Ready, steady, Gomez

SHE’S only 19, but at times it can seem like Hollywood’s hottest property, Selena Gomez, has been around since the dinosaurs.

Well, one dinosaur — Barney, to be precise.

Her debut on Barney the Dinosaur in 2002 was an unlikely launching pad for a future superstar, perhaps, but Selena Gomez’s ascent has been relentlessly vertical ever since. Right now she’s about to go stratospheric with the release of one of the year’s most anticipated teen movies, Monte Carlo.