"A year ago the last thing I thought I'd be doing was this right here," says actor Lucas Till, 18, of his role as Miley Cyrus's love interest Travis Brody in the newly released Hannah Montana: The Movie.
The Texas-born, Georgia-raised Till plays a horse-wrangling cowboy in the movie, but his new role as a heartthrob is certainly throwing him a bit.
Teen heartthrob Zac Efron stole the box-office crown from Miley Cyrus as "17 Again" topped the ticket-sales chart for the weekend. The tween flick brought in a better than expected $24.1 million and sent last week's winner.
Nice guys finish first: Zac Efron proved he's a potent marquee name, as his new movie 17 Again grabbed the gold among new releases this weekend, with an estimated North American gross of $24.1 million.
Last week, Jamie Foxx apologized to Miley Cyrus for comments he made on his radio show. His riffs - about how the "Hannah Montana" star needed to get some, uh, tough life experience if she wanted to be a real teen queen - didn't go over well.
Black Eyed Peas, Miley Cyrus lead singles chart LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a second week on Thursday.
One Disney Channel star is gunning to take down another at the box office this weekend. Warner Bros. opens its Zac Efron comedy "17 Again" today in hopes of garnering much of the same young female audience that made Walt Disney Co.
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