Demi Lovato has s simple, but bold, request for her 21st birthday. She wants Mattel to give Barbie an average-woman makeover. Read on to see how the classic doll currently compares to the young star.

In a revealing new interview with Rolling Stone, Demi Lovato revealed her parents asked her to sign a no-suicide contract when she was just seven. She also opened up with her later experiences with depression, self-harm and bulimia.

Check out Demi Lovato’s new tattoo in celebration of her new album Demi.

“When I don’t have makeup on, I feel confident,” Demi Lovato proclaims in her video shoot for People Magazine‘s “Most Beautiful 2013″ issue. She joined Olivia Munn, JordanaBrewster, Kelly Rowland, Morena Baccarin and Famke Jannsen in the Not a Drop of Makeup section, and she’s simply stunning!

Demi Lovato has just announced that she will be returning to The X-Factor for the shows upcoming third season. Demi joined the hit show during season 2 along with Britney Spears, replacing former judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, and apparently she was a hit. Earlier this afternoon, she released a statement expressing her excitement about returning for another season.

Demi Lovato has given herself a mini-makeover. The former Disney star has been busy traveling lately — she was in London for fashion week and the Brit Awards — but now that she’s home she apparently has some free time. Yesterday, after a relaxing day of shopping, she chopped off her hair and debuted her new look to fans on Twitter!

The X Factor judge found out about her secret sister earlier this year.

While the rest of America was celebrating Thanksgiving weekend, singer and X Factor judge Demi Lovato was celebrating Inksgiving as she visited L.A. Ink star (and Jesse James ex) Kat Von D for the latest addition to her growing tattoo collection: a series of birds flying up her forearm beginning at her 2011 “Faith” tattoo and ending at her wrist.

It looks like X Factor judge Demi Lovato and One Direction band member Niall Horan are an item. They’ve progressed from Skype flirting to actual dates in person. Most recently the pair were out with Demi’s sisters Dallas (older,) and Madison de la Garza (younger, of Desperate Housewives fame.) Dallas later tweeted about the day: [...]

Brand new X Factor judge Britney Spears showed up for her first day of work as the show taped its first round of auditions in Austin, Texas earlier today. The pop star wore a tight little pink dress with a shear midriff that could prove to be quite the distraction for all the aspiring heterosexual males and lesbians trying out for the show! Keep reading to see her arrival as well as that of her fellow judges Demi Lovato, LA Reid and the honorable Simon Cowell!

UPDATE - See a photo of the judges sitting at the table from inside the auditions and find out who’s sitting where this season!