Elizabeth Hurley Joins Gossip Girl

Entertainment July 6, 2011 AT 10:32AM By UsWeekly Staff

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Attention Gossip Girl fans: The Upper East Side is about to get a whole lot sexier!

TVLine.com reports the CW teen soap has snagged Elizabeth Hurley for a multi-episode arc as sexy media mogul Diana Payne.

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Gossip Girl's executive producers Stephanie Savage and Joshua Safran describe the model's character as "a sexy, smart, self-made media mogul and all-around force to be reckoned with. Diana's entrance on the Upper East Side will change the lives of all our characters -- including, and especially, Gossip Girl herself."

Add the producers: "Elizabeth's sense of humor, intelligence and beauty fit the GG world perfectly. "We feel very fortunate to have her."

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Hurley's new gig comes two months after the ill-fated Wonder Woman pilot -- in which she appeared as star Adrianne Palicki's nemesis -- was scrapped by NBC.

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