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‘The Stepfather’ Premieres In NYC

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:56:34 +0000

Penn Badgely and his co-stars Amber Heard and Dylan Walsh, were joined by much of the Gossip Girl cast at the NYC premiere of their new film The Stepfather which took place at the SVA Theater here in NYC, NY last night. Here are a few photos from the red carpet arrivals:

I believe this is Penn’s first starring movie role so we will soon know if he’s got the chops to carry a film almost all by himself. I don’t know much about Amber Heard’s work but I’m a big fan of Dylan Walsh (who plays Dr. Sean McNamara on Nip/Tuck) and I have no doubt he’ll play a great bad guy in this film. Penn’s costars Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick have already featured in their own big screen flicks (The Covenant and S. Darko respectively) so now it’s Penn’s time to shine. I hope he doesn’t disappoint … David and I have high hopes that this film will be a fun time at the movies. The Stepfather opens on Friday … I guess we’ll know soon enough if Penn’s got what it takes to thrill an audience.

[Photo credit: Wireimage]

What’s Dan Humphrey Doing in The Stepfather?

david — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:42:15 +0000

You normally see Penn Badgley playing Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl, sneaking smooches with Serena van der Woodsen. But come Friday, October 16, Penn will be Michael Harding in The Stepfather — and running away from mom’s skeevy new fiancé David, played by Nip/Tuck’s Dylan Walsh.

Now, be sure to check Pink’s Penn photo gallery!

THE STEPFATHER. In Theaters October 16.

Penn Badgley Is ‘Gossip Girl’s New Ladies Man

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:27:30 +0000

Those of you who have been watching the new season of Gossip Girl surely must be aware of how much tail Dan Humphrey (played by Penn Badgley) is getting on the show … I mean … a lot. He’s already been there and done that with Serena (played by Blake Lively) and Vanessa (played by Jessica Szohr) and just this season he got bizzy with Georgina Sparks (played by Michelle Trachtenberg) and soon he’ll be gettin’ his freak on with Olivia Burke (played by Hilary Duff). I mean … WTF? Here are pics of Penn makin’ out with both Jessica and Hilary on the NYC set of GG this week:

HMMM. I guess now that Chace Crawford’s character has settled down with Joanna Garcia’s character and Ed Westwick’s character has settled down with Leigton Meester’s character … the field is wide open for Penn to get his mack on. I guess it’s gonna take me some time to get used to the idea of Dan Humphrey breakin’ hearts on GG but … that’s why they call it fiction, right?

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Penn Badgley Will Save Everyone From (Killer) Creeps

david — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:46:42 +0000

There’s a reason Penn Badgley looks like he’s playing bodyguard to Gossip Girl co-star Jessica Szohr: Because he just got done trying to save his family from his mom’s murderous fiancé in The Stepfather, opening Friday, October 16!

Now, be sure to check Pink’s Penn photo gallery!

THE STEPFATHER. In Theaters October 16.

What’s Dan Humphrey Doing in The Stepfather?

david — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:13:26 +0000

Now, be sure to check Pink’s Penn photo gallery!

THE STEPFATHER. In Theaters October 16.

Penn Badgley Does ‘VMan’ Magazine

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:08:11 +0000

Penn Badgley, Gossip Girl hunk and star of the upcoming thriller The Stepfather (due out in theaters next month), is featured in the pages of the new issue of VMan magazine wherein he poses for a few purdy pictures and chats a bit about his status as a teen idol. Here are a few photos from Penn’s VMan photospread along with a few quotes from the accompanying interview:

“I’m not just a teen star idol. I’m not just that.”

“They brought me on to be the awkward sort of confident nerd. In the beginning, they wrote to my ability to stutter very well – it’s a comedic kind of thing.”

“You barely have to be famous for people to scream when they see you.”

“If you look at the lives we’re leading on the show and the lives we’re leading offscreen, I mean, they’re very fucking similar. But it’s not weird, it doesn’t feel incestuous.”

“In certain circles we’re treated like royalty. We’re treated like the Kennedys. We’re never going to be able to separate New York City from Gossip Girl and vice versa.”

“I’ve always tried to distance myself from the character. You don’t want people to think of you as this one guy.”

I gotta say, I wasn’t really wowed by the GG season 3 premiere ep last night … too much of it seemed overly contrived … but I’m sure things will be gettin’ good real soon. As for Penn, I’m happy to see that he is getting his own time in the spotlight … with The Stepfather, he’ll be a star in his own right. I love how the trailer for the film features Penn shirtless as many times as possible … that’s really the right way to market a film to teens ;)

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Who Is Penn Badgley Kissing On The Set Of ‘Gossip Girl’

It's Trent, Bitch! — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:44:43 +0000

The Gossip Girl gang has been hard at work on production of their upcoming third season and we’ve seen a lot of photos of the cast from the set. A key scene in an upcoming ep was filmed yesterday on the NYC set of the show that gives away a bit of plot development. Penn Badgley’s character, Dan Humphrey, was spotted kissing up on one of his lady castmates … can you guess which one?

We know that Dan has had an on-again, off-again relationship ship with Serena van der Woodsen (played by Blake Lively) but I will tell you that that this girl he’s smoochin’ on is not her. After the jump, find out who it is …

Cast in the role of Olivia, a “movie star who entrolls at NYU”, it looks like she also sets her sights on nabbing Dan as her man. It’s unclear, obvs, if this little smoochfest is a one time occurrence or if it will bloom into something more substantial but it’s an interesting development nonetheless. What do y’all think, GG fans? Do you like Dan gettin’ his mack on with Olivia the new girl?

[Photo credit: Bauer-Griffin]

Hilary Duff Joins The ‘Gossip’ Girls On Set

It's Trent, Bitch! — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:42:42 +0000

Production continues on the third season of Gossip Girl which begins airing next month … earlier this month we saw photos of new castmember Hilary Duff filming her first scenes for the show and today we get to see another photo of her and her female GG cohorts making their way to the Manhattan set yesterday afternoon:

Oh yeah, Penn Badgley is featured in these pics as well but I’m sure he don’t mind gettin’ lumped in with the ladies. I’m really looking forward to the return of this show especially to see if Hil D. will enhance the show or not. Not for nothing but I haven’t actually seen Hilary Duff in anything before so I have nothing to base an early opinion on … I do trust the GG folks to make some great eps so … I’m hopeful. Shoot, no matter what Hilary’s role on the show will be I deffo know that I’ll be tuning in for Chuck Bass’s gay kiss :) Woot!!

[Photo credit: X17]

Hilary Duff Films Her First Scenes For ‘Gossip Girl’

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:22:37 +0000

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?

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Blake Lively Hides Her Face

It's Trent, Bitch! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:35:36 +0000

Gossip Girl co-stars and real life couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley took a break from filming season 3 of GG (which just went into production in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago) and were spotted strolling the streets of NYC together last week but, apparently, Blake wasn’t too keen on being seen out and about with her man:

Now, it’s not entirely clear why Blake was suddenly so shy … it’s possible she didn’t want to be seen with Penn or mebbe she just didn’t want to be seen at all. Whether she was hiding a heinous blemish or she didn’t feel pretty enough for photos, it’s fortuitous that she had a large bouquet of flowers on hand to hide her normally happy visage. C’mon Blake … Penn’s shoes aren’t that bad. I suppose if she doens’t want to be seen with the lad while he wears these shoes she shouldn’t loan them out to him anymore :)

[Photo credit: Splash News]