Nintendo hosted the Disney “How You Will Play Next” Wii U Showdown at Westfield Culver City Mall in Los Angeles. There were two separate groups of talent that participated and we kicked off each group with a few rounds of gameplay! Check out what happened!

The first group consisted of talent from the hit Disney Channel shows, Kickin It and Jessie – Debby Ryan, Leo Howard, Skai Jackson and Mateo Arias and the second group consisted of Peyton List, Olivia Holt, Cameron Boyce and Karan Brar.

The crowds went wild for both groups and all of the talent were excited to meet with their fans and have some fun challenging each other on the new Wii U. Following the gameplay, all the celebs sat down and did an autograph signing and posed for photos with fans.

For more info on the Wii U, take a look at www.nintendo.com.

So HollywoodLifers, This holiday season will you be getting the Wii U? Sound off below!

Russ Weakland

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Bella Thorne has one thing on her mind this Halloween and that’s all things Batman as she has chosen her costume based on one of the characters from the legendary superhero series! Find out who she’ll be!

“I am going to be Poison Ivy,” Bella told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY at Disney Channel’s wildly popular talent competition for kids, Make Your Mark: Shake It Up Dance Off, adding, “I have wanted to be her for a long time! Usually I am working on Halloween, I did last year and the year before. Plus I like going to Knott’s Scary Farm for Halloween, its so cool!”

Her thoughts on the Batman world didn’t stop there, as she has a future leading man in mind as well who she would love to play her father in a film as she gushed, “I love Christian Bale, he looks nothing like me but I love him! He is fantastic! That guy is just awesome!”

We can’t argue with her thoughts on Christian and we can’t wait to see her in her Halloween costume. It should be awesome!

So HollywoodLifers, do you think Bella Thorne’s choice of Halloween costume is awesome?

Russ Weakland

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The new video is out and the film is on its way. But what should you really expect? Well it has a great mix of Hollywood Records’ Recording Artist Coco Jones’ beautiful and soulful voice, and Tyler James Williams from “Everybody Hates Chris” surprisingly good rapping skills. He is actually better than most rappers out today.

The film follows a shy, talented musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they’re delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend. The film was directed by Paul Hoen and written by Eric Daniel and Don D. Scott. The Disney Channel Original Movie is slated to premiere on June 15 and we can’t wait!

So HollywoodLifers, are you excited for Disney’s “Let It Shine”? If this video below doesn’t get you excited not sure what will, its awesome!

Russ Weakland

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Debby Ryan is perhaps best known for playing Jessie in the monster hit Disney Channel comedy series, Jessie, or as Bailey Pickett on the long-running Disney Channel series, The Suite Life on Deck. But things have changed with her turn as Tara Adams in Radio Rebel, a shy homebody high school junior who reinvents herself as the most popular radio DJ in town.

Unfortunately for her character, that is right when all the problems begin. Her popularity results in a handful of twists and turns when her secret alter ego threatens the status of her prom, her friendships and her chance with the love of her life, Gavin, who is played by Adam DiMarco.

“Radio Rebel to me is kind of this voice of empowerment; she is kind of the person within you that is usually overpowered by insecurity, by uncertainty or by trends and fads and wanting to be accepted,” Debby told HollywoodLife.com during an exclusive interview.

“It really just says that what’s within you and what’s kind of different and unique about you is really rad, really cool and that is what makes you so awesome and so beautiful!”

Debby also chatted about her future with her music, her acting and her inspirations — and what she would do if she ever hosted Saturday Night Live. Check out the interview, you won’t disappointed!

Radio Rebel premieres on the Disney Channel Friday, Feb. 17 at 8PM, ET/PT.

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The show may be called So Random!, but there’s nothing random about Justin Bieber‘s upcoming performance on the hit Disney Channel show. “Mistletoe” has been blowing up the charts, and what better place to showcase the festive single than the network that made his girlfriend Selena Gomez such a huge success?

Justin will take the mic Dec. 4, and there’s a pretty good possibility he’ll pop up in one of the episode’s sketches — so mark your calendar!

Watch a sneek peek of Justin’s performance below:

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Sarah Hyland sat down with Good Morning America on Oct. 20 to talk about Modern Family, and to promote her new Disney movie, Geek Charming.

The always adorable Hyland  stars as a popular, snobby student who falls for the film geek at school.  The best part?  Her co-star is Matt Prokop, her real-life boyfriend!

“It was so much fun,” Hyland told GMA.  ”It’s just nice to have your best friend with you if you’re having a bad day, if you’re tired, and just to be able to go into a trailer, talk about it with your best friend instead of just an actor that you’re working with and you may have not met before.” How sweet!

We can’t wait to see these two love birds on screen when the movie premieres Nov. 11!

After four successful seasons, Wizards of Waverly Place is all wrapped and done. However, it still could go out with even more of a bang! The popular Disney Channel show was nominated for two 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Children’s Program and Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-camera Series — and HollywoodLife.com spoke exclusively with co-stars Gregg Sulkin and Maria Canals Barrera to get their first reactions to the exciting news!

“It’s a team effort and i’m just proud to be part of the team,” Gregg — who recently landed the lead in the film White Frog — told us. “To be nominated for another Emmy is amazing. We owe it to the fans for their on-going support.”

Maria, who played Selena Gomez and David Henrie‘s mom on the show, agreed, adding, “Wizards has been one of the biggest blessings of my life, where I’ve gotten to work with some of the most amazing people… and to be nominated again is incredibly exciting!”

WOWP has won Emmys for “Outstanding Children’s Program” the last two years, but — as usual — it’s up against some pretty stiff competition, including Degrassi, iCarly and Victorious.

Who do YOU think deserves the Emmy this year? Should WOWP definitely get it out of principle, since it’s the show’s last year? Sound off below!

HollywoodLife.com told you first! Selena Gomez is guest starring on the first episode of Disney Channel’s reality series, ‘PrankStars,’ and this preview of her prank is hilarious!

This is one of the most endearing moments we’ve ever seen with the lovely Selena Gomez! As HollywoodLife.com first reported, the 18-year-old starlet shot an episode of Disney Channel’s new show, PrankStars, with host Mitchel Musso — and she does her notorious prankster BF, Justin Bieber proud!

In this clip, Selena pretends to be an actress named Natalie, who’s auditioning for a commercial with a girl who is a huge Selena Gomez fan in real life. The girl has no idea “Natalie” is actually Selena — and she’s in for quite the treat.

Be sure to check out PrankStars when it premieres this Friday, July 15.

Would YOU have known that was Selena? Sound off below!

Kirstin Benson