Jared Murillo Does Ashley Tisdale, New Boy Band

Move over Zanessa. And make room for Jashley!

While Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens receive a majority of the attention from celebrity news outlets, their High School Musical co-star is also involved in a burgeoning relationship.

Indeed, Ashley Tisdale and Jared Murillo are an adorable couple. They're also building solid careers for themselves.

While Tisdale will most likely return for High School Musical 3, Murillo is actually joining a new boy band called The Factory. We didn't know boy bands still existed, either, but here are a few words from Jared's father about the new group...

On the formation of The Factory: "Warner Brothers signed him two weeks ago. It's a boy band like NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block with four other young men, and the group's called The Factory. They were brought together from all across the country, and they'll all be singing and dancing. They put Jared as the cornerstone."

On the future of The Factory's music: "They've already recorded six tracks, half of the album is done, and they are going to finish it in a couple of months. We hope to have the album out November-December, followed by a tour."

On The Factory's sound: "It's a really hip, great sound. It's a boy band sound, except they sound more modern than the boy bands. It's really rock-and-roll stuff. It's superb music. It's very harmonizing. They are outta sight tracks. Of those six tracks, I loved each one of them."

Sounds exciting. We can't wait to compare these tunes to the new songs by Britney Spears and Jordin Sparks.