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When Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen launched their mens collection for Elizabeth and James, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood guys caught on.

Sure enough, Elizabeth and James for Men has been popping up all over Gossip Girl, including on Dan Humphrey in the now-infamous threesome scene.

Maybe it was the clothes that turned O and V on ...

Penn Badgley wore the Elizabeth and James Easy V Cashmere Sweater on the show, as you can see above, but it wasn't the first appearance for the line.

Dan wore two Elizabeth and James designs a week before the threesome, and last month Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) sported an Elizabeth and James suit.

Looks like a brand Gossip Girl hunks can depend on!

All of us at Gossip Girl Insider would like to wish a happy birthday to cast member Penn Badgley, who turns 23 today on this first day of November.

We hear that Penn may be getting engaged soon (and we all know to whom). That would be the cutest thing ever for the Gossip Girl lovebirds.

Either way, we love him as Dan Humphrey and hope his special day rocks ...

Penn out Thursday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame party in NYC.

In honor of the big day, as we do for all our cast members, here's a little tribute of Penn Badgley pictures, one for each of his 23 years. Happy birthday, Penn!

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?

Starring in perhaps TV most fashionable show - and dating stylish co-star Blake Lively - has taught Penn Badgley a thing or two about fashion.

Well, at least regarding what it says about a person: “What a woman wears says a whole lot about her confidence,” Penn tells Cosmopolitan.

Penn includes sweater dresses and V-necks amongst his favorite items to see on any woman: "A sweaterdress really can be the sexiest thing."

"As a man, I just like the simpler things,” says the Gossip Girl star. “A plunging V-neck looks like she pulled it off the floor of a man’s bedroom."

"There’s something so sensual about it.”

Penn Badgley sizzles in the new Cosmpolitan.

Penn Badgley is even a fan of fall’s hottest shoes, the over-the-knee boot. “If a strong, secure girl wears thigh-high boots, it can be stunning and powerful.”

At least Blake knows her on-screen friend and off-screen love appreciates her style! Not that it's a huge chore for him to be dating Blake Lively, we imagine.

Click to enlarge two more sexy shots of the 22-year-old actor (and a mystery blonde model) from the magazine's recent feature on him ...

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!

Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley certainly had plenty of support at the after-party for the premiere of his new flick, The Stepfather, in New York on Monday night.

His #1 fan, girlfriend and co-star Blake Lively, was there to support her man. Dan and Serena may be just friends these days, but these two are so cute ...

In the thriller, opening nationally this Friday, the Gossip Girl guy goes head-to-head with his suspicious stepdad, played by Nip/Tuck's Dylan Walsh.

Click to enlarge more pictures of our favorite show's cast at the event. Nice to see they all came out to support one of their own in his new flick:

Penn Badgley recently spoke to OK! about what really goes on between takes on the set of Gossip Girl. You know, little things like Chace Crawford’s dancing skills, the occasional diaper-changing and, oh yeah, threesomes!

At the Hennessy Artistry Series Finale Wednesday, Penn wouldn’t say who is in the Gossip Girl threesome, but he did dish on other series deets ...

Q: How do you keep busy between takes?

Penn Badgley: “Threesomes! [laughs] That’s an interesting question. Mostly we just hang out with the crew.”

Q: Matthew Settle, who's expecting her first child, has said he’s going to have the cast change diapers on the set. Has he gotten around to that yet?

Penn Badgley: “He hasn’t told me, but I don’t doubt that."

"He’s a bundle of laughs and many other things. I imagine that’s true. He’ll probably bring his baby on set, and have us do that for him.”

Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey) is always good for a sound bite.

Q: How are Chace Crawford’s dancing skills?

Penn Badgley: “I haven’t seen them. He was going to show them to Blake [Lively] at one point, but that never happened. He’s probably getting very good.”

Q: Seen him dancing in the background?

Penn Badgley: “You know what I saw him do one time? He did a little bit of a move coming across ... the Usher foot slide. And I didn’t realize what he was doing, and then I realized ‘oh, he’s training right now.’ It was over quickly."

"It was very brief. He thought nobody was watching.”

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).