High School Musical Archives

• Halle Berry & Gabriel Aubry at “Paddle Out Protest”
• Rachel Bilson & Adam Brody Out & About in Canada
• Lindsay Lohan: InStyle Magazine
• Jake Gyllenhaal Shows Some Wiggle in His Walk
• Tom & Katie Announce Wedding in Italy, Nov. 18
• Borat Premieres in Hollywood
• Petra Nemcova Has Legs Up To Her…
• Paris Hilton is Always High
• Jayden James Federline’s Birth Certificate [pdf]
• Download Gwen Stefani’s “Wind Up” [mp3]

• Britney Spears took a night off from being a full-time mom last week to catch a Pussycat Dolls performance at Pure in Las Vegas. She and a pal stayed out until 1 a.m.
• WAHOO!! TV movie High School Musical has been turned into a concert and is hitting the road with a nationwide tour. Cast members including Monique Coleman, who is currently on Dancing With the Stars, and Lucas Grabeel will take part in the 40-city tour that is scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in San Diego.
• RUN and watch the 24 Season 6 trailer at 24trailer.com NOW!!

My girl Vanessa Hudgens (Those cheekbones could cut through glass!) is currently in the middle of practices for her two live performances next week but that didn’t stop her from hitting up last night’s Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party Red Carpet. The swanky event was held at Sunset Tower in Hollywood where Vanessa was accompanied by High School Musical co-star Corbin Bleu. Check out the exclusive interview I had with Vanessa earlier this week if you haven’t already. More pictures in the gallery!

DON’T FORGET :: Watch Vanessa Hudgens perform on Good Morning America this Tuesday, September 26th and on Regis & Kelly next Thursday, September 28th.

High School Musical picked up three surfboards last night at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Comedy/Musical, TV Choice Breakout Star (Zac Efron), and TV Choice Chemistry (Vanessa Anne Hudgens and Zac Efron).  Vanessa Hudgens also has a single out called "Come Back To Me" (MP3 download links after the jump).  It’s from her upcoming album "V," which drops next month on September 26, 2006. Watch the "Come Back To Me" music video preview below; the full video will debut this Friday night after the Cheetah Girls 2 movie on The Disney Channel! More pictures in the gallery!

DOWNLOAD LINKS ::
#1 - Vanessa Hudgens - "Come Back To Me" [YSI]
#2 - Vanessa Hudgens - "Come Back To Me" [Sendspace]
#3 - Vanessa Hudgens - "Come Back To Me" [Rapidshare]
#4 - Vanessa Hudgens - "Come Back To Me" [Megaupload]

Six months after its premiere, "High School Musical" rolls on, a singing and dancing juggernaut. Almost 37 million viewers have watched the $4.2 million production at least once since its first airing, and the musical—a pop confection that makes "Grease" look like "Rebel Without a Cause"—surged back into the spotlight this month, grabbing six Emmy nominations. The soundtrack, a top-10 hit since its January release, is the year’s biggest-selling CD, at 2.7 million copies. After five weeks, the DVD has sold an eye-popping 2.1 million copies.

Six Emmy nominations!  SIX!  I love me some High School Musical… And if you missed the last announcement, Zac Efron joined the cast of Hairspray, playing the role of hearthrob Link Larkin. Hairspray will also feature John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Billy Crystal, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Brittany Snow. Speaking of Hairspray, I’m seeing it again tonight!  WOOT! More pictures in the gallery from Newsweek July 24, 2006!

• Nicole Richie featured in Deluxe Magazine
• Everybody needs a little neat freak in them! Mr. Clean Extra Power Magic Erasers, Blistex Stick, and Febreze.
• Natalie Portman’s growing mess of hair
• Scarlett Johansson teams up with Reebok. Wow.  "Reebok is thrilled to partner with Scarlett because she is a world renowned style icon and truly an inspiration for today’s young women," said Reebok’s President and CEO Paul Harrington. "Scarlett embodies the pulse points of our brand - individuality, authenticity and a life lived to the fullest in perpetual motion. These characteristics make her the perfect fit for our new women’s footwear and apparel collection and also for our exciting new women’s campaign."
• Lindsay Lohan’s cheap hooker pose
• Tom Cruise has regained control of his own domain name tomcruise.com.  Can’t wait to see his homepage.  Maybe he’ll start blogging mysterious entries like Britney!
• Jessica Alba takes her dogs for a walk
• Matthew McConaughey receives an intimate massage from a female friend in Malibu.
• Eva Longoria’s Bikini Causes Global Warming
• Stephen Colbert Skewers Clueless Politicians

If you’ve been following Just Jared, you’ll know that I am a big big big fan of High School Musical.  Don’t even ask how many times I’ve seen it!  But of course I want everyone else to "Bop to the Top" with me… so here’s a DVD giveaway!  Below is a 5-minute clip (not featured on the DVD) of the High School Musical Dance Along that I didn’t look stupid trying to imitate in front of my computer screen . . .  BTW, Zac Efron just signed on as Link Larkin in the film version of Hairspray.

HOW TO WIN A FREE COPY ::  To win the High School Musical DVD, leave a comment in this entry with your most memorable (fun, silly, embarrassing, etc) high school moment.  One entry per person.  Be sure to include a valid email address (not published).  Entries must be made before Thursday, June 29 @ 7PM EST.  Good luck!

UPDATE :: Congratulations, Dan!  Your DVD will go out in the mail soon!  Thanks to everyone else who entered.  I really enjoyed everybody’s stories.

As expected, Elliott Yamin, the 27-year-old aspiring singer from Richmond, Virginia was sent home last night during American Idol’s results show.  UNEXPECTEDLY, the voting came down to 33.68%, 33.26%, and 33.06% from a total of 50 million votes. It was the first time in American Idol history, that we know of, that produced a winning result by mere decimal places!!!  The final two (pictured above) are Taylor Hicks, 29, from Birmingham, Alabama, and Katharine McPhee, 21, from Sherman Oaks, California.  It’s going to be a heckuva Taylor vs. Katharine showdown next week!!!!!!!!  Many more pictures in the gallery!

This Ryan Seacrest and Zac Efron (High School Musical)
picture cracks me up!!!!!!  Ashley Tisdale pictued to right.

Hollywood, California :: The cast and producers of Disney’s High School Musical attended a Q&A session at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel yesterday afternoon — (L-R, standing) Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Monique Coleman and Ashley Tisdale, (L-R, kneeling) Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel and Zac Efron.  HOOOTTTTT.  Below is a video from TRL’s "High School Week" featuring the High School Musical cast teaching the dance from "We’re All in This Together" to the students of Washington Irving High School’s Drama Club.  Don’t hate.  Appreciate.  Many, many more pictures in the gallery!