Think your relationship with your parents can be strained sometimes? Count yourself lucky to not be in Leighton Meester's shoes, because the Gossip Girl star is embroiled in such a bitter fight with her mom that it's escalated to dueling lawsuits. Meester is currently filing a suit against her mother Constance, saying that her mother is misusing the cash Leighton sends home each month for her youngest brother Alexander, who has severe health issues. Instead of spending the $7,500 on her son's medical care, Constance allegedly uses the money for Botox, plastic surgery, and hair extensions. The family drama gets worse: Constance has filed a counter suit, accusing Leighton of attacking her with a bottle last December. Oh, and reportedly the suit also claims Constance "sacrificed her happiness" to support Leighton's acting career. So she'd like some money, of course. For the emotional distress. 

Long gone are the days when Taylor Momsen was just the junior queen bee on Gossip Girl. Long, LONG gone are the days when she was the prettiest little girl in Whoville starring opposite Jim Carrey as The Grinch. Nowadays, Momsen is a menace to society!!! Yeah, you read that right. At 17 years old, her "overly sexualized" bad girl shtick is getting her in hot water with, well, everyone.

Last night, the actress/singer's Barcelona performance with her band The Pretty Reckless reportedly rapidly went from naughty to X-rated. She gave a young female concert-goer a lap dance and had her breasts groped by another gal fan. Pretty soon, everyone was scantily clad and gyrating. Hoo boy!

Gotta say none of this exactly comes as a surprise. Momsen's been acting out, pulling overly sexual (for her age) antics for a while now.

Taylor Momsen isn't exactly known for her classy ways. Rather the 17-year-old Gossip Girl star has spent years flashing her boobs and various other body parts in her hell-bent, eyeliner-caked mission to prove to the world that she's bad girl. Recently, however, she was caught flashing a surprising hint of modesty.

While performing in London this past weekend with her band The Pretty Reckless, she was wearing a shirt just made for a nipple slip. The ripped and tattered t-shirt just needed the slightest breeze to bare her breasts, but when the breeze came, the audience got a surprise -- no nipple, just strips of black electrical tape she'd placed over them in neat little X's.

Now, after all this time and flashing, she doesn't want us to see her naked? Could it be that Taylor Momsen is finally showing signs of growing up? 

When I heard Leonardo DiCaprio had split with Bar Rafaeli, I figured it was only a matter of time before he got together with Kate Winslet! Obviously, I know that's never going to happen (it would have by now if it was going to), so that was just my inner Titanic-loving teen talkin'. But I didn't see the new romance with Blake Lively coming at all. I thought Leo stuck to 20-year-old models? (Then again, I guess there really isn't much of a difference between that and a 23-year-old actress.)

Now that the rumors of their coupling have been confirmed by actual photographs of the pair frolicking around Monte Carlo this past weekend, I have to say I'm sort of warming up to the idea of these two together.

Here, five reasons they actually make a lot of sense as a couple ...

We all have our not-so-great mommy moments. Those times where you know you aren't going to win any Mother of the Year awards. Maybe you didn't have enough patience, maybe you totally forgot about the field trip to the zoo, maybe you are serving chicken nuggets and tater tots for the fourth straight night. If you are beating yourself up after one of those times, just remember you are a far cry from a bad mom. Really. Just turn on your TV and feel validation coming from that warm glow of the screen. Yup, turn it on and watch some really, truly awful moms.

With Mother's Day just around the corner, we rounded up some of all-time mamas we love to hate because they are so awful. The fact that many of them are on our favorite shows is the topic for another post. In the meantime, check out who we chose (and see if there is anyone else you want to add to the list).

Okay, so you have your ProFlowers coupon code at the ready and you know you want to send roses.

But what color rose should you send your beloved, the object of your desire, your schmoopeewhopee, to convey exactly the right sentiment?

We've pulled from the world of celebrities for a few examples. Who knows, maybe they can take some hints from our suggestions as well.

To quote Gossip Girl's Blair, "It's all Serena! Serena! Serena!" I guess millions of men agree with that statement. According to AskMen's Top 99 Most Desirable Women List for 2011, Blake Lively, Serena van der Woodsen herself, tops the list. Rounding out the top five: actresses Mila Kunis and Sofia Vergara and models Selita Ebanks and Miranda Kerr.

To be filed under "Things that make you go hmmmm?": Blake clocking in at number 85 in last year's list, and Mila was hovering at 32. Sofia wasn't even on the list.

So, what changed in the minds of men over the past year?

If it weren't for a brief Gossip Girl obsession (okay, season 1 and 2), I wouldn't even know who Taylor Momsen was.

Not for lack of trying on her part -- the 17-year-old is constantly in the news for being a jerk. Also, her name is Taylor, like everyone else her age, so she gets lumped in with those other superstars who seem to know how to behave.

The latest from the angry, sex tape-watching teenager has Momsen going straight for the jugular and blaming mom and dad for her 'effed up life.

In other words, she's behaving like a typical teen instead of following the traditional path of drug binges, rehab, comeback, memoirs, and finally, crying on Oprah's couch about horrible parents.

While she's going about it in the wrong order, Momsen is right.