It’s on! Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam -- starring everyone’s favorite brothers -- airs on the Disney Channel on September 3 at 8 p.m. (But of course, you already knew that!) The movie’s soundtrack is already on store shelves (and you probably knew that too!). But you might not know that Camp Rock 2 co-star Demi Lovato and other cast members are joining the Jonas Brothers for a concert tour, which starts in the United States before kicking off the world tour in Mexico in October.

The Jo Bros were anxious to chat with us about their new movie and tour, and we were all ears. …

Girl World Daily: What sets Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam apart from the first Camp Rock film?

Kevin Jonas: The theme of the film is that we’re going back to the camp as counselors, but we find out there’s another camp that was established across the lake. They challenge us to the rights to be the top camp. There are difficulties within our camp, as well as trying to survive with this other camp that’s very close to ours.

Joe Jonas: The first one was about finding yourself -- this time it’s about being able to rely on others, and I think that’s really important.

Girl World Daily: Did you guys write the songs for Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam?

Nick Jonas: We didn’t write any of the songs, but we love the music. We’re excited for the fans to hear it, and we’re excited to play it live this summer. The thing about the music on Camp Rock 2 is that there’s something for everyone -- there’s R&B, hip-hop, pop, rock -- so many different sounds that I think will really attract people to the film. We’re incorporating a lot of songs from Camp Rock 2 into the live show -- one is a duet with Joe and Demi, and one is with the whole cast.

Girl World Daily: What was your most memorable moment during the filming of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam?

Kevin Jonas: I think performing the song “Heart and Soul” -- it’s one of the new songs in the movie -- was a blast. It was really cool because we filmed that back at the old camp, where we filmed the original Camp Rock movie. It was very cool to do that song there, and it was the song that me, Joe and Nick performed together. It was just a really good time.

Joe Jonas: My favorite scene was a water fight. It was pretty fun to film. Everyone got together, and we had a huge water fight. I think there were a few thousand kids that were part of it. I’ve never been a part of something like that, and it was a really cool experience for us.

Sadly, the Disney Channel’s hit TV show “Hannah Montana” is soon coming to an end. But Cody Linley’s career is just heating up. He’s breaking out of the Jake Ryan mold to star in a musical and has big plans for his own album too. Cody is filled with surprises, so he filled us in on a few things you probably didn’t know about him!

1. Cody won’t respond to “Jake.”
“It’s definitely interesting with the girl fans, especially when they call me ‘Jake.’ I never respond to ‘Jake.’ But of course, I stop and say hi to fans.”

2. Working with Miley Cyrus is a gas.
“Larry, the props guy, has a fart machine that he’ll hide every time Miley and I do a kissing scene in front of the audience. He’ll always set the fart machine off, and Miley screams at him!”

3. Music gets Cody totally stoked.
“I’ve been playing guitar for five years. I sing and write a lot of music about my family, my friends, the world -- everything gives me inspiration. It comes from inside of me. My girlfriend really likes it when I serenade her.”

4. Cody believes in love at first sight.
“I met my girlfriend at a party. The second I saw her, I knew she was the one for me. I pursued her for a month or two before she was like, ‘All right, you’re for real. Let’s be boyfriend and girlfriend.’”

5. Disney stars are Cody’s BFFs.
“Other Disney stars Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and Demi Lovato are some of my closest friends. Roshon Fegan, Miley Cyrus and Emily Osment -- they’re all really close to me. I care about them. We talk to each other a lot. Anna Maria, Roshon and I go bowling. I go over to Miley’s house all the time, and I just went to Demi’s birthday party.”

Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Caius, and Edi Gathegi, who portrays Laurent, in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (dropping in a few days on DVD) have been out on the prowl. We caught up with the pair. In the flesh.

Girl World Daily: Give us some dish on your New Moon co-stars Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson.

Edi: They’re wild and crazy kids. Honestly, I don’t know anything about the rumors we get asked about all the time just because I don’t pry.

GWD: So tell us something we’d be surprised to hear about each of them.

Edi: Kristen is just wonderfully sophisticated at such a young age. I was entirely impressed by her maturity. And Rob is funny. Do you guys know that?

Jamie: He’s also made entirely of glass. He’s a very fragile human.

GWD: And totally transparent?

Jamie: Yeah, exactly, completely. No, he’s lovely. He’s really sweet, and it must be tough for them with the whole fan thing that goes on that surrounds their lives. It must be difficult.

Edi: There’s a collective consciousness when you put a lot of 14-year-olds in a room. They just get wild. It’s like a little frenzy!

 

GWD: Were you ever into vampires?

Edi: No, not at all. Actually, I was opposed to them. I think the vampire world goes in and out of fashion. It’s always been there, but right now it’s back in fashion.

GWD: Do you believe in the supernatural?

Edi: Not readily, but there’ve been times where I felt like I’ve seen a ghost since I can’t quite explain what that actually was. But I don’t think about it all the time -- it’s a dark road to go down.

Jamie: I don’t know if I believe in ghosts so much as that sometimes one can feel a presence. People say, “I’m scared of the dark,” but I don’t think it’s the dark they’re scared of -- it’s what could be hiding in the dark.

We seriously don’t know one girl who isn’t gaga over Zac Efron. Our fave leading man goes back to school for his new flick 17 Again, but it’s a far cry from East High. In this “you don't know what you’ve got till it’s gone” comedy, Zac flexes his funny bone and…well, we'll let him fill ya in on the rest.

Q: In the film, your character, Mike, goes back in time to relive his “glory days.” Now that you’re 21, what would you love to relive from the year you were 17?

A: I remember so many good times. Me and five of my very close friends had an improv troupe, and we traveled across the country to perform in competitions. Also, I was doing speech and debate when I was 17. That was very fun. The highlight was probably taking second place at Berkeley, which is a pretty big competition.

Q: When Mike first goes back to high school, he’s kind of dorky and doesn’t fit in. Have you ever felt that way in real life?

A: Completely. High school is one of those weird times in your life when you become hyperaware of where you are in the social hierarchy. It was my sophomore year when I realized I wasn’t at all the coolest kid in school. I didn’t want to be -- I was more focused on grades and things like that. I had my core group of friends, and we were inseparable.

Q: Matthew Perry of TV’s Friends fame plays the older version of your character. Did you find yourself mimicking him, or did you keep your character separate?

A: A little of both. Definitely the hardest thing to imagine was what Matthew would have been like as a 17-year-old, and that was fun to figure out. Talking with him on set, I got the feeling all his amazing wit and incredible timing and trademark smirk would have been more animated as a teenager, so that was the creative license to do an off version of Matthew. That’s what I did. I kind of just hung out with him, got a sense of his personality.

17 Again opens in the United States on April 17, 2009.

In case you haven’t heard the name, Celtic Thunder is a group of five male vocalists from Ireland who belt out traditional Irish tunes, as well as some originals and modern classics -- and they’re rapidly gaining popularity. We caught up with Damian, the youngest cutie of the clan, as he and his bandmates storm the States.

Ireland Calling
Celtic Thunder is nearing the end of a 48-city concert tour, and Damian is just a tad homesick. Still, he takes the time to phone us up for a chat between calls to his home in Northern Ireland. He misses his family and friends. And he misses his girlfriend Jenna. “I talk to her every few days,” he tells us. “But at the moment, I’m really enjoying my time out here. The tour is ending Dec. 17, then I go home, and I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone.”

Lightning-fast Blast
Damian won’t be home for long before hitting the road again in March 2009. The current tour kicked off in October 2008 at the world-famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City. “My family came to the Radio City show, and it was their first experience of America. It’s kind of weird that their first experience was to see me perform. Our first performance was in Dublin, but we’re focused on America for now. If all goes well, we’ll end up in Europe eventually. Some of the other guys have toured, previous to this, to places such as Germany, Belgium and Canada.”

Doin’ Some Damage
Flash forward to the next evening after our phone call….Celtic Thunder is onstage -- another show, another packed arena. And Damian is a standout. Girls in the audience shriek when he steps out onto the stage for solos, particularly during his rendition of ’70s pop hit “Puppy Love.” The adult men of the group look polished in their tailored suits and shiny dress shoes, while Damian is endearingly disheveled. His Converse sneakers peer out from beneath the hem of his baggy dress pants, a left shoelace slightly untied, his white collared shirt not quite tucked in all the way. While the other singers switch up their outfits frequently throughout the show, Damian does only one wardrobe change: For the encore act, he wears a skirt. (OK, it’s a kilt.)

Storm Chasers
One might mistake this for a Jonas Brothers event, as a slew of lucky fans are lined up after the performance for a meet-and-greet with Damian and Keith Harkin, the 23-year-old hottie of the group. Girls are giddy with excitement, clutching their CDs and waiting for Sharpie signatures and snapshots. Outside the venue, another crowd accumulates, hoping to get a glimpse of the guys as they board their tour bus before heading to another city. Next!

The Forecast
We meet up with Damian backstage, and he’s every bit as charming in person. And he’s even cuter close up than he appeared from our seats in the arena. He had told us on the phone how important his education is to him, in case the music doesn’t take off for the long haul, but he says, “A hundred percent, I want to be a singer all my life.” We certainly predict a long-running musical career for this dynamo from Derry, whose charged-up performance ended with a standing ovation.