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8 Dos and Dont’s For Making the Perfect Celebrity PSA

8:31AM STV | We’re 15 days away from arguably the most culturally charged election of the last 50 years, and it’s not just David Letterman’s outrage or Sarah Palin’s SNL cameos moving the needle. In fact, the celebrity PSA crop of 2008 is as ripe as it’s ever been — literally so, in fact, with every encouraging offering on the air giving way to three or four smug, pretentious, condescending or otherwise botched campaigns elsewhere. It happens every four years, as sure as the primaries; just when we think we’d seen it bottom out, along come Leonardo Di Caprio, Blake Lively, Carlos Mencia to knock us back to the Clinton era.

Chace Crawford on Overcoming Every Actor’s Greatest Fear: ‘Gayface’

6:20AM Kyle Buchanan | The boys of Gossip Girl grace the cover of November’s issue of US magDetails, and inside, they recount the indignities they are forced to endure as professional thespians (such as avoiding paparazzi or shaving their tween-intimidating chest hair). None of the Gossip trio has it harder than pretty pony Chace Crawford, however, whose protestations that he’s more than simply an actor/model are ignored by lascivious writer Mark Harris (”Perhaps you’ve seen [Crawford] shirtless and treasure-trailed for Abercrombie & Fitch” — perhaps we haven’t, Mark!). Unfortunately for Crawford, there’s one obstacle he may never overcome, and it’s an affliction that is common in young men with Diesel jeans and a gym membership to Crunch: More »

‘90210,’ Here’s a Double Cheeseburger. XOXO, Penn Badgley of ‘Gossip Girl’

8:45AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that the all-consuming “Who’s the daddy?” question has been dealt with, 90210 watchers are finally forced to find other matters of interest, and there is no issue more talked-about right now than the weight of the show’s lead actresses. No, we’re not talking about Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth (and we’re still not talking about you, Tori): we’re talking about “Brenda 2.0″ Shenae Grimes and Jessica Stroup, who plays blog maven Silver. According to Us Weekly, the two are rarely seen eating, and even actor Penn Badgley from network rival Gossip Girl has weighed in on the girls’ too-thin figures (firing a shot across the bow at Los Angeles in the process): More »

Blake Lively Learns From Jennifer Aniston’s Poolside Seduction Techniques

6:45AM Molly Friedman | It’s always cute when newbie stars brush off rumours about their love lives by calling them “silly” and saying “we’re just good friends!” Fresh faces like Gossip Girl’s blonde bombshell Blake Lively have yet to learn that making public denials like these mean only one thing: the rumours are true. Back in January, Lively said just that regarding tabloid stories linking her to on-screen make-out partner Penn Badgley (he’s the hot-but-nerdy one, a la Seth Cohen on The OC). And shockingly (!), pictures released today prove not only that Blake and Penn have been fooling around poolside – in an uncanny rendition of Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer’s beachy-keen gallery last week – but that they may actually make it after all. More »