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Monday, Apr 13

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Try To Add Something To "Saturday Night Live" [Tv Party]

This weekend's Saturday Night Live was another sign that the show's writers are still trying to figure out how to navigate the post-Sarah Palin landscape, with a sorta-depressing skit about host Zac Efron's realization that he will never shake the "teen idol" tag placed around his neck...

Sunday, Dec 21

Opinion: Idolator Chats With Matthew Gerrard And Robbie Nevil About Getting In The "High School Musical" Game [Inside The Writers' Room]

What were you guys working on before you hooked up with Disney, and how was the idea of High School Musical first pitched to you? You guys both did work for Disney before HSM, right? So, dare I ask: Are you working on High School Musical 4? High School Musical: Complete coverage

Wednesday, Oct 15

Do iTunes Sales Show "High School Musical" Fans Breaking Free Of The Franchise? [A 100 And Single Special Report]

Within a month, eight songs by this gang of toothsome newcomers with names like "Ashley Tisdale" and "Zac Efron" were on the Hot 100, the largest number of simultaneous charting songs from a single album ever. And that album, the soundtrack to the Disney Channel made-for-TV flick High Sch...

Wednesday, Oct 8

High School Musical 3: Will It Allow Disney To Get Back In The Music Game?

The Mouse has already started spraying its firehose of promotional power over its boxed-in kiddie demographic: Two songs from the soundtrack are currently in the Radio Disney top five, and last night's London premiere of the flick was accompanied by reports that UK advance ticket sale...

Tuesday, Dec 18

How The "Weezy And Zac Sittin' In A Tree" Rumor Became Today's Biggest Rumor In The World [Track Marks]

First Mention: The OC Weekly printed "The Efron Scandal," which made these claims, on Thursday, and author Ben Westhoff tipped us off to the story Friday. But we didn't run it, because it was pretty freaking obvious that it was a goof. Take this sentence: "'I'm just being me,' Wayne insists,...

Monday, Dec 10

iTunes Proves People Really Are As Tasteless As You Think They Are

7. High School Musical 2 8. Timbaland, Shock Value 9. John Mayer, Continuum 10. Hairspray (Soundtrack) 11. Fall Out Boy, Infinity On High 12. White Stripes, Icky Thump 14. Norah Jones, Not Too Late 15. Feist, The Reminder 16. Across The Universe (Soundtrack)

Tuesday, Oct 9

American Music Awards Nominations Try To Prove That Popular Music Is Still Somewhat Popular [Putting The Pseudo In Pseudo-event]

Rap/Hip Hop: Band, duo or group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Pretty Ricky, Shop Boyz Album: Strength & Loyalty (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), T.I. vs. T.I.P. (T.I.), The Inspiration (Young Jeezy) Soundtracks: Album: Dreamgirls,Hairspray,High School Musical 2

Monday, Oct 1

Opinion: Idolator Takes To The Ice With The Kids From High School Musical [Ice Follies]

So what did you all do with your Saturday evening? Well why you were all drinking in grownup bars or taking in art house movies or watching indie bands in intimate clubs or re-alphabetizing your Modern Library collection, Maura and I were braving disapproving looks from concerned parent...

Wednesday, Aug 22

"High School Musical" Continues Its Iron-Fist Chart Domination

As expected by, well, pretty much everyone, the soundtrack to High School Musical 2 topped this week's album charts, with 615,000 people ponying up to hear the latest songs by Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, and company. HSM2 was one of four Radio Disney-friendly albums in the top 20; Hannah M...

Friday, Aug 17

"Rolling Stone" Falls For Zac Efron's Blinding Smile

As you can see, and as your Idolator overlords apprised you last week, the cover boy for the Aug. 23 RS is Zac Efron, the ascendant lead of Disney's burgeoning High School Musical franchise. Hereupon, the young man appears to be struggling with his white T-shirt, or feeling himself up, or scr...

Wednesday, May 30

Mp3: Leak Of The Day, Part Two: "High School Musical 2" Is Out For ...

The teenpop juggernaut High School Musical spawned a soundtrack that ruled the album-sales charts last year, and its summer vacation-themed sequel hits the Disney Channel in August. (A movie about summer break that comes out just as ...