This is the official clip of "A Night To Remember" from High School Musical 3. The Disney musical has the same stars from HSM and HSM2 and will hit theaters on October 24th. Disney's website for the films can be found here.
Singer Kristin Chenoweth: Oscars Prep is Nerve-wracking
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth is going to be singing "That's How You Know" from the movie Enchanted. She told CNN it is "nerve-racking" to prepare on the big Oscar stage.
Joining them was Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth and singer Marlon Saunders, who are set to perform "That's How You Know" from the movie "Enchanted."
Chenoweth, a Tony Award winner and film and TV star, said it's "nerve-racking" to prepare for the Oscar stage.
"It's the biggest audience I've ever had," the 4-foot, 11-inch performer with the outsized voice told The Associated Press. "I've played many of the famous concert halls in the world but this is something altogether different. I'm just going to try to perform the song and make it about the music and not get too nervous."
Her nerves didn't show during the rehearsal. The diminutive star even warmed up with an operatic aria that drew applause from the orchestra's brass section, which filled half the room. The other half held the strings section and 16 backup singers. Conti wielded his baton from the center as Chenoweth and Saunders donned headphones inside individual glass booths.
"That's How You Know" is one of three songs nominated from the Enchanted film. More on the Oscar-nominated songs can be found here.
Here is the "Not Like That" video - the latest music video from Ashley Tisdale. Tisdale is part of the cast of the Disney mega-hit High School Musical. Ashley Tisdale plays Sharpay Evans in the HSM films. Ashley (as Sharpay) even appears on the High School Musical hand cream - a product that shows just how far Disney is trying to extend the HSM brand. Ashley's latest video may remind some (a little) of Britney Spear's "Lucky" and Fergie's "Glamorous." It isn't as good as either of those two songs but it is still a fun song.
Vanessa Hudgens was already becoming a household name thanks her starring role in the insanely popularHigh School Musical and High School Musical 2 films from Disney. Now the appearance of a nude photo (see NSFW here) has made her name even more well-known. Hudgens quickly apologized for the photograph and Disney quickly backed her apology. ABC says she is earning praise for the way she handled the incident.
The actress admitted last week to posing nude in a photograph, apologized and is now hoping she didn't just ruin her chances to continue with the multimillion-dollar "High School Musical" franchise. It's not the slip-up that has Hollywood talking, it's the way the 18-year-old handled it that's earning her praises and may have just catapulted her career to the next level.
It was something that was never meant to become public. A series of photos of a young Hudgens sans clothing in a bathroom spread across the Internet last week.
"This was a photo, which was taken privately," said a statement from Hudgens' publicist. "It is a personal matter and it is unfortunate that this has become public."
But, according to a new report from an anonymous source in People magazine, the photo was meant for someone.
That someone is Drake Bell, a 19-year-old actor who is currently starring in "Drake and Josh" on Nickelodeon. Hudgens reportedly sent the photos to Bell two years ago as an admiring fan before she was famous. Bell's representative, Jill Fritzo, said her client was unaware of the photos.
The nudee photo really isn't something that is shocking and it isn't a particularly sexy pose or outfit. The fact that it was meant to be private makes it almost a non-issue. Today's kids have digital cameras to play with and they aren't afraid to use them. "Lapses in judgement" like nude photos are bound to happen. Rumors about who the photo was really meant for have also emerged. The rumors (see here) say the photo wasn't meant for Vanessa's current boyfriend and co-star Zac Efron but for Nickelodeon star Drake Bell. The ABC story says the general consensus is the the nude photo has become an overall winner for Vanessa. Had the photo been more risque or had there been a sex tape then things may have been a lot different and she might have lost Disney's continued support.
If you haven't already heard High School Musical 2 was a huge hit for Disney as expected. Varietysays the shows 17.2 million viwers was the "most-watched basic-cable telecast on record."
Disney Channel averaged a whopping 17.2 million viewers for its premiere of "High School Musical 2" on Friday night, making it the most-watched basic-cable telecast on record. It's also the largest aud for any television program on any net in about three months.
The average audience for the premiere Friday, according to preliminary Nielsen estimates, makes it well more than double the 7.7 million who tuned in for the premiere of the original telepic in January 2006.
Of course, the original pic became a phenomenon, with millions of kids and tweens watching it multiple times over the last 19 months, helping build anticipation for its sequel to a fever-pitch. Disney also picked a great date for the weekend launch of the second pic, timed to the when youngsters were prepping for the return to school as well as the start of the summer cool-down at the box office.
Fans of the HSM shows do watch them over and over again. They also watch the music videos over and over again. They also post them repeatedly. Evidence of this is the 100,000+ videos that turn up if you search YouTube for "High School Musical." As we mentioned in an earlier post Disney has even set up a YouTube channel for HSM 2. Here is the music video for the song "All For One."
It is very likely that Disney will make a third High School Musical film. Variety says HSM 3 will be a theatrical release. The question is whether they will be able to get the stars - Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens - back now that they are becoming household names. The should be able to if they offer the stars enough fun. Besides it is the HSM films that are turning these actors into stars. IMDB already has a listing for HSM3.
The L.A. Times has an article about Disney's upcoming musical High School Musical 2. The article says the two films about a fictional high school are expected to generate $100 million in profits for Disney. Disney even has a soundtrack out for the new film. It has already made big stars out of the film's singing actors including Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens. But how long can Disney hold the interest of the fickle teenage crowd.
"That teenage audience is extremely fickle," said veteran media analyst Larry Gerbrandt. "And they also have this nasty habit of growing up. You have to be able to keep drawing in a younger audience."
Originally a low-budget sleeper, "High School Musical" became a pop-culture phenomenon, attracting 160 million viewers worldwide who tuned in to watch the interpersonal dramas at fictional East High School.
It also produced the top-selling album of 2006, a bestselling novel and a 42-date sold-out concert tour in North America and a subsequent five-country sweep through Latin America.
The movie's success also gave a broader boost to the Disney Channel. Derek Baine, an entertainment analyst with SNL Kagan, said "High School Musical" spurred a jump in revenue from sponsorships and DVD sales to $72 million last year, compared with about $15 million to $20 million annually through 2005.
Based on the popularity of the High School Musical videos on YouTube Disney should be able to hold the interest of teenagers for a little while longer. A quick search shows over 100,000 High School Musical videos on YouTube. The video are also listed under the abbreviations HSM and HSM2. Will there be an HSM3? You can count on it.
Disney also has a YouTube channel for High School Musical 2. The most popular video on it is this one for "Everyday."
In this upbeat song called "What Time Is It?" the High School Musical 2 Cast from the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical 2 sings about their summer vacation. You can find Disney's High School Musical 2 website here.
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