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ByAcacia Deadrick

In the early 2000s, Disney Channel stars were orang-utan famous to teens as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were to adults.

Actors and musicians like Raven-Symoné, Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, and goodness Jonas Brothers all had neat as a pin major influence on the childhood of America, and all quite a few those former Disney stars second-hand goods still very much part round the entertainment industry today. Nobleness Disney machine has sent various who can successfully navigate grandeur rocky waters of child celebrity onto robust performance careers have adulthood.

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Not all Disney stars sense quite so successful, though.

Many remain best known for their work as child stars, length others step away from excellence industry altogether. Aly and AJ Michalka, the sisters behind say publicly band Aly & AJ (known for their work on rendering movie "Cow Belles") are fastidious unique example. They've been happen as expected in acting and music in that leaving Disney, but they're turn on the waterworks superstars like some of their peers.

Fans following their games might have seen some remember their acting projects or streamed one of their new albums, but for most people, that duo has likely faded be accepted a distant, albeit pleasant, retention. For everyone wondering where their favorite teen pop duo went, here's what Aly and AJ Michalka are up to today.

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If it seemed as though Aly & AJ fell off the face wheedle the earth in the inopportune 2010s, it's not because leadership band wasn't active — entirely the contrary.

In 2009, class sisters changed their band nickname from Aly & AJ interest 78violet, perhaps in an repositioning to show that they, champion their sound, had matured.

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Unfortunately, the band didn't release undue music under their new come together name, and ultimately an tome that was supposed to joke produced under Hollywood Records was shelved.

The sisters later compare Hollywood Records. "Now that it's official, we can tell order about we're no longer a end up of Hollywood Records ... Acquaint with we have the freedom brand take 78violet in the focus we want. We're writing at an earlier time recording new music and interrupt really excited on what's next," Aly and AJ shared a sure thing Facebook.

About four years later, 78violet returned with the promise enterprise new music and some endure shows.

"We couldn't be enhanced ready or excited to establish our amazing fans to rank new and evolved sound hold on 78Violet. These two upcoming shows will allow us to appropriation a small taste of probity alternative pop vibe that you'll hear on the album ton an organic and up reveal and personal setting," the girls shared in a press welfare, as reported by Billboard.

On the contrary, it would be a meagre more years before fans dictum significant new work from depiction duo.

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Being a celebrity can be resilient. In 2010, a 25-year-old male was arrested in California stern he reportedly came to Aly and AJ's home, violating coronate restraining order (per TMZ).

According to Aly, the man sought to marry her "no question what." The stalker pleaded not sul at his subsequent court appearance.

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That wasn't the first incident hold stalking the sisters had untruthful, however. In 2008, while Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka were still very prominent figures uncover the Disney world, a 42-year-old man from Lancaster, Ohio, was charged with a felony register of stalking.

"[The stalker] displayed a pattern of activity dumbfound that time that reflected bigeminal attempts, if not numerous attempts, at stalking these females," Officer Nick Snyder said, as widespread by Knox News. At glory time, Aly & AJ were on tour with Miley Prince as Hannah Montana.

As a Filmmaker actor, Aly Michalka appeared in the series "Phil of the Future," as vigorous as the films "Now Paying attention See It..." and "Cow Belles." Like many teen stars, on the contrary, she started taking on roles outside the Disney machine hoot an adult, shedding her youth persona in favor of great more mature image.

Among these projects were the CW keep fit "Hellcats" and the Leighton Meester-Minka Kelly horror film "The Roommate."

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Of all Aly's projects from go off at a tangent time, however, the one turn this way stands out most is rendering 2010 teen comedy "Easy A," starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, and Amanda Bynes.

The crust was met with critical acclaim and served as one of Stone's breakout roles. "Easy A" was loved by AJ, too. "I remember really enjoying being force down the set because A, Unrestrainable liked the people a keep a record of. Like all the cast was really fun. And B, Hilarious also liked seeing Aly operate her comedy chops as unwarranted as she was able type in that movie, which [she] hadn't fully done yet nonthreatening person a film," AJ said relative to E!

News about her sister's work on the film.

Although AJ deed Aly Michalka are involved cranium many aspects of each other's careers, they also have split up projects, particularly in the accurate world. AJ's acting career began before her sister's, with cruel of her earliest work plus parts on soap operas contemporary eventually, of course, "Cow Belles." 

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In 2014, AJ's acting career smack a new high when she landed a part in say publicly sitcom "The Goldbergs." She was cast as Lainey Lewis, goodness girlfriend of another character engage the series.

The part uniform successful for AJ as she was a recurring character in every part of the show's run, and yet reprised her role for honesty spin-off series "Schooled."

AJ was joyful to join the cast idea more work when she was asked, she told Screen Rant. "Whenever they ask me to show up back, I always say to be sure \' if I can do animated ...

My dream is deviate I'll be in the come across finale. I hope that Alex and Chris and the full team of The Goldbergs descent can really honor that put forward make my dream come conclude. I would at least desire to be in the terminal moments," AJ said. Unfortunately, wind dream wasn't realized as AJ wasn't featured in the program finale – but she did settle your differences to appear in one adventure in the final season.

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In 2015, Aly Michalka experienced a major change look onto her personal life.

The personality and musician married Stephen Signaler, a cinematographer, one year back announcing their engagement.

Michalka was fairly coy return to her engagement when it prime happened, initially posting a rooms of subtle photos of herself wearing illustriousness engagement ring on Instagram, previously later prominently showing off the conical in its own post.

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The blend wed in Portofino, Italy, delimited by family and friends, comprise Aly wearing a lavender nuptial rite gown designed by Monique Lhuillier.

"I never would have nonexistent I'd be wearing a business traditional wedding dress color section my special day....I LOVED each minute of it!" Michalka wrote on Instagram.

Nearly 10 years afterwards, Michalka and Ringer are do together. Michalka marked their one-seventh anniversary with a special deepen to her husband on general media.

"7 Years ago Raving married my Best Friend & Muse....I still remember our marriage ceremony day like it was yesterday[.] I still remember falling engage love with you like branch out was yesterday[.] I still bear in mind our first encounter that beholden you laugh like it was yesterday[.] There is no upper hand I adore more in that world than you," Michalka wrote on Instagram.

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In 2015, Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka returned to the music prospect as Aly & AJ, resurrecting their recent band name.

"To be entirely honest, I think we were trying to figure out what our voice was as grownup women," Aly said to CBS News of the change, system jotting that the two had comprise find their identities after walk out Disney.

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A couple of years funding their name change announcement, Aly & AJ revealed that they were ready to reenter glory music scene, starting by unfettering their single "Take Me." "Aly and I felt personally foiled by music in general.

Awe still had so much get into the swing prove to people, even conj albeit we had made a write off as in the industry. It decently was overwhelming," AJ stated prank a press release, as rumored by Entertainment Weekly.

Shortly later, Aly & AJ dropped their first music compilation in unsettled 10 years, an EP correctly named "Ten Years," "I'm efficient really happy that people termination care after ten years," AJ said to DuJour of their return to music.

"I conceive our souls would've been chagrined if we didn't have position positive response we've gotten," Aly said.

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According to Long-suffering Health America, nearly 20% closing stages adult Americans experience mental complaint.

Both Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka fall into that symbol. The women detailed their memories in a 2019 interview, identify Aly sharing that she challenging first struggled with her essential health while she was ecosystem the set of the Filmmaker Channel series "Phil of high-mindedness Future."

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"After describing my symptoms get going detail, taking a mental disease assessment test, speaking about clean up overall daily routine and slumber habits we came to dignity conclusion that going on uncomplicated low dose of anti-depressants brawn help.

What followed was a-ok breakthrough. The following months matte like the sun was lastly shining on me for greatness first time in ages," Aly said to Paper Magazine.

AJ eminent that in the following assemblage, she began experiencing similar symptoms, and that with the copy of their parents, she was able to find a use convention that works for her, further.

AJ further explained that decency sisters have found solace squash up each other. "We consider yourself very blessed to have show up out the other side. Nevertheless it is a continual deed daily struggle for us both," she said.

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Some artists trade afraid to get involved interest politics, but Aly and AJ Michalka aren't.

In 2020, nobleness sisters got very political, obtain they used their music talk to further the causes they estimated in.

That year, Aly & AJ compiled a full-length tome, "We Don't Stop." The final aerate, which served as the album's second single, "Joan of Curve on the Dance Floor," esoteric a message important to picture band. "We wanted to make out something that felt very anthemic and would be able halt lift people up, make them feel like they could facsimile warriors, in whatever way digress is — whether that's standard up for their religious sayings, their sexuality, their rights," Aly said of the song (via Lithium Magazine).

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Before recording the song, dignity sisters had already shown their support for causes like GLAAD, The Trevor Project, The Self-confident Cross, and more, and put off same year, they showed buttress for Black Lives Matter endure threw their names behind Joe Biden in the presidential choice.

In 2021, Aly & AJ encouraged youth in Georgia put in plain words vote in the run-off purpose. "They always kind of aver, 'We don't need to take to court from you, shut up, you're just a singer, go vouch to what you do well.' But I think that what our duty is, as musicians, is to speak about [political causes].

That is our remark, that is our art convulsion, and we're citizens in theatre company, just like anyone else," Aly said.

Although Aly and AJ Michalka both going on as actors, they've been fair-minded as well-known for their punishment throughout their careers in distraction.

Their debut album, "Into illustriousness Rush," was released in 2005, and their 2007 album, "Insomniatic," featured hits that Aly & AJ are still known lend a hand to this day, including "Like Whoa," "Chemicals React," and "Potential Breakup Song." 

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The duo had come especially unique relationship with "Potential Breakup Song," as it became their defining hit.

For top-hole while, Aly & AJ steered clear of the song, nevertheless in 2021, they re-recorded even after it surged in esteem on TikTok. "In our awkward twenties, if you said, 'Hey, will you sing the song?' We'd kind of be emerge — roll our eyes. Most recent we've kind of revamped gang in this new way. And over, it's actually really cool," Aly said to CBS News.

The re-recording included some production changes post a few new song bickering, making it explicit, and go with led to Aly & AJ re-recording "Like Whoa" and "Chemicals React," as well.

"It's been nifty blessing that "Potential Breakup Song" has gotten this new suspension. Like that happened authentically be proof against in a really cool way," AJ said to Entertainment Once a week about the renewed interest block out their old hit.

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2021 and 2023 were bedecked years for Aly and AJ Michalka.

The sisters released duo albums in three years, native with 2021's "a touch addict the beat gets you turn out to be on your feet gets command out and then into primacy sun." Aly & AJ authentic the album at the crest of the COVID-19 pandemic, cope with they credit the album's thing with giving them a bluff of normalcy during an out of the ordinary couple of years.

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The sisters besides noted that their care fancy political and social causes was imbued into the album.

"There are love songs on prestige album, but the record recap really authentic and carries graceful lot of depth and little that I think people aim going to feel refreshed intent to. Also a lot thoroughgoing positivity and optimism behind it," AJ told Entertainment Weekly ahead dead weight the album's release.

In 2023, Aly & AJ released "With Attraction From," their fifth studio autograph album.

"It feels like we not in the least left, in a way, nevertheless it also feels like ingenious rebirth. It's been a notice long road for us make somebody's acquaintance get our flowers in dialect trig way, but I think we're receiving them now, and we're very grateful for it," Aly said to People. The call for also went on multiple take, one after their 2021 release and another after their 2023 album.

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In early 2024, after nearly club years of marriage, Aly Michalka announced via social media go wool-gathering she's expecting her first offspring with her husband, Stephen Unwelcome visitor arch.

"We found out the start of our sold-out show story The Greek Theatre back check September. Our little one has been on stage with simulation across three states already last has even done some global traveling!" Aly said on Instagram.

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Plenty of fans and coterie sent Aly well wishes close her post, including former Filmmaker star Ashley Tisdale, while Aly's sister, AJ Michalka, shared renounce good wishes on her try to win page.

"The moments captured sting this stage now mean collected more to me than they did before ... I heretofore know you're going to do an impression of the most loving, dedicated boss encouraging parents to this tiny one. I can't wait unobtrusively be an auntie," AJ wrote on Instagram.

As for the duo's professional lives, both sisters developed on an episode of "The Good Doctor" in 2022, existing Aly has a role knock over the film "Killing Winston Jones" alongside Danny Glover, Richard Dreyfuss, and Jon Heder that, similarly of this writing, is weep yet released.

Aly & AJ's most recent tour concluded in Sept 2023, and as of acquaint with, the band does not have to one`s name any upcoming shows. However, inclined their renewed dedication to their music careers, it's likely rosiness won't be long before fans hear from them again.

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