Tag: Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato at the San Diego County Fair

So… I went to see Demi Lovato at the San Diego County Fair on Tuesday (June 12th 2012).

I’m so not used to seeing Demi as a blonde. Don’t get me wrong, she looked very nice all the same, but it does take some getting used to.

Miss Lovato played a fairly long show – just over an hour and without that much of a gap between songs. She focused mostly on her new album, but she played all the old singles (Get Back, La La Land, Remember December, etc.) too.

She also inhaled a bug and nearly choked to death (not really) during “Skyscraper.”

Although I must say, she totally toned down the choreography. “Who’s that Boy” in particular felt less than spectacular.

I guess part of that was so she could do a longer show, but I missed the sexiness of the September show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc8rUqRej1U5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PLANr5P3xM4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLqa8sI6b5o3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v-2FUxnxns2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8KpIM07mxs1

Okay… so that’s all the videos. I haven’t even looked at my still photos yet, let me kow if ya’ll wanna see those.

June 16, 2012
Demi Lovato Meet and Greet for Seventeen Magazine

So yesterday I went to Demi Lovato’s Seventeen Magazine signing at the Barnes and Noble store at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA.

As I’ve said before with Hilary and Ashley’s events, Barnes and Noble signings are always very well organized. I got there about 10 minutes before the store opened at 9AM to get one of the first signing wristbands.

I ended up being 12th in line and I got some really nice pics of Demi as she was posing for the press (and their blinding flashes).

This next one is probably the best photo of her that I have ever taken. 😀

Selena is, of course, still my favorite but I am always amazed by just how beautiful Demi is. Especially up close and in person. The first time I met her I couldn’t even speak. And this second time around, I didn’t do much better. xD

When I handed her my magazine so she could sign it, she said “Nice to meet you” and I stammered out a reply like “Actually I met you once before at a Sonny taping. The second to last episode in fact. You were-” and at that point the lady behind her gave me a look that was like “get going, the next person is up” and I finished with a “bye.”

So yeah… that could have gone better. But I would get a second chance. A buddy of mine was a bit further back in line with a few extra wristbands. So I went through again to help him get one of his extra mags signed. Cheating? Perhaps. But I didn’t break any actual rules. So I go through again with my friends this time and when I get up to Demi I tried to finish what I was saying earlier: “So yeah, I love you a lot. Thanks. Bye.” And at that point, after seeing that her assistant recognized me, I decided to promptly make my exit before they threw me out. xD

Oh, and here’s a video of her thanking the fans for coming out.

All in all, I think the whole thing went quite well. 🙂 I love Demi’s red hair, and even the new nose stud looked kinda pretty on her- and I normally hate piercings. And everyone, please be sure to go buy Demi’s issue of Seventeen Magazine. It’s only $3, and trust me it’s worth it!

As always, be sure to click any picture for the full gallery. All 42 are my original pictures so please credit dcfans.tv if re-posting elsewhere.

January 5, 2012
Demi Lovato’s Club Nokia Concert in LA

This past friday I had the privalage of seeing the amazingly talented Demi Lovato at her concert in LA. This was the second concert she has played since getting out of treatment earlier this year. There are rumors of a nationwide tour in the works, but nothing has been anounced yet.

She briefly addressed her past troubles at several points always making sure to thank us, the fans, for always being there. One moment in particular I though was very touching, and I’m not afraid to admit I teared up a little.

On a related subject, it’s worth noting that her audience was older than I expected. There were very few kids with the vast majority of the Lovatics in attendance in the 16-22 range. Demi is 19 herself now and she took advantage of the older crowd to sex up her act a little. Not in any way explicit, but she was more suggestive and the crowd loved it. “Who’s That Boy” is a great example.

And of course my favorite moment of the night was when I was nearly killed. xD As part of Demi’s two song fake-encore she came out and performed “Remember December” on a small stage in front of the sound booth. This happened to be just a few feet to the left of where I was standing. I was all but trampled by the girls pushing to get closer to her. As if we couldn’t see her already? LOL So here’s that video; my apologies for the sub-par video quality but I was trying to stay alive too.

If you would like to see a few more videos from the show (and a view of the truly epic line + VIP loungue) you should check my Demi post on Disney Channel Fans which has all of that and more. Plus other articles about Demi’s past concerts in LA, just use the search box on the site. 🙂

September 26, 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
Camp Rock 2 Advance Screening Review

Today I attended a special advance screening of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam The Walt Disney Studios’ Studio Theatre in Burbank, California.

Now, D23’s resident “Disney Geek” and host of today’s festivities specifically asked us not to give away any plot point – particularly the ending. But he did say it was okay to discuss our general feelings on the movie, the songs, and the Q&A session after the film with director Paul Hoen, writer Dan Berendsen, Michael Healy, senior vice president, Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney Channel, and Steven Vincent, vice president, Music and Soundtracks, Disney Channel.

Now that I’ve got that disclaimer out of the way, let me say that Camp Rock 2 was awesome – a huge improvement from the first film. If you read my thoughts about the original Camp Rock, you’ll see that my biggest complaint about the original was the atrocious writing. It was almost as if they wrote the music scenes first and then threw together a few plot points to connect them. That was not the case with camp Rock 2.

As Steven Vincent said about the music, “It was driven by the story .. [we] don’t stop for a song” instead the music moves the story along. In a lot of ways, this film was more musical than the original. It was a full on musical, with a touch of the “Musical about a musical” feel of HSM. Michael Healy said that was a conscious decision to “turn it into a full blown musical” and alluded to a decision as one that made the film less realistic. I can’t really speak to the realism element (I mean, no one ever actually breaks out into song) but I think it was a very good move. The film didn’t have that awkward in between feel of CR1.

As for the overall plot, it’s a very different story than the original. Dan Berendsen explained that “This story is timeless … it’s fighting for something you believe in.” Mitchie is a very different character; she was the outsider before but now she’s a definite leader. If you’ve looked at the soundtrack, you’ll know that Demi has a lot of songs on the soundtrack, and that corresponds to a lot of screen time. Of course, she is the star! Mitchie essentially takes command of Camp Rock following the exodus of most of their staff to Camp Star. The always self-centered Tess Tyler (Meaghan Martin) seemed to learn her lesson from the first movie, but still quickly defected to the other camp thus allowing her to be an antagonist once more. Caitlyn Geller (Alyson Stoner) seemed to have a lot more screen time, although she still didn’t sing much. Joe was actually… dare I say it, kinda good as Shane Gray. The Nate (Nick Jonas) and Dana (Chloe Bridges) subplot was okay; nothing special. Jason (Kevin Jonas) was, as usual, just kinda there. Although there was one good line during the tour bus scene. Maria Canals-Barrera also reprized her role as Mitchie’s mom, but she was hardly even in the film.

Again, I don’t wanna give too much away, but this really is a solid film. Demi gives a very solid performance and the whole team really pulls it together. I give it a 4.5/5, which is among the highest rating I have ever given a DCOM. And what of Camp Rock 3? I think Michael Healy said it best, “Never say never [but] it would be hard to round everybody up.”

But just for fun, I want to share one more though from Senior VP Michael Healy when asked about Disney’s developing talent, he quickly responded “Selena is a fantastic star” then he paused for a moment before continuing, “um, well, Bridgit.” and finally concluding with one final thought, “I wish we had Raven back though.”

August 7, 2010
Sonny with a Chance Set Photos

So, I’m sure you all remember that I went to the filming for SWAC episode #222 “Sonny with a Choice” three weeks ago.

Not only did I get to meet Demi, but I got some great shots of the set as well.

I do still wonder what happened to Doug though. He was there at the end, but didn’t sign anything.

My friend Mia went to the filming the week after me, and she got a few good shots too.

And she got to talk to Sterling, too.

Click any pic to see the full set of photos. The first 21 pics are mine and the next 8 are Mia’s. 🙂

And if those weren’t enough, my friend Lauren went to last Friday’s taping and also got some great shots! Click on her photo below to see hr blog and the rest of her pics. 🙂

June 28, 2010
Demi Lovato Microsoft Store Opening Concert

Sorry again about that delay getting the new Selena bikini pics up. I was preoccupied with getting to Demi’s free concert at Fashion Valley Mall in San Diego CA for the Microsoft Store Opening.

Demi put on a great show, playing a total of nine songs. I tried to record all nine, but I suck at using my camera. LOL So below are the six I did manage to record.

La La Land

Trainwreck

Catch Me

This is Me

Get Back

Don’t Forget

I took quite a few still photos too. I was a ways away, so it’ll take a while to sort out and crop the good shots. 🙂

June 26, 2010
Sonny with a Chance Episode Filming! 😀

For those of you unfamiliar with how an episode filming works, I recommend you stop and read about my first filming for Good Luck charlie before you continue.

For whatever reason, SWAC starts filming later in the day than the other DC shows. The scheduled time is 5:30, but it was more like 6 before we where seated inside. Our “warm up guy” was Ezra Weisz, who has to be the best in the business. I saw him before at my Wizards filming. Ezra’s job is basically to keep us entertained between takes, and one of the first games he did was he asked people what they wrote on their facebook status before they came to the show. I saw this as a great opportunity to get to talk to him, and the group as a whole – so I raised my hand – “I’ve got a good one!” He seemed skeptical of that, but let me continue to say that I was going to write that I was excited to see him again. He commented and let me continue to say that everyone should check out the behind the scenes videos on his youtube. At which point he knew that I really was a fan of him and not just trying to butter him up. And then I mentioned the fansite: “That’s sonny with a chance dot com, with dashes between the words” before sitting back down.

This was episode 222 “Sonny with a Choice” directed by Eric Dean Seaton. Eric has worked on many SWAC and GLC episodes, and I was excited to finally get to see him in action! It’s also worth noting that this episode is not listed on Eric’s website. I don’t know if this was a last minute substitution for him, or if they just haven’t updated the site yet, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Also, since this was episode #22, and two weeks ago Tiffany Thornton told me there where four left to film this season, that would bring the total number of episodes this season to 25, not 30 as some believed.

Now, I don’t want to give away much on the plot. This is a major episode for the overall season two storyline and it wouldn’t be fair to you all to spoil how it ends. In this episode, So Random and MacKenzie Falls are both nominated for the Tween Choice award for best Tween show, which causes some (additional) friction between the two casts. Frequent readers already know that Chad & Sonny start dating in “Falling for the Falls.” The episode stills and Disney commercials already give that much away. But surprisingly, when the subject of Sonny and chad dating was first mentioned, there was a collective gasp from the audience. I guess they aren’t as well informed as we are. Anyway, there was some serious Channy in this episode.

“Chad is a totally changed person since we started dating” – Sonny.

There was hand holding, Chad had his arm around her a couple times, both their casts knew, they walked the red carpet at an event together, and there was even a quick kiss. Definitely a Channy episode. There where a few “Awww” moments (one of which was cut, unfortunately) and there was one very powerful scene that I really must not discuss further. Let me just say this, I know I’ve been somewhat critical of Demi’s acting skills in the past, but she blew me away last night. To film those intense relationship scenes right after her breakup with Joe? Amazing doesn’t even come close.

At the end of our episode, they filmed a pick up scene for the Christmas special. That episode is a sort of behind the scenes of So Random, with Chad guest hosting SNL style.

Following the last scene, the cast did the curtain call and signed autographs. By this point, it was almost 11PM and the crew was eager to put everything away and clear us all out of there. Sterling had to leave early to catch a flight so I didn’t get a chance to speak with him again. I got Brandon’s autograph but didn’t get a word in as he was talking to the person next to me as he signed my picture. I got maybe five seconds with Demi as she commented on “how white” she was in the picture and I laughed and thanked her. I wanted to get a picture with her, but couldn’t from where I was. Tiff was next, she saw me as was like “Hey, Greg! :D” And I was like “Yeah, I made it! :D” She signed my picture quickly and then had to move on to the next person. Finally, I managed to get over to where Allisyn was to get her autograph. She signed it quickly and I thanked her as they they where pushing us out. I snapped a few pictures of the set, but just like at wizards most of them came out blurry.

And I did win a trivia prize as well. The question was to name a member of MacKenzie falls, other than MacKenzie. A couple people guessed random names, so I stuck my hand up: “Portlyn! Season one, replaced by Chloe in season two.” Needless to say, people where impressed. Ezra took a moment then to mention that I had a fansite to one of the showrunners. I think it was creator Steve Marmel, but I’m not sure.

Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and I’m very glad that I was able to go before the end of the season.

If you have questions about the filming, please visit this thread on the SWAC forum to ask, and read what others have asked. Thanks!

June 5, 2010
SWAC @ Disneyland!

On Sunday, I was in Anaheim to see Emily Osment at the House of Blues.

And after she wrapped up her show at 9, I ran over to Disney’s California Adventure and Disneyland for a few hours before they closed.

I actually ended up getting stuck on the Indiana Jones ride, but that’s another story.

Anyway, as I passed the ticket booths, I looked at the movie posters they had up, as I always do. But this time, I saw a Sonny with a Chance poster!

I know we’ve seen that graphic before, but I still think it was really cool that they’re actually promoting the show at the park. I can’t recall them ever doing that for any DC series.

April 29, 2010
Another Demi Lovato Concert in LA (Part 1)

On Monday December 8th, The talented Demi Lovato had an hour long concert at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles, California. I was there, just like I was when she preformed at the Roxy back in July.

For starters, this theater was a LOT bigger. On a one to ten scale, I’s say the Wiltern is about a four, where the Roxy and any of the House of Blues are what I consider a 1 (small venues). Sports arenas are good examples of a 10 (Large venues). I don’t believe we had a sell out, but it was a rather full house.

She had two short opening acts, KSM and Honor Society. I hadn’t heard of either, but then again I’m not a teenage girl either. It took me almost an hour before I realized that all the messages txt-ed to the screen about “Edward” where about that vampire guy from Twilight. And I was funny when everyone booed at the pro-Miley, anit-Twilight, etc. messages.

Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera. I hadn’t been to this theater before, and I didn’t want to risk losing my place in line. As it turns out, I would have been fine but by the time I found out it was too late. So if any one else who was there would be kind enough to send me some of your photos I will love you forever and put them up on the site. You can email me at greg@dcfans.tv thanks!

The show, as I said, was about an hour long. Demi did every song off her album except “On the Line.” This included “Believe In Me” which Demi said was a first for her at a concert. She also did “That’s How You Know” from Enchanted, “This is me” from Camp Rock and “Daydream” (a cover). All of which she did the last time I saw her. She also did a cover of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name” and John Mayer’s “Daughters.” the one song I expected that she didn’t do was “Who Will I be” from Camp Rock.

Credit to timeiswastingus for the following YouTube Video.

December 10, 2008