Life gets trickier for the Russos as the new season of Wizards of Waverly Place picks up right where things left off in October’s Season 3 finale, after the magical bunch escaped from a government agency holding them captive. Selena Gomez, who plays middle child Alex, fills us in on what to expect with the show, including the chances of a fifth season.

TV Guide Magazine: The third-season finale really shook things up. What’s next?
Gomez: Alex ends up exposing to the world that she’s a wizard, which leads to her losing her powers.

TV Guide Magazine: That’s a shocker!
Gomez: I was really nervous, but I didn’t want the show to become repetitive. Our writers completely pulled it off and came up with this story line that lets the characters branch out.

TV Guide Magazine: One thing doesn’t change: Alex and werewolf Mason (Gregg Sulkin) are still an item, right?
Gomez: The audience loves their relationship — and I do, too! They are the typical teenage couple, but with complications that other kids don’t have to deal with, which makes it funny.

TV Guide Magazine: Any chance your BFF Taylor Swift will guest star?
Gomez: No, just because I never want our friendship to be exploited. She’s like my family, and I wouldn’t want anything to mess that up.

TV Guide Magazine: Word is that Season 4 is going to be the last…
Gomez: I’m not really sure. [Wizards] has been such an important part of my life — I’m going to be the worst at saying goodbye.

Wizards of Waverly Place airs Friday at 9:45/8:45c on Disney Channel. Gomez conjures up scoop on Season 4 in exclusive videos at disneychannel.com

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Selena Gomez returns to the small screen tonight and everything is not as it seems when the new season of “Wizards of Waverly Place” premieres. Now, ET talks to the 18-year-old star about being a part of the wizarding world, dating and avoiding the pitfalls that other young stars experience.

ET: What can we look forward to this season on “Wizards of Waverly Place”?

Selena Gomez: It has definitely impressed me, to be honest, because our show has been on so long and we have done so many episodes. I know that magic is endless. I was a little weary coming into this season, wanting to make sure we came back with a bang. They have surprised me. We are coming back with really fun storylines.

ET: On the first episode, do you reveal to the world that you are a witch?

Selena Gomez: I do. I expose that we are wizards. It is actually a test that ends up kicking me and my brother out of the wizard competition. So throughout the whole season, you find my character and David Henrie’s character trying to get back into the competition because that was actually a test.

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Los Angeles Times posted this great review of Wizards of Waverly Place. Don’t forget to tune in to the season premiere tonight on the Disney Channel! I also added a couple of behind the scenes pictures :)

Everything is not as it seems as the Disney show returns for a fourth season. Still, the series remains funny and clever, with a dab of Potter and a dollop of ‘Twilight.’

Just as the Harry Potter series begins its elongated cinematic finale, Disney Channel’s own version of the wizarding world, “Wizards of Waverly Place,” has hit the reset button.

The show revolves around the magical education of the three Russo siblings, who are vying with each other to become the next family wizard. It’s always had a bigger built-in narrative obstacle than most kids’ shows — not only will the stars inevitably age out of the its demographic, but by the end of three seasons, one of them also had to be close to winning. So, at the end of Season 3, the government stepped in and turned off all the magic, leaving wizards-in-training Alex ( Selena Gomez), Justin ( David Henrie) and Max (Jake T. Austin) and their wizard father ( David DeLuise) just as powerless as their mortal mother ( Maria Canals-Barrera).

As the Season 4 premiere — and the groovy new rendition of the theme song — indicates, “everything is not what it seems.” At the risk of tripping a spoiler alert, let’s just say that no one is going to be the new Russo family wizard any time soon. Having lost “Hannah Montana” to Miley Cyrus’ new grown-up career, Disney’s not about to let its new No. 1 show end because of something silly like academic realism.

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Alex quits her wizard training after she decides there will never be enough time to regain her status and compete for the title of family wizard. However, she is shocked to learn that, as a mortal, she will no longer be able to date Mason. Meanwhile, after meeting with the Wizard Family Competition Commissioner, Justin decides to tutor delinquent wizards and do whatever it takes to get himself back in the running for the wizard competition. And a family of Cucuys, Latino mythical monsters, invites the Russos for an evening on their yacht, in a new episode of “Wizards of Waverly Place,” premiering Friday, November 19 (8:30-9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel

Wizards of Waverly Place fans hold onto your magic wands, because the events of Friday’s Season 3 finale will change the lives of the magical Russo siblings forever.

While a spell has been cast to keep us from revealing the outcome of the October 15 episode, we can say that Alex (Selena Gomez) and her family find themselves in danger, being held against their will by a government agency aware of their wizardly powers. Zoinks!

And their lives take another freaky turn when the Emmy-winning kid-com’s fourth season premieres Friday, November 12, at which time Alex inadvertently jeopardizes the future for herself and her brothers Justin (David Henrie) and Max (Jake T. Austin) after she’s tricked into revealing the family secret.

But don’t be fooled into thinking WOWP is going all serious on us — there still will be lots of funny mixed in with the action and suspense, and an added dose of adorable with Bailee Madison (Bridge to Terabithia) joining the cast as a 10-year-old wizard named Maxine. There promises to be romance, too, with the return of British heartthrob Gregg Sulkin (star of the upcoming Disney Channel movie Avalon High) as Alex’s werewolf love Mason.

Still up in the air is whether the fourth season of WOWP will also be its last, although Gomez and her costars are committed to conjuring up a second TV-movie, which is set to begin production in 2011.

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The visit starts at around the 6:05 minute mark so if you don’t want to watch the whole thing just skip to that point!

Los Angeles – In their own way, all of the children on Wednesday’s Child are stars, but periodically we call upon some additional “star power” to work with our kids who really have a passion for acting and drama.

So when we learned that Jessie, born in 1995, has already performed in plays and that she hopes to be an actor in television or film, we set out to work some magic that would help nurture Jessie’s interest.

To help make an impact, we took a trip to Waverly Place and met up with David Henrie, star of Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place.

Jessie got to meet and talk with the cast of the show and walk around the set. It’s likely that she even discovered some “insider secrets” to the show and hints of upcoming plots — but like others “in the know”, Jessie’s lips are sealed (and so are ours).

Jessie enjoyed being on the set of the hit television show for a day and meeting and getting pointers from its stars. We’re looking forward to the day when Jessie finds herself in the home setting of and surrounded by the supportive “cast” of an adoptive family she can call her own.

Becoming an actor and finding success in that field takes more than just skill and Jessie’s aware of that. Jessie wants to go to college and currently views becoming a lawyer as a “plan B” to the acting thing. Jessie does very well in school and has a well-rounded array of interests. In addition, she’s outgoing, athletic and has that “go-getter” mentality.

With a lot of the “right stuff” going for her, Jessie still needs a supportive and loving family to be there for her, unconditionally, as she works her way through life’s many auditions, roles and accomplishments. If you think that Jessie might fit the part within your family line-up, please have your people contact our people.

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I’ve added the promoshoot of the 3rd season of WOWP. I’ve also added a picture of David on set for the 4th season. Enjoy!