She's making the kind of music she wants, her way. Her last CD "Coverage" was loaded with cover tunes of classic rock and ballads. She's choosing film projects according to what touches her. Actress/singer Mandy Moore is asserting her liberty and individuality and as the daughter of the U.S. President in the fun romantic comedy Chasing Liberty, her character is very much like her; a young woman asserting her high-spirited freedom. Moore is dating tennis star Andy Roddick but in her new film, the object of her affections is a hot international photographer who turns out to be more than he seems. Mandy had a lot of fun on European locales while shooting her movie but is a homebody at heart, glad to be back in the U.S. talking to us about her CD choices and kissing "five or six" guys on first meeting to choose her "Liberty" leading man.

We chatted with the young star before the holidays in Los Angeles. She breezed into the room wearing an off-the-shoulder peach top, white pants and very long chandelier earrings. She looked Spring fresh in the dead of winter.

TeenHollywood: We love your outfit. Do tell...

Mandy: It's by designer Luca Luca. The earrings are by Laurie Rodkin. I wish all the stuff was mine. I'm just wearing it.

TeenHollywood: The soundtrack for this movie is so great – did you have any input into the music in the movie at all?