Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) partnered with JustJared’s Jared Eng to help Coach launch their new Poppy handbag collection. The party, held at the Coach store in Short Hills, NJ on July 1st, was a great success and, thanks to Jared, I can share some photos from the event!

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In an interview with JustJared, Alexis shared her plans for July 4th, her favorite BBQ dish (”moist brisket!”), what she likes about the Poppy collection for Coach, her favorite charity, and where she would like to go on vacation this year… nothing lofty, just a trip to Grand Canyon! Read more

Milo Ventimiglia (Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls) headed out this weekend to promote his new comic book, Berserker, created with Top Cow Productions and Milo’s Divide Pictures partner Russ Cundiff.

Milo headed to the golden Apple Comics store in Los Angeles on Saturday to sign his comic for fans. Another signing was held on Sunday at the Collector’s Paradise. According to their Facebook page, there was a great turnout for the event! Read more

Marion Ross (Lorelai ‘Trix’ Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) attended the “Salute to TV Dads” event at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on June 18th. She was seen posing with Erin Morgan, who played Marion’s daughter in the TV series Happy Days.

Rather unfortunately, Marion Ross wore the exact same outfit to the “A Mother’s Day Salute to TV Moms” event last May. Still, at least it’s a nice outfit for her!

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Vanessa Marano (April Nardini on Gilmore Girls) was seen on the red carpet last night for the Los Angeles Film Festival opening night premiere of Paper Man.

Paper Man is a dramedy which stars Lisa Kudrow, Ryan Reynolds, and Emma Stone. Vanessa, while not in this movie, can be seen regularly on The Young & the Restless. Read more

Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) attended the 2009 Whitney Contemporaries Art Party and Auction held at Skylight Studios in Soho, NY. The party benefitted the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program and Educational Initiatives and was presented by BCBG Max Azria.

Alexis didn’t attend the party on her own, though. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars Amber Tamblyn was at the party too! Read more

Todd Lowe (Zack Van Gerbig on Gilmore Girls) guest starred during the first season of HBO’s True Blood last summer as Terry Bellefleur. In the Sookie Stackhouse Books, which True Blood is based upon, Terry Bellefleur is a Vietnam war veteran. However, in the televised series, Terry is much younger, though still a slightly scarred war veteran. Todd Lowe was made a regular member of the cast for Season 2, which premieres on June 14th.

Todd Lowe attended the LA premiere for True Blood last night, held at the Paramount Theater. As of yet, there are no episodic images of Todd in any True Blood episodes, but I’ll keep my eye out for them! Read more

A behind-the-scenes video from Lauren Graham’s Broadway production, Guys and Dolls was recently released. In the video, Tituss Burgess takes you directly to Lauren Graham’s dressing room, where she’s just all smiles. It’s cute.

Don’t forget, Lauren Graham will be at the Tony Awards on Sunday to present an award and also to *hopefully* win as part of the “Best Revival of a Musical” category. Cross your fingers for her!

While Milo Ventimiglia was at the moon landing celebration on June 3rd, his ex-girlfriend and Gilmore Girls co-star Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore) was hanging out at the Five Points Restaurant with two of her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars. Amber Tamblyn was there, along with Blake Lively. Only missing was America Ferrera.

To make the world even smaller, Blake Lively is dating Penn Badgley, who was at the moon landing party with Milo Ventimiglia before he joined up with the girls for dinner. Read more

Milo Ventimiglia (Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls) attended two events in New York City this week. On June 3rd, Milo went to the Omega & GQ sponsored celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing with Buzz Aldrin. The next night, Milo was seen out dressed a bit more casually for the after party for new movie The Hangover.

And in other Milo-related news, it looks like Heroes is casting 2 new characters for next season, including a new villain! Milo will also be making an appearance on June 28th at a California comic shop to sign copies of his Berkserker comic. Read more

Sebastian Bach (Gil on Gilmore Girls) went out yesterday for the Hottest Rocker Mom Contest held at Madison Square Park in New York City. Bach was one of the judges of the contest, awarding the winning mom $5000 and the title of “America’s Hottest Rocker Mom.” The contest was to celebrate the second season of IFC’s Z Rock comedy series.

Sebastian Bach tweeted after the event, “had a great time today with the zo2 / zrock guys, Bettheny from Real Housewives of NY, Constantine,& my bud @therealedtrunk in NYC“. Read more