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	People Magazine put together a list of fun facts about Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley recently. He was named after Penn tennis balls! "My father was bouncing a Penn tennis ball for stress during my mom's pregnancy," he told E! Online. "When my mother got her first amnio... she just casually mentioned that the baby is the size of that tennis ball, and that's it. I'm glad it wasn't Dunlop or Wilson." Penn Badgley covets Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick's chest hair because, well, Dan Humphrey doesn't get to have any. "They make me shave my chest for the show," he laments. On the verge of Gossip Girl fame, Badgley was asked about the prospects of becoming a teen heartthrob. "It's sort of strange to think that could happen, but I welcome it. Why wouldn't I? Though it could get overwhelming if I turned into Kirk Cameron or something." Penn Badgley lent his voice to two Mario video games, including 1999's "Mario Golf 64" and 2000's "Mario Tennis." When asked about the work he's least proud of, Penn Badgley said, "I did a training video for a Pokémon card game where I had to do comedy skits that were played to adults between training lessons."
	Penn is a 2008 member of the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet. Members of the cabinet help out using their talents and resources in furthering the cause of the organization.
	Penn and the rest of the Gossip Girl young cast were featured in People magazine's World's Most Beautiful People of 2008.
	Penn's mother once drove him 50 miles to appear in a community production of Music Man.
	Penn has known Blake Lively, his on-screen girlfriend in Gossip Girl, since he was 11 years old.
	One of Penn's favorite bands is Incubus.
	Penn's inspiration for playing Gossip Girl character Dan is the show's creator Josh Schwartz. Besides him, he also draws his inspiration from the everyday, regular teenager.
	Penn admits that among all the actors of Gossip Girl, he's the one who adlibs the most due to the awkward nature of his character.
	In a CW source interview on October 2007, Penn revealed that he is single. In May 2008, Gossip Girl onscreen couple Penn Badgley and Blake Lively began dating.
	Penn highly admires TV actresses Tina Fey and Parker Posey.
	Penn has been living in Manhattan since the start of the filming of his CW show Gossip Girl.
	Penn turned down the role of Dan Humphrey twice before accepting.
	Penn was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.
	He has an older half sister.
	Penn shares his birthday with celebrities like Anthony Kiedis, Bo Bice, Jenny McCarthy and his Gossip Girl co-star
	Penn's most embarrassing moment was forgetting the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" while singing at a minor-league baseball game.
	Penn is 5' 10½" (1.79 m) tall. He has black hair and is left-handed.
	In 2001, Penn was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his performance in the TV series The Young and the Restless.
	Penn owns an Audi.
	Penn did some voice acting in some of the Mario games like Mario Tennis in 2000 and Mario Golf 64 in 1999.
	Penn has appeared in the following videos as himself: Kodiak Yearbook and Grrrl Power.
	Penn got his GED at the age of 13, so he and his mom could move to LA, so he could start auditioning.

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