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Party Down at the 2009 TV Upfronts!

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Jun 03, 2009 10:58 PM
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Too Cool for CBS

LL Cool J's performance of "Mama Said Knock You Out" was one of the high points of the CBS upfront.


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XOXO

As if we even need reason to post a photo of Leighton, Jessica, Taylor and Blake.


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Blond Ambition

Don't worry—Leighton Meester assured us the hair color is only a temporary transformation for a movie role, and she'll return as brunette Blair this fall. Meanwhile the Gossip queen is also recording her debut solo album. Talk about a busy B!


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Screen Siren

E! Online's Fashion Police sounded the alarm on Blake's tiny onesie, but no matter what she wears, Serena is always a 10.


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Sex and the City

Melrose Place's wanton West Coasters conquer Manhattan's Empire State Building.


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Who's on First?

The Vampire Diaries vs. Twilight—which came first? If Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder are answering this question, they are correct. In one!


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Model T's

America's Next Top Model executive producer/fat trimmer Tyra Banks and cycle 12 winner Teyona Anderson promote the upcoming "shorter" (beauties taller than 5'8" do not qualify) season of the hit reality competition.


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Fearsome Foursome

Don't spill your cocktail on this coldblooded coterie: Breaking Bad drug-dealer Aaron Paul, 90210 bad girl Jessica Lowndes, new Melrose vixen Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Fall Out Boy/CSI criminal Pete Wentz.


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Mama Drama

After an emotional roller-coaster ride for fans, Patricia Arquette's NBC-dumped Medium landed on CBS, where it will be paired with fellow lady-psychic show Ghost Whisperer.


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What a Doll

Hulu pitchman (and Family Guy guy) Seth MacFarlane and Eliza Dushku celebrated Dollhouse's surprise pickup at the Fox party. Plus, it's great to see these exes so chummy.


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Glee Squee

The Glee cast performed "Somebody to Love" live onstage at the Fox upfront before the broadcast premiere of their hit series.


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We Three

Fringe's Joshua Jackson and Glee's Lea Michelle and Cory Monteith got close at the Fox upfront afterparty.


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Whither Reaper?

The fate of Tyler Labine's Reaper remains unknown—will it go into first-run syndication or not?—but Sons of Tucson on Fox looks like a pretty good backup plan, just in case...


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