Ashley Tisdale

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985)[1] is an American actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she became known to young audiences for playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Sharpay Evans in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical. Tisdale has also pursued a music career and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6, 2007. She also participated in High School Musical: The Concert and will reprise her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2

Early life:

Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985[2] to Lisa Morris and Mike Tisdale. Her older sister, Jennifer Tisdale, is also an actress. Her maternal grandfather is Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil. She has a maltipoo dog, named Blondie.[3][4] Tisdale is Jewish on her mother's side and considers herself Jewish.[5][6] She was discovered by Bill Perlman, who is her current manager, at South Shores Mall, when she was three.[7] She began acting, appearing in stage productions of Gypsy: A Musical Fable and The Sound of Music at the Jewish Community Center of Monmouth County.[8]

High school Musical 2

Plot:

Over summer vacation, the East High Wildcats are ready to enjoy their vacation and earn some money at summer jobs. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) lands a job at the country club, Lava Springs, not knowing that his job is a part of Sharpay Evans's (Ashley Tisdale) plan to steal him from Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens). Accidentally foiling Sharpay's plot, Troy not only helps Gabriella get a job as a lifeguard, but also lands jobs for Chad (Corbin Bleu), Taylor (Monique Coleman), Zeke (Chris Warren Jr), Martha (Kaycee Stroh), Kelsi (Olesya Rulin), Jason (Ryne Sanborn) and the rest of his Wildcat teammates.
Making it worse, Sharpay finds out Kelsi has written a duet for Troy and Gabriella that's sure to outperform everyone at the club's annual Midsummer Night's Talent Show. Reminded of her humiliation in winter musical, Sharpay is determined not to suffer a repeat and forms her own campaign to make sure she's not upstaged again. As they go head to head, Troy is enjoying the life of the privileged set, and begins to question his values after realizing he must sing with Sharpay in the talent show.

Cast:

Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen
Chris Warren Jr. as Zeke Baylor
Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton
Alyson Reed as Ms Darbus

Production:

Before rehearsal began, Disney's High School Musical site put up a poll[2] for what the viewers want to see in High School Musical 2. Due to that voting, Miley Cyrus will have a cameo appearance in the movie.[citation needed]
In early February, 2007, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Vanessa Hudgens were reported to be holding out for a more lucrative contract.[3] Disney Channel representatives claimed rehearsals would begin on schedule, and by February 19th, the entire cast was on set and rehearsing in St. George and Salt Lake City, Utah.[4] The cast wrapped up filming on April 13, 2007 and have since returned home.[5]
In the first released trailer, the main cast is shown counting down the seconds until summer break. In a teaser, the trailer asks "Are you ready... for the start of something new?" before showing the High School Musical 2 logo along with the Disney Channel logo. An ad campaign, asking viewers to email their friends about the site to reveal a new poster, was also shown. Early scenes of the movie can be seen during the video for What Time Is It?.
Zac Efron confirmed that the singing voice of Troy Bolton will be himself only and not blended with the voice of Drew Seeley as in the first movie

Release information:

Disney Channel has aired a weekly program called Road To High School Musical 2, beginning June 8, 2007 and leading up to the premiere of High School Musical 2 in August. The show offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look into the production of the movie. The world premiere of the music video What Time Is It? was shown on Saturday June 9th, 2007. Also, the premiere of You Are The Music In Me was shown on Friday July 13, 2007.
The premiere of High School Musical 2 will air at 8 PM ET on August 17, and will include a telecast hosted by Kenny Ortega and the movie's stars. On subsequent days, Disney will air a sing-a-long version of the movie and an interactive viewer chat with stars of the movie. [7] . On July 16, DirecTV announced that they would be hosting an exclusive high-definition airing of the movie on August 17 on its network-only channel, The 101.

Zac Efron

Biography:


Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting in the early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray.[1] Speaking to Newsweek in June 2006, director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now."[
On April 7, 2007, Efron appeared in an episode of Punk'd with High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale. He was set up by two guys pretending to steal a box at a local store (they were really taking it to the "manager's" house) and finding out that the "security guard" (who left the store at the time to eat a hot dog) never saw the whole thing. The "manager" questions both stars, but does not believe Efron when he describes what happened. Around the same time, Efron also starred in the music video for Vanessa Hudgens's single 'Say OK', where he played her love interest. The video aired on 16 March 2007 on Disney Channel. That year, he was named one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007. A picture and short profile of him was in the section "Coming of Age," along with pop


Filmography:

2002 Firefly Young Simon Tam
2003 Melinda's World Stuart Wasser
2003 The Guardian Luke Tomello
2003 ER Bobby Neville
2003 The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke Pete Laemke
2004 Miracle Run Steven Morgan
2004 Room Raiders Himself
2004 Triple Play Harry Fuller
2005 Sick Inside — Hope Partlow Love Interest
2005 Summerland Cameron Bale
2005 CSI: Miami Seth Dawson 2006 The Replacements Davey Hunkerhoff
2006 If You Lived Here, You'd be Home Now Cody
2006 Heist Pizza Delivery Guy
2006 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Trevor
2006 High School Musical Troy Bolton
2006 NCIS Danny
2006 The Derby Stallion Patrick McCardle
2007 Punk'd Himself
2007 Hairspray Link Larkin
2007 High School Musical 2 Troy Bolton
2008 High School Musical 3 (pre-pr

The Lovely Vanessa Hudgens!

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California) is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut in 2003 and appeared in the Hollywood films Thirteen and Thunderbirds, before coming to fame in the 2006 hit Disney Channel film, High School Musical. Hudgens also began a music career and released her debut album, entitled V, in 2006. In 2007, Hudgens is the new spokesperson for Neutrogena.[1]

Biography:

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born on December 14, 1988; her sister, Stella Hudgens, is also an actress. She has been home-schooled since the seventh grade. Her parents are Greg Hudgens and Gina Guangco.[2] In regards to her ethnic background, Vanessa was quoted:
Pretty much I'm Filipino and Caucasian, but within that, I'm Spanish, Chinese, American Indian, Irish.[3]
Starting at the age of eight, Hudgens performed in musical theater as a singer, and appeared in local productions of Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I, The Music Man, and Cinderella, among others.[4] Hudgens successfully auditioned for a commercial and subsequently moved to Los Angeles with her family, with whom she is still close. She has a few close celebrity friends, namely Adrianne Galvez, Hannah Montana's Miley Cyrus, Zoey 101's Alexa Nikolas, High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale, and Zac Efron.[citation needed]
According to a couple of sources, including Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Anne Hudgens' representatives, and the Special Collector's Edition of People Magazine for Summer 2007, Vanessa is currently dating Zac Efron.[5][6][7]