Nudie Pic Threatens High School Musical

(NEWSER) - The sequel to Disney's smash hit 'High School Musical' will air Friday, and with a barrage of merchandise including CDs, DVDs, musical handbags, stationery, bedding, and a board game, the two kids' flicks are expected to rake in $100M for the Mickey Mouse company, reports the LA Times. More»

Just another Sunday night with Corbin Bleu

(NEWSER) - Guess their High School Musical days are over: Zac Efron and co-star Corbin Bleu racked up $2,000 in lap dances and vodka at a New York strip club Sunday night. “They were interacting a lot with the girls and reaching out and showering money on them,” a source tells the New York Post . “There were three girls who Zac and his friends particularly liked and they asked to do personal dances at their table.” More»

Hit TV movie sticks to formula on the silver screen

(NEWSER) - High School Musical 3 takes the megapopular Disney Channel franchise to the big screen, and its director has “made the most of the move to the multiplex," writes Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News. While the storyline is “instantly forgettable,” it’s still “the HSM we all know and (sometimes secretly) love,” she notes. “The cheese factor remains, and happily so.” More»

17M fans make Disney original most-watched basic cable show ever

(NEWSER) - An estimated 17.2 million viewers tuned into "High School Musical 2" Friday night, making the Disney Channel original the most watched basic cable program in history. Backed by an 18-month promotional blitz, the sequel nearly doubled the debut audience of last year's "High School Musical" and is expected to generate $650 million from spinoff products by the end of 2008. More»

Patti Davis wants to prove working out works

(NEWSER) - Reagan offspring Patti Davis, once known as “the rebellious First Daughter,” went from a drug-addicted teen—whose “wasted” body was home to “thin and barely visible” muscle—to a healthy, beautiful woman, she writes in More magazine. The transformation began when she got sober and then started working out at age 34 with the intent of getting strong ... and of someday feeling that she “deserved” to pose nude. That happened first in 1994, when she posed for Playboy at 42—twice the age of the typical Playmate. More»