Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in Thirteen (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008), which brought her significant mainstream success.
The success of the first film led to Hudgens' acquiring a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008).
Variety’s Clayton Davis Returns to ABC’s Oscar Pre-Show
variety.comJaden Thompson Variety‘s senior awards editor Clayton Davis will make his return to the Oscars pre-show “Countdown to Oscars: On the Red Carpet Live,” airing on ABC from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
EDT/10:00-1:00 p.m. PDT. Davis has been tracking awards season for Variety since 2020; his predictions for this year’s Oscars can be found here.
Hosted by “World News Tonight” weekend anchors Linsey Davis and Whit Johnson, the pre-show will feature previews of the awards show, live interviews with nominees and presenters and an exclusive glimpse of the Governors Ball, the official post-Oscars celebration.
Linsey Davis is also an anchor on “ABC News Live Prime,” and Johnson is a “Good Morning America” weekend co-anchor. Additional Oscars pre-show reporters include Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan, co-anchors of “GMA3: What You Need to Know”; ABC News correspondent Chris Connelly; ABC News contributors Kelley Carter and Mike Muse; and celebrity stylist Joe Zee.
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