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The cast of High School Musical just had a virtual reunion!

Stars Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale, director Kenny Ortega, and more all hopped on the video call from their separate homes while quarantined during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

“Guess who’s back…” Vanessa captioned the screenshot below on Instagram, while Monique added along with the same shot, “Together….together…..🎹😉.”

Noticeably missing was their co-star Zac Efron.

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ICYMI, the casts of Jessie, Victorious, and Every Witch Way also just had virtual reunions.

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Corbin Bleu and Kenny Ortega play tug-o-war with the new cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series with a basketball int his fun pic from the 2019 D23 Expo held over the weekend in Anaheim, Calif.

The original HSM star and director met up with the cast – Joshua Bassett, Olivia Rodrigo, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Dara Renee, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Kate Reinders, Mark St. Cyr, and showrunner Tim Federle to support the new show, which will air on Disney+ this fall.

ICYMI: WATCH THE TRAILER FOR HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES HERE!

After the panel event, the stars of the new show also performed a song from the series.

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Sarah Jeffery is looking back at her time on the Descendants franchise!

The 23-year-old Charmed actress plays Audrey in the films, and got an ever bigger role in the final movie.

“Kenny 💓💙💓 I don’t have enough words to thank you. It has been the treat of a life time being a part of this franchise.. no experience will compare. I will hold this journey so incredibly close to my heart for the rest of my life. Also… thank you to Disney, Kenny, Sara and Josie for trusting me with Audrey’s beautiful story arc in D3. I could (and am) tearing up just thinking about how grateful I am. Until next time, whatever and whenever that is 💓💙💓 #descendants3,” she wrote on Instagram.

After Descendants 3 aired, she also took to Twitter to thank fans.

“If I’m being honest, your reactions to D3 are what’ve been getting me through the past day. The support and love is unreal. Thank you for loving Audrey and listening to her story. (A little birdie told me she’s sorry for messing up). 💙💗,” Sarah wrote.

Booboo Stewart has pretty much kept mum since Cameron Boyce‘s unexpected passing last month, but in a new interview with Good Morning America, he’s opening up about his time spent with Cameron.

Sitting next to Dove Cameron and Kenny Ortega as they promoted Descendants 3, the three reminisced on Cameron and the light he brought to all their lives.

“That’s so hard, cause he’s such a wonderful … he was just Cameron. Like, literally just Cameron,” Booboo shared in the sit down interview. “He was the person you’d always ask for … if you needed to talk to somebody…He was always there and he was that person for everybody.”

Booboo continued that for him, Cameron‘s death was “the first time I ever dealt with anything like this and something that, you might have said it, someone said it, but they said — just to be okay with any thought that, that you have. It’s fine. Like, cause when you’re grieving, like, you think things that … I’ve thought things I’ve never thought before.”

He also recalled that the last time he saw Cameron was at the 2019 Ardys.

“We were just planning to hang out and, like, make videos and we just liked creating stuff together.”

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The Descendants cast is feuding with the cast of American Housewife!

The two groups of co-stars will be going head-to-head on tonight’s (July 28) episode of Celebrity Family Feud!

The Descendants crew – Dove Cameron, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson, Cheyenne Jackson and Kenny Ortega – will face off with American Housewife‘s Meg Donnelly, Peyton Meyer, Daniel DiMaggio, Diedrich Bader and Katy Mixon.

Each celebrity team will be playing for a chance to win big money for the charity of their choice.

Make sure to check out behind-the-scenes videos shared by the Descendants cast when they filmed the episode back in February!

Celebrity Family Feud airs TONIGHT (July 7) at 8pm ET/PT on ABC!

Dove Cameron is extremely proud of Kenny Ortega!

The 23-year-old actress paid tribute to the Descendants director in a series of Instagram posts in honor of his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Thursday (July 25).

“Such an unbelievable honor and deep pleasure to be present on a day like this. so long overdue. so well deserved. with my favorite guy and so many people that i love. my heart overflows ⭐️,” Dove in her first post from the ceremony.

In a second post, with a photo of her looking lovingly at Kenny, Dove wrote, “I love you @kennyortegablog. i’d say you’re a legend, and you’re my teacher, and one of my main inspirations in my life, but you already know all of that. congratulations for this massive recognition. you are my shooting star 💫.”

Dove even shared a short video clip of her and her Descendants co-star Booboo Stewart at the ceremony.

See what Kenny Ortega said about Cameron Boyce at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony here!

Kenny Ortega is surrounded by stars of Descendants, Hocus Pocus and High School Musical during his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Wednesday afternoon (July 24) in Hollywood.

The choreographer and director got support at his ceremony from Descendants stars Dove Cameron, Mitchell Hope, Booboo Stewart, Zachary Gibson and Kathy Najimy as well as HSM‘s Monique Coleman at the ceremony. Descendants costume designer Kara Saun was also in attendance.

Cameron Boyce‘s father, Victor and sister Maya, were also in attendance at the event.

“Sitting here today with us is my buddy — Cameron Boyce’s dad, Victor — and his sister, Maya. Cameron Boyce was so excited for me and wanted to be here…” Kenny shared in his speech at the ceremony. “His all too brief appearance in this life inspired me beyond words [as well as] many of us here and generations of kids and families all over this world. His extraordinary talent and loving heart will be remembered through his foundation.”

He added, “Cameron said, ‘We can’t take it with us, so it’s about what you leave,’ and with this, I promise Cameron that I will carry this goodness with me in all the days of my life.”

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FYI: Dove wore a Giambattista Valli dress.