I SPY NY: The Casts of Gossip Girl, Project Runway, and More

I spy in NY…

Gossip Girl‘s Jessica Szohr, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ed Westwick and Sebastian Stan celebrating the release of GG costume designer Eric Daman‘s new coffee table book You Know You Want It Tuesday at Henri Bendel’s (top photo), Project Runway‘s Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and season five alum Kenley Collins temporarily renaming 39th Street and Seventh Avenue “Project Runway Avenue” in celebration of the season seven premiere Wednesday morning (middle photo), American Idol season six finalist Melinda Dolittle tearing up Highline Ballroom Sunday night (bottom photo), and Suze Orman signing copies of new book With Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny at Barnes and Noble Union Square Thursday.

[Melinda Dolittle photo by Lisa Pickrel]

Tweet of the Night

“I like turbulence. It’s harmless fun”

–Leighton Meester Tweets

I SPY NY: Adrian Grenier, Leighton Meester and More

I spy in NY…

Adrian Grenier hosting the fourth annual Charity: Water Ball at the Metropolitan Pavilion Monday night (top photo), Leighton Meester “performing” at Robin Thicke‘s album release party for guests Jay-Z, Beyonce and John Legend at Butter Monday night (middle photo), Taylor Lautner poking fun at rumored girlfriend Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live (bottom photo), Q-Tip and Mark Ronson spinning at Santos Party House Friday night, Katie Couric taking a Yoga class at Pure Yoga on the Upper East Side, and Erykah Badu unveiling forthcoming record New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh during a listening party Chung King Studios Thursday.

Leighton Meester Sings "Good Girls Go Bad" Live with Cobra Starship for the First Time

We were seriously praying that Leighton Meester would spare us an appearance at the Cobra Starship/Boys Like Girls/The Maine concert Tuesday night at Nokia Theatre.

But, seeing how it was a New York show, and Meester is a delusional, we brought our video camera just in case.

And whaddaya know!

Meester got onstage in the middle of CS’ “Good Girls Go Bad” to perform a sultry, vocally-traumatizing rendition of the song.

We honestly don’t know how she gets away with this s***!!

Meester was scantily clad, dancing like an MF stripper, and bailing on all of her high notes! It’s as if she was (gasp!) auto-corrected on the studio version!

To top it off, this was Cobra’s first time collaborating live with Meester.

“One day I’m hoping Leighton Meester gets on stage and performs this song with us,” alluded Cobra frontman Gabe Saporta. “It would be the first time we’ve ever performed it together.”

That’s when Meester popped out of the sidestage and shimmied her way to the front, as Saporta screamed, “Oh my god, it’s Leighton Meester!”

Oh my god, it’s a delusional actress! is what he should have screamed.

Check out the trauma, if you dare, above.

I SPY NY: Adam Lambert, Rihanna and More

I spy in NY…

Adam Lambert performing on CBS’ The Early Show Wednesday (top photo), Rihanna at Juliet for her album release party Tuesday night (middle photo), Boys Like Girls hitting the sauce at Nylon magazine’s concert after-party at 1Oak Tuesday night (bottom photo), 311 rocking Hammerstein Ballroom Friday night, Leighton Meester committing atrocities to music at the Cobra Starship concert Tuesday at Nokia Theatre, Robin Williams packing the house at Town Hall Wednesday night, Maino performing in the middle of the night at Tenjune Wednesday, Jimmy Buffett rocking Madison Square Garden Tuesday, and Kid Sister tearing it up at Webster Hall Friday.

Leighton Meester "Performs" at American Eagle Opening in Times Square

We knew Leighton Meester couldn’t sing. And now all of Manhattan knows it too!

The Gossip Girl delusionary performed a four-song set at the American Eagle store opening Tuesday night in Times Square, while castmates Sebastian Stan, Michelle Trachtenberg and Jessica Szohr cheered her on.

Cheered? Or laughed! Judging by Szohr’s face, we’re leaning towards the latter.

Also in the house were Pete Wentz on the turntable, Adrien Grenier and Adrienne Bailon.

Surely one of these people has the balls to tell Meester to quit while she’s ahead!

Leighton Meester Should Stick to Acting

I’m a die-hard Gossip Girl fan. I have more respect for Blair Waldorf than a frat guy has for Tony Montana. But honestly, what I saw at New York’s Tenjune Monday night deeply traumatized me.

Leighton Meester took the stage at NYC’s Tenjune around one a.m. for a five-song performance – while castmates Ed Westwick, Michelle Trachtenberg and real-life boyfriend Sebastian Stan watched along in the wings. And I’m not sure if Meester had one too many beverages or hair perms or what – but it was a TRAINWRECK.

Meester was off-key, off-balance, and so drowned in makeup that she was barely recognizable! (Check her out in the middle of the top photo.) If she didn’t open the show with “Good Girls Go Bad,” I think the crowd would have legit not known who she was. Another highlight was her crowd banter in between songs, which included her introduction: “Everyone fucked up? Yeaaah!” and then her preface to song “Your Love’s a Drug”: “This song is about fucking! Readaay?”

She left the stage by blasting a warbly version of her new song with Lil Wayne, telling the crowd, “This is my new song. Listen up.”

Very nice.

Check out an eight-second clip of the “performance” above and see for yourself, but security made me turn off my camera so apologies for the Blair Witch Project-style footage. No pun intended.

P.S. I was at this venue two months ago for a Sean Kingston performance, and cameras were not only allowed, but encouraged! We’re guessing cameras were prohibited that night so people wouldn’t see how bad Meester sings live. Oops.

Jessica Szohr Rules Gossip Girl Season Three

We must admit, we were never Jessica Szohr‘s biggest fans.

That is, until we saw this pic!!

Vanessuck is looking gorgeous as the CW films season three of Gossip Girl in SoHo Friday.

She even manages to make Leighton Meester look mediocre!

September 14 can’t come soon enough!!

Leighton Goes Electro

Taylor Momsen isn’t the only Gossip Girl star interested in music!

Leighton Meester is reportedly taking the plunge as well.

Meester has hit the studio with producers Polow Da Don, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Spencer Nezey, to complete an electro-pop record due this fall.

This could go one of two ways!!!

Blair’s Bun

Leighton Meester was snapped on the set of Gossip Girl in New York Wednesday, with her hair in an MF bun!

Unacceptable!!!

Is Blair going to rule the universe in sweats and sneaks, while she’s at it??

Blair with a bun is almost as bad as Chuck smiling!