Gomez Dazzles During Her MTV Movie Awards Performance of “Come and Get It”

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Forget Hollywood! Selena Gomez is a Bollywood dream…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American singer/actress and former Disney Channel star channeled a sexy version of Aladdin’s Princess Jasmine when she performed her brand new single “Come and Get It” on Sunday at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.

Gomez, who debuted the first single from her upcoming album earlier than planned last weekend, dressed in a deep red Bollywood-inspired outfit and gave viewers a taste of Eastern music and dance. Wild-haired and bare-footed, the Spring Breakers star’s performance was a mash up of Arabic, Indian and Thai dancing.

Despite being nervous about performing “Come and Get It” live for the first time, as Gomez revealed during the rehearsals, she managed to shine bright during her song-and-dance number.

Earlier this month, Jason Evigan, who collaborated on Gomez’s new material, said: “I think it’s going to take her to the next level… She’s got some really cool like ethnic influence, kind of tribally dance drums and stuff like that. I kind of feel she’s going to be like a new J.Lo kind of thing.”

Gomez to Star in “Rudderless” Film

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Selena Gomez is going rudderless for her next project…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American actress/singer, who will be releasing a new album soon, has been cast in William H. Macy’s directorial debut film, Rudderless.

The film, which stars Macy and Felicity Huffman, is a musical drama about a grieving father who forms a band after finding his deceased son’s songs.

Macy co-wrote the original story with Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison, who adapted the script.

Filming will begin this month in Oklahoma.

The Spring Breakers’ co-stars include Anton Yelchin, Laurence Fishburne and Billy Crudup.

Gomez Nominated for Two Radio Disney Music Awards

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Selena Gomez may take the stage more than once at this year’s Radio Disney Music Awards.

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American singer/actress isn’t just scheduled to perform at the awards show; she’s also a two-time nominee this year.

Gomez has received a nod in the She’s The One – Best Female Artist category. The Harper’s Bazaar cover girl is up against Cher Lloyd, Taylor Swift  and Bridgit Mendler.

Gomez is also nominated in the So FANTastic – Fiercest Fans category. The Spring Breakers star is up against her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber, who could be the subject of her latest single “Rule the World,” as well as One Direction, Austin Mahone and Cody Simpson.

Other Latino nominees include Bruno Mars in the He’s The One – Best Male Artist category and Bella Thorne in the Video VIP – Best Music Video category.

Voting is officially underway and concludes April 14. Votes can be cast on RadioDisney.com, Facebook, Twitter or via text messages.

The Radio Disney Music Awards will take place Saturday, April 27, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

Here’s the complete list of nominees:

They’re The One – Best Music Group:

One Direction

The Wanted

Mindless Behavior

Ultimate Breakout Star – Biggest Viral Artist:

Austin Mahone

Ryan Beatty

Cimorelli

IM5

Christina Grimmie

The Bestest – Song Of The Year:

I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift

Beauty And A Beat feat. Nicki Minaj – Justin Bieber

Live While We’re Young – One Direction

Want U Back – Cher Lloyd   

He’s The One – Best Male Artist:

Justin Bieber

Cody Simpson

Austin Mahone

Bruno Mars   

She’s The One – Best Female Artist:

Selena Gomez 

Cher Lloyd

Taylor Swift

Bridgit Mendler

Hit The Road – Best Break Up Song:

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift

Payphone – Maroon 5

Wide Awake – Katy Perry

Want U Back – Cher Lloyd

XOXO – Best Crush Song:

Wish You Were Here feat. Becky G – Cody Simpson

Say You’re Just A Friend – Austin Mahone

Had Me @ Hello – Olivia Holt

Heart Skips A Beat – Olly Murs

Radio Disney Live – Best Acoustic Performance:

Ready Or Not – Bridgit Mendler

Say Somethin’ – Austin Mahone

Loud – R5

Heart Skips A Beat – Olly Murs

Funniest Celebrity Take:

How To Audition – Cher Lloyd

Air Guitar – Ross Lynch

Sandwich Rap – Coco Jones

Video VIP – Best Music Video:

Fashion Is My Kryptonite – Bella Thorne & Zendaya

Heart It On The Radio – Ross Lynch

Ready Or Not – Bridgit Mendler

Holla At The DJ – Coco Jones

So FANTastic – Fiercest Fans:

Beliebers

Mahomies

Selenators 

Simpsonizers

Directioners

Gomez Releases New Track “Rule The World”

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

It sounds like Selena Gomez has gotten over her case of Bieber fever…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American singer/actress has just released the first track off her next album, a breakup anthem called “Rule The World.”

“Our love was made to rule the world / You came and broke the perfect girl / Forget you ever knew my name,” sings Gomez on the dancetatsic track.

Gomez, who is starring in the edgy Spring Breakers and The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex, told MTV News in January that “big turn” in her personal and professional life happened right in the middle of recording her album, adding that “it was incredible to see how I applied that to music because I’ve never done that before and it’s great.”

The former Disney Channel star, who broke up with longtime boyfriend Justin Bieber earlier this year, went on to say, “I think the older I’m getting the more I’m just kind of like I’m cool to share my side of the stories as much as I can, so I’m having a lot of fun.”

Gomez to Perform at the Radio Disney Music Awards

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Former Disney Channel star Selena Gomez is heading home…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American actress/singer, who will be releasing new music in March, will be headlining the Radio Disney Music Awards at L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre on Saturday, April 27.

Gomez, who will be shedding her Disney image in Spring Breakers in the coming weeks, tops the list of young performers that includes Bridgit Mendler, Cody Simpson, YouTube sensation Austin Mahone, Cher Lloyd and Coco Jones, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Fans will have the chance to vote for their favorites in categories like Ultimate Breakout Star: Biggest Viral Artist; XOXO: Best Crush Song; and So FANtastic: Fiercest Fans, among others. The Radio Disney Music Awards will also recognize five kids from the U.S. with the Heroes for Change award, recognizing their efforts to make a difference in their communities.

The Radio Disney Music Awards celebrate the most popular recording artists among kids and tweens. The awards show will be available across multiple platforms, including Vevo, Disney Channel, Radio Disney, and the RadioDisney.com and Disney.com websites.

Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.

Gomez’s “Spring Breakers” to Open Earlier in New York & LA

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Spring Break will arrive a week earlier than scheduled for Selena Gomez…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American actress/singer’s highly anticipated Disney-image-shattering film Spring Breakers will now be getting a limited sneak peek in Los Angeles and New York City on March 15, one week before opening nationwide on March 22, according to Annapurna Pictures.

The R-rated girls-gone-wild film, directed by Harmony Korine, follows a gang of trouble-seeking coeds (Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) who get mixed up with a drug-dealing rapper (James Franco) in Florida.

Spring Breakers first debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year; and it will get its big premiere in the United States on March 10 at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival in Austin.

The International Trailer of Gomez’s “Spring Breakers” Released

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

The international trailer for Selena Gomez’s Spring Breakers shows just how far of a departure she’s taken from her Wizards of Waverly Place character…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American actress/singer, who will be releasing a new music soon, appears in the just-released, red-band worthy Spring Breakers trailer from French company Mars Distribution.

The clip for Harmony Korine’s R-rated Day-Glo coed crime romp shows a racier look at what the domestic previews have held back: drug use, nudity, guns galore and gratuitous f-bombs dropped by Gomez and her co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine.

James Franco also stars in the film as a blinged-out thug rapper complete with a gold grill.

Spring Breakers, which will premiere at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival in Austin next month, will open in theaters in the United States on March 22.

Gomez to Release New Single in March

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

In less than two months, you’ll be hitting repeat–peat–peat–peat–peat-peat to a new Selena Gomez single

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American singer excitedly revealed plans to release a new single this March during a special UNICEF charity concert in New York.

It’ll be the first single off Gomez’s new studio album, for which she’s already recorded 18 tracks. But Gomez – who is starring in edgier fare like Spring Breakers, which will have its U.S. premiere at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival – hasn’t yet decided which of the songs will make the final cut.

“Through Spring Breakers and experiencing so much last year it will be interesting to kind of have my fans know everything I went through, through music,” Gomez said of her experiences in the last year, including her on-off relationship with Justin Bieber.

“I think for me, it was actually interesting to see that towards the middle of me recording my record, a big turn happened to me and it was incredible to see how I applied that to music because I’ve never done that before and it’s great,” Gomez said of her new song-writing approach, quite similar to that of her best friend Taylor Swift’s way of writing breakup songs after each failed romance.

Gomez covered Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble” during her UNICEF benefit concert, along with Britney Spears‘ “Baby One More Time” and Justin Timberlake‘s “Cry Me a River“, which incidentally, Bieber covered back in November after his first breakup with Gomez.

Following their most recent and reportedly final breakup following a string of make-ups, Gomez went back to the studios to focus on her music.

Gomez Covers Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River”

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

It looks like Selena Gomez could be giving ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber a taste of his own medicine…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican-American singer/actress covered Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” at her third annual UNICEF charity concert in New York over the weekend, only weeks after breaking up with the Biebs. Gomez’s ex performed the exact same song in November following the couple’s first break-up.

“I’ve been through a lot the past few months. It’s been weird and sad and cool,” Gomez told the crowd. She then confessed, “This song definitely speaks to me,” right before performing a stripped-down version of Timberlake’s smash break-up track.

Gomez followed it up with another break-up tune, her bestie Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble.

“It’s by my best friend in the entire world and if anybody has felt anything painful to their heart, they know who this girl is. Sing along if you know it,” said Gomez.

In addition, Gomez offered event attendees her rendition of Britney Spears‘ “Baby One More Time“, possily alluding to her upcoming film with Vanessa Hudgens and James Franco, Spring Breakers, which is reportedly filled-with Spears covers.

Gomez’s “Spring Breakers” to Premiere at SXSW Film Festival

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

It looks like Selena Gomez will be spring breaking in Austin this March…

The 20-year-old half-Mexican American actress/singer’s highly anticipated Spring Breakers will have its United States premiere at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival in Austin, taking place March 8-16.

Directed by Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers stars Gomez as one of four college girls who end up in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation, only to find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do a little dirty work.

In addition to Gomez, the film stars Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and James Franco.

Meanwhile, Uruguayan director/screenwriter Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead remake will have its world premiere at the festival.

Based on the cult classic from director Sam Raimi, the film centers on five friends, holed up in a remote cabin, who discover a Book of the Dead that unwittingly summons up dormant demons, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left to fight for survival.

The film stars Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore.

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