Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester are the cover girls for the latest issue of Nylon magazine! You may click here for the full story, but we have some excerpts for you below.

Leighton Meester on playing her character on Gossip Girl: “Maybe I’ve known [Blair Waldorf] somehow or I know her in myself, and she needs somebody to portray her in a way that isn’t completely harsh because she really could be so hated.”

Blake Lively on how she almost turned down Gossip Girl: “[I thought] if there are pet monkeys wearing coordinating outfits, that’s not something I’m going to want to be a part of… ”

Leighton Meester on Gossip Girl styles: “Serena van der Woodsen is more thrown together and effortless and doesn’t really care, and is just like, has this sexiness to her without trying, and Blair is really uptight and conservative and put together and everything has to be perfect, you know Chuck Bass is kind of cocky and he’s just like, I don’t know, a prick.”

Blake Lively on the weirdness of online forums: “Yeah, it’s kind of crazy but after the first Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants trailer even came out, um, I guess it’s maybe I’m the only person with long blonde hair in Hollywood? I don’t know, but everyone was like, ‘Oh, she should be Serena.’”

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester: Our favorite Gossip Girls…

It’s a date! Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Michelle Trachtenberg stop by New York City’s Hill Country barbecue joint for the Saturday Night Live afterparty, where Ashton Kutcher celebrated his third time hosting.

The duo of Blake Lively and Michelle Trachtenberg may play frenemies on Gossip Girl, but they’re getting along like BFFs in real life!

We’ve profiled a number of Gossip Girl look-alikes in the past, including the hot Chace Crawford and Zac Efron (and David Cook of American Idol) and Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly. Here’s a new one a fan sent in.

On the left, a girl who needs no introduction to fans of Gossip Girl, our own Blake Lively. She’s beyond gorgeous - but so is look-alike actress and model Sarah Roemer (right) of Disturbia fame. Check them out …

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively may not be a dead ringer for actress and model Sarah Roemer, but we certainly can see some resemblance!

Now that she’s, like, famous, Gossip Girl cast member Blake Lively has been getting scrutiny from critics that claim that before the CW show’s debut, the gorgeous 20-year-old star had a rhinoplasty procedure.

Yes, some apparently think Blake Lively got a nose job.

We don’t buy it. No Blake Lively pictures we’ve ever seen look different from the rest in that regard. Besides, everything we’ve read about the actress suggests that she’s remarkably grounded for her age.

In other words, she’s no Heidi Montag. Come on, people. Here’s a beautiful photo of Blake from this week on the set of the show…

A typically gorgeous Blake Lively was filming a scene for a new Gossip Girl episode in New York City when cameras caught up to her Thursday. Boy, are we lucky they did! Here’s one of the newest Blake Lively photos …

That’s true of every shot of Blake Lively on the Gossip Girl set in the Big Apple, but we particularly like this one. Maybe because we can imagine she’s waving at our site and its fans specifically! We also love Serena’s outfits.

Less than three weeks until Blake Lively, Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester and the whole gang return with new episodes!

Blake Lively and Michelle Trachtenberg, who was recently cast on Gossip Girl as Serena van der Woodsen’s trouble-making frenemy Georgina Sparks, battle the elements Wednesday while filming in New York City…

Even wind-swept, Blake Lively and Michelle Trachtenberg look terrific.

Arms full of animals (stuffed as well as real), Gossip Girl star Blake Lively wanders through the midtown Manhattan set of her hit show Thursday.

We love seeing our favorite stars in the midst of filming new episodes - though we wouldn’t object to the occasional Penn Badgley sighting, too!

Now those are some cute creatures, aren’t they?

The great thing about Gossip Girl being filmed on location in New York is that it’s pretty much impossible for the hot stars not to be seen. Blake Lively and Leighton Meester are always spotted shooting new scenes!

Perfectly accessorized, the Gossip Girl duo enjoys another fashionable day at the office, shooting a scene on location in Manhattan. Not sure why Blair Waldorf is dressed like this, but we love Leighton Meester and Blake Lively!

The cast is in full force, filming scenes for new episodes of the show we love most. Stylish as ever, Gossip Girl star Blake Lively gives her beautiful smile a glossy touch-up on the New York City set of the hit series Friday…

Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, along with their male co-stars, have been seen out and about a lot lately, filming new scenes for episodes of their hit CW series, which returns (thank goodness) April 21!