NEW SEXY-ADULT ALBUM!

Expect a new, "definitely more grown-up" sound from Vanessa Hudgens when the "High School Musical" princess's second album gets released next year. That's the word from Vanessa, who tells us she's seven songs into the record, which she expects to have out after she finishes filming the third "High School Musical" movie in the spring."It's really fun, R&B, soulful," she says, but adds, "I'm still waiting to work with the big producers." The 19-year-old beauty is also "trying to work out another movie before we start 'High School Musical 3' as well, but trying to figure out everyone's schedule -- it's very complicated."

Hudgens, who gained notoriety when her nude photos were leaked on the Internet last summer -- which led her to make a public apology -- told us at the event that she isn't letting current Internet chatter get to her. She smiled and shook her head over speculation that her romance with leading man Zac Efron is merely a publicity ploy, saying, "I just brush it off. People can say what they want to say. I know what's real and I know what's fake, and that's all that matters."

I'll keep you all updated on this new SEXY Album!