Emily tweeted earlier tonight about joining a new movie entitled Kiss Me. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m excited! Emily will be playing a teen with an abusive alcoholic father. You can read her tweet and the article announcing the new role below:

So happy I can finally share! So excited! http://t.co/g42A1t4R

Survivor’ host Jeff Probst is directing the film, which stars John Corbett and Sarah Bolger.

Jenna Fischer, Rita Wilson, Emily Osment, Steven Weber and Davenia McFadden have joined the cast of Kiss Me, an indie coming-of-age drama that is serving as the return to the director’s chair of longtime Survivor host Jeff Probst.

The quintet join Sarah Bolger and John Corbett in the movie, written by Liz Sarnoff (Lost). The project begins shooting this month in Los Angeles.

The story tracks a teen named Zoe (Bolger), forced to wear a back brace to deal with her scoliosis as she navigates relationships with her mother, her best friend and a married man (Corbett) whose kids she babysits.

Fischer plays Corbett’s wife, whose kindly attitude toward Zoe changes when she discovers a relationship between the girl and her husband. Wilson is Zoe’s mom, who parents with tough love, ultimately pushing the girl to seek affection elsewhere. Weber is the girl’s father.

Osment is Zoe’s friend, living with the secret pain of an abusive and alcoholic father. McFadden is a nurse.

Probst is producing along with Katy Wallin of MysticArt Pictures and John J. Kelly.

Fischer, repped by WME and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, is one of the stars of NBC’s The Office and appeared in last year’s feature comedy Hall Pass. Wilson, coming off an arc on CBS’ The Good Wife, is repped by CAA.

Osment appears on Disney XD’s Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil and is repped by CAA. Webber, who did an arc on TNT’s Falling Skies, is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment.

McFadden appeared in movies such as Smokin’ Aces and Honeydripper and is repped by Don Buchwald & Associated/Fortitude.

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Emily had a brief question and answer session on Twitter earlier today, and she tweeted a few times about how she has exciting news to share! You can read her tweets about it below:

@itsElisx yes yes yes!! Starting work on something new on Tuesday! VERY excited <3 in response to “Any new projects coming up?”

“@osmentnews: @EmilyOsment Any tour plans for summer? (:” Hopefully yes. Lots of new stuff to share!

Emily has been voted U.G.L.Y. Teen of 2011! And it’s not what you think! Read more below:

Emily Osment as been voted the U.G.L.Y. celebrity of 2011 in the seventh annual Celebrity of the Year Award. This most prestigious honor was bestowed upon Osment as voted by teens throughout North American.

While voters were impressed with Osment’s outstanding performance in the ABC Family TV movie, Cyberbully, they were blown away by her continued advocacy for bullying awareness and prevention.

“She has always been a positive role model for teens, and continues to do that with her positive outlooks and when she makes people realize that bullying is everywhere and that it’s not okay” explained teen voter Alyx V. “I admire Emily and her strength, and that even though she’s admitted to never really being bullied before, she can still know that it’s something that hurts people and that people need to know they don’t have to think they’re alone in their pain. It’s always easy for those of us who have suffered a bully’s wrath to understand what teens are going through and to want to help them, and the same goes for families of those who have been bullied … but sometimes I think that a truly great person is someone who hasn’t suffered like that, and yet still, out of their own goodness, wants to help those who have”

New York teen singer/songwriter Ari Zizzo chose Emily, “…..because she’s a true inspiration. I personally think she has helped a lot of people through tough times, and has brought awareness to us about how horrible bullying is, where it can unfortunately lead to, and how to prevent it from happening”

Bullying prevention is the key mission of Hey U.G.L.Y. – Unique Gifted Lovable You (HU), the international nonprofit organization that sponsors the annual award through their media literacy program.

“In honor of Emily’s movie and the recent increase of teen suicides, we started CyberbulliedUnite.org to empower the 43% of teens who are being cyberbullied to know they are not alone” announced Betty Hoeffner, HU co-founder and president.

HU is dedicated to empowering youth with self-esteem- and empathy-building programs to empower them to be part of the solution to bullying. One of the areas that contribute to low self-esteem in teens is our celebrity-obsessed society which is why HU created the U.G.L.Y. Celebrity of the Year Award. It helps teens understand and embrace that it’s what you do instead of what you look like that matters the most. Celebrities are nominated as part of Hey U.G.L.Y.’s media literacy program. In the program teachers hold open discussions with their students about how we are all bombarded with news and gossip about celebrities. They delve into what characteristics make a good role model. Students then create a list of three celebrities that they think are good role models and three which they believe are not. After each group explains their selections to their classmates, the teacher sends the nominee selections to Hey U.G.L.Y. who tallies the results.

Tied for second place were Demi Lovato and Anne Hathaway.

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Emily’s latest movie, Cyberbully is now available for pre-order! Make sure to snag your copy! It will be released on DVD on February 7, 2012. You can pre-order the DVD here.

Also, I would just like to say to anyone who has applied for affiliation and not gotten a response/hasn’t been linked: I’m very, very sorry about that! I’ve been transitioning into college life and haven’t been able to keep up the site as well as I’d hoped. I have not forgotten. Please, be patient. I promise I will go through the emails, soon

Emily recently posted a message to her fans on her twitter. It was so sweet! You can read it below:

Last year holds some of my favorite memories ever, and I miss the road and all of YOU so much. Whenever and however this next record I’m writing happens, I know it will bring me so much peace, and knowing I can be out there sharing it with all of you could not mean more to me. I hope we can all learn to love and embrace change, because it is a-comin:) Much love, be well, and let’s get together soon. Brazil? Whaddya say.

Be sure to check out the news about Emily’s hair, below, as well!

Emily posted a few new pictures to her twitter, recently, and she’s brunette, now! The first picture is how she announced the hair change, and the second one shows a little bit of it! Be sure to check it out! She posted the first picture with the caption:

Guys. Guys. I fell into an inkwell.

Last night, Emily attended the American Music Awards VIP After Party. She looked stunning! Take a look!

Emily updated her facebook page on Saturday with an update about her studies, some pictures, and a video of her playing guitar and singing a bit of her new song, Spin! You can check out everything from the update below:

Wrapped up on all my exams this last week, and just now got home from a Geology research trip. I think this is the first time I have breathed in 3 months. I’m gonna post some gorgeous photos from my trip in a bit. I love you guys, thanks for sticking with me through college

Hey, everybody! I just wanted to let you know that I have not forgotten about this site. I apologize for the lack of updates. There really hasn’t been much to update about, recently. Emily has been hard at work in college. Hopefully more news will come up, soon!

Emily posted on her Facebook page that she had exciting news to share with us soon! Fingers crossed for news about her third album! You can read her post below:

Hello all my lovelies, it’s been quite some time. I have been keeping myself very busy with school and new music and new friends I have some very exciting news that I will announce in the next coming days, so keep yo eyes pealed. much love. -eo-