On Thursday we learned the somewhat surprising news that eldest Jonas brother Kevin got engaged to his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa and today we learn that the happy couple celebrated their engagement with Kevin’s brothers and bandmates at a special dinner in NYC last night. Here are a few pics of Kevin & Danielle along with Joe and Nick Jonas making their way out of their fave pizza place together:

I mean, what better way to celebrate ones upcoming nuptials than with a pizza party! I mean … it’s not like they chose to celebrate at Chuck E. Cheese or anything … it was, like, a serious grown-up place and everything. I understand that Danielle and the JoBros partied with 30 of their closest friends. Sounds like fun, don’t it?

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The brothers known as Jonas are featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Try as I might to ignore them, these young men have fully infiltrated pop culture (as evident from their latest magazine cover) and have even started mingling into the goss world (by way of youngest brother Nick’s rekindled romance with Miley Cyrus, essentially making them the Justin and Britney of this new generation) and therefore are finally worth talking about … or at least mentioning. Whether or not they remain worthy of talking about on a daily basis for months and years to come remains to be seen. But, since they are the coverstory band on the new issue of Rolling Stone … well, here we go. Here is the Jonas Brothers coverphoto of the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine along with a portion of their coverstory interview:

If the Jonas Brothers‘ first moment on the cover of Rolling Stone found them reaching the height of teen pop stardom, their latest — on stands this week — finds them pushing for an even loftier goal: musical credibility. “I think we are working to make that trade without having to give anything up,” Kevin Jonas tells Rolling Stone in our cover story. “But I think it will take time, because of where we came from. I would honestly say to anybody, if you were in a band like us, you would take advantage of those platforms too. It’s easy for people to say, ‘No, I’m a real rock & roller,’ but I think you do what you’ve got to do.” Our Jenny Eliscu spent time with the brothers in Los Angeles as they prepared to hit the road in support of their most ambitious album yet, Lines, Vines and Trying Times. The album, the tour and much of what the band does these days seems designed to help facilitate the leap from teen pop to contemporary rock. It’s a challenging feat that few have pulled off. But the brothers are working hard on what they know will be a long, slow march to credibility. Eliscu found Nick on point as the band’s creative lead, putting their touring band through their paces (his brothers have started calling him “Mr. President”), while Kevin helps to steer the Jonas business and image (he even built a foam 3-D scale model of the band’s new stage set, which now takes 180 people to assemble at each show). “We have an operation around us that we run,” Kevin tells Rolling Stone. “It’s not run for us, or dictated to us. Everything that we do, we sign off on.” But even with a strong operation and a lot of hard work, the band knows that teen idols rarely make the leap to “serious artist.” “Personally, I’m not in the band to say, ‘Hey, you need to respect us, take us seriously,’ because that’s kind of stupid,” Joe tells RS. “We’re doing it because we love it, and we don’t care what age group we attract. If they like our music, they like our music, and if they don’t, fine. We don’t need you like our music.”

In the end, I really respect that these young guys have as much control over their careers as they do. They seem pretty grounded and are talented … whether you appreciate their music or not (which I don’t) you have to give them props for doing their thing to the best of their ability and enjoying much success from all of their hard work. Gone are the days when popstars are completely controlled and exploited by larger entities (for example, like Tiffany in the 1980’s who was a huge popstar that had no say about anything and ended up with NOTHING after her career was all said and done). These days, these millionaire tween stars have a lot of control over their careers … it’s pretty incredible. After the jump, check out a few photos from their RS photoshoot …

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Try as I might, I cannot seem to avoid posting about the Jonas Brothers … well, the Jonas brother … Joe, in particular. Last month, I had to succumb and post a photo of middle Jonas brother Joe from his appearance in In Style magazine where the lad confessed that his celebrity crush is, of all people, Daniel Craig. Today, it would seem that Joe has outdone himself with his latest antics … in an effort to call attention to the fact that the Jonas Brothers are releasing a new album in a couple of weeks, Joe created a You Tube video wherein he performs a dance routine to Beyoncé’s big hit song Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It). As you can see from these screencaps, Joe really dressed the part:

First the lad confesses to have a crush on Daniel Craig, then he shows us that he is a Beyoncé fan of the strongest magnitude … is he trying to tell us something? I mean … dancing around to Single Ladies is funny and cute and all … but to do so in a leotard and high heels seems to be taking things a bit far. But, you know what? More power to him!! You do your thang, Joe Jonas! Ain’t no shame in your game. After the jump, check out the video in full and judge for yourself …

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Last week we saw the risqué photo of middle Jonas brother Joe Jonas as featured in the new issue of In Style magazine (well, risqué for a rosy-cheeked lad who shuns the trappings of premarital sex by proudly wearing a purity ring) and today we get to see a few more photos from that shoot. As I mentioned before, I’ve done my best to avoid posting about any of the Jonas Brothers here on the blog but since I posted the last pic (along with the lad’s quote that his “celebrity crush” is on the very hawt Daniel Craig) I figured I’d be remiss if I didn’t post the follow-up photos … behold:

I have always contended that most everyone looks better when they are all wet … now, I’m not necessarily commenting on the appeal of this young lad by saying so but clearly the photographer was trying to amp up the young man’s allure by photographing him all soaking wet. I’m fairly certain that young girls (and boys) have already made their way to the closest newsstand to purchase their copies of In Style magazine so that the photo of wet Joe Jonas can be ripped out and securely affixed to their bedroom walls. How many of YOU have done the same?

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Ugh … I have TRIED to resist posting anything about any of the Jonas Brothers on this blog but, try as I might, this item is just too good to let pass. Joe Jonas (the “pretty one” of the Jonas Bros as opposed to Nick the “young one” and Kevin the “other one”) is featured fully clothed and soaking wet in the new issue of In Style magazine. And you thought only underage girls get sexually exploited by the media. While this photo in and of itself is totally LOLworthy and worth posting — there’s more. In Joe’s mini-interview he reveals that he has a celebrity crush — on Daniel Craig! Here is Joe’s In Style photo and the full text of the mini-interview:

Stage Might: As an evangelical Christian with a squeaky-clean Disney image, this Jonas Brother claims to steer clear of all the cliched rock star trappings, including sex. But that hasn’t stopped him from being one of the biggest teen idols of our time. “It feels great when you’re on stage and girls are screaming for you,” he says. “I become a different person.”

Joe’s Celebrity Crush: Daniel Craig

LMAO! Well, at least he’s being honest … which is very refreshing. It’s interesting … the article didn’t specify that he was asked about his “man crush”, it only lists his “Celebrity Crush” … and the first person that came to mind was Daniel Craig? HMMMMM. I think I like this kid already.

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