Thomas, Shelia and their daughters: Hannah, Hailey and Heather Hinman (the triple H’s)  from Hazel Green, WI came in the other day to upgrade to a more spacious vehicle. While the girls played, the parents took care of business.  Soon they were ready to roll out with their new set of wheels,  but I couldn’t let them go without letting the world hear their story!

Hey guys! Thanks for waiting up to do an interview with me. What brought you into Runde’s today?
We needed a car that would fit our family and wanted to stay local for the purchase.

What led you to Runde’s instead of a different dealership?
Shelia: I’ve lived around this area my whole life and know Runde’s to be a good place by reputation.

What vehicle did you end up buying?
We got a 2008 Chevy Impala. We needed a family car and it’ll work out great.

Your sales person was Al Kloft, what did you think of Al ?
He was great, very helpful and nice to the kids.

I see that they got some goodies to play with while they waited.
Yeah, Heather loved playing with the stuff. They gave us monkey’s, footballs, coloring books, coffee mugs, free hot chocolate…

Hailey: I want some hot chocolate tonight!
That sounds really good, actually…

If you were to rank your experience on a scale of 1-10, what would you give it?
Probably about a 9.

You guys ready for Christmas?
All three: Oh yeah!

Got your Christmas list all done?
Hailey: I haven’t done that yet!

Tom: I’m heading back to Iraq and won’t be back ‘till January so I guess I’ll be missing it this year.

Hannah: We’ll have to have grandma help us with the Christmas tree…

What do you like to do as a family?
The girls and I have been hunting for the last week. We like camping, playing ball, going to water parks.

Where do you go camping?
Just in the area. Galena, Potosi, Blackhawk, Governor Dodge Park –places like that.

Are all of you in school?
All three: Yep!

Where do you all go?
Shelia: Hannah is still in preschool.
Hailey: 3rd grade!
Heather: 5th grade at the Southwestern Elementary School.

You like going to school?
Hailey: Sure do!

Tom and Shelia, what do you do for a living?
I work at Cuttingham and Butler and she works at B.L. Murray just down the road from here.

Hailey: I work at school!

Do you have a favorite movie Hannah?
Yeah… High School Musical (Hannah gave a big smile with her answer).

That’s all I had for you guys, I don’t want to keep you waiting any longer, do you have anything else you’d like to add?
Shelia: It was a great experience. I don’t like buying cars, it gives me a headache, but this was a good experience.

Disney’s High School Musical 2 knows its audience and plays directly to it. Opening night, the crowd was dominated by the under 12 set and they were there to be entertained.  As soon as the lights dimmed in the theatre, a wave of pint-sized shushing rippled through the room; this audience didn’t want to miss a single moment of the performance.

Judging by the enthusiastic applause, URP pulled it off.  URP mounted the original HSM two seasons ago with great success, so the sequel was a no-brainer.

Scott Perrie and Shannon Adams share a moment in URP's High School Musical 2.

The first HSM revolved around the Disney-esque premise that everyone should follow their dreams and that people can be whatever they want to be.  HSM 2 also promises a kid and parent-friendly evening, complete with feel-good positive messages around loyalty and hard work.

The sequel follows Troy Bolton and Gabriella Marquez and their Wildcat compatriots as they spend their summer before senior year working at country club.  Scott Perrie (Les Misérables, Arts Club) and Shannon Adams as Troy and Gabriella respectively, had a very fitting G-rated kind of chemistry.

Though I spotted several twenty-somethings trying to pass as teenagers, there were also quite a few actual teens in the cast.  URP and their HSM and HSM 2 productions have provided a great opportunity for younger actors to gain stage experience.

Julie Trepanier was a somewhat subdued Sharpay Evans.  Trepanier certainly looked the part, but I found myself wishing that she’d have more fun with the role.

My only real quibble with casting was with Brandyn Eddy as Sharpay’s nicer twin, Ryan.  In Eddy’s hands, the nattily-dressed Ryan came off as more of a retirement home senior than a high school senior.  Eddy is a more-than-capable actor, as evidenced by his turn as Seymour in last year’s URP production of Little Shop of Horrors.  But here, he just felt jarringly out of place.

Overall, the show accomplished what it set out to do.  The cast had fun, the parents had fun, and most importantly, the toughest critics of all, the kids, had fun.  What more could you ask for?

High School Musical 2, presented by URP Productions, plays through November 22, 2009, at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale, North Vancouver.  Tickets are available online or by phone at 604-984-4484.

Nikki Yanofsky photo by Barry Harris

Nikki Yanofsky may not be old enough to drive a car, but at 15, she’s got more than enough talent to drive a promising career.

At age 12, the Canadian singer became the youngest person to headline her own show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Her career has skyrocketed since then—in the last three years, she’s played Carnegie Hall, contributed to an Ella Fitzgerald tribute album (alongside Ledisi, Queen Latifah, and Michael Bublé), and recorded the “Gotta Go My Own Way” bonus track in English and in French for High School Musical 2.

In early 2010, Yanofsky will release her first full-length solo album, produced by Phil Ramone and Jesse Harris—oh, and Feist is writing one of the songs.

Psst Psst: inkpop.wordpress.com will feature an interview with Nikki Yanofsky upon release of her forthcoming album.

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Members of the cast tell you why you should see

High School Musical 2

Based on the 2007 Disney Channel Original Movie

After 11 sold out shows of High School Musical in 2007/2008 and a hit with audiences and critics alike at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver, and an extended run in Surrey at the Bell Centre, URP is excited to announce that they will be mounting High School Musical 2 in November 2009!  URP is celebrating their 15th season this year and their musicals always prove to be innovative and fresh.  Their high production values and impressive, energetic casts continue to thrill audiences and critics alike.

Disney Channel’s smash hit contemporary musical comedy comes to life on stage -

School’s out and summer’s here!  The East High Wildcats are gearing up for three sun and fun-filled months of … work?  Troy, Gabriella, Chad and Taylor have scored sweet summer gigs at the Lava Springs Country Club, owned by the family of show tune singing Sharpay and Ryan Evans.  Sweet new songs and mad awesome dancing make the summer before senior year a time that the Wildcats will remember forever.

November 3, 2009 Preview at 7:30 pm – Everyone is a Child ($24)
November 4 -22, 2009
Wednesday to Saturday at 7:30 pm
Saturday, Sunday & Nov. 11th 2 pm matinees
Centennial Theatre (2300 Lonsdale), North Vancouver

Tickets at Centennial Theatre Box Office – 604-984-4484 or Uncle Randy Productions Office – 604-980-7942
Tickets: $32 Adults / $28 Students, Seniors / $24 Children under 12
www.urp.ca

High School Musical was such a success for URP back in 2007 and 2008 that they’re mounting the sequel to the massive Disney hit for their 15^th season.  HSM and its two sequels have a huge following among tweens, teens and Disney fans of all ages, which should bode well for URP’s ticket sales.

The cast of URP's 2009 production of High School Musical 2

High School Musical 2 stars Aaron Lau, Julie Trepanier, Scott Perrie, Shannon
Adams, Brandyn Eddy, and Jessica Kelly.

URP presents High School Musical 2, playing November 3-22, 2009, at the Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale, North Vancouver.  Tickets are available online or by phone at 604-984-4484.

Hoy, 24 de Septiembre de 2009 hace un año desde que por primera vez, el telón del teatro Lope de Vega de Madrid se subió para hacer realidad los sueños de muchos (entre los que por supuesto me incluyo). Se estrenaba en la Gran Vía madrileña “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL”.

Era la primera vez que formaba parte de algo que tanto me gustaba y tanta experiencia me iba a dar, en lo profesional y en lo personal. Hoy, desde Londres, les echo mucho de menos a todos aquellos de la gran familia Wildcat.

Para celebrarlo, MAÑANA VERÉ HSM2 EN OXFORD!!!! la magia del East High se volverá a mostrar ante mis ojos en un espectáculo que espero no me defraude. Ya os contaré.

Estoy muy muy contento, ayer comencé mis clases de interpretación en una prestigiosa escuela de Londres, y me encantaron, la próxima semana me pondré las pilas con las clases de baile… y hace un par de días que he comenzado a ir al gimnasio.

Aquí os dejo una nueva galería de imágenes de “eLBy” para que las disfrutéis.

This article is an extension of this article.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what direction to take this website. I came up with a few ideas and I haven’t talked about them with anyone. Since I own the majority of this website, I figured that I didn’t really need to talk about that with anyone.

I am terribly sorry for the lack of quality articles that you have been reading here lately. That’s one thing that’s gonna change.

Since a blog is about giving opinions and talking about our lives, this will be a big part of the website.

Another thing is that blogs are about writing about what we love so you can forget about shit like Miley Cyrus.

I also considered changing the name of the website to something more aggressive-sounding.

It is no secret that me and Marc, we are full of poisonous snake venom. Julie-Anne has less time to write articles, let alone quality articles, so therefore, this website will become increasingly aggressive.

Before we can heal the world, we have to get rid of the problems which live in it.

Marc and me, we have extremely strong opinions and most of the time, we happen to agree with each other. There are some exceptions but nobody’s the same as his neighbour.

Marc’s a political guy I could say, but that wouldn’t be 100 % true. He just has many interests, including politics. He also is an avid lover of hockey. You can expect a lot from him and you’ll rarely be disappointed.

Julie-Anne’s the youngest of us 3. From her own words, she enjoys astronomy. She would be in a better position than me to talk about her own interests.

She is the person I happen to disagree the most with. She is young, and that shows. However, you could say that me and Marc, we have old minds for the young people that we are.

Another thing is the fact that there is too much “Twilight” stuff here. It’s a fucking, ordinary movie with nothing great in it. You can expect to see a lot less of that from now on.

Julie loves the “High School Musical” crap with the wax doll. What can I do ? If you want my opinion, I could say that it is absolute shit. Efron’s a talentless actor with no real good movie in his repertoire. Julie keeps bragging me about Wax Doll making better, more serious movies in the future. It would be a miracle if I enjoyed seeing him on screen.

About me ? Well, I am equally as venomous as Marc. In fact, we are the only ones who can actually enjoy hearing the other defecate on the society like we do. Julie never does that.

When I hit you, you know it. I never miss. If I hit you twice, expect the second time to be even harder.

No matter what the subject is, if I have something to say, I will. Today, I might talk about Batman. Tomorrow, I might talk about the megalodon. The day after, I might talk about Abraham Lincoln or the American Civil War. There is absolutely no limit to what I can talk about, as long as I keep it interesting.

The same goes for the others.

I have kept an eye on what you people enjoy reading here and I see a lot of WWE fans. Although I admit that I expected more readers, I will give you more WWE articles. I will have fun writing those articles since I will put emphasis on the past. I do not enjoy the current product as much. Oh, the times they are a-changin’. The 80’s and 90’s product would pin the 2000’s shoulders to the mat for the 3-count.

Now, it is time to answer some questions :

Will there be pornography or not on the website ?
I cannot answer this question. I’ve been asking myself this question for a while. I have yet to take a decision. I started with “Letterman’s Nailin’ Paylin” and I see that it is extremely popular. This might help take a decision.

Will there be more lyrics on the website ?
I suppose I could put more lyrics once in a while. It’s always nice to read lyrics when the songs are good.

Will there be more biographies ?
I’ve been thinking about something lately. While I enjoy reading biographies, I think I will try another system. I will write biographies in the form of a time line.

Ever since you have made the website mature, you haven’t done a lot of mature things. “Letterman’s Nailin’ Paylin” isn’t really mature stuff. What do you plan on doing for the mature part ?
Our language is mature. I wouldn’t want children to read my language when I’m angry. While I know that porn star biographies are not exactly mature, you can expect some. As I said earlier, I have yet to take a real decision about that.

Will there be more articles written by your own hands ?
Absolutely. This will be a major part of the website in the near future. We’ll take more credit. We never took credit for something we never wrote. While the sources haven’t always been said, I never claimed out loud that we wrote them entirely. Some were heavily edited, some others weren’t. Now, 90 % of all articles will be heavily edited.

What do you plan to do for the kids-friendly stuff ?
Not much. In fact, besides the occasional vintage cartoons, which I love, I was planning on taking the oxygen away from “Hannah Montana” and other things like that. I absolutely cannot put mature stuff while I want to do a kids-friendly website. This is a waste of time. It is impossible to do.

Will there be more news ?
Marc will take care of that, but the answer is no. There won’t be more news. More important ones perhaps.

Will there be more writers ?
I do not think so. I have to trust the person, which is hard to do. I have to know that I can rely on him or her. I have to know that I can leave and put the website in his or her hands.

The person has to care about the website. The person has to create all the needed categories. The person has to write an article I will approve of. The person has to do all the job for the articles he or she writes. Most of all, the person has to understand who takes the decisions and learn to deal with them.

And as the King Of Pop would say : “This is it.”

“And our last song OrLaN, for P1 million!

2006, Start of Something New! Music!!!

“Livin’ in my own world

Didn’t understand

That anything can happen

When you take a chance……

This could be the start of something new

________________________”

“It feels so right

To be here with you

And now lookin’ in your eyes

I feel in my heart Oooh…

The start of something new.”

Ting! Tumpak! You’ve got the jackpot!

P1 million OrLaN!

At ako po so Cesar Montano, Buboy for short.

At ito po ang The Singing Bee!

Yehey! Yehey! Ye….

“No no nooooooooooooo

Stick to the stuff you know

If you wanna be cool

Follow one simple rule

Don’t mess with the flow, no no

Stick to the Status Quo,

No, no……”

“Azar naman oh! Ibibigay na yung pera eh!

Ang aga-aga text ng text!

“Hoy Juan Tamad! Ligpitin mo muna kwarto mo!” sigaw ni Ina.

“Opo! Sandali lang!”

Binuksan ko ang audio player at pinatugtog ang soundtracks ng ♫eit∫ es em♫.

(tumataas ang adrenaline ko sa tuwing papakinggan ko ‘to!)

Niligpit ko ang higaan ko, habang kumakanta @ sumasayaw. Inayos ko ang magazine collection ko, posters, book series at dvd’s ng ♫eit∫ es em♫ na katabi kong natulog.

(nakalimutan kong ayusin kagabi, iyun kasi ang lullaby ko, ang titigan ang ♫eit∫ es em♫ stuffs collection ko,)

Pagkatapos, mauupo ako sa sala. Iintayin kong matapos ang buong soundtracks. Nakatulala ako na ini-imagine ang sarili ko na ako ang bida ng ♫eit∫ es em♫ habang kumakanta with matching sayaw.

(Ok, day dreaming is over. Gising na! Back to the real and normal life)

(Kaso ito talaga yung real at normal kong buhay eh, wala akong magawa, ayoko naman ng bagong buhay, Masaya naman ako sa ginagawa ko.)

Kakain ako, maliligo, manunuod ng TV shows at mag-co-computer. Pero above all, kapag bored na ako sa usual na ginagawa ng isang tipikal na tao, manunuod naman ako ♫eit∫ es em♫ dvd’s kahit pa kabisado ko na ang buong istorya nito. Kapag natapos na ang movies, babasahin ko ulit ang ♫eit∫ es em♫ magazines (hindi pala, ayoko nga palang magbasa, pupunasan ko lang para mawala ang alikabok). Habang hibang sa pag-aaskikaso sa ♫eit∫ es em♫ stuffs ko, hindi ko mapigilan ang sarili kong ulit-ulitin ang memorable lines ng mga cast ng ♫eit∫ es em♫.

“ Should I go for it?” “Yeah”

“I wish it would all just slow down to stop.”

“Toodles!” ( meaning: goodbye ng mga drama actors)

“Break a leg!”

“Well that’s showbiz”

“Kreme Bruleé” (anu daw?)

“Wildcats” (varsity players)

“Fabulus” (Sharpay Style)

“Bravo” (lalaking magaling)

“Brava” (babaeng magaling)

“What temerity! For the theater is the temple of art, a precious cornucopia of creative energy…..”

at sobrang dami pang iba…

Pakiramdan ko, kasama ako sa Twinkle Towne ( isang musical presentation), kumakanta kasama sila Gariella, Troy, Sharpay at Ryan.

“Nakatayo ako sa theater, kinakanta ang

‘EVERYDAY’ (ang pinakafavorite ko sa lahat ng songs nila)

Once in a lifetime

Means there’s no second chance

So I believe that you and me

Should grab it while we can”

(Haaaayyy!!! Nakatulog na naman ako!)

Pero ayos lang, at least kahit sa panaginip naging bida ako ng ♫eit∫ es em♫.

Iyan ang daily living ng isang ADIK.

Oo ADIK ako. ADIK na ADIK ako sa High School Musical.

Weird ba? Eh sa iyon ang nagustuhan ko eh!

( gusto ko kasi yung may pagka-realistic na story, yung pwedeng mangyari sa buhay mo)

Sa buong araw, 40-80% nito ay konektado sa HSM (♫eit∫ es em♫). Kahit pa dream-dream lang yung iba, basta parte sya ng buhay ko.

Matatapos lang ang ♫eit∫ es em♫ ka-ADIK-an ko kapag kailangan ko mag-review o mag-aral at kung kailangan ko na matulog. ( Yun nga lang, kahit sa panaginip, bitbit ko ang kahibangan, at least sweet dreams hindi bangungot)

Nagsimula kong magustuhan ang ♫eit∫ es em♫ nung magiging sophomore na ko. (sophomores din ang mga bida nun) Napanuod ko sya sa Disney Channel. Na-hook agad ako kasi ang ganda ng istorya at concept na gawin itong musical. Hanggang sa masundan ng HSM2 (summer) at HSM4 (graduation), dun na ako tuluyang na-ADIK.

Ito ang nagpapagaan ng isip ko sa kabila ng maraming pressure sa High School. Gusto ko ngang mag-dominate ang HSM sa buong hayskul life ko, from the unity, exciting proms at unique graduation. Gusto ko may ♫eit∫ es em♫ twist lahat sa buhay ko.

Ngayon, isa na akong college student. I’m still hooked, still obsessed and still addicted. Sabihin man nilang “So High School”, wala silang paki-alam, basta ang sa akin “I can’t live a day without it”

“I might feel like I graduated, pero ang puso ko nasa ♫eit∫ es em♫ pa rin kahit college na ko.

(salamat nalang kay Kenny Ortega (director ng ♫eit∫ es em♫) at kay Peter Barsocchini (writer ng ♫eit∫ es em♫) dahil ginawa nila itong movie na to.) (Bravo!)

Mahaba na pala ang entry ko ngayon! Kapagod na, kahit hindi pa ako nauubusan ng ikukwento about sa ♫eit∫ es em♫. (tsaka manunuod pa ako ng HSM)So til there….

__________________________________

TANDAAN!

“Lahat ng sobra masama. PERO.

Hindi masamang ma-ADIK, basta marami tayong ADIK!“

__________________________________

“What time is it?

Bye-bye time….”

TOODLES!!!

[Ooooopsss,,, pahabol nga pala! Sa mga ka-ADIKS ko sa ♫eit∫ es em♫, wait for the showing of HSM4! (CollegeYears) East meets West. Tiyak na maganda yun.]

(tingnan mu nga naman oh, college na rin sila! ♫eit∫ es em♫ is really for me)

TOODLES!!!

___________________

MADE IN EAST HIGH SCHOOL, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

___________________

MADE WITH LOVE AND ADDICTION

♫OrLaN bRiGiNo♫

Ikaw, ADIK ka rin ba?

ADIK!!!

I’m gonna write an article which my writing partner might not really like but hey, that’s not really important since it is my article and not hers, right ?

I’m fucking tired of seeing some “stars”, some talentless human beings for some, each and every day in the news, on blogs everywhere, on TV, in movies, etc…

Yeah, they are known to the world so we “must” talk about them, which we do here sometimes, but that doesn’t mean that they are worthy of being seen, heard or talked about.

Who is tired of seeing Miley Cyrus ? We know that the only real reason she is known is her father, country music superstar, “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus. He opened countless doors for her.

He plays in her TV shows and in her movies. He also sings with her on her albums and he even went on tour with her. Without him, she is nothing. He deserves ALL the credit.

Her voice ? It is good, and sometimes mediocre and here’s a good example of her mediocre voice, which she always blames on a sore throat.

And don’t you get me started on those sexy pictures she did. She approved them. Her father approved them. She is a damn hypocrite for claiming that she didn’t know that the pictures would be like that. Her father was on the set with her. Everything was approved.

Next, we have the “Twilight” stars.

I get it, the books, written by “The Host” author Stephenie Meyer, are considered great. They are highly successful, even more than any movie they are ever going to make, but it should stop there.

So Sexy, Robbie

Robert Pattinson, while good-looking, is not the sexiest man alive, far from it.  Some years ago, it was George Clooney, Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise. How can Pattinson surpass all of them all of a sudden ? He surpasses them because teenage girls are voting for him, not adults. They are forgetting about the real handsome men. This is the only reason.

Kristen Stewart was good-looking in “Twilight”, right before she cut her hair in real life. Now she looks like a bad imitation of rock & roll legend Joan Jett. What did she ever do to deserve all the attention she is getting ? Star in “Twilight”, a movie about a man who sparkles under the sun ?

And who cares if they are a couple ? Who gives a fuck if they kiss, if they hug and if he takes her from behind every night ? That’s none of our business. Fucking freaks. They are humans like us so leave them alone once in a while. That way, maybe they wouldn’t be in the news all the time.

Oh, She Loves Rock & Roll

While the movie and the book are both good in their own way, the vampires are ridiculous. Bram Stoker pretty much invented the way a vampire should be considered with his fantastic story of “Dracula”, portrayed in movies by countless actors, including Gary Oldman, Christopher Lee and of course, the one everybody has tried to imitate but never could duplicate, Béla Lugosi.

In his book, vampires do not come out in the sunlight and they, of course, do not sparkle and glitter. They are fictional creatures that are defined to be sinister, malicious, and evil. While Edward claims that his family is not like the others, he only mentions that they only feed on animal blood. He never mentions anything else, besides the fact that he doesn’t want to be a monster.

What is Stephenie Meyer trying to do exactly ? Reinvent the way vampires are portrayed ? This should not be done, out of respect for people like Stoker and Lugosi.

Enough with this “Twilight” stuff.

Now, there’s Mr. “I-am-tired-of-the-musicals”, Zac Efron.

Night At The Wax Museum

Seriously, what is the exact problem with his baby face ? He looks like a wax doll.

One thing that is funny is the fact that he weighs about 100 pounds and he has a six-pack. They might just as well be bones.

Saying that the “High School Musical” movies are no masterpieces is an understatement. They are made for young girls, barely teenagers, far from being adults.

While I haven’t watched them completely, I have seen parts from all 3 movies, especially the third one. The story is simplistic at best.

I saw “17 Again” and I thought it was a good little movie with nothing to brag about. Efron was okay, while my favourite parts were Matthew Perry’s parts. I guess that it may be a start for Efron but he must do better if he wants to prove to me, and the people who are not fans of him, that he is a good actor.

One thing I will give to him is the fact that he is a great dancer. Nobody can deny that.

Efron doesn’t even sing most of his own songs in “High School Musical”. He lip syncs most of the time. The songs are performed by Drew Seeley, who sings on top of Zac Efron. Seeley was the star of the “High School Musical” concerts, which were immortalized on DVD.

At least, Vanessa Hudgens sang her own songs.

That’s another couple I am very tired of seeing. I do not care, like Pattinson & Stewart, if they are together or not. I do not care if they live together and I really don’t care if they get married. That is their own private life. Leave them alone, so they will leave us alone.

Everybody knows that the Disney Channel is for children, and that The Walt Disney Company always wants to make “good” family movies. Nothing great, besides their famous cartoons and some older movies like “Mary Poppins”, will ever come out of them.

When I was young, I enjoyed “The Mighty Ducks” trilogy but I said it, I was young. Those movies are nothing compared to “Slap Shot” & “Youngblood”.

The other one I’m really tired of seeing and hearing is Céline Dion. Will they ever leave us alone ?

René's Talented, Money Making Wife

The height of her fame came in 1997 with “My Heart Will Go On” on the “Titanic” soundtrack. Ever since she recorded that song, a song that she absolutely hated when it was presented to her, she has been getting on my nerves. Oh, I know that isn’t really her fault. the media’s to blame for all of them.

Céline here, Céline there…Céline’s the best, Céline comes from Québec, she is our pride and joy, etc…

Okay, maybe she accomplished many great things but I’m just tired of seeing her face and hearing her goddamn songs. Show me something else once in a while.

I don’t care about Dion, but I can live with her when you mention the name of René Angélil. I absolutely cannot stand that ex-Baronet, the poor man who was ready to leave everything behind because he wasn’t good as a manager, that Céline Dion made rich and famous.

Like Miley, who is known because of her father Billy, René is known because his wife is an international talent. That money he is gambling is Céline’s money.

And if he hates what I’m writing right now, he can sue me. That’s all he can do, along with gambling, without Céline.

That’s all for now. Another good night I suppose.

Megan Fox, Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron Aux Golden Globe Awards

Vous avez sûrement vu et entendu parler d’une certaine Megan Fox, vedette des films Transformers et Transformers : Revenge Of The Fallen, où on peut également voir Shia LaBeouf, et de la série Hope & Faith.

Cette femme est connue pour avoir un côté «agace», et elle l’a démontré récemment.

Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens, ça doit vous dire quelque chose ? Et bien, l’un des couples les plus populaires de l’heure ont bien failli rompre principalement à cause de Megan.

Qu’a-t-elle donc fait ?

En réalité, cela concerne Zac & Megan. Ils ont été vus au printemps dernier à un souper en tête-à-tête dans un restaurant huppé de Los Angeles, au Pace. Plusieurs témoins présents ce soir-là ont révélé que les deux stars s’étaient dévorées des yeux tout le long du repas. Bien sûr, ce ne sont peut-être que des spéculations, mais il se trouve que Vanessa ne l’a pas trouvé drôle.

Qu’a dit Zac pour sa défense ?

Il semblerait que Zac souhaitait rencontrer la jolie Megan, car il aimerait embarquer dans un projet de film, prétextant que ça va faire tout un éclat. Une source a d’ailleurs confirmé : «Zac pense qu’une collaboration avec Megan Fox pourrait valoir de l’or au box-office, mais d’un autre côté, il aime Vanessa et ne veut pas la perdre.»

Alors, Zac va-t-il s’éloigner de Megan pour préserver son couple ou préfère-t-il une carrière resplendissante ?

À vrai dire, il ne sait plus trop où donner de la tête. Cependant, ce n’est pas la seule fois où Zac a semblé si proche de Megan.

Avant le fameux souper, Vanessa s’est senti mal à l’aise entre Zac et Megan aux MTV Movie Awards le 31 mai dernier à Los Angeles. On peut d’ailleurs voir une photo où elle a le sourire crispé et surveille de près sa rivale.

Ensuite, Fox a avouée, après une soirée un peu arrosée, qu’elle était «obsédée» par Zac.

Alors, le souper qui a réuni Zac & Megan a été la goutte de trop pour Vanessa. Elle s’est sentie humiliée. Elle a donc par la suite lancé un ultimatum à Zac : «Vanessa lui a demandé de couper tout lien avec Megan et elle lui a juré que s’il ne le faisait pas, ce serait la fin de leur relation. Elle n’est pas stupide. Elle sait que Megan a clairement essayé de lui voler Zac.»

De plus, ce n’était pas son premier avertissement. Elle a proférée plusieurs menaces à son amoureux, comme : «C’est moi ou Megan !», ou encore «Tu la vois encore, et c’est fini entre nous !»,

Aïe !

Aujourd’hui, le couple Zanessa est encore en vie. Est-ce parce que Zac a finalement décidé d’écouter sa bien-aimée ? En tout cas, aucune autre photo de lui et de l’actrice de Transformers n’est sortie depuis, et Vanessa a récemment rendue visite à Zac à Vancouver ; ils avaient l’air proches l’un de l’autre.

Zac, en plus de jouer dans la trilogie de High School Musical et 17 Again, tournait son nouveau film, The Death And Life Of Charlie St.Cloud. Son ex-co-star de High School Musical, quant à elle, finissait de tourner son dernier film, Beastly [où le plateau de tournage se situait à Montréal] et se préparait à tourner Sucker Punch, un film qui risque de changer son image.

Titulo Original: High School Musical 2

Genero: Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

Año: 2007

Duración: 106 min.

Reparto: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson, Matthew Miles Carter, Tanya Michelle, Alyson Reed, Olesya Rulin, Ryne Sanborn, Kaycee Stroh

Puntuación IMDB: 4.5

Sinopsis: El curso ha terminado y Troy Bolton, la superestrella del equipo de baloncesto de East High School, la inteligente Gabriella Montez y el resto de los Wildcats se preparan para disfrutar del verano más emocionante de sus vidas. Pero todo cambia cuando Sharpay Evans, la reina de los escenarios, utiliza los contactos de su “papá” para conseguir un trabajo a Troy en su súperexclusivo club de campo…

Trailer:

<!– –> Julianne Hough, 21 anni, bellissima cantate country dagli occhi azzurri, campionessa di ballo e vincitrice dell’edizione statunitense di Ballando con le Stelle. Sembra sarà lei la prossima protagonista femminile del remake di Footloose.

L’inizio delle riprese è fissato a marzo 2010, per la regia di Kenny Ortega, regista di High School Musical 2 e High School Musical 3. La sceneggiatura originale è stata ritoccata da da Susannah Grant, già sceneggiatrice di Erin Brockovich. La Grant rivela che il film sarà costruito con un intreccio più maturo rispetto a quello del film che fece di Kevin Bacon una star.

Ma parliamo della famosa colonna sonora, le tracce musicali originali verranno cantate dai protagonisti (cosa che non succede nella pellicola del 1984, ma solo nella successiva treasposizione teatrale), in aggiunta ci saranno dei nuovi brani, appositamente scritti per il film da nuovi artisti, che però faranno solo sa sottofondo.

The most noticeable thing about this movie—and I say this with a tinge of bitterness but a slathering of honesty—is that Zac Efron is completely, utterly in love with Vanessa Hudgens. My God. It’s quite possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Maybe besides this. Seriously, though. It’s quite beautiful. It’s some of the best chemistry I’ve ever seen, and this is coming from a Disney movie. They sing a solo and they look into each others eyes. They smile whenever the other enters the scene. Zac gets into a duet so much that he doesn’t notice his boxers are showing. (That was my favorite editing mistake, BTW.) So I have to say I’m pretty happy for them. Thank god they kiss at the end. It really wasn’t that risque, guys.

Moving on. This movie was, um, cute again, but I actually found the setting a little weird. A country club? Not something everyone can relate to. Even working there is a strange concept to most people. I actually have the privilege of belonging to a country club, and I also worked at a different one for 2 summers, so I get the culture of it, but I think it was an irksome choice. That being said, the behavior of Sharpay (Ashley TIsdale) is completely believable, even if it is a little overdone. There really are people like her at country clubs. Beware.

I know that they were trying to address the theme of privilege and the idea of opportunity, so I have to give them props for doing it in a unique setting. It’s interesting, honestly, how some people are handed opportunity even when they don’t ask for it, and even more interesting how they handle the pressure of a new life. Troy (Efron) was given such an opportunity, and he kind of handled it like a douchebag at first, but all the while I kept paying attention to Gabriela (Hudgens), who had an insanely mature amount of trust in his motivations. The fact that the movie hardly centered around boy-girl drama was so damn refreshing, especially for a company like Disney, and I thought it actually set a good example. If you love people completely, and you trust them, you shouldn’t be afraid to let them take risks and seek success. WOW.

And on the other hand, it shows what happens to you when you’re enabled your whole life, which was the case for Sharpay. I’m glad that there’s a tangible lesson out there for kids that says, when you’re given power all your life, and then it’s taken away, you become a huge bitch and a pain in the ass to deal with. You play games, you capitalize on your influence, you take advantage of people below you and you shit on your competition. I know I sound like I have some unresolved issues, but it’s really GOOD to show kids that! Come on. Don’t act like you don’t agree.

Okay, so the thematic stuff was pretty great, but naturally I have some ISSUES. First of all, why did they decide to make Sharpay’s bro, Ryan, suddenly butch? Is having a gay character not allowed on Disney? I don’t get it. I mean, I’m all for a multi-talented guy (Zac Efron, anyone?) but it seemed a little weird to see a guy wearing sparkly hats in the first one suddenly decide to play baseball in the second. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s just kind of incongruous. And I found it even more hilarious when Gabriela and Ryan hung out, because the plot makes Troy act all threatened and jealous and it’s totally absurd. Also, Zac Efron has a really awkward sad face. He should not make that face.

He should also not do a solo song running around on decorative rocks. That may have been the weirdest part of the entire film. They made him sing this “I’M GONNA SAVE THE DAY” type song, and he just ran around the golf course and puffed out his chest and all this shit. And, magically, he had a complete band backing him up, except they were nowhere to be found. I totally hate that. I suppose it, and the rest of the film, must have been fun to shoot, though. It looked sort of difficult with all the outdoor stuff.

I wanted to take a second to address Vanessa, whom I love. She’s my homegirl. I’m way jealous of her, of course, because Zac is pretty fiiiiiiiiiiine (let me be a schoolgirl, please). And I’ve watched her interview on Ellen and whatnot, and she’s very charming, but OH MY HECK THE LAUGH IN THE MOVIE. It makes me want to throw things whenever she giggles in the movie. It’s so goddamn fake. Just stick with caressing Zac’s arm instead of laughing at his jokes and you’ll be fine.

So, the ending. It was a bit forced. There was a bit of promise ring action. Whatever. I guess that’s cool. I’m going to go watch Senior Year right now.

This came as a surprise! According to US Weekly magazine, Jon & Kate Plus 8 did better than what was previously reported. 9.8 million peeps tuned into watch Jon & Kate Plus 8’s first ep of their new season for TLC. It was double to the season finale of Jon & Kate Plus 8, season 4, which had previously attracted 4.6 million viewers. Lost came in at #2 with 9.2 million.

Most surprisingly though, in the 18 to 34 demographic of all viewers, the premiere had 3.1 million viewers. Jon & Kate were only No. 2 to the American Idol finale.

Who can believe that the multi-million dollar production budgets of American Idol’s finale show for Fox, and also Lost, are getting whopped by two reality TV stars and their family and marital woes. But they are! More couples, Octo-Mom drama reality TV shows are in the works people. You know they are, for those TV Advertisers… they are on the way!

Thank goodness for Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron though, whose High School Musical 2 was the most watched TV finale ever, at 17.2 million viewers. California there is still hope.

Today was a nice day, full of long, hard slots of life.

First lesson was English, where I stuffed down a lovely cheese sandwich whilst my english teacher gave us a speech on qualifications and ‘getting our heads down’. After that we had music, where did nothing, again. Then all the boys were called for a special assembly, which I’m most probably not obliged to talk to you about. After break we had Maths, a lovely sprocket of pure joy of nothingness, just doing nothing all through the lesson. Welsh was nice, I was once again playing the part of Rosa Parks in a fake court hearing based in 2009 instead of 1959. Dinner was fast, involved my little brother getting on me and my friend’s nerves. Religious Education was a lot of fun, got re-located to a new table with some lovely pupils. Geography was also a little pocket of ‘hwyl’ (fun, in welsh). We watched what happened in a tsunami.

After school I had Eisteddfod practices, which involved me standing in for two characters who were talking to each other, which got me and the rest of the cast quite confused.

HSM2 update – rehearsed Humu-Humu, Work This Out and I Don’t Dance.

Overall, a quick, busy and evenful day. Now very tired; going to watch LOST soon

Night x

Well, after becoming totally indoctrinated into the High School Musical thing thanks to my kids we headed to the theatre for opening night of 17 Again with Zac Efron and from the looks of the box office receipts we weren’t the only ones. It brought in $24-million by Sunday night. At the end of the film I felt sorry for Matthew Perry as all of the girls in the audience realizing Zac was gone (and that the old guy was back ie. Matthew Perry), let out a sad sigh… It truly was sad.

Now, if you’re thinking “so what another teen heartthrob. We saw David and Shaun Cassidy do it, we even saw Leif Garret and where are they now?” Good point. But Zac can act!

Look at this appearance on ER when he was just 14 years old! He plays a walk-in patient named Bobby…

And on CSI: Miami:

As good as he can sing, did you know Zac turned down a recording contract offered to him by American Idol’s Simon Cowell?? Saying he preferred to concentrate on acting. I said it before and I’ll say it again…Zac can act! He’s not a learn your lines, hit your mark kind of an actor, he brings that something more to the set that only stars can bring.

Next, I want to see Zac in a movie that has nothing to do with a High School and doesn’t involve basketball. Jonny Quest might be a step in that direction.

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron

I skipped High School Musical 2. The friend with whom I was watching and mocking these movies promised I didn’t miss anything plot-wise. But I don’t know. Maybe I missed the part where Troy (Zac Efron) turned from a nice, tolerant kid to a total jock alpha male douchebag. Seriously, the unharmful lil’ b-baller from the first one, who thought it was cool that his buddy liked to make baked goods, now goes around pulling mean pranks and basically acting like he is God. This is not commented on by any of the characters, nor is it rectified in what passes for a screenplay. But what’s really astounding is how much worse the franchise has gotten with the big-budget theatrical treatment. You’d think that maybe the dance moves would be snazzier, or that the songs would be catchier, but you’d be dead wrong. The choreography is embarrassing, and every single one of the songs sound exactly the same. I mean, the songs in the first weren’t by any means “good,” but they had different personalities and tunes. All of the songs here are manufactured pop hits with all the personality of the kids doing the singing. Which is none. Seriously, everyone who was inoffensive or bland in the original is here awful and annoying, which in fact sums up the whole thing pretty well. The big-time movie treatment has rendered everything even more retarded than before, and the result is a formless, incoherent, shockingly inept mess. Even the lighting on the Disney Channel shlock was better; at least there not everything gleamed with some sort of weird antiseptic shine. My friend hadn’t seen this one before. No fan of the first two, she was still appalled, all the same. Because High School Musical 3’s biggest accomplishment is that it manages to make a ridiculous, unbelievable, and moronic fetishization of high school ritual even more ridiculous, unbelievable, and moronic. F

You may think that being a 24-year-old who loves High School Musical is nothing to brag about. I agree with you. But at least I’ll admit it.

So you can imagine my joy at visiting the real East High School from the musical trilogy while passing through Salt Lake City, UT on a cross-country road trip. Craig and I were obviously going to creep by the school no matter what, but we really wanted to go inside, specifically into the cafeteria or the auditorium, where major scenes take place. I did some snooping online and found out that there was an art show at noon during our full day in SLC. Stoked! The plan was to “check out the art show” but really to get a peek at the cafeteria that housed some of HSM’s biggest musical numbers, like “Stick to the Status Quo”, “What Time Is It?”, and “I Want It All”.

The next day we decided to check out Hogle Zoo in the morning.

At the Hogle Zoo entrance.

It was a cute little zoo, and after we tired of looking at animals (including two bears that kept fighting and an exceptionally flatulent camel) we got some food at the Beastro (I love puns!) and I called East High to see what the deal was about the art show. The woman in the main office told me it was open to the public and that we could just walk in go straight to the cafeteria to check it out. We were stoked – it was a perfect set-up for us.

We took a cab to East High and it looked exactly like it does in the movies. Not gonna lie, we got a few butterflies as we approached it. It even had a banner that said “East High: Where Amazing Happens.” True story.

The real East High School!

As planned, we walked right into the building and were directed to the cafeteria. In a stroke of luck, we arrived right at the end of the lunch period so not only did we blend in with all the students walking around, but once they cleared we had the cafeteria almost all to ourselves. It was kind of surreal being in there, and especially seeing it used as an actual cafeteria. (It’s still got that HSM magic, though.) Have you ever seen or heard about something so much that it’s emblazoned in your brain, as if it’s your own memory? That’s kind of how I felt in the cafeteria.

After we’d poked around enough, we went back out front and snapped a few more pictures of us in front of EHS as well as a few more scenic shots.

Me at my happy place, East High... gonna meet Zac on the roof later. You know.

East High Wildcats!