Gossip Girl News

When last we saw our favorite Upper East Siders, Serena van der Woodsen was embarking on a new quest, with the aid of Carter Baizen - to find her dad.

The mystery man who fathered the blond bombshell and her brother, Eric, has never been seen on the show, save for the '80s scenes in "Valley Girls."

Will he be a presence on the show next season in the present time?

With all the other exciting (and controversial) Gossip Girl cast additions this week (Hilary Duff, Joanna Garcia), who might play this paternal part?

"Brad Pitt," Blake Lively exclaimed when E! News asked her about it at the CW upfronts. "Or maybe [he should be cast] as my new boyfriend."

Don't hold your breath, Blake. Her on-screen brother, Connor Paolo, said:

"We've been asking since day one who daddy dearest is, so it'll be good to find out. I'd say Christopher Walken could make a great dad. I think [his and Lily's] dynamic would be awesome. I'll push that one. Or maybe Jack Nicholson."

At 72, isn't Jack a little old? Maybe he should be their grandpa?

"I think, with Lily, he could be dad," he asserted.

Fair point, Connor.

Who do you think should play Eric van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl? Any ideas? Let us know what you think by leaving comments below.

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!

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!

As we anxiously await the new season, the Gossip Girl second season DVD hits stores later this summer. Here's the press release regarding this must-have item:

The sophomore season of one of TV's hottest properties graduates to DVD with Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season, set to be released on August 18, 2009.

Developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr, with Kelly Rutherford and Matthew Settle.

The seven-disc set includes all 25 episodes from Season 2 and nearly four hours of special features, including all-new featurettes, unaired scenes, gag reel, and a downloadable audiobook of Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar.

Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season is priced to own on DVD at $59.98.

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• 5th Ave. Meets Gossip Girl: Click icons on a graphic map and tour the Gossip Girl crowd’s favorite haunts
• Faces Behind the Design: Creative forces behind the show’s art and fashion
• Chasing Dorota Webisodes
• Gag Reel
• Downloadable audiobook of the bestselling novel Gossip Girl: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar, read by Christina Ricci
• Unaired Scenes

For a limited time, the DVD release of Gossip Girl: The Complete Second Season will also include an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming book Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You by Cecily von Ziegesar, which will be released on November 3, 2009.

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Earlier this year, Star Trek became the 11th feature film spun off from the TV sci-fi franchise. Might the cast of Gossip Girl reunite on the silver screen one day?

"We've been asked that a lot," Jessica Szohr grinned. "I'm in."

"A Gossip Girl movie could be compared to a Sex and the City-type of movie," agreed Leighton Meester, giving a pitch and seeing similarities in the confessional, uber-sexy, martini-drinking worlds. "I think that would be kind of hot."

These days, Szohr is hard at work in Lake Havasu on the set of the horror film Piranha 3-D, while Meester is playing a psycho on the Culver City set of the thriller The Roommate (and starring in a sex tape that is making the online rounds).

Other stars, like Blake Lively and Chace Crawford, are establishing their own film careers or focusing on the third season of the show that premieres in September.

Could the ladies of Gossip Girl form a fearsome movie foursome?

But if the show's fan base continues to build, Gossip Girl could someday be bringing her omniscient observations to a movie theater near you.

"If they do, I don't think it'll be for a couple more years," said Szohr. "We're just going into the third season. But I think it'd be fun; we'd all be excited."

"We'll see what happens," agreed Meester. "There's no resolution in each episode - it's always a cliffhanger. So it would be pretty juicy as a movie."

Asked if she's been privy to any behind-the-scenes rumblings about a movie, Leighton said, "I have," adding, "I think we are just [concentrating] on the show right now - so maybe when it goes away for a while we can come back [as a movie]."

"You never know," Szohr added. "It went from books to a TV show - so they might as well just check off the list and make it a film too."

She just hopes such a film wouldn't be in 3-D, like her latest flick.

"I can't picture that," she laughed, thinking of her artsy style on the show. "My character's outfits would look even more crazy!"

The CW has released its fall premiere dates, and we're pleased to tell you that Gossip Girl will officially begin its third season on Monday, September 14.

That's two weeks later than we originally heard, but still, hooray!

Interestingly, Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill are trading their Monday time slots this upcoming season, meaning Gossip Girl will now air at 9 p.m.

The time slot swap will take effect July 6 with repeats.

The network also managed to put 90210 and the new Melrose Place on the same night, reminiscent of Fox's glory days, although its other two pilots are spread out.

For premiere dates for the full CW fall lineup, follow the jump below ...

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The Gossip Girl book series, written by Cecily von Ziegesar and providing the basis for the show, is being outfitted with new covers featuring our favorite TV characters!

They're pretty awesome. Click to enlarge the 12 book covers below, one for each of the 11 installments of the book series to date, plus the prequel It Had to Be You (a new one, I Will Always Love You, is scheduled for publication later this year).

As you can see, the book covers all feature memorable scenes from the first two TV seasons of Gossip Girl. Which do you like the most?

The Teen Choice Awards are coming Monday, August 5, hosted by the Jonas Brothers.

In addition to teen favorites like the Twilight franchise, the Jonas Bros. themselves, Miley Cyrus and the High School Musical set, Gossip Girl and its smoking hot stars are nominated for an impressive 10 awards at the annual extravaganza.

Can our favorite stars win the big surfboards? Ultimately, it is your call, teens. If you are 13-19 you can cast your votes via the official site and be heard!

Follow the jump for a list of the Teen Choice Awards categories that Gossip Girl and its cast members are nominated in, along with their stiff competition ...

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The second episode of the sophomore season of Gossip Girl airs tonight as we continue to slog through a summer full of repeats. Oh well, any Gossip Girl is better than no Gossip Girl. Follow this link for a full recap of "Never Been Marcused!"

We remember thinking this was a terrific one - replete with plot twists, blackmail and classic Gossip Girl quotes. Be sure to check out our photo gallery as well.

Chuck Bass' general scheming and pining for Blair played a central role in "Never Been Marcused." Then again, what Gossip Girl episode is that not true of ...

To complete our coverage of this great episode of the hottest show on TV, our staff put together Gossip Girl fashion and music guides, as well as a Round Table discussion.

As always, you can discuss this episode and all things Gossip Girl in our forum! Thanks for following this great show and making us the #1 Gossip Girl fan community!

Taking its name from a blogger, Gossip Girl is by definition a pretty tech-savvy series, with Season Two likely exceeding the first in that department.

Fresh new gadgets and "apps" surface all the time, and the folks at Geek Sugar put together a funny list of the Top 10 tech moments of the season!

Here goes, for the techies and nerds (us included) out there ...

10. Emailed College Acceptance Letters. The gang got their college acceptance letters via email. At the risk of dating ourselves, this is not how it worked when the owners of this site applied to college. Does they really do this now? 

9. Serena's Jawbone. To properly flirt with her instructor, Julian, Serena covertly wears a rose gold Jawbone bluetooth earpiece with Vanessa piped in.  

8. Apple Product Placement! After two seasons of hiding Apple logos, halfway through the season, it finally peeked out. Was there a deal struck?  

7. Nelly's BlackBerry Storm. Nelly Yuki proudly flashed a BlackBerry Storm when she got her Yale acceptance, flaunting this brand-new phone.

6. Dorota: Facebook Queen. The amazing Dorota not only admitted to trolling Facebook groups, but we got to see her with her own embellished PC. 

5. Blair: Former Pink Phone Addict. A cell phone ban precipitated a tidbit about Blair Waldorf's cell phone evolution - scads of pink cell phones.  

4. The Verizon Hub Pops Up. Verizon's newest home tech gadget, the Hub, showed up in the van der Woodsen household on at least one occasion.

3. Facebook Favored on Gossip Girl. The show showed a love of Facebook throughout, featuring it in cell phone apps, references and screen shots.  

2. Dan Drops a Loopt Reference. In the season finale, Dan tells Serena "I Loopt you," referencing the controversial locator service and confusing the crap out of some of the members of the Gossip Girl Insider staff. We admit it.

1. Jonathan: Hacker! Eric's boyfriend Jonathan got the closest to unmasking Gossip Girl when he hacked her server over spring break. Long live geeks!