Osment expanded her repertoire into pop 音乐 and 更多 recently alternative/indie rock where she has recorded teen pop hits like "I Don't Think About It," "If I Didn't Have You" alongside her Hannah Montana co-star Mitchel Musso, and most recently "Once Upon a Dream."
She is recording her debut album, which features several songs written 由 her,[6] due for release in August 2010,[7] on Wind-up Records[8] where she recently signed. Emily collaborated on the album with Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's, Toby Gad, Mandi Perkins and Eve 6's Max Collins & Tony Fagenson. [9][10] The first single from the album, "Let's Be Friends," premiered on June 7, 2010. [11]
Early life
Emily Osment was born in Los Angeles,[3] where her family still resides, to actor Michael Eugene Osment,[12] and Theresa Osment (née Seifert), an English teacher.[13][14] Her father has appeared in various films and was in Osment's movie debut, 足球 Mom, and her older brother is the Academy Award-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment. Osment was raised Roman Catholic.[15]
表演 career
Early career
Her introduction into the entertainment industry began in 1998, when she was cast in a commercial for 花 delivery company FTD.[16] From there she went on to feature in many commercials, after which she made her 表演 debut in the 1999 film The Secret Life of Girls, starring Eugene Levy and Linda Hamilton. The same year, she co-starred with Glenn Close in the Hallmark Classic telefilm Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, a role that would lead a Young Artist Award nomination.[16] Since then, she has gone on to do a number of roles, such as appearances on 电视 shows like Touched 由 an Angel, Friends, and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
2002-2006
In 2002, Osment made her film debut as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of 迷失 Dreams which grossed $119 million globally and for which she won the "Young Artist Award" for best performance in a feature film.[17] In 2003, she reprised her role in the third and final part of the Spy Kids trilogy, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, which grossed $197 million worldwide.[18][19]
In 2006, Osment got the role of Lilly Truscott in the 迪士尼 Channel series Hannah Montana. The series premiere scored record ratings for the 迪士尼 Channel with 5.4 million viewers, a response "beyond our wildest expectations," according to the president of 迪士尼 Channel Entertainment.[20][21] The 显示 earned her a Young Artist Award nomination in 2007 for best performance in a TV series (Comedy 或者 Drama). Osment also appeared in the 迪士尼 Channel Hannah Montana promotion "Hannah Montana's Backstage Secrets," in which she portrays Lola in a fictional interview set in the show's canon. In addition, Osment helped to 设计 some of the pieces from the Hannah Montana clothing collection which 迪士尼 released in the latter part of the summer in 2006.[22]
On December 25, Osment hosted the Walt 迪士尼 World 圣诞节 日 Parade with Hannah Montana co-star Mitchel Musso. The parade featured acts like Miley Cyrus and the High School Musical cast. Osment and Musso performed a sketch based on a Hannah Montana episode. Osment also had a voice over role in a movie called Holidaze: The 圣诞节 That Almost Didn't Happen, which also featured the voices of fellow 迪士尼 Channel stars Brenda Song and Dylan and Cole Sprouse.[23][24][25] Osment performed several songs for the movie, including "Don't Ya Just 爱情 Christmas" and "One Day."
2007–present
Osment did a voice-over role in the 迪士尼 movie Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch and also a voice role in Edward Fubbwupper Fibbed Big. She also starred as a goth in R. L. Stine's: The Haunting 小时 Volume One: Don't Think About It[26][27][28][29][30][31][32] (co-starring with Hannah Montana co-star Cody Linley). The movie earned her a Young Artist Award nomination in 2008 for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries 或者 Special Leading Young Actress. In 2007, Osment guest-starred as Kelly & tall skunk girl on 迪士尼 Channel's Shorty McShorts' Shorts.
According to an audio interview with Emily backstage at the Grammys, she is to start filming a new movie called 足球 Mom.[33] In April 2008, Parade magazine and Forbes ranked her #1 in their Hot Kid Stars To Watch list.[34] Osment starred in the 迪士尼 Channel Original Movie, Dadnapped. The film premiered in February 2009.
音乐 career
Emily Osment sang vocals in Billy 射线, 雷 Cyrus's song "You've Got a Friend" from his 2007 album 首页 at Last. Osment has also recorded a song entitled "I Don't Think About It" for The Haunting 小时 Volume One under the label Hatchery, for which she shot an accompanying 音乐 video. The video was released in The Haunting 小时 DVD and premiered on Cartoon Network.
Osment also recorded a remake version of the song "If I Didn't Have You" with Mitchel Musso for the DisneyMania 6 CD. The song was produced 由 Bryan Todd. The two also filmed a 音乐 video for their remake.[35] In addition, Osment also recorded a song, released in 2008, with "The 迪士尼 Channel 圈, 圈子 Of Stars." Osment recorded a remake of "Once Upon a Dream" for the release of Sleeping Beauty 50th Platinum Edition. The song was aired on 迪士尼 Channel on September 12, 2008.[6] Osment also recorded a song called "Hero in Me" for her 迪士尼 Channel Original Movie, "Dadnapped." She also filmed a 音乐 video to accompany it. The song will also be released on the 迪士尼 compilation album 迪士尼 Channel Playlist, which was released June 9, 2009.
According to an audio interview with Emily backstage at the Grammys 2008, she is currently 写作 and recording tracks with Eve 6.[36] In an interview with Half Taft Blue in 2008, Osment 说 that she is working on her EP which is called All the Right Wrongs, though the sound will be completely different from 迪士尼 pop. Instead, the main genre will be Indie rock, and the EP will be released 由 Wind-up Records[8] on October 27, 2009. Osment is set to write most of the songs on the album, with the new track "All The Way Up" being premiered on Radio 迪士尼 in August 2009.
Osment describes her 音乐 as "definitely Pop but with an Alternative rock edge." She has collaborated on tunes with Tom Higgenson, Max Collins, Tony Fagenson, Toby Gad and Mandi Perkins.[37][38] On September 18, 2009, Osment tweeted the songs that would be featured in her EP on her official Twitter page.[39]
On March 24, Osment confirmed on Good 日 NY that her debut album is set to be released in the Summer 2010.[40] The first single, "Let's Be Friends" from her still-to-be-titled debut album premiered on JSYK.com on June 7, 2010.[41] On June 3 it was announced that the album will be released this Fall.[42]
I Don't Think About It
I Don't Think About was recorded for RL Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It and hit number one on the Radio 迪士尼 最佳, 返回页首 three in July 2009.[43] Osment also shot an accompanying 音乐 video for the song, released in the The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It DVD.
The 音乐 video shows Osment 唱歌 the song in a recording studio. Throughout the video are scenes of Osment 唱歌 to the song with crazy animations in the background. Another portion of the video shows clips from the movie The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It. The video also shows behind the scenes clips and some with 首页 视频 of Osment.
Philanthropy
She agreed to sign CosmoGIRL! for President Shirts for a charity online auction.[44] In 2007, Osment designed a line of T-shirts for 2lovecollection.com, with proceeds going to the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the St. Jude Research Hospital.[45]
In early 2008, Osment participated in 迪士尼 Channel's "Earth Day," where she and other 迪士尼 stars met with TreePeople to teach kids how to help the environment with small changes in their homes and neighborhoods.[46]
Entrepreneurship
That same year, Osment signed a deal to appear in a nationwide campaign called "Smart Girls Rock" 由 the New York-based denim brand Vanilla Star. "It's a new line for girls, the clothes are really denim and girly with an edge of punk."[47] She promoted her song "I Don't Think About It" with the release of the campaign and commercial.
Late that summer, 迪士尼 released a Hannah Montana clothing collection. Osment helped to 设计 some of the pieces from the collection. Osment's image was used some of these pieces, as well as other Hannah Montana merchandise (such as 玩偶 and DVDs).[48]
Personal life
Osment is close 老友记 with fellow Hannah Montana co-stars Mitchel Musso and Miley Cyrus.[20] She mentioned during an interview on The View that her 最喜爱的 图书 are the Twilight series 由 Stephenie Meyer. She participated in the 10th Annual Michael Douglas & 老友记 Celebrity Golf Event with her brother. Contrary to 前一个 reports that Osment stated that she looks up to Audrey Hepburn and is a big 粉丝 of Breakfast at Tiffany's, she has confirmed in an interview with Eggplante.com that, while she is in fact a huge Audrey Hepburn fan, she has never seen the film.[49] She also confirmed in the same interview that she held a long term complicated relationship with someone for a few years a little while 以前 which inspires many of her songs, including "You Are the Only One" on her EP All the Right Wrongs.[49] She left her school and opted for private tutoring.[50]
