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.

High School Musical pals Lucas Grabeel and Monique Coleman grab hold of one another at the 2007 Australian Idol grand finale at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. Melbourne’s Natalie Gauci was crowned the winner today, just shy of her 26th birthday on Monday.

Peep Lucas’s new dark do and Monique’s voluminous hair!

Both Lucas, 23, and Monique, 27, are expected to return to the HSM franchise. The pair will begin filming the feature film High School Musical 3 starting in March 2008.

All things fabulous!

Here’s some love for the rest of the High School Musical 2 cast!

Pictured below at the European premiere of HSM2 held at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday: Olesya Rulin, Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Monique Coleman and Lucas Grabeel.

Noticeably missing was Corbin Bleu, who’s been busy touring his new album back in the states…

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Sickingly sweet couple Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens work the crowd for a meet-and-greet at London music store HMV Oxford St. on Wednesday.

Zanessa joined High School Musical 2 castmates Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel and Olesya Rulin for the CD & DVD signing.

Zac brought back the bangs! Loving Vanessa’s tunic!! And the rings seem to be in tact!!!

And if you haven’t already, check out Time magazine’s article on “How Zac Efron Became the Cutest Guy Ever.” He’s a good-looking theater geek!

And here’s another tidbit about Vanessa from the Teen Choice Awards: “Vanessa was totally psyched about getting a new pink CHI hair flat iron. She already had the CHI iron in black and blue. And she loved seeing her face on the Mattel Games’ High School Musical edition Uno cards saying: ‘You know you’ve made it big when you’re an Uno card!’ But she was squealed with delight when she overheard her song played on a nearby foot-tapping iDog: ‘That’s me! That’s me!’” BABY V!

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TODAY’S THE BIG DAY!!!!

The sing-along continues as Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu all return for High School Musical 2, premiering tonight @ 8PM ET/PT on The Disney Channel.

If you’ve one of the lucky ones who have Disney on Demand and already watched HSM2, don’t give away any spoilers in the comments. Thanks!

High School Musical author Peter Barsocchini recently talked about the original movie:”The first night it aired, the texting numbers a all the major cell phone carriers went up during the movie. Kids were texting each other: ‘Turn this on,’ ‘Zac’s cute,’.”

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The cast and crew pose together at the world premiere of High School Musical 2 held at the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort on Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif.

Pictured: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale (in BCBG Max Azria), Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Chris Warren Jr., Kaycee Stroh, Ryne Sanborn and director Kenny Ortega. Who can ID the other three adults??

Poor Corbin Bleu is missing out all the great publicity because of his music tour. Poor guy!

Here are two behind-the-scenes shots from the “Got Milk?” set.

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Monique Coleman and Ashley Tisdale look at one of the High School Musical “Got Milk?” outtakes from the photoshoot. On-screen and off-screen couple Zac and Vanessa, aka Zanessa, even signed copies of the HSM DVDs in between takes. Video here.

High School Musical 2 premieres Friday, August 17 @ 8PM ET/PT on The Disney Channel. T-minus 77 days!

More pictures inside of the HSM2 cast…

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The cast of High School Musical 2 poses for the latest Got Milk? advertisement — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu.

Below are some old and new High School Musical 2 movie stills.

High School Musical 2 premieres Friday, August 17 @ 8PM ET/PT on The Disney Channel.

GO WILDCATS!