Zac Efron 

Rumors

No, he's not dating her...this pic is just from the movie

As with any popular teen actor there are always rumors swirling around about him.  One rumor is that he is dating Ashley Tisdale, one of his co-stars from the Disney Channel movie “High School Musical”.  According to both Zac and Ashley, that rumor is false.  They are both just friends.  They are always being photographed together, so that may be where the rumor started.  Zac also recently had a guest appearance on the hit Disney TV show, “The Suite Life of Zach and Cody”, on which Ashley Tisdale stars. 

Zac has been seen around town a lot with Shelley Buckner, who played Amber on Summerland.  The pair says they are just friends.  Zac did have a crush on Summerland costar Lori Loughlin, who is quite a bit older than Zac.

There is a rumor going around that Zac did not sing the songs for “High School Musical”.  Billboard’s Top 100 added the name of the songwriter, Andrew Seeley, to the credits.  The truth is that Andrew wrote the song “Getcha Head In The Game” and both Andrew Seeley and Zac Efron’s voices were blended together electronically.  This has been attributed to the fact that Zac was going through puberty at the time and his voice was changing.  He was unable to hit some of the notes in the song.  Andrew Seeley is an actor and singer/musician who has toured with Baja Men and has released his own CD.  Zac Efron apparently sang the rest of the songs in High School Musical.

There will be a High School Musical 2, although the title may change.  The production will start in winter of 2006/2007 with a tentative release set for summer of 2007.  Bill Borden, producer of High School Musical, said that the first movie is one of a scheduled three-part movie series, similar to the other Disney movies Zenon and Halloweentown.  Rumors have been around that not all the same actors will be back for the sequel.  According to a press release by Disney, all the stars have been confirmed for the sequel, as well as the director and choreographer.