Adam Shankman

“If I only knew then what I know now.”

From that simple cliché, 17 Again, a film many people are heralding as Zac Efron’s coming out party as a leading man, was born.

"He came in and auditioned for Hairspray and I was like whatever, ok, no, pass, Disney, yuck. But he does have something, truly the "It Factor" that is so high wattage. I personally don’t get it, because he is like my younger brother."

"He changes energy in a room when he walks in. People react differently. [My sister's] daughter, 4-year-old daughter literally melts, can’t be in the same room with him or her eyes start to turn weird. I have never seen anything like it in my life."

Who’s hungry for a big ol’plate of awesome?

At yesterday’s press junket for 17 Again, Adam Shankman, who produced the film, announced the FunnyorDie clip he directed last week, yes, the one that features oodles of shirtless Zac-y Pooh, is set to premiere on the website Wednesday and will be shown before 17 Again when it hits theaters on April 17th.

Zac Efron has teamed up with his lady love Vanessa Hudgens, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, his 17 Again costar Thomas Lennon, and his Hairspray costar Queen Latifah for a video for Will Ferrell’s website FunnyOrDie.com.

Zac’s Hairspray director Adam Shankman oversaw the video which was shot at Adam’s Hollywood Hills home on Tuesday and features quite a bit of ripped, shirtless Zac and his six pack.

So far all anyone knows is Lennon (who people might recognize from Reno 911) plays Zac-y Pooh’s Uncle Hank who crashes his A-list pool party.

Woo Hoo!!!

New Line Cinema has made a deal with Hairspray creator John Waters to write a sequel to the 2007 hit musical feature that we are OBSESSED with! On board to return are director-choreographer Adam Shankman and Tony-winning songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who will write all new songs for the film.

No cast has been signed yet, but the studio hopes to reunite the original cast in the film which could be in theaters by mid-July 2010.

Jon M. Chu, the director, and Adam Sevani, co-star of Step Up 2: The Streets, challenged Miley Cyrus and her best friend/back up dancer Mandy Jiroux (co-stars of the YouTube show M&M) to "The Biggest Online Dance Battle in YouTube History” two weeks ago.

The rules are...there are NO rules.

ACDC (Adam/Chu Dance Crew) was the first to strike with a battle video, but Miley and Mandy responded with an even bigger video featuring the original Step Up stars, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan and some very intricate choreography