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Zac and Vanessa Arrive To Save Japanese Tourism

Where: 3-1, Shibakoen 3-chome, Tokyo, Japan, 105-8560
January 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM | by | Comments (0)

Step aside, Super World Travelers! Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens celebrated the Japanese premiere of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" at Tokyo's Prince Hotel just days after arriving, like the Pitt-Jolie clan, at Narita International Airport.

Will all this celebrity publicity boost Japan's ailing tourism industry? The number of foreign visitors to the island plummeted 24 percent last December alone, despite a 0.1 percent increase for 2008 overall.

Locally, 2009 started with a bang as over 99 million people celebrated the New Year at Shinto shrines all over Japan, some undoubtedly to offer prayers for economic success this year. And a just-announced joint tourism initiative with Hong Kong should bolster flagging numbers later on in the year. But if Japan's looking for spokeskids, they could do worse than the Efron-Hudgens team. After all, if they're not employed by Disney any more, the kids might appreciate the work.

Related Stories:
· Number of foreign tourists visiting Japan plunges 24.1% in Dec [Japan Today]
· New Year pilgrims hit record in recession-hit Japan [Reuters via Yahoo!]
· Hong Kong, Japan launch tourism exchange year [China View]
· Japan coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: JustJared]

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You're Welcome For This Left Coast Parade

November 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM | by | Comments (0)

New York City's gets all the glory, but if you can't get excited about standing around in the cold waiting for a Thanksgiving parade to start, set your sights on SoCal. The Mother Goose Parade in San Diego County may never inspire a Super Bowl ad, but it would make for a great game of "Hey! It's That Guy!"

Grand marshals for the 2008 parade, which begins at 10 am on Sunday, November 23 are Tori Spelling (Hey! It's that reality star who was on the original 90210!) and KayCee Stroh (Hey! It's the break-dancing nerd from "High School Musical"!) Other slots for your Celebrity Bingo card should go to Chris Knight (see Spelling, only substitute "The Brady Bunch" for 90210), Mason Vale Cotton (Hey! It's that kid from "Desperate Housewives"!) and Lou Ferrigno (Hey! It's that Hulk!)

Guess in this case the parade's proximity to Hollywood brings all these guys and girls out of the woodwork. Snoopy, that's your cue to move.

Related Stories:
· Morally Ambiguous Travel: Just Relax And Enjoy New York's Columbus Day Parade [Jaunted]
· Macy's Parade Hotels [HC]
· Thanksgiving coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo from the 2007 Mother Goose parade: Bisayan lady]

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Missed Connections in Salt Lake City: High School Musical 3 Edition

October 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

Why are we so obsessed with "High School Musical: Senior Year"? We're not really sure, especially since we weren't one of the crazy children who ordered advance tickets weeks in advance.

Certainly the adorable moppets in the Disney juggernaut would never stoop to posting about that cute boy from the school play on Craigslist--and they'd be even less inclined to do it in scrubbed-clean Salt Lake City--but the rest of us, well, we're all in this together:

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High School Musical 3 at LAX

October 24, 2008 at 12:45 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's hard to grow up: "High School Musical: Senior Year" is in theaters everywhere and Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens may never play teenagers again. (Or at least, not teens in love; the trailer for Efron's next flick "17 Again," in which he plays a younger version of Matthew Perry, hit the Internets this week.)

Nikki Finke of LA Weekly predicts HSM3 will top $40 million to win the box office this weekend against "Saw 18: Sharpening the Saw" and "Angelina Jolie Loves Babies and Hats." "This is why serious screenwriters weep," Finke says of Disney's record-breaking fall and the success of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."

As they trudge to their private car from baggage claim at LAX, Efron and Hudgens probably aren't thinking about putting on an elaborate show for the paparazzi to celebrate the love of their characters Troy and Gabriella. They've been living out of a suitcase for two weeks in service to the almighty Disney, and now it's time to go home and make some Movies of the Week. Such a spectacle will not be seen again--at least for the next three weeks. Then "Twilight" opens. Thank God, something new to obsess over.

Related Stories:
· Movie Set Travel: HSM3 [Jaunted]
· Chasing HSM: Munich Calls Your Name [Jaunted]
· Chasing HSM: C'est La Vie, Zac Efron [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: JustJared]

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Movie Set Travel: High School Musical 3: Senior Year

October 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM | by | Comments (0)

The High School Musical franchise strikes again today with its third installment: Senior Year. The Wildcats are facing college, and Troy and Gabriella realize they're going to be separated. The next logical step? Stage a cheeseball musical of course! Just exactly how our senior year ended....

Grab the nearest teen you owe a favor to and drop them off at the theater. We're not sure we could stomach all the singing and dancing, but we hear it's quite catchy and lives up to its musical name!

Where is the Wildcats fictional high school? In Salt Lake City, Utah, at East High School and Murray High where much of the film was shot. Read on for some cool things to check out in SLC...

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Ashley Tisdale Fishes for Family Memories

July 28, 2008 at 8:35 AM | by | Comments (0)

It's good to know that despite her "High School Musical" fame, Ashley Tisdale is still happy to go on family outings. She must've been glad to be there this weekend when father Mike Tisdale caught a 480-pound marlin off the coast of Maui last week.

Tisdale wasn't on the boat with her dad when he caught the fish, but she posed for a picture for the Lahaina News with the big catch. After the jump, the incriminating family photo that shows what Papa Tisdale caught off KuiKui Point.

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Airport Photo Shoot: Zac Efron's Oversize Carryon

July 18, 2008 at 8:55 AM | by | Comment (1)

Zac, Zac, Zac, what are you doing? You may be the Disney Channel's number-one hottie, but this is New York. You can't just show up at JFK and decide to reinvent yourself as one of those downtownies who skateboards to work.

Guess this is what tween stars do on vacation. Efron is off, along with his "High School Musical" costars, until they start press rounds ahead of the film in October. Till then, we're hoping he'll blow all our minds by filming a cameo on "Gossip Girl."

Related Stories:
· Never Alone Travel: Zac Efron Can't Even Mystic Tan Without His Bodyguards [Jaunted]
· Vanessa Hudgens Flies American To Texas [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: JustJared]

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Airport Photo Shoot: Vanessa's Strappy Sandals at LAX

July 7, 2008 at 8:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

When you rule your high school with a combination of braininess and not-so-secret singing talent, TSA regulations are of no consequence! "High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens rocked gladiator sandals and a giant bottle of water as she got off a plane at LAX recently.

Later, Hudgens boarded a private plane with "HSM3" costar and maybe-boyfriend Zac Efron for a Fourth of July getaway to Hawaii. They must be done filming the silver-screen sequel after stints in Utah and northern California--time for a mini-break!

Related Stories:
· Vanessa Hudgens Doesn't Need Your SmarteCarte [Jaunted]
· Airport Photo Shoot: Two Lovers, One Carry-On [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Vanessa-Hudgens.com]

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Airport Photo Shoot: Tisdale's Travels

June 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM | by | Comment (1)

Jaunty hat? Check! Rolling bag and chic carry-on? Check! Lap dog? Rapidly escaping the grasp of "High School Musical" star Ashley Tisdale as she landed at LAX this weekend.

Unlike the two films before it, "High School Musical: Senior Year" will be completely inescapable when it hits theaters in October. (Could this be the first-ever instance of a movie going from TV to the big screen, and not the other way around?)

That suitcase is going to look plenty beat up by the time Tisdale, who plays bad girl Sharpay, is finished promoting Disney's tween juggernaut.

Related Stories:
· "High School Musical" Star Goes Kiwi [Jaunted]
· The Ashley Tisdale Collection Premieres at LAX [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Just Jared]

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Anticipated Movie Travel: "High School Musical 3" Filming in Utah

April 11, 2008 at 10:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

OMG! Guess who popped up on "Idol Gives Back" last night? Our old "High School Musical" buddies Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale, who sent their charitable best from--oh boy--the Utah set of "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."

We've already tracked the location of the fictional East High School, home of the Wildcats and Zac Efron's spray tan. It figures that the squeaky-clean Utah would be the site of Disney's mega-franchise. We're heading out there right now to get the chance to carry Lucas Grabeel's Uggs.

Related Stories:
· "High School Musical" Star Goes Kiwi [Jaunted]
· Utah Invaded By Singing, Dancing High Schoolers [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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"High School Musical" Star Goes Kiwi

January 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM | by | Comments (0)

It's off to Auckland for Ashley Tisdale, the villainous diva of the "High School Musical" movies, where she will be filming her new adventure/fantasy movie "They Came from Upstairs." In the film, a group of kids must defend their house from aliens; here, the house in question is a classic Auckland manor recently pressed into service as a backpackers' hostel.

Tisdale recently made an appearance at the SAG Awards with fellow young actresses Amanda Bynes and Brittany Snow. According to "HSM" fan sites, she will start working on "High School Musical 3" right after her New Zealand adventures.

Until then, maybe Ashley and her fans can fill us in on the plastic surgery travel scene in NZ!

Related Stories:
· Ashley Tisdale to Film at Auckland Manor [Just Jared]
· Hollywood Movie Filming at Auckland manor [NZ Herald]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Just Jared]

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