Mischa Barton is best known for playing bad-girl Marissa from The O.C.. But it’s been easy to move on from that character, she says – they were never much alike anyway.
“Even if I was a precocious teenager, it’s a New York vs. L.A. thing. I never experienced the ‘anything goes’ chaos we sold on The O.C.,” the 21-year-old actress says in an interview with January’s Maxim.
“Marissa was a nut case. I didn’t have much in common with her. In New York I’d want to go out at 15 or 16, but I got it out of my system.”
Was it hard to let Marissa go? “Not at all,” Barton says. In fact, she helped orchestrate her gruesome send-off in a car wreck. “You have no idea how much fun I had doing that [scene]. I was on the set, yelling, “More blood! More blood!” … She needed to go out with a bang.”
Barton has since moved on to movies, including parts in three upcoming films: St. Trinian’s, Virgin Territory, and Closing the Ring. And while she is clearly a candidate for sultry roles, she’s ambivalent about nude scenes.
“I don’t mind nudity. I just don’t do it that often,” she says. “It depends on the film and if I trust the director and if the context is emotional or just sexual.” … read more »

Mischa Barton will be co-hosting the opening of the new CatHouse Lounge at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas on December 29th.
The CatHouse is a new restaurant & upscale lounge that intends to provide a “seductive” night venue. Indeed, it pushes the envelope on seductive.
The Lounge will feature an erotic performance theatre in the inspiration of Pussycat Dolls. Not nude, but sexy. 30 lingerie-clad performers and servers will appear each night – along with 2 deejays (one European vocal house and one mainstream dance).
Mischa Barton will host the red carpet event before New Years.
Thanks to MischaNews for this news!

Mischa’s gracing one more cover! This time it’s Tatler, another magazine from the UK. The shoot is just gorgeous and Mischa looks just beautiful! I hope, we’re going to see many outtakes of this shoot real soon ;)

Mischa’s gracing the cover of Arena Magazine. I’ve been told that this magazine’s the english version of GQ. While, I’m not too fond of shoots for GQ or Arena Magazine, I have to admit that Mischa’s truly rockin’ this shoot. She looks too beautiful in those pictures! :)

Mischa’s the covergirl of this month’s ‘TeenVogue’. Here’s a little preview of the article featured in this issue:

Shooting Stars: How We Got That Picture

BLOC PARTY For lunch, photographer Patrick Demarchelier, Mischa, and the crew popped by Moscow’s chic Vogue Café. “My mom was naturally thin.They tried to fatten her up when she was a kid,” Mischa says. “I come from a good gene pool.”

PUPPY LOVE Mischa was really into the layered necklaces, headbands, and floppy hats at the shoot, but her favorite accessory? Her adorable dog Ziggy. “I got a small dog so she could travel with me,” Mischa admits.

ON JEANS “I was excited to see high–waisted jeans come back into fashion, beacuse I’ve always liked that kind of seventies aesthetic. I’ve never been a low–rididng jeans kinda girl; I hate showing my midriff.”

ON HER DOG’S SIXTH SENSE “He bit my ex–boyfriend on the nose as soon as he met him. Later I was like, ‘Charlie how do you know these things?’”

ON HER LOOK “Citified hippie, though that’s a terrible way to describe it.”

Take the Cover Quiz and prove how well you know our cover star!
Thanks to Kathi for letting me know about it!

I added 2 new affiliates: Welcome to Anne Hathaway Online & Photolicious!
Last, but not least, I’m working on a bigger gallery update, that’s why I haven’t updated, yesterday :)