Tiffany Thornton stars in Disney’s Sonny With A Chance. Every day this week Girl2Watch will showcase custom content such as Fun Facts, Inside Scoop on the Show, and other great stories including this fascinating bit that explores how the Disney stars support each other in the face of crazed fans.

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Celebrities are in the spotlight and people look up to us, but at times people can say very hurtful things. We’re not super-human, and things can hurt our feelings. I recently I took a Twitter break because fans say really mean things on there. I don’t know why Miley Cyrus doesn’t have a Twitter any more, I’m not sure why, but I think that the fans need to understand that we’re human too, and if you don’t like us, if you don’t like my music or if you don’t like the way I act, that’s totally fine. I don’t expect everyone to like me. I don’t expect everyone to think that I’m talented in certain areas. People have different tastes. But keep it to yourself. If you’re going to put out energy towards something, put out energy for something positive or don’t put it out at all, because all it does is tear other people down.

There’s days when I call Demi Lovato and I’m crying and I’m like, “Listen, this fan said something that was just really rude.” And she’s like, “I know. It happens to me all the time and there’s just people out there that do that.” It does come with the territory. We expect it, but I’m lucky to have people like Demi in my life and Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus and friends that go through the same thing that I can talk to about it, and they can give me advice and vice versa.

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Hometown: College Station, Texas

Sign: Aquarius

High School: A&M Consolidated freshman to junior year, Village Christian for senior year.

College: none YET

First Role: one line on Arrested Development

Current Role: Tawni Hart on Sonny With A Chance

Hair color: blonde

Favorite Three TV Shows: Top Chef, Criminal Minds, Modern Family

Favorite Three Movies: 300, The Scent of a Woman, Sex and the City the Movie

Favorite Music: I like all different types of music but not techno. My favorite group of all time is Boyz 2 Men

Favorite Books: The Shack by William P. Young and Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

Favorite Food: Italian and Tex-Mex

Favorite Car: Aston Martin

Favorite Charity: Ronald McDonald House and anything pertaining to the Children’s Hopsital

Favorite Word: antidisestablishmentarianism

Favorite Designer: BCBG Max Azria

Unique Talent: I can cross one eye at a time haha

Guilty Pleasure: Crime shows, I love them all. They always suck me in and I end up watching too many then I get freaked out because it shows how crazy people can be.

Favorite Shoe: NIKE Zoom

Favorite Day Outfit: a cute sundress from Urban Outfitters

Favorite Night Outfit: A great dress from BCBG or top with jeans. I like to wear black at night, it makes me feel sophisticated and pretty.

Favorite Vacation Place: going back to Texas to see my family.

Favorite Male Feature: good teeth

Favorite Guy Car: Dodge Challenger

Favorite Gift from a guy to her: anything sentimental, it doesn’t have to be expensive

Describe in one word:

• Your first crush – I’m sure I was like seven years old so…..adorable? hehe

• Your first love – ah Jake, he was awesome. Still one of my best friends.

Three Word Answers, when was the last time you:

• cried- leaving my nephew in Tx.

• laughed- every 10 minutes

• rejoiced- all the time. God is good

Disney Interactive Studios just released Disney Sing It: Pop Hits earlier this month and JJJ was lucky enough to chat with Tiffany Thornton, who hosts the Sing It Pro feature, to chat about the game.

The 23-year-old Sonny starlet dished to us on her warm-up routines, having her songs on the game on day and the super-cool features on the game. Check it out below and be sure to check back soon for a special giveaway!

On the Sing It Pro mode and exercises on the game: “On the game, there’s a lot of great ways that you can warm up. It’s in the expanded mode and there’s a part called Sing It Pro. You learn how to harmonize and breathing as well. It’s actually a great tool. It will get you hitting the notes in your range and get a chance to practice your breathing. It also helps you get ready before you get ready before you go onto the songs. But most importantly, it’s going from the low notes to the high notes to make sure you’ve gotten warmed up. It’s a real person there, myself (laughs). There’s no avatars or cartoon figures. It’s me — you’re hearing me talk and telling you how to do certain things. It’s cool because it gives kids something to relate to.”

On vocal exercises that she uses: “I use a lot on the Sing It Pro. Sliding is also a great exercise, it’s great to warm up your voice so you can keep it smooth. Reminding yourself of the harmonies of certain notes is important because a lot of times as singers — we do our own harmonizing and our songs. So warming up is very important.”

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SELENA GOMEZ, DEBBY RYAN and TIFFANY THORNTON visit Jake at the premiere party for SELENA GOMEZ & THE SCENE’S album KISS & TELL!

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Disney star Tiffany Thornton sings the classic “Some Day My Prince Will Come” on the spectacular new release of Disney’s very first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a two=DVD set with both Blu-Ray and regular DVDs and a lot of extras, including a sneak peek at the upcoming “Princess and the Frog.” I got a chance to talk to Tiffany about what it feels like to take on a song that is so well-known.

How did you get involved with this project?

I did the song “Let it Go” for “Hatching Pete,” but I was more rapping, and then I did a song for DisneyMania called “If I Ever Knew You,” and I hope I impressed them enough that they were willing to give me the opportunity to do this, and they flew out a producer from Nashville named Mark Hammond who was incredible to work with. I’m blessed to have been given the opportunity. I love this song because it’s not like a techno twist which is what you do a lot of times when you want to amp up a song that was originally a ballad. It has the ballad but also a mid-tempo, almost an up-tempo feel when it kicks in, so I hope people will enjoy that.

This is one of the classic Disney songs. How do you make it yours?

Mark did such a great job reconstructing the song. I’m really going to give him all the credit. He knew how to bring my voice out, get it to sound ethereal and princess-like but also to sound also like myself. I’m from Texas so I have that country thing in my voice going on. And I do all the background vocals, the harmonies and all of that stuff.

What is the most fun thing about singing for you?

The honest of it, really. I love acting and singing so much and could never pick one. With acting it’s fun to pretend to be someone else and that’s awesome, it’s like playing dress-up. But with singing, it’s you, being vulnerable, putting this voice out there, knowing people may criticize you and ridicule you. Because people are like that with music. Music is very expressive for a lot of people. I went through a break-up a few months ago and I was listening to Taylor Swift saying “Were you in the room when we were talking about that? How do you know all those things?” Music is really close to my heart and I just want to make sure people can feel that when I sing.

And who besides Taylor Swift is on your iPod?

Demi [Lovato]’s album that just came out, Here We Go Again, is incredible. I listen to her song “Got Dynamite” every time I go to the gym. And “World of Chances” which she wrote with John Mayer is a great song. At my photo shoot yesterday I listened to a lot of Carrie Underwood. And I love James Morrison and The Script, Matt Nathanson. I love those gritty guy voices. And Sara Bareilles I think is amazing.

If you could do any Disney song next, what would it be?

“Once Upon a Dream” from “Sleeping Beauty.”

When did you know you wanted to be a performer?

From day one! We put on performances in my front yard. I was always wanting to be in the spotlight. I made up songs, I wanted to be a cheerleader.

I was super-into really powerful singers. My mom and I jammed out to BeBe & CeCe Winans, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston. I’m not a singer because I’m on a Disney show; I’m a singer because God gave me a gift and I want to share it with the world.

And so what’s next?

I’m going to be singing a duet with Kermit the Frog in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade!

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I have to say, that Tiffany Thornton is on the top of my list of favorite people I have interviewed. She was fun, so down-to-earth, has a heart of gold and I could tell that she loves life and loves what she is doing.

I spoke with her last month since she is featured on the “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition” Blu-ray, singing “Some Day My Prince Will Come” and in the music video. The video is great! She sounds amazing, looks amazing and I think Disney made the right choice in choosing Tiffany Thornton for this song.

We chatted about Sonny with a Chance, Snow White, her music and so many other things. Here’s Tiffany!

Disney Society: How did you get started in acting?

Tiffany: I went to a big competition called IMTA a few years ago and that’s how I met my agent, who I am still with.

Disney Society: What was your very first job?

Tiffany: My first job was a national Singular Wireless commercial. Yeah, it was a long time ago.

Disney Society: Sonny with a Chance is a BIG DC hit! Tell me about landing the role as Tawnie.

Tiffany: I auditioned for it. It was actually a pretty quick process for me. I think they had been looking to fill that role for awhile and they brought me in last minute. Originally they had the character at 14, so they wrote the character a little bit older towards the ends of the process, since they weren’t able to find anyone. So, I auditioned on a Tuesday, got a call back on Thursday, did a table read on Friday and started Monday morning with filming the pilot. So, for me it was a pretty quick process.

Disney Society: How are you and Tawnie alike and how are you different?

Tiffany: Well, Tawnie is very brave and bold and she tells everyone how she feels and doesn’t hold back. I tell people how I feel. I am very honest with my friends. So we have that in common, but Tawnie doesn’t really know when to not say things and I do know how to do that. So, we are different in that way. And she likes to put together a bunch of different colors…too much color I think. That’s really not my personal taste. I don’t wear that much color at one time.

Disney Society: You have some amazing lines as Tawnie. They are so funny!

Tiffany: Thanks! We have some amazing writers from Saturday Night Live and our executive producers have done so much. We are very fortunate to have such great people behind us.
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Radio Disney is again looking for the “Next Big Thing.”

The new 10-week edition of the talent search introduces five artists age 12 to 17 vying for a singles record deal with Disney Music Group. The first singer will be featured Sept. 23 as part of the daily feature.

Radio Disney says listeners will be able to watch and vote for their favorite at RadioDisney.Com. The singers are also being showcased in Disney Channel promotional spots hosted by Tiffany Thornton of the TV series “Sonny With a Chance.”

On Radio Disney, the “Next Big Thing” will feature interviews with the singers and in-studio performances.

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Tiffany Thornton plays Tawni Hart on Sonny With a Chance, and she’s singing Someday My Prince Will Come on the Diamond Edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves! I had the chance to talk with Tiffany bout how she got started in the industry and her upcoming music projects.

JC: Tell me about singing ‘Someday My Prince Will Come’
I got to record the song and do the music video, and it was really neat to be a part of that. I had done a song for Hatching Pete called Let It Go but that was more like rapping. I worked with an amazing producer named Mark Hammond on this song. He really knows how to get my voice out of me. He was amazing to work with. It was really awesome to have that opportunity granted to me from Disney.

JC: How did you get that role?
They approached me about Disney Mania and they called my manager and said they said they wanted me involved and said she’d be great for it.

JC: Do you have any other music projects in the works?
I do! I just did a song for Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure and that just came out yesterday, so that was really cool. I’m also going to be singing a duet with Kermit the Frog at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year. I’m also singing in Miami at their Thanksgiving parade like five days before Thanksgiving.

I’m also in the studio writing and recording a bunch of my own stuff, so hopefully someday in the next year I can put out an album!

JC: How did you get your start in acting?
I went through a competition called IMTA and that is how I met my agent, who is still my agent. I’ve been with him now for seven years.

JC: Tell me about your audition process for Sonny with a Chance.
Well, I heard that they looked for Tawni for like a year and couldn’t find her, because originally she was supposed to be fourteen on the show, and I didn’t look fourteen, so that was a no go. Then a year after, the casting director was like ‘I’m bringing this girl in. She’s not fourteen, but, I’m bringing her in because she’s good.’

I auditioned on a Tuesday, I had my call-back on a Wednesday, I had the network test on Thursday, and we had our table read for the show on Friday – because we were filming on Monday!

For me, it was a super quick process and fortunately I did well enough to book the part. But I always get nervous at auditions, I think it’s good. It’s healthy.

JC: What has been your favorite role thus far?
I have to say Tawni has been my favorite because it’s on a consistent basis and I get to play a whole bunch of different characters within that character.

JC: What is your dream role?
Well I love Kristin Chenoweth. I think she’s absolutely amazing so I would try to be Glinda in Wicked, which is on Broadway, and I don’t know that I’m anywhere near good enough yet, but that’s something that’s in the back of my mind always.

I love film, but I kind of want to be Kelly Ripa and have a morning talk show!

JC: Who have you liked working with?
When I did 8 Simple Rules… For Dating My Teenage Daughter, James Garner was playing the grandfather on that show, and I just remember that I had seen him in the Notebook and a bunch of work he had done. I was so impressed by him and the real-ness he brings to his character.

I was so excited, and I remember we were getting for one scene. We were all sitting around and sitting down at the table and he’s like ‘You can have my seat.’ James Garner offered to stand, and I thought that was so cool.

JC: Have you ever been star struck when you go on set or at the award shows?
I don’t really get star struck, I guess when you’re in the industry you’re just surrounded by the people all the time. But I did see Lisa Kudrow on the Bandstand red carpet and she’s amazing. She’s just so talented and it was really cool to see her.

One time I was driving in LA and I stopped at a stop light. I looked over and Justin Timberlake is in his 7 Series Bimmer just like next to me, in his car. So that was a little moment for me I guess!

JC: Who are your role models?
I think Reba McEntire is a great role model. I’ve never heard a bad thing about her. She’s funny, she’s talented, she’s honest. In all her interviews you can feel that she’s a good person.

JC: Do you have any celebrity crushes?
Oh my goodness. Well, I just was watching Florida State and Christian Ponder, their quarterback, is so hot!

JC: Do you have any advice for fans looking to get into the industry?
It’s so important to follow your dreams, but also be realistic about those dreams. Be prepared. I know so many people who have moved to LA and New York and don’t have an agent, don’t have a manager, don’t have anything lined up. They just go out on a whim, and that’s great if you’re that driven, that’s amazing to have that. But be prepared before you come. Save up a bunch of money. Have a job lined up, not necessarily in the industry, but have something lined up.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS: DIAMOND EDITION Blu-ray combo pack with DVD copy is available on 10/6/09.

Two clips below!