Ashley Tisdale is Puerco Espin Pretty

BFFs Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens and Brittany Snow cover their faces after taking a pilates class together in Studio City on Wednesday afternoon (February 25).
The three BFFs were joined by good friends Samantha Droke (from Princess Protection Program) and Caroline Clark (she’s an awesome singer).
Ashley, 23, was just named the face of Puerco Espin, one of the most famous clothing brands in Italy for teen girls, according to MediaKey TV.
Fabio Castelli, director of the creative marketing group Five Season shared, “For our brand, which is well established in the market, Ashley Tisdale is the perfect choice. She’s now a legend throughout the world, her image is very stylish.”

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Seniors Troy and Gabriella face the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers designed to take maximum advantage of the big screen, this motion picture extravaganza delivers plenty of high-energy entertainment from East High's talented ensemble.

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Back to Junior Varsity for Disney’s “High School Musical” Franchise

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, in “High School Musical 3,” will not return for the fourth installment, due in 2010.


The Walt Disney Company has cut the “High School Musical” franchise from its varsity line-up, announcing that a fourth installment – with all new lead actors - will premiere on television instead of the big screen. “High School Musical 4,” set for a 2010 premiere, will feature a storyline built around a rivalry with a cross-town school, said Gary Marsh, president of entertainment for Disney Channels Worldwide.

Unclear at this early stage is whether Kenny Ortega, the director of the first three movies, will return. What is clear is that Zak Efron and Vanessa Hudgens will not reprise their starring roles, although some of the franchise’s more minor characters may pop up to add continuity. The writer of the last three movies, Peter Barsocchini, will also pen the new screenplay.

“High School Musical 3: Senior Year” moved the franchise – a giant business for Disney with merchandise, theme park and music extensions – from television to theaters. It sold a huge $250 million in tickets worldwide, but its songs had less of a cultural impact than those from the second installment in the series.

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Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens out of High School Musical 4

A FOURTH instalment of the teenage hit High School Musical will hit TV screens next year but it won't feature its two stars Zac Efron and his real-life girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens.

A Disney studio statement last night said High School Musical 4 will feature a love triangle "set against the cross-town rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights."

Gallery: High School Musical 3 Premiere

Gallery: HSM's nude former star Vanessa Hudgens

Gallery: High School Musical 3's honey Ashley Tisdale

Gallery: High School Musical hunk graduate Zac Efron

Gallery: The Aussie cast of High School Musical

Peter Barsocchini, who wrote High School Musical 1, 2 and 3, is back in as screenwriter, while Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush will once again executive produce the project.

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Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year Review

What's up, reader? I'm Greg Miller, and I'm IGN's go-to dude for singing games. SingStar, Karaoke Revolution and a handful of other crooning titles have found their way into my hands and today, I'm tackling Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year. As it is the case for most Disney games, I'm assuming you're here because you're either a fan of HSM and actually want to read about this game or you're someone who smells blood in the water and wants to see me rip this title apart.

Sorry, trolls, this game's OK and the review's going to be more informative than destructive. Still, if you're looking for a cheap shot: why the hell are the guys so set against going to the prom in "A Night to Remember?" Don't they know that this is their best chance to get laid? Be excited, weirdoes.


Anyway, Sing It: HSM3 is your standard karaoke videogame. You get 25 songs from all three movies and the actual film clips where the song is preformed. You'll pick a song, the video will start, words will light up on the bottom of the screen and you need to sing those syllables in a way that fills in pitch/timing bars above the text. At the end, you're score is compiled based on how well you did. Basically, this is a HSM-themed version of SingStar. Sure, the fact that Sing It sticks with one theme means it's going to have limited appeal and it doesn't come close to touching SingStar's bells and whistles on PS2/PS3, but the game actually outdoes its inspiration in a pretty significant way. Sing It tosses in a vocal ball that allows you to see what pitch you're singing in at all times. SingStar doesn't do that, so it can be a guessing game as to how you need to adjust your vocal performance. Aside from that, you can also preview an entire song and video from the list of tracks, although the controls for cycling the songs can be finicky.


And in that short little paragraph, I've pretty much summed up the Sing It experience. There are solo modes (you can sing without any instructions on the screen, create set lists, and just croon by yourself) and multiplayer options (duet, versus, set lists, and team play for up to eight singers), but basically you're just singing High School Musical songs in a tried and true karaoke videogame format without any frills. There is no EyeToy support like in the PS2 SingStars, and the music videos that play behind the lyrics only look passable; there's a tendency to have some pixilation with the vids, and that sucks. It's not as bad as the ugly HSM cartoon characters, but it seems like the videos could've been cleaned up.

Still, the presentation is decent -- slick, easy to navigate menus that play the songs you're scoping -- but there really isn't that much more to the title. Where SingStar PS3 excels is that it packs a bunch of songs on the disc, has a store to download more, and has a profile system similar to that of Facebook; Sing It: HSM3 lacks anything like that. Sing It doesn't even have the party games and camera support of the PS2 SingStars. You just have 25 songs to run through and then you're done. The team mode is just duet or versus and doesn't feature any kind of creative game; you can't turn off the original vocal track to isolate your singing; and other than the scoreboard, there's nothing to chase.


Everything works well and is pretty, but how long will 25 tracks last you?

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High School Musical: Remix

If only real-life high school had been for me what it is for the student body of the fictitious Albuquerque of High School Musical. No real-life adolescence could remotely begin to replicate the smiles on the faces of these students. You know why? Because this is Disney. In all Disney Channel Original’s there are small obstacles that must be overcome, sure, but by the end the plastic characters always reach euphoria, and life settles into that easy going routine that could never be achieved anywhere else.

The story starts with the “it” boy, the star basketball player of a team going to the championship game, and a new girl who’s always been known as the brainiest in the class. Their first two encounters are a throwback to another high school musical, the 1978 song and dance flick Grease.


Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) meet during winter vacation, expecting never to see one another again—but when classes begin, they discover they now go to the same school. (Oh boy!) Thankfully, Troy dropped Danny Zuko’s “tough guy” exterior for this modern rendition of the exact same opening film sequence, and instead of playing it cool in front of his pals, Troy’s excited at the coincidence.

After reuniting and reminiscing about their karaoke adventure over the break, Troy and Gabriella find themselves inadvertently auditioning for the school musical and landing call backs—only it’s on the same day as the basketball championship and Gabriella’s science competition. What are they going to do? True to form, Disney’s given us likable characters, goals and obstacles—and all the audience needs to do is sit back and watch as the clever leads and ensemble cast sidestep the predicaments, all the while joining each other for choreographed dance routines and never once singing off key.

In order to do this movie justice, I’ll need to give my recommendations separately, divided into two groups.

Children, teens, Disney fans:

See this movie! It’s entertaining for a teen mindset and extremely colorful. The characters are nicely fleshed out with a good mixture of school-related drama and a splash of at-home family drama. Efron and Hudgens are attractive, sweet and endearing (and an off-screen couple too!), which makes for the perfect movie for a young teen in puppy love to live vicariously through the characters. The songs are fairly catchy and upbeat adding a very Disney energy.

Adults, anyone looking for something other than a made-for-TV movie:

Do not see this movie! I actually like other Disney Channel movies like Brink! and Johnny Tsunami. Was it the subject matter? Or the fact that HSM is a musical that makes it especially cheesy? Were the 90s movies just better? It’s hard to say. The story was perfectly fine. The acting from most characters was all right, especially because the over-the-top cartoonish quality was actually demanded of the actors. But the dance sequences. Oh the dance sequences. The musical numbers in High School Musical were nearly unbearable.

For instance, one part that I found particularly cheesy because of its contradictory quality, was on the basketball court. Just moments after Troy is berated by his basketball buddies for wanting to sing in the school play, the team joins together for a choreographed gymnasium number, uniformed and all. The basketball moves are even incorporated into the dance.


This is something I’ve never fully understood about musicals—are the characters not aware that they’ve just sung and/or danced? In films like Moulin Rouge or Chicago (both Oscar winning), the characters seem aware when they’ve broken out into song at random—or at least it’s masked by a dream sequence of sorts. But in the far-from-Oscar-nominated High School Musical, the characters seem aloof most of the time to this. Otherwise, the basketball team would not sashay across the court.

In general, it’s important the audience isn’t aware of blatant irony fixed into the story, but here I suppose it’s relatively allowable being that it is after all a musical, and of course, that it’s Disney. And in a Disney movie, no matter what the basketball team has said in the past—it will end up singing and dancing to best prepare for the big game.

The four long years of real-life high school would be much more tolerable if every struggle culminated with the entire school in all smiles. For most people it’ll be too contrived to be enjoyable, but it’s cute and fun for a younger audience. Although completely unrealistic, good for Disney that it’s been it’s M.O. for decades to churn a fairytale out of something as unpleasant as high school.

DVD Extra Features:

The Remix edition Blu-ray is loaded with extras that anyone in the “Children, teens, Disney fans” category will love. It’s got a “Making Of” section, and a “Reunion” section in which the actors are interviewed. These two will be fan-favorites.

The extras get a huge helping of Disney in the three sections in which the audience is invited to sing/dance along with sequences, after they’ve completed the “Learning the Moves” section. And also—there are five “Music Videos” that feature the various musical numbers and the actors creating the sequences for the film, in the recording studio and on the set. The extras are just about as teeny-bopper as it gets, but it’s on par with the movie itself, so as far as extras go—it’s swimming in them.

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Ashley Tisdale is Puerco Espin Pretty

BFFs Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens and Brittany Snow cover their faces after taking a pilates class together in Studio City on Wednesday afternoon (February 25).

The three BFFs were joined by good friends Samantha Droke (from Princess Protection Program) and Caroline Clark (she’s an awesome singer).

Ashley, 23, was just named the face of Puerco Espin, one of the most famous clothing brands in Italy for teen girls, according to MediaKey TV.

Fabio Castelli, director of the creative marketing group Five Season shared, “For our brand, which is well established in the market, Ashley Tisdale is the perfect choice. She’s now a legend throughout the world, her image is very stylish.”

10+ pics inside of pilates princesses Ashley, Vanessa, Brittany, Sam and Caroline…

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year Extended Edition DVD Review

After having enormous success on the Disney Channel, the High School Musical franchise finally made its debut on the big screen with High School Musical 3: Senior Year. The film follows the Wildcats in their senior year as they deal with moving on from East High and going to college and leaving behind all of the memories that they have made over the past couple of years. The six main actors from the first two films also return along with director and choreographer Kenny Ortega. So, what’s different about this version of High School Musical, besides the fact that it was the first film released on the big screen? Well, it’s bigger, better, and features even more energy and life than the previous two films.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year opens up at half time of the Wildcats’ championship game against The West High Knights. The Wildcats are trailing with only sixteen minutes left in the game and they need a miracle in order to pull off a victory. They are led by Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and Chad Danforth (Corbin Bleu). The team also features a young player by the name of Rocket Man, played by Matt Prokop. Troy also has the support of his girlfriend Gabriella, played by the lovely Vanessa Hudgens. Will the Wildcats be able to pull off the victory and cement their legacy as champions once again?

Come on, people, this is High School Musical we’re talking about here. I’m just glad that the film doesn’t end with a big basketball game and the big shot. Then we would really be following the movie clichés.

After the big game, Gabriella and Troy are trying to figure out what to do after high school ends and how it’s going to affect their relationship. They are so used to being with each other that they’re basically codependent. As of right now, though, they’re trying to get things to slow down and just relax and enjoy each and every moment with each other.

As far as Sharpay Evans, played by Ashley Tisdale, she’s looking for a personal assistant and ends up hiring a British exchange student named Tiara Gold (Jemma Mckenzie-Brown). She’s also looking to get her big break in the spring musical, which is led by Ms. Darbus and Kelsi. The musical is about their final days at East High and it deals with their insecurities, fears, and worries about the future. Also, Ms. Darbus announces that Troy, Kelsi, Ryan, and Sharpay are all being considered for a scholarship to Julliard.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year also deals with the almighty prom. Yes, the senior prom, one of the most sacred and cherished events of the high school experience. Speaking of prom, Chad better hurry up and ask out Taylor (Monique Coleman) to prom before it’s too late and she finds another date. Ryan and Kelsi are also spending a lot of time together because of their passion for music.

Yes, it’s a busy senior year at East High and it’s only going to get busier as the year progresses.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the best High School Musical film because at this stage all of the actors are completely comfortable with these characters and they know them like the back of their hand. Now that they understand their characters so well, they’re able to just relax and focus on the performance aspect of the film. The relationships and friendships look effortless on camera, especially the relationship between Vanessa and Zac. It probably helps that they’re dating in real life.


The film is also interesting because not only are the characters graduating in the film; the actors are also graduating from this franchise. They will have to venture outside of their comfort zone and stay relevant and interesting in today’s entertainment world. Out of the six lead actors, I see Ashley Tisdale having the brightest future because of her versatility. As far as Vanessa Hudgens, I’d like to see her do something a little edgier in the future. We know she can play the sweet and innocent role, but I’d like to see her do something that surprises people.

Zac Efron looks like he’s ready to move on from the franchise and do something different. That’s not to say that he doesn’t give it his all in this film. He still gives it one hundred and ten percent, but he also looks like he’s sort of tapped out. The relationship between Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman was also a bright spot in the film, and I liked how their romance was portrayed in an innocent and sweet way. Even though they are full of confidence, they’re still nervous about asking each other out.

The soundtrack for the film is also off the hook. Yes, I said off the hook. The opening track in the film, Now or Never, is an upbeat tune that properly establishes the drama of the big basketball game. The love songs are also memorable, including Right Here, Right Now, Can I Have This Dance, and Just Wanna Be With You. Each song describes what Gabriella and Troy are dealing with in a way that is heartfelt but also catchy.

The best song in the film, without a doubt, is I Want It All, performed by Ashley Tisdale. It’s a big song and Tisdale nails it. It’s also a big dance number that Kenny Ortega hits out of the park with plenty of flare and charm. Corbin Bleu and Zac Efron also have fun with the nostalgic tune, The Boys Are Back. Efron channels Kevin Bacon in Footloose with the rock song, Scream, while Vanessa Hudgens shows off her angelic voice in the tune Just Walk Away. Finally, the film ends on an upbeat note with the song, High School Musical, which features lyrics such as, “High School Musical, It's the best part we've ever known.”

This is true.

In terms of this website, I’m probably alone in my admiration for High School Musical. But that’s OK. The other day, someone described it to me as our generation’s Grease, and I couldn’t agree more. So, what’s changed since then? Well, in my opinion, we’ve gotten a lot more cynical since Grease and we have a hard time watching a film that’s harmless fun without any violence, sex, or swearing.


Yes, High School Musical is not going to win any Oscars and it’s never going to be on the IMDB Top 250. Yes, you’re probably annoyed by all of the High School Musical merchandise that floods your local Walmart. Yes, it’s aimed at a particular demographic. Yes, it’s silly and over the top.

That being said, when I walk into a film called High School Musical, I expect two things. First and foremost, I expect a film that tackles different high school problems, such as relationships, moving on after high school, friendship, college decisions, etc. High School Musical 3: Senior Year deals with all of that and more. I also expect some good music and the music in High School Musical 3: Senior Year is really, really good and really, really catchy.

So, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Video:

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is presented in anamorphic widescreen. (1.85:1 aspect ratio) The DVD transfer is extremely colorful and full of life, just like the film itself.

Audio:

The audio is presented in 5.1 Dolby Digital and all of your favorite songs from the movie can be heard loud and clear.

Special Features:

This is the extended version of the film and it features an extra scene that helps showcase more of the drama of senior year.

We are treated to eight deleted scenes that total six minutes in running time. Most of the scenes are really quick and add nothing new to the story. One interesting scene, though, fleshes out the “relationship” between Kelsi and Ryan.

Two minutes of bloopers are also featured on this DVD.

Night of Nights: This is a prom featurette that includes interviews with the cast, as they offer their insights on the prom experience. The guys are supposed to hate it, but once they see the girl of their dreams all dressed up, that hatred goes out the window. Oh, girls also take forever to get ready. What else is new? This feature runs at seven minutes.

It’s All in the Dress: This is a two minute featurette that explains the prom dresses for each female character in the film. This feature runs at two minutes.

Cast Goodbyes: This is a five-minute featurette that includes lots of crying and lots of reminiscing from the cast, as they say goodbye to this very popular franchise.. Even Efron cries!

Sing Along with the Movie: See if you’re as good as Zac Efron or Vanessa Hudgens, as you get a chance to sing along to all of the songs in the movie.

You also get a digital copy of the film with this DVD.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year

In the final segment of the musical sensation, the gang of East High experience their senior year as it ends all too soon for their liking.

The euphoric life of the East High seniors is made even better through their rhythmic songs and choreography. Worry-free for the most part, their main concerns are having too much fun, making their senior year last longer and of course, what to wear to the prom.

For their big screen debut, "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" made sure to be as big as possible. The sets were bigger, the choreography more intricate and entertaining and the songs better and catchier than ever. "High School Musical 3" follows the gang on their final performance for their spring play. They recreate their senior year and all the feelings that accompany it—the joys, stresses and decisions that have to be made.

Like in the previous films, Troy Bolton, played by Zac Efron, struggles with a decision. Basketball or theater? Time is up though as this Wildcat’s last days at East High School come near and he must decide. To add to Troy’s dilemma, with Gabriella, played by Vanessa Hudgens, going away to college in California, will their Disney love be strong enough to keep them together?

As we watch Troy and the others experience their last year of high school, the scenes are 100 times better than ever before. Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth, Bolton’s sidekick, gets more film time and we get to see his talent as a performer. Efron has visibly grown as he takes us through different genres of music (mostly boy band music and some rock) in his performances to show us Troy’s frustrations behind his seemingly perfect life. He even does a number on a rotating hallway—very N’SYNC. His steps are more advanced, and his lungs explode in “The Boys are Back” and “Scream.”

As for the rest of the gang, Hudgens as Gabriella hasn’t changed much from the previous films as she continues to serenade her feelings for Troy in exaggerated expressions and cheesy smiles. Ashley Tisdale got less screen time but her scene, “I Want It All,” that expresses her love of showbiz, has to be one of the most memorable and best performances she has given as resident bad girl Sharpay Evans.

Supporting actors, Lucas Grabeel as Sharpay’s twin brother Ryan Evans and Olesya Rulin as composer Kelsi Nielsen finally get the recognition they need. In this final segment, we learn that they too have talents and they get their own time to shine in the spotlight.

Although it lacks a complicated plot, by making Troy’s adolescent decisions the main point of the movie, it’s enough to keep its teenage audience interested because it is a recurring point that runs throughout all three films. This is the end of that link and by addressing the issues teens face at the end of their high school experience, the third segment captures your attention with the musical performances. Parents will also enjoy it, however much they might deny it, because it remains PG by only showing one kiss between the star couple. Besides, what more can you expect from a Disney movie? A movie that has up until now been made for the Disney Channel? The leap they made to the big screen came with the appropriate changes for a teen sensation musical. It even hinted at a possible fourth installment by introducing three new, younger characters to continue the legacy.

In a Grease-esque final performance, the excitement oozes through the screen as they graduate and the curtains drop. This was their “last chance to get it right,” and they did.

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