Following her morning press duties, that included a stop at “Live with Regis and Kelly,” Selena Marie Gomez took advantage of her free time with a shopping spree in New York City on Tuesday (June 16).
The 16-year-old starlet, best known for playing Alex Russo on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place, was joined by her cousin Priscilla DeLeon, for a little bit of retail therapy. The Disney sweetheart shopped the A|X summer collection at the Armani Exchange in Soho, before rushing off to a taping of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
Meanwhile, Miss Gomez and gal pal Demi Lovato, are promoting “Princess Protection Program,” and recently spoke with People Magazine about their friendship.
Demi stated, “I’m very protective of our friendship. I think I’d be like, ‘You can have him, because I don’t want to ruin our friendship.’ Then she’d be like, ‘No, you can have him,’ and then we’d end up not liking him.”
Selena added, “I’ve cut out the people who I don’t need in my life. I realized I should surround myself with people who make me smile.”
Princess Protection Program is a hilarious and heartwarming royal reality check when the lovely Rosalinda, Lovato enters the Princess Protection Program and moves in with her new cousin Carter, Gomez, a total tomboy.
In an unexpected role reversal, the worlds of royalty and roughing-it collide and Rosie learns how to act like an everyday girl and Carter finds her own inner princess. Once they discover what they have in common, they prove that best friends really are 4ever....
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SELENA MARIA GOMEZ
1. Selena Gomez was named after the singer Selena
2. Gomez began her acting career at the age of seven, playing Gianna in the children's television series Barney & Friends.
3. Gomez had a voice-over role as the Mayor's 96 daughters in Horton Hears a Who!
4. On October 30, 2008, TV Guide reported that Gomez had launched a production company, July Moon Productions.
5. Gomez is the ambassador of Do Something.org after being involved with the charity Island Dog, which help dogs in Puerto Rico. Gomez got involved while she was filming Wizards of Waverly Place: the Movie in Puerto Rico.