Actress Blake Lively shunned a string of lucrative fashion deals after shooting to fame on hit TV drama Gossip Girl, because she only ever wanted to represent luxury designer Chanel.
The star has become one to watch on red carpets since landing a role in the teen series in 2007, and her sharp style recently caught the eye of legendary fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld, who signed her as the face of Chanel’s Mademoiselle handbag line earlier this year.
Lively admits it is a dream come true to work for Chanel and she still can’t believe her luck – especially after being the guest of honor at two special dinners held by Chanel in New York and Paris, France last week.

She tells the New York Times, “I was just having a conversation and I looked down and saw, ‘Chanel: Dinner in Honor of Blake Lively’. It’s crazy. I had other opportunities and I would say, ‘Thank you so much, but I am holding out for Chanel’. That’s who I want to be the face of.”

The Chanel deal isn’t Lively’s only fashion achievement – famed footwear designer Christian Louboutin named a shoe after the star last year.

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Blake Lively is Chanel’s newest face and a shot of her first ad has landed. After a photo shoot with Karl Lagerfeld and a week of party-hopping to promote her upcoming Mademoiselle handbag campaign, Lively is now posed in infinity in front of a mirrored wall with a hot, red bag, and there’s more to come.

Blake Lively struck several poses for Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld for her upcoming Mademoiselle handbag ad campaign. The series of shots is set to hit magazines in April, but the first image has already landed and SheKnows has it here.

When Chanel signed Lively as the face of their Mademoiselle handbag line back in January, Lagerfeld called her “kind of an American dream girl.”

It’s become clear that the 23-year-old Gossip Girl star is just as enamored with her photog and the Chanel name. “I had other opportunities and I would say, ‘Thank you so much, but I am holding out for Chanel,’” she told The New York Times. “That’s who I want to be the face of. And people would say, ‘Well, that’s unrealistic, they only hire Europeans,’ and I said, ‘Well, how great. I’ll be the first then.’”

Lively was over the moon when the big shoot finally took place in Chanel’s Parisian headquarters. She was so excited to be striking poses for Lagerfeld, in fact, that she shot her own photo of him behind the camera, according to WWD.

Blake Lively and Karl Lagerfeld

“I have such a respect for fashion and such an appreciation for it that if there are people like Karl Lagerfeld out there designing, who am I?” she asked. “I want to bow down to them and be a representative for them if they’ll have me.”

Lively, who was also snapped in Paris leaving the Chanel store for lunch at Bistro Volnay on March 7, 2011, originally broke into the spotlight thanks to her role as Gossip Girl fashionista Serena van der Woodsen. With more shots to come from the Chanel campaign, Lively is set to hit theaters this summer in Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern. In the meantime, after her success in The Town, she is preparing to take on addiction again in Hick, in which she’ll play mommy to Chloe Moretz.

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Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford worries about Taylor Momsen’s racy reputation, but she’s adamant it’s not her “place” to dish out advice to her teenage co-star.

The 17-year-old actress/rocker has come under intense scrutiny for her outspoken opinions and provocative persona, and she has been accused of being a bad role model for her young fans.

Rutherford, who plays Momsen’s onscreen step-mom in the hit drama, reveals she is concerned about the way the young star conducts herself – but insists she doesn’t feel qualified to offer her help to her young colleagues.

She tells Britain’s Grazia magazine, “I do worry about Taylor, but I also think she’s smart and knows what she’s doing. Like Lady Gaga has her persona, I am sure there is an element of persona to it with Taylor.”

“I don’t dispense advice – they don’t ask me for it and I don’t think it’s my place. Lord knows, I haven’t got it all figured out myself yet either.”  

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Leighton Meester‘s cast mates on the set of upcoming movie The Roommate were convinced the actress was “antisocial”, because she completely isolated herself to prepare for the disturbing role.

The Gossip Girl star plays a deranged student in the thriller alongside Minka Kelly, Billy Zane and Cam Gigandet. Meester used a number of acting techniques to add realism to the role and she locked herself away in her trailer for long periods of time to perfect her portrayal of the loathsome character.

She tells Nylon, “I spent a lot of time listening to music that made me feel a certain way, and I started staring in the mirror and not liking myself.”

And even her co-stars noticed her odd behavior – Kelly adds, “People on set would mistake her for being sort of antisocial. She would isolate herself from everyone.”

The Roommate is due for release next week.

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Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley recently caught up with Conde Nast Traveler and shared some thoughts on his recent travels with the magazine.

“The landscape in Iceland was intimidating and brutal: geysers, waterfalls, billion-year-old moss-covered lava, ” he says of his trip to the island nation.

“And Reykjavík’s nightlife is just as wild. At Prikid bar, they played great American hip-hop, served shot after shot of a licorice liquor called Topaz, and treated me as if I were the entire cast of Ocean’s Eleven,” he adds.

The gossip guy also talks about his trip to Southeast Asia; however, his old fall-back is an annual trek to Park City, Utah for some skiing with his semi-pro friends.

Badgley is currently shooting his new film Margin Call, which also stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons and Zachary Quinto.

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“Gossip Girl’s” resident bad girl has stepped up her game. Leighton Meester is playing a psycho college freshman on the warpath in “The Roommate,” and Minka Kelly is her victim.

In Nylon magazine’s latest issue Meester shows off her softer side, but don’t let her playfulness fool you.  Leighton tells the mag she had a wild time playing the role.

“The roommate is not a good reflection of how I am as a roommate. I play a psychopath…I didn’t have to hold back at all,” she explained.

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Leighton Meester attended The Art of Elysium 4th Annual “Heaven” bala black tie charity gala in Los Angeles on Saturday wearing a low-cut black dress. What do you think of Leighton’s sexy dress?

Last month the “Gossip Girl” star stripped to just underwear and a see-through raincoat for a January cover photo shoot with Allure.

Meester recently stated she won’t return to the CW series when her contract is up, and appeared at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in a men’s suit.

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Production on hit TV series Gossip Girl and Philip Seymour Hoffman’s new movie A Late Quartet was halted on Thursday, after a massive snow storm struck New York City.

The wintry blast began on Wednesday afternoon, and, by Thursday, 15 inches of snow had been dumped on the city, closing local airports and production on TV and film projects.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, New York-based crime drama Law and Order: SVU was also affected – bosses issued a last-minute production change on Wednesday night, moving an outdoor shooting location inside.

The production also provided courtesy “snow rooms” last night for crew members who have to travel long distance to work.

Spokesman Sharon Pannozzo , “If they were on the streets today with all the snow banks, we’d never be able to get the trucks parked.”

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Teen star Taylor Momsen is setting her sights high in her music career – she wants to work with Beatles legend Paul McCartney.

The Gossip Girl actress fronts rock band The Pretty Reckless, and writes all of the material for the group.

Momsen admits she’d love to head into the studio with singer/songwriter McCartney – and she wouldn’t turn down the chance to team up with former Oasis star Noel Gallagher either.

She says, “My all-time favorite band is The Beatles for their genius. I’d love to write with Paul McCartney that would be awesome… John Lennon’s not a possibility anymore but Paul McCartney would be amazing to collaborate with.”

“Noel Gallagher. I’d love to write with Noel Gallagher. I’d do a song with all of Oasis but I’d love to write a song with Noel.”

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The Pretty Reckless, fronted by Gossip Girl’s Taylor Momsen, will hit the road in support of their full length CD, “Light Me Up” available digitally February 8th on Interscope Records. Runner Runner will support The Pretty Reckless on their headline tour which commences February 11th in Los Angeles concluding March 20th in Hartford, CT.

“Light Me Up” debuted on the UK’s rock chart at #1, spending 6 consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. The single debuted on the main chart at #6. The Pretty Reckless performed at this year’s Bamboozle Festival and on the entire nationwide run of this year’s Vans Warped Tour. Rollingstone.com picked TPR as one of the five breakout bands to watch at this year’s festival and Spin.com called Momsen’s songs “pretty kickass.”

“The girl can really wail, singing with a remarkably raspy, world-weary howl that’s worth taking seriously.”

The songs are all written by Momsen, her producer Kato Khandwala (Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, All Time Low) and guitarist Ben Phillips.

Momsen is the face of Madonna’s “Material Girl” clothing line sold exclusively at Macy’s. In addition, Taylor is the face of John Galliano’s newest fragrance “parlez-moi d’amour” (Talk to me about love).

 

 

 

Check out TPR on the road:
February 11 Los Angeles, CA El Rey theater
February 12 San Diego, CA Soma Sidestage
February 14 Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch
February 17 Austin, TX Stubb’s
February 18 Houston, TX HOB Bronze Peacock
February 19 Dallas, TX House of Blues Cambridge
February 20 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
February 22 St. Louis, MO Firebird
February 23 Indianapolis, IN Earth House
February 24 Pontiac, MI The Pike Room
February 25 Niagara Falls, NY Hard Rock Café
February 26 Toronto, ON Tattoo Rock Parlour
February 27 Montreal, QC La Tulipe
March 2 New York, NY Santo’s Party House
March 3 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
March 4 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
March 10 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
March 11 Columbus, OH The Basement
March 12 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
March 13 Pittsburgh, PA Club AE
March 16 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
March 17 Vienna VA Jammin Java
March 18 Asbury Park, NJ Wonder Bar
March 20 Hartford, CT Webster Underground


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