Vanessa Hudgens Wants a Driver’s License for Christmas
The stars of the High School Musical franchise shared what’s on their wishlist this holiday season with USA Today. Here’s what they had to say:
VANESSA HUDGENS
On her wish list: “My driver’s license. I plan on taking my test really soon.”
A favorite holiday tradition: “Putting up the Christmas tree together as a family. I love doing themes. This year is going to be gold and crystal.”
Her hope for Gabriella in HSM3: “We’re all going to be seniors, so I hope she gets into a good college.”
ZAC EFRON
On his wish list: “I’m constantly breaking things, and I go through skateboards pretty fast. So a new Sector 9 Longboard would be nice.”
A favorite holiday tradition: “I always help pick out a natural, chopped-down-in-the-woods tree, so our whole house starts to smell like Christmas.”
His hope for Troy in HSM3: “To win another basketball game — maybe even nationals.”
ASHLEY TISDALE
On her wish list: “Christian Louboutin heels.”
A favorite holiday tradition: “My great-grandma has passed the tradition of Christmas cookies on to my grandma and my mom. The recipe is top secret.”
Her hope for Sharpay in HSM3: “To win prom queen. She didn’t get the musical in the first one. She didn’t get the guy in the sequel. She needs to be prom queen!”
LUCAS GRABEEL
On his wish list: “A package of guitar picks. I’m always losing them.”
A favorite holiday tradition: “I’m always in a different country for Christmas, so I’m always adapting to traditions abroad.”
His hope for Ryan in HSM3: “That he takes a break from dance steps. Maybe join the basketball team and shoot the winning goal. That would be fabulous.”
Find out what the rest of the cast had to say at USA Today. The High School Musical 2: Extended Edition is out on DVD Tuesday, Dec. 11.








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OK, Troy is going to be the prom king!! I bet:D haha;
Woooow, Vanessa looks amazing!!! I’ve always thought that she’s attractive, but in this picture she looks breathtaking…
Zac and Vanessa should totally have babies, they’d be the cutest celebuspawns out there…
Yes Narf, honey, I was busy I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. As far as the teasing me thing goes, well lets just say we’ll discuss that later. ;)
hey there Kim and Birdie.I’ve been to Disneyworld once,but I’ve never been to NewYork. Oh I visited LA a few years ago,love that country!everyone’s so friendly:)
Im a HUGE hairspray fan too btw!!Love link.He’s so cute!!
I guess I’ll chat to you guys tomorrow since it’s already midnight over there!It’s only 2.30pm over here in Singapore:)
I agree Laura, Vanessa and Zac are probably two of the most
gorgeous prople on the planet, but what makes them special is
they are truly more beautiful on the inside. They go over and
beyond what is expected of a celebrity. With all the pressure
on them only time will tell if they become more and more guarded.
Can’t say I wouldn’t blame them. In a way I hope they do there
seems to be a lot of Crazies out there and I worry for them sometimes.
Well ZA’s goodnight and thanks for letting me be part, it was lots
of fun talking about out favorite couple.
my christmas wishes for z and v:
for Z:
1. for people to stop thinking that he’s gay
2. for him to be able to do anything with his hair and not be criticized
3. to be able to work out, skate board and play basketball in peace
4. to grow more inches (he’s only 20.. you stop growing at 21 right?)
5. to land more mature roles
6. to grow more in love with v
for V:
1. to not only get a license, but a spankin new ride as well.. a cute SUV wouldn’t hurt
2. to be able to wear her clothes more than once and not be criticized
3. a movie with angelina jolie or catherine zeta-jones (she could play her daughter!)
4. to be independent and start living on her own
5. a successful 2nd album
6. for people to forget that freakin’ photo
i love them!!!
Its so nice to see and meet new posters here such Kim, her daughter taylor, birdie, meruy, jamierenee, isawit who had nothing but praises for our lovely couple, I thank you guys for visiting Jared this is one cool site I can be proud of.
Ha, I love that Ashley Tisdale said she wants some Christian Louboutin heels, that was cute.
And I wonder what kind of car Vanessa would want? I could imagine her getting a Lexus for some reason, idk.
hey guys i found this article on vanessa and i thought you’d want to read it - just forget about the breaking up with zac part (the australian press is kind of odd) but otherwise it’s alright.
High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens laments on fame
IF there is one lesson Vanessa Anne Hudgens has learnt in her short time in Hollywood, it’s that fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Even at 18, the star of Disney’s smash hit made-for-TV musicals, High School Musical and its sequel High School Musical 2, is wise enough to know Hollywood has a way of chewing up celebrities.
“It is a dog-eat-dog world,” the singer, who first came to prominence in the Thunderbirds movie, says. “People want to know about people’s business; no one really has a sense of privacy because everyone is trying to get into your business.
“And people become jaded and infatuated with Hollywood. I think it happens to a lot of celebrities and it messes with their head.”
While some actually like the extra attention, Hudgens says it’s not really for her.
“I don’t like people staring at me all the time and I don’t want people following me around,” she says.
“I became an actress and started singing and dancing because I truly loved it. I did not want to be a celebrity; I did it because I genuinely enjoy doing it. I think fame is just something that comes along when you are in something that is such a success.
“Fame is an interesting thing but my fans are very supportive and I thank them so much.”
Hudgens’s comments come as the star tries her best to win back fans after she was embroiled in a scandal earlier in the year, in which a photo of Hudgens posing nude was leaked to the internet.
Shortly after the scandal broke, Hudgens broke up with fellow HSM 2 star Zac Efron.
Maybe that’s the price of fame.
Still, there is no doubting the success of the HSM franchise. The premiere of HSM 2 was watched by 17.2 million viewers in the US, making it the highest-rating cable show of all time.
When the Kenny Ortega-directed telemovie premiered in Australia in September on Disney Channel Australia, it attracted 313,976 pairs of eyes, making it the highest-rated children’s program to ever air on pay-TV here.
Disney Channel Worldwide enterainment president, Gary Marsh says the HSM phenomenon “touched people in ways that made them want to embrace it as part of their lives”.
“Maybe the world is so filled with fear right now that people were ready for an uplifting, magical experience,” he says.
Doubtless, Seven will be hoping for big numbers when it airs for the first time on free-to-air TV this week.
Reprising their singing and dancing roles for the sequel are Efron as star athlete Troy Bolton, Hudgens as brainy transfer student Gabriella Montez, Ashley Tisdale as drama club diva Sharpay Evans, Lucas Grabeel as her brother and on-stage partner Ryan Evans, Corbin Bleu as teammate and best friend Chad Danforth and Monique Coleman as academic decathlete Taylor McKessie.
With junior year over, the East High Wildcats are ready to relax, so long as they can get decent summer jobs. Troy thinks he has landed a dream job at posh country club, Lava Springs. But it’s actually Sharpay’s plot to lure him away from Gabriella.
Asked what sort of high school student she was, Hudgens says she mostly received good grades but would “always end up getting in trouble for the most stupid things, like chewing gum”.
Interestingly, her HSM gig almost never happened. A young Hudgens was all set to audition for American Idol.
“I love singing and I thought that to get a chance to do it (American Idol) would have been amazing,” she says. “The only way I thought that I would be able to get myself out there would be on American Idol. But I was 15 at the time when I said that I wanted to do it and you had to be 16 to audition.
“So I thought, ‘One more year’. Then, when I turned 16, High School Musical came along and I got to do it. So I thought I’d skip on American Idol.”
Nice move..>
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22836271-5007183,00.html
nice article troooooper, but isn’t she home-schooled? how can she get in trouble chewing gum?
and yeah, you’re right.. we all know she didnt break up with zac.
I hope they will get there wishes especially Vanessa and Zac……..
who knows czar, australia is really weird - like you know how hollywood press embellish information well in australia they take, and manipulate it even further so usually it’s all completely out of context.
Good Article Troooooper! thanks for posting.
I hope some of her critic will realize that all she want in the business is to showcase her talent and be acknowledge with it will really mean something to her.
And the break up rumor is so old news, not even true anyway.
Hey troooooper, thanks for posting that article! I agree that the media over here can be strange. I think it might have something to do with the Tall poppy syndrome, you know, how a lot of Aussies try and tear down people who are famous.
Are you going to be watching HSM 2 on Channel 7 on the weekend?
Nice article about V,Trooper.Its nice to hear news articles that interviewed these actors and not hearsay.Maybe the trouble with the chewing gum happened when she was still going to school in San Diego.
hey ellie! um i have the premiere (i - well me and my bestie - were one of the 313,976 pairs of eyes… hahaha, guessing you were one of them too) saved on iq, but i kinda pre recorded it just in case they play the extended edition if not i’ll delete it and some how just make it till wednesday!
Hee hee, yep a pair of those 313, 976 pairs of eyes were mine :)
I think I watched it every time it was on in that first week!
I have it on my computer (needed it to make my videos) but I was going to watch it again. I can’t wait till Wednesday either, but I’m going to be doubling up because my parents already ordered me the 3-Disc Collector’s Edition (with both Movies and the Concert) for Christmas. Oh well, you can never have too many copies I say, more to lend out to people so they can become fans too!
the comments here sure are fast!!
Anyway, Steph u asked; [What’s so close minded about my reply? Can you elaborate on that? And no need for name calling, we CAN be mature here right? It was actually an honest suggestion, LOL]
see on one of your posts you wrote; [But Vanessa and her mom is, so it’s kind of awkward that you would ask that question on her post… on cyberspace for that matter.
first of all, it was just a question..but it seems like you went ahead and took it like i'm specifying Vanessa and her Mom, what exactly did you mean by 'its kind of awkward you would ask that question on her post'? maybe your not close-minded but if you're really open minded, you wouldn't take it that way.
secondly, cyberspace? everybody uses the world wide web, last I checked, ANYTHING is discussed on cyberspace..so what did you mean by 'on cyberspace for that matter'..?
lastly, you said it yourself, we CAN be mature here, so your sarcastic replies like [You might get even more of an exciting reply from a filipino woman if you ask this question face to face though :D Maybe you’ll get the answer you’re looking for :D] is that mature? THAT’S what I meant by NO NEED TO BE A SMART ASS.
i miss zanessa.=X
there’s a vid of nessa with her mom and stella on http://x17video.com/…the paps are really getting into gina’s nerves. poor nessa!=x
cute ^^
316 - kelsi and jason - in the first hsm at the very end he took off her hat and undid her hair and handed her a basketball and that was kind of a hint and they always are together for the pairs dancing.
so, there are kind of hints about it!
I miss Zanessa!!!
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