Meet Luke Benward and Leah Lewis, the new faces of Madison High!

You might recognize Luke from Minutemen – he played Charlie. The 15-year-old actor will play Devin Daniels, a motocross racer looking for a new hobby.

Leah, 14, will be playing Peyton Hall, a formerly home-schooled tennis champion. Leah actually has a 4 1/2 octave range! Can’t wait to hear her sing!

G Hannelius has also snagged a role as Wednesday Malone, a precocious starlet in the making — that, we can see!

And get excited, Ms. Darbus is back! Alyson Reed will be reprising her High School Musical role, relocating from East to Madison High.

At Madison High, the students embark on a journey of self discovery while trying to build a revolutionary theatre program under the tutelage of Ms. Darbus. She casts a diverse troupe of both seasoned and raw actors to create an original musical production based on their lives.

Production on the pilot begins in March in consideration for a Disney Channel series to premiere in early 2012. The series will also four original songs.

Stay tuned to JJJ to see who will play Cherry O’Keefe, Colby Baker and Harvey Flynn.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the new cast of Madison High?

Happy Birthday to all the Holiday babies! Find out who else celebrated their birthday this week:

Although she had a party the week before, Jojo turned 20 on Monday (December 20).

Twilight star and 100 Monkeys frontman Jackson Rathbone turned 26 on Tuesday (December 21).

Wednesday (December 22) was a big day for birthdays! Jordin Sparks (21), Ali Lohan (17), G Hannelius (12), Brooke Nevin (28) and Logan Huffman (21) were all born on that day.

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle turned 20 on Thursday (December 23).

The Veronicas — Jessica and Lisa Origliasso — turn 26 on Christmas Day (December 25)!

Following up on their successful Toy Story and Toy Story 2 rap, on-screen siblings G Hannelius and Leo Howard are rapping up another song for Toy Story 3.

Toy Story 3, which hits DVD shelves TOMORROW, November 2nd, boasts tons of bonus features. Check them out below:

– Day & Night: The innovative and entertaining short from the imagination of Pixar artist and director Teddy Newton. Plus a making of featurette.
– Beyond the Toybox: an alternative commentary track featuring leads from story, tech, art and animation – commentary by story supervisor Jason Katz, supervising technical director Guido Quaroni, production designer Bob Pauley and supervising animators Bobby Podesta and Michael Venturini (BD-exclusive)
– Toys!: A closer look at all of Toy Story 3′s beloved toys from updating the classic characters to the creation of the Sunnyside Daycare and Bonnie’s Room toys.
– Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs – The Science of Adventure: Produced in conjunction with NASA, this hybrid animation documentary of Buzz’s visit to the International Space Station focuses on research in zero gravity and Buzz’s triumphant return to Earth.

Psst, Disney/Pixar is also offering up a Toy Story Box Collection which comes with all three movies with commentary and all of the behind-the-scenes extras you want!

G Hannelius gets sandwiched in by Tiffany Thornton and Demi Lovato in this new still from Sonny With A Chance.

In the upcoming episode “Dakota’s Revenge,” When Tawni (Thornton) accidentally runs over Dakota’s (Hannelius) new bike, she and Sonny (Lovato) recruit Izzy (Richard Libertini), the wacky prop master, for help but he refuses his assistance until they bring him Dakota’s bell.

Meanwhile, Grady (Doug Brochu) and Nico (Brandon Smith) set out to wreak havoc on Chad’s (Sterling Knight) gift to Dakota, a song he wrote and plans to sing.

“Dakota’s Revenge” premieres Sunday, November 14 @ 9PM ET/PT on Disney Channel. 20+ pics inside… More Here! »

Just look how cute Den Brother‘s Bumblebee troop are with our JJJ coasters!

Starring G Hannelius, Kiara Muhammad, Haley Tju, Kelly Gould and Taylar Hender, the upcoming DCOM premieres NEXT WEEK!

JJJ got a chance to sit down with the ultra-busy girls on the set of the movie earlier this year and they dished just how much they loved costar Kelsey Chow, being a part of a Girl Scouts-esque troop was and what to expect from the film. Check it:

Kelly (Rachel) on being a Girl Scout in real life: “I am a Girl scout. I’m a junior. I love my troop and I had to take time away to film the movie but they’re all missing me very much I’m sure. But I love Girl Scouts so much and a lot of people here have been asking me, ‘In real girls scout what would you call this’ or ‘Do you actually do this in girls scouts?’ I’ve actually sold a bunch of girls scout cookies while I’ve been here. I think I would like to have the Bumblebee’s badge scout you have to do a bunch of easy things and a bunch of hard things together. You have to do all different things and so I think it would be a little easier to be a Bumblebee than a girls scout.”

G (Emily) on working with ‘big brother’ Hutch Dano: “Hutch is amazing. He is hilarious as Haley said and he’s really nice to work with and I really do think we formed a brother sister bond during the movie. We have a lot in common. We like to listen to the same types of music. We both like to listen to Eminem actually. We’re always on our iPods listening to that and our heads bobbing.”

(Click inside for more of JJJ‘s mini-interview with the Bumblebees…) More Here! »

G Hannelius and her Bumble Bee best friends cheer on Hutch Dano in the brand-new trailer for their new DCOM, Den Brother!

In the upcoming made-for-TV movie, Alex Pearson (Dano) is avid high school hockey player who seeking the attention of Matisse Burrows (Kelsey Chow), the most attractive girl in school. But after showing off at one his games and getting suspended for it, his father demands that he babysits his sister’s (Hannelius) Bumble Bee troop.

Check back soon for what the Bumble Bee Troop told JJJ about the illusive Mrs. Zamboni!

Den Brother premieres Friday, August 13 on Disney Channel.

Check out Hutch Dano in his official Bumble Bee Den Mother uniform!

Den Brother follows Alex Pearson (Dano) is a typical teenager with a love for hockey (and girls), who wants nothing more than to go out on a date with his beautiful classmate, Matisse Burrows (Kelsey Chow), and land a spot on the coveted All Star hockey team.

When he ruins his chances of making it onto the All Star Team by getting suspended for showboating during a game, Alex’s disappointed father, Professor Pearson, makes him repent for his wrongdoing by delegating him to babysit his younger sister Emily (G Hannelius) and assigning him overdue chores.

Alex soon finds himself doing more than his fair share of babysitting and reluctantly winds up as Emily’s unofficial Bumble Bee troop leader after her troop’s den mother suddenly resigns. Now Alex is in charge of leading the elementary school-aged troop made of up Emily and four of her closest friends – Abigail, Ursula, Tina and Rachel and must hide the fact that they don’t really have a den mother anymore.

Den Brother is set to premiere later this summer. 20+ pics inside…

More Here! »