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Leighton Meester has gotten herself into the holiday spirit as the ‘Gossip Girl’ actress turned singer has her own rendition of the yuletide classic ‘Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)’. The song is currently available for digital download on iTunes as part of the collection ‘A Very Special Christmas 7’. I wonder when she found the time to record a Christmas song given her busy schedule. But then again, with ‘Gossip Girl’ ratings going down, she may end up having a lot more free time on her hands. Is anyone still watching that show at all? I’d be surprised if it gets picked up for more seasons.

Kym Johnson, 33, the Australian winner of the latest gruelling bout of Dancing With the Stars with celebrity Donny Osmond, has faithfully blogged her experiences.

Johnson, a DWTS veteran who has competed with a string of dancing partners and a first-time winner, blogged: “Hi, everyone! Well, we did it! Today is obviously a fantastic one for me — Donny and I are now the Dancing with the Stars champions!

“I’ve been busy doing press appearances all day and haven’t had much sleep, but I wanted to take a moment to write a final blog to all the loyal OK! readers who have followed my dance journey with Donny all these weeks.

“I’m just so excited. I’m exhausted, but the adrenalin is taking me through this day. To have actually won is so amazing. I’m so proud of Donny. I haven’t decided where I’m going to put my DWTS mirror ball trophy yet, but it will definitely be somewhere I can see it all the time!”

Johnson won the plaudits of observers in her home country this morning. Osmond’s face beamed from newspapers, television and the Web.

Johnson continued: “Last night was one of the best moments of my life. When Tom Bergeron said ‘Donny and Kym,’ I just could not believe our names came out of his mouth. As it approached the end of the show last night, I was on pins and needles. When we got into the final two, I thought, oh, we’ve got a shot at this.”

Twilight: New Moon pin-up Taylor Lautner was deliberately given shirts that made his muscles stand out, the film’s costume designer has revealed.

Tish Monaghan says the teen’s costumes all had extra-short sleeves to emphasise his bulging biceps. “Everything was geared towards making sure that his arm muscles really showed,” she told a US mag. There’s a scene where he’s working on a motorcycle and his muscles are really pulling against this plaid shirt he’s wearing. He looks very strong and very built, and we tried to do the same with his T-shirts.”

Lautner, 17, plays werewolf Jacob Black in the film, which, despite its huge popularity, has been mocked for constantly featuring scenes in which he takes his shirt off.

Required to bulk up for the role, in which he changes shape amazingly, he obliged by piling on 14kg. Monaghan, from Vancouver said she had to come up with clothes which would emphasise his extra size.

“There was no way, since it was the same actor, that we could show somebody that had grown like six inches,” she said. “So it was Chris Weitz’s [the New Moon director's] genius idea to tailor his clothes, to make the sleeves a little bit shorter, a little bit tighter – make it look as if he’s grown out of his clothes in a couple of months and hadn’t had time to go get new ones.

Kim Kardashian has revealed the touching story behind her recent boxing match and the reason she fought so hard.

Kim, 28, and her family recently fought in the charity match for the Dream Foundation and she met a girl before the match whose wish was to meet the reality star.

She wrote on her blog: “I received an e-mail right before Thanksgiving that made me so sad. There was a girl that came to our boxing match named Carol Ann whose Dream Foundation wish was to meet me.

“I spent some time with Carol Ann right before our boxing match and she was such a sweet and loving girl. She told me how courageous I was for even stepping into the ring. She said she was a fighter and I knew then I wanted to be just like her!

“Sadly, Carol Ann lost her fight with cancer and passed away last week. Carol Ann was the reason I fought, even after Rob got hurt and the commission tried to stop the event continuing.”