| Gossip Girl News - December
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Jessica on EdDec. 29, 2009
 What does Jessica Szohr think about her relationship with the very dreamy Ed Westwick? She tells Teen Vogue all about it in their upcoming February issue. Until then all we have to keep us going are a few highlights from the interview:
“I’ve heard horror stories form other actors about egos, people who don’t get along, but we’re all friends. There are people from this job who will be in my life for a very, very long time… Sometimes we double-date with Penn [Badgley] and Blake [Lively], or Leighton [Meester] and Sebastian [Stan]. We all hang out.”
On getting together with Ed:
“It kind of just happened. We had fun together, and we were like, ‘All right, let’s see where this goes.’ He’s a really rad guy. He’s awesome and smart and talented and adorable, and we make each other laugh.”
A few weeks ago a rumor started spreading about how these two were SO over. But if she is still calling him "awesome" in an interview, there might be hope yet for "Jed." Submitted by: Katia2525
| Triple ThreatDec 23, 2009
When Taylor Momsen isn’t rocking raccoon style eye-makeup on the set of Gossip Girl, she is rocking raccoon eye-makeup while rocking out with her band, The Pretty Reckless. But now, it seems Taylor may or may not be rocking insane eye-makeup while modeling for UK retailer New Look.
This is Taylor’s first major modeling campaign, although she signed to IMG models last year.
| Gossip Girl Top Ten of 2009Dec. 21, 2009
With the New Year rapidly approaching, (and GG on a three month hiatus!) we present the 2009 Top Ten list for all of your favorite Gossip Girl characters, courtesy of the CW Website. Of course, pretentious Dan has his book list, and budding Indy filmmaker Vanessa has her top flicks. And I am very relived to finally know what Nate does with his time when he is not giving romantic advice to his friends or cleaning up his cousin's messes...video games! (note we haven't seen him in college even once yet...)
Read on:
Eric's Top Ten Albums of 2009
- "Veckatimest" - Grizzly Bears
- "Lungs" - Florence and the Machine
- "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" - Phoenix
- "Where the Wild Things Are" Soundtrack - Karen O and the Kids
- "Far" - Regina Spektor
- "Merriweather Post Pavilion" - Animal Collective
- "Next to Normal" Soundtrack
- "Actor" - St. Vincent
- "heartbreak Radio" - Sondre Lerche
- "Blood Bank EP" - Bon Iver
| Dan's Top Ten Books of 2009
- "This Is Where I Leave You" by Jonathan Topper
- "Too Much Happiness: Stories" by Alice Munro
- "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer
- "The Believers" by Zoe Heller
- "The Blonde of the Joke" by Bennett Madison
- "Sag Harbor" by Colson Whitehead
- "Nocturnes" by Kazuo Ishiguro
- "Await Your Reply" by Dan Chaon
- "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
- "Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays" by Zadie Smith
| Vanessa's Top Ten Movies of 2009
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Maid (Le Nana)
- The Hurt Locker
- The White Ribbon
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- 35 Shots of Rum
- Drag Me to Hell
- Valentino: The Last Emperor
- A Single Man
- La Danse
| Serena's Top Ten Reality Shows of 2009
- The Rachel Zoe Project
- Tough Love
- 16 and Pregnant
- The Little Couple
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey
- Intervention
- Toddlers and Tiaras
- Anthony Bourdain No Reservations
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Top Chef
| Blair's Top Ten Broadway Shows of 2009
- Wishful Drinking
- God of Carnage
- Reasons to be Pretty
- Billy Elliot
- Next to Normal
- Ruined
- Mary Stuart
- A Street Car Named Desire
- Finian's Rainbow
- Fela!
| Jenny's Top Ten Fashion Designers of 2009
- Rodarte
- Proenza Schouler
- Elizabeth and James
- Charlotte Ronson
- Erin Fetherston
- Alice + Olivia
- Alexander McQueen
- Jason Yu
- Jenni Kayne
- Lady Gaga
| Chuck's Top Ten NYC Bars/Clubs/Restaurants of 2009
- The Gimlet Club
- Abe and Arthur's
- The Boom Boom Room
- The Jane Ballroom
- Minetta Tavern
- Momofuku Bakery/Milk Bar
- Raine's Law Room
- SL/Simyone Lounge
- Bemelmen's Bar
- Little Branch
| Dorota's Top Ten Best TV Shows of 2009
- True Blood
- Glee
- Modern Family
- The Amazing Race
- Dexter
- How I Met Your Mother
- My Life on the D List
- Parks and Recreations
- The Vampire Diaries
- Kathie Lee and Hoda
| Nate's Top Ten Video Games of 2009
- Brutal Legends
- Uncharted 2
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
- Batman Arkham Asylum
- Assassin's Creed 2
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Rock Band Beatles
- Street Fighter IV
- Borderlands
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii
| New Mean Girls' Top Ten Songs of 2009
- Shakira's "She Wolf"
- Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"
- Passion Pit's "Sleephead"
- Jay Z (Feat. Alicia Keys)'s Empire State of Mind
- Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me"
- Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire"
- Kelly Clarkson's "My Life Would Suck WIthout You"
- Glee's Cast "Somebody to Love"
- Lily Allen's "Not Fair"
- Cobra Starship (Feat. Leighton Meester)'s "Good Girls Go Bad"
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Aside from the shameless promotion of Leighton Meester and recent guest star Lady Gaga, they are pretty solid lists. I personally have a hard time picturing Serena van der Woodsen watching Real Housewives of New Jersey, but I guess you never know.
Whose list do you think is most realistic? Most unrealistic?
Submitted by: Katia2525
| Love it or Hate it: Gossip Girls Around TownDec. 18, 2009
Blake Lively's short black dress from the recent Sherlock Holmes premiere in NYC: Love it or Hate it?!
Taylor Momsen's patterned tights (which look remarkably similar to a style rocked by Jenny Humphrey in an upcoming episode): Love 'em or Hate 'em?!
And Leighton's brand new beauty mark (not to mention the dress and the shoes...eeek!) at Robin Thicke's album release party: Love it or Hate it?!
Submitted by: Katia2525 | Mystery Guest Star
Dec. 16
In case you haven't had a chance to make it over to the spoiler page just yet, a certain awesome season two bad girl will be making an appearance later on in the season. Click here to find out who it is...if you dare...muahahah.
Submitted by: Katia2525 | Josh Schwartz Season Three Interview Dec. 15, 2009
Check out this TV Guide interview with executive producer Josh Schwartz about what's in store for the 2010 portion of Season 3...
 TVGuide.com: What are you gearing towards in the season's second half?
Josh Schwartz: You're really going to see a real emotional arc from Chuck [Ed Westwick]. I think Jenny [Taylor Momsen] and Chuck are really going to be driving a lot of story as we move into the back half of the season.
TVGuide.com: Jenny and Eric (Connor Paolo) called a truce in the last episode. Will that actually stick?
Schwartz: They've called a truce with each other, but Jenny's troubles are just beginning. She's still very much a teenage girl, she's grown up with these kids who are older than her and always wanted to be a part of that, but she's going to find out that she's not quite as adult and grown up as she thinks she is.
TVGuide.com: Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck's relationship seems to be going smoothly this season.
Schwartz: Yeah, although there was that moment at the end of the episode where Chuck saw that mysterious woman at his father's grave. That's really going to be a big part of it. We really want to move Chuck back into the forefront of the ensemble for a portion of these back episodes. You'll have to watch and see if it's his mother.
TVGuide.com: Serena seems to be lost this season, with jumping from guy to guy and switching careers.
Schwartz: Well, she was trying to find her dad, and failing that, there's certainly an issue she's been dealing with in finding men in her life that will fill that void. She's lurched from guy to guy as she's trying to make sense of that missing figure in her life.
TVGuide.com: Will she be able to redeem herself?
Schwartz: That is her journey for the rest of the season. It's a journey of redemption and maturity and understanding why she's doing the things she's doing and taking back control of that.
TVGuide.com: Will she continue to mess up along that journey?
Schwartz: Oh yeah, tons. It's Gossip Girl.
TVGuide.com: Are we going to meet Mr. van der Woodsen this season?
Schwartz: We are going to continue to explore Serena's quest for her father. Obviously he resurfaced in Lily's [Kelly Rutherford] life and was in that letter that caused so much controversy at Christmas and Thanksgiving. That has definitely been set up.
TVGuide.com: Why did you decide to pursue the Dan and Vanessa story line this season? It can obviously become very complicated being friends.
Schwartz: Yeah, and that's going to be something that they're going to explore. They've been friends for so long. She had feelings for him awhile ago and then he discovers he has feelings for her. Can they have feelings for each other and still remain friends is going to be a big question that we're going to tackle. I really like them together. I think you can bet on them exploring the complexities of their friendship.
TVGuide.com: There was a lot of controversy surrounding the threesome among Dan, Vanessa and Olivia (Hilary Duff). It wasn't as crazy as people were making it out to be.
Schwartz: We were surprised when it generated as much controversy as it did. Especially in that first episode, it wasn't so outrageous and a shock to the world. I actually really liked it because I thought it felt very, very real and tentative and it had big emotional repercussions for the characters. I like the way the writers designed it and it wasn't just for shock value, but was actually being done to move story and explore these character dynamics.
TVGuide.com: Do you see any futures episodes of plot lines that will cause this kind of controversy again?
Schwartz: Keep your eye on little Jenny Humphrey.
Submitted by: Katia2525
| Gossip Girl Hiatus Fun!Dec. 14, 2009
Rumor has it that there will be no new episodes of Gossip Girl until (gasp!) March of 2010! There are still a few places out there on the inter-web that claim we'll get a new episode as early as Jan. 4th, but I am afraid to admit those sources might be a little outdated. So, what to do until then? Looks like we're just going to have to amuse ourselves. Here are some hot spots on the site to keep an eye on for all those long, cold Monday nights:
SPOILERS! Call me old fashioned but I just can't bring myself to put these ridiculously juicy spoilers just anywhere on the site. So check out the spoilers page for fairly inevitable Eric and Chuck gossip, and some insane Jenny, Serena and Nate stuff that is definitely going to blow your mind.
GG Reimagined: Check out a preview of the new Gossip Girl manga comic to be released in monthly installments starting in Jan. 2010. You can see Cartoon Serena, Cartoon Chuck, Cartoon Blair and a few other Cartoon Upper East Siders. The comic, Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only, is based on the book series by Cecily von Ziesgesar and might just be awesome. Check it out!
You know you're a Gossip Girl Addict when... (click to find out.)
GG Real Life Couples: Chuck and Vanessa together would never work (again), Dan and Serena are so last season, and Blair and Carter's brief tryst grossed us out enough...BUT...in real life, Ed & Jessica, Penn & Blake and Leighton & Sebastian are adorably in love and going strong. Who's next? Chace & Taylor?
Submitted by: Katia2525 | Art Basel Versus Gossip GirlDec. 11, 2009
Check out this article by Manish Vora that appeared in the Huffington Post last week comparing the impact of the biggest annual art event in the country with the impact of Gossip Girl on the art world. It claims that the Art Basel event is still very important in art circles, Gossip Girl seems to be reaching a wider audience and exposing them to art in several ways. So, is Gossip Girl not just a guilty pleasure?! Decide for yourself:
| Gossip Girl: The Comic
Dec. 10, 2009
We all love the Gossip Girl show and some of us even love the Gossip Girl book series by Cecily von Ziegesar. But now we have a whole new way to love the Gossip Girl characters -- in cartoon form. Yen Press is set to start publishing a manga adaptation of the best-selling book series in it's monthly magazine starting in January 2010. It's called GOSSIP GIRL: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and it "will be an original re-imagination of the girls’ senior year focusing on the lives of Blair and Vanessa, written and illustrated by HyeKyung Baek." Yen Press says of the endeavor: “There are few series in the publishing world that have been as impactful or successful as Cecily von Ziegesar’s GOSSIP GIRL. The novels have captured the imaginations of young women around the world, and we look forward to demonstrating with GOSSIP GIRL: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY that graphic novels as a medium can be just as welcoming to girls as it is to boys.” Can't imagine how a Gossip Girl comic would look? Here is a clue:
 For more previews of the upcoming comic, click here.
Submitted by: Katia2525 | Leighton Meester is All Over the PlaceDec. 9, 2009
 What isn't Leighton Meester doing these days? Word on the street is that the album is set to be released sometime in February or March of 2010 and then she wants to tour and do a live show (whatever that might mean.) Remember her first single from that upcoming album was "Somebody to Love" featuring Robin Thicke and the next one up to be released is called "Make It Rain" with Lil Wayne...(which will be up on this blog the moment it is released!)
And in even more exciting Leighton news, she is set to play a powerful beauty queen and budding country singer in the new movie "Love Don't Let Me Down," also starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw. Production starts in January in Nashville. Here's how Variety magazine described the Country Music Drama:
[It] revolves around a rising young singer-songwriter (Hedlund) who becomes involved with a fallen country singer, to be played by Paltrow. As they embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband and manager (McGraw) and a beauty queen-turned-singer (Meester), romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.
As if she had time for anything else, Leighton will also be starring in upcoming films "The Roommate" which is a college creepy single-white-femalesque thriller and a romantic comedy with Steve Carrell called "Date Night."
Thankfully there haven't even been any rumors about any of these projects getting in the way of her GG commitments. Cause let's face it, the Upper East Side would be nothing without Miiiss Blair.
Submitted by: Katia2525
| NY Times The Debarted Review: Gossip Girl Is the Jackie and You Are the MarilynDec. 8, 2009
New York Times Daily Intel bloggers never fail to deliver fabulous, poignant and sometimes brutal reviews of each new episode of Gossip Girl. (Actually, I've heard of people out there who watch the show just to then be able to understand the blog...which I guess I can't criticize if it gets them hooked on the GG). Anyway, here is an excerpt. Remember they give points and take them away based on the reality index of the episode.
Faker Than a Writers' Retreat With a Hot Tub
• Blair's houndstooth top in the first scene is about two years and a continent too late. Minus 3.
• Please, billionaires like Lily Bass don't go to co-op meetings. Rufus would have been going since the beginning, in her place. Or, like, Eric. Or Vanya. Minus 3.
• Gossip Girl says: "Looks like the roadie to success is paved with Cruel Intentions." What does that even mean?? Minus 1.
• Nate would not be so awesome about encouraging Dan to date his ex. Minus only 1, because against all odds, Nate is becoming our favorite character on this show. That Footloose contract must really have the writers nervous.
• Random Woman From the Building: "It's okay. We all sacrifice our independence for love. At first it seems totally worth it, it's just later after you've given everything up that you realize that you have nothing to offer. That's when your husband starts banging his yoga teacher." Please, that lady didn't marry whatever multimillionaire she married for love. Minus only 2, because we suspect that this lady is going to be a raging lunatic and we can't wait.
• Serena can't deal with being alone without Trip, coffee, or cable, as though those are her three essentials. Please. Surely there's a plastic handle of Bacardi in that place somewhere she can mix with some Swiss Miss. Minus 2.
• Trip: "I do care about my career, but not more than I care about Serena. I just want to be clear about that."
Maureen: "It's my personal opinion that Serena's just a phase." We highly doubt anyone would be able to deliver this understatement of the year with such a straight face, with or without that ridiculous tartan hat. Minus 1.
• Also, while Chuck would obviously have fantasies about his dad belittling him, it's unlikely that he would actually start seeing visions of him — that all of a sudden, one year to the day of his death, the ghost of Bart Bass would manifest all sunburned and mystical, like he'd been hanging out with the cast of Lost this past year, and start chattering his face off so much that Chuck was forced to scream at him to "LEAVE ME ALONE" in public like an actual crazy person. Minus 5
• An Eric and Jenny truce? We don't believe it! Gays have memories like elephants; they never forget a moist trunk or a loose tail. Minus 2.
Realer Than Moving on to "A Palate Cleanser"
• Lily invents Vanya's "Coats for Kiev" as a cover for incessantly going through her closet, and Rufus (who would obviously know) corrects her that Vanya is from Minsk, which is actually, you know, in Belarus. Plus 3.
• Wow, Rufus went from zero to the zipper cardigan really fast. He must also be on the kept-husband e-mail list, which the co-op ladies detect immediately. Plus 4.
• The outfits of the Constance mean girls whose names we refuse to remember were puzzling this episode. Each of their school uniforms was accessorized monochromatically: One was wearing all purple, one was in blue, and one was in green. We're too old to understand, but we think this must have something to do with which sex acts they're willing to perform. So Plus 5 for that.
• Serena, who is 18, thinks it's okay if "everything falls apart" and she and Trip have to "start over." Plus 2..
• Of course Trip drives a Land Rover and dresses like he's on a foxhunt when he's "relaxing." Plus 2.
• Also, of course Eric switched to a less pretty 'mo ho. The pretty ones are more threatening. Plus 2.
• D: "[Paul Hoffman is] a handsome guy, he's a sophomore, he and Vanessa have a lot in common."
N: "He's a douche." Plus 3.
• Willa is SUCH an NYU actress name. Plus 1, and Plus 3 for her performance-art piece, which she describes as a cross between Karen Finley and Daryl Hannah in Legal Eagles, and Plus 4 for Nate telling Dan, "Dude, she's a drama major. Actresses are totally crazy" and being right.
• Maureen has a kick-ass Mercedes roadster. Clearly it was Trip's prized possession, and clearly she was driving his baby to make him antsy. Well played. Plus 3.
• M: "It's a time-honored political tradition. I'm Jackie, you're Marilyn." Oh man, who wouldn't rather be Jackie? Serena, that's who. Plus 2
•• Serena. "I risked everything to be with Trip." HA. What did she risk? Her PR job? Her reputation as a non-floozy? Her career in politics? Bless. Plus 4.
• Serena walks out of the country house with her baggage and no car in sight, just planning to "find a cab" in the middle of ******* Nassau County. God, she's amazing. Plus 5.
• Trip Ted Kennedys–out on Serena? Perfect!! Plus 40, because, ah, old-money Democrats.
• We literally threw our hands in the air when Nate punched Trip. We're not sure we have ever been in such close agreement with a response by a character on this show. Plus 5. Oh, except for maybe when Nate punched his dad. That was pretty rad, too.
• Serena appears to be wearing lipstick in the hospital, which makes sense. Lily would have glossed her right up the second she woke up. Plus 1
• Blair: "I don't think you ran away because you couldn't handle death. I think it was because you couldn't handle feelings." Plus 2, because only in this world is that statement a compliment.
• We can't get enough of Maureen's ridiculous swirly tartan hat. It's the perfect accent to the evilness of her character, like a preppy, uptight suburban version of Cruella Deville's coat made of puppies. Plus 5.
• No points, but great teasers of the Jenny, Chuck, and Rufus future plotlines.
Read the complete article here.
Submitted by: Katia2525 | The Debarted PreviewsDec. 4, 2009
Just in case you can't bear the thought of having to get through the entire weekend to get to the new episode of Gossip Girl, we've got four new preview from The Debarted that can get you through until Monday. No sign of Bart Bass yet, but the last video certainly alludes to it. This is the last new episode we are going to get before the holidays, so let's hope it's good. Check out the clips:
Lily should know by now that secrets do not stay buried forever...
| Gossip Girl Gift Guide: Part 3 (Michelle + Coach Photos!)Dec. 3, 2009 You might remember that a few weeks ago, OMFBlog reported on some jewelry that Michelle Trachtenberg (our very own Georgina Sparks) was designing for the Poppy line at Coach. Here's how Michelle described it: “The collections are perfect representations of my whimsical attitude towards fashion and have that great mix of girly and edgy that I love." We have a few pictures of pieces that she has designed, so far all of which have a bee theme. So, just in time for your holiday shopping, here they are:
Submitted by: Katia2525
| Leighton vs. TaylorDec. 2, 2009
Everyone knows that former Queen Blair and current Queen Lil J are not going to be BFFs any time soon. But recently several sources are reporting that the tension between the two continues into real life. Taylor Momsen is apparently jealous of the amount of love Leighton's music has been getting on the show. They have played the Cobra Starship track she was featured on "Good Girls Go Bad" and "Somebody to Love" during episodes of the show as well as debuting Leighton's "Somebody to Love" video. They have not featured any music by Taylor's group The Pretty Reckless and it is apparently a sore spot for Taylor. Some think Leighton's pop vibe is more in line with the show than Taylor's rock sound but the CW is saying they will support Taylor's music when the time is right. Interesting....Can you all just say a quick prayer that Blake Lively doesn't try out her singing chops any time soon?
Submitted by: Katia2525
| Gossip Girl Gift Guide Part TwoDec.1, 2009
Shoppers with compulsive tendencies beware! Best. Shopping. Website. Ever. SeenOn.com has clothes, bags, shoes, accessories right from the show and available for YOU to purchase! It pulls your favorite stuff from the show and links to pages where it can be yours in just a few clicks. The downside? This stuff is not cheap, so exercise some serious restraint.
These Alexandre Birman Python Peep-Toe Booties worn by Lil J go for $750:
And who could forget Vanessa's Aqua Glass Necklace by Siman Tu that costs about $620:
Happy Shopping! Submitted by: Katia2525 | Scandal. Sex. Fashion. Changing the Way You See Gossip GirlNov. 30, 2009
Blake and Penn are so adorkable together! Look at that face --- awwwww!! (Credit: Fame Pictures)
Everybody knows that Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen) and Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey) are a couple in real life, but did you know that their romance was in the stars? That's according to a real authority -- the Upper East Side's favorite astrologer, Karen Thorne. Karen gives the exclusive lowdown on Penn's Scorpio self on gossipgirlshow.com -- the new meeting place for the serious Gossip Girl fan. How deep is the site's content? AS DEEP AS YOU DARE TO GO! Video, fashion, OMG moments, gossip, quotes, spoilers, photos, photos, photos -- and much more.
But wait, you ask, does it have the best Gossip Girl kisses? YES.
Chuck and Blair in bed? YES.
Serena's frontal assets? YES.
Jenny's Super Skanky 16? YES.
Vanessa's granola recipe? Please, people, let's not go to the dark side...
Gossipgirlshow.com is the LIGHT. A shining beacon of all things Gossip Girl...
Submitted by: Katia2525 | Gossip Girl Gift Guide!Nov. 27, 2009
Doesn't alliteration make everything better? OK, well in honor of today being Black Friday and all, we wanted to do something to get into the shopping spirit. So here is a Gossip Girl gift guide to help you come up with the hottest presents for your loved ones this holiday season.
For the Jenny on your list, you should definitely check out Fingertip only Gloves, as rocked by Lil J at her Cotillion. Or you could be less subtle and get her a gift certificate to Sephora so she could pick out some less offensive eye makeup...although she'd probably buy more of that raccoon stuff, so maybe scratch that idea and stick with the gloves.
For the Vanessa of your group, we suggest a Weave. Her's has clearly gotten out of control this season, so she should bag the one she has and start over. And for her uber-hipster soon-to-be boyfriend, Dan, we suggest a hipster V-neck T, like this one from Urban Outfitters. If you are not sure what size, be sure to err on the small side.
For the Blair in your life, who has exquisite taste for the finer things, we say keep it simple. What about a pair of Flannel Pajamas in case Chuck ever gets out of line? And it's not like Blair would ever set foot in a Gap herself, right? You'd totally be doing her a favor.
And lord help you if you have a friend like Serena. You might want to look into the existence of Chastity Belts in modern times (maybe try e-bay?). But more realistically, If you come across a a cute ornament you get it for her to wear as a hair charm, like she wore for her graduation and on several other occasions. But we know what a Serena would really want...clothes! The requirements for a Serenafied dress are: short, tight, going out dress (to be worn in the daytime) with lots of room for cleavage. Since you probably aren't on an Upper East Side budget, check out these dresses at Forever 21.
So there you have it. Hope that helps with your holiday shopping list this year. Got other suggestions? Share them here!
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