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  • Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    Extra, which is a Warner Bros. production, celebrated their 19th season with a party called “Extrapalooza.”

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    This event was held at The Grove LA on Monday 9/10/12 and featured several Disney stars.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    Disney Channel’s Bridgit Mendler was there to perform her new single “Ready or Not.”

    She also did a rare public meet and greet, and I was able to get a new autograph. 🙂

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    Also on hand earlier on the day was Olivia Holt from Disney XD’s Kickin’ It.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    And she signed these really cool new Kickin’ It posters.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    China Anne McClain from A.N.T. Farm was there as well.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    She actually had both standard headshots and A.N.T. Farm posters to sign. I picked the headshot as you can see.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    There were a number of other people there as well, including Rob Paulsen. He voiced Raphael in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and he now voices Donatello in the forthcoming Nick reboot of the franchise.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    I also got to see Wayne Brady as he was interviewed by Maria Menounos.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    Plus I got to see the great George Lopez briefly as they filmed the conclusion to the festivities with host Mario Lopez and the Grove’s owner Rick Caruso.

    Extrapalooza at the Grove LA

    There are two separate image galleries linked from this post, one of Bridgit’s performance and one of everything else.

  • Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

    I met Ashley Tisdale! <3

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

    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.

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

    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.

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

    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.

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

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

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

    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)

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

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

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

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

    Ashley Tisdale Sharpay DVD Signing in LA

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

  • Greg meets Hilary Duff

    Sorry about the recent lack/slowdown in new posts. My computer is acting up and I didn’t have a chance to work on it today because I went to see/meet/get the autograph of the multi-talented Hilary Duff at her book signing today at the Grove in LA!

    Hilary Duff signing at the Grove LA

    I used to be obsessed with Hilary. From like 2003 through 2006 I would do anything for her. Probably even worse than my current obsession with Selena, if you can manage to imagine such a thing…

    Hilary Duff signing at the Grove LA

    I swear I’m happy. I just can’t smile on command. Plus I wasn’t ready, I was still trying to talk to her. LOL

    Hilary Duff signing at the Grove LA

    Anyway, I got my autograph plus a picture (which Barns and Noble said wouldn’t be allowed but Hil overruled them ’cause we had been waiting so long <3)

    Hilary Duff signing at the Grove LA

    So yeah, that was fun. Glad I went. 🙂

  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Concert Photos (Part 3)

    There will likely be one one part before I stop talking about Ashley’s Concert. I hope I’m not boring you all with my extended coverage of the event!

    Anyway, as I said I would in Ashley at the Grove Part 2, I wanted to share some of my photos from Ashley’s concert.

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I had already posted some pictures from her Soundcheck but as you can see, she changed before the actual show.

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    And she’s wearing the same shorts as she did on GMA! 🙂

    Ashley Tisdale Concert at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I also saw V Factory, her opening act. They where alright I guess. Boy bands don’t really have much appeal for guys. But here’s a pic for the girls. LOL

    V Factory at the Grove

  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Videos (Part 2)

    Yesterday i posted photos from Ashley’s soundcheck, but I was also working on getting these videos up on YouTube. My camera takes ridiculously high quality videos (20MB per minute) which makes the YouTube uploads take forever – especially with seven videos!

    Ashley Tisdale Concert Videos

    Ashley preformed a total of six songs, two separate times. I’ve uploaded two songs from the soundcheck, and five from the actual concert.

    There is one song missing, titled “Hair.” It is my least favorite song off the new album, so I took still photos instead of recording it.

    And speaking of still photos, I’ll be uploading a set of stills from the actual concert in the next day or so. 🙂

  • Ashley Tisdale Concert in LA – Intro & Soundcheck (Part 1)

    As I mentoned yesterday, I went to see Ashley Tisdale preform today at the grove in downtown LA.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    It was a free concert, and I know how much people like free stuff, so I got there early – just a few minutes before 10AM. Little did I realize when the day started how awesome it would be!

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    I had gotten there just in time, because Ashley showed up for her Sound Check at 10:15AM!

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    She ran through her entire set of six songs complete with choreography. Now, they didn’t let us into the lawn viewing area to watch, but there where only 30-40 fans there already so we where all able to get a great view from the sidelines.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    And as you can see, I got some really great pictures. I even got within a couple feet of her after her check was over as security whisked her away.

    Ashley Tisdale Soundcheck at the Grove in Los Angeles

    Over the next few days (just like I did with Demi), I’ll post videos and more photos from the event.

    EDIT: Videos have been posted. 🙂