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In real life, Blake Lively may not be very similar to Upper East Side vixen Serena van der Woodsen. Well, except for her Gossip Girl alter ego's style.

“I dress just like Serena!” Blake admits in the November issue of Nylon magazine. “I own half her wardrobe, so it’s far too similar to how I dress!”

“I feel ridiculous at times with her, because I’m, you know, killing someone or marrying someone, but I look like me. I’m like, ‘Oh, this is absurd.’”

Having her Gossip Girl fashion mesh so seamlessly with her personal signature style, however, isn’t something that happens with most of her roles.

Blake Lively and Serena both look amazing.

“When I’m doing a movie, I hide behind the character’s hair or makeup or clothes. If I can transform myself, then people will believe that’s who that is," says the 22-year-old Blake. "And I need to believe that’s who that is.”

One fringe benefit of trying out a persona? Getting in new products that she might not try on herself, including her latest beauty obsession which she picked up on the set of her next movie, The Town: press-on nails.

“They’re really amazing,” she says.

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!

This is random, but we think you'll have fun with it anyway. We often debate the merits of Gossip Girl couples, but which real-life pairing is your favorite?

Not that there's a wrong answer, really.

You have to love the fact that three different pairs of co-stars are currently dating - and not dating who their Gossip Girl characters are (at least right now).

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley have been an item since way back when Dan and Serena were a thing. Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr are a couple, as well.

Rounding out our survey are Leighton Meester and recurring guest star Sebastian Stan (Carter). All seem happy and more stable than their GG alter egos!

There's still hope for you (age appropriate) single guys and girls: We think Chace Crawford, Michelle Trachtenberg, Taylor Momsen and Connor Paolo are single.

As for the three aforementioned pairs, who's your fave? Vote below!

Who's your favorite real-life Gossip Girl couple?

Gossip Girl co-stars and real-life couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley attended the 2009 Angel Ball, benefiting Gabrielle's Angel Foundation, last night in NYC.

The attractive youngsters been together for a long time now, and certainly seem very happy every time we see them together. Aren't they just the cutest?

Derena may be done, but it Plake is going strong!

The 2009 Emmy Awards Sunday evening did not feature our favorite show nominated in any major categories, but Chuck and Blair were named the TV's #1 hottest couple during E!'s Emmy pre-show at least. Goooo Chair!

Also, the Gossip Girl cast's two leading ladies were on hand for the festivities, looking totally fabulous on the red carpet as you might expect.

Here's Leighton Meester in white and Blake Lively in red. Whose dress do you like better? Vote in our fashion survey below and let us know!

Which Gossip Girl star looked better at the 2009 Emmys?

You may not look like Blake Lively, but you can dress like her.

Semi-affordably, too! At least sometimes, thanks to Anna Sui.

The Gossip Girl star turned out at Fashion Week to celebrate Anna Sui's Gossip Girl-themed line for Target, which tops out at under $100.

Not a bad deal for something a glamorous gal like Lively would wear out.

Here's Blake in one of the line's offerings. What do you think?

Gossip Girl co-stars and real-life couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley were seen at the men’s semifinal match at the 2009 U.S. Open tennis tournament Sunday.

You could say the score was love-love. Get it?!

The tourney, held at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, concludes this afternoon. Blake and Penn watched Roger Federer beat Novak Djokovic.

Mostly, though, they watched each other. Aww ...

Here's a little treat on the eve of the big Season 3 premiere: The CW has released some nice new promotional pictures of the cast members we adore.

And even Jessica Szohr, for that matter. Just kidding. We love her tons.

Click to enlarge the handsome and sexy images below of Ed Westwick, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester and more members of the terrific Gossip Girl cast.

If anyone knows where we can find more of these, let us know, as it seems like an incomplete set (first compiled by the CW and youknowyouloveme.org).

The stars of Gossip Girl are dishing on the new season, which gets underway Monday, in a series of interviews the CW was kind enough to post for us online.

We've already garnered unique insight from Taylor, Penn, Ed and Jessica, then heard what Sebastian, Chris, Matthew and Connor had to say about Season 3.

Now here's Leighton Meester with the scoop on Blair Waldorf ...

She's the best. Follow the jump for interviews with Chace Crawford (Nate) and Blake Lively (Serena), to hear what those two hotties are up to these days ...

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Gossip Girl star Blake Lively wore a bold blue dress at the unveiling of the new third floor at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store Wednesday night.

The 22-year-old actress then joined BF Penn Badgley at the launch of designer Anna Sui’s Gossip Girl inspired collection at the Target pop-up store.

Here's our girl looking dazzling at both events ...