So on Sunday I went to the Orange County Fair to see Selena. It wasn’t the best timing for me, but I had already paid for the ticket back in February so I figured I better take advantage. I had some time to explore the fair before the show and I saw the cutest baby cow. <3
Also, prior to the actual show, I got word that Disney had invited some various actors to the show including Adam Irigoyen (Deuce, Shake It Up), Caroline Sunshine (Tinka, Shake It Up) Bella Thorne (CeCe, Shake It Up), and Stefanie Scott (Lexi, ANT Farm). I saw all of them, but Bella is the only one who come close to where I was. And I already met her so I didn’t try knocking people over to get to talk to her. xD
So then it was actually time for the show! It was a huge amphitheater and I was in the 14th row back. Not too bad I think. Not as good as the last time I saw Selena, but then again, I didn’t have to stand in the sun for six hours either.
Selena did a total of 18 songs! That’s the most I’ve ever seen her do at once, surpassing her LA County Fair show last year by a good six songs. Here’s the full list:
A Year Without Rain
Hit the Lights
Summer’s Not Hot
Round and round
The Way I Loved You
We Own the Night
Love You Like a Love Song
Spotlight
Bang Bang Bang
When the Sun Goes Down
Intuition
Falling Down
Rock God
My Dilemma
Off the Chain
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Naturally
Who Says
I think that song “Hit the Lights” is my favorite off the new album. If not, then “We Own the Night” is.
I was a bit disappointed she didn’t do “Outlaw” though. It would have been an interesting song to hear live. Although I must say that “My Dilemma” was pretty good too.
And, I have to at least mention this I suppose, Selena’s little boy toy Justin Bieber was there too. Worse, he actually took the f-ing stage! I both tried to set him on fire using only the power of my mind (it didn’t work, darn!) and I also watched Selena watch him. And I have to say, she didn’t look very comfortable watching him perform. You can’t really see her in the video unfortunately, but there was just enough light to make her out in person.
If you’re looking for the rest of the videos from the show, you can find them over on my youtube. =]
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!
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.
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.
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. 😉
So I finally got to see Selena sing! Through some rather unfortunate circumstances, I ended up missing her show in Anaheim last year, and it took almost a year for her to schedule another show in SoCal. Of course, I did get to meet her on the set if Wizards back in February, so I guess it all worked out.
Anyway, Selena Gomez and The Scene performed a sold out show at the LA County Fair on yesterday night (September 18th, 2010) in Pomona, CA.
Selena sang quite a few of her own songs – “Round and Round”, “A Year Without Rain“, “Off The Chain”, “Naturally”, “Magic”, etc. She also mixed it up with some covers of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me”, Weezer’s “Island in the Sun”, Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”, Pat Benetar’s “Love is a Battlefield”, and Jason Derulo’s “In My Head”!
I recorded every song except for “Crush” when I had some, err, technical difficulties. Let me just say I’m glad I had a second battery for my camera!
And remember, Selena’s new album A Year Without Rain releases next Tuesday! Be sure to get your copy! 🙂
It’s not everyday you achieve a lifelong goal. Okay, maybe that’s a bit of an overstatement, but I did fulfill a huge dream of mine when I attended the Wizards of Waverly Place filming on Tuesday (02/02/10) in Hollywood.
Now, if you follow Todd Greenwald on twitter, you would know that tuesday’s episode was huge: “Shooting another episode of Wizard’s today that I know many of you will be happy to see. That’s all I can say about it… Hehe.”
Now, I’m not gonna say anything about what happened in the episode except to say that it involves Wizards vs. Werewolves and that I took a picture with a certain blond that I’m sure you’ll recognize.
The coolest thing was that Bridgit Mendler actually remembered me from the Good Luck Charlie filming! Her GLC co-star Jason Dolley remembered me too. 🙂
Sorry, this was supposed to be about Wizards. I got to meet Selena, Jake, and David. No not David Henrie, David DeLuise.
He’s a really cool guy. Jake was fun to talk with as well. But of course, I was there to see Selena. And not only did I speak with her without making a fool of myself, I got a picture with her…
..and an awesome autograph to frame and hang on the wall. 🙂
Disney hasn’t yet renewed the series for season four. They’d be crazy not to, but this is the same company that canceled Phil of the Future after only two seasons. We need as many fans as possible to write to Disney and let them know that they need to order a fourth season. Hopefully we can nudge Disney into making the obvious decision before they do something really stupid…
Now, if you remember I wrote a post about the Wizards Pannel at the D23 Expo last month. It was mostly an excuse to post a couple pics I took of Selena and a video or two from the event.
But now I’ve found a very good review of the event from the Official D23 website, and I wanted to share it with you all. 🙂
The D23 Arena was THE place to be Sunday afternoon at the Expo for any Disney Channel fan. From the moment the cast of Wizards of Waverly Place entered the room for their panel, they instantly had the crowd under their spell!
But before the main event began, there was a fashion show of the hot new clothing line inspired by the series (available soon in stores like Sears, Wal-Mart and JC Penny) and a screening of the upcoming Wizards season premiere. Then it was time for the real fun to begin. Fresh off their Emmy win the night before for Outstanding Children’s Program, Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, Jennifer Stone and Maria Canals-Barrera, along with executive producers Peter Murrieta and Todd Greenwald came on stage one by one, statues in hand, and were greeted with a long round of enthusiastic screams of excitement that seemed to echo throughout the entire convention center!
The shouts of joy from the kids in the room never stopped throughout the entire Q and A session, as the gang told stories of their lives before the show, favorite memories from the set, meeting each other for the first time and when they realized the effect the show was making on fans. For Selena, that moment came when a young boy approached her and asked if the magic on the show was real. “I asked him, ‘Do you believe it’s real?’ He almost started crying and said, ‘Yes, I do think it’s real’ and I said, ‘Then that’s all that matters,’” Selena recalled. “That’s when I realized what an impact the show was having on people.”
Then the audience got in on the act with their own questions for the cast — including a marriage proposal for David and Selena receiving a flower from a young male admirer! The Wizards gang also revealed that Harper would be moving in with the Russos this season, Justin would be taking up monster hunting, Max would be conjuring up more spells and Alex, well, she will still be single and causing trouble. As soon as the questions were done and the cast bid the audience adieu, the event was capped off by an amazing performance from Honor Society.
An Emmy win plus one of the warmest and most energetic welcomes at the D23 Expo made for an afternoon even the Wizards group won’t soon forget. “When you win an Emmy, you can celebrate with your family and friends, but to have won this last night and to celebrate with the fans, it’s an unbelievable experience,” Todd tells D23. “To have four thousand people screaming in that room was surreal and it was the cherry on the cake of the whole weekend!”
I’ve done a lot of amazing things, many of them just in the past month, but actually meeting Selena tops them all. I’m not sure if I remembered to breathe. My heart was racing for at least an hour after wards. I’d have loved to have a picture with her, but it’s more important that her other fans got the chance to meet her. And I’m sure even with the extra two hours that she couldn’t get to everyone.
If you see this Selena, I want to thank you on behalf of all your fans. It was a long and at times frustrating ordeal, but it was totally worth it. 🙂
