"If At First You Don't Succeed, Lie..."
— 01/31/11

Ashley Benson snaps a pic with costar pals Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens on motor scooters in Florida.

The trio are in the southern state to start filming on Spring Breakers.

Spring Breakers follows four gorgeous college-age girls rob a fast food restaurant in order to afford a spring break trip to Florida. When they’re arrested, they meet up with a drug and arms dealer (James Franco) who entices them to kill his arch rival.

“It’s a very exciting project to be a part of. Thank you all for your support ” Ashley recently said of the role.

We always knew that Pretty Little Liars cast members Ashley Benson and Lucy Hale are among some of the funnest and most talented young Hollywood stars in the world. They’re outgoing, sweet, and make our Mondays much more bearable each week with all new riveting episodes of Pretty Little Liars! However, we now have yet another reason to adore them — they can groove to throwback hits by boy band sensation ‘NSYNC with the very best of them!

Apparently, during their (super gorgeous) Bongo photo shoot, while Ashley and Lucy were getting all dolled up someone began blasting *NSync’s “Bye Bye Bye.” Little by little, everyone on the set gravitated toward the camera station and began replicating the moves that accompany the hit ’90s song. And soon-after our PLL darlings joined in on the excitement! Check them out in the behind-the-scenes video below!

OMG. How cute are they?! Initially, Ashley seemed shy about joining the crowd but with some encouragement from her Pretty Little Liars co-star and real-life pal Lucy (who looked eager to bring out her inner 90′s child), she ended up hitting the dance floor too. Plus, they caught on quickly with the stamping and pumping arms —definitely not an easy feat!

If you could record a music video with your favorite Rosewood gals what song would you choose and why? Tell us below and chat about Ashley Benson’s and Lucy Hale’s upcoming projects in the Pretty Little Liars fan lounge!

Aria Montgomery and Ezra Fitz have faced more than their fair share of obstacles throughout Pretty Little Liars seasons one and two. So you can imagine just how shocked viewers were when Ella Montgomery showed up at Ezra’s apartment on episode 21, “Breaking The Code” — not to yell at her daughter and the former Rosewood High English teacher, but to give them her blessing! (Yes, her blessing…maybe pigs really can fly!)

Nevertheless, despite Ella’s good intentions and sincere desire to make Aria happy, she’s still not 100% comfortable with the whole teacher-courting-student idea. In fact, she’s reluctant to tell her husband and Aria’s father Byron the news that Aria and Ezra are dating again! So what happens when Aria asks her mom to try to convince Byron to accept ‘Ezria’ as a couple on “Father Knows Best”? Let’s just say Ella’s not down with granting that favor at all!

Preview Aria and Ella’s eye-opening conversation on Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 22!

“Honey, at this point, I don’t even know what I’d be trying to convince him of,” Ella confesses. She continues by saying, “And for now I don’t think your father really needs to know about it.” Yikes! We’re glad that Ella gave Aria her blessing…but Byron being okay with their Facebook status would be a sweet deal! (Sigh. Just when you think there’s hope for Aria and Ezria, their relationship faces yet another hindrance.)

So, do you think that Ella should tell Byron — or is this one secret she should keep to herself? Leave your feedback comments below and discuss Ezria’s predicament in the Pretty Little Liars viewers lounge!

Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario get dressed up for a father-daughter dance in these new stills from Pretty Little Liars.

In “Father Knows Best,” One father has a guilty conscience, one has a daughter he doesn’t trust, one is hiding a secret from his daughter and the other father is MIA – all-in-all it is not the ideal time for Rosewood’s annual Father-Daughter Dance.

With fathers looking to make amends and daughters trying to keep the peace, the annual dance looks to be anything but fun.

Meanwhile, Ashley (Laura Leighton) continues her hunt to find answers about what is going on with Hanna (Ashley Benson) with help from a surprising source.

“Father Knows Best” premieres TONIGHT, Monday, February 27th @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC Family.

JJJ Fun Fact: Chad Lowe, who stars as Byron Montgomery, actually directed the episode!

On Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 21, “Breaking The Code,” Caleb Rivers sent the Liars a chilling clip from the night Alison DiLaurentis disappeared. Apparently, Melissa Hastings stopped by Alison’s room that night along with N.A.T. members Ian Thomas and Garrett Reynolds (and queen biotch Jenna Marshall). Obviously, even a brief cameo is evidence enough at this point and cannot be overlooked, especially when the Liars receive the following text from ‘A’ (on “Father Knows Best”) that threatens their beloved parents: “Do mom and dad know you’re watching murder movies? Bet it would kill them to find out.”

So could Spencer Hasting’s sometimes mean, sometimes sweet older sister Melissa actually be psycho ‘A’? It’s hard to picture a pregnant woman going through the trouble of stalking/photographing/harassing four high school girls 24/7…but, then again, ‘A’ is clearly not a very stable person so anything goes! Moreover, Aria, Emily, and Hanna are not backing down and they continue to remain highly suspicious that all those menacing notes and texts they’ve received so far link back to the eldest Hastings girl!

Preview a clip from Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 22, “Father Knows Best,” in which the Liars claim that Melissa is ‘A’ and how Spencer reacts to the startling accusation!

“You guys, my sister is not A. I watched her fall apart when we found Ian’s body. She had no idea he was dead. She wouldn’t just text herself from her dead husband’s phone and then just lose it like that.” Spencer does make a sound argument and it’s definitely admirable that she’s looking out for her own flesh and blood. However, one can never underestimate A’s wiles, and smart and sassy Melissa is more than capable of setting herself up as the innocent widow.

Do you think Melissa Hastings is guilty as charged? Vote yay or nay in the comments below and chat more about Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 22 in the viewers lounge!

Pretty Little Liars, Lucy Hale

Pretty Little Liars, Troian Bellisario, Nolan North

Lucy Hale strolls the streets with boyfriend Chris Zylka on Thursday afternoon (February 23) in Vancouver, Canada.

Chris, 26, and Lucy, 22, grabbed lunch while he had the day off from filming The Secret Circle.

PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Lucy Hale

Lucy will be headed to Brazil soon with costar Shay Mitchell. They’ll head down to South America to promote Pretty Little Liars.

Have you been keeping up with the show? Be sure to stay tuned to JJJ for new stills and clips coming up!

Look at which pretty girl is gracing the cover of the April 2012 issue of Teen Vogue — it’s Ashley Benson! In the feature, she talks about her style, her awkward first kiss, and a possible Pretty Little Liars movie!

“The [Teen Vogue] shoot was really fun,” Ashley said. “It was 50’s themed and I got to wear Prada, Valentino, and this amazing Louis Vuitton jacket. I want to keep it! So, if it goes missing, I may have it,” she said jokingly.

Ashley described her personal style as casual. “I wear a lot of black. My average outfit is skinny jeans, a white T-shirt, a leather jacket and boots.”

And she gave her thoughts on the last PLL episode of the season. “I think it’s one of our best episodes. Once you find out who A is, I think there’s always going to be something else that pops up.”

Check out some of the pics from the shoot below and go behind-the-scenes of her cover video! What do you think of Ashley’s cover?

 

Looking for Direction

Photo Credit: Teen Vogue

Boy Meets Girl

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A Pretty Little Pose

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Primp Party

Photo Credit: Teen Vogue

On Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 22, things kept spiraling out of control! Emily searched for Maya all over Rosewood to no avail and later found out her father was being deployed to Afghanistan! Hanna was hurting from the fact that her father Tom ditched her right before the big father-daughter dance and that her mom Ashley was “hot on the A-trail”! . Aria announced to Byron that she was no longer his little girl and told a big fib to help a pal out. And Spencer? She basically spent the whole episode trying to figure out whether her father Peter or sister Melissa were at all involved with Alison DiLaurentis’ murder. (Crazy times, my PLL friends, crazy times!)

Well, brace yourselves gentle viewers because where there’s a will there’s always an ‘A’! Not only is an old friend of “Vivian Darkbloom’s” making a mysterious appearance — and not only is Toby Cavanaugh moving back to Rosewood (much to Spencer’s secret excitement) — but Jenna’s adding to the surprises by undergoing an eye operation to clear up her Liar-inflicted case of blindness. As for the crazy stalker we all love to hate? Well, let’s just say ‘A’ heats turns the drama dial up to full “explosion” mode!

Find out how the Liars react to news of Jenna’s eye operation and Toby’s return to Rosewood in these Pretty Little Liars Season 2, Episode 23 preview trailers!

 

And now for the extra juicy MuchMusic promo for “Eye Of The Beholder”!

“With Jenna’s surgery complete, the girls can finally their greatest fear in the eye.” What does this mean?! The Liars’ greatest fear is that ‘A’ will blast all their dark little secrets. Is Jenna going to finally tell someone the truth about how she became blind — or, is she going take the Emily Thorne (from ABC’s Revenge) route and give those Liars a bitter taste of their own medicine? (By the looks of the first preview trailer — with Hanna getting caught in a fiery explosion — it certainly seems like the latter!)

OMG! Do you think something really terrifying is going to happen to Hanna? (Ahh! We hope not!) Leave your predictions below, and get ready for one of the most exciting episodes of Pretty Little Liars Season 2 yet!

How awesome are Emily Fields and Maya St. Germain as a Pretty Little Liars couple? One million to the millionth power of awesomeness. (Excuse our hyperbolic attempts at math — we’re just so pumped that Maya’s back in Rosewood!)  Well, it’s definitely no secret from all the supportive tweets and articles that Pretty Little Liars viewers ship Emaya and they ship the romance hard! And, as it turns out , fans aren’t the only ones who give Emily’s first love a big thumbs up. Bianca Lawson, who plays Maya on the show, recently revealed to AfterEllen.com that she’s enamored with one of television’s best gay couples!

Tune in below for a handful of our favorite excerpts from AfterEllen’s interview with Bianca Lawson, and for new juicy content on upcoming episodes of Pretty Little Liars season 2!

AfterEllen: Let’s talk about that romance. We’ve seen how much Emily has grown and changed since Maya left. But Maya has changed too; it just happened off-screen. Can you talk a little bit about that?
Bianca Lawson: It’s actually really interesting. You know, between seasons one and two, there was that visit to the camp. And when she came back, she was trying to be her old self, trying to play it off like it was OK and fun and she made friends there. But as the episodes have progressed, you’re starting to see a crack. You’re starting to see that the things that went on there weren’t all happy songs by the campfire. Something traumatic happened to her at the camp, and she’s kind of experiencing some PTSD. What you saw in episode 220 was those fears getting triggered. She is terrified of being sent back.

AfterEllen: Ooh, tell me more some more missing scenes.
Bianca Lawson: OK! Here’s a good tidbit: In the original season two episode when Maya returns, it’s right around the time when Spencer had pawned Melissa’s engagement ring. So, “A” bought it from the pawn shop, remember? And originally, “A” was supposed to have hidden it in Maya’s dessert the night she met Emily for dinner when she returned, so Maya thinks that Emily is proposing to her. So, she’s like, “Whoa! Oh, my God!” And Emily doesn’t know what to say, because you know how when someone gets a gift and they’re totally beside themselves, you can’t be like, “Whoops! That’s not for you!”

AfterEllen: In episode 220, when Maya really does sort of act out, I read that Paige was originally slated to be in the episode, but that Lindsey Shaw had a scheduling conflict. Do you think if a Paige confrontation had been there, Maya’s actions would have made more sense?
Bianca Lawson: Right, there was originally supposed to be a big Paige element in that episode, so what you saw play out onscreen was sort of half of that dynamic. The scene where Emily and Maya are talking on the stairs, they had to rewrite that the night before to fill the space of the Maya/Paige confrontation. Paige was actually supposed to be in the scene at the school too, when Maya was there with her sign. But the scene on the stairs, there was a conversation that was so beautifully written, but we only got to see a portion of it. I’m not sure if they had to take it out for time reasons, or if they’re taking the story in a different direction. There’s so much going on all the time on the show, and the writers are so good at what they do, sometimes there’s just too much good material.

AfterEllen: That is the greatest thing I have ever heard.
Bianca Lawson: I know! So, then in the episode after that, when Maya is like, “I really like you, and I’m glad to be back in your life, but I really think we should take things slow,” that was actually a response to her thinking Emily had proposed, like after me giving the ring back.

Read the entire Bianca Lawson interview over at After Ellen: http://www.afterellen.com/people/bianca-lawson-interview!

OMG! Imagine if Maya was planning on proposing to Emily! That is the most surprising twist that could have taken place on the show — even more so than Noel teaming up with Jenna and Ian Thomas turning up dead at the beginning of Pretty Little Liars season 2! Also, please forgive our lust for drama, but we would LOVE to witness a showdown between Maya and Paige…both vying for the heart of their beloved Emily!

If Maya and Paige did ever face off, which girl do you think would win and why? Cast your vote below and chat more about Bianca Lawson’s tension-ridden return to Rosewood in the Pretty Little Liars fan forum!

On Pretty Little Liars season 1, Spencer Hastings and Toby Cavanaugh didn’t exactly have it easy when it came to relationships. Toby was still a major suspect in Alison DiLaurentis’ murder and the Rosewoods ladies weren’t exactly lining up around the block to date an accused killer. (Plus, his step-sister Jenna frightened away the few girls that did drop by.) As for Spencer’s love life, it was a hot mess. Not only did she smooch her sister’s (now former) fiance Wren, but she also had to say adios to a spicy affair with Alex after ‘A’ got in the way. So when Spencer and Toby finally got together towards the end of the season we figured it was a match made in heaven — two unlucky-in-love police suspects.joining forces? Ay caramba!

Ay caramba indeed. Unfortunately, we were mistaken about this perfect match. Not only did the couple have to endure daily intrusions by Jenna, their parents, and the cops but they also had to put up with A’s shennanigans. And when A practically left Toby paralyzed on Pretty Little Liars season 2 to teach Spencer a lesson, Spencer had no choice but to end things with Toby in order to protect him. Poor Toby didn’t know that Spencer still loved and skipped town with his broken heart in tow.

Guess what though! Toby’s returning to Rosewood on Pretty Little Liars season 2, episode 23 and let’s just say things are tense between the two former lovebirds! Check out what happens when Spencer runs into Toby at school on “Eye of The Beholder”!

Get a load of this awkwardness! –> Spencer: “Hello.” Toby: “Hello.” Spencer: “You’re back! I mean obviously you’re back. Here you are.” Toby: “Yea, we’re back.” Spencer: “Are you okay?” Toby: “I’m fine.” And then without skipping a beat they start bickering about Jenna’s eye. Sigh.

Do have a hunch that Toby and Spencer will eventually get back together or are they over for good? Leave your predictions below and be sure to tune in for all new episodes of Pretty Little Liars season 2 every Monday at 8/7c on ABC Family!