According to sources, Leighton Meester will be making a guest appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly Show on January 11, 2011.

Check out exclusive pics and quotes from Leighton’s cover shoot and find out how the actress, singer, and stylish star is up to these days!

Over the Scene
“I’m not really a partier, in general. I’ve definitely learned that that’s probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.”

Putting Things in Perspective
“I want a family someday and I know that I have to let love in to create that and I think there is someone out there for me, but I’m not on some crazy hunt for that right now.”

Getting to Know Leighton
“The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can’t just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don’t know them. It’s the same thing with a relationship.”

Love Hurts
“I think you have to know how you feel when you’re sad and it’s healthy to mourn if a relationship ends. You should go through a period where you experience that feeling instead of fighting against it all the time and saying ‘No I want to be happy’ because that’s not healthy. As much as I don’t want sad or bad things to happen to me, it’s given me a lot of material for my work, so it’s good

She’s With the Band
“I’m working with a band right now, doing a lot of acoustic music through singing and writing. It’s really fun and fulfilling. It’s an expression of what I have in my life and what I’m going through, or what I have gone through, and of course, it’s mostly about love or relationships. The ups and downs that come along, which I think are universal.”

On Filming Country Strong…
“It was very inspiring being around all these people who make really good music and write amazing songs that tell stories. There’s a lot of really talented people in Nashville and the music they make has been around forever. They are real musicians, it’s not just a computer.”

Bag Lady
“A big bag is nice to travel with and to go to set with because I need my book or script and my wallet, and I like bringing my hand lotion and hand sanitizer because I’m a little OCD. Then an iPod and headphones. I like to be able to also stuff a scarf in there too, so when I’m on a flight I can use it as a little blanket.”

Source: Seventeen

Leighton Meester looks gorgeous in a Spring Versus dress on the cover of Seventeen’s February issue, on newsstands January 4.

Here’s what the 24-year-old Gossip Girl and Country Strong star had to share with the mag:

On if she still feels having a boyfriend isn’t a priority: “I would say the same thing today as well. [But] I think that the importance of love is really strong for me in my life, whether it’s a guy or a friend or just my puppy. I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from it.”

On starting a family: “I want a family someday and I know that I have to let love in to create that and I think there is someone out there for me, but I’m not on some crazy hunt for that right now.”

On her new music: “I’m working with a band right now, doing a lot of acoustic music through singing and writing. It’s really fun and fulfilling. It’s an expression of what I have in my life and what I’m going through, or what I have gone through, and of course, it’s mostly about love or relationships.”

Source: Just Jared

I have uploaded new screen captures, behind the scenes photos & photoshoots of Leighton Meester for ‘Herbal Essences‘.

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• (x031) Herbal Essences (2010): Screen Captures > Soft, Shiny, Sexy

I have uploaded new promotional movie stills of Leighton Meester in ‘Country Strong‘.

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• (x011) Country Strong: Stills

I have uploaded new wallpaper, promotional stills & official site screenshot of Leighton Meester in ‘The Roommate‘. Check out their official site, twitter & facebook.

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• (x001) The Roommate: Wallpapers
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• (x006) The Roommate: Official Site

We asked, you voted, and now, we present the style-setters of 2010. Judging from your effusive Twitters / Facebooks / Emails, you already know who we mean…

5. Leighton Meester
At the annual barometer of high fashion – The Costume Institute Gala in NYC – only two women were daring enough to wear Louis Vuitton runway looks. One was Madonna. The other was Leighton Meester, who separates from her primly perfect alter-ego Blair Waldorf by taking major fashion risks – and reaping the Marc-Jacobs-approved rewards.

Source: Nylon Mag