Zac Efron has his appendix removed! I really, really want to see it sold on eBay. Not that I’d buy it, but I think it is really strange the way people keep their body parts. I recently had a tooth out and the dentist offered it to me, and I’m all like “No thanks!”

The good news is that Zac is predicted to make a complete recovery, and he’ll be dancing prettily in no time, much to the relief of teenage girls the world over.

Zac Efron was hospitalized Tuesday for an appendectomy, his rep tells PEOPLE.

The 20-year-old High School Musical star was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for the surgery.

“Zac had his appendix removed and is recuperating,” the rep says.

People

I don’t know anyone who has had appendicitis, but it seems like people get it all the time. Apparently it’s not caused by anything like diet, it’s just something some people get. And it hurts.

This come the day after Disney announced that all of the cast of High School Musical would be joining together again for a third installment. Now, I haven’t seen HSM, but I have bought an awful lot of the merchandise this Christmas, so I’m glad it’s coming back. At least that gives the actors another five minutes of fame, thus ensuring that my hard earned cash didn’t get spent on presents that will be considered dorky by the end of January. The movie is to be released at the end of October.

The third movie will feature Ashley Tisdale and her new nose, Vanessa Hudgens clothed, Zac Efron minus appendix, and will deal with the Wildcat crew’s fears about their future. Troy (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens) will be facing the future apart as they are going to different colleges. How are the gang going to cope? By staging a musical. Of course.

Zac is currently filming Seventeen with Matthew Perry.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Zac Efron is shown with Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale pre-nosejob at the HSM2 DVD premiere on 11/17/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

High School Musical’s onscreen and offscreen couple, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, have parted ways. Zac, 20, is said to have broken the news to Vanessa, 19, over the phone just a week before Christmas. He had given her a brand new Audi S4 convertible as a birthday present on December 14, just a few days before he broke up with her. Maybe it was one of those guilt gifts:

Zac… phoned Vanessa about a week before Christmas and told her he was ending their relationship. She was stunned and upset, a source close to them confided.

“They’ve been together for a long time, and he didn’t even call her to wish her a Merry Christmas. She was crushed!” a source close to the teen idols told The Enquirer.

Vanessa was blindsided by the breakup because Zac had just given her a brand-new car - that matched his - for her 19th birthday, which was Dec. 14.

But the sleek black Audi S4 convertible ended up being a parting gift, says the source.

“Zac wants to move on, start seeing other girls. He’s had no shortage of women hitting him up to become Vanessa’s replacement. Zac’s got enough numbers to fill a phone book!”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, January 14, 2008]

The Enquirer goes on to say that Vanessa has been coping by hanging out with her co-star and new nosejob recipient Ashley Tisdale. The two teens have been seen out shopping, getting fast food, and hitting the gym together.

They also note that Vanessa wore a T-shirt to LA Fitness on December 26 that said “Love Stinks!” It often does, especially when you’re young. Vanessa won’t have much trouble finding a replacement if she wants one, and we’re all likely to hear about it.

JayBird reported yesterday that Vanessa called her nude picture scandal “traumatic” and went on to blame the Internet for her lack of privacy. She should really learn not to e-mail naked photos of herself then, as JayBird pointed out. Now she doesn’t have to send her potential suitors naked pictures, though. All they have to do is google to see the goods, and surely that will work out to her advantage.

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale pre-nosejob are shown at the High School Musical 2 DVD screening on 11/19/07, thanks to WENN and PRPhotos. Ashley looked so much better before. Also look at how happy Ashley and Vanessa look while Zac is just brooding.

Update: These two showed up at an event together on January 5th, so if they were broken up they’re either back together or acting like they are.

Vanessa Hudgens isn’t taken with being a celebrity – she probably enjoyed it more before the whole world saw her nude, but I can see other drawbacks in addition to her nudie pics suddenly becoming more valuable.

“It is a dog-eat-dog world,” the singer, who first came to prominence in the Thunderbirds movie, says. “People want to know about people’s business; no one really has a sense of privacy because everyone is trying to get into your business.

“And people become jaded and infatuated with Hollywood. I think it happens to a lot of celebrities and it messes with their head.”

While some actually like the extra attention, Hudgens says it’s not really for her.

“I don’t like people staring at me all the time and I don’t want people following me around,” she says.

“I became an actress and started singing and dancing because I truly loved it. I did not want to be a celebrity; I did it because I genuinely enjoy doing it. I think fame is just something that comes along when you are in something that is such a success.

“Fame is an interesting thing but my fans are very supportive and I thank them so much.”

Daily Telegraph

She also reveals that she was going to audition for American Idol, but couldn’t as the show has a minimum age of 16 to audition.

Zac Efron is also busy these days, playing a role in HSM3 (reportedly paying $3 million) and in a new movie with Matthew Perry titled ‘17’.

Zac Efron is attached to star in the new film, about a middle-aged father who wakes up one day to find that he’s somehow become a teenager. Matthew Perry, star of “Friends” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” will play the older version of Efron’s character.

Access Hollywood

Can anyone say ‘Big’ rip off? Surely this wasn’t a good film to sign up for, it just sounds so lame. The character goes to high school with his teenage kids to get to know them better.

Are the HSM stars cursed? Vanessa Hudgens will probably disappear from film after HSM3, as she says it’s a ‘dog-eat-dog world’. And Zac Efron grows up to be Matthew Perry! That’s a curse if ever I heard of one. Watch out Ashley Tisdale. Then again, I could be completely wrong, it’s been known to happen occasionally.

Along with the news that the latest Vanessa Hudgens nude pics were taken for her supposed boyfriend and High School Musical costar, Zac Efron, there was a story that she similarly sent nude pics to a guy she had a crush on, Drake Bell, two years ago. Now an ex boyfriend claims that she sent a nude picture to him too - way back when she was 15:

Yet another nude picture of the “High School Musical” star has surfaced - and it was snapped when she was only 15, The Enquirer has learned exclusively.

Vanessa, 18, took the photograph of herself in her bedroom - and sent it to a boyfriend she’d just dumped.

“It was like she was saying: ‘Look what you’re going to miss,’” her then-boyfriend Adam O’Neal, 19, told The Enquirer in an exclusive interview.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 24, 2007]

When I first read the headline for this story I thought they meant that the nude photos online were from when she was 15, and that skeeved me out a little. It was clear from the story that they meant that there are more nude photos from when she was younger, though.

The Enquirer reported back before the photos hit the ‘net that they were coming, and I said it sounded a little too convenient that they warned us about them to generate buzz ahead of time. If they’re saying there’s another set of nude pictures they’re probably right and it’s just a matter of time before we see them.

This seems to be Hudgens’ MO - she takes nude pictures of herself and sends them to guys she likes - or in this case the entire world - saying “look at me, I’m so cute.”

Hudgens recently said that she would pose for a men’s magazine, just not for Playboy. I think she means Maxim. At least she’s honest about it and is not trying to play the innocent card:

The High School Musical star, 18, recently admitted to posing naked for snaps for boyfriend ZAC EFRON - which were then posted on the web.

And she says: “I think being a woman and being able to show a sexy side is empowering.

“Being able to show we are comfortable in our skin is a good thing. I totally would pose for a sexy magazine. But not Playboy.”

[From The Sun]

And Joe Francis, the fallen head of the Girls Gone Wild franchise has extended a 1/2 million offer to Vanessa from his jail cell, telling her he would love to have her represent the company in a commercial and on video.

There was a story this that Vanessa and Zac had broken up, but they were seen out recently getting McDonalds and it seems like that rumor was false. L.A. Rag Mag also quotes a source saying that they’re still together.

So brace yourselves. More Vanessa Anne Hudgens nude pics are coming. She should wait a while before releasing these ones, though, people might get bored of her.

Hudgens is shown at the High School Musical 2 premiere on 8/14/07. Thanks to PRPhotos.

I honestly don’t know who this chick is except for the fact that she stars with Zach Efron in those High School Musical shows. She’s supposedly dating Efron, but the last woman he was said to be dating was his previous costar, Nikki Blonski from the Hairspray movie, and I tend to believe the rumors that he’s of the other persuasion.

In the last Enquirer there’s a story that Vanessa had some nude pics that she would be devastated if they got out, and low and behold, here they are. I know 18 year-old Hudgens is a teen star and is supposed to have a wholesome image, but I personally believe this whole nude photo thing was orchestrated for maximum publicity, especially considering that we were told that the photos were coming so that it could generate buzz.

Here’s the relevant excerpt from The Enquirer:

Naked pictures that star Vanessa Hudgens - intended only for costar/boyfriend Zac Efron - recently surfaced, and their discovery could bring down the wholesome Disney blockbuster that’s captivated millions of teen fans

“Vanessa took some suggestive shots of herself in the buff as a surprise for Zac,” a source told The Enquirer…

But [High School Musical, which has been a huge success[ could go down in a flaming scandal.

The Enquirer has learned that a third party has obtained the sexy pictures that were meant just for Vanessa and Zac.

“Vanessa’s only 19, [sic: according to IMDB she’s 18] so she had no idea how her flirtatious act could threaten the future of the multimillion-dollar plans Disney has for the show,” said the source.

“She just wanted to keep Zac interested!”

[The National Enquirer, print edition, September 10, 2007]

Now the Enquirer says in the September 10 issue, which came out last week, that the photos “recently surfaced ” Today is the first day they’ve hit the net, so I don’t see how they could have surfaced anywhere else if we weren’t all over them last week. It’s also suspect that they’re emphasizing that these pics were for Zac alone - as if it makes their relationship seem that much more legitimate.

This is a pretty damn wholesome naked picture, so I don’t see how it could ruin the “wholesome Disney blockbuster.” The young woman is standing smiling, there are no booze bottles or drugs visible in the background, and she’s not posing suggestively, wearing high heels, or even trimmed for bikini season. There is no one else in the picture leering or making gestures or trying to rub up on her.

In Europe we go to the coed saunas and nudity is matter of fact. I don’t think we should get to see everyone nude, but in my opinion I don’t see how a totally normal-posed nude picture is going to ruin anyone’s career. The girl is hot, it’s only going to help her image, and some PR person figured that out and set this all up.

It could have gone down like they claim, but I doubt it. Still, I might be wrong. I didn’t see the big deal with Janet Jackson’s boob flash either.

This is the same photo in different resolutions, thanks to Ninja Dude and Geece.org via DListed.

Update: A new higher-res version thanks to NS4W.org

Update 2: Photos removed by legal request.

When I first saw this photo set, I though “oh that’s great that Queen Latifah got a star on the walk of fame,” and I assumed it was in Hollywood since she’s an accomplished singer/actress and all and it seems like she deserves one. Then I saw the actual star and realized it wasn’t your typical cookie-cutter sidewalk tribute. It turns out that her star is in Newark, NJ as part of their performing arts center walk of fame. Queen Latifah is from Newark so it all makes sense to me now.

The thing is, Queen Latifah already got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year, and she looked a lot more enthusiastic at that event. Maybe she’s just tired from all the promotion work for Hairspray.

Queen Latifah’s young costars from Hairspray were on hand to support her at the NJ ceremony. Amanda Bynes, Nikki Blonski, Elijah Kelley, and Zac Efron also attended.

Queen Latifah is going to open a franchise of Fat Burger, a fast food restaurant. She says “That was part of my Los Angeles education. On Sundays in California everybody would come out in all these low-riders. FatBurger was, like, the centerpiece for it all.” Queen Latifah’s Fat Burger will be located in Miami. Is this a decent burger joint and have any of you eaten there? I’ve never heard of it, although I lived on the East Coast all my life before moving to Europe and it sounds like a California thing.

Thanks to PR Photos for these pictures.

John Travolta is starring in the remake of “Hairspray,” which opens this Friday. This is his first musical since “Grease” in 1978… and Travolta looks nearly the same. Except that he’s thirty years older and one hundred pounds heavier. And has breasts. So he’s a fat old woman. He plays agoraphobic mother Edna Turnblad, played by transvestite Divine in the original film and Harvey Fierstein in the Broadway version. Apparently Travolta had some serious complaints about the wardrobe… but the fat suit, breasts, and dresses were not the problem.

John Travolta knows a lot about women’s footwear. In fact, when he talks about the shoes he wore in the new movie Hairspray, Travolta reveals more than knowledge - he betrays a sense of passion for the world of footwear fashion.

“It was tough dancing in high heels, but we did change the heels to more of a dance shoe - like a Capezio,” said Travolta during a recent press engagement for the movie, which hits theatres Friday.

“You know, they kept giving me these skinny high heels and it’s, like, ‘OK, I understand those. My mother wore those.’ However, when I was growing up and I saw girls in the chorus, they had a thicker heel and it was a dance shoe and I kept telling them to find these shoes. I knew they existed, and finally, they brought out a shoe and I said, ‘That’s the shoe! Now make it in many colors.’”

[From the Halifax Daily News]

I can imagine it’d be pretty hard to dance well on a thin heel, especially wearing a lot of extra padding. Back in the day I used to tap dance, and it can be a challenge even on a sturdy Capezio shoe. That’s right, I’m hardcore like that. So don’t mess. It’s kind of funny that John Travolta has such an interest in shoes. I’m just saying. Travolta also talked about what it was like to be a woman. “’I was so flirted with, so groped,” he said. “I was convinced I’d have been a slut had I been born a woman. It was like, ‘Go ahead, touch me. I don’t care.’” He also told the New York Daily News “’I love big boobs on a woman… so I wanted Edna to have them. My boobs and butt got a lot of attention on the set. The whole crew kept coming over and groping me. The scary thing is, I liked it.’”

The gay rumors have followed John Travolta around throughout the last few years almost as diligently as they’ve followed Tom Cruise. Travolta just doesn’t seem to sue over them as often. There were a few photos of him kissing a man on the mouth as he boarded a plane a few months ago… but who are we to judge? Women do that and it’s considered fine, so I’m not going to use that as evidence. I’m just saying he’s a friendly fellow. And he has his own plane, so I don’t want to ruin my plan to become his best friend and steal his plane by saying anything defamatory. Anyhoo, I know they said Travolta wore a fat suit, but anyone who has seen him lately probably wonders just how much padding he was really wearing versus how much was natural. I’m sure he was just really getting into character. And there’s no better way to do that than to eat a lot of bacon. Can you imagine if we all had to eat bacon for our jobs? That’s a pretty sweet deal.

I am so excited for “Hairspray.” I’ve been trying to bring musicals back since I first saw the “Sound of Music” as a kid. It seems like my efforts have finally been rewarded, and musicals are here to stay… for now. Ever since Moulin Rouge (I think that was the first recent one, correct me if I’m wrong) brought singing and dancing back into style, there’s been no stopping those buffalo-flapping dancers from breaking out in the movies. I think that dance fashion should take off, just like aerobic fashion took off in the ‘80s. Who doesn’t want to have shoes that click, bright lipstick, and sequined clothing?

Picture note by Celebitchy: Here are photos from the movie Hairspray, thanks to Allmoviephoto. John Travolta does make a fabulous woman. Also shown are Allison Janney, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Christopher Walken, Brittany Snow, Elijah Kelley, Taylor Parks, Tabitha Lupien, Hayley Podschun, and Kelly Fletcher.