October 2009 News Archive

Sorry, Chace Crawford. Even you don't stand a chance with Leona Lewis.

The singer turned down a chance to kiss the Gossip Girl hunk when he appeared in her latest video because it might make her beau, Lou Al-Chamaa, jealous.

"They wanted me and Chace to kiss in the 'I Will Be' video. But I said no way," she tells the U.K magazine Sugar, adding that Chace is just not her type.

"He needs roughing up a bit! He'd be a really pretty girl … He's so beautiful, I mean, look at him," she says. "But I just don't think of him like that."

"But mostly it wouldn't be fair to Lou to kiss other guys."

Chace Crawford in Leona Lewis' music video.

Lewis, 24, has been with her boyfriend since she was 17, and known him even longer. She says that at age 10, she thought her neighbor was "sooo cute."

She still does.

The singer, who recently defended her relationship with the electrician, says she loves his eyes, and teases: "Sometimes I'll look at him and be like, 'You have really nice eyelashes, can I put mascara on them?'"

Maybe having her kiss Chace wouldn't be so bad after all.

Welcome to the 75th edition of the Gossip Girl Insider Caption Contest!

This week's winner is saarele. Congratulations on a job well done!

The winning entry now appears below this picture. This week's honorable mentions go out to Lisa, fashionrat and uknouloveme.

Thanks to everyone for playing as always!

J: So who wants to hear how I got the great Chuck Bass to tell me he's sorry?

Today's best gossip from the set of Gossip Girl? An update on Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, whose characters, as we know, used to date on the show.

Blake and Penn have dated for a good length of time now (May 2008 was our first report on the couple, who may have been together prior to that).

Is it looking like this could be a (gulp) forever thing?

According to a close pal of Lively's, it very much is. The couple are expected to announce their engagement soon - at least their friends think they are.

There's a lot to love about Blively. Possibly for life!

Sunday is Badgley's 23rd birthday, and while some speculated they might have something else to celebrate then, engagement talk is premature.

A little.

''I think if November 1 was Blake's birthday, he might have surprised her with a ring,'' quipped the source. ''But my guess is over the holidays.''

Hard to believe one of our favorite Gossip Girl couples could be making it official. We certainly wouldn't object! You two kids have our blessing!

Below are two more sneak peeks of "The Grandfather: Part II," next Monday's episode of Gossip Girl. In the first - we hope you're sitting down - Blair Waldorf actually makes a new friend! That's not something to take lightly.

Here's Blair befriending a new girl the only way she knows how ...

Continue below for another clip from the episode, in which Serena and KC discuss the upcoming election party, and her current Archibald problem (follow the link for all the videos from the episode we've compiled so far) ...

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This week, we reported a developing story about the return of Robert John Burke to the Gossip Girl cast. But what does the return of Bart Bass actually entail?

Is he actually alive? Coming back only in flashbacks? Michael Ausiello of EW has dropped a hint in his spoiler Q&A today. See what you think of this tidbit ...

Q: What’s this I’m hearing about Bart Bass returning from the dead on Gossip Gir? this season? Is Chuck's father alive or is it a flashback?

A: Neither. Totally unrelated question: Are you a fan of A Christmas Carol?

Thoughts? Theories? Share!

You knew it was coming.

Best friends forever but frequent enemies ever since we've known them, the lovely Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen are totally feuding again.

Last episode's drama looks like nothing compared to what's to come in "The Grandfather, Part II." Neither girl is without fault ... or ready to back down.

We love them both, but if you're forced to take a side, who do you go with? We're curious to see where Gossip Girl fan opinion lies. Tell us below ...

Whose side are you on (if forced to pick)?

We already saw the first sneak preview of Blair and Serena at each other's throats. Now we have a second clip from Monday's "The Grandfather: Part II," featuring Dan and Olivia, who are getting along much better than B and S.

At least for the moment.

Clearly, O doesn't want Dan to see her appearance the previous night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. We don't know what, but she said something she wishes she hadn't. A guy in the NYU hall definitely watched it, at least.

Poor Dan. Always the last to know!

Below is a sneak preview clip from "The Grandfather: Part II." As the promos teased last night and this morning, the Blair-Serena rivalry has been rekindled.

That may be putting it mildly.

As you'll see in the first sneak peek at next Monday's Gossip Girl, the frenemies are at it again, looking to upstage one another in an all-too familiar fashion.

Who will prevail?

Here's a slightly longer version of the first promo we posted earlier today for next week's "The Grandfather: Part II." This could be one of the craziest in awhile.

Picking up where we left off last night, it looks like there's major, catty tension building between Blair and Serena, with Nate possibly caught in the middle.

Take a look at the promo below and tell us what you predict will happen - and what you hope to see transpire when Gossip Girl returns next week ...

Below are some photos for next week's Gossip Girl, "The Grandfather: Part II."

What does the Grandfather have planned for Tripp's election to U.S. Congress?

More importantly, what do Blair and Serena have planned for the election party? And what is what's-her-name doing with that video camera? Hmm.

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