Hilary Duff Films Her First Scenes For ‘Gossip Girl’

The new kid on the block
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

In early July we learned that former popstar and sometimes actress Hilary Duff would be joining the cast of Gossip Girl in the show’s 3rd season this Fall and yesterday was her first day on the job. Here are a few pics of Hil D. with her new GG cohorts Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively on her first day of filming on the NYC set of the show:


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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‘Gossip Girl’ Eases In A New Character

Who's kissin' who?
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

On the season finale of Gossip Girl last Spring many changes took place with the gang to set up the coming season (filming now in NYC). We saw that Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass finally got together and we were introduced to the lovechild of Lily van der Woodsen and Rufus Humphrey. Here on the blog a few weeks ago, we learned that Joanna Garcia (formerly of The CW series Privileged) has joined the cast … and, of course, Michelle Trachtenberg is back as Georgina Sparks. Here are a few new pics of some of the cast on the NYC set of Gossip Girl this week:


I LOVE seeing Ed Westwick in fun t-shirt … clearly he was not in full Chuck Bass costume yet ‘cuz Chuck would never be seen in public wearing a t-shirt. I also love that Chace Crawford is carrying Joanna Garcia’s purse. Chace totally strikes me as the purse-carrying sort of fella. After the jump, check out with two characters will be getting into a new relationship in season 3 of Gossip Girl. Be warned, the photos are a bit spoilerish …

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Theres A New Girl In The ‘Gossip’ Gang

The former 'Privileged' star finds a new home on 'GG'
Monday, July 6th, 2009

Production continues on the NYC set of the hit CW series Gossip Girl as Chace Crawford was spotted filming new scenes for the show’s upcoming 3rd season with a new castmember. Here are pics of Chace and actress Joanna Garcia on the set of Gossip Girl earlier today:


As you may already know, Joanna Garcia starred on another CW series called Privileged but that show got canned so, thankfully, she got picked up to join Gossip Girl. It’s unclear what character she’ll be playing (sexy older woman? college teaching assistant?) but one suspects she’s just as rich as the GG kids are. The scenes filmed today were done on a heliport … so Garcia’s character prolly has a lot of cash. I can’t wait to see if she brings something new and exciting to the show.

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‘Gossip Girl’ Begins Production On Season 3

The 'Gossip' gang gets back to work
Monday, June 29th, 2009

Here are a few pics from the NYC set of Gossip Girl which went into filming production of its third season earlier today. Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Blake Lively and Chace Crawford were all spotted in Gramercy Park today gettin’ back to work on their hit CW TV series … behold:


Leighton, who we saw earlier today in the new Cobra Starship music video Good Girls Go Bad, is lookin’ very fresh-faced in these photos. It really looks like the memory of her leaked sex tape is but a thing of the past. Ed, who celebrated his birthday with girlfriend and GG co-star Jessica Szohr over the weekend, was lookin’ mighty smart in his snazzy suspenders. Blake Lively was lookin’ a hot mess but, in her defense, it looks like she had yet to hit the make-up trailer. Chace Crawford looks his usual perfection. Ah … it’s good to see the GG kids back in action. While some of us will be enjoying a Summer vacay, these folks are just getting back to work. I’m sure we’ll be seeing much more from the set of Gossip Girl in the weeks and months to come.

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‘People’ Magazine Names Chace Crawford The ‘Hottest Bachelor Of 2009’

The mag's annual list of 'Hottest Bachelors'
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

People magazine has released its annual issue devoted to the Hottest Bachelors of the year and have made their selection for this year’s coverboy. You may recall that the mag named Mario Lopez as the Hottest Bachelor of 2008 … but this year, the honor goes to Chace Crawford. Chace has been deemed by People magazine as the Hottest Bachelor of 2009:


Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and – unlike his Gossip Girl character – says dating a married woman is “a definite no.” Without question, success (he’ll star in the Footloose remake) couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. But what else is behind those blue eyes? PEOPLE’s Elizabeth Leonard and Jennifer Garcia found out. Here’s a sneak peek of the interview with PEOPLE’s Hottest Bachelor!


On his first kiss: “It was fifth grade. Her name was Kiley Smith and she was my best friend’s twin sister. It was one of those super-awkward things. We were at camp, on a lake, really picturesque – it¹s kind of seared into memory! We’re still friends.”

On a perfect date: “All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a game of Beirut [a kind of beer pong] is a good sign!”

On being single: “I’m not not looking for a girlfriend – but I’m not particularly looking for a girlfriend, either. I’m not knocking having a relationship; at the end of the day, you want to share with someone. But I just look at it as, I have the rest of my life to do that. I’m not in any rush.”

On dating Carrie Underwood: “I have nothing bad to say about that experience. It was awesome. I just didn’t know how to deal with it. I learned a ton about dating someone in that kind of spotlight. It was such a whirlwind, but no regrets.”

On the made-up gay rumors about him and co-star Ed Westwick: “You know what we really did the first time we heard it? Ed goes, ‘Oh, did you hear that rumor about us being gay?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, man.’ He starts laughing and we’re kind of like, ‘Okay, you want to go play pool and have a beer?’ “

To be honest, I thought for sure that British heartthrob Robert Pattinson was gonna get the nod from People magazine as the Hottest Bachelor of the Year. There ain’t a day that goes by that People doesn’t do a story or even a blurb about R. Pattz and his effect on his fans. He seemed the shoe-in choice for this year’s #1 Hottest Bachelor … but clearly I was wrong. That’s not to say that Chace Crawford isn’t a great pick … he’s deffo a much-in-demand hottie and is an excellent choice for Hottest Bachelor of 2009. But, Chace is not alone on this list of hawt bachelors. After the jump, check out some of the other single men who made this year’s list of Hottest Bachelors — yes, R. Pattz made the list as did a now openly gay celeb …

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Chace Crawford Does ‘In Style’ Magazine

"It's not about physicality, it's about how a person carries herself"
Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Earlier this month we learned that the middle Jonas brother, Joe, was featured in the new issue of In Style magazine (you may recall that he revealed his celebrity crush to be Daniel Craig) and today we learn that star of Gossip Girl and the upcoming Footloose remake, Chace Crawford, is also featured in the mag. Here are a couple of Chace’s sexy In Style pics and the full text of his mini-interview:


“I don’t go to a bar looking for a blonde. although I have friends who do that. It’s not about physicality, it’s about how a person carries herself.”

Hair apparent: As Gossip Girl’s Nate Archibald, Crawford personifies prep-school hot with those chiseled cheekbones and cerulean eyes peeking out from under side-swept bangs. A real-life good guy with a pretty-boy face, he’s the Andrew McCarthy for the new teen set.

French connection: For Crawford, sexy goes way beyond looks and can be found anywhere from a Kings of Leon bass line to the City of Light. “There’s something about walking the streets of Paris,” he says. “The people, the language, the late-night dinner.”

All in day’s work: “It’s fun.” Leighton Meester has said of the on-camera kisses she shares with Crawford on the Gossip Girl set. “He’s sooo cute, so it’s definitely not hard!”

Chace’s Celebrity Crush: Ellen Page

Chace is a cutie but it still remains to be seen if he can adequately fill Kevin Bacon’s very big shoes when he takes on the remake of Footloose later on this year. As for this interview, meh, he didn’t really give us much meat to gnaw on. It’s a shame that he, too, didn’t list Daniel Craig as his celebrity crush … that would’ve explained so much ;)

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The CW Celebrates The 2009 Upfronts

Faces new & old come out to pimp the new season
Friday, May 22nd, 2009

New and old actors from new and old CW TV shows made their way to the Gramercy Park Hotel here in NYC last night for The CW Upfronts afterparty … which was basically a chance for them to mix and mingle with one another in celebration of the upcoming season of their various TV shows. Here are a few pics of some of the folks who came out for the soiree last night:


Original Melrose Place alums Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro were on hand to rep their “new” show, the much talked-about new version of Melrose Place (Ashlee Simpson was on hand to rep the show, too, but she didn’t look nearly as fab as Laura did). Some of the Gossip Girls kids were there as well (both Ed Westwick and girlfriend/co-star Jessica Szohr looked extra crispy). The stars of The Vampire Diaries were in the hiz as well … Ian Somerhalder was lookin’ especially cheeky in his dressed down attire. The CW has got some good-sounding programs coming our way this Fall — we’ll just have to see if they deliver. With the line-up they’ve got planned for this coming season, could Fall 2009 be The CW’s best ever?

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