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On Thursday, Gossip Girls star Leighton Meester, on the New York City set of the super-popular television show.

OMG! In a season of cool intentions the CW hit Gossip Girls returns tonight for a full season (22 episodes). Gossip Girl picks up where we left off with Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) making serious night-moves that could cost her the throne of her social clique and Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) continues to play on the wrong side of the tracks, but for how long.???

The series that makes the blog the new burn book of Mean Girls, mixes in the dangerous liaisons of “Cruel Intentions”, and adds a dash of the disillusioned youth of “Bright Lights, Big City”, is sure to keep people whispering about you know who….

Gossip Girls airs Monday nights at 8PM on the CW Network. Check your local listings.

Eddie Cibrian, 34, will join the ABC hit series Ugly Betty. The Cuban-American actor will appear in three episodes this season as the gym teacher of Hilda’s son, Justin (Mark Indelicato) and possible love interest of Betty’s older sister Hilda Suarez (Ana Ortiz).
Ugly Betty returns April 24 – check your local istings.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau the new hottie star of FOX’s show New Amsterdam gets his duds at Armani Exchange. The actor, who has been seen in "Black Hawk Down" and "Kingdom of Heaven," is now gaining notoriety on television. He was recently seen at an "American Idol" party wearing the new A|X Men's Cotton Dress Pant, Cotton Blazer, and Pima Cotton Tee in Concrete.

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Trouble is back on One Tree Hill and this time it's not K-Fed.

Tonight OTH gets a visit from the past when conniving redhead Rachel (actress Danneel Harris - What I Like About You) returns to the hit series to add a shot of drama, CW style.

Danneel was recently spotted at the Armani Exchange on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles pulling pieces for an upcoming Esquire photoshoot.

But if you can't wait you can check Danneel out in this months issue of Maxim Magazine where it's Deja Vu all over again for hottie actress Danneel Harris.

Not only is Danneel Harris taking a trip down memory lane on the CW hit One Tree Hill, but she also appears in this months issue of Maxim Magazine - heating up the pages in a black loungwear. OTH fans may remember Danneel graced the cover of Maxim Magazine last March 2007.

But this March it looks like Danneel is giving new meaning to "coming in like a lion and out like a lamb".

Source close to the Hills - both One Tree and Hollywood have - told us that Harris is set to appear in the comedy Harold and Kumar 2 - Escape from Guantanamo Bay. This sequel to Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, is set to release at the end of March 2008, and also stars: Eric Winter, Adam Herschman, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Brandon Routh.

The New York Giants crushed the New England Patriots' perfect season last night with a stunning 17-14 Super Bowl win. G-Men fans rejoiced in the streets of Times Square after the victory and everyone was impressed with quarterback Eli Manning's performance.

Well the CW Gossip Girl series may be a show based on the heightened reality of Upper Eastsiders dealing with the daily drama of life in (and mostly out) of the their NYC prep school but now you may get your chance to share your dirty little secrets of city life school.

According to a very “in-the-know” Manhattan hipster there very flier being handed out all over the city this week announcing a casting call for a reality based show: “Are you the real Gossip Girl? Maybe an adorable Seth Cohen (The O.C.) prepster who hates TV? Either way, we’d love to chat with you. We’re looking for NYC prep-schoolers for a reality show [to air on] a major youth-oriented network.”

This may be one way to fill the void as writers continue to strike but they “network” may run into a little interference since most of the city’s hotspots would never allow cameras, crews and wannabes to set-up shop in their super-cool clubs. Maybe that’s why the casting is being held in Brooklyn on January 3. Hmmmm

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It is rumored that MTV producers are looking to bring a little beach to the hills.

According to E! former Laguna Beach “it” girl Kristin Cavallari is set to make an appearance on spin-off series “The Hills”.

Well this may only be one of the TV options for Kristen. She was spotted inside the NBC Universal building on Tuesday for a casting meeting for Lipstick Jungle (the new NBC dramedy starring Lindsay Price, Brooke Shields and Kim Raver).

In other acting news, Miss Cavallari has two projects coming out in 2008. The first is “Spring Breakdown,” in which Krusten co-stars with “SNL” veterans Rachel Dratch (who co-wrote the flick) and Amy Poehler, Parker Posey and Amber Tamblyn. Spring Breakdown is a comedy about girlfriends that have missed out on their high school spring break because they were losers but make up for lost time with college spring break.

The second is Fingerprints, where Kristen co-stars in this indie psychological thriller with Brittany Snow in a movie about a girl, just out of a rehab, moves back in with her family and gets involved in an investigation of what has paralyzed residents.

Well you can that Lauren Conrad isn’t too happy about the upcoming “mudslide” of mixing the “Beach” and “Hills” double threat. A source told Star Magazine “She’s threatened to walk away, she feels as if The Hills was created around her and that she made it what it is today. She hated how she was depicted on Laguna Beach.”

On that MTV reality show "Laguna Beach", the Lauren and Kristen were in constant battle over Stephen Colletti (One Tree Hill). While LC is single (but rumored to be dating Kristen’s ex Brody Jenner), Kristin is dating actor Nick Zano.

Kristin has been spotted around LA hanging with Frankie Delgado (Brody Jenner’s BFF). Stayed tuned…

Allegedly things aren’t always what they seem on the “Hills”. Guest, dining at Da Silvano on Tuesday night, are voicing their skepticism, about how “real” is the reality show.

LC was spotted at Da Silvano with friends (Whitney Port and Laguna Beach’s Trey Phillips) three camera crews in tow to capture their every move. Rumors are buzzing that the crew took three takes just to get Laurens entree order and once the cameras stopped rolling, The hardest working girl in Hollywood was complaining about the pressures of having to work a five day work week.

Well all her work is paying off Monday’s season premiere of The Hills was a ratings success - averaging over 3.6 million viewers.

Fake it till you make it…

According to TV reports Desperate Housewives has added a gay storyline to spice up this season on Wisteria Lane. Actors Tuc Watkins (One Life to Live) and Kevin Rahm (Judging Amy) have been cast as Desperate Housewives first gay couple.

This from TVGUIDE: “Watkins will play Bob, described as a country mouse who leaves the big city for greener (and quieter) pastures. Rahm is his bitchy partner, Lee. Both roles are of the recurring variety.”

Trivia: the characters’ names are a tribute to ABC News’ Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee, whom series creator Marc Cherry befriended last spring.

The Desperate Housewives season premiere airs Sunday, Sept. 30 @ 9PM ET/PT on ABC – check your local listings…

The girls of The Hills are back for another season, but not before causing some drama at the shows premiere party. According to reports the shows “star” Lauren Conrad refused to attend the premiere party last Wednesday if former friend/roommate Heidi Montag and her boyfriend Spencer Pratt attended. So producer juggled he divas with Heidi and Spence coming and hour early and then escorted out to make way for LC.
Stayed tuned this season as the girls deal with the drama of growing up in style and in Hollywood. Check your local listings…

The nominees for the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards were announced yesterday. This year the party heads to Las Vegas and will air live from the Palms Hotel on September 9th. Check out the nominees at:
www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2007

With the upcoming season 3 premiere of The Hills just days away, the docudrama is getting a little more drama in the mix. The entire cast is out and about making promotional appearances to hype up the show and set the record straight about frenemies LC and Heidi Montag “mean girls” attitudes.

In retaliation for LC’s recent “tell-all” interview in last weeks in Us Weekly, shomance lovebirds Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are using their 15minutes to bash series star Lauren Conrad.

Yesterday Spencer and Heidi were on Philadelphia’s Q102 The Booker Show and they ripped on LC.

Here is a bit of what went down:

Pratt: “When the cameras are off Lauren is a completely different person…she goes back to being the spoiled brat that made her famous on Laguna Beach…excuse me…the famous Boyfriend stealer. The funny thing to me is that she says we use her for attention…when she is the one in US Weekly this week talking about Heidi and I for 6 pages…talk about a desperate loser that needs to get her own relationship to worry about OR TALK ABOUT…I mean this girl has not had one functional relationship in her whole life and she is going to try and tell Heidi how to live her life and relationships – HA! The LC is a pathetic wannabe fashion designer…who can’t even dress herself.

I guess the baby that screams the loudest get the most attention. Well if you want to let Spencer know how much you what him to SHUT UP leave comments on his blog/message board at spencerpratt.com.

Season 3 of The Hills kicks off on August 13.

As we learned from Paris and Nicole things don’t get good until they get really bad. The same is ringing true for the MTV stars of “The Hills” - EXBFF"s Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag. Reports are saying things are so bad between the two young stars that they even refuse to be photographed together. For the Season 3 promo shots, LC and the rest of the cast shot their photos together, while Heidi posed for hers on a different day and was added into the group shots later.

True drama or Hollywood spin? You’ll have to decide for yourself as Season 3 of “the Hills” premieres on Monday, August 13 at 10:00 PM ET. Check your local listing

Britney Spears may actually take time off from looking for her next “hit” to work on a Saturday night. There are loose reports that Britney may host Saturday Night Live in the months to come. Ms. Spears is hoping to release her new CD before the end of the year and her appearance on SNL – (Saturday Night Lip-synching) may be the springboard to the launch.

Nicole Richie will be sitting down with Diane Sawyer for an interview that will air on Good Morning America on August 2 and 3 and on 20/20 August 3. This will be her first tv appearance since the rumors of her pregnancy surfaced. Stay tuned...

"Bachelor" hottie Lt. Andy Baldwin's showed off his navel officer body on Saturday when he competed in a swim contest in Hawaii. Want more: andybaldwin.com

Lauren Conrad and ex- boyfelon Jason Wahler were spotted outside hotspot (Tara Rieds) Ketchup on Sunset Blvd. hanging out as cameras rolled while they filmed a scene for next seasons MTV reality show, "The Hills," while scene crashers and frenimies Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were spotted inside the restaurant -- sounds like a action packed night. Stay tuned....

It is rumored that the orginal female rappers are reuniting on a well-documented ten-part reality show "The Salt 'N' Pepa Show for VH1, airing this fall.

On “The Salt ‘N Pepa Show,” VH1 follows the two ladies around as they attempt to reunite on and off the stage. However, get their fame back is easier said than done since most of their past issues are still unresolved. Stay tuned....

The next season of MTVs reality show "The Hills" is sure to be action packed.
As the cameras follow Lauren Conrad around LA so does the drama...

Lauren and ex-BFF Heidi Montag are still not getting along as Heidi contunies to be love-whipped by player Spencer. It is rumored that Heidi is so desperate for the spotlight that she has resorted to following Lauren around town to get "caught on film".

And it that's not bad enough Lauren keeps running in the the ex flames Jason Wahler (pre-rehab) and Brody Jenner at LA hot spot Les Deux.
Stay Tuned....

Styletraxx has learned that Mary-Kate Olsen is returning acting and starring in the "edgy" Showtime comedy – drama Weeds.

According to Weeds series creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan:

"'Weeds' isn't your 8 o'clock family fare”. "It's an adult show with adult subject matter, and we're confident Mary-Kate is right for the role. She came in and read with Hunter and was absolutely charming and real and seemed like a great fit. Audiences have seen only one side of Mary-Kate, but here we'll see her in a whole new light."

MK will play Tara, a devoted Christian girl living in the newly developed mega-church community Majestic who becomes a love interest for Nancy Botwin's (Mary-Louise Parker) son Silas (Hunter Parrish). Weeds third season will premiere August 13 and look for MK to appear in 10 of the 15 episodes.

The Hills stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are engaged, no doubt frenemy Lauren Conrad will not be attending the wedding!

Eric (yes the guy from the Britney “Curious” perfume commercial) has recently signed a one-year talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television. This season he has appeared in a recurring role as the gay brother of Senator Robert McCallister and love interest of Matthew Rhys' character, Kevin Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters. He is also among the cast of the upcoming CBS series Viva Laughlin, set for a premiere during fall 2007.

Beyoncé is set to compete in six categories in the Black Entertainment Television Awards. She has the most nominations for awards such as best female R&B artist, video of the year, and best collaboration with her boy Jay-Z. Also, her collaboration with Shakira, “Beautiful Liar” was nominated for video of the year.

With the success of MTV’s reality show “the Hills” which follows it star Lauren Conrad around as she interns at Teen Vogue, attends college and hits the LA club scene – it’s amazing that LC can stay so grounded.

The show has never had a shortage of drama and season two showed that enemies are easily disguised as friend – that would be frenemies in LA.

LC’s ex-roommate Heidi Montag and boy toy Spencer Pratt were allegedly responsible for leaking rumors about a sex tape featuring Conrad and her ex-boyfriend, Laguna Beach star Jason Wahler. But LC continue to see things in a postive light.

According to CanWest News:

“It’s pretty hurtful when people use your misfortune to get press,” says Conrad.

“I have great family and friends that love me and know what really happens, and that’s all that matters,” Conrad shrugs. “People are always going to make up talk, so you really just can’t let it phase you. I mean, it obviously hurts and it’s really hard to deal with, but I’ve kind of learned to let it go.”

“I think I come out pretty normal but I think I behave a little more on camera. When fans come up to you, a lot of them are little girls and that’s a really good reminder that you are responsible for what kids are looking up to. You don’t want some of your behavior - that may be acceptable for a 21 year old - to been seen as cool by younger girls.”

And it’s that kind of attitude that makes LC stand above the rest and be the perfect role “model” for Mac Cosmetics – they’ve recently hired her to be featured in an upcoming ad.

It looks like MTV is bringing back the California Girl hot The Hills - greenlighting a third season of the reality show with a 10-episode order, set to debut in the summer.

"The Hills," which was spun off of MTV's "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County," centers around Lauren Conrad, who works as an intern at Teen Vogue while attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, and her group of “friends”.

However, that may not be the only camera time Ms. MTV reality star Lauren Conrad has been filming. Allegedly, there is a sex-tape floating around with Loran and former boyfriend, beautiful disaster Jason Wahler. If you recall, Styletraxx reported that Wahler has been arrested three times in the last twelve months - recently sentenced to serve time.

Word is that Jason is trying to sell the tape before he take his Prision Break and L.C. is freaking OUT….

Jessica Smith, ex-star of MTV's reality show "Laguna Beach, was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after allegedly causing an injury crash on the Santa Ana Freeway. Smith is being held in an Orange County jail with her bail set at $100,000. Smith is due in court this morning. If you recall, Styletraxx reported a few weeks ago that Smith's ex-boyfriend, Laguna Beach & Hills star Jason Wahler had run into trouble with the law as well.

Two weeks ago, MTV began taping "Total Request Live" two days a week in an effort to save money. After live shows air Monday and Wednesday afternoons, shows are then taped for the following day.

Two New York-based artists (Clifton Mallery and wife Amnau Karam Eele) sued NBC Universal and the creators of the network's superhero drama "Heroes" in U.S. district court this week. The suit was filed on Thursday in Manhattan claiming that "Heroes" plot line -- about an artist who can paint the future -- was based on a short story film and painting series that the couple exhibited in 2004 and 2005.

Brooke Shields was spotted in NYC this week filming scenes for her new TV show, Lipstick Jungle, based on the Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City author) book of the same name. Lipstick Jungle is about women behaving badly in the power soaked, money hungry, self obsessed jungle that is New York City.

The show will premiere later this year on NBC.

MTV’s Laguna Beach and Hills alum Jason Wahler will be taking a break in prison since he has been entenced to serve sixty days in jail for underage drinking (alcohol level was .22 percent), punching a city worker and resisting arrest

He pleaded guilty on Tuesday and he was....

- sentenced to 60 days in Los Angeles County Jail
- ordered to attend 104 AA meetings
- 36 hours of anger management classes

The Wilhelmina modeling agency is filled with beautiful young models and the angry agents who love to hate them.
Step inside this cut-throat and gritty world where only the hungry survive on the new reality TV show 'The Agency' on VH1, Tuesdays at 10pm.
This show is beyond glamorous!

FX announced Monday that Aniston will guest-star in the season finale of "Dirt," which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27. She'll play a character named Tina Harrod, the editor of a rival magazine to Lucy Spiller's (Cox) DirtNow. The guest spot will be Aniston's first TV role since "Friends" ended its run on NBC in 2004, as well as the first time she and Cox have worked together since then. "Dirt," which also stars Ian Hart, Josh Stewart and Laura Allen, is averaging 3 million viewers over its first two episodes. Tune in 10 pm on FX Tuesdays.

With a year in Los Angeles under their belts, Lauren Conrad and her friends Heidi, Audrina and Whitney are learning that being young women in the big city isn't as easy as they thought. The girls are older, wiser and now single, facing new challenges at work and school. But this year when new boys force them to make tough choices, Lauren and the girls are about to find out that not even friendships can be taken for granted. Catch "The Hills" on MTV every Monday at 10 pm.

VH1 and Wilhelmina blow open the doors to the scintillating world of modeling with a stark look at the lives of these men and women who mold, shape, scold and comfort -- all in an effort to create some of the most sought after and recognizable faces in the world. "The Agency" is not a sugar-coated version of the modeling industry. It's real life, and about an agency that's not afraid to tell the sometimes not so beautiful story behind the world's most beautiful faces. Catch the first eposide on February 20th.

In a groundbreaking move for daytime soap opera ABC's "All My Children" this week will introduce a transgender character this week.

The character, Zarf (a flashy rock star), kisses the lesbian character Bianca and the drama begins as we learn Zarf is making the transition from a man into a woman. Some might see it as just another person who's story is being told in Pine Valley but we see it as a television first…