-Late last year, we made a visit to the set of Fred: The Movie and had a chance to chat with Lucas Cruikshank, who stars as “Fred.”

Lucas created the character of “Fred” and started making videos for youtube that quickly found a large following. In the big screen version of the webseries, Fred goes on a journey to find his love Judy (Played by Pixie Lott) and ends up meeting a lot of interesting characters along the way.

Check out our interview with Lucas below. The movie will be hitting the big screen later this year.

Full gallery inside. Also pictured is Jennette McCurdy who plays “Bertha.”

-The Jonas Brothers rocked out at Disney World on Sunday.

-Check out the new music video for “Christmas Is Creepy” from FRED (Lucas Cruikshank). Lucas recently told us that he had a lot of fun making the video: “It was really fun. I was hanging in a harness and Fred was flying. So I was in this harness in front of a green screen and they were moving it around like I was flying. It was a lot of fun.”

-Take a listen to 4 songs from Glee: The Music, Volume 2, out tomorrow.

-What do you think of Demi Lovato’s duet with We the Kings? Give it a listen HERE.

-Check out a clip from the season premiere of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” It premieres on January 4!

-Selena Gomez’s music video for “Naturally” will premiere on Friday on Disney Channel after the premiere of “Phineas & Ferb: Christmas Vacation” at 8pm EST. Selena & the Scene will also perform at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2010 along with Justin Bieber, Colbie Caillat and more.

-Miley Cyrus roams around London in Leopard Print.

-Nicole Anderson celebrated over the weekend at the Camp Ronald McDonald Holiday Celebration and the Naval Special Warfare Foundation Children’s Christmas Party.

-Did you miss the special sneak peek of Disney XD’s “I’m in the Band” starring Logan Miller? Be sure to watch preview of the new comedy here: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

-Popstar! had the chance to hang out with Nick Jonas today. The magazine, plus some other media had the chance to preview some songs from Who I Am. Popstar! tweeted: Nick has the Kings of Leon record on repeat on his iPod! Nicks songs are inspired by Prince and Stevie Wonder! They also dished that their favorite song is one called “Conspiracy Theory”, “which is a Lenny Kravitz-sounding track that really showcases Nick’s vocal chops.”

-According to Soap Opera Digest and Soaps.com, Dylan Patton will no longer be seen as “Will Horton” on “Days of Our Lives.” An insider says he’s been replaced with Chandler Massey. “They just felt they needed to make a change with the story coming up,” says an insider. We loved Dylan as “Will” and had a great time talking to him at the recent Day of Days Event. We’re sad to see him go!

-Jake T Austin told Bop/Tiger Beat that he’s written a movie. He shared, “I’m having my screenplay published! We start filming it in March. It deals with growing up in the suburbs. I did a lot of research for the script and it was hard to balance school, sports and writing.”

-Don’t forget to enter for your chance to win 1 of 3 bracelets from My Moon Charm HERE.

-Lucas Cruikshank is best known as “Fred” on youtube, however the 16-year-old is ready to branch out and break away from his well known character. Before doing that, however, Lucas will star in a movie version of “Fred” as well as the movie Emo Boy.

Lucas is from a small farm town in Nebraska and on his 13th birthday, he was given a video camera as a gift and soon after the character FRED was created. We recently chatted with the rising star about everything from the holidays to his Christmas album, It’s Hackin’ Christmas with Fred, to his guest starring roles on “Hannah Montana” & “iCarly”.

Lucas’ video for “Christmas is Creepy” will premiere on the Disney Channel on December 5 at 5:55pm EST/PST and 4:55pm Central. Be sure to tune in!

Read a few highlights below and be sure to read the full interview HERE.

SO-M: When you got your video camera as a present, did you ever expect all of this to happen?
Lucas Cruikshank: No, I definitely did not expect anything like this to happen. I just felt like getting a camera because I was interested in different things, obviously acting. And I wanted to see what it was like behind the camera. So I filmed some random stuff for my family and friends. I put some of it on youtube and “Fred” was one of the things I put on there and it just totally blew up. It’s so crazy. I definitely did not expect it.

SO-M: Where did the idea for “Fred” come from?
Lucas: It was kind of just random. I would always be creating random stories and characters and all that. I kind of just thought of the name Fred and I knew it was going to be like a 6-year-old. I always thought it was funny how they can always throw random temper tantrums and all that kind of stuff. I thought it’d be funny to make a character kind of like that and then it all just came together.

SO-M: You just released your Christmas album, It’s Hackin’ Christmas with Fred. How did that idea come about?
Lucas: Since Fred always sings in all the videos…so I thought it would be funny to make an actual studio album with music producers and the whole deal. So I got together with some really good music producers and we just fleshed out the whole entire album.

Note: You can get It’s Hackin’ Christmas with Fred on iTunes HERE.

SO-M: What was your favorite part about making the video for “Christmas Cash”?
Lucas: The whole entire process was cool. I thought it was cool how when I was filming it, I was just in front of a green screen. I had no clue what was behind me, so I had to imagine what was behind me. Then it was cool seeing how they edited it and made it look like it was real.

SO-M: Can we expect any more music videos?
Lucas: Yeah, I actually just got done filming the second one for “Christmas is Creepy.” It was really fun. I was hanging in a harness and Fred was flying. So I was in this harness in front of a green screen and they were moving it around like I was flying. It was a lot of fun.

SO-M: You’re also working on a movie version of Fred. How are you going to expand your short videos into a feature film?
Lucas: It’s going to be in a whole other format. The videos, they’re kind of like Fred’s video blogs, where he talks about his day and stuff. The movie won’t be like that at all. It will be like you’re actually experience Fred. Most of the time he doesn’t talk to the camera in the movie. You’ll be able to see all the other characters. It’ll be like bringing Fred to a whole other level. I think the fans will love it.

SO-M: What was it like working on shows like “iCarly” and “Hannah Montana” and starring as yourself, and not Fred?
Lucas: It was really cool. I’ve always wanted to be an actor so it was cool to actually work on a real set with the writers and producers. It was great meeting the stars of the show because they’re all really nice and gave me advice.

SO-M: What is your favorite thing about the holidays?
Lucas: My favorite thing is just getting a whole two weeks off of school for Christmas break. And also being with my family. I think it’s great because usually your whole family is busy working and all that kind of stuff. But with the holidays you can just spend time together.

SO-M: What would you like to see happen for Fred and for you in the next year?
Lucas: I hope that the Fred movie is a success and for me to start branching out from Fred and start making other characters and creating different stuff. To be in things other than Fred; obviously my fans love Fred but I want them to see me do other stuff too.

Read the full interview with Lucas HERE.

Lucas guest stars in an all-new episode of “Hannah Montana” titled “Come Fail Away”, which airs on Sunday, December 6 at 7:30pm EST. In the episode, Miley doesn’t exactly make an impact when she auditions for the starring role of a cartoon duck, so Kyle (Lucas Cruikshank), a professional voice-over actor, offers his advice. When she is still unable to impress the director, Miley tries an assortment of techniques, including working with a real duck, to land the part. Meanwhile, Rico tries to transform “Rico’s” into a high-end restaurant by utilizing fancy restaurant gadgets like electronic pagers and a number dispenser. Check out a few stills below, and be sure to follow Lucas on twitter: @lucascruikshank.

Photos: Vivian Zink/Disney Channel

-Lucas Cruikshank camps out at a bus stop while filming scenes for the movie version of his youtube hit Fred on Saturday afternoon. For the scene, Lucas had to eat sardines, which he wasn’t too fond of. He tweeted: Sardines are fricken nasty!!!!!

We chatted with Lucas recently about everything from his Christmas album, It’s Hackin’ Christmas with Fred to working on “Hannah Montana” to his feature films. Stay tuned for the interview this week.

-Lucas Cruikshank’s alter ego Fred’s music video for “Christmas Cash” is now out. Check it out below. The song is from the Christmas album, It’s Hackin’ Christmas with Fred. The CD is available now on Amazon and iTunes. It will be available in Justice stores on November 15. The album is a new and fresh interpretation of classic Christmas songs such as “Fred’s On Squirrel Open Sleigh (Jingle Bells)” and “Fred’s 12 Days of Christmas” as well as two original songs – “Christmas Cash” and “Christmas is Creepy.” Lucas co-wrote the original songs with veteran songwriters Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil.

Its Hackin’ Christmas with Fred album will help bring awareness to the charity NUTS FOR SQUIRRELS which is dedicated to banking acorns so that all squirrels can make it through the cold and snowy winter. Fred would like us all to be “nuts for squirrels” this Christmas season. Lucas is currently in LA working on the movie version of his popular youtube series. Also be sure to look for his guest appearance on “Hannah Montana” on December 6.

-Get ready to get into the holiday spirit with youtube sensation FRED (aka Lucas Cruikshank). The 16-year-old will be dropping his Christmas album, It’s Hackin’ Christimas with Fred in November. The album is a new and fresh interpretation of classic Christmas songs such as “Jingle Bells” and “12 Days of Christmas” as well as two original songs — “Chrismas Cash”, and “Christmas is Creepy”.

Lucas will also star in the feature film version of “Fred” which starts production next month in Los Angeles. He also landed the lead in the much-anticipated film, Emo Boy, for Vanguard Films based on the successful comic series.

Are you a Fred fan?

-Lucas Cruikshank, Taylor Spreitler & Josh Golden were among the many young stars to attend the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party on Friday in Hollywood.

Taylor recently dished to SoapTownUSA on her love of twitter: “I was so mad last night (at the Emmys) because my pictures were working fine until I got there. I got there and I was trying to post them and my phone was like, ‘there’s an error on Twitter.’ Are you kidding me, now I don’t know what to do!” Taylor also said how she would feel if she ever won an Emmy: “Oh, I would be the one that would start bawling and not be able to finish my speech. Or I’d be the person who tripped walking up on stage!” (Taylor’s outfit is Voom by Joy Han)

And don’t forget that Josh is part of Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing. For all the details on that, go HERE.

-Debby Ryan, Brenda Song, Jennifer Stone and more were among the many celebrities to drop by the Bop It Celebrity Retreat by Backstage Creations at the Teen Choice Awards. The celebs scored lots of free swag and also got to try out Bop It and Band Hero.

In the Bop It Celebrity Challenge for Charity, Jennifer Stone competed against Ross Matthews and fellow Disney starlet Debby Ryan (Debby won!). Brenda Song (“Suite Life on Deck”) held the record with 67 points, until Jordin Sparks beat that score with a perfect 100! The winner of the challenge, who will have $10,000 donated to a charity of their choice was Shailene Woodley from ABC’s “The Secret Life of an American Teenager.”

Stars also had the chance to decorate backpacks for Office Depot which were then donated to City of Hope. Stars also checked out Snap Caps, Tagur Footwear, Tokidoki footwear, California Leash handbags and lots more.

SO-M was invited to check out the celebrity retreat. We sent our good friends The Bolts, an up-and-coming pop/rock band from California, to be our special reporters at the event. The guys had the chance to talk to some of our favorites and yours too. Check out their interviews with Jennifer Stone, Brenda Song, Shawn Johnson, Lucas Cruikshank (aka Fred), Nathan Kress & Debby Ryan. You’ll get to see Jennifer try out Bop It and the guys battle Debby in Band Hero.

Thanks so much to Backstage Creations for letting us check out the event. And be sure to check out The Bolts.