Penn Badgley may claim not to have much classical acting training, but he certainly knows how to pose mournfully for the camera. The "Gossip Girl" cutie, who plays Dan Humphrey on the CW show, made like a struggling New York actor/Calvin Klein magazine ad in this photo shoot that has him lounging around on a bare mattress. I think this might actually be the first time I haven't solely referred to him as the "Dashboard Confessional-lead-singer-clone" so congrats, Penn, on having had created your own identity with me. According to Badgley, he believes that all the training in the world can't make up for real-life experience, when it comes to acting. "I don't think it matters what you studied, I think working is the best training," is what the 21-year-old had to say on the subject. And with these monochromatic pix of the actor in front of me, I have to say that he's also still in the running toward becoming America's Most Prettiest Boy.

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If there's one thing the Kardashian ladies love, it's the camera's lens. And here's the whole family giving sexy eye on the red carpet. Mom is especially proud of her daughter, Kim, who recently flaunted her goods for Playboy. When Kim talked to Details magazine recently, she talked about her mother's reaction to the pictures, saying, "When my mom saw the Playboy pictures she said, 'Wow! I wish I had pictures from when I was your age. You should do this while you can. They might never ask you again'." I'm tearing up here from that sage motherly advice. Also, I love how the mother not-so-subtly managed to make it about herself in the process. Here's Kim, fully-clothed, at a red carpet event in a dress that shows off her curvaceous figure, with a belt buckle that appears to be a giant emerald. She really is such a striking girl, but I just don't understand how someone can make a career out of being pretty, without ever actually doing anything. Maybe it's because I'm just frustrated that I'm not quite as pretty, so that I actually have to do stuff. That, and I'm jealous of her giant emerald belt.

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