Clearly, Hilary is trying to get more acting gigs under her belt … she’s been in a couple of movies recently and did a guest stint on Law & Order: SVU earlier this year. This new gig on stint on Gossip Girl could be just the right vehicle to get her back on the acting map. Long gone are her days on Lizzie Maguire, so she’s got some work to do to get back in the public consciousness as an actress. While her attempt to get her own show on NBC, titled Barely Legal, didn’t get picked up by the network at least she can take heart that the folks at GG took pity saw that she would be a great asset to the show. I mean … she’s already decked out in a hipster straw hat … she’s well on her way. Do any of y’all think Hil will blend seamlessly in with the rest of the cast or will she stick out like a big “guest star” sore thumb?

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The “It” Girls were in attendance as were the new kids on the block — members of the cast of 90210 made last night’s Teen Choice Awards their unofficial coming out party to hang with the cool kids. There are a whole slew of pics to check out from last night’s fête. After the jump, check out some pics from the show itself, some pics of the couplely couples who were in the audience, some of the winners with their surfboards and, of course, a lot of Beckhamness …

Here are some pics from the actual show itself … you can see some folks presenting awards, accepting awards and Mariah Carey dressed inappropriately for a children’s show:

Oh, Mariah … you are so cute thinkin’ you can dress like a teen at your age ;) I’m not at all surprised that Mimi deigned to not only attend this year’s Teen Choice Awards but to perform as well … especially when you consider that she met her child-husband, Nick Cannon, at the Teen Choice Awards back in 2005. But the night was really about this year’s winners so here are a few pics of some of the folks who took home Teen Choice Surfboards last night:

The Jonas Brothers and the CW hit Gossip Girl were the big winners at Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards. Both took home six awards each. Gossip Girl was honored for choice TV drama, breakout show, breakout male actor (Chace Crawford), breakout female and TV drama actress (Blake Lively) and TV villain (Ed Westwick). The Jonas Brothers won for choice breakout group, love song, music single, song of the summer, male red carpet fashion icons and male hotties. “Last year we were here presenting, and to be back a year later and to be up for seven awards, that’s really, really crazy!” Nick Jonas told Usmagazine.com. “We are so blessed, and our fans are incredible, and we love it.” Miley Cyrus — who scored three awards — hosted the show, which airs tonight at 8 p.m. (ET) on Fox. Lauren Conrad won choice TV female reality star. “It’s really cool,” she told Us. “It came from people who watch you every week and relate to you.” She told Us she’ll keep her award “with my mom in Laguna. She has a room for them.” Heroes star Hayden Panettiere was honored as choice TV action-adventure actress and David Beckham as choice male athlete. His son Cruz stole the show, however, when he started break dancing on stage after his dad accepted his award. David said he didn’t teach his son those moves. “He went on tour for six months with his mom,” he told Us, “so maybe he learned from her!”

And speaking of the little ham, here are a couple pics of Becks on stage accepting his award and his sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz who he brought on stage with him … natch, Cruz had to upstage his older brothers by throwin’ down some bitchin’ dance moves:

I dunno … those elder Beckham boys better learn tricks or something cuz the little one is really lookin’ to usurp and take over the Beckham empire.

Here are a few pics of some of the coupley couples were were canoodling and nuzzling all up on one another in the audience:

Don’t they all look so precious? Who knew that the Teen Choice Awards could be such a romantic place? I suppose much congrats are in order for all the winners this year. The show airs tonight on FOX at 8pm but you can click HERE to see a full list of this year’s winners.

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Aww … it looks like Penn is shy … performance anxiety, much? Fans of the show may recall that Serena van der Woodsen (Blake) and Dan Humphrey (Penn) ended their relationship on the show at the end of last season … it looks like the couple will be reconciling in the new season. After the jump, check out a few more photos of BlakeLey filming the rest of this scene, where the couple get up close and personal with one another’s tonsils …

And … action:

Oh yeah, these two really like to get into their work … and each other’s throats. It must be nice getting paid the big bucks to make out with your significant other on camera. Not a bad gig.

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Is it fake kissing? Is it real kissing? Does it matter since Penn’s shirt is wide open and he’s showing off his happy trail? HMMM … looks like a fun job, whatever is really going on.

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