● Lindsay Lohan says that, contrary to the tabloid's cries, she didn't get drunk this weekend. "It's strange how people can come up with such detailed lies," offered one of her more astute friends. [TMZ] ● Settling months of rumors with a tweet, last night Kat Von D confirmed that she and Jesse James are officially over. "The distance between us was just too much," James went on to tell People. [TheKatVonD/Twitter/People] ● Leighton Meester is suing her mother for using money she had set aside for her sick brother on things like plastic surgery and hair extensions. And in counter-suit, her mother Constance is claiming Leighton has failed to keep up with promised monthly support payments. And you thought your relationship with your mother was complicated. [E!]

● Justin Bieber hit the Knicks game after his Never Say Never 3D premiere, and was booed after being shown on the jumbotron. "The boos are from the guys," the announcer reassured, pointing out a girl nearby who was convulsing. [FabLife] ● Nearing the end of their seventh season, and with no end in sight, Grey's Anatomy producers are looking to freshen things up with a musical episode. [NYP] ● First, Leighton Meester grew tired of playing the pretty girl, and now Ed Westwick is telling British magazines that he doesn't feel connected to Chuck Bass anymore, and that he's "ready to do something else." [E!]

● A source at NBC hears Alec Baldwin might be next in line for Keith Olbermann's position, citing his large fan base and passion for politics as primary qualifications. Or maybe he just overheard a brainstorm for next week's 30 Rock. [PopEater] ● After a busy year, Leighton Meester is ready to step out from Blair Waldorf's shadow. "I really don't give a [bleep] about being the 'prettiest girl in the room,'' she says. [NYP] ● Flavor Flav christened his new fried chicken joint, Flavor Flav's Chicken, in Clinton Iowa, by showing off his skills with the deep frier. The rapper-turned-reality star also went to culinary school. [RapRadar]

● Boardwalk Empire star Paz de la Huerta let life imitate art when she showed up half-naked and stumbling-drunk to the Chateau Marmont after Sunday night's Golden Globes. [TMZ] ● Leighton Meester and her Country Strong costar Garret Hedlund were said to be "making googly eyes at each other all night." Come on, come on, come on -- give in to it. [Us] ● "Ricky will not be invited back to host the show next year, for sure. For sure any movie he makes he can forget about getting nominated," says an anonymous member of the HFPA. Who's the sore looser? ]PopEater]

It’s no secret that Gossip Girl cast members Blake Lively and Leighton Meester have proved themselves to be stylish on set and off. Now it seems that both ladies will be fronting major fashion campaigns next year. Lively is the new face of Chanel, while Meester is rumored to be Missoni's new model, according to Elle UK. Meester, who currently appears in campaigns for Vera Wang fragrances and Herbal Essences, will be modeling for Missoni in a campaign launching in summer 2011.

In The Roommate, Leighton Meester follows in the tradition of such likeable beauties as Alicia Silverstone (The Crush), Erika Christensen (Swimfan), and Ali Larter (Obsession), all women who lose their marbles in the name of love. The question in this kind of genre is, how does a sunny actress whose job it is to smile on the red carpet seem scary? If you're Leighton Meester, then you take that Blair Waldorf bitchiness, which you've mastered, glaze your eyes over with a certain deadness, and stare. After the jump, sit back and watch the master at work.

Despite being one of the more riveting competitors to graduate from American Idol, Adam Lambert's first proper single, "For Your Entertainment," remains stalled on the iTunes chart at #76, a week after its release. Which wouldn't be much news had it not been for the heaps of coverage unloaded upon the fey songster. That includes the wide range of talent eager to work with him, and the possibly premature Rolling Stone and Details covers. What this doesn't mean: that the song is unlistenable. What it does mean: Lambert was being far too generous with the mainstream's ability to grasp "camp."

Whether you watched last night's Emmys on a dusty television set or on a shady internet stream prone to buffering and choppy playback (21st century chic, wave of the future, etc.), you probably noticed that TV's landmark three hour salute to TV seemed perkier than years past. And while a number of harsh elements threatened to barrel us to boredom -- like the dual monotone of Jennifer Love Hewitt and Patricia Arquette ("LOL! We both play mediums!" cried JLoHew as we eyed that Ambien hungrily) and Jeff Probst's acceptance speech (seriously -- over Padma Lakshmi?), the night was easily redeemed by over a dozen people. And one of them didn't even need to actually be present for her act of valiance.

Some time ago, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester embarked on something of a spiritual journey through pop music. Her traipse down the worn actress-turned-singer path turned up a few gems, including a cover of "Bette Davis Eyes", this other cover originally by this band, and a curious little electro-pop romp titled "Good Girls Go Bad," where she shares singing credits with Cobra Starship -- but not until about 1:31 into the song. Just yesterday, the video surfaced onto the web. It features such Gossip Girl-ish things as salacious texts, drinking from flasks, some blokes in white-framed spectacles (I think they're the Starship), subterranean bacchanalia, and of course Queen B casting her signature ice queen glare now and again. Video after the jump.

Even when not stalking Robert Pattinson or being Ryan Adams, our trusty interns remain vigilant. Early this morning, we received a tip that went straight to the BlackBook Red Phone: the cast of Gossip Girl was shooting on location at Japonais, two blocks from our office. I quickly dispatched our elite squad of hardworking, perpetually awesome BlackBook interns on a mission: locate the cast of Gossip Girl. Document them with your high-tech image capture devices. Extend a copy of our tangible paper product visible in the frame. Finally, exfiltrate from the hot zone and return safely to HQ. Did they succeed?