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  • Birth Name: Leighton Marissa Meester
  • Birth Place: Marco Island, FL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/09/1986, Aries
  • Profession: Actor
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  • Leighton Meester Signs Record Deal | Today's News: Our Take | 4/24/2009

    Leighton Meester is ready to go from Gossip Girl to pop princess: The actress has inked a record deal with Universal Republic Records to release her debut album this fall.

    "I'm thrilled to be welcomed into the Universal Republic fold," Meester said in a statement to Billboard. "Their reputation for nurturing artists, combined with ...
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  • Leighton Meester Opens Up About Prison Past | Today's News: Our Take | 9/25/2008
    Nearly a month after news surfaced that she was born in prison, Leighton Meester is breaking her silence on her family's past."It makes me very nonjudgmental and open-minded," Meester told Us Weekly. "And I think it just makes me appreciate the things that I have now."The actress' parents, Connie and Doug, were involved in a drug ring that smuggled 1,200-pound shipments of marijuana from Jamaica into the United States, Us reported. Both of them served time for the operation, and it was during the beginning of Connie's sentence that she gave birth to Leighton in a Texas federal prison in 1986.Connie — who was sentenced to 10 years, but was released after 16 months — now works as a screenwriter. Doug, who split from her in 1992, is in construction. Though her parents' past is "questionable," as Doug puts it, the Gossip Girl's relationship with them is anything but, especially with Connie."She's always there for me no matter what," Meester said. "I swear, that woman knows eve... read more 1 Comment
  • Unlike a VIrgin | TV Show Recaps | 9/15/2008
    The fallout from Medellin continued as Vince learned that Hollywoods patience with him has begun to wane in the face of his disastrous career choices Despite a new work ethic that includes actually reading scripts Vinces time on the beach has cost him in more than just tangible assets His once shiny rising star is now casting a little less glow and he is learning that for the first time he is going to have to really commit to playing the game to gain back his movie star status While Ari rarely emits a warm and fuzzy glow I was a little surprised by his bluntness in assessing Vinces prospects especially on his golf outing with Marky Mark Yes that was Entourage executive producer Mark Wahlberg dropping by to offer some real-life star power to the proceedings But as requested by Vince Ari does give it to him straight telling him that by not playing the game and refusing to be part of the process Vince has alienated himself Ar read more be the first to leave a comment
  • Leighton Meester to Release Album | Today's News: Our Take | 9/10/2008
    Leighton Meester is now throwing her incredibly stylish hat into the music ring.The queen bee of Gossip Girl's Upper East Side announced at New York's Fashion Week that she will be recording and releasing an album, reports Access Hollywood. Meester has always enjoyed making music, but this time around, she wants the public to hear her work as well.The budding fashionista told Access, "It's so cool because it's a completely different creative process," than television. Meester enthused, "From beginning to end it's yours and you make it... You can see the finished product."Perhaps her role as teen pop star Justine Chapman on Entourage inspired her to bust out her first album. Either way, you can be sure many a Blair-wannabe will pick up her album and blog their little hearts out about its merits — or lack thereof. Meester will also be appearing alongside Gossip costar Blake Lively on NBC's 30 Rock, as well as reprising her role as Justine on Entourage this Sunday, Sept. 14 at 10... read more be the first to leave a comment
  • Gossip Girl Star's Mom Is Writing a Memoir | Today's News: Our Take | 9/6/2008
    Connie Meester, mother of Gossip Girl's Leighton, is writing a memoir, according to E! The book will reportedly include details of Leighton's birth while Connie was doing time for drug-related crimes, as first reported by Star magazine on Tuesday.Connie initially wrote her life story as a screenplay, but will now convert it into a book, according to her manager, Loch Powell, with chapters describing her role in a family marijuana-trafficking ring that was busted by the Feds in 1985. Powell reports that mother and daughter are "very close." Leighton's rep has not responded to TVGuide.com's request for comment.There is no release date for the book, as Connie has yet to secure a publisher. — Mickey O'Connor read more

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Remember The Daze (Actor - Tori) 2008 Movie
Gossip Girl (Actor - Blair Waldorf) 2007 TV Show Series
The Haunting of Sorority Row (Actor - Samantha Willows) 2007 TV Show Series
Tarzan (Actor - Nicki Porter) 2003 TV Show Series
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