Has anybody else been watching the CW’s new show Privileged?  (Please say yes, because now that I’m hooked, I’m worried it’ll get cancelled!)  I’m sticking with 90210 out of some misguided sense of loyalty–boredom? laziness?–and am, of course, breathlessly following Gossip Girl, but Privileged is the guilty TV hour I’ve most enjoyed these past few weeks.  Sure, I can uniquely relate (New York City girl moves to Palm Beach and enjoys a fish-out-of-water existence amongst the beautiful billionaires?–hello, Jolie in 2006!), and no, the show isn’t Masterpiece Theater-worthy, but it is snappy, fun, frothy and full of oh-so-pretty people with surprising depth! heart! soul! behind their expertly-mascaraed eyes.  Plus, Joanna Garcia is pitch-perfect…and has the best hair on TV–that’s right, I’m looking at you, Blake Lively!

Gossip Girl may be “Every Parent’s Nightmare”, to quote the ubiquitous billboards showing the pretty cast getting down and dirty, but Blake Lively’s hair is every beauty addict’s dream.  No?  (Chace Crawford isn’t too damn bad, either.  I’m sure he rolls out of bed looking camera-ready, but I do wonder how much time our boys have to spend in the hair and makeup chair everyday to get them looking just right.)  Gossip Girl seems to be single-handedly championing a scarf/headband/hairpiece revival, which is very helpful for those lazy girls (like moi!) who enjoy rolling out of bed and haphazardly making the stuff on our head look presentable.  One of my favorite places for cute-but-still-affordable hair accessories is Target.  Check out the Isaac Mizrahi rhinestone headband below, which is sort of similar to the Grecian-inspired look Serena Blake is sporting below.  Sure, it says it’s bridal, but why wait for a $50,000 party when you can wear it now?

Photo from USmagazine.com

I took a few videos from inside the Gibson Amphitheater; please forgive me for the crappy quality!  This is of the Cheetah Girls, Blake Lively and Ed Westwick’s arrivals; more to follow tonight (including Posh and Becks, Ryan Sheckler, Channing Tatum, Will Smith singing Rapper’s Delight, Hayden Panettiere, Leighton Meester, Jordin Sparks, James Marsden, Penn Badgley, Zac Efron and Kristen Bell.) 

I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting between America Ferrera and Blake Lively and their respective agents when they were told they had to make a sequel to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants because of their old contracts.  (”But…but…I’m a big star now!  I’m on a huge TV show!  Everybody knows my name…unlike when the last movie came out!”  “Exxxxactly.”)  Sure enough, at last night’s New York premiere, America and Blake looked Good-Lord-You-Girls-Are-Gorgeous stunning (I could write poems about how shiny and beautiful their hair is)…Alexis Bledel looked pretty, if a little severe…and Amber Tamblyn would probably do well to hire a new team of stylists if she wants to compete.  Alas.

Photo from People.com

Last night, The Dark Knight premiered in New York City at Loews Lincoln Square.  Heath Ledger’s family–as well as a bevy of starlets–were on hand to witness his reportedly-Oscar-worthy performance.  Here’s hoping; wouldn’t that be an amazing moment?

La Blake, looking absolutely stunning; the hair, the legs and the bronzed glow are all perfection

Heath Ledger’s sister Kate:

So, I guess I need to resign myself to the fact that Lauren Conrad is a bona-fide celebrity, huh?  Looking good, as always

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On my daily walk home from work, I pass Book Soup, a gem of a bookstore in West Hollywood that is special to me for two reasons: 1) It’s where I had my very first book reading, back in November (the five people that came totally dug it); and 2) They have one of the best and widest magazine selections under the sun.  These days, only foreign mags get my motor revving…and I still rarely look at the articles, preferring instead to flip through and gaze at the party photos.  Tatler (my number one fave!), Elle UK, Grazie, Paris Match, Heat, British Cosmo…any excuse to pretend I’m back on the other side of the pond, no? 

A tanned and beautifully tressed Charlize Theron on the cover of August Elle UK; quietly glamorous

And in the “tacky” corner, we have Seventeen, who has sadly missed all the marks recently with its cluttered layouts and overly airbrushed images. The adorable Blake Lively is practically unrecognizable here, and her hair might as well be in a baseball cap, ’cause I can’t see it for the font that has vomited all over the page

The August issue of Vanity Fair features the fresh faces that are destined to become household names: Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Emma Roberts and Amanda Seyfried grace the cover, and inside are more beautiful kids that may become the next Julia Roberts (like, hey, her niece Emma!)…or become the next Gretchen Mol.  Tear!

Hooray for tooth whitening and airbrushing!

These kids star on a little show called Gossip Girl.  Maybe you’ve heard of it? 

More pictures from Vanity Fair after the jump!

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La Blake, rocking the beachy waves…

Photo from People.com

And a little Ed Westwick tastiness…

It’s hard to see with the watermark, but oh, yes, those girls are topless