As we posted yesterday, members of the Gossip Girl cast are officially back to work and filming the third season of the show we love. The premiere is September 14. Summer vacation is clearly a lot longer for us than it is for the cast members themselves!

Here's Chace Crawford and Leighton Meester on the set ...

Click to enlarge lots more photos from the Gossip Girl set below. As always, when we come across more pictures, we will post them for you to comment on.

Any ideas or scoop on who the blonde girl is? Or what else might be going on in this early Season Three scene? Please, share your thoughts with us below!

Oh yeah, it's so on. The cast of Gossip Girl is back in New York and has officially started filming episodes for the third season, which debuts September 14!

While that's a long time away, the New York City setting allows for a lot of quality pictures from the show's set to make their way to us, and then on to you.

Did we mention we are excited for Season Three?

What does Ed Westwick's Chuck Bass have in store for us this year?

Click to enlarge some more Gossip Girl pictures (featuring Leighton Meester, Blake Lively and Chace Crawford) from the NYC set below. We'll have more for you later today and throughout the coming weeks (hopefully good ones, too)!

Finally! Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester looks fantastic in the new music video for Cobra Starship’s song “Good Girls Go Bad,” and she songs great on it too!

Leighton's appearance in the video and on the track has gotten a lot of publicity lately, and in our opinion at least, the actress sure lives up to all the hype.

Check out the video below and tell us what you think ...

Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester: Good Girls Go Bad Music Video

Tonight, the CW is airing the eighth episode of Season Two, "Pret-a-Poor-J." Blair decides to go all-in with Chuck, while Dan tries to help, then sabotage her efforts, Serena meets a new guy, and Jenny quits her job, finding support in an unlikely place.

The full rundown is right here in our official episode guide if you need it. We also have a list of memorable quotes, a gallery of pictures and some videos.

Completing the "Pret-a-Poor-J" experience are our site's Gossip Girl music guide, fashion recap of the episode and Round Table discussion of hot topics.

As always, our Gossip Girl forum is open for discussion! Enjoy!

Gossip Girl bad boy Ed Westwick celebrated his 22nd birthday with a few rounds of bowling at Lucky Strike Lanes in New York City on Saturday. Sounds like fun!

Ed was accompanied by friends including girlfriend (and co-star) Jessica Szohr. Check out this photo of them arriving and Ed looking like ... well, only Ed can.

Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr and the rest of the Gossip Girl cast head back to work on the set of the hit series today! Hopefully we see some good pictures!

Click to enlarge some more shots of Jessica and Ed from the other night ...

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively wore a sexy Robert Cavalli backless dress at the grand opening of the Swarovski Crystallized Concept store on Thursday in New York City.

Here are some photos of her looking outstanding ...

Asked what kind of career she aspires to, Lively said, “Women I look up to are Annette Bening, Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett ... also, I think Reese Witherspoon has had a really great mixture, some great movies as well as some fun ones.”

She's set the bar high, but no one who ever became a megastar didn't. Click to enlarge more fabulous Blake Lively pictures from the event the other night ...

Edward William Westwick was born 22 years ago on this day in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. He trained at the National Youth Theatre in London, earned roles in several TV series and films, tried out for Gossip Girl, and the rest is history.

What a joy it has been to watch him as Chuck Bass these past two seasons. No matter who your favorite couple is, it's tough to dispute Ed's awesomeness.

Here's a little photo tribute we put together - featuring the actor in character as Chuck and in real life - in honor of Ed's 22nd birthday on this 27th of June.

Happy birthday from all of us at Gossip Girl Insider, Ed!

Click to enlarge ...

And we thought Nate was privileged before.

EW sources confirm that Joanna Garcia, star of The CW's Privileged (which was cancelled, to the surprise of some fans) has booked a four-episode story arc on Gossip Girl as a love interest for Chace Crawford's affluent alter ego, Nate Archibald.

Joanna Garcia will be playing the character of Bree Buckley, an irreverent, slightly evil Miss America-type who hails from a conservative Southern family.

She will first appear in the September 14 season premiere. Any predictions for what this means for Nate? How about the rest of the Gossip Girl gang?

Privileged star Joanna Garcia is coming to Gossip Girl!

Welcome back to the 57th Gossip Girl Insider Caption Contest!

As always, the quality of replies made it tough to choose the champion. This week's winner is Katie B. Congratulations! The winning reply appears below.

Honorable mentions go out to Steph, Lisa, Shadow243 and svanderwoodsen.

Best of luck again next week, Gossip Girl fans, and thanks to all for playing!

Serena: Oh God, the cuffs are furry... did Chuck put you up to this?

Leighton Meester made a cheerful appearance in a floral dress after a taping of MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung at the MTV studios in New York's Times Square yesterday.

On the show, she discusses her fashion sense (and that of Blair Waldorf), the filming of Gossip Girl (which begins Monday!) and the "bad habits" of the boys in the cast.

Leighton Meester on Alexa Chug, Part I

Follow the jump for the second half of the interview, in which the Gossip Girl star previews her new music video with the band Cobra Starship, "Good Girls Go Bad."

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