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WHEN I tell him I'm interviewing the squeakyclean star of Walt Disney's High School Musical, my 12-year-old son sniffs: 'Oh no, Mum, not Zac Efron. He's so gay.' Then he happens to mention it to a few of his female friends. There is a collective swoon and a chorus of voices begging: 'Please, please ask your mum for his autograph.' 'Ahem, Mum,' he backtracks. 'I'm not saying Zac Efron is cool, but for some reason the girls at school love him, so I was wondering ...' That's how I find myself sitting opposite the actor, recently named one of the top 100 beautiful people in the world, with a list of names.
'JR, rock 'n' roll,' he writes on a hotel notepad in a childish hand. 'Emz, peace, love.' Each of his fans receives a personal message accompanied by an indecipherable scrawl.See the full content of this document
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Musical High Swoon ; the New High School Musical Film has Whipped Britain's Teenage Girls Into a Frenzy. But Does Its Squeaky-Clean Star Enjoy All the Hysteria? Er, Not Exactly ...
Efron is diligent about his role as the biggest teen heart-throb on the planet. And well he might be. This 20-year-old 'regular kid' from California is being talked about as the next John Travolta or Johnny Depp.
Teenyboppers queued in the drizzle for up to 14 hours at the London premiere of High School Musical 3 on Tues...See the full content of this document
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