Actresses Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale take to the stage during the 2007 American Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 18, 2007.

In the press room, they join fellow High School Musical alums Ryne Sanborn, Kaycee Stroh, and Monique Coleman to pose with their award for Favorite Soundtrack Album.

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High School Musical’s Kaycee Stroh not only meets up with co-star Ashley Tisdale and Ryne Sanborn (Jason in HSM and HSM2), but also shakes hands with Fergie on the red carpet at the 35th annual American Music Awards Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles.

Exciting news! Filming for High School Musical 3 begins in January, according to OK! magazine.

“The script is getting written — it starts in January, and it’s a feature film,” HSM’s Jason (Ryne Sanborn, 18) said at the world premiere of High School Musical: The Ice Tour in NYC on Sept. 29. “[But] I haven’t gotten a call saying, ‘We want you to do it.’”

Olesya Rulin, 21, aka piano player Kelsi, added, “It if happens, I’ll be ecstatic to be in the third one.”

OK! also reports, “After the Vanessa Hudgens nude photo scandal, and the rising profile of series star Zac Efron, Kaycee Stroh, 23, who plays Martha, hopes the cast remains the same. ‘Our fingers are crossed because we love each other. The chemistry’s great with the 10 of us.’”

According to Life & Style, Zac is being offered $3.25 million dollars to star in HSM3 and Vanessa, a measly $1.3 million dollars. Chump change, people!

According to IMDB, two of the film’s working titles are High School Musical 3: Gradu-Dancin and Haunted High School Musical. Do you like any of those titles?

The Early Show aired their High School Musical 2 segment on Monday morning with Zac Efron, Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens.

Vanessa mentioned that there’s a love triangle square in High School Musical 2. “It gets really complicated,” she said.

We’ll just have to tune into the premiere when it airs the Disney Channel on August 17th to find out between who!

Watch the High School Musical 2 cast get interviewed below!

On-screen and off-screen sweethearts Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens chat up High School Musical 2 on Friday in New York City.

The matching red strings ‘n rings are back! And how cute is Vanessa???!!!

This segment will air on Monday and include High School co-stars Ashley Tisdale and Monique Coleman. Anne Hathaway will also be promoting Becoming Jane on Monday.

The original High School Musical which has been seen by more than 160 million viewers worldwide. The sequel, High School Musical 2, will premiere on The Disney Channel on August 17th!

The cast of High School Musical 2 — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman — made a special appearance on Thursday’s taping of Good Morning America (Lucas Grabeel was MIA).

There’s an interview with the whole cast, a little song and dance, and a dance-along. GMA slyly had a video tape submission of little kids asking Zanessa how many boyfriends and girlfriends they have. Both Zac and Vanessa didn’t fall for it the bait and answered that they have “many.”

UPDATE: After being asked that question and right before the commercial break, Zac smiles, approaches Vanessa and holds up one finger. Could that symbolize one girlfriend, perhaps?? Wink, wink.

The Insider also has “footage” from the Hairspray premiere of Vanessa confirming that she’s dating Zac. You can watch it here but it seems bogus since you never actually SEE her say yes. It’s just good video editing. Yaknowwhatimean?

Watch the video of HSM2 on GMA below!

The first ones to speak to Just Jared on the red fuchsia carpet at The 2007 MTV Movie Awards was the cast of High School Musical — Ashley Tisdale, Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu. They were my first interviewees on the red carpet at an awards show… ever!

Here’s some background: Each press outlet is designated a certain space behind a barricade and a floor marker with your outlet’s name is taped onto the carpet in front of you. JustJared.com was sandwiched between UK’s national news agency Press Association and syndicated columnist Beck/Smith.

Ashley was the first one to recognize my floor marker, point to it, show it to co-stars Corbin and Monique and laugh about it.

When asked if she reads my blog, Ashley responded, “Of course I do! I definitely check out Just Jared!” (blush)

Who was Ashley excited to see at the Awards Show? “I’m just excited to see the MTV reality stars. I’m definitely a big fan of The Hills.” (Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt all stopped by to talk with Just Jared!)

We then touched upon Ashley meeting one of her fave singers, Jessica Simpson, which was documented on YouTube.

On Simpson’s break-up with John Mayer, Monique said, “I heard they got back together though… but you know, he said, she said!”

“He said, she said!” Ashley giggled (it’s the name of the first single from her debut album Headstrong).

Corbin commented on just getting back from their High School Musical tour in Latin America: “We did the same show out here in the USA but we did it in [Argentina], Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico. In Sao Paolo, we had an audience of 70,000 people (their largest live audience yet).”

When asked how fans vary from country to country, Ashley chimed in saying, “[The fans in Latin America were] so excited. They don’t get much of that over there. It’s typical in Hollywood for us to be here. But they were just amazed we were actually there.”

Come on USA High School Musical fanatics, the fans in Latin America have gotten you beat!

Future plans for these stars? Ashley will be a shooting a new film this August, but refused to spill any of the details about it. Why? “I’m superstitious,” she laughed.

Corbin will be touring with Drake Bell and teen pop duo Aly & AJ this summer. Monique is searching for her next step after High School Musical 2.

The trio didn’t share much on the topic of High School Musical 2 spoilers but they did mention the opening scene to the film will be the upbeat jam, “What Time Is It?”

The music video for “What Time Is It?” debuts on Saturday June 9th in @ 7:55PM/6:55c on The Disney Channel.

Here are two behind-the-scenes shots from the “Got Milk?” set.

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Monique Coleman and Ashley Tisdale look at one of the High School Musical “Got Milk?” outtakes from the photoshoot. On-screen and off-screen couple Zac and Vanessa, aka Zanessa, even signed copies of the HSM DVDs in between takes. Video here.

High School Musical 2 premieres Friday, August 17 @ 8PM ET/PT on The Disney Channel. T-minus 77 days!

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