Last month we got to see a bunch of behind the scenes photos from the set of Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester’s new music video Somebody to Love. As you may know, Somebody features sexy crooner Robin Thicke on vocals and, therefore, is also featured in the video … here are a few screencaps:

You know, anytime you throw Robin Thicke into the mix … it’s gonna be sexy time. Leighton and Robin have some of their own scenes in this video but it’s the scenes where they are together that really make the vid work … at least for me. After the jump, check out the Somebody to Love music video in full …

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Gossip Girl star and budding singer Leighton Meester is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Glamour magazine UK rockin’ a whole lotta hair …

… which I think it supposed to be sexy but looks kinda not. I like Leighton when she looks toned down in photoshoots, particulary because she is always so overstyled on GG. After the jump, check out a few more photos from this magazine spread — it looks like someone needs to lay off on the hairspray big time …

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Two weeks ago we got our first listen of actress turned singer Leighton Meester’s debut single Somebody To Love (which features sexy crooner Robin Thicke) and today we get to check out behind the scenes photos from her music video shoot. Here are a few pics of Leighton on the NYC set of her video for Somebody To Love:

I understand this video was directed by Zoe Cassavetes and the single is already available for purchase on iTunes HERE. Now, because Robin Thicke sings with Meester in the song you’d prolly expect him to be in the video, right? Well … you’re in luck, cuz he is! After the jump, check out a few behind-the-scenes photos of Robin on the music video set lookin’ all kinds of hawt …

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Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester, who provided guest vocals on the Cobra Starship single Good Girls Go Bad, released her first single as solo artist earlier today … which we get to listen to here on the blog right now. The track, Somebody To Love, features sexy crooner Robin Thicke on vocals and, in all honest, is not a bad song at all. Here is the cover artwork for Leighton’s debut single and the lyrics to the song:

Somebody To Love (Featuring Robin Thicke)

(You say hello, I say goodbye) x2
Somebody to love

I really like this song … it’s really sexy. Considering how much I like Good Girls Go Bad, I might end up liking Leighton’s whole album. HMMM. After the jump, listen to the song in full …

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Last night the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out in a lavish ceremony at the Nokia Theater at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, CA which was broadcast on CBS. As I mentioned earlier, Neil Patrick Harris KILLED as Emmy host last night but the awards show was more than just about him (as hard to believe as that may be). Here are a few pictures from the red carpet arrivals at the 2009 Emmy Awards last night:

While there were a lot of pretty people on the red carpet (Alyson Hannigan looked amazing, as did Drew Barrymore) the real focus of the night was on who won what for which TV show. After the jump, check out some photos from the Emmy telecast itself, see some photos of the Emmy winners in the press room and find out who took home those coveted trophies at last night’s Emmy Awards …

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Last May we saw a few photos of Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester filming scenes for her new movie called The Roommate which is remake of sorts of the creepy 90’s movie Single White Female which starred Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bridget Fonda. Today, Entertainment Weekly brings us our first look at Meester and co-star Minka Kelly in The Roommate which clearly shows that Meester is the crazy whackjob obsessed with her college roommate Kelly:

Loved 1992’s Single White Female? Then you’ll love 2010’s Leighton Meester-Minka Kelly thriller, The Roommate. Like Female, Roommate focuses on obsession: The film follows a college freshman (Meester) who develops an unhealthy fascination with her roommate (Kelly). For her role, Meester says she went method, researching mental illness with the help of psychologists and films like 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence. The actress tried to keep her distance from cast members — and a litter of kittens being used for the film — in order to retain her character’s level of emotional aloofness. “You would think that that idea of playing somebody who’s out of control or lost touch with reality is somehow fun, but it was to a point of discomfort,” the actress says. “[My character] is completely delusional and it’s definitely a cause of a chemical imbalance, so that wasn’t the easiest and most enjoyable thing. Even in her most normal moments, she’s genuinely a disturbed person. She had very abnormal wheels turning at all times.” But will friends let Meester play psychiatrist, now that she’s garnered knowledge about mental health? Not quite, says Meester. “I don’t think they’ll want my advice after they see this movie.”

We already know that Leighton Meester can act in TV, music videos and other miscellaneous projects so it remains to be seen if she can hold her own on the big screen. Personally, I think she can handle it. Playing a psychotic, obsessive crazy sounds like a lot of fun … methinks she’ll do well in this role. Again, we’re being given a “new” movie based on an old movie but Single White Female was so fun the first time around, I’m kinda curious to see what this updated version will look like. This is one redux I’d be willing so watch.

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Production continues on the third season of Gossip Girl which begins airing next month … earlier this month we saw photos of new castmember Hilary Duff filming her first scenes for the show and today we get to see another photo of her and her female GG cohorts making their way to the Manhattan set yesterday afternoon:

Oh yeah, Penn Badgley is featured in these pics as well but I’m sure he don’t mind gettin’ lumped in with the ladies. I’m really looking forward to the return of this show especially to see if Hil D. will enhance the show or not. Not for nothing but I haven’t actually seen Hilary Duff in anything before so I have nothing to base an early opinion on … I do trust the GG folks to make some great eps so … I’m hopeful. Shoot, no matter what Hilary’s role on the show will be I deffo know that I’ll be tuning in for Chuck Bass’s gay kiss :) Woot!!

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