Celebs Enjoy A Night Of Ballet In NYC

Twinkle toes
Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Celebs of varying stature and fame made their way to Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center in NYC, NY last night to attend the 2009 American Ballet Theatre Gala. Musician Rufus Wainwright, who tends to have more of an affinity for opera, was in attendance as well as Gossip Girl newbie Joanna Garcia and BFFs Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis. The newly single Emmy Rossum (who filed for divorce from her hubby a couple of weeks ago) showed up on the arm of Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons:


Oh wait, I’m sorry … Emmy showed up with Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, not Sideshow Bob … sorry about that. But, c’mon, you can see how I got confused. It’s nice to see young celebs taking an interest in the arts … why, David and I attended a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet here in LA just this last July for my birthday. I sincerely hope the celebs who attended last night’s gala affair did so out of an honest appreciation for dance rather than an available opportunity to dress up and pose in their finery for a photo op.

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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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