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Corbin Bleu in Talks to Co-host FOX's The X Factor

The lineup for Fox's The X Factor is nearly complete. Actor/singer Corbin Bleu is close to joining the competition series as co-host, alongside Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger.

X Factor must have its full judging and hosting team in place by May 8 — that's when the production begins shooting the audition rounds before the judges.

As far as the judges are concerned, L.A. Reid has been confirmed, while Cheryl Cole and Paula Abdul have been rumored to be on the panel with series creator Simon Cowell.

~Papi Chulo~

Corbin Bleu Strips Down for The Beautiful Life Ad

Corbin Bleu's days of High School Musical are long gone. The 20-year-old actor/singer strips down for a new ad campaign for the CW's new fall series The Beautiful Life: TBL.

Corbin isn't the only one getting nude for the ads. Castmates Sara Paxton, Ben Hollingsworth and Ashley Madekwe get comfortably naked in ads for The Beautiful Life as well.

The Beautiful Life: TBL premieres Wednesday, September 16 @ 9pm on the CW.

H/T: Living Out Loud with Darian

~Papi Chulo~

Corbin Bleu, Elle Macpherson Become Beautiful Life Regulars

Corbin Bleu and Elle Macpherson have been bumped up from recurring roles to series regulars on the CW's new drama The Beautiful Life ...

The series is about a group of models living together in a co-ed resident in New York ... Blue plays a male model with a "Lenny Kravitz" vibe and Macpherson plays a '80s supermodel who owns the top modeling agency in New York ...

Both guest-starred in the pilot in recurring roles ...

~Papi Chulo~

HSM4 in Pre-Production

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is just starting filming in Utah ... but there are already plans for a fourth installment in the highly popular Disney Channel franchise ...

Rich Ross (Disney Channel Worldwide): "We are writing High School Musical 4. We have learned that just putting a number next to a title is a very old idea. We have to have a new story. Are we going to have all of the cast back? Probably not. Will we have some of them? I hope so."

It is unclear if any of the original talent will return for another musical adventure ... Especially since Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, et al. are graduating from high school in the HSM3 ...

So far HSM4 is scheduled for a small-screen debut ... but that can change ...

HSM3 hits the theaters on October 24 ...

~Papi Chulo~