Conor Kidd, 15, of Richmond, Va. has big plans for the premiere of the sequel to High School Musical on the Disney Channel on Aug. 17.
Ross was the force behind the High School Musical phenomenon, which has earned Disney billions of dollars between its movies, albums, lunch boxes and ice shows.
Efron, best known for playing Troy in the High School Musical movies, played an Iraq war vet looking for a woman whose photo he believed helped save his life.
The 17.2 million figure for High School Musical 2 would have been higher if analysts had taken into account the large viewing parties held by fans across the country, the trade paper said.
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But instead of pairing that vocal style with the musical bombast of that era, School of Seven Bells creates backing tracks that owe more to Cocteau Twins-style atmospherics and shoegazer drones.
Thanks to racy turns by its former Disney leads (Gomez stars on Wizards of Waverly Place and Hudgens is best known for High School Musical), the film has attracted plenty of press attention.
I'm a bright enough guy, but all the great books I'll ever read I read in college and graduate school, and my musical tastes are straight down the middle: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Mostly Mozart, the Brandenburgs, a little cool jazz, a few show tunes.
In the high school cafeteria, Sheffield reminds us, the question of whether a particular musical act was or was not new wave would be the subject of intense debate.
Some of the songs were staples of my high school musical diet.
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High School Musical 2 will showcase the marketing muscle of the Disney Channel, which has emerged as arguably the most potent promotional platform in Hollywood.
It is, at least, for Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ) High School Musical 2 will showcase the marketing muscle of the Disney Channel, which has emerged as arguably the most potent promotional platform in Hollywood.
Hope recalls his time in boarding school, where he rebelled against the strict musical curriculum.
Nickelodeon's popular Miranda Cosgrove-star vehicle iCarly averaged 7.4 million viewers in the 6- to 11-year-old demographic in recent months, while the Disney Channel still rides high from its High School Musical 2 premiere, which nabbed a record 18.6 million viewers.
High School Musical star Zac Efron will present Stiller with the Generation Award.
There have been several film versions of successful Disney Channel shows like Hannah Montana and High School Musical, but none have done great at the box office.
And the highest new entry in the top 40 was Breaking Free, from Disney's High School Musical, at number nine.
Next up: a starring role opposite the chart-topping Jonas Brothers in Camp Rock, a High School Musical-esque Disney Channel movie premiering in June.
She grew up playing the flute, sang in school and suspects she got some of her musical talent from her father, semi-professional classical singer.
According to the American Chemical Society, nearly 100% of past winners in the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology (for high School students) play one or more musical instruments (The Midland Chemist (American Chemical Society) Vol. 42, No.1, Feb. 2005).
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My eldest brother, for some reason, became the first trumpeter in the wind band of Rakunan Junior High School, and became known as a musical genius.
She had the unique ability to help children in elementary and middle school recognize and develop their musical abilities and confidence.
One, the Digital Youth Network, has for the past five years encouraged groups of about 60 middle school students to work on making musical instruments and videos as a means to improving literacy and numeracy.
He and the band's drummer, Robb Reiner (no relation to Hollywood director Rob Reiner), met as junior-high-school students in Toronto, felt an immediate musical kinship and, in the face of raised hopes, dashed hopes, big-deal record-label indifference and ever lowered expectations, have been rocking out together ever since.
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