he is efron. and if you don't know who he is, just ask a teenage girl. for him and his singing and dancing in "high school musical." ♪ but if you think zac efron is just a fancy-footed tween dream, he is working hard to prove you wrong. with his starring role in the new film "charlie st. cloud," the young man with the perfect smile is showing off his acting chops. no dancing but plenty of raw emotion. >> that's my brother! sam! >> reporter: as a man racked with guilt for survive ago car crash that killed his little brother. >> we'll meet here every day at sunset canyons. >> promise? >> i promise. >> reporter: was it hard for you to bare all, to be emotional? >> no, it was fun. it was fun. i read the script, i recognized this was a brand-new challenge. >> reporter: i mean, crying on command, for a lot of us, difficult to do. >> it's not so much cry on command, that's not, you know, how you really think about it. it was really easy for me to put my little brother -- and picture him in the scenarios and how it would have made me feel. >> reporter: the film

tonight -- zac efron. lisa ling. and music from rhymefest.es. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dicky: and now, without further ado, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi there, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for being. very nice of you. do we have any bulgarians in the audience tonight? a bulgarian snuck in here tonight. there he is. [ cheers and applause ] that has nothing to do with the light. bulgarians reflect no light. welcome, welcome. hey, you know who else is here tonight, zac efron is here tonight. we're about to be hit by a category 5 zac attack. this is surprising. "the new york post" had a story that said zac and corbin blue spent $2,000 this weekend at a strip club in new york. and if that is true, i would like to commend the strippers who even when two of america's most desirable young men walked into a club, managed to maintain their composures to fleece them for $2,000. that's professionalism, is what it is. by the way, if zac had to spent $2,000 to get gishl girls to pa atten

you're co-starring with zac efron.zac efron when you look into his eyes? >> i turn into a 12-year-old girl. the first scene we did, he was like, oh, my god, you're great so beautiful. i like fell over. like what just took over my body? zac efron. >> jimmy: and do the 12-year-old girls, are they plotting to kill you? >> you know, all of them have been really supportive except for this one girl when we were filming, she takes me aside and she's like, so, i hear you're playing zac efron's love interest. yeah. so i guess you get to kiss him. yeah, i guess i do. well, i just want you to know, you're not the only one who's kissed him. all right. >> jimmy: really? >> all right. >> jimmy: she's saying she has? >> i -- maybe in her dreams. >> jimmy: yeah, wow. what is it like, kissing zac? tell me all about it. [ laughter ] >> well, if you've seen the posters, i mean, those doll lips. >> jimmy: tongue? >> a little bit of -- yeah, he's got this, like, corkscrew thing he likes to do. >> jimmy: i always imagined he had that. >> he

. >>> answering questions from facebook fans, zac efron says thanks to steve carell, the tv show he'd most like to guest star on is "the office." he'd better hurry since carell leaves after the season. >>> and, finally, congratulations goes out to 38-year-old breast cancer survivor christina applegate. she's pregnant with her first child. this comes from our nation's capital. congressman made history in honor of the 20th anniversary of americans with disability act. yesterday the rhode island democrat became the first person in a wheelchair to preside over the house of representatives. now in his fifth term, he was paralyzed at age 16 when a police officer's gun accidentally discharged. he later vowed, quote, i may be the first quadriplegic to serve in congress, but i won't be the last. pretty inspiring, isn't it, bill? >> i just learned a lot of stuff there. i didn't realize he was in congress first off. >> exactly. >> i'm pretty impressed by that. >> and that it was the anniversary of the americans with disabilities act yesterday. we just tied that all in for you. >> i'm sure he's p

he is 22-year-old zac efron. and if you don't know who he is, just ask a teenage girl.y footed tween dream, he is working hard to prove you wrong. with his starring role in the new film "charlie st. cloud," the young man with the perfect smile is showing off his acting chops. no dancing, but plenty of raw emotion. >> that's my brother! >> reporter: as a man racked with guilt for surviving a car crash that killed his little brother. >> meet here. every day. >> promise? >> i promise. >> was it hard for you to bare all? to be emotional? >> no, it was fun. it was fun. i read the script, i recognized this was a brand-new challenge. >> crying on command for a lot of us, difficult to do. >> it's not so much crying on command. that's not how you really think about it. it was really easy for me to put my little brother, picture him if the scenarios. and how it would have made me feel. >> reporter: the film was a strategic choice for a young actor trying to navigate hollywood's sometimes treacherous waters. >> i want to put in the work, i want to be taken out of my own, i want to

zac efron, thank you so much. >> it's always a pleasure. >> thank you. "charlie st.iday. back with more on "today." >>> good morning. time now is 8:56. i'm checking in with mike. the latest accident on your commute. san jose. >> slow down and make sure the maps are going. 880 around coleman. a slowdown north from 280 all the way up past the scene. the rest of the path showing a nice flow of traffic continuing to clear as they do this time of the morning. it's not clearing. oakland, 880 in the northbound direction past the coliseum. slow. 25 minutes from 238 right off of the san leandres split all the way through downup to. accident, debris. all of the lanes are reported clear, but a slow drive to downtown. we have more ns r teafthis. . having the right real estate agent on your side is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >>> new this morning, meg whitman is revealing more on her political plan. she tells reporters sh

a new cannibis product designed to treat pain without making users high z zac efron tries to get seriousanchez explains why you should think twice about seeing this wanna-be tear jerker, coming up at 6:00. >> singer kanye west dropped into twitter's san francisco offices told employee what's he likes and doesn't like. all kanye west impersonators out there. west has 271,000 followers. but he follow nose one. the video was uploaded to you report. powered by you tube f you have video you want to share with us, up load it or e mail it to us. u report at kgo-tv.com. what we've learned here is that he loves twitter. the president... taking a pass. >> he'll take a pass. >> world news is coming up next.

there is zac efron spends a lot of time staring. and i can barely give it half a bucket. news. we'll see you on the aisle. >> and this bucket is still generous i was going to say that. >> yes. that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> and from larry beil and sandhya patel, thanks for joining us. have a good night. 8Ñ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x%ñ%ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ re are today's contestants-- a high school latin teacher from milton, massachusetts... an i.t. administrator from knoxville, tennessee... and our returning champion-- a records manager from bethesda, maryland... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--

finally, as for actor zac efron's so-called serious acting debut in "charlie st. cloud," experts think only teen girls will care, and don't expect much more than $10 million. i don't know about you. but i'm looking forward to the steve carell movie. >> that one has potential bomb written all over it. he's been on such a roll, you just wonder if it's going to catch. >> paul rudd as well. i was just watching "knocked up." those two keep me laughing. >> you know, the "40-year-old virgin," was that the peak? maybe it's downhill. those were hysterical. >> don't say that. the best is yet to come. >>> this comes to us now from whag in hagerstown, maryland, where in a nearby town, a man got a little more than he bargained for when he bought a used van. several days after driving it home, he discovered a little tiny 5-week-old kitten living in the spare tire. he believes the mother was also living there, but jumped out when the van started moving. although the kitten was dehydrated and covered with oil, it has since made a full recovery and now goes by the name lucky. too

matthew fox, christina applegate, zac efron, johnny knoxville, hugh hefner, lisa ling, amanda crew, stand-up and music from grace potter & the nocturnals and rhymefest. so mark all of next week on your calendar. america fell in love with our first guest tonight when, for eight seasons of "that '70's show," he played a man named after a hat. he has a new movie called "the dry land" opening in select cities july 30th. please say hello to wilmer valderrama. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: handsome as ever. where the hell have you been? i have not seen you in a long time. >> yeah, i took -- hi, how are you? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, i took a little break in front of the camera. i founded my production company. i got awesome deals and doing a lot of great stuff with disney. i've been producing. >> jimmy: you've been producing. and you're not going out to clubs, all that sort of stuff anymore. >> yeah, definitely something like that. i want to focus on the next chapter. and my friends are a little upset about it because we're not playing ass grab anymore, so -- >> jimmy: you're not. and you

him transition to television and movies, also making friends with hollywood actors, including zac efron. >> becoming mogul, not just talking about the things in the snow. >> big-time media mogul. >>> 5:57, the latest on the breaking news we have been following all morning, a man with a gun walreao a area children's htal and tachkes a hostage. ke >>> a man walks into a bay area hospital with a gun. we will see what happened next, coming up in a live report. >>> more than 60 south bay firefighters lose their jobs today. >>> a grim

. >> that's zac efron, stealing young girls' hearts ever since "high school musical" hit the screen. most anticipated events of the summer. chelsea clinton's wedding, the only child of the president and hillary rodham clinton is marrying mamarry ing on saturday. you can imagine the emotion the first family is feeling. >> their only daughter, and a cherished daughter, a very apom accomplished girl. congratulations to them. >> i wonder what they're going to eat. >>> also, taking your four-footed friends on vacation with the family. it can be hard to find hotels that allow pets. this morning "travel & leisure" has the five best hotels from washington state to washington, d.c. >> cute. i was trying to figure it out. i saw a hat on one and -- oh, look at that. >> when i say four feet, i meant four-footed, not only four feet. >> just to make sure. they take care of people under four feet as well. >> also, don't you love fresh corn? >> i do. >> especially the sweetness of the bicolor -- the white and the -- we're going to talk about how to prepare one of the tastiest treats from our neck of

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