We didn't forget about Britney Spears this Pop Week, but there may have been a few people we didn't get the chance to catch up with for 2009. Here are the pop week honorable mentions.

1. Demi Lovato: This Disney star isn't expected to slow down in 2009. She's getting her own TV show, "Sonny with a Chance," and she'll also be seen with Selena Gomez in the movie "Princess Protection Program." She'll also once again hook up with the Jonas Brothers, if the rumored sequel to "Camp Rock" happens.

2. Daniel Radcliffe: After hitting Broadway for "Equus," Daniel isn't going to let his role onscreen as a wizard go — he's also got two more "Harry Potter" flicks lined up after the release of "The Half-Blood Prince." Also up for Daniel is "Journey," in which he plays photojournalist Dan Eldon.
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It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we're catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months. Whether they're just arriving on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, these are the artists we expect big things from in 2009.

When MTV News caught up with "High School Musical" star Lucas Grabeel to talk all things Pop Week, he shared with us his passion for filmmaking. He also shared a few anecdotes about his experiences making short films and music videos for the songs he's written over the past few years. Read more...

OK, so it seems that every day we're learning something new about Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas. But then again, there are those little things you forget about the boys. So, we decided that in honor of their pop-week MVP status, we'd round up all those little-known facts about the teen heartthrobs.

Here's five things you might not know about the Jonas Brothers.

1. They would love to make a movie with Ben Stiller. "I love Ben Stiller and we met him just recently," Joe said. "We were talking with him about doing a movie."
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She's ready for her Playboy close-up, and she's also ready to leave Diddy, "Making the Band" and Danity Kane behind. On top of all this, Aubrey is still finding out who she is in her personal life.

It feels like we know everything there is to know about Aubrey O'Day. The best part is, she even admits that. "I'm a very honest person," she told us. "I'm an open book. You can kind of see that. There is nothing fake about me, actually, besides my hair, and it's not always fake, but today it happens to be fake."

But we here at MTV News managed to find out five things you might not know about Miss O'Day.

1. "I traveled around the world. I sailed around the world, actually," she shared. "I went to Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Tanzania, South Africa, Brazil and Cuba."

2. "When I traveled around the world, I met with Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama," she revealed. "And I went to the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China, those are probably the neatest things."

(Find out 3 more things you didn't know, plus exclusive video after the jump!)
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By Larry Carroll

Imagine being a star in one of Hollywood's biggest blockbuster franchises. Now, imagine being a rocker who can play multiple instruments with ease and has a standing weekly gig at a Hollywood hotspot. Finally, picture the thrill of standing onstage while your devoted (and almost entirely female) fanbase shrieks at your every move.

Welcome to the world of Jackson Rathbone. We gave the 23-year-old "Twilight" star a Flip Cam recently during a concert by his band 100 Monkeys, and told him to go to town. The actor/musician shot his view from the stage, gave us an exclusive tour of the instruments at his house and even introduced us to his cat Dean.

Maybe Jackson will turn out to be the next J.Lo, and someday top the worlds of music and movies simultaneously. OK, maybe that’s not his ideal role model; maybe he’d prefer to pull a Robert Pattinson and keep things under the radar. Either way, it’s a lot of fun looking into the life of the banjo-lele-wielding artist sometimes known as Jasper Hale -- and suddenly, it’s not nearly as hard to imagine what it would be like to live out Jackson’s real life rock 'n' roll fantasy.

By Matt Elias

When I ventured onto the set for Mitchel Musso’s video for "The In Crowd," it was kind of like reliving high school. There were extras running all over set in stereotypical high school garb — The jock! The nerd! The rocker! — although my high school wasn’t really like that. It was more like the John Hughes high school I never went to. (Wait, is that going too far back? Okay, it was more like the "High School Musical" I never went to.) So as I was looking at this crowd of high school kids that I didn’t really recognize, there was actually one kid who stood out. No, not "the big man on campus," but actually one of Mitchel’s bandmates. But it wasn’t until I asked him, "Dude, where do I know you from?" that I got my answer. His name is Leland Grant and he was on a VH1 reality show a few years ago called "In Search Of The Partridge Family" – this guy. While he won the top spot there as the new Keith Partridge (beating out Teddy Geiger), these days he spends his time as a behind-the-scenes guy for Mitchel Musso. He had a heavy hand in the production of Mitchel’s album, and might be putting out his own work in the near future. Perhaps he’ll be one of our top rookies for 2010.

It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we're catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months. Whether they're just arriving on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, these are the artists we expect big things from in 2009.

Miranda Cosgove is not only one of our Female Pop Rookies of 2009, she's also a complete sweetheart. The actress/singer gave MTV News a chance to stop by the set of her hit Nickelodeon series "iCarly" to get a behind-the-scenes view of what it's like to work on a TV show about a Web show.

The day we stopped by, Miranda was working on the episode called "iCarly Awards." The bubbly star took us around and gave us a taste of what it's like to be her for a day. After she got her hair and makeup done, Miranda got in character for a scene in which Carly handed out the award for "best bottle-blowing" to a character named Jessica. Read more...

It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we're catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months. Whether they're just arriving on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, these are the artists we expect big things from in 2009. Are you ready?

Mitchel Musso stars as Oliver on "Hannah Montana." He's been hard at work on his album, which comes out in April, and now he's working hard to share a few little-known things about himself.

Here are five things you might not know about Miley Cyrus' BFF Mitchel:

1. His older brother, Mason, is in Metro Station. "Mason is always there for me," he told MTV News from the set of his video for "The In Crowd." "He's my role model for music." Read more...

It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we are catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next twelve months. Whether they're just popping up on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, MTV News is there with them as they prepare to tackle 2009.

There are many things you might already know about Jackson Rathbone. He plays newly vegetarian vampire Jasper in "Twilight," has a band called 100 Monkeys, is a Sagittarius and was born in Singapore. Then again there's a slew of stuff you might not yet know about the actor, whom we just named one of the Male Pop Rookies of 2009. We'll let him tell you about them himself:

1. "I do a lot of photography, and I do a little bit of drawing. I try to incorporate the two together." Read more...

It's Pop Week here at MTV News, and that means we're catching up with and getting to know everyone who's going to make a splash in pop music and culture over the next 12 months. Whether they're just arriving on the scene or are already the name on everyone's lips, these are the artists we expect big things from in 2009. Are you ready?

You won't see Lucas Grabeel hitting the clubs anytime soon. That's because the "High School Musical" star — who also recently starred in "Milk" alongside fellow rookie Dave Franco — describes himself as a "homebody."

"Well, I spend a lot of time doing other art projects," he shared with MTV News. "I like to paint and draw, play around in my music studio, play video games. I'm a homebody. I like to stay home."

(More from Lucas plus his DIY Music Videos, after the jump!)
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