Ashley Tisdale in Seventeen

Ashley Tisdale gives her HSM confessions in the November 2008 issue of Seventeen — friendship, drama, and falling in love!

The 23-year-old High School Musical 3: Senior Year star opens up about her first kiss, if she’s ever hooked up with Zac Efron and her last year as a Wildcat.

On her Disney next door neighbors: “All the Disney Channel stars live right in the same neighborhood. I live on the same street as Hilary Duff and Miley [Cyrus] – and the Jonas Brothers live down the block, and then Vanessa and Zac live right there too. It’s so funny – it’s like this whole little Disney community.”

On the kinds of guys she likes to date: “I’m always surrounded by good-looking guys, like Zac Efron. So I have to be with someone who’s not going to get jealous about any of that, or when I’m kissing somebody in a scene.”

On her costar and pal Zac Efron: “He’s so funny, and you can just chill and hang out with him. We met years ago through a mutual friend, so we were friends for a long time before HSM.”

This issue hits newsstands Tuesday, Oct. 14th.

HSM3 London Premiere

They’ve been meandering all over Western Europe, from Stockholm, Sweden to Madrid, Spain to Paris, France. And earlier today (October 7) Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu converged on London, England for the big UK premiere of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.”

Fans were lined up all over Leicester Square, eagerly anticipating the arrival of their favorite Disney superstars. And once the HSM crew arrived, it was pure pandemonium.

Ashley Tisdale Slashes HSM4 Rumors!

There have been rumors floating around the web that there will be a High School Musical 4 in which Troy and Gabriella reunite during their sophomore year of college! Ashley Tisdale confirmed in a recent interview on “The Billy Bush Show” that if there were to be a High School Musical 4 the current cast would not be involved.

“I heard they’re going to do a ‘High School Musical 4,’ but we have nothing to do with it,” she said. “I think we’re all doing other projects and moving on.”

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HSM3 Trailer Launching July 13th

The High School Musical 3 trailer will debut on Disney Channel in the U.S. July 13 at 7:55pm Eastern/Pacific time, right before a showing of Camp Rock.

Zac and Vanessa will host the event and the trailer will include the song Now or Never and brand new footage from High School Musical 3 which will be released October 24, 2008.

The new song, Now or Never will debut Friday, July 11 at 7:15pm ET on Radio Disney. The soundtrack for High School Musical 3 will be out October 21, 2008.

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Ashley Tisdale in Teen Witch

From Zap2it

Tisdale will take the Robyn Lively role from the 1989 film “Teen Witch” in which an unpopular girl discovers she’s descended from the Salem witches and then uses her powers to get back at the snobby girls that shunned her and to win the heart of the captain of the football team.

Ashley Tisdale will be playing the role originated by Gossip Girl Blake Lively’s older sister. This makes perfect sense to me, because as I recall the original film the lead girl wanted the lead in the school play and it was a pseudo musical, so it’s really not that far from the High School Musical mold. Will this movie work outside the 80’s? Only time will tell.

KayCee Stroh’s Surprise 24th Birthday Party

Stroh blew out the candles on custom-decorated ice cream cakes from Cold Stone Creamery, which was adorned with musical notes, sprinkles, and gerber daisies (her favorite). Her flavors of choice? Chocolate and chocolate chip.

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Autographed HSM Pillow

Extra! is having a contest for an autographed High School Musical pillow. You must be 18 to enter, so if you’re under 18 ask a parent to enter for you. All you need to do for a chance to win is fill out this form.

HSM TV, DVD player, and iPod Dock

There are some new High School Musical gadgets out, and if you ask me they’re totally cute! First up is the High School Musical TV. It’s a 15″ LCD tv with a red school locker theme. The lockers seem to open up so you can store the remote. It’s going for $284.99 on Amazon and in the Status Quo Shop. It’s also been seen at Costco, and I would expect to find it in Target stores soon.

The High School Musical DVD Player is the perfect companion to the tv. It has the same red locker theme and stands upright. The locker door opens to reveal the dvd. You’ll be able to get it for $69.99

Finally, the High School Musical iPod Dock/Clock Radio would be the pefect edition to any fan’s room. There is an ipod dock inside the red locker door that fits most ipods, but it also has an aux in jack. That means you can plug in any music player that you can plug headphones into. There’s also a clock with an alarm feature and AM/FM radio. Pick up this great gadget for $59.99.

You can find all three new gadgets featured here and more in the new Gadget Section of the Status Quo Shop.

Site Updates

Here are a few site updates I’d like to point out. I’ve updated the gallery in a big way. It was a bit sad before, but there are now High Quality promos and stills from both movies as well as the Dance-Along segments, even the HSM2 Dance Along which will premiere in September.

Status Quo is now on twitter! Twitter is a popular new website that lets users post updates. This is the newest way to get all the High School Musical news as soon as it’s posted. If you’re on twitter, just start following hsmstatusquo at twitter.com/hsmstatusquo. It’s the only High School Musical twitter!

I’ve made some updates to the Status Quo Shop including a new Back to School section which features not only HSM branded school goodies, but backpacks and other school supplies that look like those in the movie. I really tried to figure out what backpack everyone was using!

I’m sure you’ve noticed that that the site has a new layout with fresh photos from the High School Musical 2 premiere. I hope you all like it!

HSM2 Dance Along Announced!

The original High School Musical had dance-along segments where you could learn the dances step by step to Getcha Head in the Game and We’re All in This Together.

The dance-along for High School Musical 2 has been announced! The cast will be joined by talented dancers from the movie to teach two dances from the new movie. The dance-along will feature the opening and closing numbers; What Time is It? and All For One.

The High School Musical 2 Dance Along will be airing Saturday, September 8 at 8pm on the Disney Channel. Starting Friday, August 24 you will be able to download and print out guides to the choreography from DisneyChannel.com so you can start learning the dances right away!