Miranda Cosgrove discusses her role in Despicable Me

Finkley sits down with Miranda Cosgrove to talk Despicable Me, iCarly and twitter!MIRANDA COSGROVE (Margo) is one of Holly- wood’s hottest young stars.She can currently be seen on the Emmy Award-nomi- nated iCarly, Nickelodeon's highest-rated live-action show. A January 2010 episode titled "iSaved Your Life" attracted 12 million viewers, beating out its time slot competition on both broadcast and cable television.The episode also has the distinction of being the most watched telecast on cable that entire week. On the show, Cosgrove stars in the title role (Carly Shay) as a teenager who lives with her twenty-something brother/guardian and produces webcasts from a makeshift loft studio with her two best friends. Not only is the show a success in the U.S., it has broad international appeal as well. iCarly has won the Kids' Choice Award (KCA) for Favorite TV Show, the Australia KCA for Favorite Comedy and the Germany KCA for Favorite TV Show.Cosgrove received Kids Choice Award nominations for Favorite Television Actress in 2009 and 2010 and a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice TV Actress: Comedy in 2009; won the Nickelodeon U.K. Star of the Year Award in 2010; received a nomination for Favorite International TV Star from the 2008 Australia Kids' Choice Awards; and received a nomination for Favorite Female TV Star from the 2008 U.K. Kids' Choice Awards. iCarly was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy Award in 2009 and a Teen Choice Award in 2009 and won Kids' Choice Awards in 2009 and 2010.Cosgrove recently signed with Columbia Records and recorded her first album, "iCarly," which features four original songs that she sings. Her debut solo album, "Sparks Fly," hit stores on April 27, 2010. She co-wrote the first single, "Kissin' U," with influential producer Dr. Luke.She received rave reviews for her work in Richard Linklater's School of Rock as Summer Hathaway, the overachieving preppy manager of Jack Black's rock band. Her other fil...

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