The cast of The Secret Life of the American Teenager -- including Shaliene Woodley, Daren Kagasoff, Ken Baumann, Francia Raisa, Greg Finely, Megan Park, and India Eisley -- has teamed up with DoSomething.com to collect 1,000,000 pounds of food by December 15th.
Want to do your part? Watch this video and find out how.
J-14's starting a new web series! We're asking all your fave stars if they could ask any celebrity to a school dance or prom, who would they ask and how would do it. First up is The Secret Life of the American Teenager's Daren Kagasoff!
Check back every day this week for even more "Dream Celeb Dance Date" videos!
Which celebrity would you ask to a dance? Why? How would you do it?
To get the low-down about your favorite stars, you have to get J-14's 14 Hottest Stars issue today!
He may play a bad boy on Secret Life of the American Teenager, but in real life Daren Kagasoff is a true sweetheart -- and today is his special day! Happy 22nd birthday, Daren!
Fun Facts About Daren:
-The role of Ricky was his first big break and one of his first auditions -- he was handpicked by Secret Life's producer Brenda Hampton out of hundreds of other actors!
-Before Secret Life, Daren was a star baseball player!
-Daren told J-14 that his favorite snacks on set are Jolly Ranchers from craft services. He uses gum to keep his breath fresh in between takes, too! "I'm always kissing girls, so I'm always putting gum in my mouth and spitting it out before we shoot," he spilled to us.
Leave your birthday wishes for Daren below!
Photo: Bob D'Amico/Courtesy of ABC Family
J-14 has the second wave of the Teen Choice Award nominees (check out the first list here!) AND we got the deets on who will be at the show on Monday August 10, from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. ET/PT! You already knew the Jonas Brothers were hosting, and J-14 just found out the Black Eyed Peas will be there to perform their new single "I Gotta Feeling!"
Everyone from your fave shows, movies, and music will be there presenting - and maybe picking up an award or two themselves! - including Twilight stars: Ashley Greene and Taylor Lautner! Vanessa Hudgens, Shawn Johnson, Secret Life's Daren Kagasoff, Sean Kingston, and Jennette McCurdy will also be at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards. Scroll down or click here to read the entire list of new categories and nominees and visit www.teenchoiceawards.com to vote!
What celebrity do you most want to see? Are you more excited to see the Jonas Brothers host, the Black Eyed Peas perform, or Taylor Lautner present an award? Is Miley a better dancer than Lady Gaga? Who will win Choice Summer TV Star: Princess Protection Program's Selena or Demi? And are you tuning into Secret Life or So You Think You Can Dance right now? Sound off below and tell us who YOU are voting for!
Choice Summer TV
"Make It or Break It"
"Paris Hilton's My New BFF"
"Princess Protection Program"
"The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
"So You Think You Can Dance"
Choice Summer TV Star: Female
Selena Gomez, "Princess Protection Program"
Paris Hilton, "Paris Hilton's My New BFF"
Demi Lovato, "Princess Protection Program"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Shailene Woodley, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
Choice Summer TV Star: Male
Ken Baumann, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
Adrian Grenier, "Entourage"
Daren Kagasoff, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"
George Lopez, "Mr. Troop Mom"
Stephen Moyer, "True Blood"
Choice Summer Movie: Action Adventure
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"Star Trek"
"Terminator Salvation"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Brüno"
Bradley Cooper, "The Hangover"
Johnny Depp, "Public Enemies"
Shia LaBeouf, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Ryan Reynolds, "The Proposal"
Adam Sandler, "Funny People"
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
Sandra Bullock, "The Proposal"
Cameron Diaz, "My Sister's Keeper"
Megan Fox, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Katherine Heigl, "The Ugly Truth"
Hayden Panettiere, "I Love You, Beth Cooper"
Ashley Tisdale, "Aliens in the Attic"
It's no surprise that Twilight swept the Teen Choice Awards nominations with a dozen nominations... so the big question now is, how many surfboards will the vampire movie take home?
Robsten goes head-to-head with Brangelina in several categories....will Rob Pattinson's Twilight performance outshine Brad Pitt's in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button so he can bring home the Choice Movie Actor: Drama award? Can Kristen Stewart out-act Angelina Jolie in Changeling to win the Choice Movie Actress: Drama?
And will Taylor Lautner beat out Star Trek's Chris Pine? And most importantly, will Robby P. and Kristen's hot movie kiss beat out Owen Wilson and Marley's kiss in Marley & Me? ;)
Twilight is also nominated in two film categories -- drama and romance. The film is also up against itself in in the Choice Movie: Fresh Face Female category with Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed duking it out.
The Jonas Brothers scored nine nomination including Choice TV Actor: Comedy as a threesome for JONAS. Little bro Frankie Jonas even got his own nomination for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male -- and he's up against The Secret Life of the American Teenager hottie Daren Kagasoff.
For a full list of Teen Choice Awards nominees, click here.
Who will win? It's all up to YOU! Starting today, teens between ages 13 and 19 can vote once a day at the official site.
Photo: Courtesy of Summit Entertainment
J-14 just got off the phone with The Secret Life of the American Teenager's star Shailene Woodely -- and she's just as excited as you about the season finale that aired last night on ABC Family. "I hadn't seen it before, so it was pretty interesting," she tells J-14. "I thought it turned out really good."
Of course, fans have been buzzing about it, and Shailene's been anxious to hear what they have to say. "I heard some reactions about how much they liked the emotion that Daren [Kagasoff] showed," Shai says. "I thought it was in his character, but it was cool to see him finally show it!"
And what's Shai up to now? "We're filming season 2 right now," she tells us. Of course it's totally different now that baby John is born. "We're working with real babies -- it's crazy! The babies have been great and they haven't been crying a lot -- they're very well-behaved babies!"
Watch for more Secret Life coming this summer!
Photo: Startraks
