The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Are They Worthy?
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HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL CAST

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AGE: Combined, probably still less than one Warren Beatty
OCCUPATION: Heartthrobs
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Last year's release of HSM 2 posted record ratings for the Disney Channel, and there's a third High School Musical planned; meanwhile, the stage show and national tour roll on, playing to massive crowds. Purity reigns, and the movie musical, stubbornly undead, is passed along to a new generation of cheeseballs.

CON: Star Vanessa Hudgens' nude photos are but a distant memory to most culture vultures, but some parents have longer memories...

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