Zac Efron - Wildcats #1 (HSM Gang): 'Friends' - The Next Generation

**Fearlessღ** · 11-02-2006, 06:06 PM

The East High Wildcats Appreciation Thread

The Friends

Zac Efron - The 'Ross'
Born in San Luis Obispo, California, and raised close by in Arroyo Grande,
Zac Efron took his first step toward acting at the age of 11 when his
parents took note of his singing ability. Singing lessons soon led to
an appearance in the production of "Gypsy" which ran 90 performances,
and he was hooked. After appearing on stage in "Peter Pan," "Mame,"
"Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man," guest parts quickly followed
on television series, including "Firefly," "ER" and "The Guardian." After
guest-starring in several episodes of "Summerland," he joined the regular
cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. Efron also starred in several pilots such
as "The Big, Wide World of Carl Laemke" and "Triple Play." He recently
starred as an autistic child in the television movie "Miracle Run," alongside
Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn, in the Disney Channel Original
Movie "High School Musical", and guest starred on the hit Disney
Channel show "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody". Zac graduated high
school in June 2006 and attending his graduation in his hometown
with his classmates. His favorite sports include golf, skiing, rock climbing
and snowboarding. He recently added surfing after spending days on the
beach for "Summerland." He plays the piano at home, and is currently
teaching himself to play the guitar. He's also currently fixing up two
cars in his spare time, a Delorean and '65 Mustang convertible, both
treasured hand-me-downs from his even-more-treasured grandfather.
Efron lives at home with his parents and his younger brother Dylan.
They have two highly affectionate Australian Shepherds, Dreamer and
Puppy, and a very independent Siamese cat named Simon.
Birthday: October 13, 1987
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Vanessa (Anne) Hudgens - The 'Rachel'

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born to Greg and Gina Hudgens
on December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California. With a Filipino,
Chinese, and Latina background from her mom and a mix of
Irish and American Indian from her dad, Vanessa is able to
incorporate both backgrounds into her daily lifestyle. Both sets
of grandparents were musicians during the Big Band Era so it is
no surprise that Vanessa has a love for both music and acting.
In 2003, Vanessa made her feature film debut with a part as
Noel in Thirteen. Later on, she had her first big role, co-starring
in the 2004 summer adventure film, Thunderbirds. She has also
made several guest appearances on shows such as Quintuplets
and The Brothers Garcia, as well as the recurring role of Corrie
on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody on Disney. With the success of
High School Musical, Vanessa was offered several record deals.
She signed with Hollywood Records and was anxious to start on
her first CD! Her CD included a variety of pop, rock, electronic,
& R&B. Vanessa' debut CD entitled "V" was released on September
26, 2006. Her first single off the album, "Come Back to Me" shot
to the top and was adored by fans everywhere. Her first music video
debuted on TRL with a big splash and made it to #3 in its first week!
There is no doubt Vanessa will have tremendous success especially with
everything she has already accomplished. For now, we'll have to wait
to see what the future holds for this young star! She wants to be a big
movie star and there's no doubt that her talent will get her there.
Birthday: December 14, 1988
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Monique Coleman - The 'Monica'

Monique Coleman is originally from Columbia, South Carolina where
she started acting in theatre and television at a very young age. After
graduating from high school, it was off to Chicago where she obtained
her BFA in Acting from the Theatre School at DePaul University. Education
was a priority, and though it was a break from her already established
career, she finds her training to be invaluable. Monique currently resides
in Los Angeles where she has accrued an extensive resume in a short
ime. She has guest starred on shows such as Malcolm in the Middle,
Strong Medicine, 10-8, Veronica Mars and she also recurred on Gilmore
Girls and Boston Public. Currently she can be seen Mary Margret on
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. In 2005, Monique had the honor of
working opposite one of her heroes-the legendary James Earl Jones,
in a Hallmark Movie The Reading Room. She received a 2006 Camie
Award for her portrayal of the role Leesha, and represented the film
at the NAACP Image Awards. Most recently, you can find Monique on
Season Three of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner
is Louis Van Amstel, who was paired up in previous seasons with Trista
Sutter and Lisa Rinna. Monique made it to the top four but was asked
to go home in Week 8, leaving Mario Lopez, Emmitt Smith and Joey
Lawrence to fend for the title.
Birthday: November 13, 1980
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Corbin Bleu - The 'Chandler'

Corbin Bleu followed in his fathers footsteps and began appearing in
television commercials at the age two, for products such as Life Cereal,
Bounty, Hasbro, and Nabisco. It was at that time he also discovered his
love for dance when he began taking jazz and ballet classes, usually
the only boy in the class. Corbin and his family moved to Los Angeles
in 1996 and he quickly landed a recurring role on the television series
“High Incident”. He then attended the Los Angeles County High School
for the Arts as a theatre major, this time following in his mother’s
footsteps who attended New York City’s famed High School of Performing
Arts. While in his freshman year Corbin was cast in his first lead role in
the feature film “Catch That Kid”. Back in school in his sophomore year
he played the lead role of Ren in the musical “Footloose” and the role
of Sonny in the musical “Grease”. That same year Corbin was honored
with the award of Theatre Student of the Year. Corbin Bleu still lives in Los
Angeles with his Mom, Dad, and three younger sisters. In his free time
he enjoys singing, playing the piano, seeing live theatre, amusement
parks, and hanging with friends. In April 2007, Corbin will release his first
solo album.
Birthday: February 21, 1989
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Ashley Tisdale - The 'Phoebe'
Recently named one of Teen People’s 25 Hottest Stars Under 25,
Ashley Tisdale is best known for her role as Maddie, a hotel candy
counter clerk and baby-sitter of devious twin boys who live in The
Tipton Hotel on the Disney Channel series “The Suite Life of Zack
& Cody.” Ashley is currently recording her debut CD for Warner Bros.
Records. Her new version of “Kiss The Girl” with be featured on the
special edition DVD of “The Little Mermaid.” When Ashley isn’t
pursuing her acting career, her passions include singing (she sang
at the White House at the age of 12), shopping, and hanging out
with her friends and sister Jennifer.
Birthday: July 2, 1985
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Lucas Grabeel - The 'Joey'

In 2003, after graduating from High School, he moved to LA to
pursue his dream. Lucas met his manager, Robert C. Thompson,
while standing in line at a mall to buy a smoothie. Within a week
he had an agent, within 3 weeks his first commercial and within 9
months, his first Disney Channel movie, Halloweentown High. In
spring of 2004, he was cast in a pilot for the WB entitled Halley's
Comet. Soon after finding out that the show was not going to be
picked up he was cast in another Disney Channel original movie,
High School Musical. When he returned home from shooting in
Salt Lake City, he landed a guest starring role on ABC's Boston
Legal and a reccurring role on the CW's Veronica Mars. Lucas,
most recently, can be seen on the CW's Smallville, playing
the teenage Lex Luthor and returned as Ethan Dalloway in Disney's
Return to Halloweentown.
Birthday: November 23, 1984
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Picture of the Thread

The Cheerleaders
jillrenay
lafcia
~Jewel~
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MineyMouse14
Coopah
-SecretTragedy-
madelen
GracesAngel
diavoletta89
Sweet_Honeycomb
l0velie
totallycrzy4chad
writteninthestars
Less Than Perfect
Tes!
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want to be a cheerleader? just ask!

**Lennie1984** · 11-02-2006, 06:19 PM

I like the title - its suits them

MineyMouse14 · 11-02-2006, 06:21 PM

Make me a cheerleader please!

**Fearlessღ** · 11-02-2006, 09:02 PM

Added Kelly.

ZacCam is up and running on DC.com

secret tragedy · 11-02-2006, 09:54 PM

Aww, yay! Thanks for getting this thread up, Jill-Renay! The opening post is awesome.

I love how it's related to Friends.

Add me please!

~Jewel~ · 11-02-2006, 10:18 PM

Awww, Jill. The title is even better than the one you send me earlier.

Thanks for opening this thread. I love how it´s connected to Friends, either.

Coopah · 11-03-2006, 01:46 AM

This thread is awesome!

Great idea whoever thought of it.

Could I be added?

Zac cam is teh cuteness. He is so cute singing in the early hours, "Good morning, Good morning how are you.."

~Jewel~ · 11-03-2006, 01:57 AM

I always love the little flying bird in the Zac cam.

Coopah · 11-03-2006, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Jewel~ (View Post)

I always love the little flying bird in the Zac cam.

Aw, yeah. The bird is very cute.

**Fearlessღ** · 11-03-2006, 08:44 AM

I like the Ashley-Zac-Chris part where they're all just singing "We're all in this together" and you know what I missed - Corbin! Where was Corbin on this Zac-cam?

Added everyone who wanted to be added.

madelen · 11-03-2006, 09:01 AM

The first post looks great!

And this is a great idea for a thread.

I think it's great that they all became such close friends during HSM.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coopah (View Post)

Zac cam is teh cuteness. He is so cute singing in the early hours, "Good morning, Good morning how are you.."

That was very cute.

I like how raspy his voice is.

GracesAngel · 11-03-2006, 09:29 AM

great thread

can i please be added?

**Fearlessღ** · 11-03-2006, 10:12 AM

added!

diavoletta89 · 11-03-2006, 10:23 AM

can you add me to the list?

~Anna~ · 11-03-2006, 11:20 AM

Could you also please add me to the list?