Ashley Tisdale in High School Musical 3

Ashley Tisdale plays the arrogant, domineering drama queen, Sharpay Evans, in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which is still drawing the teens and tweens in droves to the movie theaters.

The Disney produced film has so far earned $209.8 million worldwide as of 11/23/2008 as the film continues to captivate its young audiences.

Ashley recently dropped her blonde bombshell look for a more serious brunette style. In this video interview, she chats about working for the Disney Channel and about her friendship with co-stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, who portray Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez in the film.

Ashley also dishes about her Hollywood neighbors, the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus.

Zac Efron Talks Hollywood and High School Musical 3

20-year-old Zac Efron, the male lead in Disney’s High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and the upcoming theatrical release of High School Musical 3, was eating breakfast in a greasy diner in Tolucsa Lake, California.

"This is my favorite place to eat breakfast, because you don't see the SUVs with the blacked-out windows here," said Zac.

While hiding his celebrity behind mirrored sunglasses and a brown stocking cap, Zac discussed his strategy for success. "As long as I stay boring, I think I'll be fine."

Stay boring? Seriously?

“Yeah, seriously,” he says. “I'm going to try.”

Between bites of scrambled eggs and brown rice Zac almost apologized for his new found Hollywood success.

"I've never done interviews like this before," he said. "I'm still so new to this, it's literally a one-in-a-million chance that I'm here.”

He is trying hard to be a normal 20-year-old in a town where the gossip media take no prisoners. Any tweener that has seen HSM1 and 2, which is most of them, knows that Zac Efron is no normal 20-year-old.

HSM1 and 2 are arguably the most watched made for television movies in history. The target market is the pre-teen set, and that group of kids refuses to let Zac be any kind of normal.

The term Hollywood idol doesn’t do him justice. He has become a tween heartthrob, and the tweens won’t let him forget it.

The HSM CD is the biggest selling CD of 2006, and Zac plays Troy Bolton, who acts, sings and dances his way into the hearts of his fans, although Zac was not allowed to do the actual singing in HSM1.

"I didn't even sing on the first album," he admits. "It wasn't my voice in the movie. Even though I wanted to do it."

HSM2, however, is all Zac, including the singing.

Troy is the high school jock who is romantically linked to Gabriella Montez, a brainy transfer student, played by the gorgeous Vanessa Hudgens. Ironically, Zac and Vanessa are also romantically linked in real life too.

Zac is already tiring of his role in HSM and seems to be itching to move on to other things.

"If I had to hear the High School Musical songs anymore," he confesses, "I probably would have jumped off something very tall."

Although HSM may have countless sequels, Zac said he'd "hopefully not" do many more.

Thankfully, to all of his fans, Zac had signed and primed to star in HSM3, which began production in January, 2008.

Wolverine Claws

Characters that fight with multiple blades attached to their hands or fingers to emulate gigantic metal claws. The blades can be actually attached to their limbs, stuck on a glove or gauntlet, or actually be a variation of bladed brass knuckles. Wolverine Claws on a good guy is used to demonstrate Exotic Weapon Supremacy; on a bad guy they show that he or she is especially bloodthirsty and likely Ax Crazy. Any character sporting these will be improbably effective with them. When these weapons are unsheathed, they often make a distinct "snikt!" noise or some variant.

Weapons of these type are presumably easier to conceal and use in close quarters, depending on the size and nature of the blades. However, in fights involving larger weapons they would be less effective considering their limited reach compared to a sword or naginata.

Weapons of these type were actually used in early civilizations. The Bagh Nakh, or Tiger's Claw◊, was developed in India for self-defense and used by the first Maratha Emperor Shivaji. Ninjas also used Nekode◊ (Cat's Paw) for fighting and Tekagi-Shuko for utilitarian purposes, such as climbing trees.

Artificial Limbs and Swiss Army Appendages may be modified to feature Wolverine Claws. Subtrope of Blade Below The Shoulder.

1995 Ferrari motorcycle to be auctioned

Ferrari doesn't make motorcycles. At least, not officially... but that fact hasn't stopped a number of custom cycle makers from taking matters into their own hands. Perhaps the most famous Maranello-inspired two-wheeler was made by Arlen Ness, but that one's not all that practical in conception. We would imagine a Ferrari motorcycle to be a truly sporting machine, equally as comfortable on the race track as the street, or, more realistically, being shown off in one's garage. Ferrari seems to agree, as the only cycle ever created that bears an official Ferrari chassis number -- SF-01M -- has true sporting pretensions.

Built by David Kay Engineering and completed in 1995, this one-and-only Ferrari motorcycle sports a DOHC engine displacing 900cc and putting out 105 horsepower at 8,800rpm. The only styling choice we take exception with are the Testarossa-style strakes on either side, but nothing's perfect, right? So, what's the only officially official Ferrari bike worth? We'll find out for sure when the auction ends on the 20th, but the expected price is between 325,000-375,000 Swiss francs, or around $300K in U.S. dollars.

The UKs Best and Worst Cars for CO2 Emissions

A motor vehicles overall green credentials involve a number of factors including fuel consumption, materials, manufacturing and of course emissions. If we focus upon just one of these, CO2 emissions, we can see that there is a huge difference between the best and the worst figures.

The average CO2 emissions rating is 182g/km. Which means 182 grams of CO2 for every kilometre covered.

One of the UK’s greenest cars based on CO2 emissions is the Ford Fiesta Econetic 1.6 TDCi DPF 3dr. This economical and affordably popular car produces only 98g/km of CO2 which is around half of the average.

One of the UK’s highest CO2 emission figures comes from the Lamborghini Murcielago LPO640 Roadster. This environmental vandal is responsible for 495g/km of CO2, more than double the average.

If you are considering a new car then it is worthwhile giving some consideration to the CO2 emission specifications as exhaust emissions now influence company car tax liabilities and vehicle excise duty (VED)

Bangalore Royal Challengers IPL2009

Bangalore : Bangalore Team in the IPL (Indian Premier League) is known as Bangalore Royal Challengers (mostly call them as RCB). Bangalore Royal Challengers is also one of the eight team in the IPL2009 (Indian Premier League). Bangalore Royal Challengers representing theie city of Bangalore (now call as Bengalaru) in the Indian Premier League both the year in 2008 and 2009. The Bangalore Royal Challengers team didn't do well in the inaugural IPL 2008 seies and they even couldn't reach to the semi finals out of the eight team. The Bangalore Royal Challengers team is bagged by the one and only Vijay Mallya,who is CEO of firm UB Group and Kingfisher Airlines. In IPL2008, Brijesh Patel was the manager of the Bangalore Royal Challengers team and Rahul Dravid (local boy of Bangalore) was the captain of the team Bangalore Royal Challengers and he was also the Icon Player of Bangalore Royal Challengers. But this year in IPL2009, things may change becuase Bangalore Royal Challengers team owner Mr. Vijay Mallya was not happy with his team players and also with their performance that's why he removed Charu Sharma in the middle of the IPL2008 series. Thee former South African coach Mr. Ray Jennings is the coach of the team Bangalore Royal Challengers and former Indian fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad is the bowling coach of the team.

Vijay Mallya had to pay around USD112 million to bag the Bangalore Royal Challengers team. Bangalore Royal Challengers team is also the second highest expensive team after Mumbai Indias (owner - Reliance Industries CEO Mukesh Ambani). Bangalore Royal Challengers has many brand ambassadors than any other IPL team. They have around 4-5 brand ambassador and they are Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, Sandalwood and Deepika Pukone and also some south Indian Actors. Vijay Mallya is known for his living spirit.

RCB Captain Dravid with Coach

IPL2008 Franchise Owners and Ambassadors

Katrina Kaif, Bangalore Team Ambassador




Mumbai Indians owner Neeta Ambani congratulates its captain Sachin Tendulkar after their victory over IPL Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad.




Actor Akshay Kumar poses for photo with Delhi's IPL team Delhi Daredevils' captain Virender Sehwag and other team members at a press conference in New Delhi on March 31, 2008.


Actor Zayed Khan cheered for Mumbai Indians.


There wasn't much to cheer about for Bangalore ambassador Katrina Kaif (left). Preity Zinta's Kings XI Punjab were too strong on the day.

Bangalore owner Vijay Mallaya and team ambassador Katrina Kaif, there has been little to cheer about.

Displaying his sportsmanship, Shah Rukh Khan hugged and congratulated Mumbai Indians' Sanath Jayasuriya for his team's win against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza was the ground cheering on the homeside Hyderabad.

Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta congratulates her captain Yuvraj Singh after the win.

Kings XI team owners Zinta with Ness Wadia were present to cheer their side.

Owner of Kings XI Punjab team Preity Zinta.

Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan.

Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan was not present but his better half Gauri Khan cheered loud from the sidelines.

Kolkata Knight Riders' supporters.

Shah Rukh Khan and Shoaib Akhtar .

Neeta Ambani, wife of Mukesh Ambani and owner of Mumbai Indians, was present to support her team.

The Eden Gardens crowd was right behind the Kolkata side, led by the franchise owners.

Owner of Kings XI Punjab team Preity Zinta