Ashlee Simpson was trying to go the way of Ashley Tisdale, in selling the story of her nose job to the gossip tabloids. The only problem is, no one wants to buy it.

“She just should have come clean about it at the beginning, when she was an interesting story,” a magazine insider said.

“No one cares now — everyone knew Ashlee did it, it was obvious she had a new nose — but she thought being coy would pay off. That is until Ashley (Tisdale) proved that it’s okay to talk about it.”

Tisdale has survived the criticisms over her recent plastic surgery quite well, going as far as talking to People magazine about her cosmetic fears after the nose job.

“I was so swollen, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, is it going to stay like this?” Tisdale said as she explained how much she regretted performing only two weeks after the procedure.

Daddy’s little girl was beat to the punch!

High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale carrying her dog while arriving at a recording studio in West Hollywood with her mom in Los Angeles, California on January 15th.

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All six of the High School Musical stars have officially signed on for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Productions announced Monday.

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman and Lucas Grabeel will star in the third and final installment, a feature film. The first two movies aired to a record number of viewers on The Disney Channel.

Director Kenny Ortega tells PEOPLE he’s excited about working one last time with the cast, a group of virtually unknown actors before the first HSM movie’s January 2006 debut.

“I am the luckiest guy in the world and I know it,” Ortega says. “This will be our last time together and I love working with these kids so much. It’s going to be great.”

Tisdale, who will reprise her role as school diva Sharpay, says she looks forward to returning to East High set in Utah one last time.

“I’m excited,” Tisdale tells PEOPLE. “But it’s going to be sad. It seems like it will be graduation and I’ll be crying while we’re filming.”

According to the studio, HSM 3: Senior Year finds high school seniors Troy [Efron] and Gabriella [Hudgens] facing the prospect of being separated from one another as they head off in different directions to college. Joined by the rest of the Wildcat crew, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

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Now that Ashley Tisdale got a nose job, will her High School Musical character, Sharpay, do the same? “Ashley’s appearance has been so dramatically altered, producers want to include the surgery in the storyline for High School Musical 3 to explain her new look,” an insider tells In Touch. However, if the writers’ strike is still on when HSM3 begins filming in March, Ashley may have to improvise an explanation for Sharpay’s new nose.

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Of each other. BFF’s Ashnessa was spotted out on yet another shopping adventure- this time heading to the Lisa Kline boutique in Beverly Hills on Saturday. The HSM ladies were helped by security as they made their way to the store’s entrance, being covered with blankets at one point to shield themselves from photographers on site.

Next stop- McD’s! Enjoy the pics below of the ladies lunching at the golden arches. See? Skinny girls DO eat! But what’s annoying is where & what they can eat.

Meeting up for a trip to Woodland Hills & the mall, HSM stars Ashley Tisdale & Vanessa Hudgens were spotted out for lunch along with a little last minute shopping on Christmas Eve.

Check out pics of Miss Tisdale’s new nose … I’m going to have to say I’m a fan of her ‘before’ nose. Thoughts?

I think she looks so different, pre-schnoz surgery. Poor thing, she looks ordinary now, but at least she’s healthy!