Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester just landed herself a new job.  Not that she needed it, but any girl who loves fashion would die for this gig.

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Leighton has been named as the new face of Missoni.  Her gal pal dished to In Touch,

“Leighton is thrilled to be working with Missoni! She has such great style and has always loved their clothes.”

Leighton Meester The Face Of Vera Wang’s New Fragrance

So now she’s an actress, singer, and model.  What can’t she do?  Cook?  Hmmm.  Is it really possible to be good at everything?  I guess we will have to wait and see.

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Blake Lively is definitely rising to the top.  In fact, she might just be there now. Does it get any better than this?  Can you find a higher tier in the fashion industry beyond Chanel?  Not a chance.

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Blake just did a round of photo shoots in Paris for the latest Chanel line of handbags. Can you say clutch?  No pun intended.  Ha!  What girl wouldn’t die for that gig?

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Aside from her Chanel “job” you can of course see Blake on Gossip Girl and then the upcoming flick, Green Lantern.

Congrats to Blake on your latest endeavor!  You’ve earned it girlfriend!

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Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester hasn’t given up on her second career as an aspiring singer.  She’s just taking her time. With “Good Girls Go Bad” under her belt, and a song on the ‘Country Strong‘ soundtrack, she’s well on her way.

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Leighton is starring in the country flick with Gwyneth Paltrow who is also trying to launch a music career.

Leighton talked to In Touch about the upcoming album,

“I’m still writing, and I’m working with a band. I’m going to start performing again soon.  It’s a different sound, because I’ve been going through a lot this year.  I’m in no rush. I want it to be perfect!”

Leighton Meester The Face Of Vera Wang’s New Fragrance

Well that’s a good way to do it.  Take your time, and make sure that people will actually want to buy the album.  With these TV and movie stars going the music route, it’s getting to be an even bigger competition out there.  If I was a struggling artist, trying to land a record label, I’d be ticked off at the movie stars for hogging all the fame.  Can’t they just be good at one thing?!

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Taylor Momsen has been placed on ‘hiatus’ from Gossip Girl amid reports that her behaviour is becoming increasingly volatile. She’s only been in three episodes so far this fall, but after next Monday’s episode she will begin an ‘indefinite hiatus‘:

Although reps for The CW and producer Warner Bros. declined to comment, sources confirm that Momsen’s Jenny will be MIA for at least four episodes beginning with the show’s midseason finale on Dec. 6.

It’s not just her questionable wardrobe, and stage antics (think flashing her can-cans) but she’s pissed off people including Tim Gunn of Project Runway who appeared on an episode last month:

“What a diva,” he told E! News. “She was pathetic, she couldn’t remember her lines, and she didn’t even have that many. I thought to myself, ‘Why are we being held hostage by this brat?’”

Someone on the inside of the show says her reduction in lines is also for ‘creative reasons’.

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Are you surprised by this news?

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Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester is going to be the face of Vera Wang’s new fragrance. Vera explained to WWD why she chose Leighton:

She has the beauty, talent and spirit will inspire all the young women that I hope will enjoy this passionate, new young fragrance”

The scent is unnamed but the advertising campaign will begin shooting this weekend with photographer Carter Smith in Manhattan. We will get to see them in magazines next summer along with the scent itself when it hits stores.

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Besides Gossip Girl and now this fragrance, Leighton has a few projects in the works as well:

• The Roommate (release date February 4, 2011)
• The Oranges (release date not yet known)
• Monte Carlo (release date February 11, 2011)
• Country Strong (release date January 7, 2011)

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Chace Crawford and Katie Cassidy are filming scenes for the 4th season of Gossip Girl in New York where they showed a lot of PDA and oops Katie’s undies as well. You can only hope when a shot up your dress gets out on the interwebs that you have coiffed the privates.  Know what I’m saying?

Season 3 of Gossip Girl is now available on DVD and Season 4 premieres Monday, September 13, 2010 at 9/8c.

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