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Leighton Meester is the latest celebrity attached to a perfume. Unlike Taylor Swift (check her sweet scent info here) Justin Bieber (see Bieber’s foray into fragrance here) and Jordin Sparks (see her eau de parfum here) who are working on a scent to bear their name, the Gossip Girl actress has been named the new face of Vera Wang for the product that will launch next year.

The designer noted that she believes Meester’s “beauty, talent and spirit will inspire all the young women that I hope will enjoy this passionate, new young fragrance.”

The current Hair Ambassador for Herbal Essences, Leighton will shoot the Wang advertising campaign in NYC this weekend with the ads starting to appear in the summer 2011 issues of magazines.

Gossip Girl actress Jessica Szohr has landed on the cover of ASOS magazine for the November 2010 edition. She is striking on the front in the black and silver draped dress and slightly messy ‘do. The beautiful Szohr tells the fashion magazine about her own style, insisting she is far more comfortable dressed down than in the glamorous clothing of her GG character Vanessa:

“At heart, I’m still a simple jeans and T-shirt kind of girl,” Szohr admits, whose personal style mixes designer items with pieces picked up at vintage shops and small boutiques. When questioned about her favorite wardrobe on set Jessica confesses, “From the show, I’d choose Jenny Humphrey’s (Taylor Momsen) style. Its grungy, rock n’ roll, looks thrown together, doesn’t look super glam.”

Szohr has her hands full with a new movie. She will costar with Joseph Cross (from Running With Scissors and Milk) in Art Machine, a film about “a child-prodigy painter (Cross) on the verge of turning 18 who is suffering from bipolar disorder and needs to come up with an art show to end all art shows. When he meets a group of artist-anarchists, his world turns upside down. Szohr plays one of the outlaw hipsters, a pyrotechnic artist who is attracted to the prodigy, but as his manic madness grows, she becomes concerned for his safety.”

Check out more photos of Szohr’s photo shoot for ASOS below. Read more »

Always fashionable, Ashley Greene will be the perfect choice to host a new CW TV special revolving around the young and the hip in the design business. Fashion Forward: Making It will air on December 8th. Here is the press release:

The CW Network will air FASHION FORWARD: MAKING IT, on Wednesday, December 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET). The one-hour special is a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to make it in the fashion industry, from the creation of designs to building a business and a brand.

Hosted by The Twilight Saga actress Ashley Greene, FASHION FORWARD: MAKING IT will highlight the young designers and celebrities who are putting their own unique stamp on the industry today. Among those featured are Marcus Wainwright and David Neville from rag & bone, Alexander Wang, Tory Burch, Justin Timberlake and Gwen Stefani.

This is perfect for Greene. I hope this special really does give a true behind-the-scenes look at the industry and not just the glamour of those who have made it.

Dianna Agron is absolutely gorgeous in the October issue of InStyle magazine. The Glee actress is featured in a fall make-up/beauty spread and she looks lovely. Agron tells InStyle that she is into reincarnation and thinks she was a pirate:

“I’m really into the whole idea of past lives and stuff like that. Maybe I was a pirate in my past life. I didn’t kill people, though. I was just a badass.”

Currently starring in the second season of Glee as cheerleader Quinn, Dianna is headed to the big screen in the movie I Am Number Four with Alex Pettyfer.

More magazine scans under. Read more »

Australian magazine Girlfriend nabbed Leighton Meester for the cover of the August 2010 edition.  For the issue, Meester gave the mag some of her personal philosophies on how to be your happiest:

Be Natural: “I never wear make-up when I’m not at work. It can make you forget what you look like, and I’ve grown to really love the way I look without it.”

Have Priorities: “I’ve never been crazy. I’m a very good girl, to be honest. I don’t do anything to hurt anyone. Honestly, all I ever do is work. ”

Resist the Pressure: “I am this way and that’s it. I’ve never been under pressure to lose weight – if I want to eat chocolate, I will.”

She’s certainly right about her work ethic. The actress, who just wrapped filming the movie Monte Carlo with Selena Gomez and Cory Monteith, is currently working in New York on the new season of her hit TV show Gossip Girl. She has a ton of big screen projects for release next year, including The Roommate with Cam Gigandet (my personal fave ex-vampire) and The Oranges with Hugh Laurie.

See the scans for more Leighton goodness here.

Ashley Greene is taking over promotional duties from Lauren Conrad for Avon’s Mark line of cosmetics. The Twilight beauty is perfect for this advertising campaign:

“Ashley has a natural beauty, but I love that she experiments with fashion,” said Claudia Poccia, global president, Mark. “She mixes it up and makes it her own.”

“We have this mission of celebrating young women making their mark on the world,” Poccia said. “Ashley has set goals for herself and is achieving those goals.”

Greene’s first ad is now pulled from youtube – which is ridiculous. I understand a company that wants to protect it’s image or is concerned with people altering the ad, but these websites (including us) are actually helping to PROMOTE the product – FOR FREE. Why take it down?  It’s Avon for heaven’s sake. They can use all the free promotion to teens they can get.

So let me ask you – does this make a difference to you? Would you buy the product just because of Ashley? Does the fact that the company won’t let you view the ad bug you or do you not care at all?

Sound off below!

A new charitable campaign is underway from Neutrogena. Brand ambassadors Vanessa Hudgens and Hayden Panettiere helped announce the initiative by the cosmetics giant to give away up to $200,000 to various charities and teens can help decide who gets the money. By purchasing the Wave Sonic Power-Cleaner and Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit product, those proceeds will be used by GlobalGiving for disaster relief, education and environmental causes.

“Often people want to participate, but they don’t know how so the fact Neutrogena is opening the door and kids are getting to be a part of something and help the world is an amazing thing to be a part of,” says Panettiere.

Between now and August 23rd, go to Neutrogena’s Facebook page and take the quiz to determine where you want Neutrogena to give that green.

[image: People Magazine]

Selena Gomez was named one of People magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful for 2010. The Monte Carlo actress was one of a handful of stars asked to pose for the photo shoot in minimal make-up – mascara and lip gloss.

Actress Zoe Kravitz hit the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the week to premiere her latest film Beware the Gonzo with costar Jesse McCartney. Tonight (April 28th) she shined on her own in a shimmering silvery strapless gown at the Chanel TFF Artist Awards dinner.

[images: PNP/WENN.com]

Ugh! Poor Taylor Swift was put on the cover of Russian fashion magazine Oops! and it’s just another unfortunate example of how photoshop can go so wrong so fast. It’s got a Heidi Montag way-to-much-plastic-surgery look to it. What do you think?