BLAKE LIVELY - LIVELY RELIES ON TV GLITZ DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS

LIVELY RELIES ON TV GLITZ DURING ECONOMIC CRISIS

Actress BLAKE LIVELY is banking on her glitzy U.S. TV show GOSSIP GIRL to help her rebound from the global economic crisis - because the hit series serves as an escape from the world's troubles.
Lively lives out a fantasy of a young, rich and beautiful blonde schooled in Manhattan's exclusive Upper East Side, and insists the show can also help her fan base escape their own financial burdens.
And the 21-year-old is glad its writers have yet to tap into real-life money woes.
She tells Vogue magazine, "The writers created a show that people can watch after a long day and not have to stress and worry and feel the burdens of real life.
"In the show, we live in an alternate universe; it's heightened reality, so I won't think the writers would work that in."