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"High School Musical 3": A Friendly Warning Of Its Impending Arrival

When I heard that one of the songs on the soundtrack for High School Musical 3, which is bypassing the Disney Channel for a theatrical release this fall, was going to be called "I Want It All," I was hoping it would be an updated version of the song by the electro-twee act Bis, with maybe a conspicuous-consumption reference or two thrown in. It isn't, as the video for it above—released yesterday, it would seem—indicates. And it's not all that great, either—which makes me wonder if the creative team behind the songs will top the heights of "Get'cha Head In The Game," or if the only sweet melodies provided by the flick will come from cash registers as they ring up tie-in merchandise that will no doubt stuff store shelves in the fall. [YouTube]

12:00 PM on Wed Aug 27 2008
By Maura Johnston
144 views, 4 comments

Latest by Chris Molanphy: @Ned Raggett: Ditto. more »

they were calcium tablets, apparently

Steven Page Is Having A Court Date

Steven Page's dalliance with coke parties and the ladies of Syracuse might not be the sort of image that Disney is looking for, especially with Miley Cyrus' latest troubles in mind, so the Barenaked Ladies have bowed out of the Disney Music Block Party Tour, which also features They Might Be Giants. "Members of the band completely support Steven Page," said the band's manager, Terry McBride, "but we don't want to put Disney in an awkward position before issues involving Steven's arrest are resolved." Note the language has moved from the charges being "strongly contested" to them being "resolved," likely thanks in part to Page admitting he snorted some coke with some rolled-up Canadian currency. Well, that's a revelation that should add at least a line or two to "If I Had A Million Dollars." [Marketwatch]

11:20 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Dan Gibson
345 views, 1 comment

Latest by cheesebubble: People are sure having a heyday with this one in Canada. Especially since Page's band just put out a children's album. Hell, if you were a Barenaked Lady for umpteen years, you might just go for some blow more »

Determined to leave no media outlet unscathed in its Jonas Brothers publicity campaign (the advertising equivalent of Sherman's march to the sea), Disney has decided to advertise Camp Rock in movie theaters showing G- and PG-rated movies between now and June 19. I hope they go with this cut of the trailer. [Adweek]

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wheelings and dealings

Jonas Brothers Latest Artists To Possibly Bring Down EMI

If the frenzy at last year's Jingle Ball is any indication, the Jonas Brothers are just about the only thing in the music industry right now with earning potential, which is probably why Disney isn't about to take any chances with their upcoming album. Under pressure from the brothers' management team, Disney is reportedly shopping around for a different international distributor for said record, thanks to uncertainty surrounding the Mouse's longtime partner EMI. More »

3:30 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Kate Richardson
32,933 views, 3 comments

High School Musical 3 is bypassing the Disney Channel and going to theaters this October. The film's plot is centered around "Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens) facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college," and subsequently writing and performing a musical about the whole thing. Me, I'm already looking forward to HSM4, in which our two young stars join rival schools' a cappella groups, only to find that they're going to have to compete head-to-head at a sing-off hootenanny emceed by Sharpay and her new new nose. [Variety]

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the disney assault

Live Nation Banking On Continued World Domination Of The Jonas Brothers

Live Nation and the Jonas Brothers have entered into a two-year worldwide touring deal worth many millions of dollars, further greasing the rails for the three mop-topped boys to make young ladies swoon, faint, and scream themselves hoarse until 2010. The first concert in the deal will take place in Tuscon on Jan. 31, with tickets going on sale a week from Saturday. (Why does something tell me that the suits at Live Nation won't make the same underpricing mistake that whoever put on the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana Best Of Both Worlds Tour did?) And for those of you who are getting sick of these three cuties now, just wait until you read this quote from JB manager Johnny Wright on his hopes for his charges' toothpaste-bright future: More »

5:15 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By mjohnston
1,277 views, 2 comments

Latest by Moimeme: Maura, you wub them too, don't you? Have you SEEN the videos they make on YouTube. Cute-tacular. more »

dude, you can't win against disney

Hannah Montana May Not Be As Innocent As She Seems

Writer-producer Morris Taylor "Buddy" Sheffield (now that's a name worthy of a brief role as a shifty bookie on Law and Order) sez that Disney stole the highly lucrative teen-switcheroo idea of Hannah Montana from a series he had pitched them featuring a teenage boy who becomes rock star named "Rock Ryder." While it is pretty damn suspicious that Disney would develop a show with an idea so close to Sheffield's, you do have to wonder why it took them five years to rip him off, and you have to wonder how original the idea of a kid leading a normal life who secretly transforms into an awesome pop star really is. (Or, as Maura pointed out, "Someone alert the creators of Jem.") More »

4:18 PM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By jharv
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Latest by The Illiterate: Gerrard and Nevil also wrote "What Time Is It?" for High School Musical 2 (which sounds a lot like "C'est La Vie"), and a batch of the other soundtrack songs. There isn't anything Disney they can't do, apparently. more »