At least Vanessa Hudgens has a gorgeous man to go home to every night.

But even Zac Efron might have trouble distracting his High School Musical co-star from the lawsuit brought on by her former attorney; it focuses on over $150,000 in fees she allegedly owes him.

Superior Court Judge Tricia Ann Bigelow said a jury should decide the case, the Associated Press and People reports.

Vanessa Hudgens is facing a lawsuit... along with a legion of fans!

The lawyer, Brian Schall, filed a breach-of-contract suit against Hudgens in September. He claims the actress agreed to pay him 5 percent of her earnings in October 2005, in exchange for his legal work. She earned more than $5 million with his help, Schall alleges in the suit.

Hudgens disavowed the agreement on October 9. Her current attorney argued California law provides that a contract with a minor can be voided before the person turns 18 or "within a reasonable time afterward."

We're not sure what's worse for former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra:

That she has referred to police officers who arrested her as "crackers," or that she openly offered to give said crackers a blow job?

The train wreck of a singer called her Aunt Sheila on the Monday after her Saturday night arrest for disorderly intoxication, violation of probation and obstruction of justice. According to TMZ, though, Sierra had no idea why she was even in jail.

Jessica told her aunt: "I don't even know what they arrested me for... I didn't fight nobody but the police, little stupid f-cking crackers!"

Blake Fielder-Civil couldn't have said it better himself.

This is certainly one of the more debonair celebrity mug shots we've ever come across. Akon is nothing if not sharply dressed... and a little insane.

Prosecutors have formally charged Akon with endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment, after he allegedly threw some fan off the stage at a concert in New York State back in June. There's a video of it and everything!

In his court appearance Monday, he pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyer issued a statement saying that Akon "deeply regrets" the incident.

Akon sure does take a mean, snazzy mug shot.

It is only fitting that this Akon booking photo comes the same day the African R&B singer earned four Grammy nominations for his album... Konvicted.

After enduring hard drugs, and times, of late, Amy Winehouse and Kanye West enjoyed some good news Thursday, earning 14 Grammy nominations total.

Kanye West, 30, whose mother, Donda West, died in November after undergoing plastic surgery at the (shady) hands of Dr. Jan Adams, earned eight nominations, including for the prestigious album of the year and rap album of the year.

Amy Winehouse, 24, who has battled health and substance abuse problems and the incarceration of husband Blake Fielder-Civil, picked up six nods, including album of the year, song of the year and record of the year, and best new artist.

Winehouse was the subject of ridicule even on what could have been a positive day for the British jazz crooner. Announcing the Grammy nods, George Lopez joked, "Can somebody wake her up around 6 this afternoon and tell her?"

"Rehab" is Amy Winehouse's biggest hit. And where she needs to go.

Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and T-Pain were the other top earners with five nominations each. Artists with four each included Akon, Rihanna, Tim McGraw, John Newton, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, and Chris Daughtry.

In a race for record of the year with Amy Winehouse ("Rehab") are the likes of Beyoncé ("Irreplaceable"), Foo Fighters ("The Pretender"), Rihanna ("Umbrella") and Justin Timberlake ("What Goes Around Comes Around").

Follow the jump for a rundown of the top categories:

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On the set of his upcoming movie, Seventeen, Zac Efron shows off one reason why Teen magazine recently named him the Hottest Guy in Hollywood:

A nicely developed bicep.

The actor has received a raise to star in High School Musical 3, and he continues to date fellow hottie Vanessa Hudgens. Life could be worse.

If you enjoy looking at Keira Knightley naked, you may be in luck:

The actress recently told Elen DeGeneres that she can't stop baring it all during magazine shoots.

"At the moment, my friends actually have bets going on that I can't actually do a photo shoot keeping my clothes on," the actress said, following a question about her recent, naked pictorial for Interview. "And I can't."

And why not, Keira?

Because her birthday suit is "vaguely liberating," the actress said. "I hope I don't become a nudist."

We hope this British star doesn't mind if we don't exactly share that hope.

Keira Knightly admits she can't stop getting nude for photo shoots. But we fail to see the problem.

Ricki Lake has battled weight problems for years.

Now, in an interview with Access Hollywood, the actress and former talk show host reveals a possible reason why: "I was a victim of childhood sexual abuse and I think it contributed. Who knows for sure?"

"I've done many years in therapy and worked on all my issues. I didn't talk about it for, like, 15 or 20 years; I didn't admit that it had happened to me because I wanted to kind of bury things. It, in some way, made me who I am today."

You've gotta admire Lake for speaking out on such a difficult issue.

"I don't want to be a poster child for this at all but it's very weird thing for children when they're violated in that way. Food became a comfort to me; it was my kind of security blanket."

Ricki Lake hopes to help other women in her situation.

Let's read a couple highlights from an interview BuddyTV recently conducted with American Idol runner-up, Blake Lewis. His album hit stores this week...

How would you describe the feel of the album, and the songs that are on the album, to someone who might not be a fan of yours yet?
Easy. Well, if they were born in the ‘80s they'll get it. I call it my 2080s record. All of my influences are very '80s derived: Michael Jackson, Prince, U2, The Police, The Cure, Erasure, New Order, Depeche Mode. All of my melodic tendencies are basically ‘80s driven, so the record has this very electro soul funk pop kind of feel to it, where every song transitions or doesn't transition into the next song.

Just like an electronic mix tape or a hip-hop mix tape. Yeah, there you have it. It's called ADD, Audio Day Dream. Everyone thought I had ADD growing up just because I'm very high energy and focused.

Why should Blake Lewis worry? The American Idol favorite has a new album out and a legion of fans.

You've been making music for a long time now. Do any of the song's have origins prior to American Idol?
Oh yeah, definitely. The whole concept of the album has been mine for years. I have old sample discs that say "B Shorty, ADD Sampler" from like four years ago. Three, four years ago. So definitely there's a lot of concepts of songs that I wrote that were in my book and my journals.

There's definitely a lot of stuff on there from the past, and working with these amazing producers that have inspired me for years. I'm very fortunate to make an album that I'm very passionate about.

Check out the entire interview with Lewis now.

Housewives might know Deanna Russo from The Young and the Restless.

But we assume Playboy has named this actress its December 2007 Babe of the Month for her role in a popular Axe body spray commercial instead.

In the ad, Deanna plays a girl driven by the product's potent scent to rip her boyfriend's father's clothes off; and, in an act Mary Carey would admire, she goes in for the kill by verbalizing a bow chicka wow wow.

"I was in a drugstore recently, and this couple was looking at Axe products," Russo said. "As I walked by I gave them a bow chicka wow wow. They were not amused."

But we certainly are. This sense of humor would make Holly Madison and other Playboy Bunnies proud.

Deanna Russo: Star of The Young and the Restless, men's fantasies. 

Aside from acring, Deanna has ventured into modeling, but she generally doesn't do swimwear.

"Most girls you see in bikinis have square-crotch," she said. "When they put their feet together, there's air between their legs. I was born with thighs; it's the Italian curse."

We know she's lovely, and now it appears Blake Lively is lucky as well. And by that, we mean she's on the cover of the January 2008 issue of Lucky magazine!

The 20-year-old star of the new hit show Gossip Girl talks about her style icons - Audrey Hepburn, Kate Moss and Sienna Miller - and how she aspires to look both "urban chic" and classically sophisticated on and off the set of the CW series.

Lucky cover girl Blake Lively makes Gossip Girl a Wednesday must-see.

The native of Southern California also talks about her favorite musical influences - such as the late, great Ray Charles "for when I want to feel mellow, and Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears when I want something more funky."

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