Recently, to celebrate the show's 20th season, there was a contest to create a new character for The Simpsons. Well, the winner has been announced as Peggy Black of Orange, Conn., and the character is Ricardo Bomba, who is quite the ladies' man.
While the concept of a womanizing male character has been done on The Simpsons before (Life on the Fast Lane, anyone?), it hasn't been done with any regularity. This could be the case of The Simpsons stealing from the Family Guy character of Glenn Quagmire (although likely with more taste). However, the concept of the ladies' man has been around since Casanova himself so I don't think it actually qualifies as a theft.
With a show like The Simpsons, it's always tough to find new concepts and new characters. The popular theory is that television ideas can be recycled every seven years, but The Simpsons has been around for twenty. »
- Brad Trechak

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Hilary Duff’s new film According to Greta hits theaters on Dec. 11 and EW has an exclusive look at the trailer. She plays troubled 17-year-old Greta, who is forced by her mom (Melissa Leo) to spend the summer with her elderly grandparents (Ellen Burstyn and Michael Murphy) in a Jersey Shore town. But Greta has a summer romance -- with a busboy (Evan Ross) -- that cheers her up, even if her grandparents don't approve. Maybe this bratty/mopey role (shot in 2007) would seem more shocking had we not recently witnessed Duff involved in a threesome on Gossip Girl. Still, »
- Wendy Mitchell

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A revelation is made by Leighton Meester, who tells British Glamour in an interview for its December issue that she always resists falling in love. On the reason why, she explains, "My problem is, I lose interest. Every time I've fallen in love, it's just momentary."
Dishing on her love life, the Blair Waldorf of The CW's series "Gossip Girl" claims she hasn't kept in touch with any of her ex-boyfriends and would rather forget them completely. "Honestly, I've hated every boyfriend I've had," she confesses. "I don't want to have a boyfriend unless I want to be with him forever. If I don't see an end, that's nice. Because I always see an end."
Above all, Leighton reveals that despite the ups and downs in dating, it is her love life that inspires her the most when she was hard at work on her single "Somebody to Love". "A »
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Taylor Lautner was loyal to his wolfpack at the New York premiere of New Moon on Thursday night. Asked if vampires or werewolves were sexier, Lautner told EW: "That's a hard question. They're sexier in different ways. But, I mean, I'll stay true to the pack. I'll go werewolf." Score one for Team Jacob. Lautner -- and his co-stars including Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz -- continued the promotional whirlwind for New Moon at a Big Apple screening hosted by The Cinema Society and D&G. The stars might have been relieved that the »
- EW staff

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Leighton Meester has revealed that she has collaborated with Lil Wayne on her debut album. The Gossip Girl actress confirmed that she teamed up with the 'Lollipop' rapper on a track called 'Make It Rain'. Explaining how the partnership came about, Meester told MTV: "I sent him a couple of my songs. "He's been diggin' on them for a while. Then he heard ['Make It Rain'], and he was like, 'All right, »
- By Oli Simpson

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What's the difference between Leighton Meester and and her Gossip Girl alter ego, Blair Waldorf's style? Freedom! Something we definitely caught a glimpse of during Meester's performance at the American Eagle flagship opening earlier this week. We digress. She's actually Wild Things, rolled in bed chic on the cover of December's issue of British Glamour. Inside she revealed she thinks Blair could "let loose a bit." Can't say we disagree. We love the Queen's reigning duds but sometimes straight-laced perfection is boring. However, Meester credits Blair for her current, dare-to-try-anything know how, and good or bad, we're thankful for that. »
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Below are some stills from the next episode of Gossip Girl, "Treasure of Serena Madre," which airs November 30. No new episode this coming Monday, Upper East Siders.
It's Thanksgiving in New York, and this being Gossip Girl, it's not weird at all that Serena ends up having dinner with her friend's married cousin who she's sleeping with.
Will her affair with Tripp come to light? Will Dan and Vanessa hook up minus Olivia this time? Could Chuck and Blair possibly be any cuter? We'll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, click to enlarge these Gossip Girl pics ...
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- steve@iscribelimited.com (Dr. Shepherd)

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Leighton Meester joined Chace Crawford, Blake Lively and Ed Westwick yesterday on the NYC set of Gossip Girl. Unlike her edgier performance look at Tuesday's American Eagle party, Leighton kept things prim and proper as she got into character as Blair Waldorf. You guys aren't quite sure what to make of Leighton's tendencies to strip down when she goes into musical mode, but she's not the only Upper East Sider who likes to show a bit of skin. View 15 Photos › For more photos from the Gossip Girl set just read more. View 15 Photos › »
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"Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester revealed that she has hooked up with famous rapper Lil Wayne. The two has worked together in a song called "Make It Rain". Meester and Weezy met a few month ago when they presented the award for Best Song From a Movie at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.
"I sent him a couple of my songs," the 23-year-old recalled how she successfully recruited the multiple Grammy-winning artist to make a duet with her when met by MTV News before performing at the new American Eagle store in Time Square on November 17. "He's been diggin' on them for a while. Then he heard ['Make It Rain'], and he was like, 'All right, I'm gonna kill it!'"
Unlike some other artists who record their duet tracks separately, Meester and Weezy chose to hit studio together. "It was like, literally, 4 o'clock in the morning. He was so sick - he didn't even write anything down. »
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Strangest musical odd couple since Taylor Swift teamed up with T-Pain? Gossip Girl beauty Leighton Meester tells MTV that the collaborators on her upcoming debut album include "Prom Queen" rapper Lil Wayne. According to Meester, the pair initially hooked up a few months ago, and the "incredibly polite and respectful" Wayne eventually offered to contribute to her track "Make it Rain": "I sent him a couple of my songs. He's been diggin' on them for a while. Then he heard ['Make It Rain'], and he was like, 'All right, I'm gonna kill it!' " So how did the collaboration go down? Meester recounts the... »
- Celebuzz

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