The Disney Channel is readying the next generation of high school-themed movie musicals.

Lemonade Mouth is being positioned as the network’s next attempt at recreating the success of its popular movie musicals, like High School Musical and The Cheetah Girls.

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At 26, European bombshell Cheryl Cole is in chats to follow in the footsteps of teen stars Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, and Selena Gomez as the next face of The Walt Disney Company. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the children who plays Selena Gomez’s brother on Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place is accused of trying to start a throwdown in the middle of Tinseltown. What the hell are they putting in the water over at Disney?

David Henrie, 20, and his younger brother Lorenzo, 16, allegedly tried to start a fight between a group of girls at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles on Thursday night. The brothers were reportedly cited for challenging a person to a fight — which is a charge similar to disturbing the peace. According to his website, David comes from a “large, loud family,” and you know what they say about apples and trees, so we guess that explains a lot!

The boys were eventually released to their father.

Now that he’s successfully conquered the pop charts, is a television comedy the next big career move for teen heartthrob Justin Bieber?

In a series of skits highlighting 16-year-old Bieber’s irresistible appeal and charming smile on this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey played a high school teacher seduced by the sweet nothings whispered by the skinny smooth talker. The knee-slapping sketch was such a hit that a bevy of Hollywood executives have allegedly been blowing up JB’s phone to pitch a wide range of potential acting projects to the “Baby” star, The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week.

“There’s even word Disney wants him for a male version of a Hannah Montana concept that’s been bouncing around.”

Michael Jackson’s Captain EO is returning to Disneyland indefinitely. The Anaheim, CA theme park says it will beginning rescreening the musical film recorded by the King of Pop in 1996 for the first time in more than a decade on Tuesday.

In the mini-film, Michael plays a spaceship captain who uses love and music to fight a wicked witch queen played by Oscar winner Anjelica Huston. The original show — complete with lights and lasers ran at Disneyland from 1986-1997. Disney decided to replace the 3-D show Honey, I Shrunk the Audience with a revival of Captain EO after Jackson’s death last June.