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High School Musical 4 On Its Way!

Disney have confirmed that High School Musical 4 is in the pipeline.

The third installment of the franchise is due to open in US cinemas later this year, and though Disney are intending the fourth to be in a movie format also, they have not yet 100% confirmed this.

Neither have they confirmed whether Zac Efron and co star Vanessa Hudgens will return.

Disney Channel Worldwide president Rich Ross said: “We are writing High School Musical 4. Are we going to have all the cast back? Probably not. Will we have some of them? I hope so.”

High School Musical 2 TONIGHT!

High School Musical 2

School’s out – let the holidays begin. High School Musical 2’s terrestrial première comes to BBC One this Easter and the East High Wildcats are gearing up for three sun-and-fun-filled months of… work! Troy, Gabriella, Chad and Taylor have scored great summer jobs at the Lava Springs Country Club, owned by the celebrated show-tune singing duo, Sharpay and Ryan Evans.

However, Sharpay’s world means Sharpay’s rules and rule No. 1 is: win Troy. As Sharpay sets about introducing East High’s primo boy to the most important people in the city, Troy learns that being friends with the Evans family could have major perks – such as a college scholarship and chilling with college basketball hotshots. But is he really prepared to give up the Wildcats and Gabriella to rise to the top?

Great new songs and more fantastic dancing make the summer before senior year a time that the Wildcats will remember for ever. Read More »

Henry Winkler Regrets Turning Down Grease

Henry Winkler, better known as ‘The Fonz’ from Happy Days has revealed that he deeply regrets turning down the role of Danny Zuko in hit teen movie, Grease.

He said: “I was asked to be in Grease. But I decided I didn’t want to be typecast. But what I didn’t realise was that I already was.

“That’s why John Travolta went on to buy his own plane and I just went home.”

The Dukes Of Hazzard reunited on The Graham Norton Show

The original cast of iconic US TV series The Dukes Of Hazzard – John Schneider, Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat – are united for their first joint appearance on British TV when they join Graham Norton on BBC Two tonight.

The trio, who first joined forces 29 years ago and performed together for the next seven, talk about the enduring appeal of the programme on The Graham Norton Show.

Tom says: “All of us have struggled to escape the stereotype but people still love it and we’re grateful.”

And John says: “It seems to be all about everyone in the family getting together, that’s why we haven’t shunned it at all. It’s so nice to be part of something that’s important to the whole family.” Read More »

LONDON SELECTED TO HOST ‘DOG WALK OF FAME’

Sky Movies and The Kennel Club announced today [Thursday 18 October 2007] that they are to honour legendary dogs of the silver screen with the world’s first permanent ‘Dog Walk Of Fame’, in Battersea Park, London.

The first six dogs to be inaugurated into the Dog Walk of Fame will be selected by the British public from a shortlist which has been created by both film and dog experts. Each dog will be commemorated with its own permanent plaque in the park, and the inaugural year will be commemorated by a special season of dog-themed films on Sky Movies on the 10th & 11th November.

The 15-dog shortlist spans 70 years of movie-making, from Toto (Wizard of Oz), and Lassie, to Bullseye (Oliver Twist), Gromit (Wallace & Gromit) and Chance & Shadow (Homeward Bound). Read More »

Quentin Tarantino Takes Over Sky Movies!

Moviemaking genius Quentin Tarantino has hijacked an entire weekend on Sky Movies Indie from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September. The king of cult hits will introduce some of his favourite indie titles and discuss how they have helped to inspire and shape his own career.

His fascinating choices include the Coen brothers’ debut feature, Blood Simple (Frances McDormand), the gritty 60s music drama Performance (Mick Jagger, James Fox), David Lynch’s dark masterpiece Blue Velvet (Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper) and Martin Scorsese’s first commercial release Boxcar Bertha (Barbara Hershey, David Carradine). Read More »