Look up Thomas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Thomas may refer to:

People[link]

• Thomas (name), a masculine given name
• Thomas (surname)
• Thomas the Apostle, see also Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
• Thomas (activist) (1947–2009), anti-nuclear and anti-war activist

Manufacturing companies[link]

• Thomas Built Buses
• Thomas Motor Company, a former US manufacturer of motorcycles and automobiles
• Thomas-Detroit (automobile company), a former U.S. automobile manufacturer

Places[link]

• Thomas, Oklahoma
• Thomas, West Virginia

Religion[link]

• Gospel of Thomas, a New Testament-era apocryphon
• Infancy Gospel of Thomas, an infancy gospel
• Book of Thomas the Contender, a gnostic book discovered in the Nag Hammadi library
• Acts of Thomas, another gnostic text
• Apocalypse of Thomas, a Christian gnostic apocalypse

Television[link]

• Thomas the Tank Engine, a locomotive character from The Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry
• Thomas and Friends, the spin-off television series
• Thomas H. Norstein, a major character in Digimon Data Squad
• Thomas Tomone, a fictional character from Skins

Other uses[link]

• THOMAS, the US Library of Congress's online database
• Thomas', a brand of English muffins and bagels in North America
• Thomas algorithm, a numerical algorithm to solve a tridiagonal system of equations
• Thomas theorem, a theory of belief and their consequences
• "Thomas," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms

See also[link]

• Tomás
• Tom (disambiguation)

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Jesselyn Radack
File:J.Radack.jpg
Born	Jesselyn Alicia Brown (1970-12-12) 12 December 1970 (age 41) Washington DC, US
Occupation	Attorney
Nationality	US
Citizenship	United States
Education	BA, 1992 JD, 1995
Alma mater	Brown University Yale University Law School
Notable work(s)	The Canary in the Coalmine: Blowing the Whistle in the Case of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh TRAITOR: The Whistleblower and the "American Taliban"
Notable award(s)	2012: Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award[1] 2011: Sam Adams Award[2] 2007: BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award[3] 1991: Feminist Majority Foundation Feminist of the Year Award [4]
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Jesselyn Radack (born 1970) is a former ethics adviser to the United States Department of Justice who came to prominence as a whistleblower after she disclosed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) committed an ethics violation in their interrogation of John Walker Lindh (the "American Taliban" captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan) without an attorney present, and that the Department of Justice attempted to suppress that information. The Lindh case was the first major terrorism prosecution after 9/11.^[5]

She is currently the homeland security director of the Government Accountability Project, a leading whistleblower organization.

Early life and education[link]

Radack was born in Washington DC and attended Brown University. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year and graduated magna cum laude in 1992 as a triple major with honours in all three majors. Since 1983 when Brown began tracking such data, only one other student has received honors in three concentrations.^[6]

Radack graduated from Yale Law School and joined the Justice Department through the Attorney General Honors Program where she practiced constitutional tort litigation from 1995–1999 and then worked in the Department's newly created Professional Responsibility Advisory Office (PRAO) from 1999-2002.

John Walker Lindh case[link]

Initial inquiry into Lindh case[link]

On 7 December 2001 Radack received an inquiry from Justice Department counter-terrorism prosecutor John DePue regarding the ethical propriety of interrogating Lindh without a lawyer being present. Radack was told unambiguously that Lindh's father had retained counsel for his son.^[7] Radack responded that interrogating him was not authorized by law because Lindh was represented by counsel. The FBI proceeded to question Lindh without a lawyer. DePue called back Radack the following day, and Radack advised DePue that Lindh's confession might "have to be sealed" and could be "only used for national security purposes" and intelligence-gathering, not for criminal prosecution.^[8]

Radack continued to research the issue until 20 December 2001 when her supervisor Claudia Flynn told her to drop the matter because Lindh had been 'Mirandized'. It was later learned that the FBI agent Christopher Reimann who read Lindh the Miranda warning had, when noting the right to counsel, ad-libbed: "Of course, there are no lawyers here" in Afghanistan.^[9]

Attorney General Ashcroft's public statements regarding Lindh[link]

On 15 January 2002, five weeks after the interrogation, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that a criminal complaint was being filed against Lindh. "The subject here is entitled to choose his own lawyer," Ashcroft said, "and to our knowledge, has not chosen a lawyer at this time." Radack knew that was untrue.^[10] Three weeks later, Ashcroft announced Lindh's indictment, saying that his rights "have been carefully, scrupulously honored."^[11] This was contradicted by a photograph that was circulating worldwide of Lindh naked, bound to a stretcher with duct tape, and blindfolded with epithets written across it.^[12]

Retribution by Radack's supervisor and missing email[link]

On 4 February 2002 Flynn gave Radack an unscheduled, undated, and unsigned "blistering" performance evaluation, despite Radack having received a performance award and a pay rise a few months earlier. It did not mention the Lindh case by name but it questioned her legal judgement. Flynn told Radack to find another job or else the review would be put in Radack's official personnel file.^[10] (Radack had planned on being a career civil servant.)^[13]

On 7 March 2002 the lead prosecutor in the Lindh case, Randy Bellows, messaged Radack that there was a court order for all of the Justice Department's internal correspondence about Lindh's interrogation.^[10] He said that he had two of her messages and wanted to make sure he had everything.

Radack became immediately concerned because the court order had been deliberately concealed from her.^[14] Additionally, although Radack had written more than a dozen e-mails on the subject, the Department had turned over only two of them, neither of which reflected her fear that the FBI's actions had been unethical and that Lindh's confession, which was the basis for the criminal case, might have to be sealed.^[15] Radack checked the hard-copy file and found that the thick, staple-bound stack of paper had been reduced to a few sheets.^[16] Radack confided in a senior colleague, former U.S. Attorney Donald McKay, who examined the file and told her that it had been "purged."

With the assistance of technical support, Radack then recovered 14 email messages from her computer archives and gave them to Flynn with a cover memorandum. When Flynn asked Radack why the messages weren't in the file, Radack said she didn't know, and her supervisor said 'Now I have to explain why PRAO should not look bad for not turning them over'.^[17]

[edit] Disclosure of purged emails to Newsweek

A year later in March 2003 investigative journalist Jane Mayer of The New Yorker confirmed that '[a]n official list compiled by the prosecution confirms that the Justice Department did not hand over Radack's most critical e-mail in which she questioned the viability of Lindh's confession until after her confrontation with Flynn'.^[18] Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times exposed in 2006 that: "[Alberto] Gonzales made clear that the White House was calling the shots and that he, as White House counsel, had decided not to turn anything over to Lindh's defense lawyer in the way of documents. 'We're not going to provide discovery', Gonzales said."^[19]

Radack resigned from the Justice Department on 5 April 2002. As the Lindh case proceeded, "the administration continued to swear that it knew nothing of the fact that Lindh already had a defense attorney at the time of his interrogation.^[14] In June 2002 Radack heard a broadcast on NPR stating that the DOJ claimed they had never taken the position that Lindh was entitled to counsel during his interrogation. Radack did not think the Justice Department would have the temerity to make public statements contradicted by their own court filings if they had indeed turned over her email correspondence.

After hearing the broadcast, Radack sent the email messages to Michael Isikoff, a Newsweek reporter who had been interviewed in the NPR story. Such disclosures are authorized under 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8)(A)(i-ii), the Whistleblower Protection Act. Isikoff wrote an article about the missing e-mails.^[20]

Circa 2002/2003 the DOJ accessed phone records of her conversations with Michael Isikoff.^[21]

On 15 July 2002 three weeks after Radack's disclosure was made public and on the morning that Lindh's suppression hearing was due to begin, Lindh pleaded guilty to two relatively minor charges. The surprise deal, which startled even the judge, averted the crucial evidentiary hearing that would probe the facts surrounding his interrogation--which Radack had advised against--and whether his statements could be used against him at trial--which she had also advised against. Lindh pleaded guilty to two relatively minor charges and journalists agreed that the Lindh prosecution had "imploded."^[22]

On 19 June 2002 the judge presiding over Lindh's case requested that the Justice Department file a pleading in three weeks "addressing whether any documents ordered protected by the Court were disclosed by any person bound by an Order of this court." The Justice Department used the court's order as a pretext to launch a criminal investigation of Radack that lasted for the next 15 months. (The judge issued an order in November 2002 concluding that Radack's disclosure did not violate any order of the Court, but this Order was not made available to Radack until two years later.)^[23]

Resignation from the Justice Department and Justice Department retaliation against Radack[link]

The Justice Department contacted Radack's new employers and warned the firm that she was under a "criminal leak investigation," even though Radack had never received a "subject" or "target" letter from the Justice Department to that effect, and there is no such crime as "leaking."^[22] The law firm placed her on an indefinite, unpaid leave of absence, which is tantamount to being fired. Radack applied for, and received, unemployment compensation benefits, which the Justice Department assisted the law firm in contesting.^[24] Radack won the appeal of her benefits; however, the criminal investigation left her unemployed and unemployable. The case closed on September 11, 2003. Investigators never identified a potential charge against her and no charges were ever brought.^[25]

On October 31, 2003, "[t]he Bush-Cheney administration also referred her for 'discipline' to the bar associations in the states where she was licensed to practice law, submitting a secret report she was not allowed to see and making it almost impossible for her to fight the allegations."^[25] Maryland bar officials dismissed the referral on February 23, 2005. The District of Columbia Bar referral is still pending more than eight years later.^[26] Radack is the only Justice Department attorney referred to the bar for advice she rendered during the Bush years, in contrast with her law school contemporary, John Yoo, who authored the "torture memos."

She also had a gag order placed on her as is the case with many other whistleblowers.^[27]

Congressional intervention[link]

U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy submitted questions about the affair to Attorney General John Ashcroft in March 2003 and expressed concern about Radack's situation in May 2003.^[28] Sen. Kennedy later said: "It appears she [Radack] was effectively fired for providing legal advice that the [Justice] Department didn't agree with."^[29] Constitutional scholar and former Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan, Bruce Fein, represented Radack pro bono in her effort to clear her name.^[30]

Radack suit against the Justice Department[link]

Radack sued DOJ, alleging that its Office of Professional Responsibility violated the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Administrative Procedure Act in connection with its referral of professional misconduct allegations to District of Columbia and Maryland Bar officials.^[17] The lawsuit was dismissed in 2006.^[31]

After DOJ[link]

Radack served on the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee from 2005-2007. From 2006 until 2008, she represented government contractors blowing the whistle on fraud in the reconstruction of Iraq. Since 2008, she has served as the director of National Security & Human Rights at the Government Accountability Project. She was one of the attorneys who represented National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Andrews Drake, with whom she won the 2011 Sam Adams Award^[2], given annually by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence.^[32] Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Legal Times, National Law Journal, The Nation, and numerous law journals. She maintains a blog at DailyKos.

See also[link]

• Sibel Edmonds
• List of whistleblowers

References[link]

External links[link]

• Lost in the Jihad, by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, March 10, 2003, p. 7f.
• Whistleblowing in Washington by Jesselyn Radack, from Reform Judaism Magazine
• The Woman Who Knew Too Much, Brown Alumni Magazine article
• Anatomy of a Whistleblower, article by Laurie Abraham, Mother Jones, January/February 2004
• Whistleblower Charges Justice Dept. with Misconduct - Jesselyn Radack speaks to Democracy Now!, January 13, 2005.
• Her book, The Canary in the Coalmine (2004), recounts her ordeals.
• DailyKos blog and profile

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Leon Thomas III
Background information
Birth name	Leon G. Thomas III[1]
Also known as	Leon Thomas
Born	(1993-08-01) August 1, 1993 (age 18)[2] Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	R&B, pop
Occupations	Actor, musician, dancer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums, bass, sax, beatbox
Years active	2003–present
Associated acts	Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande

Leon G. Thomas III (born August 1, 1993) is an American actor,^[3] singer, songwriter, musician and dancer who plays the role of Andre Harris on the Nickelodeon series Victorious. He will be debuting an album in 2012.^{[citation needed]} On Youtube he currently has his own channel known as "leonthomasmusic".

Early life[link]

Thomas was born in Brooklyn, to Jayon Anthony.^[1][4]

Broadway[link]

He made his Broadway debut at age 10^[1] in 2003 as Young Simba in the Broadway production of The Lion King. In 2004, he appeared as Jackie Thibodeaux in the original Broadway cast of Tony Kushner's Caroline or Change. He also toured with the company during its five-month run in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Thomas has performed in the Broadway productions The Lion King, Caroline, or Change, and The Color Purple.^[5]

Music career[link]

Leon Thomas III is working on an upcoming EP, titled Metro Hearts which is slated to be released on July 1, 2012.^[6] And, he has revealed that the EP will consist of his cover of Kings of Leon's hit single "Use Somebody" and a duet with his Victorious co-star, Ariana Grande.^[7][8]

Television[link]

In 2007, Thomas appeared in the film August Rush as Arthur performing the song "La Bamba" and was the singing voice for Tyrone in The Backyardigans. Thomas has also guest starred on Jack's Big Music Show and Just Jordan. He also appeared as Harper in iCarly Saves TV and was featured on The Naked Brothers Band Christmas Special. He is a main character on Victorious, playing Andre Harris, which premiered on Nickelodeon on March 27, 2010. He also appeared as himself in the True Jackson, VP February 5, 2011, season 2 episode. He also appeared as Andre in the iCarly and Victorious crossover, "iParty with Victorious".

Filmography[link]

Broadway[link]

• The Lion King
• Caroline or Change
• The Color Purple

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Leon Thomas III at the Internet Movie Database
• Leon Thomas III on Twitter

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Amos Leon Thomas Jr (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999) was an American avant garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois.

Thomas studied music at Tennessee State University. In the 1960s he was a vocalist for Count Basie and others.

In 1969, he released his first solo album for the prestigious Flying Dutchman label. However he made an earlier album which is still unreleased even now.

He was largely forgotten until a resurgence of interest in soul jazz. Several of his tracks have been sampled in hip-hop and downtempo records.

He changed his name to Leone in 1974 because of an interest he had in numerology at the time. He did not legally change his name and he reverted back to Leon shortly thereafter.

Thomas is best known for his work with Pharoah Sanders, particularly the 1969 song "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from Sanders' Karma album. Thomas's most distinctive device was that he often broke out into yodeling in the middle of a vocal. This style has influenced singers James Moody, Tim Buckley and Bobby McFerrin, among others. He said in an interview that he developed this style after he fell and broke his teeth before an important show.

Thomas toured and recorded as a member of the band Santana in 1973.^[1]

Thomas died of heart failure on May 8, 1999.

Discography[link]

This section requires expansion.

As leader[link]

• Spirits Known And Unknown (Flying Dutchman, 1969)
• The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
• Blues and the Soulful Truth (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
• Full Circle (Flying Dutchman, 1973)
• Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain (live) (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
• Live in Berlin with Oliver Nelson (Flying Dutchman, 1971)
• The Leon Thomas Blues Band (Portrait, 1988)
• Facets (compilation) (Flying Dutchman)
• Anthology (compilation) (Soul Brother Records)
• A Piece of Cake (Palcoscenico Records)

As sideman[link]

With Pharoah Sanders

• Karma (1969)
• Jewels of Thought (1969)
• Iphizo Zam (1973)
• Shukuru (1983)
• Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong (1987)

[edit] With Santana

• Welcome (1973)
• Lotus (1974)

[edit] With Archie Shepp

• Kwanza (1974)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Leon Thomas on JazzSupreme
• Yahoo Bio
• Another bio

Victoria Justice
Background information
Born	(1993-02-19) February 19, 1993 (age 19) Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Electropop, pop, dance pop
Occupations	Actress, singer-songwriter, dancer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Columbia Records Sony Music Entertainment
Website	VictoriaJustice.net

Victoria Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious. She has made appearances in several theatrical releases, including Unknown as well as the 2006 thriller The Garden. She has appeared in several Nickelodeon series, including True Jackson, VP, The Troop, The Penguins of Madagascar and iCarly, as well as on the Nickelodeon game show BrainSurge as a contestant. In 2010 she starred in the Nickelodeon film The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.

Aside from acting, Justice is involved in her musical career. She has performed several songs for the soundtrack to the Nickelodeon musical Spectacular!, in which she starred. She has recorded a number of songs for the Victorious series. Justice has announced the release of her debut album, which is expected to be released sometime during 2012.

Early life[link]

Victoria Justice was born on February 19, 1993, in Hollywood, Florida, to Serene and Zack Justice.^[1][2] Her mother is Puerto Rican and her father is of English, German, and Irish descent. She first developed an interest in acting when she was 8 years old after watching a children's commercial. She and her family relocated to Hollywood, California, in 2003. In 2005, she auditioned and was accepted into the musical theatre program at Los Angeles' renowned Performing Arts Magnet school. Her family moved from Hollywood, Florida, to Los Angeles when she was 11 after Justice had stated she wanted to be a part of filming commercials as well as television series and films. Justice has done commercials for companies such as Ralph Lauren, Gap and Guess. She appeared in national commercials for Mervyn's, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch and Ovaltine.^[3]

Career[link]

[edit] 2003–09: Beginnings and Zoey 101

Justice began her acting career when she was 10 years old, when she made a guest appearance on the Gilmore Girls episode "The Hobbit, the Sofa and Digger Stiles". Justice portrayed Jill #2 in a walk-on role.^[4] After her appearance in the series, her family moved to Los Angeles, when Justice stated she wanted a career in acting. The following year, Justice guest starred on the second episode of the Disney channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in which she plays a young pageant contestant named Rebecca. Later, Justice was awarded a role in the 2005 drama-thriller Mary. Justice portrayed the role of Stella, a young girl who begins seeing visions of Mary Magdalene. After informing her family of this, they take her to see a psychiatrist, who places her on medication. Later that night, when Mary comes back, Stella takes her medicine and ignores her. This leads Mary to give Stella's sister the task instead.^[5] The film debuted at 2005 Venice Film Festival, before being showed at several other Festivals, including the 2005 Toronto Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and San Sebastián International Film Festival.

During the same year, Justice was awarded a main cast role in the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 as Lola Martinez, a new student who is also an aspiring actress.^[6][7] When she found out she had earned the role, she said "I was extremely happy; I was bouncing up and down and screaming. That was a really great moment."^[8] The season 2 episode that introduced Justice's character debuted on September 11, 2005. Justice also had roles in two other films that year. She had a cameo appearance in the R-rated film When Do We Eat?, as well as earning the role of Rose in the Hallmark television film Silver Bells, the following of which has become a Hallmark Hall of Fame film. In 2006, while filming episodes for Zoey 101, Justice made a guest appearance on an episode of the series Everwood, in the episode "Enjoy the Ride". Justice made her theatrical film debut that year, when she was given a cameo role in the film Unknown. The film was a financial failure, and received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently has a 39% approval rate, and only has a 44% approval rate on metacritic.^[9][10]

2006 also saw Justice in her first major theatrical role, when she was awarded the supporting role of Holly in the thriller film The Garden. The film was met with negative reviews from critics.^[11] 2007 and 2008 saw Justice focusing on the third and fourth seasons of Zoey 101, which was coming to a close. Justice released a promotional single midway through 2007, while she was still filming Zoey 101. The song was a cover of the Vanessa Carlton song, "A Thousand Miles".^[12] When being interviewed in 2010 about her musical career, Justice has stated "My family could always tell, ever since I was little, that [music is] something that's always come natural to me and that I've always wanted to do. It's something that's just been in my blood. Ever since I was little, I was taking tap classes, jazz classes, hip-hop classes, acting classes. I just always wanted to cultivate that and do that more. But, the moment where I actually realized, "Woah, this is something that I can actually do for the rest of my life and maybe be successful at," was actually the pilot of Victorious when I did the performance number for the first time. I just remember standing on stage and seeing all these people looking at me and I was nervous. And then, the music started and I started dancing around and really feeling it and having an amazing time, and that's when it clicked for me that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life."^[13] May 2, 2008, saw the airing of the final episode of the series.

In 2009, she announced plans to guest star on an episode of Nickelodeon's series The Naked Brothers Band. The TV special, titled Valentine Dream Date featured Justice portraying herself.^[14] Justice made no plans of going back into the recording studio until 2009, when she starred in the Nickelodeon musical, Spectacular!. Justice's character performs three songs during the course of the film. Justice starred alongside Nolan Funk and Simon Curtis in the musical film, which aired on Nickelodeon on February 16, 2009.^[15][16] The film has become one of Nickelodeon's most popular movies, attracting an audience 3.7 million viewers on its premiere night.^[17] The film received a generally positive review from several critics, holding a 76% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2011.^[18]

After the success of The Naked Brothers Band special in which Justice guest starred, producers insisted on placing her in yet another episode. The episode, titled "The Premiere", debuted on April 11, 2009. Shortly afterward, it was announced that Victoria Justice would be guest starring on a special episode of the hit television series iCarly.^[19] The episode, which aired on August 8, 2009, saw Justice portraying ring fighter Shelby Marx. September 26 saw the release of the True Jackson, VP episode "True Crush", which featured an appearance by Justice. On its original airdate, the show received 3.6 million viewers.^[20] On November 30 Justice appeared as herself on the latest Nickelodeon show, called BrainSurge. The game show saw Justice competing as a celebrity contestant as part of a series special. Justice announced that year that she would be working on a thriller film, set for theatrical release. It was later announced the film would feature Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse.^[21] Unlike initial plans of a theatrical release, the film had a limited preview release on December 12, 2009, and was returned to post production. Despite this, the film's worldwide release has been canceled.^[22] Justice guest-starred on the Nickelodeon television series, The Troop, in which she portrays an Eris Fairy.

[edit] 2010–present: Victorious and other projects

Justice confirmed that she would be receiving her own musical show on Nickelodeon, explaining the show's genesis thus: "I was on Zoey 101. When I was 12, Dan Schneider cast me as a new character, Lola Martinez. From there, I worked with him for three years, on three seasons of Zoey 101. And, after that, Dan found out that I could also sing and dance as well as act, so he thought it would be really cool to create a show for me on Nickelodeon, called Victorious."^[13] The pilot for the show, which was presented as a special for the series, debuted on March 27, 2010, and received 5.7 million views, making it the highest rated premiere for a live-action Nickelodeon series.^[23] The original broadcast of this episode was an extended cut, all subsequent airings had various scenes and lines were removed to conform to its time-slot.

Justice performing in 2011

Justice returned to the recording studio to record music for the series in 2010. She recorded the series first featured song, which also serves as the theme song, titled "Make It Shine". The single had little success charting in the U.S., however it did manage to reach 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart. Several other songs have been featured in the series, including "You're the Reason", "Finally Falling", "Beggin' on Your Knees","Best Friend's Brother" and "Tell Me That You Love Me". Justice performed her third official single, "Freak the Freak Out", during the Victorious special episode of the same name.^[24] Justice later guest-starred on the animated series The Penguins of Madagascar, voicing the character of Stacy in the episode "Badger Pride". Justice starred in the 2010 Nickelodeon television movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf, playing Jordan Sands, a girl who is transformed into a werewolf following her move to a creepy manor.^[25] The film was a major success for the network, drawing in 5.8 million viewers for the premiere.^[26] The film received generally positive reviews from critics. The film currently holds a 69% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews.^[27] In 2011, the cast of iCarly, along with the cast of Victorious starred in a crossover episode, titled iParty with Victorious. This marked the second time Justice has guest starred for iCarly, first as Shelby Marx.

In a 2010 interview with the Associated Press, she stated that she is recording an album but will take her time with the process, rather than rush it, and write the songs on the album. But, she is very excited waiting for it.^[28] In March 2011 The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Justice had landed the lead role in the coming of age comedy Fun Size (set for release in October 2012). Justice will play the part of Wren and the movie will also feature stars such as Johnny Knoxville, Chelsea Handler and Josh Pence.^[29] She has recently released onto iTunes a song from Victorious called "Countdown," released on February 18, 2012. It was co-recorded with her co-star Leon Thomas III. The latest single she has released was on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, with Take A Hint, being released to iTunes on March 3, 2012. This was her first duet with Victorious co-star Elizabeth Gillies.^[30]

Other endeavors[link]

Philanthropy[link]

Justice has taken part in a few charity events. She has supported charities such as the United Nations Foundation, which benefits numerous causes such as AIDS, Children, Environment, Health, Human Rights and Peace.^[31] On September 30, 2010, Justice announced she would be joining the Charity Campaign Girl Up. When asked about joining, she stated "I’m so excited to become a Champion for Girl Up and to help make a difference for girls who aren’t given the same opportunities that most of us take for granted. I know that there are plenty of girls throughout the country who are just like me—ready and motivated to stand up for the rights and well-being of girls in the developing world. I am confident that, together, we will rise to the challenge." Justice joined Girl Up on September 30, 2010, for the campaign’s official launch in New York City and will go on to support the “Unite for Girls” tour, which travels to cities across the U.S. to activate and engage teens from coast to coast. She will have the chance to visit Girl Up-supported programs in developing countries to observe first-hand the impact they can have on girls and communities.^[32] During an interview with Seventeen magazine, Justice stated,

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

Soundtracks[link]

Singles[link]

As featured artist[link]

Promotional singles[link]

Awards[link]

See also[link]

Puerto Rico portal

• List of Puerto Ricans

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Victoria Justice

• Official website
• Victoria Justice at the Internet Movie Database