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How Sarah Hyland, Ashley Tisdale and Molly Sims' health journeys led them to launch 'meaningful' brands

LOS ANGELES — When former Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale was in between acting jobs a decade ago, she felt she was "wasting what God gifted me, which is being creative." "I feel like actors are very creative people, and when we were probably all home (in 2020) and were like, 'OK, we gotta put the creative energy somewhere,'" she said during The Times' virtual "art of the Hollywood side ...
Molly Sims attends the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 12, 2023, in Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES — When former Disney Channel star Ashley Tisdale was in between acting jobs a decade ago, she felt she was "wasting what God gifted me, which is being creative."

"I feel like actors are very creative people, and when we were probably all home (in 2020) and were like, 'OK, we gotta put the creative energy somewhere,'" she said during The Times' virtual "art of the Hollywood side hustle" panel last week.

Tisdale, who starred in Disney's "High School Musical" movies and TV show in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and found new purpose in doing so.

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