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Young & Rich

By Katherine Nichols

People Magazine

High School Musical’s hot couple …
Who’s richer: Zac or Vanessa?

• Power Couple
Real-life sweethearts Zac Efron, 19, and Vanessa Hudgens, 18, nabbed big bonuses when the Disney Channel movie scored, got raises for the sequel according to The New York Times and recently vacationed in a $3,100-a-night villa in Maui.

• Girls Rule
But only Hudgens notched a gold debut album and an endorsement deal with Neutrogena. Forbes.com estimated her income last year at $2 million.

• Boys Don’t Cry
After co-starring in this month’s Hairspray, Efron is expected to take the lead role in the comedy 17, now in development.

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Reported by Reagan Alexander, K.C. Baker, Lorenzo Benet, Lesley Messer, Peter Mikelbank, Katherine Nichols, Pete Norman, Hitha Prabhakar, Courtney Rubin, Erica Silverstein, Christina Tapper.