Vanessa Hudgens obsessed with Angelina Jolie

Vanessa Hudgens is "in love" with Angelina Jolie.

The actress - who is dating her 'High School Musical' co-star Zac Efron - is obsessed with the 'Wanted' star and dreams of following in her footsteps.

She told Self magazine: "I'm in love with Angelina Jolie. Everything she does, I adore.

"I'd like to do an action film where I could kick someone's a*s. I want to be strong and empowered. I want to shock everybody."

The petite actress believes she has the physical attributes needed to take on the gruelling demands of action stunts and has the ability to "climb anything".

She said: "I have really strong legs. I inherited them from my dad, who has tree stumps for legs, basically. I've got big calves that look good. When I wear heels, it looks like I've worked out my legs a lot, which is why I love them. I also have a big, big big toe. I call it my goat toe. I can climb anything."

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Robert Pattinson to steal Vanessa Hudgens from Zac Efron

If rumours are to be believed Robert Pattinson is on the verge of stealing Vanessa Hudgens from Zac Efron.

It seems like Vanessa might be being considered for the role of Leah in the next Twilight flick so could soon be spending a lot of time with sexy Rob.

She usually works with Zac Efron on movies so it would be strange for the couple to be on different acting jobs.

Camilla Belle and Brenda Song are also rumoured to be up for the role so we will just have to wait and see who gets the role.

Camilla Belle has allegedly dated Rob in the past so it might be quite interesting if she got the part.

It's not know what her current squeeze Joe Jonas would think of her acting alongside Rob but the chance of being in a Twilight flick is an opportunity no girl could turn down.

At least she wouldn't be kissing Rob - Kristen Stewart is the only one for his character Edward Cullen.

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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens top world's top couples

High School Musical sweethearts and real-life lovers Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have been voted the Favourite Couple of 2008.

The sweethearts, who this year reunited for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, topped the list of the best pairings of the year .

Their relationship has been strong despite Hudgens being caught in a nude web scandal earlier this year.

The pair though are still hot for each other and two of the most sought after actors in the world.

They were photographed all over each other courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks game in LA yesterday.

"They rode the little-TV-movie-that-could, High School Musical, to box office gold and worldwide fame in 2008. And they have perfect teeth. But their love cannot last post-High School Musical, as their careers pull them apart, forever," Fox News said.

"So appreciate them now, while their love burns with the heat of a million flashbulbs. Congratulations to our Favourite Couple of 2008!".

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`High School Musical 3' takes box-office curtain call with $15.3M

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" had an encore performance as Hollywood's top movie for the second weekend in a row, taking in $15.3 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC:

1. "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," Disney, $15,316,072, 3,626 locations, $4,224 average, $62,034,083, two weeks.

2. "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," Weinstein Co., $10,065,630, 2,735 locations, $3,680 average, $10,065,630, one week.

3. "Saw V," Lionsgate, $9,741,578, 3,084 locations, $3,159 average, $45,469,066, two weeks.

4. "Changeling," Universal, $9,351,560, 1,850 locations, $5,055 average, $10,031,122, two weeks.

5. "The Haunting of Molly Hartley," Freestyle Releasing, $5,423,315, 2,652 locations, $2,045 average, $5,423,315, one week.

6. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," Disney, $4,864,021, 3,004 locations, $1,619 average, $84,177,645, five weeks.

7. "The Secret Life of Bees," Fox Searchlight, $4,010,668, 1,611 locations, $2,490 average, $25,297,621, three weeks.

8. "Max Payne," Fox, $3,688,253, 2,564 locations, $1,438 average, $35,538,365, three weeks.

9. "Eagle Eye," DreamWorks-Paramount, $3,482,655, 2,007 locations, $1,735 average, $92,616,665, six weeks.

10. "Pride and Glory," Warner Bros., $3,363,452, 2,585 locations, $1,301 average, $11,719,094, two weeks.

11. "W.," Lionsgate, $2,384,386, 1,803 locations, $1,322 average, $22,332,195, three weeks.

12. "Body of Lies," Warner Bros., $2,304,348, 1,414 locations, $1,630 average, $34,551,015, four weeks.

13. "RocknRolla," Warner Bros., $1,872,495, 826 locations, $2,267 average, $2,496,188, four weeks.

14. "Fireproof," Samuel Goldwyn, $1,731,843, 887 locations, $1,952 average, $26,114,966, six weeks.

15. "Quarantine," Sony Screen Gems, $1,125,636, 1,289 locations, $873 average, $30,794,171, four weeks.

16. "Appaloosa," Warner Bros., $819,477, 855 locations, $958 average, $17,261,357, seven weeks.

17. "Rachel Getting Married," Sony Pictures Classics, $711,380, 133 locations, $5,349 average, $3,691,540, five weeks.

18. "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," Sony, $690,225, 679 locations, $1,017 average, $30,777,239, five weeks.

19. "The Duchess," Paramount Vantage, $623,310, 527 locations, $1,183 average, $12,331,518, seven weeks.

20. "Nights in Rodanthe," Warner Bros., $582,336, 737 locations, $790 average, $40,318,422, six weeks.

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Zac's a scream at High School date

The global sensation that is High School Musical was greeted by hundreds of screaming teenagers at the UK premiere on Tuesday night.

The third instalment of the American movie was unveiled at the Empire cinema in London's Leicester Square, and fans braved the elements to see their heroes in the flesh.

Zac Efron, 20, who plays school basketball captain Troy Bolton, got the biggest cheers of the night.

He was joined on the red carpet by female co-star Vanessa Hudgens.

Miss Hudgens, 19, hit the headlines for the wrong reasons last year when nude pictures of her were published on the internet.

High School Musical 3 opens in UK cinemas on October 22, and advance ticket sales have topped £500,000.

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High School Musical 3 Breaks Records With the Biggest Advance Bookings for a Movie in Cinema History!

With 3 weeks to go before High School Musical graduates to the big screen, High School Musical 3: Senior Year has broken records with the fastest and biggest advance sales ever in movie history, beating previous record holder "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "The Lord of the Rings" and all the Bond films.

Audience demand to see the first major cinema event in the phenomenal High School Musical franchise has ensured that some performances are already sold out, with still 3 weeks to go before the film is on general release.

As of 1st October, cinemas across the UK have already taken advance bookings to the total of half a million pounds. Odeon Cinemas, the UK's largest chain puts their total in advance bookings at GBP245, 205. This beats Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the previous all time record holder, which had taken GBP227k at the same stage of booking and which went on to gross GBP48.3m.

Rupert Gavin, CEO of Odeon & UCI Cinema Group says: "This is a phenomenal and record breaking start for High School Musical 3. Our cinemas have been inundated with calls to pre-book tickets for what could be the year's biggest kids and teen audience movie. With schools breaking up for half term just as High School Musical 3 opens, we at Odeon are bracing ourselves for a huge first week run."

Meanwhile fans are preparing for the arrival of all the stars of the film - Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Britain's own new wildcat, Jemma McKenzie-Brown - who arrive in London on Tuesday 7th October for the UK Premiere in Leicester Square.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR is released only in cinemas on Wednesday October 22nd2008, throughout the UK. Certificate U (tbc). Running time: 111 mins

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Producer sues Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million

A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings.

Hudgens, one of the stars of Disney's successful "High School Musical" series, entered into an agreement with producer Johnny Vieira when she was still a minor, the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, states. Vieira claims Hudgens and her father, Greg, sued to get out of the agreement, but have also failed to abide by settlement terms.

An e-mail message seeking comment from Hudgens' publicist wasn't immediately returned Tuesday morning.

Vieira is described in the lawsuit as a songwriter and music producer who was "engaged in the business of discovering and developing artists in the music industry" when he entered into an agreement with Hudgens in 2005.

That agreement, Vieira states, called for him to equally share in advances, royalties and merchandising from Hudgens' career.

That was before she landed a starring role in "High School Musical," which is scheduled to release its third installment later this year. She has also released a pair of solo albums.

Vieira claims an audit turned up at least two instances where he is owed money, and that Hudgens, 19, has refused to pay him.

He is also suing Greg Hudgens for defamation, claiming he sent an e-mail to others that accused Vieira of being a "predator."

Hudgens was sued last year by a lawyer who claimed she owed him $150,000. Court records show the lawsuit was settled in January, about a month after a judge ruled that case could go to trial.

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Ashley Tisdale Spills Secrets on Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and HSM3

Ashley Tisadale is talking and the blonde starlet from the High School Musical films sits down with Us Weekly magazine this week to talk about Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron and she spills some HSM3 secrets to the magazine, including a few hints of what the sneaky little Sharpay might just be up to this fall.

Tisdale tells Us Weekly the third installment of the blockbuster High School Musical movies (due in theaters October 24) is a "more amazing, more exciting and much bigger production" than the first two. Her character, Sharpay, will once again try to come between Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens).

"She is a manipulator, a villain and a drama queen," Tisdale, 22, said while promoting her Degree Girl contest (in which she'll give away a trip to a future concert). "And she always has her eye on Troy. It's Zac Efron - who wouldn't?" Tisdale adds that beau Jared Murillo, 19 - who had a bit part in the sequel (they began dating in February 2007) - won't be back this time.

Too bad: Since it's about their senior year at East High, the movie "will probably include prom and graduation," she says. Bring on the big dance numbers!

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Vanessa Hudgens Talks Will, First Movie After High School Musical 3

Vanessa Hudgens is moving on from the High School Musical franchise — High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be the last one for her and then there will be no more.

But she’s already got her next project lined up. Hudgens is currently in the process of shooting Will, which will be released in 2009, well after HSM 3 hits the big screen.

But while her next movie will take place in a familiar surrounding (high school) and does have the whole music thing goin’ on, Hudgens’ character is not going to just be another Gabriella Montez. Her Will character is going be significantly darker.

“My look is definitely more dark than in HSM. I play kind of the emo, kept away from everybody else in her own world’ kinda girl,” Vanessa told ET. “She wears a lot of black. She always has longsleeves with thumbs in them.”

Plus, she gets to be in a band in the movie, which is something she never got to do in real life.

“No, I was never in a band…not even close. I was girl groups, but that was pretty much it,” she lamented.

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Vanessa Hudgens ‘furious’ that Ali Lohan wants to star in High School Musical 3

Teen actress Vanessa Hudgens is said to be worried that the presence of Lindsay Lohan’s 14-year-old sister Ali Lohan on-set of High School Musical 3 will cause unprecedented drama - and maybe even steal her thunder.

“When Vanessa heard that Ali was vying for a part in High School Musical 3, she flipped,” says an insider. “She knows Ali isn’t Lindsay, but she’s still weary of the drama the Lohan clan brings.”

High School Musical 3: Senior Year, is the follow-up to Disney Channel’s hugely successful High School Musical 2, and also stars Ashley Tisdale & Zac Efron.

Ali Lohan has previously spoken of her desire to be famous.

“I grew up watching Lindsay,” Ali Lohan told America’s Teen Vogue in its April issue. “It made me want to do what she does. Just the whole vibe. Being there, being on camera, or on-stage, with everybody listening to you … it’s so cool when people look up to you.

“I’ve already been asked for my autograph and it’s just a really good feeling to have.”

High School Musical 3 is due to be released in October this year.

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Dressing Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron For High School Musical 3

There a lot of jobs out there that we don’t envy, but having to pick the wardrobe for Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in School Musical 3: Senior Year is not one of them.

Caroline Marx is getting paid to do exactly that; she’s the costume designer for the upcoming HSM 3 movie.

Marx recently discussed her plans to dress up Hudgens (Gabriella) and Troy (Efron) for the onscreen prom with the New York Daily News. And it turns out that her plan is to give fans the ability to rent the same gear as the stars of the movie.

“I want to team with David’s Bridal and their tux rental company After Hours, which was actually just bought by Men’s Wearhouse,” she explained, “and create two looks, a girl’s and a guy’s, that you can go rent. I want to do like a really cool tuxedo with those slim lapels.”

That’s what we call synergy.

If it all works out like she plans, look for a lot of couples to be copying the prom versions of Troy and Vanessa this autumn.

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High School Musical’s Zac Efron Hearts Vanessa Hudgens

Zac Efron loves his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens; these days the couple hasn’t bothered to cover up their relationship like they used to in the old days.

So it comes as no surprise that Efron has bought another gift for girlfriend Hudgens.

Now Magazine is reporting that he recently gave her a heart-shaped ring with a diamond in it, designed by Paloma Picasso. Conflicting online reports state that there is no diamond in it and that it’s simply a $325 silver ring.

Either way, “It’s adorable and age-appropriate for Vanessa,” the magazine quotes a friend as saying to In Touch Weekly. “It’s from him, so she loves it.”

However, there is no indication that the two are engaged. Hudgens recently said in an interview that she’s “way too young” to get married.

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High School Musical: Vanessa Hudgens Hits The Big Screen

Two years ago, the cast of High School Musical were virtual unknowns, just your everyday teenagers. Two years later, they are some of the biggest stars in the world. The success of the High School Musical movies have turned Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, and Vanessa Hudgens into pop stars. Star Zac Efron has, perhaps, enjoyed the most success. Last year, he appeared in Hairspray, a movie that earned the cast critical acclaim and several awards nominations. He has two new movies in the works, Me and Orson Welles and Seventeen. Now, his on and off screen girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens has a movie of her own.

Hudgens is the star of the new coming age comedy, Will. In the film, Hudgens plays the most popular girl in school who befriends a social outcast and forms a band with him. The two enter a battle of the bands contest together. There is no doubt that Will writers Todd Graff and Josh Cagan have every intention of using Hudgens' vocal chops in the movie.

The film stars Liam Aiken as the social outcast/Vanessa's new BFF. Aiken is well known to kids for his roles as Klaus in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Owen Baker in Good Boy. Friends star Lisa Kudrow will play Aiken's mother. She recently appeared in P.S. I Love You with Hilary Swank and has a new movie, Hotel For Dogs, on tap. The movie also stars Alyson Michalka, one half of the pop duo Aly and AJ, Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter, and rock icon David Bowie.

Coming up, Hudgens and Efron team up on screen one more time for High School Musical 3, set for the big screen. This week, London newspapers reported that Efron purchased Hudgens a diamond ring, in order to prove his commitment to her. It seems our little Gabriella is growing up!

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Vanessa Hudgens Talks Zac Efron, Marriage and Kids

Are Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens too young to get married? Many fans already have the pair together for life and while that may be the eventual result don't expect wedding bells for Zanessa anytime soon. "I'm way too young," says the star who admitted to Tyra Banks that she "freaked out" when she met celeb crush Matt Damon.

And forget kids. “Right now, I do not like kids at all,” she tells Us Weekly magazine in this week's issue. “I love my fans and everything, but when you have little kids following you around all day, it like ‘Oh God, kids!’ Maybe when I get older that will change.” As far as Efron’s recent hospitalization for appendicitis, “He’s doing good,” says Hudgens.

Vanessa admits that even though she made $2 million last year, thanks to the Disney juggernaut High School Musical, she just wants to be normal. "I miss being able to walk around in sweats 24/7," the much photographed star tells Us. “You don’t want to get caught wearing a nasty old shirt!”

Us has all of the young stars in a feature this week and notes that the fresh-faced singer-actress is excited to be a part of the latest crop of starlets (including BFF Ashley Tisdale) to take over. “It’s time for a new generation,” the California native, currently in the market for her first house, says. “To be part of that is really cool.”

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High School Musical gang is headed for the big screen

All six stars have signed on for "High School Musical 3," a flick bound to bring teens and tweens flocking to theaters in droves this fall.

The new installment of Disney's blockbuster musical will find East High seniors Troy and Gabriella, played by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, dealing with the prospect of separation as they head to different colleges.

Musical numbers ensue.

Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman also are on board for "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," slated for release on Oct. 24.

Meanwhile, female fans are on pins and needles over the condition of heartthrob Efron, who TMZ.com reported was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles suffering from appendicitis.

Don't worry kids, he'll be just fine. His rep told TMZ, "He had his appendix removed and is recuperating."

Via nydailynews.com

Vanessa Hudgens Settles Lawyer Lawsuit

Actress Vanessa Hudgens has settled a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against her by her former lawyer.

The "High School Musical" star, 18, was sued last month by ex-attorney Brian Schall, who claimed Hudgens owed him over $150,000 in back commissions after he helped her become a star and make over $5 million from her songwriting and recording career.

But Hudgens countered that Schall's work was "below professional standard," and claimed that, as she only 16 at the time of signing the contract with him, she was too young for it to hold legal weight. She alleged the deal broke California's Family Code law because she was under 18 when she signed it -- a claim Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow threw out in early December.

However, following a court hearing on Tuesday, the two parties have come to an agreement over the issue, although the details of which have yet to be disclosed, according to E! News.

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Back to School for High School Musical

The perky ensemble cast of Disney's High School Musical films have all signed up for the third installment of the ludicrously successful franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. And this time it's coming to the big screen.

There were question marks over the involvement of some members of the teenage cast, with some actors apparently demanding a bigger cut of the huge profits the film is guaranteed to make.

But don't fear, for schoolgirl fave Zac Efron, as well as Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and the cheeky Monique Coleman have all now signed up for the production, entitled High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

The film will again revolve around Troy (Efron) and Gabriella (Hudgens), who this time around will be facing possible separation as they head off in different directions to college.

Via ign.com

Vanessa Hudgens fancies Will

Vanessa Hudgens will star in the new teenage drama WILL, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Director Todd Graff and Josh Cagan wrote the screenplay for the movie, which revolves around a high school misfit and a popular girl that form an unlikely friendship through their shared love of music.

Together, they form a band of outcasts and go on to perform in a musical competition. Hudgens plays the fifteen-year-old misfit.

The film is set for a February 2008 start in Austen, Texas.

Via thehollywoodnews.com

Vanessa Hudgens to appear in movie 'Will'

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is reportedly being lined up for the role of Sam in new movie Will - a coming-of-age story about a high school rock band made up of misfits, according to reports.

The movie - set to begin production next month in Austin, Texas, is described as a dramedy about a popular girl forming a rock band with a bunch of young outcasts who come together over their love of music and compete in a local Battle of the Bands.

The 19-year-old actress - who sparked controversy in September last year, after naked pictures of her appeared online, will play a role of a 15-year-old former stutterer who gets involved with the lead outcast.

Later this year, the actress - who is dating her High School Musical co-star, Zac Efron, 20, will resume her role as Gabriella Montez in the fourth installment of the popular kids show, this time for theatrical release, rather than airing on TV’s Disney Channel.

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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are Still Together

Zanessa are still going strong!

Zac Efron and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens have NOT broken up ... they are still together and they have been spotted hanging out after New Year's and most recently at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

This is a follow-up to the earlier post regarding a rumor that the teen couple have split up just before Christmas ... which i now happily say is only a rumor after all!

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