High school musical

Zac Efron's making his first foray into the world of "serious acting" next month when his new movie Me and Orson Welles comes out, and apparently he's happy with the results.

He told Nylon for Guys as much. He says: "It’s the first time I’ve ever watched a movie [that I’m in] and in the end I’m like, ‘OK! I didn’t check my watch once!'"

Bandslam star Vanessa Hudgens said she is playing a "darker" character in her new film that people aren't used to seeing her play.

The 20-year-old, famous for her role as Gabriella in Disney film trilogy High School Musical, is playing the character of Sam in new film Bandslam and she said it's a different role than she's used to.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is facing further embarrassment as more nude photos of her that hit the Internet yesterday.
 

Okay, people (boys, really), you're gonna get your wish.

Vanessa Hudgens is stripping her clothes off…again. And apparently, she's really excited about it.

Even when made out of wax, our Zac-y Pooh is the most popular kid in school.

High School Musical star Zac Efron is the most-kissed waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London.

The 21-year-old idol came first in a poll of 300 people, which was carried out by the famous waxworks museum to see which celebrity waxwork figure visitors most wanted to kiss.

"We encourage our guests to get really up close and personal with our celebrities and there is a lot of puckering up," said the museum's PR manager Liz Edwards.

Speaking of stars wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed...

We've already discussed how Zac Efron is trying to shed his High School Musical image to get more diverse work, part of which was dropping out the forthcoming Footloose remake.

Now rumors are swirling that Zac-y Pooh's being encouraged to drop his girlfriend, fellow Disney-star Vanessa Hudgens, because their relationship reminds people too much of HSM.

We were afraid this would happen.

Paramount Pictures confirmed yesterday that Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford will be starring in High School Musical director Kenny Ortega's remake of Footloose, which was originally supposed to feature Zac Efron.

Like we've already said: We love Chace on GG but he is no Zac-y Pooh or Kevin Bacon, and we're not sure he can do Ren McCormack justice.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens arrived at a Bandslam Reel Thinking event at The Grammy Museum at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles Friday afternoon.

Hudgens, along with her Bandslam costars Aly Michalka and Gaelan Connell, hosted the event.

Vanessa Hudgens is only 20 and she’s already dealing with the age old Hollywood question: “When will we see your boobies onscreen?”

And we’re not talking about a repeat of the nude photo leak snafu.

She tells Eonline.com, “I will show nudity in a film when the time is right.

“Right now, I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it, but if it’s an amazing movie that I’m really passionate about and that’s what it calls for, then we’ll see.”

Why are people already clamoring to see a 20-year-old Disney star naked (again)?

Hot, sweaty, shirtless Zac Efron.

Thus begins 17 Again, Zac Efron’s coming out party as a leading man.

It takes the opening of High School Musical 3 and kicks it up the notches necessary to ratchet Efron’s stardom from the tween set to the Cougar den.

17 Again, written by Jason Filardi (Bringing Down the House) and directed by Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down), follows a genre both beloved and familiar to children of the 80s.