Ed Westwick

It looks like Gossip Girl's Vanessa Abrams ("Jessica Szohr") has finally come around to Chuck Bass ("Ed Westwick")—the two were spotted "stealing" kisses at La Guardia Airport. [P6]

Meanwhile, Chuck may soon have a new half-brother—Lily van Der Woodsen ("Kelly Rutherford") is pregnant! [Us Weekly]

Ivana Trump is divorcing Rossano Rubicondi, her 36-year-old husband of seven months. Apparently, the couple has been broken up for a while, but Ms. Trump kept quiet because she didn't want to spoil his chances of winning I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! [R&M]  read more »

In an ideal world, if Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick, the young actors who play the evil but secretly good Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl, were to appear in an ad campaign, it would be for Marc Jacobs or Miu Miu or even Chanel; those are just the kind of labels we imagine Chuck and Blair promoting. 

But somehow, Mr. Westwick's and Ms. Meester's agents don't seem to get all of this. And instead of a high-end, Chuck-and-Blair-appropriate ad campaign, both Ms. Meester and Mr. Westwick are promoting sneakers. Sneakers!  read more »

Britney Spears' younger son, Jayden James, is "fine" after an allergic reaction required that he be hospitialized. [People] 

British actress Kelly Reilly is not actually involved with Guy Ritchie, as was reported in the wake of his breakup with Madonna. In fact, she is engaged to someone else. [US Weekly] 

Someone named Juan Pablo Escobar, who claims to be the son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, was making his way around the Queens International Film Festival and "chatting with a handful of producers about a TV show and a clothing line he wants to create." [P6]  read more »

One of the more salacious post-election stories released about Sarah Palin involves her greeting Mark Salter and Steve Schmidt wearing only a towel. [US Weekly]

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will appear onstage with Madonna tonight in a performance so awesome that they will surely get back together. [US Weekly]

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who is married to actress Ariel, spent Election Night "getting cozy" with heiress Daphne Guinness. [R&M]  read more »

Lindsay Lohan was "whining incessantly" at girlfriend Samantha Ronson about her staff on the Acela train to Washington, D.C. (They take Amtrak?) [P6]

Truth-challenged publicist Liz Rosenberg is denying reports that Madonna and Guy Ritchie have already reached a divorce settlement. Meanwhile, Madonna reportedly told a friend that Alex Rodriguez, whom she is rumored to have been dating this summer, "is physically a great specimen. And if she is going to have another child, he would be the ideal man." [NYDN]

Sasha Petraske's Milk & Honey is going members-only starting in November. [Gothamist via Down By The Hipster]

Not Chuck Bass: Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick got shut down by a "leggy brunette" at a Thompson LES party. [R&M, third item]  read more »

On September 4, former Ford model Abigail Lorick will debut her Spring '09 collection. Ms. Lorick's line, Lorick New York, is the real-life fashion line behind Eleanor Waldorf's fictitious fashion house on Gossip Girl. According to Steven Rojas, a spokesperson for Archetype Showroom (which will be producing Lorick's New York Fashion Week show), Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, and Leighton Meester have been invited. But it won't be the first time that they'll be seeing Ms. Lorick's latest collection.  read more »

As our fascination with Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick continues, we direct you to a Page Six Magazine profile of the British actor, in which Mr. Westwick has a few things he'd like to clear up.

For one thing, while he may go out quite a bit, it's for fun--not tabloid mentions.

“If I want to go out and drink and throw a glass in the street, I’ll do it," he told the magazine. "As long as the reason is that I want to have fun and not that I want to create some sort of tension around me. Then I’d be a d--k. But I’m not.”

And secondly, he's not gay, people! (Even we felt the straight vibes just standing next to him the other evening.)  read more »

On Thursday, Aug. 21, Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick arrived at the Soho Grand Hotel to do the unthinkable. Something that his character, Chuck Bass, would never stoop to, even if an armful of slinky Japanese girls were promised to him upon arrival: He was there to push the new aluminum Coca-Cola bottles.

Mr. Westwick arrived in slimming black slacks, a blue button-up, and suede loafers (his footwear of choice this summer), and immediately went into character for a Coke commercial. He posed with the red aluminum bottle in his left hand. Then in his right. He looked to the side very seriously and tipped his head back, taking a swig of the carbonated beverage.  read more »

Police in the Hamptons tell Page Six that headband-wearing socialite Arden Wohl was arrested on Saturday night in East Hampton for writing "Ralphy Lip-Shits" (and here we are filling in a few letters the Post rendered tastefully in dashes!) in red lipstick on the facade of Ralph Lauren's store there. But she showed American spirit for taking several miniature American flags that were part of the store's holiday decoration scheme. For which the police added a charge of petit larceny. [P6]

Ashley Dupré—when will we be done with her?—has made a very awkward social move, presenting herself at the Waverly Inn. It seemed to work! [P6]

Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick is reportedly in talks to design a clothing line! Expect to see many many shorts...[Fashionista]

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook may soon reach a settlement, which means the crazy and mostly uninteresting details of their sordid marriage will presumably stop leaking to the press. [NY Daily News]  read more »

On a sweltering afternoon early last month, Adam Newman, a 25-year-old Park Slope comedian who works for CollegeHumor.com, made a life-changing decision: He took scissors to a pair of brown corduroy pants and fashioned them into shorts.

“It’s getting hot and I’ve made up my mind. This summer, I’m wearing shorts!” Mr. Newman blogged recently. “I’ve always been an exclusively-pants guy, but I’m ready for change. No more sweating under the jeans at the park, I’m letting it breathe this year!”  read more »

Mr. Newman is not alone. A growing number of style-conscious men are becoming more comfortable with the idea of showing some leg during the hot summer months.

“It’s not the best time in the world to be a White House correspondent,” said Bill Plante on the sultry afternoon of Saturday, April 26. This was at Tammy Haddad’s annual pre-White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner lawn party. The blooming wisteria was strangling the woods that surround her house.

These nearly-over final four years of George W. Bush are Mr. Plante’s third second-term presidency in his years as CBS White House correspondent. “I guess he could still drop a bomb somewhere—there are people who think he means to do it,” Mr. Plante said.  read more »

"We are here to celebrate all the beautiful people, and tonight you are all beautiful," said David Hershkovitz, publisher of Paper magazine as he took the stage at Hiro Ballroom to introduce Joanna Newsom.

The crinkly-voiced neo-folkist graces the cover of the magazine’s April “Beautiful People” issue, in honor of which many beautiful New Yorkers gathered to celebrate, well, each other’s beauty.  read more »