Leighton Meester & Tina Fey!

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Wahlberg, Franco join 'Date Night'
Actors added to Steve Carrell, Tina Fey comedy


Mark Wahlberg and James Franco are set to crash Steve Carell and Tina Fey's "Date Night."

The pair have signed on for supporting roles in the Shawn Levy-helmed comedy for 20th Century Fox comedy. They will be joined by Leighton Meester, Common, Taraji Henson and Kristen Wiig, who have also boarded the project.

Levy said that after landing a high-end ensemble for his upcoming "Night at the Museum" sequel, he aimed high with "Date Night's" casting in an effort to "populate every supporting role with formidable actors."

"And people just kept saying yes," added Levy. "I think people just really wanted to work with Tina and Steve."

Penned by Josh Klausner, comedy revolves around a married couple who find themselves in harm's way after their routine date night that goes horribly awry.

Wahlberg plays a successful and crazily buff securities expert who flirts with Fey's character. Franco portrays a not-too-bright con man and petty criminal. Meester is onboard as the couple's babysitter. Henson plays the one good cop who believes the couple is in danger, and Common portrays a villain. Wiig, who worked with Fey on "Saturday Night Live," rounds out the cast as the actress' best friend.

Levy and Tom McNulty are producing through their Fox-based 21 Laps banner.

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This weekend’s Times magazine features a fashion layout with Leighton Meester, the former child model turned actress who is best known for playing the spoiled Upper East Side princess Blair Waldorf on “Gossip Girl.” I caught up for breakfast with the 23-year-old Meester, who showed up wearing a mannish Ruth Reichl-meets-Annie Hall disguise, including a hat and respectable spectacles.
Question

I had lunch with Jason Wu recently, who told me you were his date to an event. This is how rumors start.

He’s such a sweetheart. We actually went to Anna Wintour’s house for dinner. It was very cool and quite the fashion baptism by fire.
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YAY! for project with Steve Carell and Tina Fey!

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