James Maslow Talks About Big Time Rush Virtual Reunions and Whether the BTR Guys Will Get Together Again in the Future

It's safe to say that 2020 was a complete dumpster fire, thanks to the on-going COVID-19 (coronavirus) health emergency. However, one of the few positives to come out of the year was that it gave our favorite TV stars to reunite, albeit virtually, and that includes the stars of Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series and band of the same name, Big Time Rush, who not only treated us to one reunion to inspire us to stay indoors as much as possible and to keep healthy, but also two new renditions of two of their hit songs, "Worldwide" and "Beautiful Christmas".

The reunions have left Rushers wondering whether the BTR boys will get back together again. In a super interview with Smashing Interviews Magazine, James Maslow, who played James Diamond in the series, revealed that there are no immediate plans for a Big Time Rush reunion, there "may be on the table"!:

"Smashing Interviews Magazine: Big Time Rush had a virtual reunion last year and surprised fans with an acoustic cover of “Worldwide.” Will you guys get together again?

James Maslow: Over Christmas, we decided to put together a little acoustic version of one of our songs, “Beautiful Christmas.” We didn’t try to publicize it or make a big deal out of it. We put it out for the fans and made a sweet home video. I think a lot of the fans enjoyed it. But we’ll see, you know.

This last year, we’ve definitely been in touch more than previous years and wanted to do several things just to bring some levity and some “stay positive” nostalgia to our fans in such trying times. The reaction’s been pretty fantastic. So what that means, I’m not certain. I think we need to get past Covid before any of us are touring individually or collectively. But something may be on the table. We’ll see how things turn out this year."

You can read Smashing Interviews Magazine smashing interview with James, in which he also talks about turning 31, movies, music and marriage, here.

Would you like to see a Big Time Rush reunion? Let me know in the comments!

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Big Time Rush Star Stephen Kramer Glickman Becomes Viral Singing Star During Pandemic

Big Time Rush Star Becomes Viral Singing Star During Pandemic

Stephen Kramer Glickman Reveals 'Big Time' Celebrity Beef with Taylor Lautner

These are tumultuous times we live in, and it can be difficult to find something to distract from what seems to be a constant influx of bad news. One thing that never fails to distract, however, is random celebrity beef.

TikTok user boatflygirl bravely sourced stories of drama between the rich and famous and us mere mortals.

"Does anybody have any like, wicked random celebrity beef?" she asked in a video, which has now been viewed nearly 1 million times — not counting the viral responses.

Thankfully, the internet delivered, and one of the respondents was actor Stephen Kramer Glickman, who Nickelodeon viewers will know as eccentric record producer Gustavo Rocque on Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series, Big Time Rush.

The actor, who goes by stephenkglickman on TikTok recalled a hilarious tale from the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, complete with an impressive Miley Cyrus impression.

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##stitch with @bloatflygirl ##mileycyrus @mileycyrus @taylorlautneroficial ##taylorlautner ##nickelodeon ##gustavorocque ##fyp ##bigtimerush

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"This is a true story about Taylor Lautner, so suck on that," he said.

He explained that while backstage, Cyrus asked him to get her and her mom a whole bunch of cupcakes. He happily obliged.

When his hands were full of cupcakes, he ran into Lautner.

"These are for Miley," Glickman said.

"Sure they are," Lautner replied sassily, according to Glickman.

Oof.

TikTokker boatflygirl, who initiated the thread also revealed that her celebrity feud was with actor Bob Saget (Raising Dad, Full House, Fuller House).

More Nick: Big Time Rush Reunites Virtually to Perform Acoustic Version of 'Worldwide'!

Original source: In The Know via Yahoo! Sport.

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'Big Time Rush' Stephen Kramer Glickman Collaborates with Hot Topic for New Apparel Line

Comedian Stephen Kramer Glickman, best known for his role as Gustavo Rocque on Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series Big Time Rush, has officially entered the fashion world.

Glickman, who also starred alongside Jennifer Aniston (Friends) and Andy Samberg (Brooklyn 99) in the 2016 Warner Brothers animated film Storks, teamed up with trendy retail chain, Hot Topic, for a line of shirts themed after the star.

Blast has been told Glickman, who also hosts The Night Time Show podcast, worked with Local L.A. artists to create original artwork, including 5 designs and 50 different color ways. One design seems to channel Glickman's Rocque character from BTR:

The shirts have just came out, and are already a huge hit among Rushers.

Hot Topic isn't the only endorsement Glickman has picked up this year, as he's also penned deals with Swiss watch manufacturer, Chronoswiss, and street wear company, Diamond Supply Company.

Glickman's Hot Topic shirts are available online.

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'Big Time Rush' Star Stephen Kramer Glickman Sells Show Painting for $1,000

One of the former stars from Nickelodeon's hit musical comedy series Big Time Rush is becoming a big time artist after he just unloaded a painting that was actually featured on the TV show!

Credit: Stephen Kramer Glickman

Comedian Stephen Kramer Glickman, who played Gustavo Rocque, the manager of Big Time Rush, was recently clearing out his storage unit and came upon a painting he made years ago, and that wound up being featured on the actual BTR set.

Glickman tells The Blast one of the set decorators took a liking to the robot-inspired artwork during the set construction of the Nickelodeon show, and it ended up becoming a permanent fixture.

Because of the exposure, Glickman says he got credited for having his artwork on the show which allowed him to get more work. He says since the Big Time Rush days his art, including sculptures, has been featured on many productions, including Dan Harmon’s Harmontown, and Netflix’s Magic for Humans.

Credit: Stephen Kramer Glickman

After announcing that he was willing to sell off the painting, a die-hard Rusher got in touch and forked over $1,000. The Blast is told the buyer’s children are now fans of the show, which ran from 2009-2013, and also fans of Storks, of which Glickman is also featured.

Since the sale, Glickman has put some of his other pieces on eBay. Check out a gallery of Glickman's bespoke art, including zombiefied versions of the iconic Big Boy fast food mascot, on theblast.com!

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JustJaredJr Interviews Nickelodeon And "Big Time Rush" Star Kendall Schmidt

To celebrate "Big Time Rush" recently releasing the bands latest brand new studio album "24/seven", Nick USA currently premiering and showing brand new episodes from season 4 of the Nickelodeon bands' hit comedy series, and the boy bands upcoming "Summer Break Tour" with Nickelodeon Star Victoria Justice, the celebrity news and gossip website JustJaredJr has unveiled a exclusive interview they recently held with Nick Star Kendall Schmidt, which you can read below here on NickALive!

In the interview, Kendall Schmidt talks about Big Time Rush, his other band Heffron Drive, being nominated for a 2013 Teen Choice Award, BTR's "Summer Break Tour", BTR's brand new album, "24/seven", what we can expect from his character, Kendall Knight, on his hit Nickelodeon television show, his own personnel plans for the future, crazy fan encounters, why BTR's new album is called "24/seven", and a new group called the 'Cougar Rushers':

Kendall Schmidt Interview: Big Time Rush & Heffron Drive

Check out our brand new interview with Kendall Schmidt!

The 22-year-old Big Time Rush member just returned from overseas where he played a few gigs with his other band Heffron Drive.

Meanwhile, BTR is gearing up for their big summer tour and their new album 24/seven, which drops June 11th!

JJJ caught up with Kendall to chat about the tour, the new record, and what we can expect this season on the show too!

Click inside to read our interview with Kendall Schmidt...

JustJaredJr.com Interview – Kendall Schmidt

JustJaredJr: First of all congrats on the Teen Choice Award nomination! This is your first one, right?

Kendall Schmidt: I literally just saw it on Twitter and I’m shocked. Yeah, that's why I was shocked, because we were always hoping the last three years since the shows been on, we’ve been hoping to get nominated. Of course we’ve been nominated for Kids Choice Awards a couple of times mainly because it’s a kid’s show. We’ve always imagined we played to a large teen audience and we were always kind of wondering why we never got a shot at a Teen Choice, but our fans are the best and I’m sure they had everything to do with it, so I told them to go vote and we’ll see what happens.

JJJ: We heard you just got back from Germany with Heffron Drive. How was that?

KS: It was amazing! I was really surprised by the fact that people bought tickets to come see us play and it’s music that I have never properly released. I mean, it’s on the internet and you can listen to it, but it’s been around for 5 or 6 years now and I’ve never had the chance to play ever. The show we did in Vienna, which was the first show, was the first time we ever played those songs for anybody. So it was definitely interesting and it was weird because it was the first time and they knew all the words already. It was really amazing. There were parts when I would stop singing and they would sing the whole thing, and it was really loud. It’s one thing to hear Big Time Rush lyrics, which has been amazing, but hearing stuff that I wrote a long time ago was pretty trippy.

JJJ: How do you usually describe the difference between the two bands?

KS: I mean, I guess the difference is... there’s definitely some songs Big Time Rush didn’t have any part in the writing process of, but in this later album maybe other than two songs, we personally penned all of them so they mean a lot to us and it means a lot to the fans. Whenever I see “Cover Girl” tattoos and stuff like that, it really is amazing and I’ve seen quite a few of those, which is really cool. It’s the same feeling when somebody sings a Big Time Rush song. It’s the same feeling when they sing one that I wrote for Heffron Drive, but I guess it means a little bit more because it was something I did with no intentions. It was just to make music that I love. I wasn’t doing it for the band or for an album, I was just doing it to do it. I was writing pure heart, just writing. It was pretty amazing.

JJJ: You have such a busy schedule with recording and filming. How do you have the time to do anything else?

KS: Well, you got to make use of your time off. I feel like a crazy person if I don’t do anything for a couple of days. Like I just got back from Germany and I had Monday and Tuesday to get over jet lag, and I was texting people like, “You want to do a writing session? Like can we go write?” And friend and I are going to go try and write some songs for Maroon 5 pretty soon, which would be pretty cool. So I’m trying to figure out when I have time to do all that stuff and there is no time. I sort of just have to make time, but because I’ve been in that routine that’s constantly going that it’s kind of become normal now. A couple days off a never a bad thing, that’s for sure.

JJJ: BTR is headed on tour soon! What are the things you have to have with you on tour?

KS: On the rider, it’s kinda funny. Everybody has things that stand out that just... scream them. There’s protein bars and beef jerky and that’s mainly for James and Carlos because they’ve been bulking up a lot. I’m more on the skinny side, so the only thing on the rider that’s specifically me is, above everybody’s stuff, which is the initial intro to the rider, is it says things like “Mostly organic nature.” I start the list with that. And then the only other thing I have to besides the obvious things like your phone or computer and everything is, I gotta have almond milk. It seems really lame, but I have been trying not to drink milk lately. It’s a long story. So yeah, almond milk, and it’s hard to find in places. Most places they usually drink soy and they’re like, “Is this cool?” I’m like, “It’s not the same thing,” but at that point I’ll just drink regular milk (laughs).

JJJ: Interesting! So in regards to the Big Time Rush album, it seems like it was a long time coming! Why the name 24/seven?

KS: We've been so excited for this thing to come out for the last six months, in the process of finishing it and stuff. We've been like, “Let's put it out” and they're like, “It's not finished yet.” And we’re like, “It doesn’t matter just put it out.” We really started doing the majority of the writing after our South American tour last year. I think it was November/December we started writing a lot and then January/February/March was deciding which songs we wanted to continue to work on. Then it’s just been polishing everything and making sure correct vocals are on the right parts and that process is interesting because it’s a lot of letting the producer we’re doing the song with pick. And then a lot of making sure everyone has pretty much equal amounts of singing because we all love showcasing each other. Why 24/seven? Well pretty much because of that. We’ve been working on it 24/7 since we finished the tour. We’ve been busy 24/7 since the beginning of Big Time Rush and our fans support us 24/7 so it seemed appropriate. And there’s a song called “24/seven” so it made sense to name the album that.

JJJ: In terms of the show, what can we expect from your character in the upcoming episodes?

KS: My character is always, you know, rounding up the troops and has maintained that for the past four seasons. It’s funny I asked (creator) Scott [Fellows] for stuff more along the lines of what the other guys were doing, like more goofball stuff. My character always stays calm because there’s stuff between me and my girlfriend on the show, we’re always having our problems. I think we break up once or twice this season and get back together, of course. There’s always relationship conflict and I’m always helping the other guys with stuff. There’s some funny episodes in general. I’ve been really excited for everyone to see them because you figure after four seasons we really get into a stride of our comedy and how we want to do the show.

JJJ: What are your plans for the future? You’ve been acting forever, but you’re also really passionate about music. Do you have a preference?

KS: Well like you said, acting is really the only thing I’ve ever done. I’ve never had a proper job other than helping my dad. My dad owns a retirement home so we would clean the bugs out of the lights and stuff like that. That was like my job growing up. Other than that, I’ve been acting and I love doing it and if the right thing comes up, I would love to be a part of it. But I’m really focused on music and I’m getting Heffron Drive going, just changing the music and the ability to release new music it takes time. I have to sort of not be in the middle of Big Time Rush to put out music. All in due time, I was talking earlier today that I’d like to eventually start a record label and sign other artists or manage other people’s careers too. Because there are not many people that have had a crash course in TV, movies, and music like the four of us. The band has done all of those things, all of the above. We even joked about doing a Big Time Rush management group. Carlos could direct the music videos and the content, James could do the image, I could be part of running the music side of it, and Logan would be the sales pitch guy (laughs).

JJJ: Speaking of your band mates, let’s talk about them! Who owns the most clothes?

KS: Me, for sure. Actually Carlos has a closet the size of a living room, but maybe because it’s all organized it looks like a lot. Mine is just spread out around the house. There are four rooms that have piles of clothes of mine in them. Honestly I would say me, but I’m going to be doing some spring cleaning and donating very soon.

JJJ: Who takes the longest to get ready?

KS: Logan. He's just late, he doesn't do much to his hair. It's pretty much the same all the time, I don’t know if you’ve noticed (laughs). It seems like he gets up in the morning and it looks like that, but for some reason we’re in the van waiting to go to the airport or something and Logan is the last one to come down.

JJJ: Who is the luckiest when it comes to girls?

KS: That’s really tough because everybody has different ways to approach that. I’m pretty shy I guess, until I get a conversation going and then I open up a lot. We’ve always said that Logan is a very flirty guy, extremely flirty and always flirting with the girls. James is like so damn pretty, so all he has to do is smile and chat them up a little bit. Carlos is very specific, like the girl really has to like him. It’s kind of opposite. Me, I don’t know, the luckiest I think it really depends on the day or depends on the girl because if they like one of us, they sure as hell don’t like the other three (laughs).

JJJ: Who knows you the best?

KS: I spend most time out of the show with Logan because we have similar families. Our families are really good friends with each other. Like we’ve had Easter holidays and stuff like that together, so he probably knows my habits the best. But all of the guys, I mean we all know each other like the back of our hands. I can see what each one of those guys are thinking without them having to say anything. We’ll be in a group situation together and someone will walk up and talk to that person and it’s absolutely ridiculous, so we’ll look at each other and give each other the eye like, “This person is crazy.” When you have those kinds of conversations you can kind of speak to each other without speaking.

JJJ: Have you ever had any crazy fan encounters? Anything that sticks out?

KS: I wouldn’t say anything crazy, like I don’t have anybody waiting outside my house, which is good. There are a couple of times we’ve been followed after a show or something along those lines. In Germany though, there were a couple of girls that went to every single show. You could imagine how much it cost to get a hotel room every night and fly to Berlin. You could imagine how much that costs. I would just consider that crazy supportive. I love so many bands I was wondering which one I would do that for. It’s kind of like being a modern day version of a Dead Head.

JJJ: Definitely! And lastly, tell us about this group called the Cougar Rushers.

KS: Well there are a lot of moms that like the show because their kids watch it with them. But also there are a lot of moms that are single so they watch the show and we’re four 22/23 year old guys. I’m sure it’s probably a dream for a lady like that. So they have a club called the Cougar Rushers, which is really funny. I tend to like older ladies myself so I’m never opposed to the Cougar Rushers, but when they call themselves cougars they’re like 30, so I wouldn’t really consider that much of a cougar. There are some definitely some older cougars in there, but you know what, we’ll take the support from everyone.

Be sure to tune into Big Time Rush every Thursday & 8PM on Nick! And pick up the band’s new album on June 11th!

Nickelodeon And Big Time Rush Stars James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. And Kendall Schmidt Talk About Touring With One Direction And Their Third New Album In Exclusive Interview With Celebuzz!

The celebrity news website Celebuzz has unveiled a online streaming video which features a exclusive interview they held Nickelodeon and "Big Time Rush" stars James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Kendall Schmidt, which was recorded when the BTR boys were on the red carpet of the Cartoon Network Hall of Game Awards 2013, which were held on Saturday 9th February in Santa Monica, California, USA!

In Celebuzz's exclusive "Big Time Rush" interview, the Nickelodeon boyband members joke about how Simon Cowell may have discovered the UK/Irish boyband "One Direction", they're really responsible for the English group's massive success in the USA.

Carlos Pena Jr. also talks about how One Direction asked "Big Time Rush" to open shows for them as part of 1D's upcoming 2013 World Tour. "They did ask for us to go and open for them," Pena Jr. said of returning the tour favor for letting One Direction open shows for them during Big Time Rush's "Better With U" tour in February 2012. "We really wanted to . . . [season 4 of] our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted." "Maybe one day we can play again — it’d be fun," added Maslow.

The band, who was missing Logan Henderson on the red carpet, also talked about their upcoming third album. "We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands," Schmidt revealed. "I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us.":

Big Time Rush To One Direction: You Owe Us, Like, EVERYTHING
The boys from BTR joke -- we think -- about the band that once opened for them.

[Click here to watch Celebuzz's exclusive video interview with the stars of Big Time Rush!]

Simon Cowell may have discovered One Direction, but a fellow boy band says they’re responsible for the English group’s massive success — at least, in the U.S. of A.

“One thing we can say is that they never played in the U.S. until they opened for us on our winter tour,” James Maslow of Big Time Rush told Celebuzz.

Maslow, along with fellow BTR members Carlos Pena Jr. and Kendall Schmidt, were in Santa Monica, Calif. for the Hall of Game Awards hosted by the Cartoon Network on Feb. 9.

“All I gotta say is that this is America,” Schmidt added with a smirk. “This is America, and we’re American. They’re still not an American boy band. We’re representing. We’re holding our own.”

Jokes aside, it’s hard to believe that exactly one year has passed since 1D opened for 10 BTR shows during the Better With U Tour. Now, Harry Styles and the boys are just days away from embarking on their 2013 World Tour.

“They did ask for us to go and open for them,” Pena Jr. said of returning the tour favor. “We really wanted to . . . our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted.”

“Maybe one day we can play again — it’d be fun,” added Maslow.

The band, who was missing Logan Henderson on the red carpet, also dished on their upcoming third album.

“We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands,” Schmidt revealed. “I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us.”

For more of [Celebuzz's] exclusive chat with Big Time Rush, check out the video, [here]. Then tell [Celebuzz]: Who is your favorite boy band?

James Maslow talks about a a potential Summer 2013 tour for Big Time Rush to The Huffington Post [Extra tags:] Big Time Rush, Carlos Pena, Hall of Game Awards 2013, James Maslow, Kendall Schmidt, One Direction

Also, from Examiner:

Big Time Rush say One Direction are 'the coolest guys ever' [...] Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, and Carlos Pena from Big Time Rush; Credits: Getty Images It's hard to believe it was just about a year ago that One Direction played their first show's in America as part of Big Time Rush's Better With U Tour. Three of the guys of Big Time Rush were asked about what they thought of One Direction's success on the red carpet of Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards earlier this week. "[One Direction] are rad. One thing we can say is that they never played in the U.S. until they opened for us on our winter tour," BTR's James Maslow told Celebuzz in a new interview released on February 15. "They're the coolest guys ever, props to them, they've killed it, they've continued playing and they're talented kids and nice kids so we wish them the best." Big Time Rush talks about One Direction. "All I gotta say is that this is America," Kendall Schmidt added with a smile "This is America, and we're American. They’re still not an American boy band. We're representing. We're holding our own." It was heavily rumored for awhile that BTR would join 1D for the UK leg of their world tour, a spot now given to 5 Seconds of Summer, but BTR's Nickelodeon TV show filming schedule just wouldn't allow them the opportunity. "They did ask for us to go and open for them," Carlos Pena said. "We really wanted to...our show shoots right now, and it kind of conflicted." "Maybe one day we can play again, it’d be fun," he added. Meanwhile Big Time Rush's third album is expected to be released this year and so far the boys seem pretty proud of what they got in store for fans. "We wrote literally 99 percent of it, from our hands," Kendall said. "I think our fans are really going to appreciate the music they’re haring from the third album. It’s coming from us." Would you like to see BTR & 1D tour together again? Let's not forget, back in October, Louis Tomlinson picked BTR over The Wanted as a fellow boy band to collaborate with.