Gen-Y crush object Danielle Fishel, who played granola-crunchy high schooler Topanga Lawrence on the '90s kidcom Boy Meets World, has a new gig: She's been hired to head up The Dish on the Style channel starting next month. A spinoff of E!'s snarky video-comment show The Soup, this version will aim its sarcasm at celebrity fashion, complete with clips from such programs as Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model.
After Boy Meets World ended its run in 2000, Fishel's acting career pretty much stalled, leaving her playing sorority girls in forgettable TV shows and movies. She also famously dated Boy costar Ben Savage and 'N Sync singer Lance Bass (long before he came out), and parlayed a brief bout with chubbiness into jobs as spokesperson for the Nutrisystem diet plan and "special correspondent" on The Tyra Banks Show.
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