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Monday, June 30, 2008

"Vanity Fair": Bright Young Hollywood

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Cast of Gossip Girl

JESSICA SZOHR Age: 23. Hometown: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Jimmy Choo. Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Chuck Taylors. Levi’s or J Brand? “Levi’s, I think!” Favorite designer? “Marc Jacobs, Chanel. And there is a new line called Rose—it’s really good. Just simple, sexy, really cute.” Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “I’m from Wisconsin, so the Packers!” BlackBerry or iPhone? “BlackBerry. iPhones are really hard to type on.” What’s on your iPod? MGMT, M.I.A., the Editors, the Virgins, Kenna. Last book you read? The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? “I’m a huge fan of Rock Band. I may almost get carpal tunnel playing the drums.” Were people mean at your high school? “I did a shoot for a teen magazine, and some girls put photocopies of my picture everywhere and they drew on it. They also ketchup’d my driveway and they egged my dad’s car. But now it’s funny because we’re all friends.”

PENN BADGLEY Age: 21. Hometown: Baltimore. Upcoming film: The Stepfather. First “Hollywood” moment? “I got mobbed by 40 to 60 little girls. It took me 45 minutes to walk 20 yards. I feel like for the most part nobody cares about us and it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but every now and then that’ll happen.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? PF Flyers. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. What’s on your iPod? “D’Angelo, Common, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli’s first albums. I can’t stand all those indie ‘the’ bands.” Favorite book? One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “I’m a soccer fan. Arsenal is my team.” Who do you dream of working with one day? “Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2.Favorite drink? Reposado tequila. Girl crush? “Parker Posey. She is so sexy in Blade: Trinity.” High-school experience? “Strange to nonexistent. I graduated early. Everyone is just so painfully vulnerable and self-conscious.”

BLAKE LIVELY Age: 20. Hometown: Burbank, California. Breakthrough roles: Bridget in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. Upcoming film: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. First “Hollywood” moment? “I hope not ever.” Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “Jimmy Choo and Chanel. I can’t stand it: the security guards know me there.” Levi’s or J Brand? J Brand. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. Favorite guy’s guy? “I’m dating Brad Pitt.” Favorite girl’s girl? Angelina Jolie. Favorite movie? Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo and Juliet. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Wii. Madden or Halo?Guitar Hero for Wii. I had them write it into the show. But I just bought the Rock Band for Xbox.” Favorite snack? “Whatever’s greasier and cheesier the better.” Hybrid or Escalade? “Hybrid. Even if anybody picked the Escalade they wouldn’t say it, ’cause it’d be, like, bombed.”

CHACE CRAWFORD Age: 23. Hometown: Plano, Texas. Upcoming film: The Haunting of Molly Hartley. First “Hollywood” moment? “Signing iPhones. I’m like, ‘Dude, I don’t want to ruin your phone!’ ” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Puma. Levi’s or J Brand? Levi’s. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. What’s on your iPod? “Ed [Westwick]’s band, MGMT, Bloc Party, Audioslave, A Tribe Called Quest.” Favorite movie? Cool Hand Luke, Jurassic Park. Favorite TV show? The Office, 30 Rock, Family Guy. Last book you read? Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “Come on—Dallas Cowboys.” Favorite drink? Jack Daniel’s. Girl crush? Liz Lemon.

ED WESTWICK Age: 21. Hometown: Stevenage, England. Upcoming film: 100 Feet. First “Hollywood” moment? “The upfronts last year. No one knew who we were but still wanted photos with us.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Lacoste. Favorite designer? Michael Bastian. Who do you dream of working with one day? “Jude Law. He is a fantastic spirit and a gentleman.” Favorite movie? “Currently American Psycho.BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “Who?” What’s on your iPod? “My band, Filthy Youth. And the Rolling Stones.” Last book you read? No One Here Gets Out Alive, a biography of Jim Morrison. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? PS3. Favorite drink? Water.

LEIGHTON MEESTER Age: 22. Hometown: Marco Island, Florida. Upcoming project: Season five of Entourage. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Jimmy Choo. Favorite designer? “I’m more a normal person than, like, a fashion girl. For everyday, I like Fluxus—it’s really soft. I really like Foley & Corinna; they do a good mix of vintage and new.” BlackBerry or iPhone? “Why do you assume I don’t have a Nokia pay-and-go phone? No, I have a BlackBerry.” Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Justin Timberlake. What’s on your iPod? “Gnarls Barkley, the Kooks, and Sean Lennon. I like fun music, too, like M.I.A. She has good things to say.” Last book you read? Madame Bovary. Favorite drink? SoBe Life Water. Hybrid or Escalade? “I don’t know. I used to drive a Volkswagen, a safe Volkswagen.” What were you like in high school? “I was nice. We didn’t have much when I was little.” Were people mean to you like Blair was? “There was always one little girl in each grade that was mean to me. But I was never mean to anyone. I was never like, ‘Ew!’ ”

TAYLOR MOMSEN Hometown: St. Louis. Age: 15. Number of shoes in your closet? “So many. My mom and I are the same size and share shoe closets, so it’s hard to keep count!” Levi’s or J Brand? “Rock & Republic and Earnest Sewn. Whatever fits. I have a really strange body—I’m tall, but I’m all legs, like three-fourths of my body.” Favorite designer? “Diesel for everyday. For dressing up, Valentino, and I love Miu Miu.” Favorite lip gloss? LipFusion. BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Justin Timberlake. What’s on your iPod? “Paramore is one of my favorite bands. I have such an eclectic mix of stuff. Garbage is my all-time favorite band. And then I love, like, Britney Spears. I have every one of her albums. Like, I’m a loyal fan.” Favorite movie?Across the Universe. I saw it nine times.” Favorite TV show?Law & Order: SVU. I can watch like six in a row, and my mom’s like, ‘You just watched six rape stories,’ but I love how it’s so dramatic, and then when they finally find the guy, it’s like, ‘Yes!’ ” Hybrid or Escalade? Subway

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AMANDA SEYFRIED Age: 22. Hometown: Allentown, Pennsylvania. Breakthrough roles: Karen in Mean Girls, Sarah on HBO’s Big Love. Upcoming film: Mamma Mia! Levi’s or J Brand? Levi’s. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “Prada. I don’t have any, but they make a woman’s leg look fantastic.” Favorite designer? “Miu Miu. I can’t afford it, but I love it.” BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. What’s on your iPod? Folk music. Who do you dream of working with one day? Michael Caine. Favorite movie?Romeo and Juliet with Claire Danes. She was the first girl I related to in some way.” Last book you read? Invisible Monsters, by Chuck Palahniuk. What did you want to be when you grew up? A meteorologist. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? “Wii, because of Guitar Hero.Hybrid or Escalade? “Audi. Maybe I should drive a hybrid. I do have a shirt that says, ‘Go Green.’ ”

EMMA ROBERTS Age: 17. Hometown: Rhinebeck, New York. Breakthrough roles: Addie Singer on Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, title role in Nancy Drew. Upcoming film: Wild Child. First “Hollywood” moment? “I guess after my television show started airing, and I would be walking around the mall or just out with friends, and girls would come up to me and be like, ‘Oh my God, we love your show, we love this!’ And I would look around still, and be like, ‘Are they really talking to me?’ ” Number of shoes in your closet? “Probably a little under 50.” Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Louboutin. Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Chuck Taylors. Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Justin Timberlake. What’s on your iPod? “Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Girlicious, lots of random little indie types of bands I’m kind of getting into.” American Idol or Lost?Lost! I’m a huge Lost fan.” Favorite movie? Almost Famous. Style icon? “I love the way Mary-Kate and Ashley dress. I know that’s probably cliché to say.” Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Wii. Favorite drink? Dr. Pepper.

BLAKE LIVELY- [See first photo]

KRISTEN STEWART Age: 18. Hometown: North Hollywood, California. Breakthrough roles: Jodie Foster’s daughter in Panic Room, Tracy in Into the Wild. Upcoming films: Adventureland and What Just Happened? Levi’s or J Brand? “Levi’s. Although I think I’m wearing nice J Brands right now.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Converse. Favorite designer? “Oh, I don’t know­. Anything that’s beat up. I kind of like to look like a hobo.” Role model? Jodie Foster. BlackBerry or iPhone? “I’m getting a BlackBerry. I don’t even have an e-mail address. I just need a phone that’s not gonna break.” What’s on your iPod? Van Morrison, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones. Last book you read? Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer. Morning or evening? “I’m a night person. I mean, look at me.” Hybrid or Escalade? “A ’95 Toyota Tacoma.” Boy crush? “My boyfriend, Michael Angarano!”

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CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE Age: 19. Hometown: West Hills, California. Breakthrough role: “McLovin” in Superbad. Upcoming film: Little Big Man. First “Hollywood” moment? “Well, I’m a Jessica Alba fan, so the first time I met her kind of blew my mind because she was a huge fan of me. I was like, ‘Really?’ ” Number of shoes in your closet? “Three. My basketball shoes and then my two pair of Vans that I wear. That’s all I wear, really. I slip on Vans. I’m lazy.” Favorite accessory? “I always have got my iPod on me. It’s safety, so when people are yelling ‘McLovin’ at you, you can’t hear them.” BlackBerry or iPhone? Verizon Chocolate. What’s on your iPod? “Sublime, Incubus, Chili Peppers, Muse, the Killers, Parliament-Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, the Doors. God, I could keep going.” Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Xbox 360. Madden or Halo? Call of Duty. Last book you read? “You’re going to hate me for this, but I have not read a book in many years. I have just been reading scripts nonstop.”

ZÖE KRAVITZ Age: 19. Hometown: Topanga, California. Breakthrough role: Avenged prostitute in The Brave One. Upcoming film: Assassination of a High School President. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Christian Louboutin. Favorite lip gloss? Kiehl’s lip balm. Style icon? “Jimi Hendrix. He’s rad.” Favorite accessory? Vanilla oil. Levi’s or J Brand? J Brand. BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Jeff Buckley. Rihanna or Carrie Underwood? Billie Holiday. What’s on your iPod? “Oh God, everything. Zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Feist, Fiona Apple, Jimi Hendrix.” American Idol or Lost? Discovery Channel. Favorite movie? The Deer Hunter, Bugsy Malone.

EMMA STONE Age: 19. Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona. Breakthrough role: Jules in Superbad. Upcoming project: The House Bunny. Number of shoes in your closet? 30. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “I just bought my first pair of Louboutins last summer, but I love Jimmy Choo. That’s a trick question.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Chuck Taylors. Favorite lip gloss? Rosebud Lip Salve. BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? Ben Roethlisberger. What’s on your iPod? “A lot of Beatles, M.I.A.” Favorite movie? City Lights. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Wii. Madden or Halo?Super Mario and Donkey Kong Country from the original Nintendo.” Hybrid or Escalade? “Volkswagen Beetle. So just in-between, I guess.”

OLIVIA THIRLBY Age: 21. Hometown: New York City. Breakthrough role: Leah, Juno’s best friend, in Juno. Upcoming film: The Wackness. Number of shoes in your closet? “I mean, all my shoes don’t fit in my closet. I’ll put it that way. I have shoes on my dresser and shoes on the floor, and I have shoes that my parents are holding on to for me. I have too many shoes.” Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Christian Louboutin. Chuck Taylors or Nikes? “I happen to be wearing Keds right now, but I’m a Nike girl.” Favorite lip gloss? LipFusion. Style icon? Mary-Kate Olsen. Favorite designer? Prada. BlackBerry or iPhone? “Neither, thank you very much. I still have a good old-fashioned cell phone.” Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “I don’t even know who those people are.” What’s on your iPod? Erykah Badu. Favorite movie? Days of Heaven. Favorite TV showCarnivale, which is the short-lived HBO series.”

I'm not sure who these chicks are, but I really like Superbad. And I kinda like Jonah Hill.

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RACHAEL TAYLOR Age: 24. Hometown: Launceston, Tasmania. Breakthrough role: Maggie Madsen in Transformers. Upcoming film: Bottle Shock. First “Hollywood” moment? “How about landing on the lawn of the Pentagon in a Black Hawk helicopter? That’ll do it. With Michael Bay screaming on a loudspeaker.” Number of shoes in your closet? 20. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Christian Louboutin. Chuck Taylors or Nikes? “Not a sneaker girl, but at a push I’d go Chuck Taylors.” Levi’s or J Brand? Sevens. Style icon? Catherine Deneuve. Favorite designer? “I like the big, the powerhouses … Balenciaga.” BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Favorite guy’s guy? “Someone intellectual, I suppose. Like, uh … it sounds completely sleazy, but like a Bill Clinton or like that kind of man—epic man-ness.” Favorite girl’s girl? Tina Fey. Favorite movie? “Anything by Almodóvar.”

JONAH HILL Age: 24. Hometown: Cheviot Hills, California. Breakthrough role: Seth in Superbad. Upcoming films: This Side of Truth, How to Train Your Dragon. Number of shoes in your closet? “When I was younger, [I had] a lot more. I used to be way into, like, Dunks, like Nike sneakers and stuff like that. As I got older, I kind of was just like, ‘Oh, I just kind of need shoes to walk around and play sports in and shit.’ ” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? “I’ll give New Balance a shout-out. Hopefully they’ll send me some free shit.” Style icon? “I’ll put Jason Schwartzman. He’ll get a kick out of that.” BlackBerry or iPhone? “I love iPhone because I listen to music constantly.” Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? “Just say, ‘We tried to ask him this question and the only thing he would say is “Public Enemy.” ’ ” What’s on your iPod? “Daniel Johnston; Pet Sounds, by the Beach Boys; Caribou; Arcade Fire.” Favorite movie? “Broadcast News, The Big Lebowski, Defending Your Life, The Last Detail, Boogie Nights. I love Paul Thomas Anderson.” Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? “All three.” Favorite drink? Mint julep. Last book you read? The Road, by Cormac McCarthy.

AMBER HEARD Age: 22. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Breakthrough role: Maria in the film Friday Night Lights. Upcoming films: Pineapple Express, The Informers, The Stepfather. Number of shoes in your closet? “About 16,000 more than I should have paid for in the first place.” Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “Louboutin for the afternoon and Jimmy Choo for the night. One for going to the grocery store and one for doing the grocery-store run after you’ve partied.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? “Neither one. Unless they start making heels.” Favorite accessory? “My brain when it works.” Style icon? “Moi. Y.S.L. Oh, Alexander McQueen.” BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. What’s on your iPod? “Nothing made past 1979.” Favorite movie? Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction. Favorite drink? “Anything that can be either shaken or stirred." Favorite snack? "The olive afterwards."

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