A Chance Forum or below.

March 9, 2011
Greg’s 2010 Jingle Ball LA Recap!

Never one to miss an opportunity to see my girl Selena Gomez in person, yesterday I attended KIIS FM’s 2010 Jingle Ball yesterday (12/05/10) at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Selena was the second act and for some reason she actually wore pants instead of a pretty dress like usual. They where split up the side, but she still wasn’t showing that much leg. Her top was nicely low cut, though. 😉

(Click the pic to see the full photo set of Selena arriving and preforming)

Miss Gomez sang a four song set consisting of her hits Round and Round, Rock God, A Year Without Rain, and Naturally. Before singing “Rock God” she made sure to thank Katy Perry for giving her the song.

Her Wizards co-stars David Henrie and Jake T Austin also came out to support her.

As you can see, by sure dumb luck I ended up being only a few rows away from where the interviewed some of the surprise guests. This came in handy when they brought out Lacey Schwimmer & Kyle Massey two acts later. 😉 I’ve liked Lacey ever since Mean Girls so it was very cool to finally get to see her in person! Kyle was cool too, I guess.

But the surprise guests got even better when they announced that “The star of Victorious is in the house!” I was sitting updating my twitter at the time, but I bolted right up at the announcement that the unbelievably hot Victoria Justice was mere feet away from me! It’s a shame none of her costars where with her, but I did already meet Ariana so it’s okay, I guess. 🙂

The last highlight, of course, would have to be Katy Perry’s spectacular performance. She was a Snowman Snowwoman.

She got the single longest set of the evening, an entire six songs! Here’s my favorite:

All in all, it was a very interesting night. There was even this one guy that Enrique Iglesias pulled up on stage with him that was so much fun that Ryan Seacrest had to pull him back up on stage to talk with afterward. I wish I could have videoed it but my camera was dying.

Be sure to check out my youtube channel for more videos of Selena & Katy plus some other vids of Enrique Iglesias and BOB with Hayley Williams.

December 6, 2010
Zorro Screening at the Walt Disney Studios

On Saturday October 23rd, Webmaster Greg returned to Disney’s Burbank studios for a special D23 member event.

It was part of their “50 and Fabulous” series of classic film screenings at the studio. I actually ended up going because my mom is a huge Zorro fan, but I certainly had a good time as well. Guy Williams (Zorro) is no longer with us, but I did get a photo with his son (far left), wife (center), and daughter when they came out for the event.

I also got a picture of something else really cool. Being the huge Sonny with a Chance fan that I am, I instantly recognized the exterior shot of the “Condor Studios” Commissary…

… as actually being the Walt Disney Studios commissary building!

It’s not exactly the same shot, but you get the idea. They wouldn’t let me get any closer. Like I was gonna steal the squirrels or something? LOLz

I did get one really great pic, as you can see, with the iconic street sign at the corner of Mickey Avenue and Dopey Drive. It was actually built as a prop for a behind the scenes special, but it was so popular that Walt decided to leave it up.

I also noticed that they changed the Sorcerer’s Hat at the Roy E. Disney Animation building in support of Tangled. Pretty cool, huh? 🙂

November 28, 2010
Selena Gomez on Lopez Tonight

On Tuesday November 16th 2010, I made a special trip to the Warner Brother’s Studios in Burbank CA to be in the audience for George Lopez’s TBS talk show Lopez Tonight.

But this was no ordinary episode as none other than my dream girl, Selena Gomez, was his first guest!

And look at this, I even (indirectly) got another picture with her!

It was very interesting to see the interview in person. I had never noticed how much Selena touches her face/hair before. The edits in the final program hid most of them, but I did find this one cap.

And my goodness, how adorable was she? It was almost painful! Especially with how leggy that outfit was…

Interesting story, she was absolutely cracking up when they cut to the clip from the last time she was on the show.

I also found it very interesting that she talked about her dad Ricardo Gomez. I’ve heard her talk about her step dad Brian Teefy numerous times, but she hardly ever talks about her dad. But I’m glad they’re still close. 🙂

Then after a break that was waaay too long Selena came back in a sexy silver dress to sing a Year Without Rain (the Multilingual version?) 🙂

She was literally like 20 feet away from me. A little further in this particular shot, but still really close.

And I swear to God, she looked right at me, twice! The first time I looked away so as not to stare (I know, I’m an idiot) so when she looked the second time I didn’t look away. I’m sure she only held the gaze for a fraction of a second but it felt like eons…

Anyway, Selena was awesome. George was great. Click any pic to see the full set of HD screencaps from the show. The next best thing to being there. 😉

November 17, 2010