Vanessa Hudgens models the season’s best party looks in the latest issue of Glamour. Here’s what the sometimes clothed, always wonderful High School Muscial star had to say about having fun with trendy fashion:

On her shoe obsession:

“[I’m a] Christian Louboutin freak.”

On her current obsession, the moderately priced line Free People:

“If something’s cool and funky and I like it, it doesn’t matter how much it costs.”

Vanessa Hudgens: Cute, popular and always in style.

On her favorite style-setters:

“Mary-Kate Olsen, Victoria Beckham and Nicole Richie. [They] have fun with fashion.”

(NOTE: How about someone non-anorexic, like Julianne Hough? Just saying.)

On how a great dress makes her feel:

“Feminine and sexy–just how a girl should!”

Some celebrity fashion face-offs are no brainers. Denise Richards vs. Leighton Meester? Come on. Why even show up, Denise?

But the following battle of young beauties should be one of the most tightly contested in the history of this Hollywood Gossip feature.

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is wearing the same dress below as Dancing with the Stars professional Julianne Hough, albeit it in a different color. Who do you think looks better in it?

As everyone knows by now, Vanessa Hudgens also posed naked awhile back. We’re anxious to compare her photos with those of Julianne Hough nude. (Hint, hint, Julianne. Get to posing!)

Welcome, celeb gossip readers, to The Hollywood Gossip Caption Contest, our fun Friday afternoon tradition. Who won this week’s Caption Contest?

It was a tough call with all your terrific entries for this Zanessa (Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron) photo, but we went with Jessica Aparicio. Nice!

Scroll down to read the full list of responses, with the winning entry appearing below the picture. Thanks for playing and good luck again this week!

Another day out and about shooting the highly anticipated High School Musical 3!

Vanessa Hudgens is photographed and interviewed in the latest issues of Details.

In it, the High School Musical star sounds incredibly mature and grounded about the current era of celebrity gossip, accepting it as part of a successful career.

“If you have paparazzi, you know you’ve gotten somewhere,” Hudgens said.

As for a certain nude photo scandal that broke last year, Vanessa shrugged it off, as well, chalking the incident up as a road block in life:

“Honestly, you have your ups and downs. But it’s over with and it’s done.”

Meanwhile, Vanessa and the gang (including boyfriend Zac Efron) are currently at a top secret location in Utah shooting the feature film High School Musical 3.

It’s due out in October.

Vanessa Hudgens is about to begin shooting High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

As a warm-up act for what will surely be a box office sensation, though, Hudgens has spent the last few months in the recording studio. She’s hard at work on her second CD, Identified.

Here’s the album cover for the star’s sophomore effort:

Will you buy Identified, the second album from Vanessa Hudgens?

Vanessa’s new single, “Sneakernight,” has already been leaked online. Blender says of the new song,:

“Teens will dance (and giggle), parents will overpay for the concert and all will be right with the teen pop universe.”

Sounds about right to us.

To many, this might be akin to asking which is their favorite child.

Nevertheless, it’s an issue that must be broached, especially as talk of High School Musical 4 heats up: Who is your favorite character from the franchise?

Take a look at the photo below and make your decision.

Clockwise, from top left: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Ashley Tisdale and Corbin Bleu. Leave a comment and let us know which is your favorite. You can only choose one!

Vanessa Hudgens chose a good time to get a bad haircut.

With the celebrity gossip world distracted by Eliot Spitzer’s prostitute, a set of Kristin Davis nude photos and a possible Lindsay Lohan sex tape, few will even notice that Hudgens may have gone overboard with her bangs.

What do you think? Should Zac Efron break up with Vanessa over this disaster?

Before she shoots High School Musical 3, Vanessa Hudgens is busy starring in Will.

In this offbeat romantic comedy, the 19-year-old actress plays Sa5m (the “five” is silent, Hudgens told Entertainment Tonight), a teenage misfit caught up in her high-school’s battle of the bands.

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

Call us crazy, but we prefer Vanessa Hudgens nude to this darker look.

Meanwhile, Zac Efron might need to get jealous of Hudgens’ costar, Gaelen Connell, the actor that portrays the movie’s title character.

“We do have a kiss scene, a very funny, awkward kiss scene,” Vanessa said of Gaelen.

Forget Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Mike Huckabee.

While these political stars each have their positive attributes, none are worthy of the sought-after title of Celebrity Gossip President.

Okay, so we just made that title up 45 minutes ago. But we felt that in an exciting presidential election year, The Hollywood Gossip should hold its own race - and YOU, our readers, should get to vote on the winner!

Step #1? A PRIMARY featuring seven exciting President-VP tickets from the world of celebrity gossip. Your votes will help narrow the field to three by May 1, leading to a special run-off election among the top vote-getters.

You can VOTE HERE now, with the ballot also appearing on the right-hand side of The Hollywood Gossip’s home page until May 1.

Now, we present you with the candidates for Celebrity Gossip President and Vice President, along with the respective parties nominating them …

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
(Reality TV Party)
Phony, plastic, master manipulators and attention-seeking media whores who are obsessed with fame. It’s like The Hills couple was destined to go into politics.

Kim Kardashian and Ray J
(Celebrity Sex Tape Party)
Upside: Not-so-secret videotaping of all U.S. citizens is sure to improve our national security; Downside: Budgetary concerns due to new White House furniture needing to be made to accommodate Kim’s giant ass.

Donald Trump and Vince McMahon
(Bad Hair-Megalomaniac Party)
If a Trump-McMahon team fails, it certainly won’t be due to lack of funds. Or shameless, self-promoting publicity stunts. Or huge grapefruits.

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
(Super-Cute Celeb Couple Party)
Zanessa promises nude photos and perfect hair for all!

Suri Cruise and Jayden James Federline
(Celebrity Baby Party)
Upside: Very cute, little political baggage offers fresh start. Downside: Inexperience, possible brainwashing (Suri) and malnutrition (Jayden).

Adnan Ghalib and Sam Lutfi
(Seedy Britney Spears Hanger-On Party)
Should either be apprehended as part of a sleeper cell before the November election, Alli Sims will take his place on the ticket.

Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest
(American Idol Party)
A Simon-Ryan ticket will be full of witty barbs, low-brow insults and palpable, homoerotic tension. At least Paula won’t be part of it.

That’s it! Cast your vote for your favorite candidates in our Celebrity Gossip Presidential Primary by voting on our home page or by clicking HERE!

Zanessa - the two and only Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens - made a guest appearance on Oprah Winfrey earlier this week.

The following video is part of a segment from Oprah’s Building a Dream House show. In it, the world’s cutest couple surprisd three kids with props from High School Musical for their new bedrooms.

Check out how excited these fans become at the sight of Zac and Vanessa. But can you blame them?