High School Musical 2

[2007, TV Show]

High School Musical 2: TV Guide News

Nick Lachey Talks About His High School Musical Days | TV Show Previews | 7/17/2008
Teens from all over have come to give their all in hopes of becoming a part of the High School Musical phenomenon. As High School Musical: Get in the Picture premieres Sunday at 8pm/ET on ABC, we caught up with host and artist Nick Lachey to get the scoop on the new reality talent competition and what his high school days were like. — Gina DiNunnoTVguide.com: Why did you want to get involved with the HSM reality project? Nick Lachey: The thing that excited me about this project was that... read more
Finally, High School Musical: The Reality Series | Today's News: Our Take | 3/3/2008
How it took this long, I do not know. ABC is developing a reality competition based on Disney Channel's uberpopular High School Musical, Variety reports.Eyeing a summer debut, the multi-episode series will launch with a nationwide talent hunt, followed by a chosen few honing their skills at a music conservatory. Wannabe Troys and Gabriellas will be eliminated each week until a winner (of what, that has yet TBD) is chosen. Appearances by kicking and screaming HSM stars are likely, says the... read more
High School Starlet Is Making Her Own Music | Party Central: The Latest Buzz from Your Favorite Stars | 2/14/2008
High School Musical's Kaycee Stroh had music on her mind on the red carpet of the Bebe Lingerie Launch Party, held Feb. 13 at Element in Hollywood. Besides anticipating the filming of High School Musical 3, she is embarking on a singing career. "I just got my first song for Disney and I will be recording it within the next couple of weeks," she shared. "Hopefully it will come out either right before or right after High School Musical 3."Stroh hopes to convey confidence and sassiness in her... read more
Zac Efron Sidelined in Hospital | Today's News: Our Take | 1/15/2008
High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron is in the hospital with appendicitis, TMZ reports. With his singing ostensibly stopped for the moment, is the music still in him?Only time will tell, but sources say he has had his appendix removed and is recuperating. It won't be too long, then, before Troy's back to get his head in the game for production of the third HSM installment. — Anna DimondRelated:• High School Musical 3 Cast Confirmed• High School Musical 3 Not Struck by Strike read more
High School Musical's Ashley Battles Aliens. In Maine. | Today's News: Our Take | 1/10/2008
Thanks to an imminent production start, Ashley Tisdale's feature-film debut might not be High School Musical 3 but rather They Came from Upstairs, an adventure comedy lensing in a few weeks and also starring Carter Jenkins (Viva Laughlin Surface), Austin Butler (Ned's Declassified Guide...)and Robert Hoffman (Step Up 2). The plot, says the Reporter, finds a group of teens defending their Maine vacation home from aliens. All this on top of the usual acne concerns! read more
High School Musical 2 Helps Disney Jeer USA | Today's News: Our Take | 1/4/2008
Whatever they’re paying Zac Efron, it isn't enough. In 2007, for the first time ever, the commercial-free Disney Channel beat out every ad-supported cable network in prime-time viewership. Granted, it only won by a mouse whisker — its average of 2.694 million total viewers was just 15,000 more than runner-up USA Network — but still, it won. Not coincidentally, the premiere of High School Musical 2 earned bragging rights as the No. 1 cablecast of all time. Elsewhere in the... read more
Vanessa Hudgens "Much Better" After Nude Scandal | Today's News: Our Take | 1/3/2008
Vanessa Hudgens has given Seventeen her first interview since racy photos of herself surfaced on the Internet. And though the High School Musical starlet says, "Truthfully, I don't like talking about it," she does insist that the leaked personal pics weren't some "reach for attention." Rather, "Nobody was supposed to see [them]," she says. "It's unfortunate that everybody did. It shows that you can't trust everyone." All told, with the scandal now months behind her, Hudgens shares, "I'm much... read more
MTV Plans a High School Mall-sical | Today's News: Our Take | 12/21/2007
In late January at a shoppingplex in Provo, Spain Utah, MTV will begin filming The American Mall, an original musical from High School Musical producers Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, says the Hollywood Reporter. Eyed for a summer premiere, the song-and-dancer stars Bulgarian actress Nina Dobrev as a singing/songwriting high school graduate desperate to save her mother's music store and hold onto the musically gifted young janitor she loves (played by Rob Mayes). Now for a name you recognize:... read more
Brad Pitt Joins Regis and Kelly for Pajama Party | Today's News: Our Take | 12/19/2007
Brad Pitt on Monday will make his first-ever visit to Regis and Kelly, where he will participate in the talker's annual Christmas Eve pajama party. Lest you think Shizaharox's pop is there simply for fun and reindeer games, look for Brad to also detail his efforts in the rebuilding of New Orleans. But hey, maybe he does it while wearing footies.Monday's Live also features a performance by the cast of High School Musical: The Ice Tour; Kelly preparing a cookie recipe with her three rugrats; and... read more
Noseflash! Ashley Tisdale Breaks Out Her New Beak | Today's News: Our Take | 12/17/2007
Friday night at Z100's Jingle Ball, High School Musical starlet Ashley Tisdale unveiled her new nose, the result of surgery she underwent to address a "severely deviated septum." "I like the way it looks. It is like when I was a little girl," Tisdale tells People (for whom she posed with the proboscis). "I like that it still looks like me."Um, but does it? What’s your take? Do you smell a winner? Or did Ashley jump the Jennifer Grey? Vote here. read more
Dancing Stars, HSM Kids and Miley Walk Disney Parade | Today's News: Our Take | 12/17/2007
It's a pop culture orgy! Albeit a G-rated one. The 24th annual Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, to be telecast by ABC Dec. 25 at 10 am/ET, will kick off with an dance number choreographed by Dancing with the Stars' Tony Dovolani and hoofed by Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough, Sabrina Bryan and Mark Ballas, Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson, and Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke. What's more, Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, and Ashley Tisdale will perform a version of “What... read more
HSM's Ashley: "I Want to Be Honest" About Nose Job | Today's News: Our Take | 12/3/2007
High School Musical starlet Ashley Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty on Friday, but purely for medical reasons. "I always knew I had a deviated septum on the right side of my nose, which caused trouble breathing," she tells People. "The older I got, the worse it got. I went to get it checked out, and the doctor told me the septum was 80 percent deviated and that I had two small fractures." Tisdale describes her recovery as "uncomfortable," but her beak will be all better in time to film HSM3. "I... read more
High School Musical Goes to Prom | Today's News: Our Take | 11/29/2007
Though it can hardly matter for its success, the plot of the hush-hush High School Musical 3 (hitting theaters in October) has been blabbed by leading lady Vanessa Hudgens. "It's their senior year," she tells Us, "so there's going to be graduation — and prom!" Adds director Kenny Ortega: "All of the original cast will be back. [But] I have a feeling this will be the end [for the current stars]. This franchise may move to another generation!" Oh lord — not HSM4 starring those creepy... read more
Zac Efron and America Ferrera in a Family Way | Today's News: Our Take | 11/29/2007
At Wednesday night's ninth-annual Family Television Awards, Ugly Betty won best comedy and star America Ferrera was named best actress. High School Musical 2 took best movie musical and leading boy Zac Efron was awarded best-actor honors. Pushing Daisies was also singled out as the best new show by the Family Friendly Programming Forum, narrowly beating out Shot at Love with Tila Tequila. — Ben Katner read more
High School Musical Gets Pop-up Video Treatment | Today's News: Our Take | 11/19/2007
Just in time for the long holiday weekend, the Disney Channel will debut the pop-up edition of High School Musical 2. Fun facts, trivia and behind-the-scenes production tricks will all be featured in this special HSM look on Friday, Nov. 23, at 8 pm/ET on Disney. Also over Thanksgiving weekend, a "Company's Coming" programming event features episodes of Disney Channel hit series with celebrity guest stars that include Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Zac Efron, Jesse McCartney, Heather Locklear,... read more
High School Musical 3 Not Struck by Strike | Today's News: Our Take | 11/19/2007
Good news, rugrats! The much-awaited High School Musical 3 has not been waylaid by the WGA strike. "Fortunately, Peter [Barsocchini, who also penned the original and sequel] was able to get [the new script] into us before the strike," director Kenny Ortega told TV Guide at Sunday's Diversity Awards. "Now we're developing our music. It's exciting. We're looking forward to beginning in '08," with an eye on an October theatrical release.Despite much chatter about whom from the original cast has... read more
High School Musical Star's Dad Lashes Out at Photogs | Today's News: Our Take | 11/9/2007
High School Musical starlet Vanessa Hudgens' father, Greg, grew outraged and began flinging a water bottle at paparazzi when he and his daughter were swarmed by rapidly clicking shutterbugs as they emerged from a Hollywood gym on Nov. 7. According to Us, Vanessa bellowed "Daaaaad!" and then put her head down to mask her embarrassment. Given Pop's Tony Little-esque workout attire, who can blame the gal? read more
Zac Efron Takes a Wife, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 10/24/2007
Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, 40-Year-Old Virgin) will play the wife of High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron in 17, a comedy about a grown man who finds himself back in high school.... More Disney-HSM goodness from the Reporter: Billy Ray Cyrus is pop to Olesya Rulin in Flying By, an indie about a businessman who pursues his dream of being in a rock band.... Jessica Biel will produce and star as a mysterious woman in the crime thriller Die a Little.... Kevin Costner is a dad disturbed by the... read more
Corbin Bleu Ponders the Pressures on High School Musical Stars | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 10/9/2007
If you thought the kids from High School Musical couldn't possibly soar any higher, think again. On Oct. 8 Corbin Bleu literally defied gravity as part of the Northrop Grumman Weightless Flights of Discovery, a program designed to provide teachers with material that will inspire kids to pursue careers in math and science. When Bleu returned to earth, TVGuide.com was there to talk about his flight experience as well as the upcoming HSM3. TVGuide.com: Tell me exactly what happened up ... read more
In the Works: High-school Musical Doc and More | Today's News: Our Take | 9/20/2007
Showtime, Lionsgate and Spitfire Pictures have teamed up on an as-yet-untitled documentary offering a behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat world of high-school musicals at Southern Indiana's Floyd Central, New Albany and Jeffersonville high schools.... Fox is developing Raffik, a Borat-flavored cop show about an Albanian detective who baffles his LAPD partners, says the Reporter.... A Season 2 pickup for AMC's glorious Mad Men is expected imminently, as first teased/buried in Wednesday's Ask... read more

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Premiered: August 18, 2007

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Premise: Superb sequel focuses on the efforts of Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) to lure Troy (Zac Efron) away from his girlfriend Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) by getting him hired for the summer at a posh country club where she can keep an eye on him. Unfortunately for Sharpay, Troy gets his Wildcat buddies hired at the club as well. Ryan: Lucas Grabeel. Chad: Corbin Bleu. Taylor: Monique Coleman.

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