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Brooke, Chace, Chloe! Freebie-Seekin' Famous People Flock to Smartphone Soiree

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:07:22 -0400

During a promotional party for the new BlackBerry Tour smartphone at the Thompson Lower East Side on Wednesday, July 9, famous freebie seekers Brooke Shields, Olivia Palermo, and Erin Lucas, among many others, had the opportunity to get the gadgets personally monogrammed. Et tu, Fern Mallis?

“That’s so sweet,” actor Chace Crawford said to a friend who showed off the freshly etched initials on the back of his phone. “I love to BBM!” Mr....

Five Things We Learned About the Next Season of Gossip Girl

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:38:15 -0400

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The Pretty Boys of Hollywood Snip Their Feminine Bangs

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:40 -0400

Two weeks ago, the Observer wrote about the New Male Beauty, a strange cultural shift initiated (in all likelihood) by the Hollywood image factory that has made many of our young leading actors practically indistinguishable.

With their wide-set eyes, narrow noses, rounded jaw lines and carefully placed strands of layered hair, these faces, we said, have become eerily feminine. (See Chace Crawford, Zac Efron, and Ian Somerhalder in our slideshow.)

And because these actors have an...

Lights! Camera! Act Younger! 'Believable' Teens Zoe, Chace, Liam Cast in Twelve

Tue, 26 May 2009 09:08:34 -0400

For the past couple of weeks, director Joel Schumacher has been shooting scenes for his upcoming film Twelve on the Upper East Side.

The movie is based on Nick McDonnell’s 2002 novel of the same title about a Manhattan teen who deals drugs at his private school. (Mr. McDonnell, son of Sports Illustrated editor Terry McDonnell, attended Riverdale prep and wrote the book when he was just 17.)

The film, set for release in...

Series Regulars That Aren't

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:19:03 -0400

It wouldn’t be Grey’s Anatomy without some (more) backstage drama. Actor T.R. Knight, who threatened to quit last year because of a lack of screen time, might finally get granted safe passage off the show. Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello reported yesterday that (spoiler alert!) Mr. Knight’s character, George, will ship off to war and get seriously wounded in the season finale. What remains unclear is what direction the show will take with George going...

Calvin Klein's Triumphant Return to New York

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:59:12 -0500

There we were, lurking the front row about 20 minutes before the start of the Calvin Klein men’s show at CK Inc.’s West 39th Street headquarters on Sunday afternoon, when a storm of flashbulbs signaled what appeared to be the arrival of the first A-List celebrity. Um, is that Kurt Cobain?! the Daily Transom wondered for a split second, squinting its eyes in disbelief. Oh, never mind! It was just Jared Leto, with his...

Andre Benjamin Will Move to New York 'If Benjamin Bixby Stays Successful'

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:20:10 -0500

If GQ’s second annual Best New Menswear Designers in America competition Wednesday night, held in a sprawling loft in Rockefeller Plaza, had been a popularity contest, it’s safe to guess whom the winner would have been: Andre Benjamin, known to fans of the genre-bending hip hop duo OutKast as Andre 3000, and to members of the fashion world as the creative mind behind the clothing label Benjamin Bixby.

Mr. Benjamin spent much of...

Morning Memo: More Gossip Girl Romance; Jeremy Piven's Identity Crisis; Cipriani Scion Hides Out

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:39:34 -0500

Chef David Bouley forced his maitre'd to turn Lou Reed away from his new restaurant because he was wearing jeans and sneakers. [Eater]

Now that Taylor Momsen and Chace Crawford have been spotted making out, we're starting to think all these Gossip Girl hook-ups are some kind of PR ploy. [P6]

Jeremy Piven is getting a little sick of people confusing him with Ari Gold. [Gatecrasher]

Giuseppe Cipriani is hiding out abroad until his family's legal...

The Cast of Gossip Girl: The Way They Were

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:26 -0500

Before Penn Badgely acquired his sarcastic smirk, before Leighton Meester had a stylist, before Blake Lively's breasts became the lead characters on Gossip Girl, before Taylor Momsen's '80s glam hair, and before Ed Westwick mastered the Chuck Face, the young actors on the CW show were, shall we say, not quite as polished.

Digging through old photos of the cast, the Daily Transom discovered that the group of twentysomething lead actors--or teenage actors...

Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick Both Shilling for Sneakers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:19:43 -0500

In an ideal world, if Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick, the young actors who play the evil but secretly good Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl, were to appear in an ad campaign, it would be for Marc Jacobs or Miu Miu or even Chanel; those are just the kind of labels we imagine Chuck and Blair promoting.

But somehow, Mr. Westwick's and Ms. Meester's agents don't seem to get all of this....

Opening This Weekend: Seth Rogen Gets Dirty, Chace Crawford Gets Scary

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:48:00 -0400

The country might be in the midst of the worst recession in ages, but things are looking positively Clintonian at the box office. Last weekend High School Musical 3 and Saw V grossed a combined $73 million. Yowsers! While there are only three wide releases coming to theaters this weekend (one being Changeling, which opened here in New York last week), expect the surge to continue. Here's a handy guide to the weekends new...

Morning Memo: Michelle Obama's Leno Appearance; Chace Crawford's Guilty Conscience; Models Hit By the Downturn

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:41:59 -0400

Michelle Obama wore J. Crew for her appearance on Jay Leno last night. Regarding Sarah Palin's new wardrobe, Ms. Obama told Mr. Leno that "our policy has been whatever you wear, you buy." [People]

Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford told a reporter that his show's "racy undertone" is a "weight on [his] conscience." [US Weekly]

Model Carol Alt is suing ex-husband and former New York Ranger Ron Greschner over $1 million he allegedly owes her. [NYDN]

A...

Morning Memo: Scarlett Johnansson Slights Bouncer; Chace Crawford Lives Like a Pig; Travis Barker and DJ AM Expected to Recover

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:12:53 -0400

Scarlett Johansson informed a photo-seeking bouncer at Lower East Side bar National Underground that she is "not the Statue of Liberty." [P6]

Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford brought a girl back to his apartment and she reported that the bathroom is covered in "crusty toothpaste and self-tanner." [Full Disclosure]

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, both of whom were badly injured in a plane crash on Friday, are expected to make a full...

Morning Memo: Chace Crawford Digs Palin; Lydia Hearst Soldiers On; Lauren Conrad Becomes an Author

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:31:41 -0400

Chace Crawford is no East Coast elitist! The Gossip Girl star told reporters that Sarah Palin is "quite attractive" before refusing to "talk politics." [US Weekly]

Lydia Hearst is expected to continue with Fashion Week, despite being sent to the hospital for kidney stones on Tuesday. [P6]

Reality show queen Lauren Conrad will be writing a series of three young adult novels for HarperCollins about "a girl who moves to LA and stars in...

Morning Memo: James Franco is Eye Candy at Columbia; Cityfile Gets Servicey; Alec Baldwin Loses It Again

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:15:28 -0400

Columbia students have been harassing James Franco, who's enrolled in an MFA program in writing. [P6]

Mary-Kate Olsen forced organizers of at the Rock and Republic show to re-seat her in between Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr, though she later obliged them by "[smiling] in the front row." [NYDN]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs totally lied about having a private jet! [Palm Beach Post]

For those who don't know their Hamish Bowles from their Michael...

Morning Memo: Jessica Alba and Friends Show Up in Denver, But Barack Obama Keeps His Distance

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:03:03 -0400

Barack Obama's campaign managers are focused on keeping celebrities off the stage and out of sight of cameras in order to prevent further "celebrity" attacks from the McCain camp. [NY Daily News]

That's not stopping them from coming to Denver, though. Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Fat Joe, Wilmer Valderrama and Sofia Vergara will reportedly party tonight at the Voto Latino DNC event in Denver. [P6]

Richard Price, author of Lush Life and...

Ed Westwick Opens Up to Page Six Mag: "It's Not True, But Hilarious," He Says About Being Gay

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:58 -0400

As our fascination with Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick continues, we direct you to a Page Six Magazine profile of the British actor, in which Mr. Westwick has a few things he'd like to clear up.

For one thing, while he may go out quite a bit, it's for fun--not tabloid mentions.

“If I want to go out and drink and throw a glass in the street, I’ll do it,"...

Morning Memo: Chace Crawford's Less Illustrious Past; Gwen Stefani Has a New Son; 1Oak Gets Sued

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:18:37 -0400

When actor Chace Crawford worked as a valet in New York, pre-Gossip Girl days, he was terrified when Suge Knight came in with his car (Mr. Crawford made one of the other valets move it!). [Us Weekly]

Eleanor Wohl will reportedly throw a party on Sunday at her Meadow Lane Estate in honor of Prudential Douglas Elliman chairman Howard Lorber to thank him for helping the Chabad of Southampton in its zoning dispute....

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton's McCain Video; Gossip Girl Conflicts With Chace Crawford's Morals; Tommy Hilfiger's Breakup

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:20:42 -0400

Paris Hilton has filmed a mock campaign ad responding to John McCain's references to her in his latest campaign ad. In it, she calls the Republican candidate "the oldest celebrity in the world. [NY Daily News]

Writer Jay McInerney says John Edwards's reported mistress, Rielle Hunter, is "a nice girl"; she was the inspiration for the character of Alison Poole in Mr. McInerney's 1988 novel Story of My Life. [P6]

Gossip Girl's...