Having just broadcast three episodes, “New Girl” will be off the air until November. FOX has changed its October schedule to expand “The X Factor (US)” from ninety minutes to two hours, leading to three-week absence of the new favorite comedy series.

The first original episode to be shelved is a Wednesday special “Cece Crashes” which was planned to air on October 12. “Naked”, which was supposed to air on October 18, is also pulled out of the line-up, while the network had previously decided to pre-empt the October 25 episode of “New Girl” for the new reality show from Simon Cowell.

“New Girl” recently added another actress to the cast ensemble. Former “Party Down” star Lizzy Caplan has been booked for a three-episode arc to play Julia Baker, a love interest for Jake Johnson’s Nick. She is described as a highly educated young woman with a master’s degree in art history and a highly cultured manner.

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I know I’m late, but Zooey made the #9 position on Nylon’s best dressed list:

1. Emma Watson
10 years after the first Harry Potter hit theaters, Emma Watson is a full-on fashion star: She’s the face of Burberry, the champion of U.K. designers like William Tempest and Christopher Kane, and a seriously stylish Brown sophomore. Only Watson could chop off all her hair into a daring pixie cut that looks so adorable, she actually tempts us into doing the same. Plus, every time we put her outfits on the blog, your fast and furious comments crash our server. Okay, we get it – we’re all obsessed.

2. Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung claims her way of dressing is “tomboy,” but she forgets we’ve seen her in Chanel Couture. Lucky for us, we can wear her off-duty outfits – cutesy dresses, grandpa cardigans, and riding boots – by shopping her line at Madewell.

3. Blake Lively.
Whether Blake has a stylist or not is irrelevant – she wears beautiful clothing and rocks it. As Serena or herself, she has the ability to make designer clothes look like a second skin. Not only did our voters take notice, but so did Karl Lagerfeld, choosing Blake as the new face of Chanel in 2011. Lily must be very proud.

4. Rachel Bilson
Oh, Summer Roberts, how you’ve captivated O.C. fans for eternity! Your rich-girl-next-door style makes it all too easy to lust over everything you wear (leaving Starbucks and otherwise). And we’re not the only ones – this year, InStyle named Rachel a fashion columnist, while Sunglasses Hut chose her as their “Style Ambassador.” (This means she adds Prada shades to whatever Miu Miu dress she’s already wearing.)

5. Leighton Meester
At the annual barometer of high fashion – The Costume Institute Gala in NYC – only two women were daring enough to wear Louis Vuitton runway looks. One was Madonna. The other was Leighton Meester, who separates from her primly perfect alter-ego Blair Waldorf by taking major fashion risks – and reaping the Marc-Jacobs-approved rewards.

6. Carey Mulligan
The Oscar-nominated actress – and infamous drama school reject – is only 25, but she manages to pull off ladylike Miu Miu, Lanvin, and Prabal Gurung dresses in a way that looks fresh and chic, not dowdy. Also, is there any way we can get that Prada dress from last year’s Academy Awards? Because we really need it.

7. Alison Mosshart
The rock star piles on leopard prints, shredded knits, skinny jeans, and smeared eyeliner like it’s fashion bomb fallout, and really, it’s the sexiest thing we’ve ever seen. She refuses to wear dresses or skirts, and still looks like the ultimate femme fatale. Jack White wasn’t kidding when he told NYLON, “It’s not interesting unless you have a girl.” Especially this one.

8. Mary Kate Olsen
Back when she was an NYU student, the actress and designer inspired the New York Times’ expose, “Mary-Kate, Fashion Hero.” Now with The Row, Elizabeth & James, and Olsenboye in her portfolio, MK still rocks her signature oversized tops, skinny jeans, and heels- but with a chic, modern twist.

9. Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel’s vintage-inspired fashion choices are just like her movie roles- quirky, offbeat, and totally cool. Zooey, next time can we go thrifting with you?

10. Natalie Portman
As Zac Posen’s original muse, Natalie Portman has always quietly shown she has great fashion sense. Whether it’s in Stella McCartney, Rodarte, or jeans, the Black Swan star proves that classy doesn’t mean boring. Evidently, Dior agrees – they’ve just signed her as their newest model.
–LIZA DARWIN, JAMIE FRANKEL, and FARAN KRENTCIL

Guardian.co.uk asked She & Him for their playlist. Read what they are listening to (click the link to listen the songs on YouTube).

To explain their playlist, She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel and M Ward wrote us a little line about each track …

She & Him’s audio advent playlist

James Brown – I Know It’s True
M Ward: “A beautiful and rare find.”

Michael Nesmith – Joanne
Zooey: “This song has such an incredibly beautiful melody. Michael Nesmith is a very underrated songwriter.”

The Carter Family – Lover’s Lane
M Ward: “Probably my favorite musical group of all time.”

Dusty Springfield – Let Me Down Easy
Zooey: “Dusty Springfield’s voice is as great as they come. This is a lesser-known song from her London days.”

Elmore James – Sho Nuff I Do
M Ward: “My favorite slide guitar player.”

The Louvin Brothers – My Baby’s Gone
Zooey: “The Louvin Brothers are genius. Like the Everly Brothers they are masters of the two-part harmony, but lesser known. It’s definitely worth buying all of their records.”

Daniel Johnston – To Go Home
M Ward: “The Beatles filtered through the mind of Daniel Johnston.”

Ozzie Kotani – Ku’u Kika Kahiko
M Ward: “Probably my favorite Hawaiian guitarist”

The Zombies – Whenever You’re Ready
Zooey: “One of my favorite bands of all time. This song is a classic. Colin Blunstone is an exceptional vocalist. There is no other group like the Zombies.”

Fats Domino – What a Party
M Ward: “Great chorus, great voice, great piano, great production.”

Gene Clark – No Other
Zooey: “He left the Byrds because he was afraid of flying. Gene Clark had a very interesting solo career with many great records. This is the title track from his haunting album No Other.”

Sonic Youth – Kool Thing
M Ward: “Revolutionary guitars.”

Christopher Parkening – Bach: Prelude 1 from Well-Tempered Clavier
M Ward: “Good song to wake up to.”

Billy Joel – Allentown
Zooey: “This song has an uplifting melody but dark subject matter: my favourite combination. One of Billy Joel’s finest.”

She & Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
M Ward: “One of the first songs we ever recorded together.”

Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots – I’m Making Believe
Zooey: “This song puts me to sleep in the best way. I love all of Ella Fitzgerald’s duets with the Ink Spots but this is a favourite.”

Zooey Deschanel has a ”feminine and whimsical” style and says she isn’t really a follower of all the latest trends.

Zooey Deschanel has a “feminine and whimsical” style.

The ‘(500) Days of Summer’ actress – who married Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard last year – admits she isn’t a follower of the latest fashion trends, but tries to make sure the clothes she buys fit in with her soft and girlie dress sense.

She said: “I don’t really think too much about fashion. I try to go for what makes me look my best and hope someone is designing it! My style is pretty, soft, feminine and whimsical. My favourite designers are YSL, Chloe, Miu Miu and Karen Walker.”

The 30-year-old beauty – who is the new face of Rimmel London cosmetics – also likes to be adventurous with her make-up and goes to a lot of effort to make sure her look is perfected.

She explained to Britain’s InStyle magazine: “I love playing dress-up with make-up.

“I always take a peek in the mirror after I’ve been exercising to observe the colour my cheeks and lips naturally turn – then I try to match my blush and lip colour to that.” [source]

In probably the most memorable scene in last year’s 500 Days of Summer, a luminous Summer (Zooey Deschanel) steps into an elevator with Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), nonchalantly compliments his iPod selection (The Smiths), and in so doing, wraps him around her finger for the duration of the film. Had director Marc Webb wanted an equally effective but slightly more metaphysical take on this sequence, he could have simply swapped out The Smiths for She & Him — the folk-pop band in which the real-life Deschanel helps to mend the same hearts that women like Summer are always breaking.

“Actually, I think Summer was pretty upfront with Tom,” says Deschanel, speaking via phone from her native L.A. “That movie was very much from Tom’s point of view, and because of that, you never really get to know the real Summer. I mean, I can certainly understand sympathizing with Tom. He’s adorable. It’s just that you can’t make someone fall in love with you.” [READ THE REST HERE]

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She & Him‘s “Volume Two” was only released four months ago, but for being a relatively new album, it’s one that feels steeped in nostalgia. The light orchestrations bring a genial upbeat touch to even the most heartbreaking of lyrics, and over the course of two albums California natives M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel have gradually brought a sunny, decidedly West Coast-feel to delicately symphonic retro-pop tunes.

“Volume Two” comes with its own love letter to California in “Home,” a piano stroll accentuated with handclaps, swooning background vocals, crisp guitar notes and keyboard lushness. It arrives near the end of an album that’s full of sweetly nuanced arrangements built around Deschanel’s conversationally cheery vocals. A take on NRBQ‘s forgotten “Ridin’ in My Car” is built for a windows-down cruise, and “In the Sun” is a three-minute call-and-response keyboard frolic that wouldn’t sound of out place on Disneyland’s Main Street.

“My earliest music memories were driving around and being in the back seat of my parents’ car and listening to music,” Deschanel said. “I feel like I associate music with California and the sun and a particular sort of feeling. It’s something that’s important to me to express when I write music. When we record, California is definitely on our minds.”

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1) I love getting dressed up and shopping, but I don’t follow trends. My style fluctuates: it’s whimsical and feminine. When I was little, I was a really girly girl who didn’t like to wear trousers. I just wore party dresses all the time with patent-leather shoes.

2) At school the kids wore hippy dresses from thrift stores, and people made their own clothes. I’ve always enjoyed wearing old-fashioned clothes. I try to do a bit of research before I travel so I know where to uncover vintage finds.

3) Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure. I try to stick to classic pieces. I don’t go to a lot of fashion shows or pay attention to what other people are wearing.

4) The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job. I do this because I love to act. All that other stuff may be glamorous, but glamour, by definition, is all just a circus.

5) You don’t have to wear expensive clothes to look good. Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars’ kids at my school – but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn’t cool to show off that you had money.

She & Him’s album, Volume 2, is out now. [SOURCE]