As if the Degrassi kids haven't been through enough romance drama, there's even more in store just in time for Valentine's Day! In the one-hour special "Love Games," charmer Declan is chasing after hard-to-get Holly J., while there's a crush triangle going on between Leia, Chantay, and Danny!

"Love Games" premieres on Friday, February 5, at 9 p.m. ET on TeenNick, and J-14 got the inside scoop about the ep straight from Degrassi stars Charlotte Arnold and Landon Liboiron.

J-14: What is your fave part of the "Love Games" special?
Charlotte Arnold: "Love Games" was such a fun two-parter to film! I really love one scene where Declan locks Holly J. in a sound booth and they have a conversation through the door. Since they both have such stubborn personalities, this is the first time Holly is forced to actually hear him out, and she realizes there may be some sparks there. We split the scene over two days of filming, which is unusual, but I think it worked!
Landon Liboiron: I really enjoyed exploring a new side of Declan. At the beginning of the season he was this cocky player. But finding a desperation in Declan [in "Love Games"] -- that need for love -- and to see exactly what he would do to fight for love was fun.

J-14: What will Degrassi fans really appreciate in the new two-parter?
Charlotte: Degrassi fans will really get a kick out of seeing these two characters fall for each other! There are a ton of really funny, romantic moments, and I think the great time we had filming it really shows in the episodes. There's plenty of awkward moments to enjoy, from trying on insane vintage sunglasses, to attempting to kiss with pizza in our mouths, to witnessing Landon get smothered by toddlers and spill pasta on his lap repeatedly!
Landon: It's full of romance and laughs, ups and downs, and you'll get to see these two great characters fight for what they love in each other.

J-14: Have you ever experienced a feeling like Declan's love for Holly J. in real life?
Landon: Who hasn't had this type of feeling in high school? Declan definitely has better resources at hand to woo a girl [than I did].

Photo: Courtesy of Stephen Scott/Epitome Pictures/Nickelodeon

All Time Low just released dropped their MTV Unplugged CD/DVD set last week and to celebrate the band's acoustic endeavor, J-14 chatted with All Time Low's lead singer Alex Gaskarth to get the scoop on their unplugged song choices, their contribution to the Alice in Wonderland movie soundtrack, and those rumors about ATL and Demi Lovato!

J-14: Why was it important to you to do MTV Unplugged and release the set on DVD?
Alex Gaskarth: Fist of all, Unplugged is legendary -- Nirvana's played it, and all kinds of amazing bands that I consider legendary. So to even get the invite to come and do it was very cool. On top of that, it's always fun to strip down your songs and play them in a very honest way in an intimate setting like that. It was a good time. I think the kids that were there really appreciated it. We wanted to share that with anyone who didn't get to see it, so we put it on DVD.

J-14: Which song was the most important for you to play at that show?
Alex: I really enjoyed playing "Jasey Rae." It's one of our older songs but it translates to acoustic well. I think people really appreciate the lyrics and the sentiment of that song, so I'm glad that we got to squeeze it in there.

J-14: How did One Tree Hill's Kate Voegele get involved with singing on "Remembering Sunday?"
Alex: It was a very last minute thing. I wanted to do "Remembering Sunday," and I said is there anyone that we can get to come in and do that part, and she was the first person who came to mind. We spoke on the phone a couple times and planned it out and sure enough, she showed up and she's great. She's an awesome girl -- a really great singer and a great artist. Itt was fun to do that collaboration.

J-14: What's the inspiration behind your song "Painting Flowers" off the upcoming Alice in Wonderland soundtrack?
Alex: It's about realizing who you are, questioning your beliefs, and truly finding and accepting what you believe, not for any other reason but because you want to believe. It's an awesome song, and I'm really glad we the opportunity to contribute to the album. I'm a big fan of Tim Burton so I think he's probably done an amazing job with the movie, and Johnny Depp looks hilarious in it.

J-14: Which band has been your favorite to tour with?
Alex: I would have to say Fall Out Boy. They're a band we came up listening to. It was not only a dream come true to finally tour with those guys, but they're all great dudes and we befriended them pretty quickly. Every night was a party on that tour. Everybody got along and hung out all the time. Our bus sort of turned into the common area for hanging out after shows. Pete Wentz always tells us we're like the adopted brothers into the Decaydance family. We're not actually part of the family, but we roll with all those people. I have nothing but love and respect for all those bands.

J-14: Are the rumors true about All Time Low working on a song with Demi?
Alex: As of right now, no. We've never done anything as far as music goes. Her and I are becoming good friends - we're hanging out. She's awesome.

Photo: Courtesy of MTV

He won our hearts as Travis in Hannah Montana: The Movie, but now Lucas Till is kicking butt in the new Jackie Chan flick, The Spy Next Door. Check out our Q&A with the cutie:

J-14: So what was it like to play a bad guy for a change?
Lucas Till: It was a dream come true in many ways. First of all, I got to play a bad guy. And although it's not Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight, it's still a change. It's still in the direction I would love to go. I always wanted to play characters and that was definitely one -- a Russian spy. So, it was awesome. It was fun. It's actually kind of liberating not caring and getting to play something cool like that.

J-14: What was it like learning the choreography for your intense fight scene with Jackie Chan?
Lucas: It was pretty nuts. The first day of rehearsal, I'm learning from the American stunt guys. And the American stunt guys, they're a team and they tell you how it's going to be. Then I go to Jackie's stunt team and even though it's probably the same amount of guys, I have to go through each one of his stunt guys individually and they, I don't know. They are all from East Asia and let's just say their manners are lost in translation. You have to throw your pride out the window when you're listening to these guys because they are telling me seven times over what I'm doing wrong. And then the next guy will tell me something I'm doing different than the first guy that I should have been doing the whole time. Then I would start over with the next guy. It was a long process. A long demoralizing process where they told me how weak and pathetic I was. Finally, I got to Jackie and he would tell me what I was doing wrong too. I'd have to go cry and come back, look at the footage and be happy. It was pretty nuts. There was no martial art training before. It was just rehearsal. I had a great time though.

J-14: What did you do to perfect your Russian accent?
Lucas: I played a lot of Grand Theft Auto 4 right before. It's a bunch of Russians all throughout that videogame and I play a lot of videogames. Actually, I showed up on set. I kind of thought that maybe I'll have an accent, but that had never been addressed until I showed up, asked Brian Levant if I was going to be using an accent, and he goes, "Huh. You know what? Sure. Why not?" So, I'm glad I had all that preparation in there since I didn't even know that was going to happen.

J-14: Were there any on-set bloopers or embarrassing moments during filming?
Lucas: Yeah, actually in the bloopers at the end of the movie, you can see me making some weird noise and spitting my tongue out. It's because I was actually in a lot of pain. Jackie said messed up a line and I'm acting all intense. He's pinning me down on the chair and I was actually in pain. You could actually see that at the end of the movie if you watch it. There were a couple of times... I would love to do my own stunts, but stunts are not something I have a lot of experience with. There were a lot of times I tried to do stuff and I was just not confident enough to pull it off. A couple of times I was told I punch like a girl by Jackie's stunt team.

J-14: You've worked with a lot of teen stars like Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, who else are you dying to work with?
Lucas: I think Selena Gomez is extremely talented. I wouldn't say that I don't say that often, but I have a lot of respect for people with a lot of talent. In experience, usually that's older people. But, I just think that Selena Gomez is not only extremely pretty but she's a really good actress. I'd like to work with her.

Photo: Courtesy of Lionsgate

Big Time Rush -- the story of four friends who move from Minnesota to Los Angeles to become the next big thing in pop music -- officially premieres tonight, Monday, 1/18, on Nickelodeon! J-14 chatted with the four stars of BTR -- Carlos Pena, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schmidt -- to get the scoop on their characters and some behind-the-scenes secrets!

J-14: What are your Big Time Rush characters all about?
James Maslow: My character, James Diamond, is the lovable narcissist. He's very much into himself, fashion, and fame -- that's what drives him. He really wants to be a pop star. At the same time, he loves his buddies -- if one person wasn't there or if James was on his own, it wouldn't be the same.
Carlos Pena: My character, Carlos Garcia, is the wild one. He is the loveable moron that just wants to have fun. He may not always say the smartest things, but he's always having a good time. He keeps his buddies from being bored, like he's the first one to jump into a pool!
Logan Henderson: My character Logan is the brainy, smart one. Whenever the guys get into trouble, he keeps them from going to jail. He knows he's the one who's very cautious, but he's confident in knowing that's what he's like.
Kendall Schmidt: I play Kendall Knight. He's the fair one out of the group who makes sure everyone is having a good time and being treated fairly. He's like an extreme version of myself.

J-14: Your characters played hockey in Minnesota but sing and dance in Los Angeles - do you have the same backgrounds as your characters?
Kendall: Carlos played street hockey when he was younger, James played a little bit, and Logan went to quite a few hockey games. But I've personally never played hockey in my life -- my first hockey game was [going to a] New York Rangers game. I could consider myself the resident musician. If there's no music coming from me, there's something wrong.
James: We all have a passion for music. Collectively, we've all come together with Kendall being the rocker. Logan and I like the oldies like Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder. Carlos listens to a lot of musical theater and acoustic stuff like Jack Johnson. We all have different vocal styles, and we come together to make a really cool mix.

J-14: What do you do for fun when you're not taping?
Carlos: We love singing. There's always music playing somewhere, and Kendall is always with his guitar. I can't tell you how many times we'll walk by and Kendall is just jamming out like crazy.

J-14: Have you guys pulled pranks on each other?
Carlos: I'm the prankster of the group! These soundstages are very enclosed so you smell everything, so I got some fart bombs and lit one off. They had to stop production because it smelled so bad. But the others got me back by putting two of them in my dressing room!

Photo: Courtesy of Stewart Shining/Viacom International

For the past years, friends Ben Nemtin, Duncan Penn, Jonnie Penn, and Dave Lingwood have been on a mission -- they've hit the road trying to complete a list called '100 things to do before you die.' Impressively, they've already completed 73 of them, including #52, make a TV show. That show, The Buried Life, premieres on Monday, January 18, at 10 p.m. on MTV, and J-14 sat down with the four boys, all from Victoria, British Columbia, to talk about the show, the list, and dressing up as Oompa Loompas!

J-14: Where did you get the idea for your list?
Jonnie Penn: We started this in 2006, but not to make a television show. We were coming out of high school and wanted more out of our lives, so we wrote a list of all the things we've always dreamed about doing, big or small, and decided to help someone every time we got one completed. We worked extra jobs and made it into a road trip, and we've been doing it ever since.
Ben Nemtin: It was tough because we were in school, so we had to work really hard. Jonnie and Duncan worked up in the oil fields [in Canada] to raise enough money. Dave worked three jobs. I called companies and asked for support. But really it was reaching out to other people. A juice company paid for our gas. A skateboard company gave us skateboards to give away. Then over the next couple years we just got bigger sponsorships so we could continue to do it ourselves, and finally the project had built up enough momentum that MTV heard about it and contacted us. We said only if we can do it our way. And so they let us - we produced the show and basically ourselves which was a big thing for us.

J-14: Where did the name "Buried Life" come from?
Jonnie: In 2006, a poem was assigned to me in English class. I brought it to these guys right when we were getting started. We thought it spoke to the same feelings that we were having, which I think a lot of people our age and younger have -- 'What am I going to do when I grow up? What am I going to do with my life? What legacy am I going to leave in the world?' The poem is really old -- it was written 950 years ago -- and we thought if they're talking about it then and we're talking about it now, it's a human thing.

J-14: What was the first thing you ever pulled off on your list?
Duncan Penn: Ben's dream has always been to be a knight, from when he was a kid. On our first day out, we contacted this lady who had a full knight outfit, and she agreed to do it for free. Ben spent the whole day in this knight outfit, just doing regular stuff as a knight.
Jonnie: There were a bunch of kids around where we were doing it. So in return for her letting us use the outfit for free, Ben spent the whole day knighting them so they could feel like knights too.
Duncan: That made the front page of the paper the next day, which is also on the list, and that started the momentum of the project.

J-14: What was the first one you did for your show?
Jonnie: When we found out we were going to do the show, we decided to do eight items on the list that were really difficult. So we chose things like deliver a baby, make a toast at a stranger's wedding, play basketball with the president, and go to a party in the Playboy Mansion. That was the first one we set out to do. We didn't have the money to pay the big ticket prices that most people pay to get in so we had to come up with a creative plan to get inside the Playboy Mansion without paying -- it involved a giant cake, two Oompa Loompa outfits, and Ben dressing up pretending to be a celebrity [Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer player].

J-14: What made you decide to give back as you got through your list?
Duncan: When we first set out, we don't have money or the contacts to accomplish these things on our list. People that have been helping us to accomplish the things, so it was very natural for us having received so much help to pay that forward.

You can add your list here or check out where The Buried Life boys will be next on Twitter.

J-14 was so excited when we got the opportunity to interview Academy Award nominee Amy Adams! (You know her as Giselle from Enchanted!) Amy is starring in the new romantic comedy, Leap Year, which hits theaters today! We got all the deets from Amy about the flick including what it was like to film in Ireland, if Amy would ever propose to a man, and her cute costar Matthew Goode.

J-14: In Leap Year, your character does a crazy thing to fall in love and to get engaged -- what's the craziest thing you've ever done for love?
Amy Adams: Let me think... Most of the things that I've done have been sort of fruitless in my attempts to attract men. It's always worked better when I let them come to me. Every time I've chased there was a reason that they weren't coming to me. It never really worked out!

J-14: Would you ever propose to a man?
Amy: If it was the right relationship. I know for my fiancé, he's from Texas so it's really important to him that he proposed. He's a little bit more traditional. We live in a time where there's all sorts of relationships and it's absolutely okay!

J-14: What was it like filming in Ireland?
Amy: The great thing about being in Ireland was that so much of the stuff we were actually on location in these amazing, ancient, Irish -- the castle we were in and the island and the cliffs. All of that would have been really hard to duplicate -- along with the weather, the people, and just the charm of the land. It really helped to inform the film.

J-14: Did you ever have to choose between two guys growing up?
Amy: Well, I was really popular in fifth grade. That was the height of my popularity. There were a couple guys who liked me that I could "go with." Which is what we did then. But aside from that I've never really had that set in front of me like that.

J-14: Were you lucky or unlucky in love growing up?
Amy: Probably unlucky. I didn't make good decisions. In the sense that if I -- you know when you like a guy more than they like you? And you know this and they don't treat you very well in the relationship. Well that's when it's time to hightail it and I think I stayed around far too long.

J-14: Any advice for our readers on snagging their crush?
Amy: Confidence! Just really believe in yourself.

J-14: Why will our readers like Leap Year?
Amy: I think what's so great about this film is that sometimes we center on the past and we think we know exactly what we want and life brings us another option that ends up being the perfect thing and that's what this shows. And also Matthew Goode is super cute! I have to say.

J-14: Oh he is cute!
Amy: He's English and has a charming accent!

Do you girls plan to see Leap Year? Why or why not?

Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures

American Idol alum Katharine McPhee dropped her second album, Unbroken, this week, and J-14 sat down with Kat in NYC to talk about her new songs, Idol, and her new blond 'do!

J-14: Your last record was very R&B influenced. Is that the direction you're going with the new record?
Katharine McPhee: It's totally different. There's no knock on the first record in anyway, but I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do on it and I had to make it in a very small time frame. I really allowed people to do what they thought I should do and steer me in a certain direction, so that's how it came out the way it did. I love some of those songs on the record. Not entirely me, but it was good in that it gave me the opportunity to realize what I didn't want to do anymore. When it came time to make a new record, I didn't know if I wanted to. I had no other experiences other than my first, and I was just anxiety-ridden with not being able to have control. So I really had to just start over and go slowly. I went to Nashville. I found some great songwriters there, and it also gave me a great opportunity to spread my wings as a songwriter and find a group of people I was really comfortable writing with. I felt like I could open my journal and say, 'I'm embarrassed right now but this is what I wrote about.' This is a much more personal, deep record with songs about my past relationships, coming off of Idol, making a record, being new into the business, excitements, and disappointments.

J-14: What's your favorite track on the album?
Katharine: Right now my favorite is "Surrender," which I wrote with Ingrid Michaelson. It's just a sweet, sweet song. It talks about that self-loathing we all have, like it's never good enough. It's not even physical, it's with everything -- your relationship, your career, all those things. But this song in particular talks about someone who loves you so much and wishing you could see yourself the way that person does.

J-14: What's the story behind the first single, "Had It All?"
Katharine: The song is basically a theme I think a lot of girls go through of looking for something else rather than realizing what they have in the moment is the best and perfect scenario. I think all girls every once in a while go after the guy that maybe everyone tells them not to go with. I definitely dated somebody like that. I think this lyrically just explains the story of going out there and thinking, 'Where are all the fireworks I thought I'd see?' It's looking for something that you already really have.

J-14: Was it weird to see Kara DioGuardi, who you worked with on your first album, as a judge on Idol?
Katharine: It was. We became such good friends with Idol not being attached to anything and then she was suddenly on the show. I was talking to her about her non-harsh words for contestants. I was like, 'You are so much more opinionated than you are on TV.' She was like, 'I am warming up! I'm taking my time.' This was early on in the show.

J-14: Do you still watch Idol?
Katharine: I think it's like reasonable to think that someone coming off of the show would be done watching the show, at least for one season. You have to get it out of your system a little bit. But I've definitely watched different seasons since I've come off the show and I still enjoy it. I look at it a little differently after being on the show but it's still American Idol.

J-14: What made you decide to go blonde?
Katharine: I was pretty much finished with my record. I think it an expression of being excited that I finished my record, and I was also just ready for change. It's inspired me with clothes, taking risks, and not caring what other people think. I would say at the moment blondes are having more fun. Of course when I go back to being a brunette -- and I will be at some point -- I'll be very on one side again. I'm having fun whatever side I am.

American Idol winner Kris Allen and second runner-up Allison Iraheta will be ringing in the New Year from Las Vegas as they perform on Billboard's New Years Eve Live! (Kim Kardashian and Sean Kingston will also be there to ring in 2010!) J-14 recently chatted with the Idol stars about New Year's resolutions, the new season of AI, and setting someone's pants on fire?!

Q: Do you guys have any New Year's resolutions?
Kris Allen: For me, it's just work harder on music stuff. Just writing and performing and all that.
Allison Iraheta: My New Year's resolution was to not have a New Year's resolution.

Q: What is your most memorable New Year's Eve?
Allison: I don't know. All of the past New Year's Eves I was just with a huge family eating our faces off till the next morning.
Kris: For me, last year, I was at a party. We had a party at my house and we had like this small deck on the roof. There was like 45 people at my house or something like that. We all had sparklers and somebody's pants caught on fire. So, that was pretty scary.

Q: How do you typically celebrate New Year's Day?
Kris: I usually go to my mom's house and she always makes cabbage and black-eyed peas, or something like that. She always makes those things for some reason. It's supposed to be good luck for the rest of the year.
Allison: I'm just with the family the whole day 'til the next day, eating.

Q: Do you know what you are going to wear for the New Year's Eve show?
Allison: I do know what I am going to wear. It's pretty sick. It's a zipper dress. You'll have to see it.
Kris: That's funny cause I'm going to wear a zipper dress.
Allison: You are? We probably got it at the same place.
Kris: Yes, at zipperdress.com.

Q: What was some of your favorite music from the past year?

Alison: I have to say "Only By the Night and You'll Have To Take It From Me" by Kings of Leon.
Kris: Yes, I would have to agree and I'm going to throw Mayer's CD in there, too. Both of those are really good.

Q: What do you think of American Idol without Paula Abdul?
Allison: Obviously, we're all going to miss her. I honestly have to say that I'm pretty happy that we got the chance to work with her. Sorry, Season 9!
Kris: Paula is the one we got to know the best. She is a sweetheart. I think the show will definitely miss her. People tuned in to watch what Paula was going to do. But she was just a nice person to have on there. But Ellen's going to be -- I don't know of one person that doesn't like Ellen.

Photos: Kris: Courtesy of FOX; Allison: LeAnn Mueller