July 2008 News Archive (Page 6)

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."

Okay, so Penn Badgley and Blake Lively are all over each other. But what about their Gossip Girl counterparts, Dan and Serena?

Well, Kristin Veitch of E! Online reports that their scandalous, on-again, off-again romance dominates Gossip Girl's blog in Season 2.

So much so, in fact, that a group of Gossip Girl's passionate 'tween fans accost Dan and Serena with a lecture on what they're doing wrong!

LOL. We can only imagine what they say ...

Sorry if you're sick of such pictures by now, but we love seeing Blake Lively and Penn Badgley together. Maybe it's because we adore Serena and Dan so much on Gossip Girl, but there's something about them ...

Gossip Girl's precious on- and off-screen couple, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively, are loving life together in the summer of 2008.

... with each other? Who knows! But both Gossip Girl stars were seen on their phones in between shooting scenes of the series Monday. Both look great as usual. Don't you just love Chair as a couple?

Gossip Girl's awesome stars, Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick.

People Magazine put together a list of fun facts about Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley recently. Here they are, for your enjoyment:

1. 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."
2. 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.
3. 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."
4. Penn Badgley lent his voice to two Mario video games, including 1999's "Mario Golf 64" and 2000's "Mario Tennis."
5. 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."

Now you know even more about Penn Badgley!

The summer breeze has a way of creating romance, as we've already seen (maybe) with a photo of Blair Waldorf and a new man.

Looks like Blair's ex, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), has his own share of problems - sexy problems - in the form of a certain older female (Madchen Amick) who's taken quite a liking to him (in the car no less) and given a great Gossip Girl love triangle a whole new twist!

Nate Archibald finds himself in quite the compromising position. What do you think will happen with his newer, older love interest on Gossip Girl?

Ah, the sights and sounds of summer.

The prim and (more or less) proper Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) takes in the Long Island scenery by going for a bike ride with a new guy, who we hear is named Marcus (and is played by Patrick Heusinger) ...

Who is Blair's new "friend" and what does that mean as far as Chuck Bass is concerned? Tell us your theories on this new Gossip Girl character ...

No federal holiday for the cast of Gossip Girl, apparently! Taylor Momsen was spotted on the Manhattan set of the hit show on Friday ...

Taylor Momsen is terrific as Jenny Humphrey on our favorite show.

In what must be a regular occurrence for him, Penn Badgley poses with a few young fans while on break from filming Gossip Girl, in New York City Thursday morning. He's a fan favorite ...

The girls sure do love Penn Badgley. For good reason.

Here's another cute Gossip Girl photo for you.

Co-stars and on-set siblings Taylor Momsen and Penn Badgley got back in the swing of summer during a photo shoot Thursday at a New York playground. Wonder what the heck this scene is about ...

Penn Badgley and Taylor Momsen on the Gossip Girl set.