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The Hope for Now Haiti telethon raised $58 million for Haiti, and now the stars are coming together once again to support the cause with a second TV event this Friday, February 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Justin Bieber and stars like Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, and Pitbull are scheduled to perform on SOS Saving OurSelves -- Help for Haiti. Pete Wentz, Missy Elliott, Jason Derulo, Sean Kingston, and more will participate as Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah, and Pharrell Williams host the two hour event.

Tune into BET, MTV, or VH1 to watch and find out how you can lend your support! A lot of you Tweeted along with @j14magazine during the Hope for Now Haiti telethon -- will you tune in this Friday? How are you, your family, and schools helping Haiti?

Photo: Robert Milazzo

Justin Bieber is one of a slew of performers who will be guest starring in Nickelodeon's upcoming hour-long TV movie, School Gyrls. The comedy marks TeenNick chairman Nick Cannon's directorial debut!

Real-life pop group School Gyrls -- Monica Parales, Jacque Nimble and Mandy Rain -- star in the flick as three freshman at Summerdale Academy, an exclusive all-girls boarding school, who come together to battle it out against the reigning Teen Island stunt party champ and resident mean girls, the sophomore cheerleaders. Cannon, Kristinia DeBarge, Reverend Run, Soulja Boy, Angie Stone and Pete Wentz also make cameos in the movie.

School Gyrls premieres on Sunday, February 21, at 7 pm ET/PT on TeenNick.

Will you tune in to School Gyrls?

Photos: Courtesy of Nickelodeon

After reports that Fall Out Boy was simply on hiatus, singer Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz both put out statements saying the band may be done for good.

Though Pete had been adamant about saying the band was just taking a break and wouldn't put out new music until they felt motivated and ready, things have changed. Pete posted this statement on his blog:

"I don't know the future of Fall Out Boy. It's embarrassing to say one thing and then have the future dictate another. As far as I know Fall Out Boy is on break. (No one wants to say the "h" word). As much as I don't have a solo project, I also can't predict that I'd ever play in Fall Out Boy again. Not due to personal relationships as much as a band we grew apart. In this statement I'd like to include there is the possibility that fob will play again with out me or I will be a part of it when everyone is on the same page. It is no one's fault and there is no animosity about the decision. I felt as fans you deserve to know. There is no singular reason for this. The side projects or bands are supported by all members of the band. I am the single biggest fan of fob and if this is our legacy than so be it. I am proud of it."

Patrick stressed the same fact, saying he is not a member of Fall Out Boy at this time. "Whether we play again or not, I don't know," he says. "If we do, it will be for the right reasons. If we don't, it will also be for the right reasons."

Patrick is currently working on a solo project, while Pete has been concentrating on his clothing line and record label, and he just collaborated with Blink 182's Mark Hoppus on a song for the Almost Alice soundtrack.

What do you think of the FOB break up?

Photo: Courtesy of Island Def Jam

A few months back, peeps thought Fall Out Boy was splitting up. While it wasn't true (bassist Pete Wentz says they're just taking a much needed break), thanks to a makeover on singer Patrick Stump's website and a new video he posted, those rumors starting flying again yesterday.

But no worries -- Fall Out Boy is still intact. Patrick is just putting out his very first solo record. The video posted today shows Patrick playing a ton of instruments himself -- including the drums, guitar, and organ -- and states that he's working on an album. "I'll be writing/producing/performing everything myself," Patrick says. "Stay tuned." Just don't call it a solo album -- Patrick thinks it makes him sound like he's taking a vacay.

Check out the video below.

Patrick Stump - New Album Coming Soon from Patrick Stump on Vimeo.

Do you want to hear Patrick's new album?

Photo: Courtesy of Island Def Jam

Hey J-14ers,

Alice In Wonderland was one of my fave stories when I was a kid, which is why I was psyched to hear about Tim Burton's new reincarnation of the classic tale, starring Johnny Depp.

What I wasn't sure about was the Almost Alice soundtrack. Can 3OH!3, Avril Lavigne, and Metro Station really make music for the flick? And what are two of my fave bands, Motion City Soundtrack and the All-American Rejects, going to come up with? Turns out I have nothing to be worried about because there are two Alice in Wonderland soundtracks! One is the official score by Danny Elfman, while Almost Alice is music inspired by the Tim Burton flick.

I feel better already, especially after streaming 3OH!3's "Follow Me Down" on their MySpace page. Avril's track "Alice" will premiere on MySpace on February 4, followed by All Time Low's "Painting Flowers" -- which lead singer Alex told me exclusively that he was psyched to write -- on February 19. The whole album will stream on MySpace on February 28, with the album officially dropping on March 2.

I'm excited to hear the bands' takes on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Check out the full track listing after the jump.

Tell me - what do you think of an inspired soundtrack? Are you psyched to hear the musical collabs?

<3,
Emily, J-14 editor

Photo: Courtesy of Pamela Littky

All Time Low just released dropped their MTV Unplugged CD/DVD set last week and to celebrate the band's acoustic endeavor, J-14 chatted with All Time Low's lead singer Alex Gaskarth to get the scoop on their unplugged song choices, their contribution to the Alice in Wonderland movie soundtrack, and those rumors about ATL and Demi Lovato!

J-14: Why was it important to you to do MTV Unplugged and release the set on DVD?
Alex Gaskarth: Fist of all, Unplugged is legendary -- Nirvana's played it, and all kinds of amazing bands that I consider legendary. So to even get the invite to come and do it was very cool. On top of that, it's always fun to strip down your songs and play them in a very honest way in an intimate setting like that. It was a good time. I think the kids that were there really appreciated it. We wanted to share that with anyone who didn't get to see it, so we put it on DVD.

J-14: Which song was the most important for you to play at that show?
Alex: I really enjoyed playing "Jasey Rae." It's one of our older songs but it translates to acoustic well. I think people really appreciate the lyrics and the sentiment of that song, so I'm glad that we got to squeeze it in there.

J-14: How did One Tree Hill's Kate Voegele get involved with singing on "Remembering Sunday?"
Alex: It was a very last minute thing. I wanted to do "Remembering Sunday," and I said is there anyone that we can get to come in and do that part, and she was the first person who came to mind. We spoke on the phone a couple times and planned it out and sure enough, she showed up and she's great. She's an awesome girl -- a really great singer and a great artist. Itt was fun to do that collaboration.

J-14: What's the inspiration behind your song "Painting Flowers" off the upcoming Alice in Wonderland soundtrack?
Alex: It's about realizing who you are, questioning your beliefs, and truly finding and accepting what you believe, not for any other reason but because you want to believe. It's an awesome song, and I'm really glad we the opportunity to contribute to the album. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton so I think he's probably done an amazing job with the movie, and Johnny Depp looks hilarious in it.

J-14: Which band has been your favorite to tour with?
Alex: I would have to say Fall Out Boy. They're a band we came up listening to. It was not only a dream come true to finally tour with those guys, but they're all great dudes and we befriended them pretty quickly. Every night was a party on that tour. Everybody got along and hung out all the time. Our bus sort of turned into the common area for hanging out after shows. Pete Wentz always tells us we're like the adopted brothers into the Decaydance family. We're not actually part of the family, but we roll with all those people. I have nothing but love and respect for all those bands.

J-14: Are the rumors true about All Time Low working on a song with Demi?
Alex: As of right now, no. We've never done anything as far as music goes. Her and I are becoming good friends - we're hanging out. She's awesome.

Photo: Courtesy of MTV

Pete Wentz asked for his very own J-14, so we had to deliver just in time for Christmas! We made a special Pete-filled cover of J-14 for the Fall Out Boy bassist, and he tweeted a pic of it so you could see it too! Check out Pete's present on his blog here and below.

What do you think of the cover? What kinds of gifts are you making for your friends this holiday season?

Hey J-14ers,

Last night I got to check out We The Kings perform a few songs for their record release party! It was held at the Red Bull Space in NYC's SoHo neighborhood, Smile, Kid just dropped on Tuesday, and they had some awesome guests there to support them -- Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and American Idol's David Cook were both rocking out to We The Kings' songs!

One of my fave parts of the set was when Travis performed "In-N-Out (Animal Style) off the new record. He asked anybody in the crowd if they'd been to the In-N-Out restaurants, and almost no one responded! I won't lie, Travis - we're deprived of In-N-Out Burger and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf here in the Northeast! They ended the night with "Check Yes, Juliet" -- not only do I love that tune, Travis told me that it's one of Taylor Swift's fave songs too! Now we just need a Taylor Swift/We The Kings collab to complete everything!

The boys were super nice after the set, saying hello to fans who were there and taking tons of pics. I was just psyched to finally hear them play live! It was definitely a good night.

Have you heard the new We The Kings album yet? What do you think?

<3,
Emily, J-14 editor

Fall Out Boy are taking a little break -- don't worry, they'll be back! -- but in the meantime, they realized a greatest hits album this week called Believers Never Die. J-14 talked to bassist Pete Wentz all about the album, Taylor Swift, and what Pete really thinks about his new haircut.

J-14: What is the new single off Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits called "Alpha Dog" all about?
Pete Went: I hate explaining lyrics, but one of the things that I've loved about Bob Dylan is that he never really explains it and that way you can have the song mean anything you want to you. But at the same time, "Alpha Mega" is a biblical term that means beginning and the end in an Alpha Dog and a Megalomaniac, or two similar dispositions -- something about opening the curtain and then walking off into the sunset.

J-14: Why was this was the right time for a greatest hits album?
Pete: We decided we were going to take a break for a little bit. We've been doing record, promo, tour, tour, pre-recording, record, promo, tour, tour for like eight years, and we're like, 'We're going to take a break and we're not going to put terms on the break as far as dates go.' We're not disillusioned in that we have a greatest hits the same way that Bob Marley would or the Eagles would but at the same time, it gives us the chance give a thank you to the fans. There's secret messages in the artwork and there's two new songs on it. "Alpha Dog" was a song that we demoed half of and put on a mixtape earlier on the internet earlier this year. Fans seemed to kind of react to that, so we decided that we wanted to write and record full versions of it.

J-14: You said Fall Out Boy was going on an "indefinite hiatus" -- what does that mean the band?
Pete: We haven't said an indefinite hiatus -- I don't know really where that came from. We're just taking a break and decompressing. We're not putting terms on when we're coming back. We're going to come back when everybody's excited about it and it's fun. I think if we kept going at the pace we were going at, there was a definite implosion that would have happened -- this allows breathing room and us to be creative again.

J-14: A lot of your lyrics are very deep and personal -- what is it like to hear Patrick Stump singing the words you wrote?
Pete: They make more sense to me. It's like I find the anthropological site and then he's the one who identifies the dinosaur -- he puts the pieces together. It's more therapeutic to me to watch somebody else do that and sing them. He also has the voice of a cute little angel.

J-14: What was it like to do the Band Hero commercial with Taylor Swift, who called you one of her heroes?
Pete: Did she? I keep hearing this from people and it blows my mind. Oh wow. It was kind of cool! I only saw the commercial once to be honest because I've been out of the country for the past twelve or thirteen days. I admire her as a person in her genre because of her songwriting abilities -- I think a lot of people don't write their own songs. She's a very honest, genuine person. She came by the shoot when we were shooting when she didn't really need to -- I think to see how slick the floor was -- but she was rad.

J-14: How do you feel about your haircut being a big deal to people?
Pete: I know. What is the deal? It made national news. We're talking about the healthcare reform and then there's Pete's hair. It's only hair. It will grow back. It felt like it was made out of Legos, like I could just take it off and put it on someone else. The swoosh had to go. I was a little bit nervous about the shape of my head at the time. [Now] I feel more aerodynamic.

Photo: Courtesy of Island Def Jam

The boys of Hot Chelle Rae -- bassist Ian Keaggy, drummer Jamie Follese, singer Ryan Keith (R.K.) Follese, guitarist Nash Overstreet -- stopped by the J-14 offices just a few days after they filmed the music video for their single, "I Like To Dance." The pop rockers were psyched to talk to J-14 about where their band name came from, their fave dance tunes, and... flying?

J-14: Did you name the band Hot Chelle Rae after a girl?
Ryan Keith Follese: We actually don't know what her real name is -- that was her handle on MySpace. Before we had anything significant going for us, we saw pictures on the Internet of her hanging out with like Pete Wentz and Snoop Dogg -- just mad musicians! She supposedly worked at Universal and was going to help us. Then we found out that she was fake.
Ian Keaggy: She was jacking model's pictures.
R.K.: When we actually started getting things going for us we were like, 'Yeah, we're going to be going out to L.A.' And she's like, 'Yeah I'm a friend of Butch Walker. We're said, 'We're going to be working with him in a couple of weeks!' She was like, 'He may not remember me.' Needless to say, we named the band after her. My friend still texts, 'I miss her!'

J-14: How did you guys meet?
R.K.: Nash was working at a music store where I was buying gear, and we just got hooked up through a guitar friend of ours. Nash and Ian have been friends since childhood, and Jamie and I obviously have been brothers since childhood. Actually, Nash and I didn't like each other at first.
Nash Overstreet: Once we met and hung out, we got along great. But there was this judgmental first sight thing like, 'I don't like his hair.'
R.K.: We were both in our worst style era - we met when were 18 and 19.
Nash: That awkward high school phase - actually, that's why we became friends. We actually started to like each other.
R.K.: That sounds like we're dating.
Nash: No, no, no. We started to get along, and we found out that in high school we went through the same exact clubbing phase of JNCO jeans and horrible clothes.

J-14: What's your favorite song off your album, Lovesick Electric?
R.K.: My favorite song to play live is "I Like to Dance," but my favorite songson the record are "Never Have I Ever" and "Bushes." "Bushes" is just a really whack song and fun and weird. It started off as a joke!

J-14: What inspired "I Like To Dance"?
Ian: I think the music kind of lent itself first.
R.K.: Sometimes we will premeditate lyrics, and sometimes the very first thing that comes out of your mouth is the best because a lot of times it's how the song feels. That sounds so artsy and not like it makes much sense, but it's true. Whatever the song feels like, that's the first thing that comes out of your mouth. A lot of times we'll be sitting there, and the first thing that comes out we'll go with that.
Nash: A certain A&R guy -- who we didn't end up working with -- was like, "Change it to something more meaningful like I love to dance.' And I'm like, 'Then it's not cool anymore.' Girls can love to dance. That's great. When guys are loving to dance it may be a little [odd].

J-14: How did Stephanie Pratt get involved in the "I Like To Dance" video?
Ian: She was actually into the song before hand -- she was all about being in the video.
She's a sweetheart. She was really cool and down-to-earth. We'd hang out again, no problem. We had a lot of fun.

J-14: What are your favorite dance songs?
Ian: [Michael Jackson's] "Billie Jean."
R.K.: One of my favorite dance beats of all time is INXS's "Need You Tonight." Every time it comes on I'm like, 'Man, I wish I wrote this!'

J-14: If you guys weren't in a band, what would you be doing?
Jamie Follese: Up until the moment I got into this band, I played baseball. I also want to be an FBI agent or an Air Force pilot.
Ian: I've been into photography for a long time -- I would have probably gone down that road.
Nash: I think I would probably do hair. My mom did hair growing up, and I'd always use her salon to mess up my friend's hair. Right before my friend got a job where he couldn't have any [fake] color in his hair, he was like, 'What color is this going to be?' I said 'A dark auburn, brownish,' and he was like, 'I'm going to have to shave my head."
R.K.: I've always wanted to fly helicopters or maybe write.

Hot Chelle Rae's new album, Lovesick Electric, is in stores now, and you can get more info on the boys at their MySpace page.

It's almost here -- The N's first made-for-tv movie, Degrassi Goes To Hollywood! There are some major names from the music scene making cameos in the flick, including Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Hey Monday's Cassadee Pope.

But Degrassi star Lauren Collins says Pete's appearance in the movie isn't as random as it may seem. "One of the characters, Craig Manning, has become an artist, and he's this big famous superstar and he's just, you know, just hanging out with Pete Wentz on the street, eating some ketchup chips," Lauren says. "And [Pete] plays himself."

Degrassi Goes To Hollywood premieres tomorrow, Friday, August 14, on the N at 8 p.m. EST. Can't wait that long? Check out the behind-the-scenes video of Pete from the Degrassi set.

Will you watch the Degrassi movie? Who's your fave Degrassi character? What do you think of Pete Wentz being in the flick?

Photos: Courtesy of Epitome

Love checking out the coolest new bands on Warped Tour? Now the punk rock summer camp is celebrating its 15th birthday by coming to 460 movie theaters across the country with a one-night event on September 17 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. MT / 5 p.m. PT. The two-hour show will include big-name performances including Katy Perry, 3OH!3, All-American Rejects, blink-182, and tons more!

Pete Wentz is long-time Warped veteran and says, "I consider Warped Tour to be an essential summer rite of passage for bands and crowds alike. I have met some of my best friends there and was introduced to new music, baby wipe showers, and dry shampoo for the first time. More than anything I look forward to it every summer as a daylong escape for one hot day. And it's especially cool that people are going to see the Warped Tour in a new setting - movie theaters - with the Anniversary special!"

All-American Rejects are accepted as part of the Warped Tour 15th Anniversary!

3OH!3 gets pumped for Warped!

Photos: Courtesy of Mike Ruiz/EMI Music, Courtesy of Interscope, Courtesy of Photo Finish Records

Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz celebrates his birthday today!

Comment with your birthday messages to Pete!

Fun Facts:
- Fall Out Boy is on tour with Blink 182 this summer!
- Pete's baby boy Bronx's birthday is November 20, 2008!
- Pete needs sarcasm in his life. How long could he go without it? "Not long. Thank god no one understands it anymore," he says.

Photo: Courtesy of Island Def Jam

J-14 hung out with your favorite stars on the orange carpet at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards this weekend! Watch our exclusive video of Taylor Lautner and Corbin Bleu meeting as well as shout outs from Brenda Song, Keke Palmer, Pete Wentz, Victoria Justice and more!



If you missed J-14's Kids' Choice Awards recap, click here. And don't forget to comment on your favorite stars style here!