Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio Go Out for Dinner

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Wednesday – November 03, 2010 – 5:28pm

Lively meets Leo!

Newly single Blake Lively dined with Leonardo DiCaprio at NYC eatery The Lion on Wednesday, an insider confirms to UsMagazine.com. (LaineyGossip.com first reported the sighting.)

But Lively, 23, and DiCaprio, 35, weren't alone.? "It was an 8 person dinner," the insider explains, adding that director Baz Luhrmann was in attendance.

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And the meal was strictly business: DiCaprio has been cast as Jay Gatsby in Luhrman's adaptation of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic book -- and Lively is being strongly considered for the role of Gatsby's love, Daisy Buchanan.

The director's "whole crew was there," the source says, adding that DiCaprio and Lively "didn't leave together."

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Lively would have to fight off strong competition to win the role of Daisy. Scarlett Johanson, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams are also contenders, according to Deadline.

Lively and Gossip Girl costar Penn Badgley recently ended their three-year romance, her rep told Us Weekly exclusively last week.

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DiCaprio is still going strong with Bar Refaeli, his model love of over four years.

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Rep: Blake Lively, Penn Badgley Split!

Wednesday - October 27, 2010-9: 00 pm

Penn Badgley, 24 and Blake Lively, 23, completed their three-year romance, arepresentative of Gossip Girl costars exclusively tells the new our weekly, on newsstands now).

They called it quits mid-September.

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"They are professional," initiated tells our weekly. "They are still good friends and dragging on the game.?

The source says that the duo - who met with players like L.A.--groups "maintained this new themselves for a period of time."

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Indeed, they have always adopted a drama-free approach to their relationship.

Badgley we said last fall that work together while dating from presents no problem: "some would say is a double-edged sword, but in our case, we are able to balance well."

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Even the closest of the pair may be shocked to hear the news.

"Nobody does the game had any idea," says the Insider. "They are really just private.?

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