Blake Lively and Penn Badgley: Canoodling Couple
Blake Lively and Penn Badgley: Canoodling Couple
Sometime costar romances work, and sometimes they don’t. But when it comes Blake Lively and Penn Badgley things certainly seem to be going pretty well.
The Gossip Girl sweethearts were spotted having fun and grabbing some grub last night at Tortilla Flats in New York City prior to hailing a cab and heading over to Starbucks.
Miss Lively looked flirty and fun in a blue and white ¾ sleeve collared mini dress with a pair of casual black flats, while Penn looked laid back in a grey t-shirt and khaki shorts teamed with a pair of white sneakers.
And with the 2008 Teen Choice nominations having recently been announced, these two have a lot to look forward to. Gossip Girl has been nominated for 14 awards including Choice TV Show, Choice TV Actress, and Choice TV Actor.
Kristin Cavallari’s Retail Therapy
Kristin Cavallari’s Retail Therapy
Sometimes a girl just needs to go shopping. And when the mood struck Kristin Cavallari yesterday, she immediately headed out to fulfill the urge.
The “Laguna Beach” babe made her rounds in Los Angeles, California, stopping at Neil George Salon and Fred Segal among other stores.
Kristin looked cute in a white tank top underneath a black cardigan combined with a pair of figure-flattering jeans and a pair of sandals as she chatted away on her mobile phone.
Recently, Miss Cavallari came to the defense of fellow Reality TV actress Audrina Patridge in the midst of her nude photo debacle. She told press that she’s, “confident that the topless photos of won’t bring The Hills star down. She can move on from it. She’s young, she did her thing, whatever. She looks good. Her body is bangin’!”
Some big actor-to-character age differences on TV
Actress: Gabrielle Carteris
Character: Andrea Zuckerman (Beverly Hills, 90210)
29 years old, playing 15 years old
14 year difference
When coming up with this list, Carteris was the first to come to mind. When 90210 premiered in the fall of 1990, the actress was 29 playing a high school student. But hell, she pulled it off.
Actor: Henry Winkler
Character: Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli (Happy Days)
29 years old, playing 17 years old
12 year difference
Looking back to Happy Days now, it did seem like The Fonz was a little too comfortable with the Cunningham adults, didn’t he? Maybe he lied about his age to his friends and he was actually held back 12 years in high school, just so he could look much cooler than anyone else. Heck, maybe he didn’t even go to high school at all. I can think of a couple of guys who, when at 29, would have thought this was a plan of genius.
Actress: Keiko Agena
Character: Lane Kim (Gilmore Girls)
33 years old, playing 22 years old
11 year difference
This one’s purely from research, as this was one show I never made time for. In looking at pictures of her against the other characters of the show, she certainly doesn’t stick out as being older. Good for her.
Actor: Gary Burghoff
Character: Radar O’Reilly (M*A*S*H)
32 years old, playing 18 years old
11 year difference (14 years by IMDb)
If you go by IMDb, Gary Burghoff was born in 1940. Wikipedia lists his birthdate as 1943. Which is it? I don’t know. It doesn’t really matter, because his actor/character age ratio rates up there in the top few of this list.
Actor: Tony O’Dell
Character: Alan Pinkard (Head of the Class)
26 years old, playing about 16 years old
About a 10 year difference
This one I had to estimate, since O’Dell was supposed to be, I believe, a sophomore in high school. I gotta say, he looks an awful lot like someone I once knew in high school, so it works. He played the overly-yuppie honors student to perfection; so much so that I wanted to reach through the TV and punch him in the nose. Maybe others agree, since the poor guy’s only got 57 MySpace friends.
Actor: David Boreanaz
Character: Angel/Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
35 years old, playing 26 years old
9 year difference
I’m not very good at suspending disbelief sometimes, and here’s one example that was such a thorn in my side for years while watching two of my favorite shows. When Angel went off the air in 2004, David Boreanaz was 35 and still trying to pull off his eternally-young 26 year-old character. This was one reason I was so glad the series ended; if they explained to us why the character didn’t look the same as in season one, I’d be happy.
Others with a 9 year difference:
Actor: Tom Welling
Character: Clark Kent (Smallville)
24 years old, playing 15 years old
Actor: Dan Frischman
Character: Arvid Engen (Head of the Class)
25 years old, playing about 16
Those with an 8 year difference:
Actor: Luke Perry
Character: Dylan McKay (Beverly Hills, 90210)
24 years old, playing 16 years old
Actor: Michael Rosenbaum
Character: Lex Luthor (Smallville)
29 years old, playing 21 years old
Actor: Benjamin McKenzie
Character: Ryan Atwood (The O.C.)
25 years old, playing 17 years old
Actor: Max Casella
Character: Vinnie Delpino (Doogie Howser, M.D.)
22 years old, playing 14 years old
Actress: Betty White
Character: Rose Nylund (The Golden Girls)
70 years old, playing 62
You could almost put this list together in order of how extreme the age difference seems, once you see the actual and virtual ages side-by-side. Luke Perry playing a 16 year-old at 24 seems minor to Max Casella playing a 14 year-old at 22, yet there’s still an eight year difference there.
So, did I leave out any big ones? Let me know in the comments.
Miley Cyrus is a Kids’ Choice Queen
Miley Cyrus is a Kids’ Choice Queen
Arriving at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion with three bodyguards in tow, Miley Cyrus was the queen bee at last night’s 2008 Kids’ Choice Awards in Westwood, California.
Throughout the course of the evening, the Hannah Montana singer/actress performed for the crowd and graciously accepted awards for Favorite Female Singer and Favorite TV Actress.
“I don’t want to get slimed but I am glad to be here,” she told the screaming crowd, continuing on to thank her “lord and savior Jesus Christ” and her coterie of managers and agents.
According to Reuters reports, “The ceremony, now in its 21st year, is organized by Viacom Inc-owned kids cable channel Nickelodeon. Host Jack Black said more than 88 million votes were cast online. Last year’s telecast drew a record 6.1 million viewers across the United States. The show is also broadcast internationally.”