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Selena Gomez: I'm Not Hating on Twilight!
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Selena Gomez wants you to know that she never said she doesn't like Twilight.
The Disney darling has been getting a lot of flack from Twi-hards because they're feeling like she dissed the world's most talked-about vampire franchise when she told Bonnie Hunt last week that she hasn't actually seen Twilight.
"All I said was that I didn't watch it and I felt bad for not watching it," Selena explained to me at yesterday's American Music Awards. "But of course, now it's like, 'I don't like it.' That's not the case."
And Selena is brave enough to admit that—gasp!—she hasn't read any of Stephenie Meyer's Twi-novels, either. "I feel bad," she said. "And I'm sorry if I offended anyone for that."
Selena certainly wasn't the only one talking Twilight and New Moon at the AMAs. Read on for more…
Selena Gomez: Team Shia and Team Jacob
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Selena Gomez insists it's not easy for her to choose between Team Jacob and Team Edward.
"That's hard," she said last night at the Onitsuka Tiger party for her debut album, Kiss & Tell. "I don't know. I guess it would be Team Jacob because [Taylor Lautner] is my friend, but I do like Team Edward."
In other boy news, Selena told us…
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Khloé & Lamar: Will Babies Come as Quickly as the Wedding?
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They've only been married for a few days after a very short courtship, but are Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom already feeling family pressure to pop out some babies?
Khloé's little sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, think it'll happen sooner than later.
"I know Khloé has always wanted to have kids, because when me and Kylie were little, she would babysit us," 13-year-old Kendall told us last night at Onitsuka Tiger's record release party for Selena Gomez and the Scene's debut album, Kiss & Tell.
"She was like our second mom," she said. "I know she'll be a great mom."
Kylie, 12, added, "I just can't wait for her to have kids!"
As for how Lamar is fitting into the big Kardashian-Jenner bunch…
Disney Star: Jeremy Piven Should Visit Waverly Place
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The cast of Entourage may want to practice toning down the dirty language.
If Wizards of Waverly Place star, Jake T. Austin has his way, the HBO boys will do a guest gig on the hit Disney Channel series. "That would be incredible," Jake told us recently. "I'd love that."
We caught up with Jake, 14, recently to talk about the new Wizards TV-movie (premiering tomorrow night), about what happened when he spilled a tray of smoothies all over Selena Gomez and about why Jeremy Piven is his idol.
Selena Gomez Getting Ready to Kiss & Tell
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Selena Gomez isn't ditching Wizards of Waverly Place, but she is ready to show you what else she's made of.
No, she's not hitting Miley Cyrus' stripper pole anytime soon...
New Music from Selena Gomez!
Selena Gomez's two-years-in-the-making album, Kiss & Tell, drops on September 29. She told me all about it when I caught up with her the other day at the Teen Choice Awards.
Click today's videoblog for a sneak peek of what she had to say. Come back here later today for the whole shebang.
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Selena Gomez Plays Matchmaker to Taylor Swift
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Selena Gomez is taking on a new role: matchmaker!
The 16-year-old starlet is trying to set up her BFF, Taylor Swift, with close pal and Forever the Sickest Kids frontman Jonathan Cook.
Gomez has already introduced the two musicians via iChat...
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Taylor Lautner & Selena Gomez: Just Friends!
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Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez are just friends.
So says Gomez’s pal and Wizards of Waverly Place costar Jennifer Stone.
"Just because they're hanging out together doesn't mean they're dating, you know," Stone told us last night at the Catch Boutique and Operation Smile and Hope event in L.A. "A lot of girls have guy friends."
So what's the deal?
Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez's Saturday Night
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Dating or not, Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez seem to be having fun together.
Photos from this weekend show the two teen superstars leaving a restaurant just outside Vancouver, where both have been shooting movies.
The pair was full of smiles, laughs and some very innocent PDA?
Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez: Romance Rumors!
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Move over Pattinson, Stewart and Reed!
Make room for Taylena!
Taylor Lautner, 17, is the latest New Moon-er to be hit with romance rumors. Reports say he's gone on a few dates in Vancouver, Canada, with Disney darling Selena Gomez, 16.
As everyone knows by now, New Moon has been shooting in Vancouver for the last month. Gomez is also there filming Ramona and Beezus from Beverly Cleary's popular children's book series.
We've got details on where they've been spotted and what they were doing:
Miley, Taylor, Selena & Demi's Sonny Night Together
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Oh, the Jonas Brothers' ears must have been ringing on Grammy night.
And it wasn't because of all that music at the Staples Center.
After the big awards show in downtown L.A., new besties and performance partners Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift headed uptown to meet up with Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato at the Improv comedy club, where Lovato was hosting a screening party for the premiere of her new Disney Channel series Sonny With a Chance.
So what do these four do when they get together?
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Selena Gomez Not in Tune With Carrie Underwood
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Selena Gomez doesn't exactly agree with Carrie Underwood that celebrities should shut their traps when it comes to politics.
"A lot of people do look up to certain celebrities and will follow in their footsteps," Gomez told me earlier today, adding, "I think you just have to be aware of what you're saying."
Underwood refuses to say who she's backing for prez. "I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate," she explains in the new issue of TV Guide.
Gomez countered, "I'm glad that people are getting involved with the election. This election has been the biggest with celebrities."
Although Gomez can't vote yet because she's only 16, she's thrown herself into this year's election season, encouraging young people to educate themselves on the issues. Most recently, she helped launch UR Votes Count, a nationwide program that asked teens to cast their votes at polling stations set up in 150 malls in 42 states.
So, who are teens going for these days?