Zac says No to Simon Cowell’s Music Offer!!!
Zac Efron rejected American Idol’s Simon Cowell’s offer to make him a singing sensation.
The 20-year-old actor – who has wowed fans with his vocal talents in the High School Musical film franchise – was reportedly a perfect target for music mogul Simon, who felt he had huge potential as a solo singer.
A source told the National Enquirer magazine: “Simon told Zac, ‘With my know-how and your voice, we can make millions.’ He also offered to fly Zac to London for negotiations, but Zac turned him down, insisting he wants to concentrate on his movie career.”
However, Zac – whose High School Musical co-stars Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale have already released solo albums – is said to have promised to contact Simon if he ever decides to pursue a pop career.
The source added: “Zac told Simon if he ever changes his mind, he would be the first to know.”
We would love to see an album release from Zac!!! 
Selena in a Band?
Last week, Selena Gomez assured everyone that there’s no beef between her and Miley Cyrus. Now, she’s sharing some surprises she has in store for her debut album.
The actress/singer is, not surprisingly, “super excited” about starting work on it. But if fans of the 16-year-old, who stars in Wizards of Waverly Place on the Disney Channel, are expecting it to be all about Selena, they’d better think again.
“I’m going to be in a band — no Selena Gomez stuff,” she told MTV News last week. “I’m not going to be a solo artist. I think that I don’t want my name attached to it.”
The star said that the album will have a pop/rock feel to it, and she plans to play instruments on some of the album’s tracks.
“I basically want to make music that is fun and that parents and kids can jump around to and have a good time to,” she said. “I will be singing, and I’m learning drums and playing electric guitar.”
Hopefully she won’t sign with Hollywood Records, because they are very biased when it comes to their artists, and WE DON’T LIKE THAT!!!
She even wants to take a backseat at times during live gigs. “I would like to try it and kind of switch it up,” she said. “When I do the tour and stuff, I would like to do maybe a section on the piano or on guitar or on drums.”
And although a musical career is relatively new to her, Selena is determined not to bite anyone else’s style. “You know the [Jonas] boys and people like Demi [Lovato] are my friends, so I definitely would not copy or do anything that they did. They’re really good, obviously, at what they’re doing, so I’m going to let them have that. But it’s also just kind of fun to learn things.”
Speaking of whom … at press time, rumors continued to circulate that Selena and Nick Jonas (who spoke at a press conference Wednesday about the Brothers’ new single) are an item. The pair recently fueled the speculation when they each shared a dating story, in two different interviews, that sounded familiar. At press time, neither star had commented on the rumors.
Demi Lovato’s New Album in Stores Soon!
Camp Rock actress Demi Lovato’s new album Don’t Forget, will be in stores September 23rd!!!
The tracklisting for Don’t Forget is below:
1. Get Back
2. Day Dream
3. Eyelash
4. Promise
5. See You Sad
6. In A While
7. Until You’re Mine
8. Party
9. Forget
10. This One Time
11. If You’re Forgetting Me
12. La La Land
The new album will be released by Hollywood Records. Also, it has been said that the Jonas Brothers worked with Demi on her new album!
Make sure to visit Demi’s official MySpace page, or her official site, to get more info on upcoming appearances, news, and such!
Chris Brown & Rihanna Vacation!
They still haven’t fessed up to being romantically involved, but Rihanna and Chris Brown are offering up every indication that love is certainly in the air.
The “Umbrella” songstress and her “Kiss Kiss” singing companion headed off for a short vacation in Rihanna’s homeland of Barbados following a stay in Los Angeles during the Teen Choice Awards.
The duo were spotted side-by-side at the island’s airport on Sunday (August 10), ready to fly back home for the upcoming work week.
Rihanna and Chris have been romantically linked for months now, but both have continually denied they are a couple – despite being spotted kissing and cuddling on multiple occasions, most recently in a hot tub at their shared Los Angeles hotel last week.
They just need to admit their relationship already!!! 
New Music: Best of Hilary Duff
We love Hilary Duff’s album cover, for her new Best of Hilary Duff CD, which is the last CD she’ll be releasing from Disney-owned Hollywood Records, which will be released September 23rd.
Even though the album photo is from her 2007 Dignity [Japan Version] album, we still love it!
The new collection will feature 12-previous tracks from Duff, but the new album is nothing like her 2005 release Most Wanted.
Tracklisting for Best of Hilary Duff:
1. Reach Out
2. Holiday
3. Stranger
4. With Love
5. Play With Fire
6. Wake Up
7. Fly
8. Come Clean (Remix)
9. So Yesterday
10. Why Not
11. Reach Out (Remix)
12. Holiday (Remix)
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