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www.artlog.com: Actress Blake Lively may be better known as a style icon than as an art collector, but she has assembled quite an inspiring personal collection. I recently had the privilege of interviewing Lively about her favorite pieces and what drives her passion for art. With a mix of contemporary art, vintage black and white photographs, and even a few prints from Urban Outfitters, her collection shows that art can be accessible at any age or budget.
SHES best known for playing a spoilt princess on TV, but can Blake Lively silence rumours and enjoy success?
Blake Lively loves The Wizard of Oz. Adores it, in fact. “I love the magic, the fantasy, the happiness and sparkle [in the film]. That’s what I hoped my life would be like.”
At times, it must feel as though Lively simply clicked her designer heels three times and arrived in her very own technicolour world of money, fame and fortune.
From the hit teen franchise The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants to her role on the cult TV show Gossip Girl, the 23-year-old has been caught up in her own tornado of success, resulting now in critically acclaimed films and a blossoming fashion icon status.
Even her new project was a fantastical experience. Lively plays love interest Carol Ferris (who later becomes super-villain Star Sapphire) in the comic-book action flick Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds.
“As a kid, I’d walk out of superhero movies doing karate chops and pretending to fly,” says Lively. “So the idea of being in one was thrilling.”
Blake covers here in Germany the “Joy” issue (July) and I made scans of it, I also translated the german interview in english, so if you post it elsewhere please credit us – it took me very long . Some random magazines/clippings have been as well added to the gallery – you can view them right here!
Blake Lively appears for the interview in the “Ritz Carlton Hotel” in San Francisco in a dark blue dress by the romanian designer Yoana Baraschi, who stocks as well celebrities like Heidi Klum and Sienna Miller. Her sense for fashion runs in the blood of the 23-year-old, not accidentally she celebrated her breakthrough as a scandalous fashionista in the TV-series “Gossip Girl”. But even on the big screen she knows how to convince – “The Town” co-star Ben Affleck raved: “I bet that Blake wins soon an Oscar.” Not a big surprise, as the blonde is having everything you need for a big triumph: great appearance, talent and humour. Although Blake looks perfectly dressed from head to toe, she’s having a very natural aura. The actress who was raised in California and with the star sign Virgo is laughing a lot and very contagious. But if it comes up to the business Blake gets serious, because that’s something she knows a lot about. As the youngest kid of 5 children, a father who’s a filmmaker and a mother who’s an acting teacher she was well teached from an early age how the Hollywood business exactly works.
JOY:Coming up next you’re going to play in the superhero movie “Green Lantern” a tough pilot. Why don’t you ever shoot a romantic comedy?
I’m always looking for roles that doesn’t have to do anything at all with the Upper-East-Side-Student I’m playing in “Gossip Girl.” That’s something what drives my agents crazy about [laughs]. Cause actually I get lots of offerings for comedy roles. But I don’t feel like playing them, I just really like to take risks when it comes to a film role.
JOY:Halle Berry or Charlize Theron are always groaning, because it’s hard getting a role where you’re “ugly”. Are you familiar with that problem?
Absolutely! I had to fight very hard to get the role of Carol Ferris in “Green Lantern.” At the casting they were like: “You’re having a pretty face, but are you sure that you can play also a powerwoman?” I wanted to show everyone that I can also play roles like that, which is why I worked on myself very hard in the forefront. It was definitely the most body exhausting role I ever played.
JOY:What was the stressful part of it?
During the week I was everyday in front of the camera in New York for the fourth season “Gossip Girl” and at the weekends I was in Louisiana to film “Green Lantern”. In the meantime I exercised myself in the weight room, just to get fit for “Green Lantern.”
JOY:Is it true that your relationship with Penn Badgley broke up, because of less time?
I’d lie, if I would say that the long “Gossip Girl-” shoots over 16 hours a day and my film roles don’t have any effect of my private life. You need time for love – above all togetherness, which we often missed. But we know each other since our childhood and we will always be good friends.
JOY:According to some rumours you lately dated Ryan Gosling and co-star Ryan Reynolds. What’s that all about?
Both Ryan’s are just very good friends of mine.
JOY:How should your dream guy be like?
He should have a soft core and should be down to earth. I don’t like those bad boys or masculine drama queens – a relationship should be relaxed!
JOY:How do you relax after a long, exhausting workday?
I’m taking every now and then a little time-out. Away back I traveled on my own across India and Thailand. Next time I’d really like to fly to New Zealand or China. Cooking is also something that gets me relaxed, more than ever when I eat my own creations [laughs].
JOY:In that case, what are you doing to stay in a good shape?
I’m mindful of what I eat and I do lots of sport. But every now and then you just need to grant youself billions of calories. My family comes from southern, where you mostly get deep-fried food. Food has always been an important ritual to us. Once a month I’m trying to make a big dinner, so I can invite my friends or family.
JOY: Your whole family is in the showbiz. Was that the reason why you became an actress?
I actually always wanted to defy that family trend. I wanted to study medicine. Admittedly, I played a minor part in a movie of my father when I was eleven, but just for fun. My brother Eric notified me secretely at an agency and just before my highschool graduation I got a call that I should play in the movie “The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants.” Shooting this movie made lots of fun and shortly after I got the “Gossip Girl” role offer. Ever after I’m officially an actress.
JOY:And alongside a fashion icon. How was your reaction, when Karl Lagerfeld booked you as the first american girl for a chanel campaign?
I couldn’t believe it. Karl is to me the most amazing living designer. He took photos of me for the Chanel-Mademoiselle-Handbag-Campaign on his own – in the former parisian apartment of Coco Chanel. It’s like a big dream for a girl like me who loves fashion a lot.
JOY:On photos you always look totally perfect. Do you look like that in your private life too?
In my freetime I rather follow my own fashion sense, than following any style trends. I’m always taking pictures of a combo I do like and after that I look for similar pieces. Most of the time I’m mixing different styles. Fashion means fun, which is why I always dress myself the way I feel.
JOY:Do you feel like big events are stressful?
Quite the opposite. I enjoy wearing there the newest collections and getting designer clothes for free. Fashion is just a very big hobby to me!
JOY:How many dresses do you have in your wardrobe?
Good God! By now there should be something around 450. To say nothing of my round 150 handbags and 300 shoes. I slowly lose track of it [laughs].
LOS ANGELES—Blake Lively was talking in general about what she looks for in a man in our recent interview. Perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio, whom the “Gossip Girl” and “Green Lantern” star is dating, meets her requirements.
“If you meet somebody who claims to be fearless, he’s not being truthful,” said Blake, fetching in a yellow dress, her long blonde hair cascading seductively. “It’s the ability to overcome fear or any of life’s obstacles—that’s what you look for. You want somebody who can overcome his challenges and can also help you overcome yours. In any relationship, whether it’s with somebody you’re in love with or a friend or a family member, you always look for somebody you can lean on and help support you. You can be that to the person, as well. It’s about giving and receiving.”
In this recent chat, Blake, who got good reviews in “The Town,” the Ben Affleck-directed drama released late last year, seemed more animated and engaging than usual. She gesticulated with her hands expressively, with dazzling Lorraine Schwartz rings on her fingers having an almost hypnotic effect. “I wish these rings were mine,” she said with a laugh.
“I’m just overwhelmingly expressive in real life,” Blake explained. “I was silly enough to watch my first time to guest on David Letterman’s show. I was like, ‘Do I really talk like that? That’s embarrassing!’ I do remind myself to be still. I would be a really bad actor if I was onscreen, being myself. People would be like, ‘She’s over the top; she’s horrible.’ I have to fight the urge to be myself onscreen.”
We’ve added first candids of Blake arriving at the today show studios this morning and also when she was outside the studios. She wore a cute blue mini dress and shoes by Charlotte Olympia. Below you can watch the video of Blake’s appearance at the “Live With Regis & Kelly” show. She talked otherwise about “Green Lantern”, the upcoming movie “Savages” and her trip to France (lots of cooking of course!).
To promote “Green Lantern“, Blake and co-star Ryan Reynolds did a lots of interviews lately. Here are 4 new videos of the trio, interviewed by MTV. More videos can be found under the cut -they’re both pretty cute in it!
She’s got a hit show, a mega summer movie and a contract with Chanel—so, yeah, things are going pretty well for Blake Lively. She tells her new best friend, singer Florence Welch, all about it.
She makes you feel that she and life are going to go on forever.” Can you guess whom director Baz Luhrmann was talking about in his tribute to one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2011? Streep? Kidman? Bacall? Nope—it’s Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively! Her role as Serena van der Woodsen may have made her a household name, but it’s Blake’s impressive drama chops (have you seen her turn as a drug-addled single mom in 2010’s The Town?) that have helped her land movie parts more seasoned actors would kill for. And she’s quickly becoming a fashion icon (without a stylist, mind you). Karl Lagerfeld—Mr. Chanel himself—brought her as his date to this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala, one of fashion’s highest-profile events, calling her an “American dream girl.”
This summer, Blake fights big-screen villains with Ryan Reynolds in the blockbuster Green Lantern; next up is the indie drama Hick and a role in Oliver Stone’s Savages. The girl’s on fire—and did we mention she’s only 23? Listen in as Glamour’s guest interviewer, Blake’s good friend Florence and the Machine singer Florence Welch, pumps her for details on all that good stuff and more.
FLORENCE WELCH: Blake, you looked a-mazing at the Met ball the other night.
BLAKE LIVELY:Stop it! I think we love each other too much—it’s not healthy! The performance you did that night, it’s the best thing I’ve been to yet.
FLORENCE WELCH: It was so nice having you in the crowd. I remember meeting you after my first show in New York. You got the band pizza, and they instantly fell in love with you. It was so sweet.
BLAKE LIVELY: I feel like the story of our meeting should be a little more happenstance so I sound less like a stalker, but it’s not. My brother was obsessed with you. When he played your album for me, my jaw dropped. Two days later you were playing the Bowery Ballroom, and we said, “This is serendipitous! We’re supposed to see her.”
FLORENCE WELCH: [Laughs hard.]
BLAKE LIVELY: So I got a ticket, and when they said, “Do you want to come backstage?” I’m like, Oh my gosh, I would love to meet this wonderful goddess! And then you were the nicest person I’d ever met. I thought, I need to know her better.
FLORENCE WELCH: And then Vegas was really fun as well, wasn’t it? That sealed the deal on our friendship, spending New Year’s together in sparkly outfits, standing on a table.
BLAKE LIVELY: You said, “Come to Vegas!” and I rounded up 16 of my family members.
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