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Back Stage, the entertainment trade publication for actors, has made two new hires. Jim Jazwiecki will serve as chief technology officer and Joshua Shames will serve as vp and general manager of Actorfest, Back Stage’s two-city convention for performing artists, which is expanding to five cities. In addition, the publication has parted ways with editor in chief Jamie Young. The weekly magazine is co-owned by Prometheus Global Media, parent of The Hollywood Reporter, and a group of investors led by John Amato, who serves as Back Stage’s CEO. “We are really excited to have both Jim

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Demi Lovato hasn't made a phone call to her estranged father while staying in rehab. Setting the record straight, a source close to the Disney songstress told Gossip Cop that the story the "La La Land" hitmaker has communicated with Patrick Lovato, telling him she really loves him and is getting better in the treatment center holds no truth.

Radar Online previously brought up the news that the "Sonny with a Chance" star has called her father from rehab this week. It was Patrick himself who told the site about the phone call. Having said that his actress daughter is "doing great" and praised her for being "a strong girl", he dished, "She told me she loved me, she really loves her daddy. She told me she's getting better."

Patrick went on to share aside from talking about their relationship, Demi also opened up how the death of David Osborn,...

Demi Lovato has allegedly shown good progress in rehab. Few days after catching media headlines with a shocking news that she decided to check herself into the treatment facility for "emotional and physical issues", the songstress who plays Sonny Munroe in "Sonny with a Chance" is said to be "doing great" in treatment.

"She is getting help and on her way to getting better," a source close to Demi revealed to E! News. The insider further claimed that the "Here We Go Again" singer is being "isolated". She reportedly "isn't allowed to speak to friends or family or even to have visitors in order to focus on her treatment". When she will get to leave the facility still "depends on the doctor's advice and how well Demi progresses."

As for the location where the 18-year-old is being treated, an insider hinted, "Demi is not receiving care at one of the Hollywood-type centers.

Representatives for Demi Lovato have warned the young star's estranged father to stop speaking out about her stint in rehab - arguing he knows "nothing" about his daughter's situation. The Disney star canceled her tour with the Jonas Brothers and checked into a treatment center at the weekend to deal with undisclosed "emotional and physical issues".

Her father, Patrick, subsequently spoke to reporters about his troubled daughter, blaming the "pressures" of fame for her problems. Patrick split from the actress/singer's mother, Dianna, in 1994 and has had little contact with the star or her sister Dallas since, and he now reveals lawyers for Disney are attempting to keep him silent about his daughter's situation.

He tells the New York Post's gossip column Page Six, "Demi won't even talk to me. I don't blame Disney (for her troubles)... Disney has been wonderful to my daughter. Now their lawyers are warning me not to say anything else.

Demi Lovato's family are outraged by comments made by her estranged father about her going into rehab.

The ‘Camp Rock’ actress’ family insist Patrick Lovato "knows nothing” about his daughter, and he has been warned by her representatives to stop talking.

Patrick – who split from Demi’s mother Dianna in 1994 – claimed the pressures of being a child star "was one of the things I worried about when she signed with Disney", after she checked into rehab earlier this week for "emotional and physical issues".

Now Demi's attorney Jamie Young has told the New York Post newspaper: "No one speaks for Demi except for her designated representatives.

“Unfortunately, several people have taken it upon themselves to speak out - both on and off the record - about a situation they know nothing about."

Demi, 18, talked about her father last year, revealing they hadn’t spoken to him for two years.