// November 28th – Target And Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection

// November 28th – 4th Annual Mom On A Mission Awards Benefit

justjared.com:

Leighton Meester poses for a pic with pal Billie Lee at a kickstarter launch for her talk show It’s Me Billie Lee on Tuesday (November 13) in Los Angeles.

“Tune in to It’s Me Billie Lee tonight! I’ll be performing to support my friend in her Indiegogo efforts” the 26-year-old Gossip Girl actress tweeted. Leighton also hosted the event, along with performing.

Billie Lee‘s talk show is billed as a “web-series to inspire and update on world events from pop culture to spirituality, healthy living and everything in between.”

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// November 07th – Leighton Meester shows off her new short bob hair cut in Los Angeles

// October 25th – Flaunt Magazine Fetes Latest Issue Hosted By Leighton Meester

// October 16th, 2012

// October 15th, 2012

// October 11th, 2012

nextmovie.com:

Leighton Meester is the kind of girl who eats chocolate ice cream.

After six years of watching her fit into the finest of couture gowns on television’s “Gossip Girl,” we wouldn’t have believed it ourselves if we hadn’t witnessed it just before our interview. But, then again, Meester is on the cusp of a whole new chapter in her career, and that’s exactly when surprises should be the norm, whether they be food choices or projects.

In her new comedy, “The Oranges,” out in limited release on Friday, Meester is in great company – including Hugh Laurie, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt and Adam Brody – as Nina, a lost 20-something who returns home for Thanksgiving and hooks up with her father’s best friend (Laurie). She’s not conniving or devilish about it like we’ve seen her be on “Gossip Girl” and in “That’s My Boy” and “The Roommate.” In fact, she even makes you root for her unlikely romance as you laugh and even question the “rules” of relationships at any age.

So, after Meester finished her tasty treat, we quizzed her about those rules, hooking up with Dr. House and, of course, the end of the chapter in her life known as “Gossip Girl.”

When you signed on for this film, was Hugh Laurie already attached or did that happen later? What did you think when you realized you’d be making out with House?
I would have signed on years and years prior because I met with Julian [Farino, the director], I would say in 2007 or 2008 … I don’t even know who they were thinking for David’s character, but I told him, “I love this part, and I love this movie.” And then he was like, “Well, you might be a little young for Nina,” and then the movie didn’t happen. So then, years later they came back and they were like, “Are you still interested in this movie?” I was like, “Yeah.” And by then, they had signed Hugh and that made it even more interesting for me. I had worked with him before [on "House" in 2006]… He as that character is so much more dry and dark and jaded and really macho. This character is completely opposite.

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// October 03rd – Leighton out in NYC

// October 02nd, 2012

// 6.03 – Dirty Rotten Scandals

bullettmedia.com:

For someone facing major career upheaval, Leighton Meester is cool, calm, and collected. To most, Meester is synonymous with Blair Waldorf, the almighty overlord of the Upper East Side on Gossip Girl. While fans have been emotionally preparing for the harsh reality of the show’s final season, Meester’s focus is squarely on her future. In her new film The Oranges Meester plays Nina, a globetrotting party girl from New Jersey who returns home and gets tangled up in a scandalous affair with her father’s best friend, played by Hugh Laurie. We recently sat down with Meester to talk about the film, life after Gossip Girl, and Blake Lively’s wedding, obviously.

The Oranges deals with finding happiness in unexpected ways and places. How do you relate to that and what does happiness mean to you?

I think happiness comes in many forms. I think this film explores that in a really interesting and approachable way. Sometimes catastrophic and seemingly awful things have to happen before you can truly understand your growth and what happiness means. I think that a really good example is David is in a relationship that he’s not happy in, and Nina is traveling around and with all the wrong people doing all the wrong things to try to escape her home, and she had to go home to find what she truly wanted and he had to end a marriage that was comfortable in order to find happiness and things can’t always stay the same. Change is actually what brings happiness the most because if you’re staying the same and you want to find happiness in your situation and you’re not, you need a change.

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// October 01st, 2012