Ashley Tisdale new Wallpapers and Photos

Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. After appearing in several television roles during the late 1990s and early 2000s, she became known to young audiences for playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Sharpay Evans in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical.

Tisdale has also pursued a music career and released her debut album Headstrong on February 6, 2007. She also participated in High School Musical: The Concert and reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2.

Tisdale was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on July 2, 1985, to Lisa (née Morris) and Mike Tisdale. She grew up there in Ocean Township. Her elder sister Jennifer Tisdale is also an actress, most notably starring in Bring It On: In It to Win It. Her maternal grandfather is Arnold Morris, the developer of Ginsu Knives; and through her grandfather, she is also related to businessman Ron Popeil. Tisdale is Jewish on her mother’s side and considers herself Jewish. She was discovered by Bill Perlman, her current manager, at South Shores Mall, when she was three.

After booking her first audition, she went on to star in around one hundred national network commercials. At the age of eight, she got a leading role in the Broadway musical, Les Misérables and later toured internationally with the cast of Annie.

She began acting, appearing in stage productions of Gypsy: A Musical Fable and The Sound of Music at the Jewish Community Center of Monmouth County.

Tisdale underwent a rhinoplasty procedure on November 30, 2007. According to Tisdale, this was done for health-related reasons and not out of a belief in plastic surgery; her “septum was 80 percent deviated” and she had “two small fractures on [her] nose”, and this was interfering with her breathing. She spoke to People magazine about the surgery, saying that it was important to her to be honest with her fans.

During the late 1990s, Tisdale had guest appearances in several television series, which included Smart Guy, 7th Heaven, Grounded for Life, Boston Public, Strong Medicine, Charmed, and Beverly Hills, 90210. She had a minor role in the 2001 film, Donnie Darko and a guest appearance on The Amanda Show.

She had recurring roles on the sitcoms The Hughleys, and Still Standing. In 2002, she starred in a notable TV commercial for Fruit Gushers, in which her head transformed into an oversized orange. She also starred in a T-Mobile commercial with Catherine Zeta-Jones and was in a Toys “R” Us commercial with Abigail Breslin.

In 2005, Tisdale was cast in the role of Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody after auditioning for the roles of Maddie Fitzpatrick and London Tipton. As the series became popular, Tisdale became a featured performer on the Disney Channel and performed a voice role in Whisper of the Heart.

She was also cast in Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, which became a major success for the channel after its premiere on January 20, 2006. Tisdale also auditioned for the role of Erin Ulmer in Final Destination 3 but lost out to Canadian actress Alexz Johnson.

Tisdale was cast as Sharpay Evans in Disney Channel Original Movies, High School Musical. Tisdale had originally auditioned for the role of Gabriella Montez, but was eventually cast as Sharpay Evans, because it was felt that her alto voice suited a darker character. She reprised her role as Sharpay Evans in High School Musical 2 which premiered on August 17, 2007.

She appeared in the Disney Channel Games 2006 as captain of the Green Team. Tisdale is also appearing in the second rendition of the Disney Channel Games this year. More recently, Tisdale signed a deal with Staples, Inc. to appear in the promotional campaign for the company’s “Geared 4 School” sweepstakes in the fall.

Tisdale will also have a supporting role in the Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Ferb and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation’s Tuttles Family Game.

Tisdale appeared in the second episode of Season 8 of MTV’s Punk’d in which, she visits a children’s hospital and sings “Kiss the Girl” to a little boy in a coma. Midway through the song, the boy wakes up. As she was singing, the lyrics were censored out, as MTV did not own the rights to the song. She also appeared in an episode where she helped Ashton Kutcher to punk her good friend and High School Musical co-star Zac Efron.

Tisdale told JustJared.com during an interview at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards that she will be filming a movie in August. On July 18, 2007, MTV News confirmed in an article interview with Ashley Tisdale, that the movie is titled Picture this. This father-daughter movie features Tisdale as Mandy, an unpopular girl working at Petco.

She’s going to work with Robbie Amell. Ashley states she will probably return to her natural brunette hair color for this movie. On January 10, 2008, The Hollywood Reporter reported that she will star in 20th Century Fox’s new adventure comedy, They Came From Upstairs along with Robert Hoffman and Carter Jenkins.

Tisdale shot a music video for her single, “Be Good To Me”, which was from her album Headstrong . A video for the same single also featured on the High School Musical: The Concert DVD. Ashley also featured in a music video remake of, “Kiss the Girl”, from The Little Mermaid, which is included on The Little Mermaid Special Edition DVD.

She has also featured in the “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” (originally from Disney’s Cinderella) music video made for Disney Channel, along with several other Disney Channel stars. The music videos of “What I’ve Been Looking For” and “We’re All In This Together” from High School Musical are available on iTunes. The US iTunes Store also sells the High School Musical movie and the concert version.

Tisdale filmed three music videos for “He Said She Said”, “Not Like That” and “Suddenly” for her current album Headstrong on June 26, 2007. On September 19, 2007, “He Said She Said” premiered in the US on TRL.

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Star Trek 2008 Film Trailer and Review

Star Trek (also referred to as Star Trek XI) is an upcoming science fiction film, the eleventh entry in the Star Trek film series, based on the franchise created by Gene Roddenberry.

In April 2006, after several years of rumor and speculation, Paramount Pictures announced that the film would be produced by Lost co-creators J. J. Abrams (who is directing) and Damon Lindelof.

It was written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who are also executive producers with Bryan Burk, Jeffrey Chernov and Level 1 Entertainment executives Bill Todman, Jr., Edward Milstein, and Paul Schwake.

The film will simply be called Star Trek and will be released on December 25, 2008.

The story will focus on the earliest adventures of James T. Kirk and Spock, and will also feature appearances by the main characters from the original series.

Cast:

• Chris Pine as James T. Kirk
• Zachary Quinto as Young Spock
• Karl Urban as Leonard McCoy
• Simon Pegg as Montgomery Scott
• Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov
• Zoe Saldana as Uhura
• John Cho as Hikaru Sulu
• Eric Bana as Nero (the villain of the film)
• Clifton Collins, Jr. as General Ayel (Nero’s henchman)
• Leonard Nimoy as Old Spock
• Bruce Greenwood as Christopher Pike
• Chris Hemsworth as George Samuel Kirk Senior, Kirk’s father
• Jennifer Morrison as Winona Kirk, Kirk’s mother
• Ben Cross as Sarek, Spock’s father
• Winona Ryder as Amanda Grayson, Spock’s mother
• Rachel Nichols as Orion female[
• Tyler Perry as head of Starfleet Academy
• Sonita Henry (unknown role)
• Paul McGillion (unknown role)

Film Trailer: 

While William Shatner has indicated that he will not be appearing in the film, Abrams said in July 2007 that the production was “desperately trying to figure out a way to put him in” but that to “shove him in…would be a disaster.” Original Sulu George Takei has also expressed hope he will be in the film.

For some time it was widely rumored that Matt Damon would play Kirk in the movie. Damon, upon hearing the rumors, including comments from William Shatner giving him a “seal of approval” for the role, contacted Abrams to ascertain the truth, only to be told that the Kirk in the film was a younger man and he was “too old” for the part. Damon commented that if sequels are made featuring an older Kirk than that portrayed by Pine, then he would be interested in playing the role.

Adrien Brody discussed playing Spock with director J. J. Abrams. Paul McGillion auditioned for the role of Scotty. Although he did not win the role, he impressed producers enough that he was given another (thus far unidentified) role in the film. James Kyson Lee was considered for Sulu, but because Zachary Quinto was already cast as Spock, the producers of the TV show Heroes did not want to lose another cast member for three months. Abrams also approached Timothy Olyphant for a part.

For the role of Spock, Quinto shaved his eyebrows, and spent three hours a day having pointed ears and large earlobes applied, so as to match Leonard Nimoy’s appearance.

Five Facts on STAR TREK 2008:

• FACT ONE: Everything New Is Old Again: Like Batman Begins and Casino Royale, this latest incarnation of Star Trek is a franchise re-start that goes back to Kirk, Spock and Bones’ first days aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. But instead of starting with a completely clean slate, Leonard Nimoy returns to the role of Mr. Spock to tie in the original cast with the new.
• FACT TWO: Harold and Sylar Go to Starfleet Academy: For the part of the young Spock, Heroes star Zachary Quinto will don the pointy ears. Chris Pine (Just My Luck) plays Kirk, Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings) is Bones, Zoe Saldana will be Uhura, and funnymen John Cho and Simon Pegg are Sulu and Scotty. See the full crew in this photo slideshow.
  FACT THREE: You’re Dead, Jim: William Shatner has publicly expressed his disappointment with not being included in the new film. But as any Trekker could tell you, Captain Kirk died fighting the evil Soran on the planet Veridian III at the end of Star Trek: Generations, the first movie that featured the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. 
  FACT FOUR: J.J. Loves the ’60s: This is the second movie J.J. Abrams has directed, and it’s his second based on a television show from the 1960s. His first feature, Mission: Impossible III, was based on TV’s Mission: Impossible that ran from 1966 to 1973. Coincidentally, Leonard Nimoy had a starring role on both series.
• FACT FIVE: Christmas: The Final Frontier: The new Star Trek won’t beam up into theaters until December 25th. To bide your time until then, you can catch up on all of the old Trek adventures. All six television series and ten motion pictures are available now on DVD. And scroll down this page for an exclusive first look at the new teaser trailer.

Reaction: The film’s concept raises questions of whether the movie might modify continuity, as either a retcon or a reboot. Screenwriter Roberto Orci has said Star Trek is “in some senses” a prequel, but that the terms he and producer Damon Lindelof prefer are “re-invigoration” or “re-vitalization.” A prequel concept was opposed by Star Trek’s creator Gene Roddenberry when it first was proposed by Harve Bennett in 1991 after the completion of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

In interviews, Abrams has saluted both the fans and the continuity several times. “Being involved with a series that has a passionate and vocal following makes me incredibly sympathetic. They have put up with so many incarnations along the way. These fans, they are a smart bunch. They are an intelligent group. We are very respectful and we have no intention of subverting the material,” he told Donald Clarke of The Irish Times. Later, to Empire, he said, “As someone who works on a show that has a very loyal and vocal fanbase, I do understand the need to be respectful … I think we can do the fans proud.”

Abrams has not seen Star Trek: Nemesis, and claims that the franchise eventually “disconnected” for him. However, Roberto Orci claims “immediate recall” of all things Trek, and has made comments indicating that he considers even some of the line of Star Trek novels to have canon value, although Gene Roddenberry never considered the novels to be canon. Abrams has labeled Bryan Burk as being “relatively fresh” to the Star Trek universe. Abrams labeled himself as a “big fan”, but not a “Trekker” or a “Trekkie”.

Cloverfield Film is a monster hit

Cloverfield a low-budget Godzilla-style horror movie, scared up a monstrous $41 million opening at the weekend box office in North America, almost twice the tally of the new romance “27 Dresses.”

According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, “27 Dresses” opened at No. 2 with $22.4 million, while last weekend’s champ “The Bucket List” fell to No. 3 with almost $15.2 million. The top-10 contained one other new release, “Mad Money,” which opened at No. 7 with just $7.7 million.

“Cloverfield,” a $25 million movie with a no-name cast from Paramount Pictures, set a record for a January release, surpassing the $35.9 million reissue of “Star Wars” in 1997.

It will also set a record for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. “Black Hawk Down” earned $33.6 million during the four-day period in 2002. Paramount said its movie will earn more than $47 million after the Monday holiday is included.

Box office observers had expected “Cloverfield” to open in the $20 million range for the three-day period, a little ahead of “27 Dresses.” They largely discounted Paramount’s unusual forecast last week that the order would be reversed.

While the two movies appeared to target completely different audiences delineated by gender, the positively-reviewed “Cloverfield” played more broadly than expected.

Paramount said men comprised 60 percent of the audience, and 55 percent of moviegoers were aged under 25. The audience for “27 Dresses” was three-quarters female, Fox said.

RAMPAGE ACROSS NEW YORK: “Cloverfield” marks a reunion between director Matt Reeves and producer J.J. Abrams, the creators of the cult TV show “Felicity.” Seen exclusively through the lens of a camcorder, it follows a group of youngsters on the run from a monster rampaging across New York. Paramount, a unit of Viacom Inc, employed a word-of-mouth marketing campaign for the film, highlighting the image of a beheaded Statue of Liberty.

Fox spent the previous two weekends holding sneak previews of “27 Dresses,” which stars “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Katherine Heigl as a perennial bridesmaid. The News Corp-owned studio said the opening was “fantastic.” The film held at No. 1 in Australia for a second week, it added.

Critics ripped both “27 Dresses” and “Mad Money,” which also targets female moviegoers. “Mad Money” stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes as masterminds of an unlikely bank heist. It marks the debut release of Overture Films, a unit of Liberty Media Corp.’s cable TV operator Starz LLC. Overture said the movie would be profitable, especially after DVD sales are factored in.

Elsewhere, the total for Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy “The Bucket List,” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, rose to $42.7 million.

Fox Searchlight Pictures’ teen-pregnancy comedy “Juno” slipped one to No. 4 with $10.3 million, taking its total to $85.4 million. The film began its international campaign in Australia, opening at No. 5, the studio said.

“National Treasure: Book of Secrets” fell one to No. 5 with $8.1 million. Walt Disney Co’s Nicolas Cage adventure movie has earned $198 million to date.

Woody Allen’s thriller “Cassandra’s Dream” opened poorly in limited release, earning $400,000 from 107 theaters. It was distributed by the Weinstein Co, which is run by Miramax Films founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein. ~ by Dean Goodman

• Cloverfield Film Review Photos and Trailers: http://www.boxist.com/2008/01/08/cloverfield-film-review-photos-and-trailers/