Actress Vanessa Hudgens

“I am a happy person,” Hudgens says as she settles in to talk about the new movie. The feature film that is in movie theaters Oct. 24 is the end of a three-year journey that has made the 19-year-old Salinas, Calif., native a superstar. Her face is as well known as fellow Disney star Miley Cyrus or any one of the Jonas Brothers.

She’s got plenty of reasons to be happy. Her role as the very positive Gabriella Montez in the three films gave her a chance to do the thing she loves to do: act, sing, dance. She even found romance with her leading man, Zac Efron.

That romance has not been all smiles. Tabloids and Web sites printed nude photos Hudgens had sent to Efron. That’s the kind of stuff that makes Mickey Mouse blush.

Mostly, though, it has all been good. Hudgens began acting at such an early age that she was home schooled. No traditional high school experience for her. No prom. No graduation line.

No problem.

“That is just another reason why ‘High School Musical’ means so much for me. I got to go to my prom for the first time, but it was a lot better. I got to have the prom every girl wishes they have,” Hudgens says of the prom sequence in the feature film. “I got to wear a cap and gown for the first time and graduate with people who I love dearly, cast members who have become my dearest friends.”

Positive, positive and more positive. That’s Hudgens.

Actress Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan’s husband has a little less than nine months to perfect his own How I Met Your Mother story.

The sitcom star and her hubby of five years, actor Alexis Denisof, are expecting their first child together, Hannigan’s rep, Megan Moss, told People.

The baby, whose gender has not been revealed, is due this spring.

Hannigan’s CBS show is currently in production, though it’s unclear if her pregnancy will be written into the storyline.

The 34-year-old Hannigan and the 42-year-old Denisof met when the actor joined the cast of the actress’ last cult gig, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, back in 1999.

The gorgeous couple tied the knot with a three-day celebration in Palm Springs in 2003.

Jennifer Lopez refused to undergo treatment when she suffered a nervous breakdown in 2002 because she dislikes psychiatrists.

The new mom admits she reached breaking point while filming Enough and was left unable to talk or move, but she ignored relatives and friends who urged her to seek medical help.

Today she explains, “There was a time when I was very overworked and I was doing music and movies and so many things.

“I was suffering from a lack of sleep. And I did have a kind of nervous breakdown. I froze up on set. I was like, ‘I don’t want to move, I don’t want to talk, I don’t want to do anything’. I had a nervous breakdown.
“I kept saying, ‘I’m not weak, I’m not weak’. It’s funny what tricks your mind plays on you. I just didn’t want people to think I was falling apart.”

Lopez was eventually forced to see a doctor after she was bundled offset into a car by her bodyguard but she refused to take the medic’s advice.

She adds, “I’ve still never been to a shrink. I’m not a shrinky person.”