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Selena Gomez Rocks Out with a Punk Band

Originally posted 08/27/2009 06:00AM

• Selena Gomez, dancing onstage as Forever the Sickest Kids rocked out at the Vans Warped tour at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Gomez jammed along to "Whoa Oh! (Me vs. Everyone)" with the group while her mom and three of her Wizards of Waverly Place costars looked on. "She was having fun singing," an onlooker says. After the concert, Gomez retreated backstage to hang out with the guys in the band.

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Selena Gomez Is 100 Percent Single

Originally posted 08/05/2009 06:55PM

Is she or isn't she? Selena Gomez talks about her rumored-relationship with Twilight-hottie Taylor Lautner – but says she's currently single.

"Taylor has made me so happy. I didn't know I could be that happy,” says Gomez in September's Seventeen magazine, on sale Aug. 11. "He's a great guy. But I'm 100 percent single, and I'm going keep it that way for a while."

In April, the couple, both 17, were spotted hanging out together in Vancouver while each of them filmed separate movies. Gomez was working on Beezus and Ramona, while Lautner shot New Moon.

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Selena Gomez & Demi Lovato Crash a Prom

Originally posted 06/20/2009 10:35AM

There was no limo or corsage– but that didn't stop Selena Gomez from having the most memorable prom night ever.

The Wizards of Waverly Place star crashed the Etobicoke Collegiate Institute prom on Thursday night, following the premiere of her new Disney Channel movie Princess Protection Program, which also stars her real-life best friend Demi Lovato and debuts June 26.

During a dinner at Toronto's Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, a curious Gomez, 16, snuck out of her own premiere party and strolled around the complex before coming across the Etobicoke prom. She kindly asked the security guard if she could check out the scene and once inside, the Disney Channel star surprised a group of girls dancing in the middle of the floor by rocking out with them for a few songs.

"They were all dancing in a group and having fun," says a witness. "Selena was thrilled to see firsthand what a real prom is like and that her dress was much like the other girl's dresses."

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VIDEO: Selena Gomez Explains Her 'Tough Times' Twitter

Originally posted 06/05/2009 02:30PM

Coming from one of Disney's fresh-faced teen stars, Selena Gomez's recent message on her Twitter page was particularly jarring: "Tough times don't last. Tough people do."

Had she suffered a personal loss? Had she just broken up, as was rumored with Twilight's Taylor Lautner (even though she's never confirmed they were dating to begin with?) Or was it something else?

"No specific reason," Gomez, 16, tells PEOPLE. "We're going through lots of things right now, it was a really wonderful saying, and I hoped my fans could get something out of that, because they might be going through something as well."

Gomez, who stars in the Disney Channel movie Princess Protection Program, airing June 26, says the message came to her from a fan. "I loved that saying. It really spoke to me. It's true. And I had to Tweet about it." – Mike Fleeman

Selena Gomez's New Perspective on Love

Originally posted 05/11/2009 01:55PM

When it comes to romance and relationships, Selena Gomez hopes for the kind of magic found in the movies by her employer, Disney.

"I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess," Gomez tells Teen Vogue in its June edition. "I want the picture-perfect fairy-tale stuff."

With her relationship with Nick Jonas behind her, The Wizards of Waverly Place star, 16, says she has a new perspective about the guys she wants to fall in love with.

"I used to say that I wanted someone cute and nice, an actor too, so he'd get it. But now I think it would be good for me to date someone who's not in the business," Gomez says. "I want someone honest, someone who's very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me."

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