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Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester Parties in N.Y.C. for 22nd Birthday

Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester Parties in N.Y.C. for 22nd Birthday

Originally posted 04/14/2008 05:50PM

Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester celebrated her 22nd birthday Saturday night in true Blair Waldorf fashion. The actress, dressed in a red, one-shoulder Armani mini-dress and Jill Stuart heels, partied with friends (including costars Nicole Fiscella and Sebastian Stan) at New York's ultra-exclusive Bungalow 8. The birthday girl twirled and spun around the upstairs dance floor overlooking the club's main room before being presented with a chocolate cake with vanilla icing by Fiscella and a club waitress. Meester sipped champagne as she continued to dance along to Blondie's "Heart of Glass" and The Foundations' "Build Me Up Buttercup," until the wee hours of the morning.
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Leighton Cheers On Gossip Costar's Band in N.Y.C. | Leighton Meester

Caught in the Act

Leighton Cheers On Gossip Costar's Band in N.Y.C.

Originally posted 04/01/2008 06:00AM

Leighton Meester, checking out her Gossip Girls' castmate Ed Westwick's band, the Filthy Youth, performing at the Annex on New York's Lower East Side. Earlier in the day, the actress brunched at hipster favorite Freemans along with costar (and concert date) Dreama Walker and two other friends, and the group also did some shopping at Lolli by Reincarnation Boutique.

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Leighton Cheers On Gossip Costar's Band in N.Y.C. | Leighton Meester

Caught in the Act

Caught in the Act!

Originally posted 04/01/2008 06:00AM

• Leighton Meester, checking out her Gossip Girls' castmate Ed Westwick's band, the Filthy Youth, performing at the Annex on New York's Lower East Side. Earlier in the day, the actress brunched at hipster favorite Freemans along with costar (and concert date) Dreama Walker and two other friends, and the group also did some shopping at Lolli by Reincarnation Boutique.

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Leighton Meester: Trying Her Hand at Rap?
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Leighton Meester: Trying Her Hand at Rap?

Originally posted 02/23/2008 10:45AM

Leighton Meester's show Gossip Girl is one big hit. But could the young starlet consider switching to a career as a rapper?

"I have a huge range of songs," Meester, 22, told the blog Just Jared at a promotional event in New York Wednesday about her burgeoning musical career.

Explains the actress: "[On] some of them I just talk, I do a little – not rapping – but talking, sort of spoken word. It's a little Fergie, a little like Gwen Stefani and M.I.A."

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Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester 'Close' to Chace Crawford – But Just Friends | Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester

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Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester Says She's 'Really Close' to Chace Crawford

Originally posted 12/04/2007 03:25PM

Yes, he's dreamy. But Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester is shooting down talk of a romance with costar Chace Crawford.

"For the record, not true!" she told PEOPLE at the Monday night at The Help Group's Annual Teddy Bear Ball, where CW head honcho Dawn Ostroff was being honored.

But the brunette, 21, does admit that Crawford is one of her favorite costars. "I'm really close to Chace," she said. "We're really good friends. [Along with] Nicole [Fiscella], who plays Isabel on the show. We're all just really happy people. We have the same views on life."

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Gossip Girl: That Girl Is Poison | Gossip Girl, Blake Lively

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Gossip Girl: That Girl Is Poison

Originally posted 09/27/2007 06:00AM

You've gotta love a series that's giving you major dramarama payoff in only its second week on the air, right? Other, lesser shows might have made us wait for months to see Blair drop her I–know–what–you–did–last–semester bombshell on former BFF Serena, but GG put it out there in Week Two. "I always knew you were a whore," Blair told a stunned Serena. "I never took you for a liar, too."

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'Gossip Girls' Dish on Heartbreak—and Each Other

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'Gossip Girls' Dish on Heartbreak—and Each Other

Originally posted 09/26/2007 06:00AM

They may backstab on TV, but in real life, the cast of The CW's new teen drama Gossip Girl actually all get along. Really! They swear! We caught up recently with the show's stars—including Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford—and picked their brains about what makes their show so delicious to watch.

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Katie Couric's Daughters Choose Gossip Girl Over News | Katie Couric

Katie Couric's Daughters Would Rather Be Watching Gossip Girl

Originally posted 09/26/2007 03:00PM

Among the viewers that the third-place CBS Evening News with Katie Couric can't necessarily count on are the anchor's own two daughters, Ellie and Carrie – who've set their sights elsewhere.

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