Sing it loud, sing it proud! Kenny Ortega revealed that there’s a common theme that runs through his films, including High School Musical. “I put a lot of who I am into my work,” Ortega, 70, told Variety on Tuesday, June 30, as one of its Power of Pride list honorees. “I think, yeah, that it’s just there, and whether it’s screaming at you, or whether it’s just sort of quietly there, it’s there.

We’re all in this together! High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is returning to Disney+ for a third season, and the Wildcats are leaving East High for a new adventure. The show — HSMTMTS for short — made its debut on Disney+ in November 2019. It was inspired by the three-movie High School Musical franchise, which aired its first two movies via Disney Channel in 2006 and 2007, respectively, with the final installment premiering theatrically in 2008.

One little man has a lot to say about Hilary Duff's hair! On the road to promote her new TV show, Younger, which premieres March 31, Duff stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday, March 30, where she dished not only on her new blue "mermaid" hair hue, but also on her 3-year-old son, Luca, who, as it turns out, gets a vote on his famous mom's styles. After cracking that she dyed her hair teal because she was inspired by Ellen DeGeneres' blue eyes, Duff, 27, revealed in earnest, "

Hilary Duff knows she wouldn’t be where she is now without Lizzie McGuire, but like other former child stars before her, she’s struggled at times to shake off the baggage of that first big break. Reflecting on her career in a new interview with PrideSource, the Disney Channel alum admitted it can be difficult to always be associated with the character. “As torturous as it has been at some points in my life to be Lizzie McGuire, I think that when that show came out, it was such a part of who I was, I didn’t feel like I was playing a part,” she told the site.

A tearful return. Hoda Kotb got emotional while discussing the reason for her Today absence as she rejoined the show on Monday, March 6. The 58-year-old journalist appeared on the NBC morning show for the first time in two weeks and filled in viewers on the personal matter that kept her off the air. “My youngest [daughter], Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,” Kotb told cohost Savannah Guthrie.