Some lovely ladies of Gossip Girl celebrated the upcoming season at a party hosted by Henri Bendel and YSL Beaute in Manhattan last night. The actors were also out to recognize their costume designer, Eric Daman, who got a big smooch from Jessica Szohr. Blake, Penn, Ed, and Chace were MIA, but the rest of the girls represented with lots of fierce posing. Leighton even brought along her rumored boyfriend, Sebastian Stan. While they got super cute with their red carpet kisses, it's only one more week until we get to see who queen bee Blair gets romantic with on season two.
This Just In: Michael Phelps Cashes in His Winnings Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps has just acquired a crave worthy pad, paying $1.69 million for a 4,080-square-foot condo overlooking Baltimore's revitalized Harborfront, according to the Maryland Leader. The pad features amenities sure to win over any young Olympian, such as a rooftop terrace with fireplace, a private screening room, a state-of-the-art gym, a clubhouse with pool tables, and a Jacuzzi.
Reese Witherspoon kept up both her exercise regimen and dog sitting duties on Sunday afternoon, taking a walk through LA with Jake Gyllenhaal's pup Atticus. Reese is taking care of Jake's dog until he returns from Morocco, so hopefully handsome Atticus is bonding with her smaller doggies Coco Chanel and Frank Sinatra. Between all the pups and her two kids, Reese has plenty of love to keep her company until beefy Jake is back home in California.
Lauren Conrad spent some of her hard-earned cash on flowers yesterday. Speaking of her paycheck, InTouch has details on the rumored salaries of The Hills cast. As expected, LC makes the most with $75K per episode. As for the rest, Heidi and Spencer make $65K each, followed by Audrina with $35K and Whitney at $20K. Brody Jenner and Lo Bosworth each take in $10K for their episodes, and Stephanie Pratt earns $8K. So tell us — do you think the stars of The Hills are overpaid?
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson happily gazed into each other's eyes while on their way to dinner with both of their mothers last night. The foursome went to Bar Pitti in NYC showing once again how close the two families have become. LL and Sam were apparently spotted buying a lot of baby clothes recently, but the two deny that either of them is pregnant . . . obviously.
Blowing The Cover The November 2008 cover of W will not feature the work of Steven Klein or Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, but rather Brad Pitt. The actor shot Angelina Jolie and the rest of the Jolie-Pitt family at Chateau Miraval in southern France last week, marking his first ever turn as cover photographer.
In this week's Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf demonstrates that there's nothing like a red sparkly dress to make you stand out at a party. Although her exact Marchesa dress isn't available online, this one is quite similar.