Los Angeles - Elizabeth Hurley is coming to ''Gossip Girl,'' guest-starring as a media mogul in multiple episodes of the teen soap.
Her character, Diana Payne, is a take-no-prisoners sort whose arrival on the Upper East Side will bring drastic alterations to the lives of the show's scandal-prone inhabitants.
The British model, who played a fembot in “Austin Powers,'' was recently attached to play evil villain Veronica Gale on the NBC pilot “Wonder Woman,'' but the pilot was not picked up. She's also due to star alongside Vincent D'Onofrio and Rachael Leigh Cook in the upcoming western thriller ``High Midnight.''
News of Hurley's “Gossip Girl'' casting was first reported by TVLine, and confirmed by the CW Network. - Reuters