I generally prefer older women... at least women in the similar age range. Hell, I won't even stay in the same room when Gossip Girl is on, it's like The Spice Girls of TV: people know it's terrible, but they get caught up in its infectiousness and in ten years will act as if they don't remember buying in.
Anyway, Blake Lively is an exception. As we've mentioned here before, it seems very unlikely she will make the same life choices and career mistakes of a Lindsay Lohan or some of the other young starlets of this century. But that doesn't mean we're standing tall about this appreciation either...
A little over a month ago, we excerpted a Vanity Fair story about the next crop of young celebrities. This was what we took from the Blake Lively section:
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.
What We Like About Her:
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.” Favorite guy’s guy? “I’m dating Brad Pitt.” Favorite girl’s girl? Angelina Jolie. Favorite snack?Hybrid or Escalade? “Hybrid. Even if anybody picked the Escalade they wouldn’t say it, ‘cause it’d be, like, bombed.” “Whatever’s greasier and cheesier the better.”
What Makes Us A Little Weary:
Favorite movie? Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo and Juliet.
Those judgments still stand, plus our approval of this remark:
In [her] Teen Vogue interview, when asked if she was dating Penn Badgley, Lively said that “I try not to talk about my dating life. I want to, but once you start, it’s all downhill from there.”
Hear, hear. Stay out of the tabloids and gossip pages and-- wait, gossip pages? Isn't she the star of "Gossip Girl?" Whatever. This just goes to show that Lively may transcend the show-- and Hollywood-- altogether. It's about time somebody broke out of the mental hospital...
Image via Evil Beet Gossip.
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