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Kickin' It Star Leo Howard

Leo Howard – a name most are not familiar with.

But beware, because over the next few years you’re going to hear a lot about this 14-year-old extraordinary young man.

Let’s start with the basics:

Leo Howard was born on July 13, 1997 in Newport Beach California and lives near San Diego today.

From a young age Leo was fascinated by the martial arts, karate and kobudo and has studied the arts since he was just a child.

Today, Leo is a black belt master in the field of karate, Shorei Ru, and Wu Shu, and has stunned audiences since he was just 8-years-old with his karate, martial arts, and stunt skills.

Watch Leo do a Karate kobudo Demonstration


Leo’s acting career started when he was just 8-years-old with a small role as the front desk clerk in the television documentary “Camp Hollywood”.

From there, Leo got his big break on the TV series “Monk” playing the role of a young karate expert. From that one appearance, Leo Howard’s acting career took off.

Black Belt Karate Master

His mix of acting ability combined with his karate expertise is amazing, and producers and talent scouts took notice and started beating down his door.

2009 was a breakout year for Leo as he appeared in six different movie and TV projects that propelled him into a fast track Hollywood vocation.

First was the movie “Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure” about a lovable Australian dog who embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear.

Next was the movie “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” working alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller and Dennis Quaid – a story about an elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe that takes on an evil organization led by a disreputable arms dealer. Leo performed all of his own stunts and impressed the director and audiences alike.

With two movies under his black belt, Leo completed his third movie titled “Shorts” working with Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, and James Spader.

“Shorts” told the story of a young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock that causes pandemonium in the town of Black Falls and the jealous kids and cunning adults that try to steal it from him.

“Shorts” was the big break for Leo and showed he could hold his own in a large movie project. But his celebrity status was just starting to be noticed.

Disney got wind of Leo and cast him in his own show in 2009 called “Leo Little’s Big Show” where he appeared in thirteen episodes about him and his sister Amy who host a show about Disney stars, shows, and movies from their family room.

After appearing in two episodes of “Zeke and Luther” about two best friends who want to become the world's greatest skateboarders, Leo was hired for his first starring role in the movie “Logan”, about two brothers who have their minds set on an impossible task.

Watch Leo Howard in "Logan" Movie Trailer


“Logon” showed Hollywood that Leo had the staying power to not only carry a feature length movie but also work the long hours necessary for a television series while performing action sequences and his own stunts at the same time. Leo Howard was becoming a star.

But his big big Hollywood break came in 2011 when the Disney XD network cast Leo in the role of Jake in the network’s karate action TV series “Kickin’ It” working with Hanna Montana veteran actor Jason Earles.

The series is set at the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy - a strip mall martial arts studio and the worst dojo in the nationwide Bobby Wasabi chain.

The plot revolves around a motley crew of endearing misfit teens who welcome a hotshot skateboarder named Jack who teaches them about life, karate, and how to just plain kick it.

Watch Leo in "Kickin' It" Interview


“Kickin’ It” was one of Disney’s highest rated new shows and forever cemented Leo’s star on Hollywood.

Leo also scored a major role as the young Conan in director Marcus Nispel’s “Conan the Barbarian” where again he performed all his stunts and karate moves while in heavy movie makeup and shirtless barbarian period costumes.

“Conan” tells of the quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the warrior but soon turns into an epic battle against colossal rivals, horrifying monsters, and impossible odds.

Watch "Conan" Movie Trailer


It’s clear that at only 14-years-old Leo Howard is going to be around for a long time. His combination of acting, humor, martial arts, karate, and teen idol appeal along with the marketing might of Disney tells us his star has just began to rise over Hollywood.

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Video - Bill O'Reilly vs. Jon Stewart – Who Do You Think Won?

Last night we got to witness two American icons going head to head.

This has only happened one other time in cable television history.

Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”, and poppa bear Bill O’Reilly, host of Fox’s “O’Reilly Factor”, faced of last night to discuss the invitation of rapper Common as a White House Guest.

Stewart accused Bill, and Fox News Channel, of creating a controversy for ratings, and O’Reilly… well, we’re not sure what Bill was trying to argue.

When O’Reilly actually let Stewart speak, there was enough hypocrisy to go around for everyone.

So, instead of giving you a blow by blow we’ll just let you watch the video and form your own opinion.

Personal Note:

InfoStar’s only bias is….. wait for it…… We hate Bill O’Reilly and the entire family at Fox News – other than that we feel we can be fair and balanced.

Watch Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly Interview about Common




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Is Demi Lovato Dating Justin Bieber? What Happened To Demi’s Twitter Page?

Demi Lovato has been romantically linked with a number of people including Trace Cyrus and Joe Jonas, but now Demi is taking a chance with a younger man, 16 year old Justin Bieber.


Could this be a match made in heaven? A source told Life & Style, “She’s not shy about talking about their relationship. Demi said Justin was very mature for his age.”

The source continued, “She was shocked at what a good kisser he was.”

Despite rumors of a relationship with Justin Bieber, Lovato, 18, recently twitted that she was engaged and quickly retracted the rumor, saying it was just a ‘joke.’ Now her Twitter page – @ddlovato – has went blank and gives off the error message Sorry! That Page Doesn’t Exist.. Some people think that her Twitter page was hacked, while others believe it was her choice to quit the social networking website.

What are your thoughts on Demi Lovatos’s love connection with Justin Bieber and her missing Twitter page? Do you think she’s abandoned the internet to pursue a secret love with Justin Bieber?

Justin Bieber to Embarrass Major League Baseball

In 2007 the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez announced he was opting out of his contract during Game 4 of the World Series, and a lot of people got mad that A-Rod was taking attention away from baseball. Well, that particular contentious incident will seem like a mere trifle compared to what's going down Saturday: Before Game 3 between the Giants and Rangers, during Fox's preshow, Justin Bieber will be premiering his music video for "Never Say Never." (The video was shot at Angels Stadium, and in it Bieber "sports gear from both teams.") But here's the problem: Once that level of advanced Bieber entertainment is introduced to impressionable baseball viewers, will anyone even bother sticking around to watch the inevitable let-down of a game? Expect all-time World Series ratings lows, MLB. 

Justin Bieber overjoys fans in Ontario on Sunday

Just before the last song of Justin Bieber's main set in Ontario, while the teen idol slipped into position to magically appear amid billowing fog at the keys of a white baby grand, the DJ in his band shouted out a question to the fans that filled almost every seat of Citizen's Business Bank Arena on Sunday.
A simple query – "Who came here to fall in love with Justin Bieber tonight!?!?" – that produced the most deafening screams from a crowd made up mostly of daughters and moms who were predisposed to shriek at the slightest provocation.

Justin takes his jacket off – pandemonium! Toddler Justin sings the ABC song in a home-movie video montage – ecstasy! Justin points to the fans on one side of the arena – they roar! – and then the opposite – they roar more!
All of which makes the Bieb, who plays at Honda Center in Anaheim on Wednesday, bulletproof to criticism. Fans of the 16-year-old love him so blindly that if you point out a flaw – perhaps that his vocals can sometimes sound over-processed or thin – fans just don't care.
So let's start this thing off by noting the obvious: If you bought a ticket to this show, you almost certainly went home overjoyed by what you got in the course of 19 songs and 90 minutes, a show that featured Bieber singing and dancing and floating above the arena, home movies and family photos, and two guest turns by Jaden Smith, the Karate Kid himself.
The show opened with "Love Me," a typically catchy Bieber pop song that cleverly co-opts the Cardigans' "Lovefool" for the chorus, and found the pint-sized pop star marching in formation with his backup dancers, before dispatching them all with mock martial arts moves.
After noting that Ontario, Calif,. was founded by people from Ontario, Canada, where he comes from, Bieber slowed things down for a ballad, "U Smile," which had every girl in the arena singing along on its chorus of "When you smile I smile."
The set design offered plenty of room for Bieber to move around, with a second-floor ramp above the band and platforms jutting out to either side. But the big showpiece props were a handful of metal cages in which he floated over the arena floor, bringing the Bieber to the people.
The first one arrived early in the show, when he climbed into a heart-shaped contraption and, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, sang "Never Let You Go" and "Favorite Girl" while slowly gliding midway over the floor. Do we need to tell you that the fans screamed deliriously? No, we do not.
After coming back to earth, Bieber invited a fan onstage to serenade during "One Less Lonely Girl," complete with roses and a hug, sang "Overboard" as a duet with Jessica Jarrell, and – after announcing his motto as "Never Say Never," sang that song, complete with ninja backup dancers and a guest rap by Jaden Smith, star of "The Karate Kid," which used a Justin-Jaden duet on the soundtrack.
The pacing occasionally flagged – there were at least three video interludes, including tons of Bieber baby photos and a public service announcement not to text and drive, mostly to allow Bieber time to change clothes. And the band and sound mix sometimes overwhelmed his vocals, which don't come nearly as sweetly sung as in their studio versions. But then you have to remember the kid is just 16 years old, selling out arenas and clearly giving millions of fans exactly what they want.
The night wrapped up with a burst of energy: opening act Sean Kingston, whose set was very well received, came back to duet on "Eenie Meenie" before an encore of "Speaking In Tongues" – Bieber's unlikely rap song – and finally the big hit, "Baby," which sent all those little girls (and maybe their mothers, too), home with one more romantic sigh for their boyish heartthrob.

Bieber exacted revenge on enemy by trolling fans

Justin Bieber sent out a simple tweet that says “”Everyone call me 248-417-5346 or text” to his 4.5 million followers and sure enough, the over-excited fans tried to call and sent text messages to the number. The problem was that it wasn’t his number, instead it belonged to his online “enemy” Kevin Kristopik who hacked into Bieber’s best friend twitter account earlier this year and got hold of his personal number.

Kristopik received over 26,000 texts and he had to cancel his number and delete his twitter account. Though it was a naughty move because he was using his popularity (and fans) to get his revenge, it was kinda slick because not many of other boys can do that.

Anyway, I have a feeling this won’t stop and Bieber has created himself an arch-nemesis and given his unpopularity with teenage boys, he has made more enemies now who will try to top this act.

The following video was posted by Kristopik showing how his phone was jammed with messages from Bieber’s fans.