It’s the battle of the Gossip Girl actresses-turned-singers!

Not only is Taylor Momsen’s band, Pretty Reckless, signed to a huge record and management deal, but now we have a second single out of Leighton Meester — kind of. Leighton’s featured on the new Cobra Starship single, “Good Girls Go Bad.” Her bit starts around 1:15. I gotta admit — this is a hot track. A really hot track, and I expect it’ll explode this summer. It’s trending heavily on Twitter right now, and that’s probably just the first sign that we’re gonna be hearing a lot more of this song.

Dude. Blake Lively. WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR SINGLE? Get on top of that, girl. You’re losing ground here.

Hi guys!

I realized that when I posted originally about how we’re hiring for our sister site, Zelda Lily, I totally didn’t include a deadline. That was silly of me and definitely just one symptom of me being overworked and needing to bring on more peeps!

The deadline to apply is the end of the day on Wednesday, May 13.

Please check out the original post here for further details and application guidelines.

I’ve had a lot of awesome applications so far, including some fantastic teenage writers applying for the intern positions. I am always so blown away by how intelligent and articulate this readership is. You guys rock.

Congrats to Taylor Momsen, whose rock band, Pretty Reckless, has been signed to Interscope Records and management firm DAS — both HUGE names in the business with long histories of success.

“Rock singer/songwriters like Taylor don’t come around very often. Taylor is an artist with a genuine voice and a unique point of view. DAS is proud to add her to the list of superstar artists that have been managed by our company,” says David Sonenberg, President of DAS Communications.

I have to admit, I watched the video of Taylor’s band performing live last week (you can view them here) and I wasn’t especially blown away. Maybe she does better in the studio? Then again, she’s still really young, so perhaps there’s potential there that just has to be nurtured. Regardless, I’m interested to hear what comes out of her record deal. And good for her for defining her own image and participating in the songwriting process and stepping out as a creative young woman. I’m rooting for ya, Tay-Tay.

Thank you to moms everywhere for pushing us all out of your vaginas. I could do without the guilt trips or off-hand comments on how I look in my bikini, but that whole giving me life, love, and support thing is pretty awesome. I hope my mom enjoys the travel cooler I got her for her car. It refrigerates and heats (swanky!) and should come in really handy on road trips with the grandson or emergency organ transplant deliveries. I’m not really sure what her hobbies are these days.

I also hope she isn’t taking it too hard that I still haven’t confirmed her as a friend on Facebook. I love you mom, but for the good of the entire family, there are some lines that just shouldn’t be crossed.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Continuing what looks to be a drug-related arrest kind of weekend, Tina Fortenberry, who works as an assistant to Barbara Streisand, was arrested on Saturday in Mailbu. Police pulled her over for having expired tags, and after finding that her driver’s license was also expired, proceeded to search the vehicle. Inside, they discovered cocaine, methamphetamines, and a “sap”– a weapon similar in design to nunchakus.

When she was arrested, Fortenberry was on the way to the post office with some of Barbara’s mail– mail that another assistant from Streisand’s office later had to retrieve from the sherrif’s office.

Fortenberry has been released on bond and is scheduled to appear in Malibu Supreme Court in July.

Let this be a lesson to us all! If you’re going to carry illegal drugs and dangerous weapons around in your car while delivering Barbara Streisand’s mail, you should probably make sure that neither your driver’s license nor your registration are expired.

Jojo Simmons, “star” of the MTV reality TV show Run’s House and son of Joseph Simmons– who puts the “Run” in Run DMC– was arrested Saturday and charged with drug possession and one count of resisting arrest.

Jojo Simmons, 19, was released on his own recognizance after being charged with two counts of possession of marijuana and a count of resisting arrest, officials said.

Police had initially slapped Simmons with attempted reckless endangerment, a felony charge, but a Manhattan judge Saturday gave the aspiring rapper a lighter rap.

Police said the hip-hop heir was behind the wheel of his BMW, which has “JoJo” embroidered on the head rests, rolling a joint when narcs knocked on his window Friday.

I don’t know what’s dumber– the fact that he sat in his car and rolled a joint in plain sight of whomever might happen to walk by, or the fact that he has “Jojo” embroidered on his headrests. Other sites are reporting that the attempted reckless endangerment charge mentioned above was added when he tried to flee, but slammed into two parked cars and was quickly apprehended.