Leighton Meester - Leighton News #5: Because ALL News Is Good News When It Comes To Her! - Page 5

Lazy · 09-16-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by {Melody} (View Post)

Thanks for the link. If only i can watch the video

Why can't you watch it?

**crazycait714** · 09-16-2008, 10:26 AM

Yeah i wish you were able to see it.

Lazy · 09-16-2008, 10:36 AM

I posted a downloadable link in the guest appearances thread.

ETA: Thanks to Chaz for the video:

YouTube - D10 - Gossip Girl Set & Cast Gossip

Lazy · 09-18-2008, 01:17 PM

Leighton will be on THE VIEW Friday, Sept. 19. Thanks to blairwaldorfs and CW source for the info.

New interview:

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OK! Interview: Leighton Meester

Gossip Girl cutie Leighton Meester is at the top of her game. She's on a hit show, got to make out with Entourage hottie Adrien Grenier and was recently voted New York's most stylish woman by OK! readers.

"I was actually just talking about that, saying something about Milan and flipping through magazines," the actress told OK! at an event she co-hosted at the Kira Plastinina store in NYC's SoHo. "I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice because I feel like I've grown so much with my style and everything because I've been able to have fun with it. It's really fun for me.

So how does Leighton cope with her fame?

"It's changed everything for the better," she said. "It's different, but I'm happy. This is the best life that I could ask for, and it's more than I thought it could be. I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was. I didn't understand it and now this is my life and it's so funny! I couldn't be happier."

Leighton's character on Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf, is a modern day Holly GoLightly who is obsessed with New York fashion and Breakfast at Tiffany's. In real life, the actress tells OK! she shares the same fascination with old Hollywood.

"I really love old movies and I love movies with Bette Davis and her kind of style and look," she tells OK!. "I love that time period. Because of the show, I've fallen in love with Audrey Hepburn. Blair wants to live the fantasy life of Breakfast at Tiffany's or My Fair Lady, so I've gotten to see a lot of the fashion."

Leighton continues, "I think the most wonderful thing about her [Hepburn] is that she set a lot of trends and they were all about being modern yet having your own kind of look because you can be stylish and trendy all you want, but at the end of the day it's about what you feel amazing in."

When it comes to today's fashion, Leighton says she admires actresses like Cate Blanchett, telling OK!, "She's so classic but willing to take risks too. Her personal style is so beautiful and natural and down-to-earth and she can still wear really incredible dresses and not be taken over by it."

Her own personal style she keeps tucked away inside two brand new closets she had re-done in her Manhattan apartment.

"When I first moved to New York to do the show I had a little half of an entry way closet. I had clothes hanging on my fireplace, on my lamp, it was crazy," she told OK!. "When I moved into my new place, that is the one thing that I love and I had to wait two months for it but it's the biggest closet I've ever had. I have another closet in the hallway too. Ahh, it's so amazing!"

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**crazycait714** · 09-18-2008, 01:42 PM

Thanks for that interview! Leighton's so cute.

I hope someone puts the interview of The View online.

chazman · 09-19-2008, 10:06 AM

Leighton on "The View" - Dailymotion

Lazy · 09-19-2008, 11:29 AM

Thanks Chaz. I had no idea it already aired.

**crazycait714** · 09-19-2008, 12:10 PM

Yay i'll have to watch this soon.

Lazy · 09-19-2008, 12:14 PM

She was so cute and gave good answers. She seems to get more and more comfortable with these kind of interviews which is nice to see.

**crazycait714** · 09-19-2008, 12:41 PM

That's great. Her dress is so cute.

Lazy · 09-19-2008, 01:49 PM

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Leighton Meester Named Hottest Star on TV

'Gossip Girl' hottie Leighton Meester was named the hottest star on TV by FHM Online. Already heating up the airwaves, CW’s Gossip Girl star tops a new top ten list.

“As bad girl Blair Waldorf in this year's breakout hit, Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester has stolen the spotlight with her mind-blowing good looks and amazing performance,” said FHM Online U.S. Editor JR Futrell.

So who else made the cut? Here's the top ten:

1. Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl)
2. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes)
3. Madeline Zima (Californication)
4. Deanna Russo (Knight Rider)
5. Jamie Lynn Sigler (Entourage)
6. Jaime King (Gary Unmarried)
7. Summer Glau (The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
8. Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory)
9. Dania Ramirez (Heroes)
10. Eva Longoria-Parker (Desperate Housewives)

Do you agree with the list? Who gets your pick for hottest TV star?

Leighton Meester Named Hottest Star on TV | Hollyscoop

Thanks to Stacy for posting it in the Leighton thread at the GG board.

**crazycait714** · 09-19-2008, 01:55 PM

That is so awesome! Go Leighton!

I just watched her on The View. She was great.

**TheMusicLives** · 09-19-2008, 06:05 PM

Yes!

I'm so glad she's getting noticed!

**crazycait714** · 09-19-2008, 08:01 PM

Me too Beth.

gleechild · 09-19-2008, 08:02 PM

For anyone who might be curious... The View clip does have a spoiler scene in it. I only know about one from "The Ex-Files", I cut the clip off after that, so I don't know if there is anymore.

If there IS a scene from another episode besides TEF, can you let me know? Otherwise I'll watch The View clip after Monday's episode airs...

Thanks