Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens share the spotlight Wednesday during the premiere of their hit , High School Musical 3: Senior Year, at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.

High School Musical: Sing It

If you're over the age of 14 and don't have kids, the High School Musical phenomenon probably passed you by … at least until some scandalous photos showed up, you Googled them and took a gander, sicko.

Anyway, the gist of this super-successful Disney franchise is a group teens -- who are remarkable dancers and vocalists -- deal with the trials and tribulations of high school in a made-for-TV dose of musical theater. When science class gets them down or the big ballgame is coming up, the kids of High School Musical and High School Musical 2 burst into peppy pop numbers that drive the little ones wild.
Now, that bottled energy can be yours for $40 -- $50 with a bundled microphone.


You'll repeat the process across three gameplay modes. Quick Play is where you just grab a song -- maybe a partner, too -- and have at it; Party Mode pits you against up-to-seven opponents in a battle for the high score; and Story Mode walks you through a handful of summaries that depict High School Musical events and then have you sing a song that sums each up.

Key to your enjoyment of this title is -- surprise -- how much you like High School Musical. IGN isn't filled with fans of the flick so when folks stepped up to rock songs such as "Get'cha Head in the Game," crashing and burning was pretty much par for the course. However, if you already know every word to "Push It to the Limit" and "Work This Out," you'll find a solid singing experience in High School Musical: Sing It! -- although I'm not sure if you need to purchase it.

Is this game fun? Yes, and I don't even watch these movies. However, everything about it -- simplistic graphics, a short Story Mode and a limited set of gameplay modes -- screams budget title, but here we are being charged full price. If you or your children love this franchise and are prepared for a rather shallow experience, go ahead and buy this game -- but don't be surprised if it's a title that only gets popped in every so often rather than every waking moment.

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Teen Choice Awards 2006

The first movie from this franchise, has won alot of awards, including Teen Choice Awards: 2006 best TV Comedy/Musical show, TV Choice Breakout Star, TV Choice Chemistry.


TV - Choice Comedy/Musical Show

Winner:
	High School Musical (2006) (TV)
Other Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) "Everybody Hates Chris" (2005) "Gilmore Girls" (2000) "My Name Is Earl" (2005) "War at Home, The" (2005)

TV - Choice Breakout Star

Winner:
	High School Musical (2006) (TV) - Zac Efron
Other Nominees:
	"7th Heaven" (1996) - Haylie Duff "Hannah Montana" (2006) - Miley Cyrus "Prison Break" (2005) - Wentworth Miller "Supernatural" (2005) - Jensen Ackles High School Musical (2006) (TV) - Vanessa Hudgens

TV - Choice Chemistry

Winner:
	High School Musical (2006) (TV) - Vanessa Hudgens; Zac Efron
Other Nominees:
	"Entourage" (2004) - Adrian Grenier; Jeremy Piven; Jerry Ferrara; Kevin Connolly (I); Kevin Dillon (I) "Gilmore Girls" (2000) - Alexis Bledel; Matt Czuchry "Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - The Seattle Grace Hospital doctors. "Lost" (2004) - Evangeline Lilly; Matthew Fox (I); Josh Holloway "Smallville" (2001) - Kristin Kreuk; Tom Welling

The Making Of High School Musical

Enjoy this video of making of Disney's High School Musical.
Next coming up are lots of reviews, pictures and videos from High School Musical 2, 3, and the cast. And a lots of interesting polls, surveys and quizzes.
Hope you'll like it.

High School Musical (2006)

I'm a big fan of musicals. So, when my niece wanted me to watch High School Musical with her, I didn’t object. My seven-year old niece just LOVES it. She can watch this movie over and over and even knows the songs by heart. She has the soundtrack, which I heard over and over again when she visited last week. She LOVES it, but do I? Eh, love ain’t the right word. Let’s just say I found parts of it enjoyable.

This Disney film first aired on TV and is now out on DVD doing brisk business. Its cheery message about daring to follow your dreams, even if those dreams just mean trying out for the high school musical, is a good one. Give credit to the script for going beyond the boy meets girl type of musical. Though there is a romance between the two leads it doesn’t take up the whole shebang. Instead, we get a story about two people who want to burst out of their stereotypes and try something new. There’s Troy (Zac Efron), East High’s star basketball player. Over winter vacation he meets shy Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), one super smart kid. They are forced to sing together on stage at a New Year’s Eve karaoke bash. They are great, surprising even themselves.

The next surprise is when Gabriella turns up at Troy’s school as a transfer student. The romance can continue, but ah, even better, there are auditions for an upcoming high school musical. Could they relive that magic they found New Year’s Eve? Can basketball-playing Troy dare to be more than a star athlete? Can super smart Gabriella try to achieve something more than academic success? Even more importantly, can Troy and Gabriella overcome the scheming of Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) and Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), the two theater kids who expect to get the parts? I know, the suspense is just killing you, isn’t it?

It’s a musical, which means there’s music. The tunes, by a stable of tunesmiths, are pleasant, with few standouts. “Stick to the Status Quo,” “Get’cha Head in the Game,” and the big finale, “We’re All in This Together,” are more memorable than the rest and can get you humming along.

Hello world !

This is a blog about the franchise High School Musical. I'm a big fan. I can't wait to start blogging about it, and meeting new fans.
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