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Perhaps one of the best advocates for menta l hea l th
awareness , the 20-year-o l d former Barney and Fr i ends
star jo i ned up wi th the Di sney camp i n the mi d-2000s and
began tour i ng a l ongs i de the Jonas Brothers before appear i ng
i n movi es l i ke Camp Rock! .
Unfortunate l y, her grue l l i ng schedu l e began tak i ng a to l l . Af ter
punch i ng a fema l e backup dancer i n 2010, Lovato entered a
treatment fac i l i ty where she was d i agnosed wi th b i po l ar
d i sorder . I t was dur i ng her sti nt at the fac i l i ty that she began
dea l i ng wi th her eati ng d i sorder , se l f-muti l ati on and se l f-
med i cati ng i ssues . Fast-forward to today and the ex- judge
of Amer i can X-Factor i s speak i ng open ly about her menta l
hea l th and the importance of get ti ng he l p .
Demi Lovato ’ s fi f th a l bum, Conf i dent i s now i n store
featur i ng h i t s i ng l e Cool For The Summer .
Ha i l ee Ste i nfe l d wi l l a lways be remembered as the 14-year-o l d
actress whose precoc i ous turn i n The Coen Brothers ’ True Gr i t
earned her an Oscar nomi nati on . Af ter a str i ng of successfu l movi es ,
Ste i nfe l d showed of f her s i ng i ng sk i l l s i n Pi tch Per fect 2 , wh i ch i s the
h i ghest-gross i ng comedy mus i ca l of a l l time .
The mu l ti -ta l ented 19-year-o l d star had a cameo i n Tay l or Swi f t ’ s
star-studded Bad Blood vi deo , before fu l fi l l i ng her l ong-he l d
amb i ti on by re l eas i ng her fi rst s i ng l e , Love Yoursel f , l ast year . The
empowerment message of the song was mi s i nterpreted by some ,
l ead i ng to a l ot of questi ons be i ng d i rected at Ste i nfe l d about the
actua l mean i ng of the song . Ste i nfe l d i s cur rent ly busy focus i ng on
her budd i ng s i ng i ng career wh i l e conti nu i ng wi th her acti ng .
Ha i l ee Ste i nfe l d ’ s debut EP, Ha i z has just been re-re l eased wi th a
song ca l l ed Starvi ng as bonus track .
Ni ck Jonas has come a l ong way s i nce h i s days as a teen i do l . As
one th i rd of the tr i o The Jonas Brother back i n 2007 , he was just
the youngest brother wi th moppy ha i r and a charmi ng l y crooked
smi l e . I n 2008, The Jonas Brothers star red i n the Di sney Channe l
Or i g i na l Movi e Camp Rock wi th a then-unknown Demi Lovato . A
l ot has changed i n e i ght years . The band i s now defunct , Lovato i s
one of the most notab l e young pop stars on the p l anet and Jonas
has trans i ti oned i nto fu l l grown man wi th a successfu l so l o career .
Jonas , who was d i agnosed wi th Type I d i abetes at the age of th i rteen ,
deve l oped the Change for the Ch i l dren Foundati on wh i ch a ims to ra i se
money and awareness for d i abetes .
Ni ck Jonas ’ second so l o a l bum Last Year was Compl i cated i s out i n
stores now.
H a i l e e S t e i n f e l d
N i c k J o n a s
D e m i Lovat o