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"Gossip Girl" on "30 Rock"

Is anyone else kind of FOBBATNSO30R ("Freaked Out Beyond Belief At the New Season of 30 Rock")? First there was news that Jennifer Aniston would be appearing, then yesterday's news of a possible Oprah appearance, which ... fine, awesome. This morning, word came from EW.com that "Gossip Girl"'s Leighton Meester and Blake Lively will play Liz Lemon's high school cronies in a flashback. Which ... OK, that's just too good for words.

Oh, November sweeps, how we cannot wait for your gentle embrace.

To return the favor, what character should Tina Fey play on "Gossip Girl"? Leave us a comment below! ...Full Article

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Columbia Calls for "Ghostbusters 3"

"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together ... mass hysteria!" That's essentially what we here at SOAPnet feel would ensue if Columbia Pictures made another "Ghostbusters" film without the original cast. But don't worry -- it looks like a "disaster of biblical proportions" may be averted ...

Variety recently announced that Emmy-nominated writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (co-executive producers of "The Office") are attached to write a third installment of the ghost-zapping franchise that's intended to reunite the comic genius of Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson. Eisenberg and Stupinsky recently wrote "Year One," a comedy directed by Ramis -- so there's already an organic relationship between the old and the new.

We can only hope the jumpsuit-clad boys -- with their "unlicensed nuclear accelerators" -- will get some help ...Full Article

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Simon Doonan: More Model Diversity

Barney's creative director and general style guru Simon Doonan thinks that Fashion Week has a bigger problem than models' ever-shrinking waistlines: too much Caucasian on the catwalk.

Talking about the fact that the CFDA will have booths in the Bryant Park tents during Fashion Week to provide information about eating disorders, Doonan said "Eating is personal. A much bigger issue is why they're not using more African-American girls." (Er, since we're being politically correct, shouldn't that be "women"?). Simon has a point, though. Of the 1,584 models that walked the runways during Fashion Week last February, only 94 were black. That's a pretty un-fabulous statistic.

However, we think it's a little early to be all doom and gloom about this go 'round. Dominican rising star Arlenis, just named as the new face of Lancome, was strutting the runway in this ...Full Article