Things may have gone pretty badly for Ms. van der Woodsen as the Season 5 finale of Gossip Girl came to a close on Monday night (No best friend? Check! No bf/step-bro? Check! Incoming drug problem and questionable make-out partner? CHECK.) BUT, if there’s one thing that Serena will always have going for her, it’s her unerring STYLE.

And that goes double for her real-life counterpart Blake Lively! (Who, thankfully, in every other way, couldn’t be more different than S...) Blake was just recognized by the one, the only Victoria’s Secret in their “What Is Sexy?” list for 2012. Unveiled via this video starring VS Angels like Lindsay Ellington and Erin Heatherton, Blake was crowned “Sexiest Summer Style.”

How very fitting! And timely! Blake’s never been one to shy away from the bold prints and bright colors of summer attire – not to mention that ne’er-ending collection of Loubs that match everything (we’re not jealous! pinky swear!) — and the honor totally suits her! We gotta ask though, how did Stacy Keibler best her in the legs department? We may have to demand a recount...

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Blake Lively gave us yet another covetable coat to add to our clothing wish list. In case you can't make it to NYC's Bergdorf Goodman on Madison Avenue to buy the real Reed Krakoff trench, check out this bright alternative from Target. Team it with a violet clutch to replicate this Gossip Girl's colorful spring vibe.

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Looks like it’s a very good genuine estate notion to forgo Hollywood and head for the hills — the hills of upstate New York, that is. Just appear at the size of the spread actress Blake Lively and her beau Ryan Reynolds are cozying up in these days (photo above).

Smitten as they seem with every single other, no doubt Lively and Reynolds have equally passionate feelings about the 4,700-square-foot country house they just bought for $ two.35 million. The 3-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom property opens to a stone terrace that overlooks the Cross River Reservoir.

It’s even better than a Hollywood movie set, and at a fraction of the expense, given that the property includes 1.75 acres in the exclusive Pound Ridge actual estate industry. The Westchester County community is about 90 minutes from the bright lights and pricey condos of Manhattan, and about two,700 miles away from Los Angeles, but the couple had been combing the region for specifically this type of deep suburban getaway. But lest any individual believe that canoodling and cohabitation signifies that the couple purchased the house together, The Genuine Estalker reports that Reynolds alone (through a trust) is the owner.

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There was an odd little story about Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively last week and I never got around to talking about it. You know how they’re all WASPy and perfect now, and how there were many reports that Blake and Ryan had purchased a Bedford, NY country home together?

Well, first of all, there’s some reporting that indicates Blake bought the Bedford home herself, without Ryan’s involvement whatsoever. Ryan also seems to have bought another property in the area recently – basically, they’re both buying real estate like it’s going out of style. But! The New York Post reports that whether or not both their names are on the deed, they are spending time together in Bedford, NY. And Ryan doesn’t seem happy about it at all.

I used to hear lots of stories about Ryan being a d-bag to many, many people. Maybe he’s a really nice guy when you get to know him, but the idea I have of him is of a dude who is rather temperamental, rude and tightly wound. So, basically, I have no problems believing that he’s not making friends in the area.

Meanwhile, many of us wondered why Blake Lively was not at last Monday’s Met Gala. Surely she was invited – she has a Chanel contract, she’s a self-styled fashion girl, she’s on Gossip Girl… why not go to the Met Gala? LOVE. She didn’t go because of LOVE.

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Blake Lively blew off the ball for her beau. Sources tell us the “Gossip Girl” beauty — who was the belle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala last year — passed on attending Monday so she could go on a lengthy romantic trip with boyfriend Ryan Reynolds.

Beginning the last weekend of April, an insider says Lively and Reynolds, who’ve been together seven months, jetted to Napa Valley, where they stayed at the world-class Auberge du Soleil luxury resort and restaurant in Rutherford, Calif.

The couple then headed to San Francisco, where their activities included an intimate dinner at Charles Phan’s revered Vietnamese restaurant, Slanted Door. The leggy Lively and the abs-fabulous Reynolds also took time to stroll the city’s artsy Red Light District. They then made a brief stop in Los Angeles before traveling to Reynolds’ hometown of Vancouver. Our source points out that the lovebirds were visiting Reynolds’ family the night of the Met Ball on May 7.

Instead of walking the red carpet at Vogue editor Anna Wintour ’s haute happening, Lively, 24, and Reynolds, 35, ate dinner with one of Reynolds’ four brothers and his wife at Asian restaurant Blue Ginger, in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.

They stayed overnight and returned to the mainland the next day. According to the insider, Lively and Reynolds stayed at the Coast Hotel in Vancouver, but have since relocated to Parksville in British Columbia to continue the more-than-two-week idyll.

Fashion insiders were surprised Lively skipped the Met Ball, since the style- and shopping-obsessed actress was the hit of last year’s party. The blond bombshell is the face of Chanel Mademoiselle handbags and attended last year’s soiree on the arm of the French fashion house’s creative director, Karl Lagerfeld.

Our first source says Lively’s absence from the fashion extravaganza is a sign that she has really fallen for Reynolds. A second source notes that Lively would have been more than welcome at the “Oscars of the East Coast,” but decided on the low-key vacation with Reynolds instead.

“Anna loves her,” notes the insider. Lively also missed the Cinema Society screening of her film “Hick” here on May 3, because she was traveling. She and Reynolds have become increasingly serious during their seven-month courtship. After shopping for homes in Westchester and Connecticut together, Lively recently purchased a $2 million estate in Bedford Hills, N.Y.

Our initial source says Reynolds has been spending a lot of time at Lively’s new pad, and also “gets along great with Blake’s [half] sister Robyn .”A spokeswoman for Lively did not respond to our request for comment by deadline.

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Now that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have settled into their humble abode, we're sure it's only a matter of time before the pregnancy rumors start… hah! Blake paid a reported $2.3 million for the country digs, which includes 1.7 acres of "domestic" New York goodness. With 3-4 bedrooms, they can have the whole Gossip Girl cast over for a slumber party (granted they're like their characters and cool with sharing beds)!

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Sounds like somebody's not welcomed in the neighborhood! Remember how we told you Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds bought a $2 million country cottage in Bedford, New York just last month?

Well, reportedly, the duo, who have been together for seven months, have been making their way around town and their stay hasn’t been sitting too well with the locals! Supposedly, according to a source, the couple recently had dinner at Richard Gere’s Bedford restaurant…where they thought they were being stalked!
When another couple got up to leave the restaurant when Blake and Ryan left, Ryan "snarled" at them and asked if they were following him!!!

Now that doesn't sound too neighborly to us, ha! Actually…it sounds kinda cray cray paranoid! We hope Ryan and Blake find a way to get settled into their new town…and hopefully, make an effort to make friends with their neighbors! We mean, they could always move back to El Lay…!

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Shortly after a weekend of bonding with Ryan Reynolds's family in Vancouver, Blake Lively and her boyfriend kept the family fun coming during their vacation.

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When Ryan Reynolds brings a gal home, he goes all out. The actor, 35, took girlfriend Blake Lively, 24, back to his hometown in Vancouver this past weekend, and the pair dined in a mountaintop restaurant along with a few members of the Reynolds clan.

According to People magazine, Lively joined in on a family reunion at the Altitudes Bistro, an occasion marked by complimentary appetizers from the chef. The cozy couple even played Tic-Tac-Toe in a coloring book, the magazine reports.

“It was a really nice family reunion,” a source told People, “and they spent several hours catching up on the latest news and sharing lots of laughs with each other.”Rumors that the couple were dating surfaced last fall shortly after they shared screen time on action flick “The Green Lantern.”

Though neither has publicly acknowledged their relationship, the Daily News previously reported that Reynolds and Lively were shopping around for a lovenest on the East Coast. “One thing is apparent: Blake loves Connecticut,” a source told The News, adding that the couple also looked into properties in Greenwich and Bedford Hills in Westchester County, N.Y. This past weekend, however, the two kept to more low-key activities — brunching, grocery shopping and enjoying each other's company near Kitsilano Beach, E! News reports.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds enjoyed a family dinner at a restaurant atop Grouse Mountain in his hometown Vancouver, BC, on Friday, May 4, reports People. Grouse Mountain, one of the North Shore Mountains of the Pacific Ranges, towers 4,000 feet and overlooks Greater Vancouver. It offers visitors a beautiful view, an alpine ski area in winters and a 2.9 k m hiking trail during summers.

The couple arrived at the resort along with Ryan's mother. They had made table reservations at The Observatory restaurant, but later opted for the more informal Altitudes Bistro. They sat at a table for seven next to a fireplace, and were later joined by other members of Ryan's family.

"It was a really nice family reunion," a source at the restaurant told People, "and they spent several hours catching up on the latest news and sharing lots of laughs with each other."On Saturday, the couple was spotted having breakfast at Sophie's Cosmic Café in the Kitsilano neighborhood.

The couple has been spending a lot of time together lately and have bought a $2 million country home in New York. Lively, 24, and Reynolds, 35, who co-starred in the Green Lantern have been dating since October 2011.

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