

Scarlett Johansson wasted no time in debuting her engagement ring from fiancé Ryan Reynolds at last night's Costume Institute Gala at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Pretty much every celebrity you can imagine was in attendance (except for Reynolds), and 95 percent of the wardrobe choices made our heart cry.
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DOWNGRADE "Blogger Emily Brill spotted Gossip Girl’s Chase Crawford and celebridaughter Rumer Willis out partying together Thursday night (they were also seen flirting at a GQ party last December). … Is Bruce and Demi's edgy spawn just the rebound Chace needs to get over wholesome ex-girlfriend Carrie Underwood?"

What's up with the inappropriate Gossip Girl promotion? Between the steamy OMFG sex scene ads and this stripped-down cover of the latest issue of New York magazine, we have a hard time believing any parents will be happy letting their school-age children watch the show tonight when it comes back from hiatus.
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“For the record, we’re both straight,” insists JC Chasez of reports he’s dating Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford. “We’re not dating.”
His story grows even cuter after you watch him on Tyra offering all sorts of excuses about why he’s not dating a girl.

This is not going to help Chace Crawford ward off those gay rumors: The Gossip Girl star has reportedly broken up with beard Carrie Underwood.
Sources are offering every reason possible for the breakup — other than Chace's maybe-boyfriend JC Chasez.
First excuse: Chace does not have enough time, what with Gossip Girl resuming in NYC. Second excuse: Carrie does not have enough time, as she wants to focus on her career.
The third excuse, however, is the most creative:
Carrie saw how cute Tony [Romo] and Jessica [Simpson] are and wanted a relationship like that. She's a hopeless romantic and likes being close with the person she's with.
Next time you try to come up with a believable excuse for a breakup, here's a tip: Don't mention "cute" in the same sentence as the Tony/Jessica relationship.
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• Sacha Baron Cohen stuffed his crotch for Sweeney Todd. No idea why. [Queerty]
• "In my lifetime, from World War II on, life got freer and freer until herpes, then AIDS. That was the end, ask any bar owner. Things moved to the right." [DListed]
• The Gossip Girl boy is gossiping with girls at a basketball game. Oh boy! [PS]
• Most of the hookers we've seen in New York have "hooker flip flops with holes in the soles" and "hooker crippling drug addictions," not leather "hooker boots." [HT]
• No makeup. That's what we like to see. [INO]
• Madonna's new album will not be titled Licorice. What a relief, huh? [ICYDK]
• For her babies, Jennifer Lopez wants a bunch of impractical stuff that's absurdly expensive. How incongruous with the miracle of life. [Yeeeah]
• People write all over this city, and, when it's not racist, it can be really great. [CityRag]

Tuesday night, when asked if they'd like to share any Hollywood gossip they've become privy to since joining the cast of Gossip Girl, one young actor noted: "I'd like to punch Zac Efron in the face." Interesting, because that's the exact same way I feel about the cast of Gossip Girl.
After the jump, more from the premiere of The OC East.
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