Blake Lively

Blake Lively is known for wearing ridiculously sexy outfits on the set of Gossip Girl, but the 21-year-old star doesn't do anything special to look good in them.

How much do you hate her right now, ladies?

"I do panic before I have to wear a really skimpy outfit, but I don't have enough willpower," she says of dieting in the August issue of UK Glamour Magazine.

"I had to do a scene in a bra and shorts for the first time in two years ... On the day of the shoot, I ate a pork burrito, chips and a coke. Afterwards, I thought, 'I probably shouldn't have done that.' But hey, whatever."

So maybe she doesn't eat right, but she exercises, right?

"I have never worked out, but I know you always feel better when you do," the blonde Burbank, Calif., native says, "so I'm planning on getting a trainer.”

Lively says despite all the cattiness that exists in Gossip Girl, on and off the set, she gets along very well with her costars: "We hang out after filming, and actually look forward to spending time together outside of work."

That includes her real-life leading man Penn Badgley, although she admits it wasn't always the case - she was unhappy when he was cast on the series at first.

"At first I was so upset that they hired him," she says.

"I actually poisoned the whole cast against him. But then they noticed that he was not a jerk and was actually a really nice, charming person. Almost immediately I realized that too, but it took me about a week to admit it."

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) gathered last night to honor their own, and the celebrities came out in force to light up the red carpet.

Among those on hand? A pair of Gossip Girl hotties.

Blake Lively looked very pretty in pink, opting for bold color in a slim, strapless Michael Kors fuchsia dress, accentuated by jewelry and her loose, blonde locks.

Meanwhile, Michelle Trachtenberg looked uptown chic in a Behnaz Sarafpour dress with a silver bustier top and navy skirt. No sign of Evil G lurking up in here!

Which Gossip Girl star looked better? Tell us below ...

Which star looked better?

It was an afternoon of young, talented beauty at this week's CW upfront presentations.

Each spring, networks invite advertisers to an event that serves as the official launching party for its fall schedule. This is where deals are made and new shows are announced.

For The CW, a channel that aims to attract a less mature audience, it was the perfect time to showcase its array of up-and-coming stars.

Or Ashlee Simpson, who somehow has a role on the remade Melrose Place. Here's a shot of Mrs. Pete Wentz at the upfront ceremony:

Due to the success of Gossip Girl and 90210, The CW is more interested than ever in focusing on teenage soap operas.

Aside from the aforementioned remake of Melrose Place, look for The Beautiful Life on the network's fall schedule. It stars Mischa Barton and Corbin Bleu.

Click on the pics below to enlarge more photos of various young, gorgeous CW stars:

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester both play integral characters we love on the hit show Gossip Girl. But in this fashion face-off, you can only choose one of them.

Lively, 21, showed off some leg and more in a stunning teal Versace gown, while Meester, 22, opted to keep it fun, playful and gorgeous in a Louis Vuitton dress.

Both stars shined at the “Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday evening.

Who looked best? Like choosing between models Miranda Kerr and Bar Refaeli, we know this is a difficult task. But tell us below in our informal survey ...

Which Gossip Girl star looked best?

Allure magazine is doing everything in its power to increase male readership.

First, the magazine featured Padma Lakshmi nude.

Now, the publication has revealed gorgeous photos of Gossip Girl star Blake Lively.

Inside the May 2009 issue, Lively dishes on a variety of topics. Among them: feeling like a transexual and dating co-star Penn Badgley:

On why she feels like a tranny most of the time: “I feel like a tranny a lot of the time. I don’t know, I’m….large? They put me in six inch heels, and I tower over every man. I’ve got this long hair and lots of clothes and makeup on. I just feel really big a lot of the time, and I’m surrounded by a lot of tiny people. I feel like a man sometimes.”

On her relationship with Penn Badgley: “You see people who will open up their relationships, who are very affectionate on the red carpet or are doing a reality show with each other, and their relationship just seems to crumble, so I decided to keep a vow of silence.”

Ready to go behind the scenes of this photo shoot? Click on the following Blake Lively images...

Despite barely scraping together three million viewers a week, Gossip Girl has become arguably the most talked-about, culturally relevant series on television.

It's also going to have about three million sets of parents up in arms and shaking their heads once this round of photos from Rolling Stone starts circulating.

BEST. SHOW. EVER. Does anything else need to be said?

Since only, like, BFFs would eat the same ice cream cone, suck each other's fingers and deep-throat Twizzlers, we assume co-stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester - occasionally rumored to be feuding - are totally cool with each other.

As are we, with them.

If you don't watch the show, and haven't been convinced to by the photo above, Rolling Stone calls the drama "not a conventional TV hit," "sharp and connected to modern life, references, music" and "sexily subversive." Case? Rested.

As the CW readies for a deluge of hate mail from parents of impressionable teens and 'tweens, click to enlarge more pics of the Gossip Girl cast in Rolling Stone ...

Blake Lively's hit television series, Gossip Girl, returns from its nearly month-long holiday hiatus this evening on the CW, and not a moment too soon.

Meanwhile, Jessica Simpson's music career has been waiting to return from about a seven-year hiatus, while her acting career was pretty much DOA.

Nevertheless, these two can compete in a style battle featuring Nicole Miller dresses. Both have sported the fashion designer's stretch metallic look of late.

Who wore it best? Tell us in the survey below ...

On her hit CW teen soap opera, Blake Lively's Serena van der Woodsen is one of the most stylish characters on a show full of immaculately dressed Gossip Girls.

But how does her fashion sense stack up with former Playboy model and current Jim Carrey squeeze Jenny McCarthy? Both donned the same Gucci dress recently.

Who wore it best, Blake in white or Jenny in black?

They may feud like crazy on Gossip Girl, but off-screen, there is no (old) 90210-style drama between co-stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester.

"I've never really had a competitive relationship in any work situation," she says in the December issue of W, which features her on the cover.

"The media is always trying to pit us against one another, I guess because it's just not interesting to say, 'Everyone gets along; everybody just works 18-hour days and goes home to sleep.' That's not fun to read, I guess."

Besides, she says, the cast is too busy to bicker. Blake Lively says the Gossip Girl cast must chew through a 55-page script every eight days.

"You get used to it. I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized," she says. "It's a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming. We're flying by the seat of our pants a lot of times, which is why I enjoy doing films. It's a change of pace."

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively continues to amaze.

The 21-year-old actress looks pretty sensational in a one-piece swimsuit in this photo shoot that recently popped up. We know that "one-piece" and "sensational" create an oxymoron, but take a look. Something about it** just does it for us:

** - It's the fact that she's drop dead gorgeous.

If you haven't seen Blake on her TV show, Gossip Girl, you really should check it out. Not only does it feature this beautiful young actress - sometimes in even more revealing clothing! - but the show can actually be pretty entertaining.

In the meantime, click to enlarge these Blake Lively swimsuit photos ...