Happy Birthday, Nickelodeon Africa! - Nickelodeon Africa are celebrating their 5th Birthday this July (2013)! Remember to send them your special Birthday messages on Twitter and on Facebook using the custom hashtags #NickelodeonAfricaBirthday and #NickAfricaBirthday!
SpongeBob SquarePants gets fired?! UH-OH!! - Nickelodeon's roving reporters Noah Grossman and Gabrielle "Gabby" Senn, from Nickelodeon USA's brand new live programming block "Nick Studio 10", recently went behind-the-scenes at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California, as part of their "Nickelodeon Animation Tour", and stumbled onto some extra top secret footage that might get SpongeBob fired! NOO, IT CAN'T BE!! Click here to watch the online streaming video now on SpongeBob.Nick.com now!
Nathan Kress on "Sam & Cat" - Nickelodeon TV show creator Dan Schneider has announced in a Tweet (post) on his official Twitter profile page (@DanWarp) that Jennette McCurdy's former co-star Nathan Kress, who played the character Fredward Benson (also known as Freddie Benson) on the popular Nickelodeon sitcom "iCarly", may guest star in the future episode of Jennette's new original Nickelodeon comedy series "Sam & Cat"! Dan said "I feel sure that WILL happen :) Nathan and I have already talked about it :)"! Nickelodeon Star Jennette McCurdy also talked about how she would like her "iCarly" co-stars, Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor and Nathan Kress to be on "Sam & Cat".
Nickelodeon star talks about fame - In a post on The Huffington Post's entertainment blog 'The Blog' about Rihanna being a role model, the TV Presenter and Blogger Carrie Armstrong has announced that she has recently interviewed a young Nickelodeon starlet about being famous. According to Carrie Armstrong, the Nickelodeon celebrity confessed to her that the biggest issue with being famous these days is camera phones. "From the second you leave your front door in the morning everything you do and say can be instantly captured and uploaded to the world via social networking," reports Carrie Armstrong. "That a person in the spotlight can never relax because essentially everyone is a papparazzi everyone has their own public platform to display you on."
TeenNick gets to the truth - truth, the largest US youth smoking prevention campaign and the only national campaign not directed by the tobacco industry, recently teamed up with TeenNick, Nickelodeon's 24-hour network for teens and tweens, to air a 30 second "ugly truth" vignette featuring characters from the popular teen drama, "Degrassi: The Next Generation". The spot was broadcast on TeenNick the week of Monday 17th June 2013, leading up to the Degrassi Prom Special which premiered on Friday 21st June 2013 at 9 p.m. ET. truth® is a campaign that exposes the tactics of the tobacco industry, the truth about addiction, and the health effects and social consequences of smoking. truth gives teens facts and information about the tobacco industry and its products, allowing them to make their own informed choices about tobacco use. Research-proven as an effective public health intervention, the campaign is credited with keeping hundreds of thousands of teens from starting to smoke. To learn more, visit www.thetruth.com. truth is directed and funded by Legacy, a national public health foundation located in Washington, D.C. Legacy was created as a result of the November 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) reached between attorneys general from 46 states, five U.S. territories and the tobacco industry. To learn more about Legacy's life-saving programs, visit www.LegacyForHealth.org. Click here to read the full truth press release on multivu.com.
When the fun stops - As part of a special article about abandoned theme parks, the UK's Daily Mail published a photograph from the sign for "SpongeBob SquarePants The Ride" at the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Six Flags New Orleans closed its doors to the public just before Hurricane Katrina tragically struck in 2005 and is currently owned by the city of New Orleans. Despite various announced plans to reopen or reuse the site, as of June 2013 it is still an abandoned amusement park in a semi-ruined state. On August 18, 2009, it was announced that the land would be redeveloped into a Nickelodeon-branded theme/water park. Unfortunately, however, plans for Nickelodeon to turn the area into a Nick branded theme park fell through after bonds failed to come through. SpongeBob SquarePants The Ride used a SimEx-Iwerks Motion Simulator and was based in Cajun Country themed area of the theme park. You can read the full article and see the photograph here on the Mail Online.
Nickelodeon at Licensing Expo 2013 - Kidscreen has posted a photograph of part of Nickelodeon's booth at Licensing Expo 2013 on their official Instagram profile page, which was recently held in June 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. At this years annual Licensing Expo trade show, Nick had a nearly 5,000-square-foot dedicated Nickelodeon booth where the network showcased their world-renowned sensational properties "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Dora the Explorer" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", preschool hit "Bubble Guppies", the recently launched and re-imagined CG-animated series "Peter Rabbit", as well as upcoming shows including "Dora and Friends" and "Paw Patrol."! Kidscreen's photo is of Nickelodeon's "Dora the Explorer" green slime door. Click here to view the pic!
Random Nickelodeon Fact - The Guardian reports that the popular Disney cartoon "Disney Channel", created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, who worked together on the Nicktoon series "Rocko's Modern Life", was very nearly commissioned by Nickelodeon to become a Nickelodeon show.
Happiness to a tee - Nickelodeon star and singer Victoria Justice, who played Tori Vega on the popular Nickelodeon original comedy series "Victorious", and is currently touring with Nickelodeon band "Big Time Rush" on their "Summer Break Tour", shared the happiness her t-shirt brought her on her official Instagram profile page.
Better late than never! - Click here to download your very own 4th of July Activity Pack full of free printables featuring your Nick Jr. friends, including "Dora the Explorer", "Go, Diego, Go!", "Team Umizoomi", and "Bubble Guppies" from NickJr.com now!
