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A spin-off for the hugely successful CW drama, Gossip Girl, is in the works, according to Variety.

The spin-off would act as an episode of Gossip Girl later this year to gauge audience reaction. But it’s won’t be for Little J! The trade mag says the spin-off would not feature “The It Girl,” nor would it focus on the character of Jenny Humphrey (the character spun off from the Gossip Girl books for “The It Girl”), played on TV by Taylor Momsen.

Who should get their own spin-off series — Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan or Vanessa?

A spin-off for the hugely successful CW drama, Gossip Girl, is in the works, according to Variety.

The spin-off would act as an episode of Gossip Girl later this year to gauge audience reaction. But it’s won’t be for Little J! The trade mag says the spin-off would not feature “The It Girl,” nor would it focus on the character of Jenny Humphrey (the character spun off from the Gossip Girl books for “The It Girl”), played on TV by Taylor Momsen.

Who should get their own spin-off series — Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan or Vanessa?

Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl’s creators and executive producers, were at the Apple store in SoHo, NYC on Tuesday to talk about their hit CW show.

According to Nylon, Josh said, “We’re not doing things according to the books anymore. Because in the books, each character turns gay and then straight like ten times. I don’t think the CW would be really into that… actually, neither would most of the actors.”

Alright, not ten times. How about five then?

Josh also mentioned Michelle Tractenberg, aka bad girl Georgina Sparks, would be back. “It’s safe to say you haven’t seen the last of her,” he admitted. We sort of hate Georgia Sparks but sort of love Michelle Tractenberg, so that sounds like a mixed bag to us.”

EW also reports that Laura Breckenridge (Related) is joining the cast as Rachel Carr, the new English teacher at Constance Billard who doesn’t’ get along with Blair (Leighton Meester).

Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl’s creators and executive producers, were at the Apple store in SoHo, NYC on Tuesday to talk about their hit CW show.

According to Nylon, Josh said, “We’re not doing things according to the books anymore. Because in the books, each character turns gay and then straight like ten times. I don’t think the CW would be really into that… actually, neither would most of the actors.”

Alright, not ten times. How about five then?

Josh also mentioned Michelle Tractenberg, aka bad girl Georgina Sparks, would be back. “It’s safe to say you haven’t seen the last of her,” he admitted. We sort of hate Georgia Sparks but sort of love Michelle Tractenberg, so that sounds like a mixed bag to us.”

EW also reports that Laura Breckenridge (Related) is joining the cast as Rachel Carr, the new English teacher at Constance Billard who doesn’t’ get along with Blair (Leighton Meester).

Chace Crawford wraps his arms around JustJared.com reader Jordan, her friend Jill, her sisters Jamie and Emily, and their friend Jaclyn, on the set of Gossip Girl on Thursday.

The occasion? Jordan and Jill’s Sweet Sixteens! The lucky ducks got a special tour of the GG studios and met others from the cast and crew.

Pictured below: John Patrick Amedori, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Connor Paolo, Taylor Momsen, Kelly Rutherford and Jessica Szhor.

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Chace Crawford wraps his arms around JustJared.com reader Jordan, her friend Jill, her sisters Jamie and Emily, and their friend Jaclyn, on the set of Gossip Girl on Thursday.

The occasion? Jordan and Jill’s Sweet Sixteens! The lucky ducks got a special tour of the GG studios and met others from the cast and crew.

Pictured below: John Patrick Amedori, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Connor Paolo, Taylor Momsen, Kelly Rutherford and Jessica Szhor.

Send your own celebrity sightings to tips[at]justjared[dot]com!

Gossip Girl hunk Penn Badgley heard that the blogosphere is abuzz about 90210’s skinny starlets and how they are too thin for TV.

The 21-year-old actor told Popeater that he’s “never been proponent of the thin L.A. girls” and is glad that the females on his hit CW show “aren’t bone-thin.” (He’s currently romancing his on-and-off-screen girlfriend Blake Lively.)

Penn had some advice for the girls of 90210 (also a CW show): “I hope they eat a double cheeseburger or something.”

Sounds like there’s a feud brewing between the casts of 90210 and Gossip Girl!

Gossip Girl starlet Blake Lively (in Burberry Prorsum) attends New Yorkers for Children’s Ninth Annual Fall Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street on Tuesday in New York City.

The Fall Gala is NYFC’s major fundraising event which has raised significant funds to assist children in foster care in New York City. Last year’s Gala raised nearly $2 million, and this year’s event is nearly sold out. Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay was the Special Guest for the evening.

For more information on this cause, visit NewYorkersForChildren.org.

Gossip Girl skyrocketed to its best ratings ever last night, pulling in a record 3.7 million viewers. The cult CW hit was up 11% from its previous two episodes.

The teen drama, which is heavily sponsored by Vitamin Water (brand awareness!), also reached all-time series highs in every category, including women 18-34 (4.2/12), adults 18-34 (2.7/8), women 18-49 (3.0/8), adults 18-49 (1.9/5)

Funniest line of the night goes to Blair, “mistakenly” sucking face with Chuck instead of Lord Marcus: “I thought it was you. It was dark.”

Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester go back in time as they step out on-set in period costumes in New York City on Thursday.

Blake’s costume looks way more chic and sophisticated than Leighton’s. Poor Leighton looks like a ragged Mary Poppins!

UPDATE: It’s a My Fair Lady reference with a Eliza Dolittle pre (Blair) & post (Serena) make-over. Thanks to JJ readers Sascha, Caroline, Trace, Lenor, Claire and Catherine!

The second season of Gossip Girl starts off with a bang @ 8PM ET/PT on Monday, September 1. The season premiere of One Tree Hill follows.

Stylin’ costars Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen walk the streets on the New York City set of their hit CW show, Gossip Girl.

The show’s latest racy ads have been defaced in subway stations in Manhattan by the “infamous subway ad artist.” Check it out at Gothamist.com. S/he changed the quote from “A Nasty Piece of Work” to “A Nasty Piece of S—”. Sweet, huh?

Leighton told Access Hollywood that she loves the ads (the originals, not the defaced ones): “I think that it’s smart and it’s fine and it’s cool.”

“They’re very smart,” added costar Chace Crawford. “Everybody keeps saying they’re so racy, of course they’re racy, but you say they’re smart.”

15+ pictures inside of Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsem in the Big Apple…

Gossip Girl’s resident bad boy Ed Westwick gives photographers a thumbs up at the All-star kick-off party hosted by Spin Magazine and MLB2K8 in New York City on Thursday.

The 21-year-old British actor enjoyed a special performance by Albert Hammond Jr. of the garage rock band, The Strokes. (Westwick is the lead singer of the English rock band The Filthy Youth.)

Other pictures include Ed wearing short shorts while taking a break on the set of Gossip Girl in Manhattan last week.

Gossip Girl star Blake Lively gets peed on by her dog, Penny, while out and about in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon.

Blake was carrying her pet pooch when Penny had to go wee-wee. Thankfully, a friend of Blake’s came to the rescue and handed her a “Container Store” shopping to cover herself up.

Next time, Blake should tell her puppy: CONTAIN YOURSELF! (Get it? Get it??)

Filming for season 2 of Gossip Girl begins in New York City tomorrow (Thursday).

Penn Badgley and Jessica Szohr shoot scenes for their not-such-a-hit drama Gossip Girl on Monday in New York City.

Not such a hit? Well, according to overnight Nielsen ratings, only 2.44 million viewers tuned in to the return of Gossip Girl last night, which is only slightly better than its last original episode on January 9. However, GG did help The CW score its highest ratings ever in the Monday 8-9pm time period among adults 18-34 (1.9/6) and women 18-34 (2.9/8).

So what did taking down streams of new Gossip Girl episodes online do? Absolutely nothing!

Check out this new interview with Penn at NYMag.com. And it’s been reported that model and magazine heiress Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw, 23, will be on the season finale of Gossip Girl.

And what happened last night?? Wasn’t someone supposed to be of “the gay persuasian”?

LICK, LICK

The studs of Gossip Girl make an appearance at The Paley Center for Media’s 25th Annual William S Paley Television Festival in Hollywood on Saturday. Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick and Penn Badgley all made appearances.

It was reported yesterday by TV Guide that “a male character on Gossip Girl will be revealed to be of the gay persuasion when the show returns on April 21.”

In the book series, Dan Humphrey (Badgley) played for both teams, so he’s a likely candidate. But my money’s on Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo), Serena’s little brother.

WHO DO YOU THINK goes gay on Gossip Girl??

The hotties of Gossip Girl make an appearance at The Paley Center for Media’s 25th Annual William S Paley Television Festival in Hollywood on Saturday. Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Jessica Szohr all made appearances.

Here are some tidbits from the Gossip Girl panel via TV Guide:

– Blair (Leighton Meester) will be down one sidekick when the show returns next month. [Creator Josh] Schwartz revealed that Nan Zhang (Kati) enrolled at Brown University during the strike — and didn’t even bother to tell anyone at the show! As a result, Nicole Fiscella (Isabel) will lead Blair’s minion march alone.

– There was lots of discussion about how, in the Gossip Girl books, Chuck (Ed Westwick) was gay and had a pet monkey. Said discussion ended with someone on the panel (I forget who) concluding that the “monkey turned him gay.”

– Jessica Szohr landed the role of Vanessa simply by crashing a barbecue Schwartz hosted. Schwartz recalled opening his door, seeing Szohr for the first time and shouting, “It’s Vanessa!”

– SPOILER: Schwartz/Savage teased that this season’s final five episodes will build toward a wedding — but not necessarily the one we’re expecting (i.e. Lily and Bart).

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester film scenes for their cult TV show Gossip Girl in front of a church in New York City on Friday morning.

It was recently announced that the cast and crew of Gossip Girl will all be making appearances at this year’s Paley festival.

Mark your calendars–Saturday, March 22 @ 7PM held at the historic Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight in Hollywood. Here’s who’ll be there: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen, Kelly Rutherford, Matthew Settle, Jessica Szhor, Cecily von Ziegesar (author of the Gossip Girl books) and Josh Scwartz (creator of Gossip Girl, The O.C. and Chuck).

Fine out more about Paleyfest at MTR.org.

Gossip Girl returns with new eps starting Monday, April 21.