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Sure, we all know Zac Efron is a hottie with a body, but up until now, the 24-year-old has played it relatively safe when it came to choosing roles that showed off his uber-masculinity.

Not anymore.

In his new film The Paperboy, which just debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, Zac plays “Jack”, a 20-year-old kid who, for one reason or a bother, spends much of his time nothing but white underwear – oh yeah, and he’s also Matthew McConaughey’s younger brother.  Can you say man-candy overload?

In a recent interview, Zac opened up about what it was like to stretch his acting chops (and finely-tuned physique) in his latest role.

As much as I love everything I’ve done, this is a new frontier for me,” he said at the press conference. “It’s incredibly fulfilling. It’s a dream. Hopefully, I can keep doing things like this… I don’t think I was supposed to feel comfortable… It’s like life. This character is supposed to be learning the ways of the world, and that can be very uncomfortable. But it’s also exciting.

We can’t wait to see Zac in his underwe- we mean, in this new light!

The 2012 Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards nominees were announced earlier today and all we have to say is, ‘Holy long list of potential winners Batman!’  Oh, and these 55 categories are apparently only the first wave of nominees – host Will Smith is going to be in for a looong evening!  You can log on to Nickelodeon.com to cast your vote today and everyday until the award show airs live on FOX, July 22 at 8 p.m.

Here are the 2012 Teen Choice Awards nominees (Our picks are in BOLD…)

MOVIES

Movie: Action
“Abduction”
“Act of Valor”
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
“Red Tails”
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”

Movie Actor: Action
Tom Cruise, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
Robert Downey, Jr., “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
Tom Hardy, “Warrior”
Taylor Lautner, “Abduction”
Logan Lerman, “The Three Musketeers”

Movie Actress: Action
Salma Hayek, “Puss in Boots”
Milla Jovovich, “The Three Musketeers”
Paula Patton, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
Noomi Rapace, “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
Zoe Saldana, “Colombiana”

Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
“The Avengers”
“The Hunger Games”
“Mirror Mirror”
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”
“Wrath of the Titans”

Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Robert Downey, Jr., “The Avengers”
Chris Hemsworth, “The Avengers”
Josh Hutcherson, “The Hunger Games” and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”
Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”

Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Lily Collins, “Mirror Mirror”
Vanessa Hudgens, “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Avengers”
Jennifer Lawrence, “The Hunger Games”
Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1”

Movie: Drama
“Drive”
“The Help”
“The Lucky One”
“The Vow”
“We Bought a Zoo”

Movie Actor: Drama
Matt Damon, “We Bought a Zoo”
Zac Efron, “The Lucky One”
Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
Channing Tatum, “The Vow”
Justin Timberlake, “In Time”

Movie Actress: Drama
Sandra Bullock, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Viola Davis, “The Help”
Scarlett Johansson, “We Bought a Zoo”
Rachel McAdams, “The Vow”
Emma Stone, “The Help”

Movie: Comedy
“21 Jump Street”
“American Reunion”
“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
“The Muppets”
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

Movie Actor: Comedy
Jason Biggs, “American Reunion”
Ryan Gosling, “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
Jonah Hill, “21 Jump Street”
Chris Rock, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Channing Tatum, “21 Jump Street”

Movie Actress: Comedy
Cameron Diaz, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Alyson Hannigan, “American Reunion”
Jennifer Lopez, “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
Emma Stone, “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”
Reese Witherspoon, “This Means War”

TELEVISION

TV Show: Drama
“Bones”
“Gossip Girl”
“Pretty Little Liars”
“Revenge”
“Touch”

TV Actor: Drama
Penn Badgley, “Gossip Girl”
David Boreanaz, “Bones”
Ian Harding, “Pretty Little Liars”
Kiefer Sutherland, “Touch”
Ed Westwick, “Gossip Girl

TV Actress: Drama
Emily Deschanel, “Bones”
Sarah Michelle Gellar, “Ringer”
Lucy Hale, “Pretty Little Liars”
Leighton Meester, “Gossip Girl”
Emily VanCamp, “Revenge”

TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
“Fringe”
“Once Upon a Time”
“Supernatural”
“True Blood”
“The Vampire Diaries”

TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Jensen Ackles, “Supernatural”
Joshua Jackson, “Fringe”
Jared Padalecki, “Supernatural”
Ian Somerhalder, “The Vampire Diaries”
Paul Wesley, “The Vampire Diaries”

TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Nina Dobrev, “The Vampire Diaries”
Ginnifer Goodwin, “Once Upon a Time”
Kat Graham, “The Vampire Diaries”
Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Anna Torv, “Fringe”

TV Show: Action
“Chuck”
“CSI: Miami”
“Hawaii Five-O”
“NCIS: Los Angeles”
“Nikita”

TV Actor: Action
LL Cool J, “NCIS: Los Angeles”
Daniel Dae Kim, “Hawaii Five-O”
Zachary Levi, “Chuck”
Adam Rodriguez, “CSI: Miami”
Shane West, “Nikita”

TV Actress: Action
Lyndsy Fonseca, “Nikita”
Linda Hunt, “NCIS: Los Angeles”
Grace Park, “Hawaii Five-O”
Maggie Q, “Nikita”
Yvonne Strahovski, “Chuck”

TV Show: Comedy
“2 Broke Girls”
“The Big Bang Theory”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“New Girl”

TV Actor: Comedy
Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Chris Colfer, “Glee”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Ashton Kutcher, “Two And a Half Men”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”

TV Actress: Comedy
Miranda Cosgrove, “iCarly”
Kaley Cuoco, “The Big Bang Theory”
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
Lea Michele, “Glee”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”

TV: Animated Show
“Beavis and Butt-head”
“Bob’s Burgers”
“Family Guy”
“Robot Chicken”
“The Simpsons”

TV: Male Personality
Nick Cannon, “America’s Got Talent”
Simon Cowell, “The X Factor”
Cee Lo Green, “The Voice”
Gordon Ramsay, “Hell’s Kitchen”
Steven Tyler, “American Idol”

TV: Female Personality
Christina Aguilera, “The Voice”
Tyra Banks, “America’s Next Top Model”
Carrie Ann Inaba, “Dancing With The Stars”
Jennifer Lopez, “American Idol”
Jessica Simpson, “Fashion Star”

TV: Reality Competition Show
“American Idol”
“America’s Next Top Model”
“Survivor: One World”
“The Voice”
“The X Factor”

TV: Reality Show
“Dance Moms”
“Jersey Shore”
“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
“Punk’d”
“Tia & Tamera”

TV: Male Reality Star
Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, “Jersey Shore” and “The Pauly D Project”
Rob Dyrdek, “Fantasy Factory” and “Ridiculousness”
William Levy, “Dancing With The Stars”
Scotty McCreery, “American Idol”
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, “Jersey Shore”

TV: Female Reality Star
Lauren Alaina, “American Idol”
Melanie Amaro, “The X Factor”
The Kardashians, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”
Tia & Tamera Mowry, “Tia & Tamera”
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, “Jersey Shore”

MUSIC

Male Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Bruno Mars
Pitbull
Blake Shelton

Female Artist
Adele
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Taylor Swift

Music Group
Selena Gomez & The Scene
Gym Class Heroes
Lady Antebellum
LMFAO
The Wanted

R&B/Hip-Hop Artist
Beyonce
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull
Kanye West

Rock Group
The Black Keys
Foo Fighters
Foster The People
fun.
Linkin Park

Rock Song
“Lonely Boy,” The Black Keys
“Paradise,” Coldplay
“Pumped Up Kicks,” Foster The People
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye featuring Kimbra

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Artist
DeadMau5
David Guetta
Calvin Harris
Kaskade
Skrillex

Single by a Group
“We Are Young,” fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
“Hit The Lights,” Selena Gomez & The Scene
“Ass Back Home,” Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch
“Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
“Moves Like Jagger,” Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera

Single by a Female Artist
“Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
“Stronger,” Kelly Clarkson
“Dance Again,” Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
“Part of Me,” Katy Perry
“Eyes Open,” Taylor Swift

Single by a Male Artist
“Boyfriend,” Justin Bieber
“Take Care,” Drake featuring Rihanna
“Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
“It Will Rain,” Bruno Mars
“Give Me Everything (Tonight),” Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer

Male Country Artist
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Hunter Hayes
Scotty McCreery
Blake Shelton

Female Country Artist
Lauren Alaina
Miranda Lambert
Kellie Pickler
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood

R&B/Hip-Hop Song
“Love on Top,” Beyonce
“Take Care,” Drake featuring Rihanna
“Wild Ones,” Flo Rida featuring Sia
“Without You,” David Guetta featuring Usher
“Starships,” Nicki Minaj

Country Song
“Tattoos on This Town,” Jason Aldean
“Crazy Girl,” Eli Young Band
“Storm Warning,” Hunter Hayes
“God Gave Me You,” Blake Shelton
“Sparks Fly,” Taylor Swift

Country Group
The Band Perry
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Thompson Square

FASHION

Fashion Icon: Female
Miley Cyrus
Zooey Deschanel
Jennifer Lopez
Nicki Minaj
Katy Perry

Fashion Icon: Male
Justin Bieber
Chris Colfer
Cee Lo Green
Justin Timberlake
will.i.am

Female Hottie
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Katy Perry
Rihanna
Kate Upton

Male Hottie
Justin Bieber
Ryan Gosling
Liam Hemsworth
Robert Pattinson
Ian Somerhalder

SPORTS

Female Athlete
Kelly Clark (Snowboarding)
Maria Sharapova (Tennis)
Hope Solo (Soccer)
Lindsey Vonn (Skiing)
Serena Williams (Tennis)

Male Athlete
David Beckham (Soccer)
Kobe Bryant (Basketball)
Albert Pujols (Baseball)
Tim Tebow (Football)
Shaun White (Snowboarding/Skateboarding/Surfing)

OTHER

Book
“The Hunger Games” trilogy, Suzanne Collins
“The Giver,” Lois Lowry
“The Twilight Saga,” Stephenie Meyer
“Divergent” trilogy, Veronica Roth
“The Lucky One,” Nicholas Sparks

Comedian
Ellen DeGeneres
Jimmy Fallon
Andy Samberg
Daniel Tosh
Kristen Wiig

Twit
Justin Bieber
Miley Cyrus
Jimmy Fallon
Demi Lovato
Ryan Seacrest

We thought that all you ladies out there might be interested in what Zac Efron considers to be marriage material – you can thank us later.

According to a recent interview with Womens Health Magazine, the qualities Zac is looking for in the future Mrs. Efron are,

A sense of ambition and a sense of freedom which is a careful mix. You have to balance those two. I haven’t exactly found it yet.

Got that ladies?  A sense of ambition and freedom.  You get those two things and you’ll nab yourself one of Hollywood’s hunkiest bachelors.

As far as how the 24-year-old star of The Lucky One intends on finding Ms. Right, he’s got a few tricks up his sleeves.

[I usually say]…So, do you like High School Musical?’ I’m kidding! If the situation’s right, buy someone a drink. Think on your toes, use what’s around you, and come up with something organic and fun…  When it ends up going on longer than planned…and you don’t even realize it… You don’t want it to end.

So gals, head out to your local Hollywood bar and start batting your eyelashes, tossing your hair and throwing around your sense of ambition and freedom A.S.A.P!

[Image: Nikki Nelson/WENN]

Even though hunka-hunka-burnin’ man Zac Efron may be used to being eye-candy for millions of women all over the world, that doesn’t mean he’s immune to the inevitable awkwardness that comes with filming a love scene in front of scores of rolling cameras.

In a recent interview, The Lucky One star opened up about how he avoids potential uncomfortable situations, during some verrrrry “romantic” scenes with costar Taylor Schilling,

You can’t take it too seriously. At the end of the day, the best thing to do is laugh all the way through it. It’s hilarious…

But Zac wasn’t always the consummate professional he is today; according to the 45-year-old star, one of his first on-screen kissing scenes didn’t exactly go as smoothly as he’d hoped.

I had a kissing scene one time and I totally ate a tuna sandwich. And it was the first one we had to do and I got called out on it. It was so embarrassing and I have never done it again. And we were filming! It was on Summerland, ages ago.

Sorry – but we refuse to believe that Zefron has ever had bad breath in his life – or B.O. or a bad hair day.  He’s perfect.  End of story.

The Lucky One hits theaters April 20th!

Ha!  Good one Zac!  Oh wait… was he being serious?

Hollywood hunk and star of The Lorax, Zac Efron, spoke with CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith about not considering himself anything but “Just Zac.”

I can’t explain to you what it’s like to be a heartthrob, [because] I don’t think I am a heartthrob… I hate [that word]. I hate it. It follows you around, but you don’t deserve it. It’s like, ‘Why?’

Why?  Have you looked in a mirror recently Zackie boy?  Let’s get real for a second here.

Here are our top 10 reasons Zac Efron is definitely a heartthrob:

1. Those eyes.

2. A killer set of pipes (we meant his voice, but yes, his arms are nice too.)

3. He’s got some sweet dance moves.

4. Those eyes.

5. He’s humble.

6. He falls in love with girls ranging from Gabriella Montez to Tracy Turnblad.

7. Those eyes.

8. He can operate a 25 foot schooner a la Charlie St. Cloud.

9. He can play the guitar (Thanks to Taylor Swift)

10. Those eyes.

Zac’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning airs April 1st.

[Image: WENN]

Mix one-part beloved children’s author’s birthday, two-parts rumored Hollywood A-list couple and add a dash of Disney magic – and you’ve got yourself a recipe for a box office smash.

Enter Pixar’s latest creation, The Lorax, which manhandled its competition during the film’s opening weekend – raking in over $70 million in ticket sales, making it the highest debuting film of 2012.

Yeah, we know it’s only March 5th, but STILL!

The film, which featured the voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Betty White and Danny DeVito to name a few, beat out teen-thriller Project X , Roselyn Sanchez‘s Act of Valor,  Ryan Reynolds-Denzel Washington thriller Safe House Tyler Perry‘s Good Deeds.

It may just be us, but we’d rather watch the real Ryan Reynolds than an animated Zac Efron any day…

Have you seen The Lorax yet?  Let us know what you thought below!

These two sure do make beautiful music together!

Okay, sorry – that was inexcusable, but it is actually kind of true…

According to Zac Efron, his Lorax costar, Taylor Swift, recently taught him how to play guitar during downtime while working on voiceovers for their latest film endeavor.

We were all running around doing different interviews [for The Lorax] but I caught her for five minutes and told her my resolution was to learn how to play guitar… She was like, ‘Well I can play guitar.’ So, you know, then she can teach me. It was great!

The actor continued to gush about his country music-playing guitar teacher adding,

She’s just lovely — so sweet… Everything that just comes across in her music — the warmth, her personality, her charm — is just who she is.

But you guys still aren’t dating right?  Right, okay…

Rumored sweethearts Zac Efron and Taylor Swift are set to make an exclusive appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today, to chat about their upcoming animated film The Lorax and about how they are adjusting to life as a Hollywood A-list couple.

Yeah, yeah – we know they’re not really together, but can you image if these two actually hooked up?  I think the celebrity vortex would like collapse on itself or something.

Even though Zac and Tay-Tay aren’t an item (yet), they both took Ellen’s good natured ribbing well and joked around about how they fell in love while recording voiceovers for their animated characters.

Ellen: Since you’re a couple you will tell me…

Taylor: We are not a couple. He’s awesome, we are not a couple though. You hear people get together when they’re shooting movies, co-stars. But not like animated co-stars.  You know what I’m saying.

Zac: Yeah (laughing)

Taylor: Oh my god, as we were recording out voiceovers on separate coasts we really connected.

Ellen: Alright we’ll talk about the fact that you’re a couple later..

Love it.

Although the two musically inclined stars claim to not spend much time together outside of work, they apparently made time to compose a little ditty for the reigning queen of daytime talk.  Take a look at what Zac and Taylor came up with below…

Okay, okay – there’s really nothing “hunky” about this particular Home Depot run, except for the fact that it was Zac Efron who was making it.

The 24-year-old swung by an L.A.-area Home Depot yesterday to pick up a few essentials - fire logs, a lamp, a portable heater, some pots, and some gardening items, to be exact.  Sounds like a really nice little Saturday.

I wonder if he had enough time to get to Bed, Bath & Beyond…

Man, Zac Efron sure gets around!  One minutes he’s rumored to be dating Emma Roberts, then the next thing you know, he’s hooking up with Rumer Willis and now we hear he’s arm-in-arm with T-Sweezy (that’s Taylor Swift for those of you just joining us) – who’s next?  Meryl Streep?

Obviously not. She’s old.  That’s gross.

Moving on – the 24-year-old was spotted with country music sweetheart, Taylor Swift, at the L.A. eatery Place on January 6th.

Can we pause here for a moment?  If I could have one wish for Hollywood, it would be that someone could open up a restaurant with a normal, non-pretentious name.  Place?  Really?  We’re going to eat at Place?  What’s next, Over There?  Or how about, Here?  You’re a restaurant.  You serve food on tiny plates with weird sauces.  Get over yourselves.

Phew!

According to sources, the pair, who arrived together were,

…Deep in conversation and very giggly… They seemed very friendly.

However, other insiders speculate that the dinner wasn’t romantic at all and was, in fact, strictly business,

They were in L.A. doing press stuff together [for Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax… And after they were done, they decided to grab dinner.

Snoozeville!  Let’s all just pretend that they are dating – that’s way more fun!