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

Earlier this year, Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) shared that she would be reprising her role as Becky in Sin City 2, a movie that has been rumored to be in the making for many years.

According to MTV, Alexis Bledel has been told that the script for Sin City 2 is complete, and it will definitely be a prequel film, at least as far as her character is concerned.

“Someone told us yesterday that there’s a script. I don’t know what their source was, but they said they read the second script. … Apparently, [I’m] back because it’s a prequel. Because [I’m] supposed to die in the first one. But you don’t see it, so maybe she doesn’t.”

I’ll keep you posted as news develops. I know that Alexis Bledel loved her role in Sin City, saying recently “I wish I had been able to do more roles like I did in ‘Sin City’ — roles that were starkly different along the way.”

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If you live near New Jersey, you should mark your calendars for July 1st for an opportunity to meet Alexis Bledel!!

Coach is partnering with JustJared to co-host an event to celebrate the launch of the Poppy handbag collection. A party, with “special guest, former Gilmore Girls actress Alexis Bledel,” will be held at the Coach store in Short Hills, NJ on July 1st at 5pm.

Guests at the party will be treated to lots of Poppy-themed treats and can get their photo taken in the Poppy-razzi photobooth.

To attend the party, simply RSVP here!

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In an interview published this week, Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) talks about her upcoming film, Post Grad, and about her experience portraying Rory on Gilmore Girls.

Alexis shares a few tidbits about the relevancy of the film today, but is quickly asked about how she wanted to make Ryden different from Gilmore Girls’ Rory. In comparing the two characters, Alexis says:

“Well, as the years went by on Gilmore Girls, I noticed that Rory was kind of like an idealized product of the show’s imagination because she was really perfect in a lot of ways, which started to annoy me a bit, but you have to keep playing the character. But Ryden -– I think she’s much more relatable in a lot of ways and this character’s story picks up in the same stage of life where Rory left off, graduating from college. So for anyone who likes the show, its kind of -– it’s a continuation in a way, but she’s a completely different girl because she makes a lot of mistakes. She has a very typical college experience. She’s kind of an average girl, and I can relate much more to her.”

I have to agree with Alexis here and I think that Season 6 and 7 of Gilmore Girls suffer from this perfection. It’s not just limited to the character of Rory, though. I think all the characters became too perfectly coiffed, with things that came too easily to them (relationships aside). Many of us bonded with Gilmore Girls because the characters were realistic - they ran out of clothes, they were late to class, they made mistakes. That realism was lost as the series progressed (in my opinion). I always thought that Alexis seemed the most disconnected from this perfect-Rory, so it’s nice to hear Alexis talk about it.

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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

Alexis Bledel’s (Rory Gilmore) upcoming movie, Post Grad, has released a novel! Post Grad, the film, will be out in August, but you can read up on the story now in the Post Grad Novel or Audiobook.

The story, and film, tell the story of Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel), a recent college grad whose aspirations include landing her dream job at a publishing house and living in a posh apartment. Sadly, things don’t work out that way. Ryden’s college nemesis grabs her perfect job and Ryden is left with no choice but to move back home.

Stuck with her eccentric family and no job prospects, Ryden feels like her life is going nowhere. The only things keeping her together are her best friend Adam (Zach Gilford) and her next-door neighbor, David (Rodrigo Santoro).

If you want to check out the books before you buy them, you can read the first two chapters here! It also looks like the film will be adding some blog posts and webisodes as the movie comes closer to release! You can also enter a contest to win a trip to the LA screening of Post Grad.

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Alexis Bledel’s (Rory Gilmore) Post Grad co-star Zach Gilford recently sang her praises in an interview.

Alexis Bledel and Zach Gilford Photo Credit: Suzanne Tenner

During the interview, Zach was asked how it was to work with Alexis Bledel. He replies:

“She’s so cool and normal and down to earth. I was so fortunate. We’ve remained pretty good friends. My family, they’re all huge Gilmore Girls fans, so they were freaking out when they found out I was working with her. And I had never even seen an episode. And I was like, “She’s cool, she’s normal.” She’s like the sweetest, nicest person ever.”

Zach continues, saying that many actors who have been on a show for so long could end up with an inflated ego. However, Zach says that Alexis “keeps her head about her”, avoiding the club scene and keeping her work life and her life separate in a “professional way.” Zach says he really respects that about Alexis.

Zach and Alexis co-star in Post Grad, which will be released on August 21, 2009.

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

Alexis Bledel’s movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, will be coming to tv soon! HBO announced that it will be showing the denim-loving friends this June 6th (check your local schedule for details).

It was a summer of many changes for these 4 lovable girls. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, tune in to watch it or grab it on DVD. Learn more about the movie here.

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Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) has returned to modeling! It was announced this week that Alexis has signed with IMG Models. They have already put together a portfolio page for her here.

IMG is set to handle Alexis’ commercial endorsements, which means we’ll be seeing more of Alexis’ pretty face in magazines soon I hope!

IMG Models currently handles such names as Heidi Klum, Hilary Duff, Kate Moss and more!

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