Blake Lively Opens Up About Ex Penn Badgley

With all the attention surrounding her personal life, Blake Lively wants a timeout from the spotlight.

"People ask me why I don't tweet," the 23-year-old actress tells the July issue of Glamour. "Honestly, I'm so sick of myself."

(The new Us Weekly, out Wednesday, details Lively's sexy new romance and European adventures with Leonardo DiCaprio. Late Tuesday, the star also became the unwitting center of a supposed nude photo scandal; in a statement her rep told Us alleged photos storming the web are "100 percent fake.")

Whether people are talking about her ex-boyfriend (Penn Badgley) or her new man (DiCaprio), the Green Lantern star says she's never let public opinion affect her relationships.

"I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know? If I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public's opinion, or what I'm wearing, or what job I'm doing, there's no stability in that."

Besides, Lively points out, things are fine between her and Badgley, 24. "Every relationship you have, you're learning and growing and taking something from that," she says of her Gossip Girl costar. "So for me, it's never been too dramatic of a thing when something ends."

Boys aside, Lively admits there is another great love in her life: fashion. "Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me. I'd go to fashion shows and call my publicist and say, 'Can I wear that?' I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better. And once I was told it was time to get one, I thought, 'This is one of my favorite hobbies! And I'm going to pay someone to steal my hobby from me? That's a terrible idea!'"

After all, the California girl -- who noshes on chicken potpie from Tea & Sympathy before red carpet events -- says she prefers to let the clothes do the talking.

"I don't feel like I have to do so much with hair and makeup, because I'm the mannequin for these beautiful clothes, so I never want to do anything too distracting," she explains. "Most of the time, I put my hair in a ballerina bun, and I take it down and it's wavy, and then I leave. I feel shy when people are fussing on me."

Credit: Us Magazine

Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio Together in Italy

Newly single Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted Sunday in Portofino, Italy with Blake Lively.

DiCaprio, 36, and Lively, 23, were caught hugging on a yacht Tuesday during the Cannes Film Festival.

Earlier this month, sources confirmed to Us Weekly that DiCaprio and supermodel Bar Rafaeli, 25, ended their five year relationship.

So are things really over for the Oscar nominated actor and Rafaeli? "They do this every two years," a source pointed out to Us. "They could be back together next week."

Lively ended things with Penn Badgley, her beau of three years and Gossip Girl costar, in September 2010.

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Taylor Momsen, Jessica Szohr Leave Gossip Girl

Attention, Upper East Siders: Gossip Girl has two less ladies in its midst.

Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr have left the CW hit's cast, and will not be returning for the fifth season. After TVLine broke the story, a show insider confirms the news to Us Weekly.

Both Momsen (as little sister Jenny Humphrey), 17, and Szohr (as Brooklynite Vanessa Abrams), 26, had been with the show since its fall 2007 debut; TVLine reports that they have been invited to make future guest-star appearances.

The remaining Gossip Girl gang, however, is intact, with Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford all confirmed to return; actress Kaylee DeFer is also joining the permanent cast as Charlie Rhodes, cousin to Serena van der Woodsen (Lively).

Last November, Momsen -- who has kept busy with her band Pretty Reckless -- began an "indefinite hiatus" from the show amid numerous headlines about her shocking wardrobe and foul-mouthed interviews.

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Anne Curtis and Her Chic Jennifer Behr Headband

How much can a headband cost when its designer is the one who accessorizes no less that Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf? Yes, Anne Curtis is on the equal level with Leighton Meester, Miley Cyrus, Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton and Natalie Portman. These Hollywood stars own a Jennifer Behr-designed headpiece.



Anne Curtis does not really want to talk about the Jennifer Behr headband she got for $700 (Php35,000). However, SNN prodded her and here's the video about it:

Anne Curtis wore this fabulous headband during her 24th birthday. It is some sort of a gift for herself because she just won her first best actress award in the last MMFF.

If you want to see other Jennifer Behr headpieces, you can visit her website -- http://jenniferbehr.com.

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Hugh Jackman is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive

Australian Hugh Jackman was declared Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine because he's "a triple threat: a star who can sing, dance and wield a weapon". At 40 years old, he never fails too wow women, who are often left astounded by this "all scruff and biceps" man. Even Nicole Kidman attests that, "Women's jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room."

See More of Jackman and other sexy men after the jump.



[Hugh Jackman]

Hugh's wife of 12 years, Deborra-Lee Furnes name his husband "the Body of Doom", yet what she likes about him is what's inside -- "a romantic who sings ballads at home and makes pancakes for kids Oscar, 8, and Ava, 3".

Next up in the People's Sexiest Man Alive list is James Bond Daniel Craig..



After that Mad Men star John Hamm placed third and fourth... you've never ever guessed it!

It's Zac Efron!



You can read more about it here!

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The New Guy in Gossip Girl

With nothing good to blog about, I might as well introduce to you the new guy in Gossip Girl Season 2. His name is John Patrick Amedori, 21, who previously appeared as the young Ashton Kutcher in the movie The Butterfly Effect.

His role in Season 2 is Aaron Rose, an artist who later became Serena's (Blake Lively) new eye candy. His character first appeared in the episode "Pret-a-Poor-J", where Serena and ex-boyfriend Dan met him in an art gallery. It turned out that Serena and Aaron met before when they were kids because they went to summer camp together.

In last Monday's episode entitled "Bonfire of the Vanity", Aaron surprised Serena by letting her see herself in a giant video billboard. Smitten by all that sweetness, Serena kissed him in the middle of Times Square!

Wonder what song was playing on the background? It was "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon. Here's the lyrics:

Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a
sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
the killing of pain
Has people talking
Talking

You
Your
sex is on fire

The dark of the alley
The break of the day
Head
while I'm driving
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them knuckles
are pale
Feels like you're dying
You're dying

You
Your sex
is on fire

And so
Were the words
to transpire

Hot as a
fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's
not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still
the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
your sex is on fire

You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the words
to
transpire

And You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the
words
to transpire

Back to Serena and Aaron, problems arose when Serena discovers that she wasn't Aaron's only muse! Serena met a man later in the evening and was shocked that this diminutive old man Cyrus is Aaron's father. Cyrus, in turn, is the new beau of Blair's mom. Can you believe that?

Oh how I miss the old scheming Blair (Leighton Meester), now that she's smitten with Chuck (Ed Westwick) and preoccupied by acting like a "lady" now... everything became a bit boring. Let's wait next Monday because it's their Thanksgiving episode and things are heating up because Cyrus is moving in the Waldorf household and peeving the hell out of Blair as he is destroying all their family's accustomed traditions. Well, that's it for now.. XOXO!

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