Disney's "High School Musical 2" DVD Premiere Event Benefits Teen Impact Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

BURBANK, November 8, 2007 -- Disney's "High School Musical 2" DVD premiere event, a star-studded sing-along screening and party on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, will benefit the non-profit Teen Impact program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, a support group for young cancer patients. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is underwriting the occasion, with 100% of the ticket sales benefiting Teen Impact. Event co-chairs are Bob Chapek, president. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, and Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney ABC Television Group.

The special occasion will honor Rich Ross, president, Disney Channel Worldwide, for his commitment to quality kids and family programming and to working directly with the young patients at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Scheduled to attend are the stars of "High School Musical 2" – Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Ryne Sanborn, KayCee Stroh and Christopher Warren, Jr. – plus other Disney Channel stars, including Jason Earles, Moises Arias and Anna Marie Perez ("Hannah Montana"), David Henrie and Jake T. Austin ("Wizards of Waverly Place") and Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams ("The Cheetah Girls").

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition" on DVD and Blu-ray High Def on Tuesday, December 11. The new release features the never-before-seen musical number where Troy and Sharpay rehearse Sharpay's elaborate Polynesian song and dance, "Humuhumunukunukua'pua'a," for the Lava Springs Midsummer Night's Talent Show. The exclusive scene is integrated into the original movie, only on DVD.

Disney Channel's cultural sensation "High School Musical 2" has been seen by over 88 million total viewers worldwide. Its double-Platinum certified soundtrack has remained in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart for 11 consecutive weeks.

The Walt Disney Company has a long history of brightening the lives of children in need through global outreach programs, local community initiatives and the Disney VoluntEARS program. Last year Disney donated $177 million in cash and in-kind

support to various charities around the world. Since October 2006, Disney has committed over $16 million to children’s hospitals across the U.S., including a $5 million donation to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Disney Imagineers designed the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles main lobby and Disney regularly provides DVDs, toys, blankets and visits from Disney characters to children's hospitals worldwide.

The Disney VoluntEARS program provides opportunities for Disney employees to contribute their time and expertise towards making a positive impact in the communities they serve while furthering the traditions and ideals of The Walt Disney Company. Last year Disney VoluntEARS contributed more than 466,000 hours of service, and the company drew upon its unique magic to make wishes come true for children and families.

Under Rich Ross’ leadership, Disney Channel VoluntEARS have generously given time, expertise and creativity to support the hospital and the Teen Impact program, including organizing and hosting an annual holiday event where kids and teens can transcend their illness and enjoy just being a kid.

Established in 1988, Teen Impact provides unique services to children and teens, including group and individual psychotherapy, retreats and adventure therapy trips, plus special activities year-round.

Main characters of Hsm are all(Vanessa,Ashley,&Zac) signed to be in Hsm3!!

For High School Musical 3 to have a big time box office take it will have to have all of the main players. That means Gabriella, Troy and Sharpay (that would be Vanessa Hudgens and boyfriend Zac Efron plus Ashley Tisdale) all would have to be back at east High. That seemed like it might be in doubt earlier when Vanessa wound up as a screensaver for teen boys everywhere with her full frontal photo.

But one can guess that Disney get it and they will have all of them back - right? There have been sever erroneous reports that Vanessa was fired from HSM3, but now the reports have shifted and LA Canyon News claims the threesome are all signed on the dotted line.

I'm not so sure that all of the deals are actually done but there is no way that one little nude photo from Vanessa will derail this juggernaut franchise. It's not like it was wild Paris Hilton type home video - it was a pretty innocent photo that was supposed to be a private photo for Zac.

Now Efron has been snapped with a HSM3 script. A Socialite's Life has the photo proof here (in my other post) and reports it this way: "This is interesting. While Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale have both signed on for "High School Musical 3," Zac Efron has not. So do these pictures of Zac only a few mere feet away from a HSM3 script spell jazz hands once again for Zac? I'm thinking someone will be signing on the dotted line very soon, once he's assured of a hefty salary bump."