Leighton Meester is reportedly dating her ‘Country Strong’ co-star Garret Hedlund

The ‘Gossip Girl’ actress and the hunky actor co-presented an award at the Golden Globes on Sunday night (16.01.11) and sources claim they were inseparable at HBO’s after-party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the ceremony had also been held earlier in the evening.

An onlooker told E! Online: “They were making googly eyes at each other all night, it was adorable. They were hanging out by the bar laughing and talking very close for a long time. He had his hand on her back and she was just looking up at him, smiling ear-to-ear as he was leaning down and whispering something to her.

“At one point they turned around and snuck a kiss. But as the night went on they didn’t exactly hide their affection for each other. They were all over each other! They seemed really happy.”

Leighton recently revealed she thinks being in love is “wonderful” as she enjoys having someone to share her life with.

The 24-year-old beauty said: “It’s wonderful to be in love. And it’s definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it’s OK if you don’t find him and you’re 24. You can find it someday.”

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Leighton Meester has “one per cent” in common with her ‘Gossip Girl’ character.

The fashionable actress has portrayed New York socialite Blair Waldorf in the US TV comedy drama series since 2007 but doesn’t believe she has many similarities to her because she is “incredibly manipulative and conniving.”

Leighton – who plans to leave ‘Gossip Girl’ in two years – said: “I work on a show where I feel literally, maybe one per cent in common with the character.

“You have to somehow find common ground; otherwise you hate them. The character I play on ‘Gossip Girl’ is incredibly manipulative and conniving and, you know, this heightened personality in this weird universe that doesn’t even really exist.”

The 24-year-old beauty also finds it hard to see how people try and imitate Blair because she has too many clothes to copy.

Asked why the show has spawned “wannabes” of her character, she told PopEater: “I don’t see why. It seems like it would be really difficult, even just the clothes, the different bag every day.”

Leighton recently revealed she used to skip classes in school in favour of smoking marijuana.

She said: “It’s funny that I’m now getting to live through what school should have been glamorous and full of parties. But I didn’t do any of that stuff. I hated school.

“I’d do anything but be in school, so I’d skip class. I wasn’t dating around, but we’d smoke pot.”

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Leighton Meester thinks being in love is “wonderful”

The 24-year-old actress – who is rumoured to be dating actor Ryan Gosling – enjoys having someone to share her life with but accepts that finding the perfect person may take some time.

She said: “It’s wonderful to be in love. And it’s definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it’s OK if you don’t find him and you’re 24. You can find it someday.”

Leighton is best known for portraying Blair Waldorf in ‘Gossip Girl’ and she says she relates to the tempestuous relationship her character has with on-screen love interest Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick).

She explained: “I can really relate to it – not necessarily because it’s this dramatic, tumultuous relationship, but because the way they love each other is very real, and not for the sake of being dramatic. It’s actual love. There’s nobody for each other but them.”

The ‘Country Strong’ star also spoke about her former wild partying ways, but insists she would never take illegal drugs.

She told the January 2011 edition of Allure magazine: “We had craaaazy parties, we had DJ’s, bands, a fire twirler. One of my roommates burned off her bangs (fringe) on the stove trying to light a cigarette. I mean, drinking is one thing – overdrinking is another. And drugs are something that I do not tolerate at all. You’d be surprised how many people do it. If you go out and you’re living the nightlife scene, that’s what people do.”

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The ‘Twilight Saga’ dominated the Teen Choice Awards last night (08.08.10) picking up an incredible haul of 11 prizes.

The vampire romance franchise won a total of 11 prizes at the ceremony, which was held at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheater, including Choice Movie: Liplock for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s kiss in ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ and Choice Movie: Chemistry.

Taylor Lautner – who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the films – picked up the Choice Fantasy: Movie Actor and Choice Male: Hottie gongs, while co-stars Robert and Kristen won the Choice Summer Movie Star: Male and Choice Summer Movie Star: Female accolades respectively.

‘Twilight’ was not the only vampire drama to dominate the event, which was hosted by ‘California Gurls’ singer Katy Perry – who underwent several costume changes throughout the night appearing at one point as a prom queen.

Hit series ‘The Vampire Diaries’ scooped seven awards in the television category, including Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi, while the show’s leading couple Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev won the Choice Actor and Choice Actress statuettes in the TV Fantasy/Sci-Fi category.

Sandra Bullock won the Choice Movie Actress: Drama award for her performance in ‘The Blind Side’, the role which also won her the Best Actress Oscar.

Kourtney, Khloe and Kim Kardashian were also on hand to accept the Choice TV: Reality Show accolade for their series ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’.

Kim tweeted after the event: “So much fun at the Teen Choice Awards tonight! I told Megan Fox she is the most gorgeous woman alive. (sic)”

Teen Choice Awards 2010 full list of winners music, movies and television categories:

MOVIES

Choice Movie: Action Adventure – ‘Sherlock Holmes’

Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure – Channing Tatum, ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’

Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure – Rachel McAdams, ‘Sherlock Holmes’

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi – ‘Avatar’

Choice Movie: Liplock – Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, `The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie: Fight – Mia Wasikowska vs. The Jabberwocky, `Alice in Wonderland’

Choice Movie: Hissy Fit – Miley Cyrus, `The Last Song’

Choice Movie: Chemistry – Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, `The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie: Male Breakout – Liam Hemsworth, ‘The Last Song’

Choice Movie: Female Breakout – Taylor Swift, ‘Valentine’s Day’

Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer – Kellan Lutz, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie: Female Scene Stealer – Ashley Greene, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi – Sam Worthington, ‘Avatar’

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi – Zoe Saldana, ‘Avatar’

Choice Movie: Fantasy – ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy -Taylor Lautner, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy – Kristen Stewart, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie: Drama – ‘The Blind Side’

Choice Movie Actor: Drama – Robert Pattinson, ‘Remember Me’

Choice Movie Actress: Drama – Sandra Bullock, ‘The Blind Side’

Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy – ‘Valentine’s Day’

Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy – Ashton Kutcher, ‘Valentine’s Day’

Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy – Sandra Bullock, ‘The Proposal’

Choice Movie: Comedy – ‘Date Night’

Choice Movie Actor: Comedy – Ashton Kutcher, ‘Killers’

Choice Movie Actress: Comedy – Tina Fey, ‘Date Night’

Choice Movie: Horror/Thriller – ‘Paranormal Activity’

Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller – Leonardo DiCaprio, ‘Shutter Island’

Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller – Megan Fox, ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Choice Movie: Animated – ‘Toy Story 3′

Choice Movie: Villain – Rachelle Lefevre, ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’

Choice Movie: Dance – Sandra Bullock and Betty White, ‘The Proposal’

Choice Summer Movie – ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Choice Summer Movie Star: Male – Robert Pattinson, ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’

Choice Summer Movie Star: Female – Kristen Stewart, ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

TELEVISION

Choice TV Show: Drama – ‘Gossip Girl’

Choice TV Actor: Drama – Chace Crawford, ‘Gossip Girl’

Choice TV Actress: Drama – Leighton Meester, ‘Gossip Girl’

Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi – ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi – Paul Wesley, ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi – Nina Dobrev, ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV Show: Action – ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’

Choice TV Actor: Action – Zachary Levi, ‘Chuck’

Choice TV Actress: Action – Yvonne Strahovski, ‘Chuck’

Choice TV Show: Comedy – ‘Glee’

Choice TV Actor: Comedy – Jonas Brothers, ‘JONAS’

Choice TV Actress: Comedy – Selena Gomez, ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’

Choice TV: Animated Show – ‘Family Guy’

Choice TV: Reality Show – ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’

Choice TV: Reality Competition Show – ‘American Idol’

Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star – Lee DeWyze, ‘American Idol’

Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star – The Kardashians, ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’

Choice TV: Villain – Ian Somerhalder, ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV: Personality – Ryan Seacrest

Choice TV: Breakout Show – ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer – Hilary Duff, ‘Gossip Girl’

Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer – Chris Colfer, ‘Glee’

Choice TV: Female Breakout Star – Nina Dobrev, ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV: Male Breakout Star – Paul Wesley, ‘The Vampire Diaries’

Choice TV: Parental Unit – Mike O’Malley, ‘Glee’

Choice Summer TV Show – ‘Pretty Little Liars’

Choice Summer TV Star: Male – Ian Harding, ‘Pretty Little Liars’

Choice Summer TV Star: Female – Lucy Hale, ‘Pretty Little Liars’

MUSIC

Choice Music: Male Artist- Justin Bieber

Choice Music: Female Artist – Lady Gaga

Choice Music: Group – Selena Gomez & The Scene

Choice Music: Rap Artist – Eminem

Choice Music: R&B Artist – Beyonce Knowles

Choice Music: Rock Group – Paramore

Choice Music: Male Country Artist – Keith Urban

Choice Music: Female Country Artist – Taylor Swift

Choice Music: Country Group – Lady Antebellum

Choice Music: Single – ‘California Gurls’, Katy Perry

Choice Music: Hook Up – ‘Airplanes’, B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams

Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Male – Justin Bieber

Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Female – Selena Gomez and The Scene

Choice Music: Love Song – ‘When I Look At You’, Miley Cyrus

Choice Music: R&B Track – ‘OMG’, Usher

Choice Music: Rap/Hip-Hop Track – ‘Love The Way You Lie’, Eminem featuring Rihanna

Choice Music: Rock Track – ‘Ignorance’, Paramore

Choice Music: Country Song – ‘Fifteen’, Taylor Swift

Choice Music: Album – Pop – ‘My World 2.0′, Justin Bieber

Choice Music: Album – Rock – ‘Brand New Eyes’, Paramore

Choice Music: Album – R&B – ‘Jason Derülo’, Jason Derulo

Choice Music: Album – Rap – ‘Relapse’, Eminem

Choice Music: Album – Country – ‘Fearless’, Taylor Swift

Choice Summer Music Star: Male – Justin Bieber

Choice Summer Music Star: Female – Lady Gaga

Choice Summer Music: Song – ‘California Gurls’, Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg

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Katy Perry has been named the world’s hottest woman.

The ‘I Kissed A Girl’ hitmaker – who is engaged to Russell Brand – topped the annual Maxim Hot 100 list for being “sexy and talented”, narrowly beating Victoria’s Secret model Brooklyn Decker and ‘Avatar’ actress Zoe Saldana into second and third place respectively.

Explaining her top ranking, the US men’s magazine said of Katy: “She’s the best friend you suddenly realize you’ve loved your whole life. The rad chick who taught you to skateboard and whistle and also looks unbelievable in a bikini.”

Making up the rest of the top five were ‘Gossip Girl’ star Blake Lively, and ‘Transformers’ beauty Megan Fox, while ‘Russian Roulette’ singer Rihanna, George Clooney’s girlfriend Elizabetta Canalis, actress Olivia Munn, socialite Kim Kardashian and model Marisa Miller made up the rest of the top 10.

Last year’s Maxim Hot 100 number one Olivia Wilde scraped in at number 20, while notable absentees included Beyonce Knowles and Lady Gaga.

Maxim Hot 100 Top 20:

1. Katy Perry

2. Brooklyn Decker

3. Zoe Saldana

4. Blake Lively

5. Megan Fox

6. Rihanna

7. Elisabetta Canalis

8. Olivia Munn

9. Kim Kardashian

10. Marisa Miller

11. Eva Mendes

12. Audrina Patridge

13. Amber Heard

14. Scarlett Johansson

15. Amanda Bynes

16. Selita Ebanks

17. Leighton Meester

18. Christina Aguilera

19. Bar Refaeli

20. Olivia Wilde

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The “New Moon Vampire” Robert Pattinson is reportedly cheating on his girfriend and co-star Kristen Stewart with actress Leighton Meester.

“He ducked out of the building and hopped into a waiting car. He apparently spent the night with Meester (of ‘Gossip Girl’ fame), and didn’t want anyone to know! She’s having a texting romance with him, and is so into it. She talks with Pattinson almost daily,” a source told dailytelegraph.com.au.

According to In Touch Weekly the “New Moon” handsome hunk hooking up with beautiful Leighton Meester

Another source has reportedly spotted Rob slinking into Meester’s New York City apartment and he apparently didn’t leave until the next day

A friend of Leighton Meester also confirms the affair, and the pair are still in constant contact. “She’s having a texting romance with him, and is so into it. She talks with Rob almost daily,” her friend says.