Spoiler alert: in this blog post I will attempt to recreate from memory the plot of the first episode of the first season of “Best. Show. Ever” (New York Magazine’s words, not mine) Gossip Girl, which aired ten years ago to the day on September 19, 2007 on the CW. So if you do not want to know what (might have?)…
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of CW teen soap Gossip Girl, creator Josh Schwartz—perhaps capitalizing on Jennifer Lawrence’s current promo tour for mother!, a movie I refuse to see based on the lower-case title alone—told Vulture that at 16, Lawrence auditioned for the part of prep school femme fatale Serena van…
There’s a long, hyperbolic profile focusing on the ten year anniversary of Gossip Girl in Vanity Fair today, and the whole piece makes it sound as if the show, which never got stellar ratings anyway, was one of the greatest television shows of all time. Or, rather, that Blake Lively is one of the greatest actresses of…
Pretty Little Liars, I. Marlene King’s moody, dark fever dream of a teen murder mystery, will air its final episode tonight. After seven long years, faithful viewers who’ve stuck with it through plot twists, lingering questions and infuriating red herrings will finally be rewarded with the answer they’ve been waiting…
Because adolescence is a blithesome, tranquil time when we treat our peers with the tenderest sympathy and respect, a number of English secondary school students have created anonymous Instagram accounts inspired by the show Gossip Girl.
Josh Schwartz, the creator of The O.C., is developing a new comedy-drama for Fox. The show is based on Grady Hendrix’s 2014 novel Horrorstör, which is about a haunted home furnishing store called Orsk. It will be written by Schwartz and Michael Vukadinovich.
A judge has ruled that Kelly Rutherford can no longer fight for full custody of her children in the state of California. Her son Hermes, 8, and daughter Helena, 6, have been living with her ex-husband, Daniel Giersch, in Monaco since 2012, after his U.S. visa had been revoked. In 2013, a judge ruled that Giersch was…
Taylor Momsen, aka Gossip Girl’s “Little Jenny” and current leader of The Pretty Reckless, has become the first woman artist to top the rock charts with three consecutive number-one singles, breaking Billboard records and beating out Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders. So that happened!
WAKE UP, UPPER EAST SIDE BITCHES: THERE'S A MARRIAGE AFOOT. Yes, plebs, you heard me: the human host of lovable nerd Seth Cohen ("Adam Brody") and the human host of conniving and well-dressed teen Blair Waldorf ("Leighton Meester") have been secretly joined in holy matrimony. It's just as the prophecy (a fan fiction…
"Wanna get a sophisticated upper east side look, girls, for school or for a girls' night out?"
Good thing you didn't hold your breath waiting for the sequel to the 2001 comedy Zoolander, or else we'd be saying your eugoogly right now (sorry). But Zoolander 2 is coming around the bend now, I guess, featuring the return of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as male models Derek (who actually resurfaced recently at The…
This morning serves us up some Gossip Girl meta-theater. Rumors on the set of GG are that Blake Lively is "glowing," which is Hollywoodese for "Lookit, there might be a baby in that person." A source from the show adds, "Blake is usually really careful about what she eats, but since her wedding, she seems to be eating…
He's been out of the limelight for some time but Michael Lohan has found a way to get his name back in the funnies – accusing his daughter of being hopped up on pills. Getting panned after her recent appearance on SNL, Daddy Dearest says the actress was riding high on some undisclosed prescription drugs. "'I have to…
The folks who created Gossip Girl are teaming up with Chinese production companies to develop a teen drama about students at Shanghai International University. Will it have all the intrigue, back-stabbing, sex, designer brands and scandals audiences expect from Gossip Girl? Er, not exactly. As Deadline reports,…
Rumor has it that during fashion week, Mary-Kate Olsen and Dakota Fanning had a very specific goal and it was to get as far away from Lindsay Lohan as possible.
The last thing we heard about The Carrie Diaries — the '80s-era Sex And The City prequel — was a denial of the rumor that Blake Lively would play Samantha Jones, Selena Gomez would be Charlotte York, Emma Roberts would play Miranda Hobbes, and Elizabeth Olsen would be the new Carrie Bradshaw. Now we've learned that…
[On the set of Gossip Girl. The caption notes that these are $1900 Brian Atwood Power Studded Suede Platform shoes, should you care. New York, September 1. Images via Pacific Coast News Online.]
In a recent interview with Elle, Taylor Momsen spoke about her "budding" musical career (in which she often flashes her breasts onstage) and mentioned in passing that she "quit" acting:
[On the set of Gossip Girl, July 7. Image via Splash.]
William and Kate stepped out for the first time post-Honeymoon in their official public appearance for a charity event last night in London. Yet all we could think about was, "haven't we seen this gown somewhere before?"