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"High School Musical" cutie Vanessa Hudgens is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed in September, alleging she owes her attorney $150,000. Hudgens says she was only 16 when she signed the deal, so it doesn't hold up!

In his suit, attorney Brian Schall claims he helped Hudgens earn more than $5 million by advancing her funds for her songwriting and recording career. The suit says that Vanessa "has paid some, but not all, of the money owed ..."

Karen will reprise her role in the fourth installment of the action franchise, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

One of the scientists on Johnny 5's side, Fisher Stevens, ate at Mr. Chow on Friday night. "Short Circuit" cast member is alive!

Timid Fisher kept his cool after a TMZ photog told him that "Repo Man" was one of his favorite movies -- even though Stevens wasn't in the film -- and proceeded to get directions to an after-dinner soiree.

Owen "reveals" -- as part of the MySpace series, Artist on Artist -- that he wasn't looking forward to going to India and getting all the shots that are required for such a venture, but he "admits" to skipping the malaria pills. Big reveal!

The A-listers exited the restaurant, to find that the valet had brought the wrong white SUV for them. It appeared that Michael didn't know if the boxy ride was his or not, until the valet said it was a Land Rover ... Douglas owns a sleek Lexus.

The two went back inside the restaurant and our photog waited for the right car to pull up -- it never did. Douglas and Zeta-Jones ended up sneaking out the back -- but TMZ ran back there just in time to get a quick wave from Catherine as they took off!

TMZ has obtained a suit filed by Denise Halicki, the daughter of Toby Halicki, Hollywood's so-called "Car Crash King," against Carroll Shelby, the legendary auto designer and driver. Halicki claims that a Mustang that Shelby helped design and market with Ford, based on the 2000 movie, is a full knock-off of "Eleanor," the car from the original "Gone," made by her father in 1974.

Halicki alleges that Shelby and his companies knew that they "did not have the right to copy or clone Eleanor" from the original movie. What's more, she says that Shelby's marketing and selling of a version of the Mustang is a "blatant theft" of Halicki's creation.

An Alabama etiquette coach who got a little nudie-pic shock in "Borat" is taking off her white gloves and suing Sacha Baron Cohen -- almost a year after the movie was released. Sexy time -- to give it a rest!

Kathie Martin, who runs the Etiquette School of Birmingham, Ala., is just the latest Borat "victim" to bring legal action against Cohen and 20th Century Fox. In Martin's suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, she alleges "commercial misappropriation, fraud, unjust enrichment, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress" by the movie's producers, and is seeking undisclosed damages.

In her scene in "Borat," Martin is shown a naked picture of Borat's "son" during the course of their "interview." Another Birmingham etiquette coach, Cindy Streit, filed a complaint with California's Attorney General last year, alleging violations of the state's Fair Trade Act.

A source tells the NY Observer's Transom the studio was unhappy about the casting choice, and when Robert refused to find someone else, the studio's only option was to drop the deal altogether. A Rose by any other name -- will not do!

Rodriguez has denied these claims and said that the reason for the parting of ways was all about budget, saying that the original backing offered by Universal was $60 million, but by shooting time, costs had ballooned to $72 million.

Common, who plays T.I.'s dad in the film, tells AOL Black Voices that T.I. should continue to pray, saying, "Know that God is with [you]. Know that He knows what the truth is and the truth is going to allow [you] to get out and be alright." Unless, of course, the truth is T.I. did it -- because then he's screwed.

Wu Tang Clan co-founder RZA also had an opinion, saying, "One of my security guards said, 'Don't you ever buy a gun, because you can afford all the security." Perhaps RZA should have given T.I. that advice sooner -- or at least given him his security guard!

The mother-of-four was snapped Monday on the L.A. set of her new 1920s film, "The Changeling," looking like a Prohibition era hottie. What a stretch!

Now we know why she's so thin ... it's the Great Depression!

The pair managed to avoid being photographed together on the red carpet. But at the after party, director Gavin Hood pulled the pair together for a couple of forced photos.

Jake looks thrilled, doesn't he?