Eddie and Chloe make a big announcement. Loren nervously prepares for the contest event.Romance and deceit. Fame and heartbreak. Success and secrets. Welcome to Hollywood Heights, where they put the DRAMA in family drama. Follow Loren, an aspiring songwriter and straight-A high school student, as her life drastically changes. When Loren gets thrown into the spotlight suddenly, and meets her musical idol, Eddie Duran, nothing will ever be the same for anyone. The obstacles that come with life and fame become instantly apparent, but it's the strong bond between friends and family that help them all through. James Franco seems to be going for the Guinness World Record of eccentric guest shots. First, he did 742 intermittent arcs as an insane serial-killer artist on "General Hospital." Now he'll pop up on this piffle of a cable serial "derived from" the Mexican telenovela "Alcanzar una Estrella," playing an "outrageous" (duh) movie mogul.But first, the setup. "One Life to Live" kid Brittany Underwood (Langston) stars as a high school senior with music dreams that just might come true when her rock idol (Cody Longo, the 2009 movie "Fame") sees her songs. He'll flip for them. He'll flip for her. Melodramas involving parents, BFFs, business buds and significant others play out through October.
“Hollywood Heights” starts from that premise and keeps spinning the story from there. Nick at Nite says it will run at least 80 episodes, making this a bold programming gamble for an audience long assumed to have no attention span.
The movies with this premise generally are stylized and almost a little cartoonish. But they’re also jammed solid with music and are so good-natured that no one minds the story could pretty much never happen in real life.
They’re modern fairy tales, feeding teen fantasies. It’s not the same fantasy as “Twilight,” but it’s rooted in the same sort of dreamy romanticism.
One reason these rock fantasies work as movies is that they rip right through the story. We get a showdown with the mean girl and then, boom, into the next song.
“Hollywood Heights” is betting that if the story takes enough twists, we won’t demand a happy ending after 90 minutes.
The first episode, which is essentially the setup, debuts Monday and runs every night this week. It officially premieres next Monday, June 18.
Our heroine is Loren Tate (Brittany Underwood), an 18-year-old high school senior who’s your basic good kid. She’s shy, but has a warm heart.She does her homework and she’s going to be okay.
Hollywood Heights is like the angel version of gossip girl, set in Hollywood but still has all those sexy couple scenes and hook-ups. Nickelodeon isn't very well-known for creating television shows that fall under drama, sophisticated and definitely for teens, like ABC Family or CWTV is. But Nickelodeon's Nick@Nite creation of Hollywood Heights is pure genius. Because it doesn't center around just one main character but instead multiple stories that all somehow connect with each other, the show is intriguing and fun. It's also realistic and relatable because it touches light on fangirls and how far they'd go to meet their idol, while also giving an inside look on the said idol's life.
You can go to the show's website for character profiles and how each character is connected. As well as spoiler alerts and videos/full episodes. Currently, the first ten episodes are free on iTunes- and they would be worth every penny if the normal cost was still up. ($2.99) You may think that Hollywood Heights is not your forte, and maybe it isn't; but you never known unless you try. As the audience you instantly connect and feel for characters that in real life come across as cold and rude. A really cool thing about Hollywood Heights, unlike other Nickelodeon shows, is that it's not obvious set.
It feels like the show is being filmed in a real home or a real club, etc. And, as a fan of other shows like The Lying Game, Nikita, Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Make it or Break it, The LA Complex, Victorious- a wide array, obviously- I can promise you and everyone else that Hollywood Heights is a fantastic show and deserves a shot.
“Hollywood Heights” starts from that premise and keeps spinning the story from there. Nick at Nite says it will run at least 80 episodes, making this a bold programming gamble for an audience long assumed to have no attention span.
The movies with this premise generally are stylized and almost a little cartoonish. But they’re also jammed solid with music and are so good-natured that no one minds the story could pretty much never happen in real life.
They’re modern fairy tales, feeding teen fantasies. It’s not the same fantasy as “Twilight,” but it’s rooted in the same sort of dreamy romanticism.
One reason these rock fantasies work as movies is that they rip right through the story. We get a showdown with the mean girl and then, boom, into the next song.
“Hollywood Heights” is betting that if the story takes enough twists, we won’t demand a happy ending after 90 minutes.
The first episode, which is essentially the setup, debuts Monday and runs every night this week. It officially premieres next Monday, June 18.
Our heroine is Loren Tate (Brittany Underwood), an 18-year-old high school senior who’s your basic good kid. She’s shy, but has a warm heart.She does her homework and she’s going to be okay.
Hollywood Heights is like the angel version of gossip girl, set in Hollywood but still has all those sexy couple scenes and hook-ups. Nickelodeon isn't very well-known for creating television shows that fall under drama, sophisticated and definitely for teens, like ABC Family or CWTV is. But Nickelodeon's Nick@Nite creation of Hollywood Heights is pure genius. Because it doesn't center around just one main character but instead multiple stories that all somehow connect with each other, the show is intriguing and fun. It's also realistic and relatable because it touches light on fangirls and how far they'd go to meet their idol, while also giving an inside look on the said idol's life.
You can go to the show's website for character profiles and how each character is connected. As well as spoiler alerts and videos/full episodes. Currently, the first ten episodes are free on iTunes- and they would be worth every penny if the normal cost was still up. ($2.99) You may think that Hollywood Heights is not your forte, and maybe it isn't; but you never known unless you try. As the audience you instantly connect and feel for characters that in real life come across as cold and rude. A really cool thing about Hollywood Heights, unlike other Nickelodeon shows, is that it's not obvious set.
It feels like the show is being filmed in a real home or a real club, etc. And, as a fan of other shows like The Lying Game, Nikita, Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Make it or Break it, The LA Complex, Victorious- a wide array, obviously- I can promise you and everyone else that Hollywood Heights is a fantastic show and deserves a shot.