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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008



Leighton Meester's upbringing was nothing like that of her Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf: the actress was born to a mother who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling marijuana.

As Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now, her mom Connie was pregnant with Leighton when she entered federal prison in Texas. At 29, she gave birth while she was just beginning her sentence following a conviction for her involvement with a drug ring that smuggled 1,200-pound shipments of marijuana into the United States from Jamaica. Her father, Doug, also served time for being part of the smuggling operation. Today, Doug works in construction and Connie is a screenwriter.

"Anything that her mother and I did that was questionable occurred before she was born," Doug, who split from Connie in 1992, tells Us.

Meester's rough start gives her perspective today.

"It makes me very nonjudgmental and open-minded," the 22-year-old tells Us. "And I think it just makes me appreciate the things that I have now."

Gossip Girl director Michael Fields tells Us: "She's talked about it a little bit. She's not a person who is trying to hide it."

Now, Meester and her mom - who was released in 1986 after serving only 16 months - have a solid relationship.

"She's always there for me no matter what," Meester tells Us. "I swear, that woman knows everything."

Connie returns the affection. "She's very gifted, she's very talented, she's very intelligent," the 51-year-old tells Us. "I love her dearly."



Source: US Magazine






Things get steamy in Britney Spears' new music video for "Womanizer."

The singer shot it yesterday at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant and Elevate Lounge in Los Angeles.

One witness tells Usmagazine.com it features plenty of "erotic" choreography. (According to a leaked copy of the single, lyrics include: "Boy don’t try to front / I know just what gets you off.")

In one scene, Spears (who wears tight, black leather pants and fake tattoos on her arms in the video) lies on a kitchen counter and later straddles and makes out with a man dressed in business suit.

The scene continues with Spears sucking on cherries or dangling them around her mouth, all while straddling and crawling all over the man, the witness says.

All the hot and heavy action didn't seem to faze Spears.

"She seems to be all business," the witness told Us. "She'd just do one thing after another and then on to the next."

Spears worked up a sweat — her black bob wig was rubbing off on her forehead, says the witness — and an appetite.

For lunch, she ate three pieces of cheese pizza.

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Source: US Magazine






Ashley Tisdale  Out and About in LA


Ashley Tisdale was looking her usual stylish self as she was spotted walks out of her home with her trusty Fendi bag in Los Angeles, Calif. on Thursday.

The 22-year-old High School Musical starlet had an interesting story while having dining with her family

“A bunch of little girls came over and I thought they wanted an autograph, which was totally cool,” said Tizz. Strangely enough, one of the mothers demanded that she share her salad with one of her daughters!

“She wasn’t joking and she wouldn’t go away when I said no,” Ashley added. “It was so odd that a grown woman would do that, especially in front of her kids. It was so wrong!”

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Source: Fox News




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