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Zac & Vanessa: Their Real-Life Romance | Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron
As the 17 million fans who tuned in to the Aug. 17 premiere of High School Musical 2 know, the fictitious romance of East High students Troy and Gabriella is of the very old-fashioned sort; it took all the way through last year's blockbuster High School Musical and most of the sequel – the most watched show in cable TV history – for them to sneak in a first kiss.
 
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