Actress Monique Coleman plays yearbook editor Taylor McKessie in the Disney movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which debuts tomorrow, Friday, October 24 in theaters.

Coleman's co-star Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans) also stopped by the show this morning to talk about the film.

The movie is the third installment of the High School Musical franchise, and now the gang is starting their senior year and getting ready to leave East High School behind. And with the prospect of going in separate directions, they organize a spring school musical to reflect their experience at East High and their hopes and fears for the future.

And Taylor is capturing all the memories in the yearbook. But, she's so busy with planning that she doesn't have time to prepare for prom. Even though she's excited to go to prom, Taylor is left wondering if Chad (Corbin Bleu) will ask her to be his date.

A native of South Carolina, Coleman was a participant in the third season of ABC's Dancing With The Stars. She laos had a recurring role as Mary-Margaret on Disney Channel's The Suite Life Of Zach & Cody. She has also appeared in TV shows like Boston Public, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Strong Medicine and Veronica Mars.

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Actress Ashley Tisdale plays resident mean girl Sharpay Evans in the Disney movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which debuts tomorrow, Friday, October 24 in theaters.

Tisdale's co-star Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie) also stopped by the studio this morning to talk about the film.

The movie is the third installment of the High School Musical franchise, and now the gang is starting their senior year and getting ready to leave East High School behind. And with the prospect of going in separate directions, they organize a spring school musical to reflect their experience at East High and their hopes and fears for the future. And Sharpay (Tisdale) is prepared to shine in the musical with hopes of jump starting her career as an entertainment susperstar.

A native of New Jersey, fans will also recognize Tisdale from her role as Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Along with acting, Tisdale has expanded her career into music. he debut solo album, Headstrong, is available in stores now and features singles "He Said She Said," "Be Good To Me," "Not Like That," and "Suddenly."

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US Weekly brought the Hollywood heat to Manhattan last night to celebrate for the first time in New York, the release of the "Hot Hollywood Issue" recognizing today’s hottest celebrities.

Those included were Zac Efron (Star of the Year), the cast of Gossip Girl (for Cast of the Year), Ashley Tisdale (Quadruple Threat of the Year), Ne-Yo (Hitmaker of the Year) Whitney Port, (Breakout of the Year), Becki Newton and Michael Urie (Comedy Duo of the Year) and Gavin Rossdale (for Rock Rebirth of the Year).

For more, check out the latest edition of US Weekly on newsstands now.

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KayCee Stroh is here promoting the High School Musical 2 Deluxe Edition DVD.

Stroh will be signing copies of the DVD at J&R today, September 23 from 12:30pm-1:30pm. J&R is located in City Hall at 23 Park Row, New York, NY.

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Actor, singer and songwriter Drew Seeley plays Joey Parker opposite Selena Gomez's Mary in the upcoming movie Another Cinderella Story, out in stores on Tuesday, September 16.

Seeley also lent his voice to several songs on the movie's soundtrack. The CD is also released on Tuesday, September 16.

The film is modern day version of the classic Cinderella story. Mary (Gomez) attends her school masquerade ball and ends up sharing a dance with popular singer J.P. (Seeley).

As the clock strikes 9pm, Mary has to rush home to make her curfew. She drops her mp3 player (in lieu of a glass slipper) by accident as she hurries out of the hall. J.P., who has fallen in love with Mary, holds a dance competition in order to find his dream girl.

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Olesya Rulin, 22, plays Kelsi Nielsen in the upcoming movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

The Russia-born actress started out as a model and has been in all High School Musical movies. Aside from this franchise, she was in three other Disney Channel Original Movies -- Halloweentown High, The Poof Point and Hounded. You can catch Rulin as Petrovich in Major Movie Star with Jessica Simpson.

Rulin does it all too. She well-rounded young woman is a certified nurse assistant, has an Associate's degree in psychology, studied business in Paris and is working on her second college degree.

Rulin will also be part of Fashion Week in New York. She'll also do a catwalk on the runway at the "Be EcoChic" Inaugural Fashion Show is at 7pm at the American Museum of Natural History.

It is an event designed to raise awareness of environmentalism through fashion. To learn more about the campaign, log on to www.beecochic.com.

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Lisa Kothari of PeppersPollywogs.com stopped by to show us how to throw a High School Musical themed party! Lisa's book Dear Peppers and Pollywogs: What Parents Want to Know About Planning Their Kids' Parties is available now. For more great party throwing tips, log onto www.pepperspollywogs.com.

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Savvy Mommy, Victoria Perricon, stopped by live to show us how to celebrate Halloween, "High School Musical" style! For more on Savvy Mommy, Victoria Perricon log onto http://savvymommy.com/.