Last weekend we learned that Sarah Michelle Gellar, pregs with her first child with hubby Freddie Prinze, Jr., had her baby shower here in SoCal with a few friends and family. New photos published in the new issue of US Weekly magazine give us a little peek at the festivities that took place. The shower was held on August 1 at The Rise in Hollywood and was attended by SMG’s celeb friends including fellow Buffyverse alum (and on-screen little sister) Michelle Trachtenberg and actresses Shannen Doherty, Kristin Chenoweth and Eva La Rue (who co-starred with SMG back during her All My Children days):

The shower revelers snacked on iced cupcakes from Sprinkles, got make-up tips and mini-make-overs from Napoleon Perdis and snapped funny photos in the on-site photobooth. Sounds like a fun party. As I said last weekend, by the time the shower rolls around you know it’s almost time for the mommy-to-be to blow. Hopefully we’ll be congratulating SMG and FPJ on the glorious arrival of their newborn child!

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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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Here are a few pics of “bride-to-be” Michelle Trachtenberg on the set of her new film A Couple of Dicks (the new film by director Kevin Smith) which is currently in production in Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY lookin’ radiant in her pretty white wedding dress:

Granted, I have no idea what the premise of the film is (other than, obvs, MT is getting married) but I understand that she co-stars with Bruce Willis (who I genuinely cannot stand). As much as I love me some Michelle T., I fear the Bruce Willisness of her new film will keep me from going out to see it when it opens in theaters. I must say, tho, that MT makes a very pretty bride … don’t you think?

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Today has already been a Gossip filled day … early this morning we learned that one of the Gossip Girl characters would be arrested in an upcoming episode and just a short while ago we saw the first pictures of Brittany Snow in the role of Lily van der Woodsen filming scenes for the upcoming Gossip Girl spin-off series … and now we get to see a few photos of some of the other GG castmembers filming scenes for the final batch of eps to air this season, behold:

It really looks like there is gonna be a whole lotta drama comin’ out way when Gossip Girl returns with the final eps of the season. Leighton Meester is lookin’ like the Queen B that she is, Ed Westwick is rockin’ the purple suit right, Chace Crawford is about as fine as he ever was and Michelle Trachtenberg returns with a whole new attitude for the series … BRING IT ON, I can’t hardly wait! We are just days away from the return of new eps and I’m already dying for more. All of these new pics are really gettin’ me amped.

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People magazine brings us our first look at Michelle Trachtenberg on the NYC set of Gossip Girl, in her role as Georgina Sparks, filming new scenes with Ed Westwick (as Chuck Bass) for eps that will air this Spring. When last we saw Georgina on the show, she was being dragged away by her parents to boarding school after she got caught raising havoc among the main GG kids. It would seem that her long exile is now over and she’s back to raise some more Hell:

Spotted: Georgina Sparks talking to Chuck Bass! Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays the deliciously evil Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl, is returning to the show beginning April 27 for the final four episodes of season 2. This photo, shot on Feb. 24 with Ed Westwick (who plays bad boy Chuck Bass), was taken on location on New York’s Staten Island. No word on what exactly this duo are up to, but we bet Georgina has something up her designer sleeve. When we last saw her, she had been shipped off to reform school after drugging and blackmailing her former best friend Serena and trying to steal her boyfriend Dan. And executive producer Stephanie Savage offered a clue, telling PEOPLE during the show’s summer hiatus, “I don’t think there’s any boot camp in Idaho or anywhere else that will hold Georgina Sparks for long … I don’t think she was very happy with Blair. They have some unfinished business.” And now she’s with troublemaker Chuck! The Upper East Side’s Queen B better watch out.

Aww yeah, the Sparks are gonna fly once again. You just knew that a baddie like Georgina wouldn’t stay away for long. While I doubt her machinations will be quite as dubious as they were last year, I’m sure she’ll be up to no good … just the way we love her to be :) I gotta say, tho, Michelle’s hair in this photo has her lookin’ a lot like Dawn Summers (a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer) rather than Miss Sparks. Perhaps the goody-goody hair is a sign that Georgina is trying to be a good girl — or at least pretend to be one? Wee!! I cannot wait for her return!!! Are any of y’all excited too?

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Photographer Timothy White has just released a new book of photos that feature various members of the Hollywood “It” Girl club posing as 1940’s style pin-up girls. The photos run the gamut from cheeky to mostly nekkid and feature ladies like Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gossip Girl), Elisha Cuthbert (24) and the Olsen twins (Full House) among others … here are a few pics from the oversized coffeetable book titled Hollywood Pinups:

These pics are some of the tamest of the bunch. There are quite a few exposed body parts (well, mostly bums) in some of the other photos featuring Kate Hudson, Angie Harmon and others. Click HERE AT YOUR OWN RISK to see some of the other photos that are featured in this book by Timothy White (be warned, the link points to a NSFW site that appears to have virus problems — if you don’t want to risk it, don’t click the source link). They are interesting photos … the Olsens look good (the dark-haired one more than the blonde one, I’m not sure which is which) even.

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A whole slew of celebs have gotten together to appear in a PSA produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, will.i.am, Tobey Maguire and Forest Whitaker in an effort to encourage the American youth to register to vote by telling them not to vote. The vid is a lengthy 4 minutes long but is deffo worth watching in full:

An effective strategy? Or, a plea destined to fall on deaf ears? You decide.

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