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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Joana Levesque (Jojo)



















Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque
(born December 20, 1990), professionally known as JoJo, is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress JoJo has acted since age four. She did local theater, radio, and TV commercials in the New England area, and national TV shows from age seven. JoJo made her professional stage debut at eight in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Mustardseed at the Huntington Theater. She received her first union card from the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA) at ten.

After appearing on the television series The Bernie Mac Show and American Dreams, JoJo was cast opposite Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton in Aquamarine, playing Hailey. The film opened on March 3, 2006, opening at number five with $7.5 million.
Her second major film, RV, a comedy starring Robin Williams, was released on April 28, 2006. It opened at number one and grossed $69.7 million. JoJo had to audition for the part five times, and eventually replaced an actress who had already been cast in the role

She stated that "no one hired an acting coach for me on the set of Aquamarine." She will be billed as "Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque" in her film roles, but will still be credited as simply "JoJo" for her music work.

Emma Roberts




















Emma Rose Roberts (born February 10, 1991) is a ShoWest Award-winning American actress and singer. Roberts is better known for her lead role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous, a role for which Roberts garnered various awards and critical acclaim.

Following the success of the show in September 2005, Roberts launched herself as a singer and released her debut album, which also served as the show's soundtrack Unfabulous and More. Roberts than pursued a solo-singing career by recording two songs for the soundtracks of Ice Princess and Aquamarine (which Roberts starred in as one of the leads). Roberts then began to focus on her acting career in which she starred in various films and began to have a film career, most of which include family films. Some of the family films include of the leads in the 2006 family film Aquamarine, as the title character Nancy Drew in the 2007 film Nancy Drew, and her VoiceOver debut The Flight Before Christmas. Then throughtout 2008 and 2009 Roberts began to establish herself as a serious actress and to breakout of her aunt Julia Roberts shadow. Roberts began to star in more coming-of-age and adult roles, which include- Memoirs Of a Teenage Amanisic and Lymelife. Roberts appeared in the 2009 family film Hotel For Dogs and the up-coming The Winning Season. As of May 2009, Roberts up-coming films include the Drama/Thriller Twelve and the horror film Grimm. Roberts also signed onto star in Rodeo Girl and the Nancy Drew sequel, but both films have recently been put on hold and have not entered production.




Sara Paxton

Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life. Paxton has also starred in the films Sleepover, Aquamarine, Return to Halloweentown, The Last House on the Left, and Superhero Movie. Paxton, an only child, was born in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California to what she has described as "a very mixed family." Her parents are dentists. Her father, Steve, is of Irish, Scottish and English descent, and is distantly related to actor Bill Paxton; her mother, Lucia, was born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in Ciudad Acuña. Paxton's mother is Jewish and Paxton's father converted to Judaism upon marrying her mother. Paxton speaks some Spanish, although not fluently.[6][10] During her childhood, Paxton put on shows and wanted to perform, sometimes dressing up in costume and coming to school as a particular character. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley, choosing to attend a public high school instead of accepting home-schooling. Paxton graduated high school in June of 2006.