Gossip Girl News (Page 6)

One of New York’s greatest bands, Sonic Youth, will perform an acoustic version of their 1986 single “Starpower” on the fifth episode of Gossip Girl this fall.

“Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands,” Gossip Girl executive producer Stephanie Savage said, “and last year when I was doing my regular Gossip Girl Google search, it came up in some blog about a Sonic Youth show that Thurston [Moore] was playing 'Psychic Hearts' and Gossip Girl was playing on a screen in the background."

"And I was like, ‘Whaaaat? Oh my God. I hope they’re not making fun of us! I hope it was a cool, edgy homage!’ And it turned out that it was - tongue in cheek for sure, but definitely with love, and that they were fans of the show.”

Last year, Moore (who has a 15-year-old daughter with his wife, Kim Gordon) and Be Your Own Pet’s Jemima Pearl cut a cover of the Ramones’ “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” for Jenny Humphrey’s guerrilla fashion show, and the talks continued from there.

“We have a very special event coming in episode five that we’re filming right now,” the Gossip Girl show-runner says, “they seemed the ideal musical guest for it.”

But, in traditional Gossip Girl fashion, Stephanie Savage is keeping quiet about the exact circumstances of the festivities involved. “It’s a big event that involves [engaged adults] Rufus and Lily. Just draw your own conclusions,” she laughs.

Spotted: Hundreds of actresses who look like Jessica Szohr, only 20 years older, racing to Gossip Girl casting offices. Why? Vanessa’s mom is being introduced!

Great. Someone new for our own Gossip Guy to hate on.

Regarding this Gossip Girl casting note, EW reports that Gabriela Abrams is an African-American female in her 40s, an attractive, warm, and outgoing mother.

Jessica Szohr is also of African-American (and Hungarian) descent.

The character has potential to be recurring. Are you excited to meet Vanessa's mother? What sort of role do you think she'll play on the show in Season Three?

The first two Gossip Girl episode titles for Season 3 have supposedly been released. We can't confirm the accuracy of these, but numerous sources are reporting them, so we're passing the intel along. They are subject to change, as we know:

• 3.1: "Reversals of Fortune"
• 3.2: "The Freshman"

What do you make of these two titles? What do you suppose they allude to? Leave your Gossip Girl theories and wisdom for us in the form of comments below!

Oh, and how excited are you for September 14?

The show doesn't air until tonight, but we can confirm that Gossip Girl won big at the Teen Choice Awards Sunday evening winning best drama and acting awards for cast members Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick.

Gossip Girl boasted three surfboards for Choice TV Villain (Ed), Choice TV Actor (Chace) and Choice TV Actress (Leighton), and was named Choice TV Show too!

Elsewhere, Zac Efron also won multiple acting awards, for his performances in High School Musical 3 and 17 Again, while Twilight won a stunning 11 trophies.

The film, the first of four in the series, won best drama as well as acting awards for leads Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart and for supporting players Cam Gigandet, Ashley Greene and Taylor Lautner (pictured below, with our own Chace Crawford).

Robert Pattinson was also named Choice Male Hottie.

Chace Crawford of Gossip Girl and Taylor Lautner of the Twilight saga.

"I really appreciate it. I have to say, the hottest teens of the year are Twilight fans!" he told the crowd. Choice Female Hottie went to Megan Fox, unsurprisingly.

Music largely dominated the proceedings otherwise. The Jonas Brothers hosted and won five of the surfboard-shaped awards, including breakout show (Jonas).

Miley Cyrus won six, including best single ("The Climb") and acting awards for the TV and movie versions of Hannah Montana. Cyrus also presented her "hero," Britney Spears, with the Ultimate Choice Award. "Thank you so much," said Spears.

One highlight? Dane Cook being booed for referring to nude photos of Vanessa Hudgens. The comedian quipped, "Girl, you gotta keep your clothes on!"

The awards were selected by more than 83 million votes cast online.

The Gossip Girl spinoff, also known as the episode that ruined prom, is not going to be picked up this year, according to comments from the CW brass yesterday.

While some viewers thought the different setting offered new insights into the character of the future Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford on Gossip Girl, Brittany Snow in the spinoff), The CW didn't add the spinoff to its fall schedule.

At upfronts, though, Ostroff indicated to reporters that it may still be in the running for a midseason berth. On Tuesday, however, she sounded less enthusiastic.

"Not right now," Ostroff said. "It doesn't look like it's likely."

If the Gossip Girl spinoff "doesn't look likely," that's pretty much the nail in the virtual coffin. But it's still more hope than Body Politic well-wishers have.

"It's dead," Ostroff said of Body Politic on Tuesday. "I've been doing this for a long time, and I've never been in a situation where literally every pilot we shot this year could have made it on the schedule. They were just great pilots."

"As much as we all loved Body Politic, it just didn't - we just didn't go with it. And I think the show hasn't been seen really by anybody because it was just a pilot, but the actors, the producers, the writers - they did a really good job."

So those are two dead shows that never really aired. Oh well.

With the exception of some new faces and Gossip Girl spoilers, not too much is known about the next season of our favorite show so far this summer.

Of course, we do know the basics, such as where the hot characters will be attending college now that their high school days have come to an end.

Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), and Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) are all enrolled at New York University, so it made sense that the actors spent Monday night filming a scene at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral School.

That institution lies in the heart of New York City’s Nolita neighborhood, far from the Upper East Side stomping grounds that the gang used to inhabit.

During the taping, which attracted a large crowd of fans who snapping photos and craning their necks to get a better view, Vanessa was "seen talking to an unidentified male, whom she enthusiastically introduced to Dan after he came over."

Think that was Scott (Chris Riggi) perhaps?

And as always with Blair Waldorf, fashion trumped both comfort and practicality. She looked gorgeous in a fitted red dress and sky-high white heels, but had obvious trouble getting up and down the steep steps outside the building as a result.

In between takes, Leighton Meester nervously tapped her over-sized purse against the side of her leg, avoiding eye contact with the spectators who had gathered.

Jessica Szohr, on the other hand, looked more classroom appropriate in a flowy yellow top, shorts and flats. Noticeably absent from the scene was Blake Lively, who will be in Rhode Island attending Brown when the show returns September 14.

Blake has been spotted on the set too, of course, and there are rumors of a Serena hookup with Carter Baizen as well as a quest to find her long-lost father Keith.

Safe to say her days at Brown are numbered before they begin?

We pretty much knew this already, but in case it wasn't confirmed 100 percent before, it now is, thanks to TV Guide. Michelle Trachtenberg has not been promoted to a series regular on Gossip Girl. She will, however, be guest starring this season.

The Season 2 finale indicated that Georgina would be enrolling at NYU with the gang.

But Trachtenberg's fall run on Gossip Girl be brief, as the actress' other show, the NBC nursing drama Mercy, has just been moved up from midseason to fall.

With Mercy rushed into production, Michelle Trachtenberg will be preoccupied.

However, don't be surprised to see her making periodic vistis to the Upper East Side throughout the life of the series! Hey, a little G is better than nothing, right?

Happy Monday, Upper East Siders. Tonight, Gossip Girl begins airing at its new time - 9 p.m. EST - with the ninth episode of Season Two, "There Might Be Blood."

Blair gets in over her head in her quest for Yale, while Serena receives mixed signals from a new love interest, and Nate and Jenny ... well, you remember.

Whether you missed it, need a refresher on all the twists and turns, or just want to read and talk about it, you can get the rundown in our episode guide!

Our gallery of pictures and some videos are also live, along with lists of some of the most memorable Gossip Girl quotes and music from this GG episode.

A Gossip Girl fashion breakdown and our staff's Round Table discussion complete our own episode coverage. Counting down the days until September 14 ...

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!