Leighton Meester Photos & Pics Archive

Brit's mom isn't the only one writing a tell-all book about her daughter - Leighton Meester's mother Connie has written a memoir, and it looks like she might be shopping around for a publisher, according to E! Online.

The book will reportedly cover Connie's life as a drug dealer, a real estate agent and a mom to one of TV's hottest rising stars. As you may know, Leighton was born in prison, so this should be an interesting story! Connie's spokesperson tells E! that Leighton supports her mom and the two "are very close."

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Say what? I'm surprised Gossip Girl herself hasn't found this out yet!

The Star reports that Leighton Meester, who plays the Queen B on TV's sexiest show, was "born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Texas. The mom was allowed to stay in a halfway house for the birth, but had to return to prison on the day Leighton turned three months."

What was her mom's crime? Apparently, she had a role in a "major drug-running ring" - whoa, that's nuts!

And you thought Serena had a troubled past!

...for the new season of Gossip Girl on September 1!

We spotted Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick on the NYC set yesterday, and we gotta say - Blake may be a gorgeous blonde goddess, but Leighton looks stunning and we love her lighter, flat-ironed 'do, so we might just have to switch over to Team Blair!

Miley Cyrus will host the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, which celebrate the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, comedy, sports and fashion. Today, Fox announced the nominees, and we were thrilled to see some of our favorite celebs on the list!

The CW's Gossip Girl earned an impressive 14 nominations, including Choice TV: Breakout Show, Choice TV Show: Drama, Choice TV Actor: Drama (both Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley) and Choice TV Actress: Drama (both Blake Lively and Leighton Meester).

MTV's The Hills earned several nods including Choice TV: Celebrity Reality, Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star (Brody Jenner), Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star (both Heidi Montag and Lauren Conrad) as well as Choice TV: Villain (Spencer Pratt).

It looks like a lot of celebs are going head to head in the same categories, including Reese Witherspoon's current beau Jake Gyllenhaal (Rendition) and her ex-hubby Ryan Phillippe (Stop-Loss) who are both nominated for Choice Movie Actor: Drama - wonder if there will be any Hills style drama during or after the show?

Iron Man snagged four nominations, including Choice Movie: Action Adventure, Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure (Robert Downey Jr.), Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Choice Movie: Villain (Jeff Bridges), while Stop-Loss got a pair of nominations for Choice Movie: Drama, as well as Choice Movie Actor: Drama (both Channing Tatum and Ryan Phillippe). Sex And The City earned a nomination for Choice Movie: Chick Flick.

Teen phenom and host Miley Cyrus earned four nominations for Choice TV Actress: Comedy, Choice TV Comedy, Choice Music: Single and Choice Music: Female Artist, a category she shares with fellow nominees Britney Spears, Fergie, Mariah Carey and Rihanna.

The 10th Annual Teen Choice Awards will be held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, and will air on Monday, August 4 at 8pm PST on Fox. Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote for their favorite nominees at TeenChoiceAwards.com!

Blair Waldorf may be the new Summer Roberts, but can Leighton Meester take over the fashion crown from the cute-and-stylish Rachel Bilson?

Here's the two Josh Schwartz bad girl brunettes at the Chanel store opening on Robertson Blvd:

Is Leighton the Queen B or just the B-List version of Bilson?

Monday nights is one of our favorite nights on television - because of GG and The Hills!

Last night's Gossip Girl wasn't quite as scandalous as we had hoped -- but it did feature some classic Josh Schwartz moments, probably some of the best all season, particularly where the old gang got back together for the sake of Serena, and everyone confessed their sins out in the open. And -- we totes love Michelle Trachtenberg as the evil Georgina!

As for The Hills, it's turning out to be quite a Lo vs. Audrina smackdown, and sorry Lo, but our loyalties lie with Audrina! There's just something so insincere about Lo - maybe it's just that she's not as good an actress as the rest?

Speaking of acting, the series finale saw Heidi, the "feminist hero" choosing between her job and Spencer. No surprise, since it's a fake job anyway, that she chose Spencer. But duh, didn't she see season one where Lauren chose Jason over Paris and regretted it? That's sooo 2006, Heidi!

We wholeheartedly love and support GG and The Hills and are totally addicted to both -- we couldn't possibly pick sides, but can you?

Which show is your favorite?

The Third annual Christian Dior cruise collection fashion show in NYC yesterday brought out A-listers like Christina, Charlize and J. Lo, as well as up-and-coming Dior addicts like Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester!

Which new mama looked better - J.Lo or Christina?

And who looked better in their skin-baring brights? Charlize or Leighton?

C'mon, dude - Leighton's doing all the smiling for you!

Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Leighton Meester - who recently shot an episode of Entourage - attended a press conference in Milan during the 2008 Telefilm Festival this Sunday.

Whoa! Someone's suddenly got a case of the crazy eyes! Maybe they asked him about his friendship with J.C.?

Looks like Leighton Meester's just joined a new Entourage!

The Gossip Girl hottie - she plays Blair on the hit show - was in La La Land yesterday to shoot an episode of Entourage with star Adrian Grenier at Urth Caffe.

You might recall Leighton playing virginal pop-singer Justine Chapin, who went out on a date with Vincent Chase in the show's first season.

Can't wait to see her big return now that she's all grown up!

Guess Blake Lively isn't the only Gossip Girl with a cute puppy!

Porcelain-faced Leighton Meester, who plays Serena's nemesis Blair Waldorf on GG, was spotted looking very Rachel Bilson-like in between takes on the set.

Red is such a hot color on her! Especially in that schoolgirl outfit.

Hey, it's what she looks good in!