Alexz and Alexz World are up for nomination, so make sure to go vote for Alexz and us now!

Best Female Movie Performance
Vote for your favorite Actress from a 2009 movie.
Alexz Johnson (Stranger with my Face)
Aly Michalka (Bandslam)
Bonnie Wright (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince)
Emma Watson (Harry potter and the Half Blood Prince)
Emily Osment (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Hilary Duff (What Goes Up)
Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana: The Movie)
Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie)
Vanessa Hudgens (Bandslam)
Zooey Eschanel (500 Days of Summer)

Favorite Female Celebrity Twitter
Vote for your favorite female twitterer!
@78violet
@alexzjohnson
@allisonmack
@ddlovato
@emilyosment
@IMKristenBell
@itsmeleighton
@katevoegele
@taylorswift13
@yelyahwilliams

Best Soundtrack
Vote for your favorite soundtrack from a film or TV show
Any Other Day
Bandslam
Glee: The Music Volume 1
Glee: The Music Volume 2
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Instant Star: Greatest Hits
New Moon
What Goes Up

Fansite of the Year
Vote for your favorite fansite
www.78-violet.com
www.allisonmackweb.com
www.alexzworld.com
www.ashleytisdale.org
www.bonniewrightonline.com
www.fansofdavid.com
www.Hduff.org
www.hisgoldeneyes.com
www.taylorswiftweb.net
www.youknowyouloveme.org

Your pick for December’s Site of the Month here at Portrait Magazine is the Alexz Johnson fansite Alexz World

OH MY GOSH! We won the December 2009 Site of the Month at Portrait Magazine! It’s all thanks to all of you who voted for us! I couldn’t be more happy right now!! This is our second time winning SOTM at Portrait. We also won back in February 2008! Again, thank you so, very very much guys!

#10.Up For a Challenge: Alexz Johnson

Born: November 4, 1986

Since Instant Star ended, Alexz has been concentrating on her music and working on getting her music released. (Thank you very much big wig record companies and your bureaucracies preventing Alexz from releasing her older material by the way!) Yet in 2009, she still managed to find the time in her busy schedule to make a few appearances on the small screen. At the start of the year, we saw her in an episode of Smallville, playing Saturn Girl. She then received praise for her double-duty role in the Lifetime television film Stranger With My Face, where she played twins separated at birth. There’s no doubt that Alexz is always up for a challenge, and that role certainly proved that she can handle it!

What’s Next: Now that Alexz has moved away from big wig record companies and started her own independent company “Laydee Spencer Music”, fans can’t wait for Alexz to be finally able to release the music that she is so passionate about!

Portrait Magazine just posted this article about Alexz Johnson on their website! For the interview look here.

Alexz Johnson’s loyal fans have stuck with her since the days of “So Weird,” her Disney TV show. Since her most recent hit TV show “Instant Star” ended, fans have watched her in star in the movie Stranger With My Face and guest star in an episode of the TV show “Smallville”. Alexz’s supporters are now eagerly anticipating the release of her debut album, scheduled to be released in the fall of this year. “I’ve got some pretty rad fans,” Alexz says. “It’s cool, I’m really thankful, and I’m so excited to share this new music with them.”

Since we last spoke to Alexz, she had a role in the TV show “Smallville” and starred in the movie Stranger With My Face. In Stranger With My Face, Alexz plays characters Laurie and Lia Stratton. The movie premiered on Lifetime Movie Network on August 29. “It was a pretty intense film to shoot because I was playing two completely different characters,” says Alexz. “But I had a great time and enjoyed the challenge.”

After completing her acting projects, Alexz channeled her energy and songwriting talents into writing and recording songs for her debut album. She worked with her brother Brenden to construct her debut album, which is to be released with her company Laydee Spencer Music Inc. “Working with Bren…allowed me that room to dig deep and be super honest,” Alexz confides. “I feel like with certain writers I can shine a light; Bren’s one of those writers. We’re just on the same line of the same page. I write about all sorts of things and a lot of my songs are based on real life things. I try to be honest and open with what I feel while writing and I really feel lyrics when I sing.”

“I feel that [singing] really keeps you in touch with yourself because you’re able to put your emotions out there,” continues Alexz. “When you’re singing music it’s all you; you’re not acting like anyone else. There’s a real quality to it and I love using my voice. I feel that everyone has a gift and my voice is my gift. I feel like I’m doing myself justice by singing.”

“A Little Bit was written in about 10 minutes,” Alexz says as she begins to explain some her the songs on her album. “It was inspired by feeling like I just needed a little helping hand. Boogie Love was a blast to work on and made us feel like we were in a classic Coca-Cola commercial while we were working on it. Taker, we call one of our “classics” as it was written a few years back.”

Alexz is also thankful for “Instant Star,” which has shaped her career into what it is today. “I saw Laura [from “Instant Star”] the other day,” she tells us. “It’s hard as things get so busy and not everyone’s in the same city. I miss them though, and hope to cross paths soon. “Instant Star” holds so many amazing memories. There have been some wonderful moments of the past 5 years. I’m so often working on new stuff and creating new vibes that when I get a chance to look back, it just makes me realize how much I’ve learned. I’ll probably feel the same way when I look back on stuff I’m doing now! That’s what makes life so interesting!”

Refreshingly, Alexz doesn’t feel pressured by the media and Hollywood to be the girl that they want her to be. “People can make that choice to be peer pressured,” Alexz tells us. “To me, I’m in it for the music. I want to make legendary music, music that has a long-term effect on people. The artists I like, from Annie Lennox to Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush, they aren’t in the tabloids. They’re just artists who are making truly great music that will go down in history. I just love making music and I love working with really talented musicians, songwriters. I guess it depends on what people are in it for. If people are in it for the love of Hollywood, then I guess you would be peer pressured to try and fit in a box, but if you’re in it for you, your friends and family and making good music, then you shouldn’t feel that way.”

But Alexz loves her job of performing for others and making her mark on the world. “When you put yourself in this business, you have to take the good and the bad and you can’t believe the bad but you also can’t believe the positive,” she says. “It works both ways. [I have] a very social job and I love that. You can be creative, you’re a bit of a leader; you’re creating things that the world can potentially see and you’re changing the culture! You’re making your own little culture and having people feed off that. That’s exciting. The negatives of the business are that unfortunately a lot of it is tied onto image and money. There are a lot of artists out there that are where they are based on money and different reasons, other than talent. That bothers me sometimes. But as I said previously, it just depends on what you’re in it for. You can take as much positive and negative out of it as you want. If you’re just doing it to make music you love and be true to yourself, then it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Alexz Johnson will be on the cover of the November issue of popular online teen magazine, Portait Magazine. The issue will also feature an interview with our favorite cover girl.

In addition! Portrait has a portion of the magazine where people can nominate amazing sites to be their Site Of The Month. We are nominated for the December issue! You can vote now on Portait Magazine!

This was the email I got from Kat (the Editor in Chief of Portait)

Just wanted to e-mail and let you know that Alexz World is nominated for the December Site of the Month at www.portraitmagazine.net. The poll is in the right hand column (just beneath the ‘This week @ Portrait’ box. It closes on the 25th of November. Good luck!

Make sure to go vote for your favorite Alexz site, Alexz World!

As most of you know Portrait Magazine will feature Alexz on the cover of their November 09 issue and possibly feature an interview with Alexz. Well, I found an old interview that Portrait did with Alexz, where she talks about working with some people in LA (“LA Made Me” anyone?), cooking, and peer pressure. I picked out a few of my favorite parts, which are below!

Do you feel peer pressured by the media and the image Hollywood gives to everyone?
No, I don’t. People can make that choice to be peer pressured. To me, I’m in it for the music. I want to make legendary music, music that has a long term effect on people. The artists I like, from Annie Lennox to Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush, they aren’t in the tabloids. They’re just artists who are making truly great music that will go down in history. I just love making music and I love working with really talented musicians, song writers. So I don’t. I guess it depends on what people are in it for. If people are in it for the love of Hollywood, then I guess you would be peer pressured to try and fit in a box, but if you’re in it for you, your friends and family and making good music, then you shouldn’t feel that way.

You say you can cook. What’s the best dish you can cook?
I make great omelettes! Amazing omelettes! I make really, really good banana bread. Oh and pasta sauces!

Describe yourself in 3 words.
Driven. Sensitive. Strong.

Well you always look fabulous! Do you have any beauty tips for the rest of us?
Eat well, take care of your body, breathe and wash your face every night and love yourself, accept yourself, you’re never going to be anyone else. You have to honour the body that you have.

You can read the entire interview here.

Certainly the past 2 years have been a long road for Alexz and us fans, but it will all pay off in the next few months when Alexz releases her debut album.