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Talking with teen singer/actress JoJo

   Crazy as it sounds, here is what prompted me to request an interview with multi-platinum selling recording artist and actress Joanna “JoJo” Levesque, who stars in the Lifetime original movie “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet,” premiering at 8 p.m. Aug. 9.
   JoJo performed at the 2004 Rock & Roll Gymnastics Championships Tour that stopped in Oklahoma City. Also performing at the event was Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Shannon Miller from Edmond.
   JoJo plays a character named Claudia Miller in “Hollywood Starlet.” And that happens to be the name of Shannon’s mom.
   “That’s funny,” JoJo said during the recent phone interview. “That was just how the script was written.”
   Another topic of discussion was whether JoJo, 17, wanted to concentrate more on acting or singing these days.
   “For me, it’s important to separate the two, but I also have school on top of that,” she said. “So for me to do three things at once, like try to film a movie, record and promote an album and keep up good grades in school, it’s really exhausting.
   “So when I do an acting project, I like to dedicate myself to that. And when I do music, I like to dedicate myself to that. If I had to choose, I absolutely love acting, but music is something I can’t live without. Whether its professionally or just the shear enjoyment of it, I love the way I feel writing, recording and performing music.”
   For more on the interview with JoJo (pictured in Lifetime Photo above), read the story inside the Aug. 3 edition of The Oklahoman’s TV Week.
–Penny TV

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