Tuesday, November 30, 2010
3 Random Pictures
Monday, November 29, 2010
OLD Pics // Taylor on the set of Gossip Girl (October 2010)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Vote for TPR at the ‘Virgin Media Music Awards 2010′
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Taylor Named one of the "Seventeen" Style Stars
A few of our favorite ladies of pop have been selected as Seventeen's Style Stars Of 2010, specifically: Ke$ha, Rihanna, Katy Perry and—surprisingly—Taylor Momsen.
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source: idolator
Gossip Girl not getting rid of its best character after all?
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So this may surprise you, but according to multiple sources connected to the series:
Taylor "isn't going anywhere" and the behavior issues are "nothing new."
Like the other original Gossip castmembers, Taylor is contracted through season seven, and I'm told she'll remain a part of the series moving forward. We just won't see her in every episode.
Insiders say Taylor's absence (she's only appeared in three episodes so far this season) has been largely a creative decision—one that both the Gossip Girl higher-ups and Taylor seem satisfied with. "Jenny isn't in college like everyone else, so it's hard to weave her into the central storylines," says one source. "We don't want to just bring her in to hang out at the breakfast table with Lily and Rufus and say a line or two—we want a reason to have her there."
And I'm told Taylor is happy to have the time off to work on her music career—instead of hanging around all day on set for that line or two.
As for the diva rumors, sources tell me Taylor's behavior is nothing new—she's been, um, standing up for what she believes is right since season one. And yet it doesn't appear to have affected her relationships with fellow castmembers or the show's higher-ups. "Everyone likes her," says one source. "Her absence really is driven by the story. Anything else is speculative."
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
'Gossip Girl' Sidelines Taylor Momsen
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Besides her barely-there wardrobe and expletive-laced tirades against peers such as Miley Cyrus, Momsen pissed off Project Runway's Tim Gunn who played mentor to 'Jenny" in an episode that aired last month. Gunn blasted Momsen for her lack of professionalism on the set. "What a diva," he told E! News. "She was pathetic, she couldn't remember her lines, and she didn't even have that many. I thought to myself, 'Why are we being held hostage by this brat?'"
However, a Gossip insider maintains that the airtime for Momsen, an original cast member who has been on the show since the pilot, has been reduced for strictly creative reasons.
source: deadline.com
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Beautiful Picture from Behind The Scenes of a Photoshoot
Friday, November 19, 2010
Kraft Singles Commercial
Another commercial from 1997 featuring Taylor Momsen.
"Sometimes boys make mistakes but I know this boy wont." haha so cute!Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Taylor Announces on her Twitter New Tour Cities!
The Pretty Reckless will also be in Turkey in December!
New gig announced: Cologne, Germany
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More tour dates are being announced: this time, Germany!
So German fans will be able to see The Pretty Reckless live at Kolner Luxor in Cologne, Germany on December 17th!
Tickets are available here and also here (site in german)
The Pretty Reckless announce Paris gig!
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Monday, November 15, 2010
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Taylor Momsen seems to be wearing the Red/Black Cuban Heel Stockings (style 9705) from popular hosiery brand Leg Avenue. You can buy these thigh highs tons of places, but the cheapest I’ve found are $9.90 at Fantasia Wear and $12.20 HERE
The Pretty Reckless to promote Light Me Up in Paris, France
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Polydor France has informed that The Pretty Reckless will be in Paris on December 6th to 9th. They'll be promoting Light Me Up and will give a private concert!
Of course, there's going to be a contest and you could win not only tickets for the show but also the possibility to meet the band!
Thanks to @Arianouille, @LoulouMomsen_x and the-pretty-reckless.net for the info!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Old Video: Shake 'N Bake Commercial
This is a commercial from 1997 featuring Taylor Momsen. OMG she was so cute!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
The Pretty Reckless live at MTV EMAs 2010 after party
The Pretty Reckless performed live at the MTV EMAs after party on Sunday November 7th in Madrid, Spain.
Watch below the performances and an interview from the show!
Zombie:
Since You're Gone:
Factory Girl:
thanks to: the-pretty-reckless.net
Interview with the band:
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Taylor featured in November Issue of Wonderland Magazine
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transcripted by me, please credit taylormomsenblog.blogspot.com if copy somewhere, thanks
TAYLOR MOMSEN
THE PRETTY RECKLESS’ LEAD SINGER IS FINALLY PURSUING HER BIGGEST PASSION.
Ahead of our interview with singer and actress Taylor Momsen, Wonderland are struck down with the now traditional winter illness – flu. Regardless, we get tanked up on Nurofen and Lemsip and are somewhat relieved to find Momsen herself is a little ‘out of it’ when we settle down to talk. But it’s nothing to do with the reported ‘wild child’ antics of the 17 year old that she is a little dazed, she is just tired and only recently woken up. “It was nothing exciting last night,” she declares shaking herself awake. “But I didn’t exactly get to bed early.”
Finding herself back on set for the fourth season of Gossip Girl, Momsen is keeping herself fully occupied following her week-days filming – sacrificing sleep as a result – by taking her rock band, The Pretty Reckless, on the roas to entertain her fans all over North America at weekends. In fact, with her busy schedule, Wonderland has had to reschedule our interview three times before finally managing to get some time with the star before she plays in Baltimore one Sunday in October.
“I want to make music for the rest of my life,” she says with passion when we ask if there is a preference between being an actress and a musician. “I’ve been writing songs since I was fice and music’s always been a part of my life and still is. It’s self expression compared to a job.”
Born in Missuouri in 1993, Momsen has clocked up an impressive CV to date with film roles including a foray into the Spy Kids franchise, featuring in Jim Carrey’s The Grinch, becoming a household name courtesy of the hugely popular Gossip Girl and has fronted campaigns for New Look in the UK and, more recently, as the face of Madonna’s Material Girl line – becoming instrumental in the label’s launch.
“Madonna was awesome,” she says of being the face of Material Girl. “You’re representing a brand when you do something like New Look or [Material Girl] so you’re not just a model, you’re a name, a face someone knows as opposed to just a model. So there is a level that they want me to be comfortable with what I’m doing and that I represent the brand as myself along with representing the brand with how they want it to be viewed. So there is usually a compromise and a collaborative process but when I do a campaign it usually has something to do with me in some way. I worked very closely with [Madonna] and Lola [Madonna’s daughter, Lourdes – also a key member of the Material Girl brand] on set. Lola and I styled all the looks together and Madonna took some of the photos.”
But as Momsen herself states (admittedly with lots of gratitude), these previous ventures are regarded by her as ‘jobs’ (she describes the Gossip Girl set as being “a work environment. People think of it that way – we’re all doing a job”) and her position at the front of a band allows her to present herselt for who she really is and music gives her a new platform to express helself. The apparent re-invention of herself as the lead of The Pretty Reckless, Momsen professes as being her true identity, declaring she sported heavy eye make-up long before she was the fresh faced Jenny Humphrey that most associate her with.
“There’s not many female-fronted rock bands,” she states, rebuffing a comparison to Courtney Love and Hole as a mere coincidence. “The influences that went into [the record] were all male-fronted rock bands – my idols and the people I look up to are mostly male. I grew up on the Beatles with my dad. He had a big record collection and I listened to a lot of the classic records growing up – The Who and Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin – and the kind of classics. The Beatles were the first band I ever heard. I’m a fan to this day. We’ve done some work on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus [a non-profit orfanization that acts as a travelling recording studio allowing school students to learn about the industry – Momsen recently participated, singing vocals as high school students played instruments on a recording of All You Need Is Love] I’ve been promised I’ll get to meet Yoko Ono one day.”
Despite the lack of similar female artists, an appreciation for Ms Ono and the confession that she idolises many male musicians, Momsen shys away from being called an idol herself.
“I didn’t want to be a role model,” she says modestly. “I’ve said that before – it’s just how people look at you. I think it’s important that the best role model anyone can be is yo just be themselves – that’s the coolest thing you can be – and not give a shit what anyone else would say about you because it really doesn’t matter.”
These sentiments are echoed when we point out that some people seem intent on taking her down – notably notorious celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. “Oh he says mean stuff about everyone!” Momsen laughs. “Does he ever say anything nive about anyone ever? It’s his job. I don’t know why people take it seriously. People realise when they read tabloid stuff or a website like perezhilton, they [the journalists] get paid to takl trash about you and put you down. It they were talking nice about you they wouldn’t have a very popular site. Insults are more entertaining to read than compliments!”
As a reluctant role model, what advice would Taylor Momsen have to anyone else wanting to achieve their dreams? “Everyone’s always going to talk shit, no matter who you are so as long as you stay true to yourself then that’s the coolest thing in the world. That’s the only thing I would preach. Don’t be anything like me!” she declares. “Just be yourself.”
The Pretty Reckless new single Just Tonight is released on November 9th from the album Light me Up, out now under Interscope/Das.