Ashley Argota celebrates her 17th Birthday with fellow Nickelodeon stars, Victoria Justice and Gage Golightly.
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J-14 got the chance to hang out with Ashley Argota this week while the True Jackson, VP star was in New York City! Why was Ash there -- besides to chill with us of course ;)? Not only was the star checking out colleges, but she was on vacation for her birthday! Today, the actress and singer turns 17. Happy Birthday, Ashley!
Fun Facts About Ashley
-Ash played Young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway
-You may know her best as an actor, but Ashley wants to go to school for music -- and medicine!
-She has always had a huge crush on Leonardo DiCaprio!
Leave your birthday messages for Ashley below!
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iCarly's Jennette McCurdy is super busy! She just finish filming the upcoming Nickelodeon movie, Best Player, in Vancouver, the new iCarly movie, iQuit iCarly, airs this Saturday, and she's been going back and forth between Los Angeles and Nashville to record her upcoming country album! J-14 chatted with Jennette about her and a near-Twilight encounter in Canada!
J-14: What is iQuit iCarly all about?
Jennette McCurdy: It's a very exciting movie because Carly and Sam get into the biggest fight tthe audience has ever seen them get into yet. They have different views on how to run the web show. Sam's more laid-back and thinks iCarly should be run by going with the flow, a more impromptu style with more improv, and Carly thinks it should be more scripted, scheduled, and timed. They both have different but cool approaches, and they start arguing with each other. Then they meet these two boys -- one has Carly's view and one has Sam's view. Carly and Sam now have their right-hand man and that makes the fight even worse than it would have been if it was just the girls.
J-14: What was your favorite part about filming the movie?
Jennette: We got to dress up like purple aliens! We had these unitard, spandex outfits with purple wigs -- very unforgiving on the body and hair! Also, Miranda dressed up as a hobo and I dressed up as a vampire, complete with fangs, so it was very fitting for the whole vampire craze right now.
J-14: Can you tell us about your Best Player?
Jennette: There's a guy who's 32 and still lives with his parents. It's time for him to grow up and get out on his own, so they kind of kick him out of the house, but he doesn't have enough money to buy his own place. He's very good at computer games, so he buys this game called "Black Hole" that's having a tournament where the grand prize is $175,000. He becomes very good at this game and thinks he's going to win, but then discovers this other player who beats him each time. He thinks it's another guy, but then finds out that it's a 15-year-old girl, played by me! So he starts dating my mom to try and learn how he can beat me at the game. It was a blast for [my iCarly costar] Jerry Trainor and me to work on.
J-14: What games are you playing now?
Jennette: I play lots of Halo and Call of Duty with my brothers.
J-14: Did you see any of the Twilight cast while filming in Vancouver?
Jennette: I did not, but I was staying at the same hotel as Rob Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, and Kristen Stewart! Knowing that is pretty cool. I hear they had to sneak out the back of the hotel because people were waiting for them! But I haven't seen New Moon -- isn't that crazy? I was going to go see it with Ashley Argota from True Jackson, VP, and then we had a promo shoot that day, but I'm definitely going to have to see it. I'll probably see it with my best friend Annie -- maybe this weekend!
J-14: What are you looking forward to this holiday season?
Jennette: Just being with my family -- that's definitely the coolest part for me because it's been a whirlwind year, so I'll have a couple of days before Christmas where I get to be with them. The holiday season is my favorite time of the year -- I love everything about it. We always go looking at Christmas lights, bake together and make gingerbread houses, watch Christmas movies, and drink hot chocolate.
iQuit iCarly airs this Saturday, December 4, at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon.
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iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove was psyched to welcome four very cute boys -- aka Big Time Rush's Carlos Pena, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schdmit -- into the Nickelodeon family -- by challenging them to a hockey game! After the girls vs boys match-up, Miranda, True Jackson, VP's Ashley Argota, and The Troop's Gage Golightly, and Victoria Justice all hung out with the Big Time Rush boys and made this exclusive behind-the-scenes video at the Paramount Studio back lots just for you!
Big Time Rush is a new Nickelodeon comedy about four best friends who get the opportunity of a lifetime -- the chance to be part of the pop scene in L.A.! Check out a preview video of Big Time Rush with the Nick girls below, and catch a special one-hour preview of the new show (it's set to officially premiere in 2010!) on Saturday, November 28, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Also click here to see the preview on Nick.com!
Are you excited to check out the new show?
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Happy 16th Birthday, Keke Palmer!
Keke was psyched to talk about her prom-themed sweet 16 party to J-14! The big fiesta included photo booths, prom pictures, and a king and queen. Who was crowned queen? Keke of course! "I'm definitely that host-y type of personality," Keke tells J-14. I want people to come from that party saying, 'That was the most incredible party I've been to and I had the most fun.'"
Mission accomplished! The True Jackson, V.P. celebrated with her co-stars, Ashley Argota and Matt Shively, the iCarly cast, Victoria Justice, Day26, Lil Mama, Cole & Dylan Sprouse, and Hairspray's Elijah Kelly! Plus mom and dad gave Keke an awesome gift for the big day - a white SUV!
But the party didn't last just one night - the next day, Keke and her friends headed over to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA, and last night she saw Green Day live! That's some major celebrating, Keke!
Do you like Keke's prom-themed party idea? What would your perfect sweet 16 party? Which celeb would you want to sing "Happy Birthday" to you?
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Lucky reader, Meg Rojahn, won J-14's "Win A Nickelodeon Family Cruise" contest, and she was so excited to share her experience with other readers! From August 9-16, Meg and her fam joined True Jackson, VP's Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, and Matt Shively on the Freedom of the Seas cruise around the Eastern Caribbean! Check out Meg's cruise diary below!
This ship is the biggest thing I've ever seen! We stayed on deck 8 (out of 14!) The ship has three pools, the Promenade with a Ben and Jerry's, an ice skating rink, a three-story dining room, and lots of lounges. I don't know how it floated!
After dinner in the dining room and a little exploring with my mom and two brothers, we went to the "Big First Day Show" -- that's when we first got to see Matt Shively and Ashley Argota! Matt said he was super excited for the inflatable slide at Coco Cay the next day. I didn't see him there, because I signed up for snorkeling instead of the slide, and I ended up seeing a stingray, lots of fish, and a cute baby shark! That night, I met Ashley! She was super nice and took a picture with all of us non-famous people who were talking outside of their karaoke booth -- she sang "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!"
On day three, we had an "Ultimate Nickelodeon Photo Op." We took pics with Dora, Diego, Spongebob Squarepants, and Patrick -- and then we got slimed! It tasted really bad but was so much fun! The next day, we decided to get ice cream on the pool deck, and we wound up walking right past Keke Palmer! She took a picture with me and gave me an autograph! Keke was looking for the ship's Johnny Rockets restaurant when we ran into her.
We went to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on day five, and my family saw an old church that was really neat, and later we watched Imagine That. But the coolest part of that day -- and possibly the coolest part of the trip -- was the big circus parade down the ship's promenade! The casts of all the ship's shows dressed up like animals and circus people! On day six, I went to a meet-and-greet for the cast of True Jackson, VP and Tom Kenny, the voice of Spongebob Squarepants, at 9:30 a.m. When I got to the front of the line, I saw Keke and Ashley -- and they both remembered me! Then I got to officially meet Matt for the first time. He is even cuter in real life! I gave him a big hug and took a picture with the three of them (that's me on the right!). Later that afternoon, we watched an episode of True Jackson with Ashley, Matt, and Keke -- it was awesome to get to hear them joke around in real life. We were in Nassau, Bahamas, on our last day. Mom and I went shopping, and I got a really pretty Tanzinite necklace. When we got back to the ship, we went to the pool, and mom went to get ice cream again -- and bumped into Matt! He signed my notebook, too. Ice cream turned out to be a good thing for us -- we met a Famous person each time!
I had such a great time and was so sad to see it end!
Love,
J-14 reader Meg Rojahn
Do you remember your fave fam vacay? Have you ever had the chance to meet your fave TV stars?
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Right this very minute, Miranda Cosgrove's Sweet 16 Birthday Bash is happening in L.A.! She just Tweeted, "On my way to my bday party! AHHH!?! I'm so excited! :)".
Miranda herself might not be there yet, but J-14's got exclusive details on her party! Like the cake she got on her actual birthday this week (on May 14), the theme is pink and purple. And there are couches on the pillow that say, "Miranda's 16th Birthday." How fun!
And Suite Life on Deck star Debby Ryan is celebrating with her own Sweet 16 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean she skipped Miranda's! She's already there right now (and had a busy day with the premiere of Up earlier!).
Who said there's rivalry between Nickelodeon and Disney? All the actors are friends -- even Dylan and Cole Sprouse are at Miranda's birthday! :) Plus Victoria Justice and Ashley Argota!
Update: 12:10 am ET / 9:10 pm PT Miranda just arrived at her party!
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