high school musical
Zac Efron: The Fruity Keepsake Ornament
4:17AM Seth | Zac Efron’s holiday decorations are a decidedly grownups-only affair, his tree festively adorned with inflatable party sheep and a fine misting of pudenda glitter—but if there’s children around, perhaps this ornament is more appropriate. More »
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in ‘Sex Shop Musical’
3:30AM Kyle Buchanan | As teen stars go, High School Musical couple Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are certainly more risqué than most. Still, all the shower scenes and cell phone pics were mere prelude to this. More »
‘High School Musical 3′ The Soundtrack Of Change
2:04AM Seth | Never in our wildest dreams did we think our Halloween gift to you—the Do-It-Yourself Grazerhead mask—would become the runaway success that it did, with literally tens of thousands of the Officially Sanctioned Headshots™ swarming the streets of L.A. Friday night, each accompanied by their very own candy-appraisal attaché. (Grazerhead: “What do we think about Nerds?” Attaché: “We like them.”) We urge you to send in your Night of the Living Grazerheads Photos; in the meantime, unwrap some US box office numbers from your premium candy pile:
Gay Men And 13-Year-Old Girls Unite In Protest Against Cut Zac Efron Shower Scene
4:05AM Kyle Buchanan | The big weekend US box office for High School Musical 3 proves that Disney knows not to mess with a winning thing, and why should it? The series’ profitable formula (40% Bollywood chastity, 35% ‘N Sync b-sides, and 25% total gayness) has paid off in spades. Perhaps, then, the threat of tinkering with this equation was what Disney had in mind when they cut what was apparently a Zac Efron-led musical sequence in a boys’ group shower (!), the existence of which came to light after an Ebay seller included pictures of the number in a cache of HSM3 photos. What cinematic contribution to homoerotica was lost when a cruel executive axed “Lather Up, Y’all”? Gaze upon the additional pictures after the jump, and muse upon what might have been. More »
Our Sleep Will Be Haunted By The Child Actor Goons Of The ‘High School Musical’ Reality Show
6:47AM Seth | What better way to cool down in the summer heat than with a frozen reality turkeycicle, aka High School Musical: Get In The Picture? We had yet to encounter the kids vying for whatever it is this show is promising—we assume some sort walk-on role on High School Musical 5: Pregnancy Pact!. But we figured, “Hey— aspiring child actors competing for our hearts and votes on a competitive talent show, what could go wrong?” A lot, it turns out. More »
SAG Gets A Kick In The Pants From That Other Actors Guild
6:34AM Seth | OMG! AFTRA wants SAG to start negotiating with AMPTP ASAP! [Variety] What do Charlie Sheen, Rosie O’Donnell, and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard have in common? Hint: Not talent! A year-old interview with the La Vie en Rose star reveals she’s a 9-11 conspiracist, too. Edifice sept! Edifice sept! [Variety] More »
8:54AM Defamer Hollywood | Zac Efron down! We repeat, teenybopper heartthrob Zac Efron is down! The High School Musical star was rushed to hospital today to have his appendix removed. Efron is recovering nicely, and has agreed to sign the mostly useless, prone-to-rupturing tissue for an eBay celebrity-organ auction, where it’s expected to fetch a large sum earmarked for The Children’s Appendicitis Fund. [TMZ] More »
Celine Dion To Reveal The Woman In Her In Shocking CBS Expose
6:08AM Defamer Hollywood | Steve Jobs announced at Macworld that every major studio would now offer movies for rental on iTunes. $3.99 per new release gives you 30 days to start it, then 24 hours to finish it, and a virtually limitless amount of time to bitch about how you just blew $3.99 of beer money on Norbit. [THR] At last, Oprah Winfrey gets her OWN network: The Oprah Winfrey Network. (Get it? OWN?) When it debuts in 2009, look for her to select it as the Channel of the Month for her newly formed Oprah’s TV Club, ensuring boffo launch ratings. [THR] With the one-two foam-baton punch of Deal or No Deal and American Gladiators, NBC easily swept up in the ratings last night, a victory they have a few hours to savor before Fox unleashes a rampaging, 70-foot Abdulosaur upon the TV landscape. [THR] The High School Musical gang has signed on for another sequel, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which will escape from the basic cable ghetto to premiere in theaters. [Variety] Celine Dion: That’s Just the Woman in Me, a special taped Saturday at the Wiltern will air Feb. 15 on CBS. We realize this isn’t a groundbreaking announcement, but it did provide a nice excuse to run that ridiculous photo. [Variety] More »
6:12AM Defamer Hollywood | In People’s DEVIATED SEPTUM CORRECTION EXCLUSIVE! with High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale (not the naked one, the other one), the actress offers the magazine the go-to excuse for why she just had her nose reshaped, a surgery that should bring the offending organ more in line with Disney’s exacting proboscis standards. “I’m not feeling great today. It’s uncomfortable and I hope this is the only time I ever have to go through something like this,” said the appealingly naive Tisdale, who likely will be spending considerable time on the therapist’s couch when a casting director lowers his eyes to her chest and remarks, “Not bad. But I’d like your chances better if you went you went a little bigger? One of the Cheetah Girls was in here this afternoon and said she’d do whatever it takes. A real go-getter, that one.” [People] More »
