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[broneck]

this is one of those rare moments in television/cinematic history where when the crew is off set, they look even hotter than they do on-set

[onemancult]

i would fuck her and those puppies at the same time if i had to.

[onemancult]

no joke, look at tay tay right here

big doofy headphones -- music lover

gothninja gone teen steelo -- so hot

puppies -- she's a girly ass girl and that is so hot

hair -- lush and gorgeous

makeup -- what makeup bitch, thats 15 year old skin fresh as a daisy

sunnies in her pants -- you pussies hang em from yr neck, she hangs em near her twat cuz when you go down on her you get blinded by how blonde and shiny her pum is.

[Astérix]

I concur.

The only thing that would make that photo hotter was if she was not wearing a bra...

[chantheman]

[chantheman]

i know it was mentioned on a previous page but there havent been any pics of maddchen amick

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Gossip Girl Actor Wants to Be Respected For His 'Acting'

Call the wahmbulance! Chace Crawford thinks he's being used for his good looks. The Gossip Girl actor often questions the show runners when they want him to appear shirtless, mostly because he wants to preserve the integrity of his acting. He tells the magazine: "There was an episode where we were crashed out on the sofa after a big night out and they wanted me to wake up in my boxers, so I argued with them about it. I mean, first of all, who gets wasted with their buddy, and smokes weed and then strips down to their boxers before they pass out on the couch?! No one does that. Why am I naked on my buddy's couch? It was weird so I fought it." Some people probably do that! Plus, Chace, really? Don't be that way. We all know why you're on the show.

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Gossip Girl Spoilers: More Gay Characters

At least as of this posting, we've heard of no plans to have any new Gossip Girl characters come out of the closet this fall.

Sources report that Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo) will have a love interest or two in the second season of Gossip Girl.

Eric should be it for same-sex love, though if the book series is any indication, Gossip Girl could get even more gay with each season.

According to cast member Penn Badgley: "By the end of the series, I think they got so bored writing the same things for 12 years, they were like, 'Let's just make 'em all gay.' Chuck ends up gay and has a monkey on his shoulder that dresses in similar outfits."

Penn is just kidding... we think.

Blake Lively on Fame, Relationships, Sex Tapes

Blake Lively says she's no Paris Hilton. Thank goodness.

"I once heard someone say that I'm similar to Paris Hilton - since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we're alike," Lively tells Seventeen in its new August issue, to be released July 8. "It's a dumb thing to say. I dont think that makes Paris and me similar ... I don't go to clubs, I don't party, I don't dance on tables, and I don't like sex tapes."

Amen. And unlike her Gossip Girl alter ego Serena, Blake Lively's real life relationship with co-star Penn Badgley is remarkably scandal free.

"Penn does these silly dance moves, and he's very witty and quick, so it's fun to have sharp banter with him," she says.

Asked how they fell for each other, Blake Lively replied:

"When you're saying these words that people are making you say to one another, nothing about it is real or genuine. So if two people connect outside their characters, then that's how they get together."

Lively does fess up to one thing she has in common with Gossip Girl's Serena van der Woodsen - she's very passionate.

"When I care about somebody, whether it's my best friend or somebody who I would date, I give them all of my heart," says Blake, the youngest of five children from Burbank, California.

"I've just been so loved throughout my life, and I'm used to really loving people and trusting them back."

As for how the rest of the Gossip Girl gang gets along?

“Everyone is really funny and has such strange things that they do," Lively says. "Like, Leighton Meester, she does amazing voice impressions, and she can impersonate anyone’s face."

"Chace Crawford does an amazing impression of Scott Stapp from Creed. Ed Westwick is always singing," Lively adds. "Taylor Momsen is just so adorable, I just want to bake her a cupcake!"

Leighton Meester Comments on Blair-Chuck Love

Inquiring fans want to know: Are Blair (Leighton Meester) and Chuck (Ed Westwick) back together at the start of Season 2 of Gossip Girl?

Yeah, right.

Of the picture below, from the Hamptons-set party scene in Gossip Girl's Season Two premiere (which is officially set for September 1!), Meester explained to Entertainment Weekly:

"We're talking about the love that cannot be."

But despite the roadblocks for Chuck and Blair, Leighton says she is still rooting for the two characters to get together.

"Nobody understands Blair Waldorf quite like Chuck, and vice versa," says Meester. "She still has feelings for him. Maybe he made a mistake — who knows right now?"

Romance or no romance, this is a guarantee: The two rich kids will soon resume their usual bickering and scheming:

There's going to be a lot of," the actress who plays Queen B says with a dramatic pause "... insults and evil plans."

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vanity fair interview

JESSICA SZOHR Age: 23. Hometown: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Jimmy Choo. Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Chuck Taylors. Levi’s or J Brand? “Levi’s, I think!” Favorite designer? “Marc Jacobs, Chanel. And there is a new line called Rose—it’s really good. Just simple, sexy, really cute.” Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “I’m from Wisconsin, so the Packers!” BlackBerry or iPhone? “BlackBerry. iPhones are really hard to type on.” What’s on your iPod? MGMT, M.I.A., the Editors, the Virgins, Kenna. Last book you read? The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? “I’m a huge fan of Rock Band. I may almost get carpal tunnel playing the drums.” Were people mean at your high school? “I did a shoot for a teen magazine, and some girls put photocopies of my picture everywhere and they drew on it. They also ketchup’d my driveway and they egged my dad’s car. But now it’s funny because we’re all friends.”

PENN BADGLEY Age: 21. Hometown: Baltimore. Upcoming film: The Stepfather. First “Hollywood” moment? “I got mobbed by 40 to 60 little girls. It took me 45 minutes to walk 20 yards. I feel like for the most part nobody cares about us and it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but every now and then that’ll happen.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? PF Flyers. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. What’s on your iPod? “D’Angelo, Common, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli’s first albums. I can’t stand all those indie ‘the’ bands.” Favorite book? One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “I’m a soccer fan. Arsenal is my team.” Who do you dream of working with one day? “Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2.” Favorite drink? Reposado tequila. Girl crush? “Parker Posey. She is so sexy in Blade: Trinity.” High-school experience? “Strange to nonexistent. I graduated early. Everyone is just so painfully vulnerable and self-conscious.”

BLAKE LIVELY Age: 20. Hometown: Burbank, California. Breakthrough roles: Bridget in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. Upcoming film: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. First “Hollywood” moment? “I hope not ever.” Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? “Jimmy Choo and Chanel. I can’t stand it: the security guards know me there.” Levi’s or J Brand? J Brand. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. Favorite guy’s guy? “I’m dating Brad Pitt.” Favorite girl’s girl? Angelina Jolie. Favorite movie? Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo and Juliet. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Wii. Madden or Halo? “Guitar Hero for Wii. I had them write it into the show. But I just bought the Rock Band for Xbox.” Favorite snack? “Whatever’s greasier and cheesier the better.” Hybrid or Escalade? “Hybrid. Even if anybody picked the Escalade they wouldn’t say it, ‘cause it’d be, like, bombed.”

CHACE CRAWFORD Age: 23. Hometown: Plano, Texas. Upcoming film: The Haunting of Molly Hartley. First “Hollywood” moment? “Signing iPhones. I’m like, ‘Dude, I don’t want to ruin your phone!’ ” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Puma. Levi’s or J Brand? Levi’s. BlackBerry or iPhone? iPhone. What’s on your iPod? “Ed [Westwick]’s band, MGMT, Bloc Party, Audioslave, A Tribe Called Quest.” Favorite movie? Cool Hand Luke, Jurassic Park. Favorite TV show? The Office, 30 Rock, Family Guy. Last book you read? Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “Come on—Dallas Cowboys.” Favorite drink? Jack Daniel’s. Girl crush? Liz Lemon.

ED WESTWICK Age: 21. Hometown: Stevenage, England. Upcoming film: 100 Feet. First “Hollywood” moment? “The upfronts last year. No one knew who we were but still wanted photos with us.” Chuck Taylors or Nikes? Lacoste. Favorite designer? Michael Bastian. Who do you dream of working with one day? “Jude Law. He is a fantastic spirit and a gentleman.” Favorite movie? “Currently American Psycho.” BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Eli Manning or Tom Brady? “Who?” What’s on your iPod? “My band, Filthy Youth. And the Rolling Stones.” Last book you read? No One Here Gets Out Alive, a biography of Jim Morrison. Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? PS3. Favorite drink? Water.

LEIGHTON MEESTER Age: 22. Hometown: Marco Island, Florida. Upcoming project: Season five of Entourage. Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin? Jimmy Choo. Favorite designer? “I’m more a normal person than, like, a fashion girl. For everyday, I like Fluxus—it’s really soft. I really like Foley & Corinna; they do a good mix of vintage and new.” BlackBerry or iPhone? “Why do you assume I don’t have a Nokia pay-and-go phone? No, I have a BlackBerry.” Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Justin Timberlake. What’s on your iPod? “Gnarls Barkley, the Kooks, and Sean Lennon. I like fun music, too, like M.I.A. She has good things to say.” Last book you read? Madame Bovary. Favorite drink? SoBe Life Water. Hybrid or Escalade? “I don’t know. I used to drive a Volkswagen, a safe Volkswagen.” What were you like in high school? “I was nice. We didn’t have much when I was little.” Were people mean to you like Blair was? “There was always one little girl in each grade that was mean to me. But I was never mean to anyone. I was never like, ‘Ew!’ ”

TAYLOR MOMSEN Hometown: St. Louis. Age: 15. Number of shoes in your closet? “So many. My mom and I are the same size and share shoe closets, so it’s hard to keep count!” Levi’s or J Brand? “Rock & Republic and Earnest Sewn. Whatever fits. I have a really strange body—I’m tall, but I’m all legs, like three-fourths of my body.” Favorite designer? “Diesel for everyday. For dressing up, Valentino, and I love Miu Miu.” Favorite lip gloss? LipFusion. BlackBerry or iPhone? BlackBerry. Justin Timberlake or John Mayer? Justin Timberlake. What’s on your iPod? “Paramore is one of my favorite bands. I have such an eclectic mix of stuff. Garbage is my all-time favorite band. And then I love, like, Britney Spears. I have every one of her albums. Like, I’m a loyal fan.” Favorite movie? “Across the Universe. I saw it nine times.” Favorite TV show? “Law & Order: SVU. I can watch like six in a row, and my mom’s like, ‘You just watched six rape stories,’ but I love how it’s so dramatic, and then when they finally find the guy, it’s like, ‘Yes!’ ” Hybrid or Escalade? Subway.

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Forget Gossip, Girl; the Buzz Is About the Clothes

By RUTH LA FERLA

Published: July 8, 2008

Since its debut last fall, “Gossip Girl” has always been more than a television series about its overt subject, the social machinations of Manhattan private-school students.

Emma DeMar, from left, Amanda Setton, Nicole Fiscella and Taylor Momsen start fashion trends in “Gossip Girl.”

It has also presented a cavalcade of fashion, its primary viewership of teenagers and young women tuning in not only for the plots, but also to render judgment on the clothes. The extravagant wardrobes of the stars — a clash of piped blazers, tiny kilts, dueling plaids and festoons of jewelry — have inspired countless posts on fan Web sites, and magazine features about the female leads.

Now the show’s sense of style is having a broader impact, in the retail marketplace. Merchants, designers and trend consultants say that “Gossip Girl,” which is in summer reruns on the CW network before returning Sept. 1, just in time for back-to-school shopping, is one of the biggest influences on how young women spend.

Fans stride into boutiques bearing magazine tear sheets that feature members of the cast and ask for their exact outfits. Or they order scoop-neck tops and hobo bags by following e-commerce links from the show’s Web site.

“The show has had a profound influence on retail,” said Stephanie Solomon, the fashion director for Bloomingdale’s, adding that it appeals not just to teenagers but also to women in their 20s, the daughters and the younger sisters of the generation that made “Sex and the City” requisite viewing for aspiring glamoristas.

Although the series has had only middling success in the ratings, in stylistic terms it “may well be the biggest influence in the youth culture market,” said Stephanie Meyerson, a trend spotter for Stylesight, a trend forecasting company. The show has given an unexpected mass appeal to patrician staples like crested blazers, layered polo shirts and kilts. When cooler days approach this fall, some retailers are predicting a run on argyle sweaters, knee socks and high boots.

Thanks to the point-and-click shopping on its Web site and the fees it charges some brands to be featured in the series, “Gossip Girl” has been able to profit from its power to generate trends. It is not the first show to collect revenues from product tie-ins, but it probably is the first to have been conceived, in part, as a fashion marketing vehicle.

“We tried to launch trends from the get-go,” said Eric Daman, the show’s costume designer, whose résumé includes a stretch working with Patricia Field on costumes for “Sex and the City.”

Now some fall designer collections will also bear a “Gossip Girl” influence, a trend first seen in February on the New York runways, when the series ignited “a pretty huge resurgence of ritzy, preppy and collegiate looks,” said Amy Astley, the editor of Teen Vogue, citing punky school-girl styles from Marc by Marc Jacobs and Henry Holland, and crested blazers at Ruffian, among others.

Stefani Greenspan, a New York designer whose youth-oriented line, Priorities, is sold at Macy’s, Dillard’s and Bloomingdale’s, acknowledges that “Gossip Girl” was “definitely part of my inspiration” for a line of trim blazers lined in men’s tie fabric, oversized cardigans and ruffled plaid shirts with gold buttons.

“I like that whole upscale collegiate feeling, mixed with a pair of Louboutins,” Ms. Greenspan said. Sales at her eight-year-old company have doubled in the year since “Gossip Girl” made its debut, she said.

In its 18 original episodes through May 19, the series attracted an average of about 2.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. But its clout as a cultural and shopping influence is amplified by the Web, including the show’s own site, which lets viewers identify the brand of the clothes and accessories in each episode and click through to buy them.

“We probably have 50 percent more of our traffic — close to one million viewers each month — going into ‘Gossip Girl’ than into any other show,” said Travis Schneider, the founder of StarBrand Media, which handles the e-commerce connections for the series, along with other shows and films including “She’s the Man” and “America’s Next Top Model.”

Covet the top that the character Serena van der Woodsen wears in Episode 12? It’s made by Generra, available for $68, according to the links from the CW Web site — or it was, before it and many other items seen on the show sold out.

Mr. Daman, the costume designer, conducted his fashion research at private schools in Manhattan.

“I saw how edgy those girls were, how forward,” he said. “They wore their school uniforms a little shorter, a little tricked out, definitely tailored to fit them perfectly, and they took liberties through their tights and bags.”

The show is a soap opera about the indulgences of super-rich teenagers, whether drugs, sex or Balenciaga, as told by the unseen Gossip Girl of the title, who blogs about the other characters. Devotees generally fall into two camps: those taken with the worldly nonchalance of Serena (Blake Lively), the show’s queen bee, and others fixated on the fussier style of Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), who is given to layering on brooches, pearls, scarves, a shrilly colorful blazer and patent leather pumps, topped with a frilly headband.

Rachel Grinney, the manager of Intermix in Washington, part of a chain of hip boutiques, said many of her young customers scour the store for variations on Serena’s haute bohemian mix of lithe leather jackets with loose-fitting T-shirts and knee-high boots.

Purists dismiss Blair’s look as visual clutter (“You don’t see headbands worn with brooches and necklaces,” scoffed one 16-year-old in the December issue of Teen Vogue), but admirers praise the show’s relative sophistication. “It represents a stylistic departure,” said Sari Sloane, the vice president for fashion merchandising of the 24-store Intermix chain, “a move away from a Hollywood look that was very casual and improvised, to something more polished, more big-city chic.”

Some like the deft mingling of mass and class, through a smorgasbord of merchandise culled from stores like Barneys New York, progressive boutiques like Opening Ceremony in downtown Manhattan and cheap chic chains like Urban Outfitters. “The style is not alienating,” Ms. Meyerson said. “Girls can look at these characters and feel like they can emulate them.”

Grown-up women, too. Leigh Luttrell, 26, who works for an advertising agency in New York, would like to buy a party frock with a plunging back she recently saw on the show. “I loved that style; I’ve actually been looking for it,” Ms. Luttrell said.

The series has become a profitable showcase for certain designers. “Do you like my new Nanette Lepore?” a character inquired in one episode. Ms. Lepore, a New York designer, reports that “within days after one of our dresses appears, the store gets calls.”

“Younger girls come in,” she added, “they know which piece was featured and they look for it.”

Ms. Lepore said she did not pay to have her brand mentioned or be included in the wardrobe, although some brands do, said Paul McGuire, the vice president of network communication for the CW.

The designer Tory Burch, already a favorite with the private-school crowd, has found that having an item on the show “translates to sales,” she said.

“We have girls coming in with magazine tear sheets of Blake Lively or Leighton Meester, from location shootings or from everyday life,” Ms. Burch said.

But even those fans have some qualms. Julia Sledge, 26, an administrative assistant in New York, who wears a mix of Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rebecca Taylor and Theory, and is a fan of “Gossip Girl,” said the fashions could strain credulity. “Sometime you see these girls from Brooklyn carrying Valentino bags that cost $3,000,” she said. “That makes the show a little irritating.”

“Still,” she said, “it’s good eye candy.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/fashion/08gossip.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

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[alexryb]

So much goodness.

Just got done re-watching the entire first season..

I hope Jenny gets bombed/wasted/trashed/sloshed at some

point in season two.

[junglejane]

I think the hottest thing in the world would be blair waldorf and charlotte york going at it.

[sleazie ninja number 47]

omg her butt!

[chantheman]

yes best pic of the bunch

[homeboy]

yes best pic of the bunch

And the fact that she doesn't seem bothered that her glory is all visible makes it even better. What a way to play basket ball dressed in a thong while some dude is pulling on your short dress. Can't wait for the new season to commence.

[chantheman]

its like she enjoys it

[alexryb]

I think the hottest thing in the world would be blair waldorf and charlotte york going at it.

This idea is golden.

But, while we're at it, Serena would have to beat

the shit outta that annoying bitch Carrie Bradshaw.

[onemancult]

...yo did i really just see part of her ass? am i imagining this?

[onemancult]

wait pause, are the tits on that fangirl in the turqoise shirt for real? jesus.

oh my jesus.

[onemancult]

easier bigger than my head. but she's petite. how the fuck does she stay upright?

[evisu 2000]

wait pause, are the tits on that fangirl in the turqoise shirt for real? jesus.

oh my jesus.

was thinking the same thing. shorty don't even gotta go to summer school....

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[jl3969]

would motorboat

[skiniks]

i want this fucking shirt

[redshirt]

I think the hottest thing in the world would be blair waldorf and charlotte york going at it.

yes please! Id pay to watch that happen.

[ProfMonnitoff]

i want this fucking shirt

looks like its nike

nike shirt with adidas shorts

brand disharmony?

[skiniks]

it is nike but it's most likely vintage and i'm nevar going to find another.

[lestat]

easier bigger than my head. but she's petite. how the fuck does she stay upright?

give her a year or 2, she'll be the hunchback of notre dame