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A third Camp Rock film has been confirmed by Disney but Demi Lovato, who shot to global fame in the leading role of Mitchie Torres, will not be a part of the cast

Demi Lovato will not return for Camp Rock 3. The pop star, 33, shot to fame when she took on the leading role of Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original movie in 2008, and appeared alongside the Jonas Brothers, as well as other network stars like Alyson Stoner and Meaghan Martin.

Mitchie was an aspiring singer/songwriter desperate to attend the titular summer camp, but could only afford to do so if her mother was employed there as a chef. The film came about after the success of High School Musical, which made a star out of Zac Efron and became the network’s second-most successful franchise behind Hannah Montana. Camp Rock followed Demi’s character as she battled with camp rivalries and eventually plucked up the courage to belt out This Is Me in a grand competition.

The film spawned a sequel, titled Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, which was released in 2010, in which Demi reprised her role. Around the same time, the singer had been starring in her own sitcom titled Sonny With A Chance, but made a swift exit from the show after just one season and the format had to be hastily retooled as she dealt with a series of personal struggles.

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Now, a third instalment of Camp Rock has been confirmed and Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas, will return in their roles as members of the fictional boyband Connect 3. Also making a comeback is Maria Canals-Barrera, who played Demi’s mother Connie. Fans will also recognise her for starring as Theresa, the on-screen mother of Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place.

Ayo Davis, president, Disney Branded Television, said: “Camp Rock is an important part of the Disney Channel Original Movie legacy, with unforgettable music, energetic storytelling, and characters that live in the hearts of fans to this day. Bringing it back with Kevin, Joe, Nick and Demi is such a full-circle moment, and we can’t wait to reintroduce this world to a new generation.”

According to TMZ, Demi is not part of the cast but will instead serve as an executive producer alongside the Jonas Brothers.

Joy Ride actress Sherry Cola has joined the cast in the role of Lark, and will be seen alongside by Liamani Segura, Malachi Barto, Lumi Pollack, Hudson Stone, Brooklynn Pitts, Casey Trotter and Ava Jean, all of whom will play newcomers to the camp. The plot will see Connect 3 lose their support act for an upcoming reunion tour, and they return to Camp Rock in search of an up-and-coming star to act as a replacement.

In the late 2000s, Demi, who also dated Joe Jonas for a period of time, was a mainstay on Disney Channel and was part of a cohort of young stars like Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, as well as twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse.. Earlier this year, Demi treated fans to a surprise Camp Rock reunion when she and the Jonas Brothers got together to sing their most famous song from the Disney movie.

The Jonas Brothers were performing for their 20th anniversary tour in New Jersey and included the song Gotta Find You form the iconic movie.

After the performance, Demi shared a video singing with Joe witht he caption: “thanks for having me @jonasbrothers”, which sent fans wild.

One person commented: “most important moment of my life”, while another added: “THIS WILL BE STUDIED AT HISTORY BOOKS”.

A third fan commented: “First we get Freakier Friday, Princess Diaries 3 is being filmed, Miley announced she wants to do something special for Hannah Montana, and now this, life is good!”, while another added: “I can’t fully explain but this was healing”.

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Italy’s Filippo Ganna won a shortened individual time trial on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana as Britain’s Tom Pidcock retained his third place in the overall standings.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Joao Almeida, who is second in the general classification, took 10 seconds off the advantage of overall race leader Jonas Vingegaard.

The stage was reduced from 27.2km to 12.2km to ensure “greater protection” for riders because of security concerns resulting from a series of pro-Palestinian protests during the three-week race.

Police numbers were also ramped up, with hundreds of protestors waving flags along the route and whistling riders from Israel-Premier Tech.

And French news agency AFP reported that two protestors were detained for trying to jump over barriers.

Two-time world time trial champion Ganna, 29, lived up to his billing as the favourite, with the Ineos Grenadiers rider edging out Australian Jay Vine by a second in Valladolid.

“Obviously, with the news of the change in the parcours [route] last night it was a bit strange, but I tried to do the best today,” said Ganna, who was 10 seconds quicker than anyone else over the final four kilometres.

“The first part I didn’t find the correct rhythm and in the final I tried to push over without thinking of the numbers. I am really happy for today.”

While Ganna’s fast finish ensured he pipped Vine, all eyes were focused on the battle at the top of the general classification.

Almeida finished strongly to put time into Visma-Lease A Bike’s Vingegaard and the Portuguese rider now sits 40 seconds behind the Dane with two competitive stages of racing remaining.

Q36.5 Pro Cycling’s Pidcock finished 29 seconds behind Ganna but managed to extend his advantage over Australian Jai Hindley in the battle for the final podium spot by three seconds.

With a relatively flat 161.9km run from Rueda to Guijuelo scheduled for Friday, it raises the prospect of a huge day in the mountains on Saturday’s penultimate stage with a summit finish on the Bola del Mundo.

Portugal’s Joao Almeida outpaced overall leader Jonas Vingegaard to win the gruelling 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana – as the race was again disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Almeida of UAE Team Emirates-XRG took over the lead from team-mate Felix Grossschartner with less than six kilometres to go to the summit finish at the Alto de Angliru.

The Portuguese and Vingegaard, the top two in the general classification, then broke away from Jai Hindley and 2023 winner Sepp Kuss with three kilometres to the summit before the duo battled it out in for the stage win up the steep ascent.

Earning bonus seconds with his first stage win at the Vuelta, Almeida closed the gap to Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard to 46 seconds in the overall rankings.

“This is a special one, I still don’t believe it,” Almeida said.

“I just put my pace from the bottom and I just did my bit the best I could. Jonas was always on my wheel. We were both on the limit and I was waiting for his attack anytime.

“I think this is the hardest climb in the world, its crazy, I’m really sore.”

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock remains third overall despite finishing seventh in the stage, but he is now two minutes 18 seconds off two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard.

Australia’s Hindley, who took third in the 202.7km ride from Cabezon de la Sal to Alto de L’Angliru, sits fourth in the general classification.

Protesters waving Palestinian flags disrupted the stage before the climb to Angliru, affecting lead riders Jefferson Cepeda, Bob Jungels, and Nico Vinokurov.

The stoppage lasted a few seconds before security intervened.

“We were slowed down a bit by a demonstration during the race, but that didn’t change anything – we knew we would be caught by the best,” said Vinokurov, who held a three-minute lead over the peloton before the disruption.

The race organisers were forced to end stage 11 without a winner on Wednesday because of protests.

Meanwhile, the Asturias government boycotted Friday’s stage while urging Israel-Premier Tech to pull out of the race.

Stage 13 finished in Asturias, with two more stages on Saturday and Sunday also passing through the principality.

Gimena Llamedo, vice-president of the principality, said “it would be best for everyone” if Israel-Premier Tech withdrew from this year’s Vuelta.

“We don’t have the capacity to prevent your participation,” Llamedo said.

“Not even the government of Spain has it. But what we can and want to do is express our disagreement.”

After stage 11, the team, owned by Israeli-Canadian businessman Sylvan Adams, said pulling out of the race would “set a dangerous precedent” in cycling.

“We must not be impassive or indifferent to what is happening in Gaza. It is a matter of conscience, of mere humanity,” said Llamedo, urging the protesters not to endanger the safety of the cyclists or disrupt the race.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 64,231 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The ministry also says 370 people have so far died during the war as a result of malnutrition and starvation, including three over the past 24 hours.

Spain’s Juan Ayuso held off Javier Romo to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana in a breakaway as Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall race lead.

Ayuso, 22, who also won stage seven and is leaving UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the end of the season, was joined by his compatriot as he tried to go solo on the final climb of the day, about 26km from the finish of the 144.9km route from Laredo to Los Corrales de Buelna.

Romo finished second and France’s Brieuc Rolland crossed in third, before Victor Campenaerts led home a 16-man group that formed from a larger contingent of over 40 escapees earlier in the day.

“I had already won a stage and he had to pull more if he wanted to win the stage,” Ayuso told TNT Sports.

“I was told from the car to play it like this. It is not something I really enjoy, not co-operating fully, but sometime you have to play it smart.

“I knew how to time my sprint and I timed it perfectly.”

Vingegaard was flanked by his Visma-Lease a Bike team-mates as he came home over six minutes later, along with other GC favourites including Joao Almeida and Britain’s Tom Pidcock.

The final 100 metres to the line was marked by a show of pro-Palestinian protest flags, but there was no repeat of stage 11 when racing was affected and curtailed three kilometres before the finish in Bilbao.

That had led to race technical director Kiko Garcia reportedly discussing the Israel-Premier Tech team, external in the context of the safety of the rest of the peloton.

Friday’s 13th stage is the second longest in this year’s Vuelta at 202.7km and it should see the general classification race ignite on the final climb, a brutal summit finish on the Angliru where gradients will ramp up above 20%.