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Gossip Girl Blake Lively Opens Up About Falling For a Co-Star

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:24:50 -0400

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The actress (who's dating Penn Badgley) says "it’s definitely not romantic on the set"

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Gossip Girl Blake Lively is dating co-star Penn Badgley.

How does an actress fall for her co-star?

“Maybe when they kiss off the set — because it’s definitely not romantic on the set, that’s for sure," Lively, 20, tells August's Seventeen. "When you’re saying these words that people are making you say to one another, nothing about it is real or genuine. So if two people connect outside their characters, then that’s how they get together.”

And it certainly wasn't tough connecting with Badgley, 21.

"Penn does these silly dance moves, and he's very witty and quick, so it's fun to have sharp banter with him," Lively says.

See photos of other stars who have hooked up on-set.

Co-stars Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford (who recently denied gay rumors) make her day job a little easier as well.

See photos of the Gossip Girl cast on the beach.

“Everyone is really funny and has such strange things that they do," Lively says. "Like Leighton does amazing voice impressions, and she can impersonate anyone’s face.

"Chace does an amazing impression of Scott Stapp from Creed.

"Ed is always singing," Lively adds. "Taylor is just so adorable, I just want to bake her a cupcake."

See before-and-after photos of the Gossip Girl cast.

Lively also revealed her secret passion: Guitar Hero!

“I play in tournaments in Brooklyn," she says. "I’ll cover myself in sailor tattoos and dress like a rock star. Everyone else dresses totally normally and must think I’m a complete freak!”

Lastly, she says she tired of constant comparisons to Paris Hilton.

"I once heard someone say that I'm similar to Paris Hilton – since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we're alike," she tells the magazine, according to an excerpt in the New York Post.

"It's a dumb thing to say," she adds. "I don't think that makes Paris and me similar ... I don't go to clubs, I don't party, I don't dance on tables, and I don't like sex tapes."

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John Mayer Has Dinner With Jennifer Aniston & Courteney Cox

Alissa R — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:52:40 -0400

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Two days after Jennifer Aniston brought beau John Mayer to BFF Courteney Cox's house, he joined them for dinner at L.A. restaurant Madeo on Tuesday.

After the meal, the group hung out in the front of the Italian joint, laughing and chatting.

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News of the Aniston-Mayer romance first broke in late April after the two were spotted lunching in Miami.

"Everything's cool," Mayer has said of their relationship.

(Read what a body language expert had to say about their romance.)

Aniston is 39; Mayer is 30.

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Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer arrived together at the Miami restaurant Nicky for the wrap party for Jennifer's new film "Marley and Me" on May 10, 2008.

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Cameron Diaz Gets “Really Flirty” With Jennifer Aniston's Ex

Alissa R — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:04:57 -0400

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She “was laughing at everything” model Paul Sculfor said while dining Sunday, says a witness

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Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston have swapped partners.

Aniston took former Diaz’s former fling John Mayer to BFF Courteney Cox’s house in Malibu Sunday.

The same day, Diaz went on a dinner date with Aniston's model ex Paul Sculfor.

The two hit up Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California, Sunday.

"Cameron was laughing at everything he said — she didn’t stop smiling," an onlooker told Usmagazine.com. "She was really flirty and had three or four of her buttons undone."

Can you believe these couples hooked up?

Diaz — who has recently been linked to Diddy — just told In Style she loves “men. Sex is the best!

“I'm not going to bring some idiot into my world, and if I'm not sure about him, I'm cautious,” she added. “My list is all about balance. You can have smart but not funny. You can have funny but not very smart. You can have intellectual but not social.

“I want it all! I love big brains. I love to eat. I love to be outdoors.” she said. “I love to have conversations! I love to make love .... I don't do anything half-assed, and I want somebody who can keep up with all that.”

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Tell Us: Who makes a sexier couple — Sculfor & Diaz or Aniston & Mayer?

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David Cook Goes on Date With Ex-Idol Kimberly Caldwell

Alissa R — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:27:01 -0400

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"We'll probably hang out again," he tells Regis and Kelly

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American Idol champ David Cook and season two alum Kimberly Caldwell are making sweet music together.

On Tuesday's Live With Regis and Kelly, he revealed that they recently went on a date after meeting through the hit Fox show.

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Asked if he had a good time, Cook, 25, said, "I did. We'll probably hang out again. So we'll see."

Of Caldwell, 26, Cook told on Monday, "she seems like a really great girl," adding that he hopes their friendship "will be a little bit of a long, drawn out process."

(See where your favorite Idol stars are now.)

Tell Us: Do David and Kimberly make a cute couple?

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Michael Lohan: Lindsay, Sam's Romance "Evident to Anyone With Half a Brain"

Lindsay Powers — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:57:52 -0400

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Days after his daughter's PDA, Michael tells Us, "there are some things a father doesn't want to see"

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Michael Lohan isn't playing dumb when it comes to his daughter Lindsay's close relationship with deejay Samantha Ronson.

Days after photos of them nuzzling necks in Cannes, France, surfaced, he tells Usmagazine.com in an e-mail their relationship "is evident to anyone with half a brain."

Still, he adds, "Just like the [topless] Marilyn Monroe spread, Linds is my daughter and there are just some things a father doesn't want to see or hear, regardless of whether they are true or false." (See more spring flings.)

His daughter, 21, "is a big girl, and she can make her own life choices. Then it is between her and God."

Michael — who volunteers for a Christian-based rehab organization — couldn't help but take a swipe at his ex Dina (who just debuted her new E! reality show).

"Maybe her mother's life revolves around the tabloids and reports, but mine doesn't," Michael says. "I am into setting a good example and doing good things that don't deceive or exploit my kids.

"But I will say this: While we were a family, you never even saw or heard a negative thing about any of us.

"But since the separation, look at everything that has happened!"

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Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson share a tender moment at P. Diddy's yacht party in Cannes on May 22, 2008.

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Lindsay Lohan Nuzzles BFF Samantha Ronson's Neck in Cannes

Mandi Illuzzi — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:19:40 -0400

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The two also held hands on Diddy's yacht while partying Thursday

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Guess you could call Lindsay Lohan and her DJ BFF Samantha Ronson close friends!

The BFFs were photographers nuzzling each other's necks and holding hands while partying on Diddy's yacht in Cannes, France, Thursday night.

Hot romance?

Not so much, says Lohan's sister, Ali, 14.

"They're best friends," she told Extra. "They're just friends. It's pathetic what people say."

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Penn Badgley on Blake Lively: "There's Chemistry There"

Alissa R — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:55:34 -0400

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"She's a great girl," he says of his new love (and Gossip Girl co-star)

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Penn Badgley has opened up about his romance with Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively.

"Obviously, there's chemistry there," the actor, 21, said on E!'s Daily 10. "She's a great girl."

Still, he added, "we have to draw a line, at some point, with our personal lives, because otherwise, ya know, when do people stop?"

Despite recently being photographed smooching Lively, 20, while vacationing in Mexico's Mayan Riviera, Badgley said, he's "not a fan" of on-set romances.

"I think they cause a lot of drama," he said, adding, "God, I'm being so cryptic."

(Don't miss these other spring flings!)

He said he is still getting used to the fact that he's become a heartthrob.

"I would say I once got mauled by 40 or 50 girls on the street, all school girls, all from one of these schools that the show is about and all is plaid skirts, white shirts, and just screaming, eyes glazed over," he said, recalling his scariest fan encounter.

He said it's different shooting the CW hit — the season finale aired Monday — in New York City rather than Los Angeles because "people have a certain respect for the show because it's a show in the city about the city.

"In New York I would say it's pretty tame," he said, "out here it gets a little crazy."

See what Penn and Blake looked like before they were on the show here.

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John Mayer on Jennifer Aniston: "Everything's Cool"

Mark Cina — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:02:35 -0400

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The singer speaks out for the first time about their fling

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John Mayer is playing it cool when it comes to his romance with Jennifer Aniston.

"Listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control," the singer, 30, told Entertainment Tonight at Monday's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in NYC. "This is me living my life."

He said the photographer who took the shots of them sun bathing in Miami recently had "a really powerful lens, and I don't fault him, I don't fault anybody, I don't fault you, I don't fault this or that."

He added, "There are much worse problems in the world. Everything's cool!"

Mayer had fresh flowers delivered to the Mandarin Oriental Miami hotel room he shared with Aniston, 39, almost everyday for five days in late April, a source told Usmagazine.com. "She just always seemed like a lot of fun to him," a Mayer insider says in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.

See more spring flings here.

And don't miss this photo gallery showcasing all of Aniston's past flings. (Yep, she once dated Tate Donovan!)

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Mario Lopez: Karina Smirnoff Affair Rumors Are "Funny"

Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:01:03 -0400

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"People make up crazy stuff," he says of reports that his girlfriend had a fling with her DWTS partner

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When rumors swirled that his girlfriend Karina Smirnoff was having a fling with her DWTS partner, R&B singer Mario, Mario Lopez couldn't help but chuckle.

"People make up crazy stuff," he told Usmagazine.com at the International Vision Expo in NYC on Sunday. "I thought it was funny.

"I know the nature of the business and people talk," he added. "It’s funny because those rumors always tend come up during the season."

(In the new issue of Us Weekly — on newsstands now — Mario, the R&B singer, and Smirnoff also deny romance rumors. They may not have hooked up, but click here to see other surprising couples who've dated.)

Keeping Lopez from dwelling on those affair rumors? Prepping for his Broadway debut in A Chorus Line!

The former DWTS contestant said it is harder than competing on the hit ABC show.

"It’s more like a marathon in the sense that you know it’s going to
be eight performances a week," he told Us. "It’s an intense couple of hours."

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Kate Hudson: Kurt and Goldie "Definitely Know the Secret"

Mandi Illuzzi — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:17:39 -0400

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"They just celebrated 25 years together," she tells Us

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Kate Hudson says she is taking a cue from her mother Goldie Hawn and her longtime beau Kurt Russell.

"They're great — they've just celebrated 25 years together!" she told Usmagazine.com at the London premiere of Fool's Gold on Thursday. "They definitely know the secret."

The actress, 28 — who split from husband Chris Robinson last year — reignited her romance with on-and-off beau Owen Wilson in February.

"It's hard" maintaining a love life, career and raising son, Ryder, 4, Hudson admitted. (Click here to see how she and other stars bundled their babies for winter.)

"I make sure my priorities are right," Hudson told Us. "The examples I set are just how I am with my family, and nobody knows that but me, my closest friends and family."

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