Selena Marie Gomez (born July 22, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. After appearing on the children's series Barney & Friends (2002–2004), she received wider recognition for her portrayal of Alex Russo on the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place, which aired from 2007 until 2012.
Gomez also starred in the films Another Cinderella Story (2008), Princess Protection Program (2009), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Ramona and Beezus (2010), and Monte Carlo (2011). Thereafter, she focused on more mature roles in Spring Breakers (2012), Getaway (2013), The Fundamentals of Caring (2016), and The Dead Don't Die (2019). She voices the character of Mavis in the Hotel Transylvania film franchise, and serves as an executive producer of the Netflix television drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–present) and the Netflix documentary series Living Undocumented (2019).
Too hot to handle! Madison Bailey and Rudy Pankow won the coveted Best Kiss category at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.Neither Outer Banks actor appeared at the Sunday, May 7, event.
The show canceled the red carpet last minute and moved to a pre-taped format amid the Writers Guild of America planning to picket the event and host Drew Barrymore dropping out to show her support for the writers strike. (Barrymore will host the 2024 event.) Stars including Pedro Pascal, Ariana Madix and Jennifer Coolidge pre-taped acceptance speeches, but there was no speech aired from Pankow and Bailey.Year after year, the Best Kiss award is one of the most anticipated categories at the MTV Movie & TV Awards — and the 2023 nominees only added to the hype.Anna Torv and Philip Prajoux were up for The Last of Us while Harry Styles and David Dawson got a nod for My Policeman.
From the small screen, the Outer Banks stars were nominated, Riley Keough and Sam Claflin for Daisy Jones & the Six and Selena Gomez and Cara Delevingne for Only Murders in the Building.Ahead of the awards show, more than one of the pairings caused a stir for their scene-stealing smooches.
Bailey and Pankow, both 24, turned heads on season 3 of Outer Banks as their respective characters, Kiara and JJ, finally crossed the line from friends to lovers.“I think … the end game of the OBX, I can see JJ and Kiara being like, ‘All right, there’s something here,’” Pankow exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2020 ahead of the season 3 romance.Bailey, for her part, told Decider in February that fans would “finally” see the characters “act on their chemistry that has been present since season 1,” noting that the kiss was “slightly overdue.”Gomez and Delevingne, both 30, also received
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