Thought the East-West rivalry went down with Biggie?Think again. Soon after it was suggested that 90210 would stage an intervention to keep its female stars from shrinking before our eyes, Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley had something to say about it. He said he's "never been [a] proponent of the thin L.A. girls," reports Pop Eater. Badgley contrasted 9-0's thin females to the "healthy" ladies of his NYC drama, who "aren't bone-thin," he said. The actor topped off his comments by echoing TVGuide.com readers with one piece of advice to the Beverly Hills actresses: "I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something." Despite throwing down some regional fighting words, Badgley subscribes to his own philosophy. He's rumored to be dating one of those healthy (and gorgeous) Gossip girls, Blake Lively. Badgley's comments may catalyze a little coastal rivalry, but they're wise words nonetheless. Yet, is he being too harsh on TV newest starlets? Or should more young stars be speaking out against...
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How cute are these two? Blake Lively and Penn Badgley not only do they play boyfriend and girlfriend in the hit series Gossip Girl (though after last week that may change), but in the real world, the two can't keep their hands off each other. After wrapping their first season, the lovebirds hit up the beaches of Mexico for some R&R (and some hanky-panky we're sure). They were even pictured snuggling on the beach!
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The Closer's Jon Tenney has joined the remake of 1987's The Stepfather. Tenney will play a dad trying to reconnect with his teen son (Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley) after a divorce. Oh, and Hidden Palms' dewy Amber Heard is now playing Badg's GF, a role previously eyed by FNL's Adrienne Palicki.... Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood) will star in and exec-produce Gigantic, an offbeat comedy about a mattress salesman and a woman he meets in his store. Zooey Deschanel will also star.... DreamWorks Animation has pushed the release of the 3-D How to Train Your Dragon to March 26, 2010, after realizing the original November '09 date was overcrowded with other 3-D flicks: A Christmas Carol (starring Jim Carrey) and James Cameron's Avatar. — Adam Bryant
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Despite rampant rumors, Blake Lively insists there is no hot-and-heavy romance going on between her and Gossip Girl leading man Penn Badgley. "Any male friend is obviously a 'romance alert' [for the media], but I've always been friends with boys," she tells People.... Singer Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage weeks after going public with her pregnancy.
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Gossip Girl's Blake Lively and Penn Badgley have pals gossiping about a real-life romance betwen the on-screen lovebirds. "No one is really supposed to know," a source tells the New York Daily News' Gatecrasher. Lively and Badgley just last week were spied looking like a couple at ABC Carpet & Home in NYC.... Sophia Bush, who once was married to cast mate Chad Michael Murray, is now amorously entangled with One Tree Hiller James Lafferty (aka Nathan), says the News' Rush & Malloy. Man, toiling for the CW seems as much an aphrodisiac as competing on Dancing with the Stars!Related:• Are Serena and Dan TV's most swoon-worthy couple? Vote here.
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