Mischa Barton sez no to 'Gossip Girl?'

Mischa Barton has turned down a role on "Gossip Girl."

Seriously?

Maybe it's because her film career is going great guns these days.

And she's got that great Ked's gig modeling sneakers.

Or maybe she didn't want to go head-to-head with the show's younger, long-haired starlet, Blake Lively.

Besides, Mischa's really busy going to lots of great fashion shows and having leisurely public lunches for the paparazzi these days. Then there's the lingering problem of being charged for four offenses, including a DUI and pot possession. Busy, busy, busy.

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Photos: Mischa modeling Miu Miu oversized shades to a lunch on the porch at the Ivy on Robertson. What with modeling designer sunglasses, who has time for a lucrative TV series?

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