The Gossip Girl withdrawals are getting fierce lately, as we slowly close in on the show's March return.
Since I'm guessing you're as on edge as I am, trying to devour whatever you can about your favorite fake Upper East Siders, let's just cut the small-talk short and get to the good stuff, eh?
Beware: Spoilers ahead! And some funny news, too.- Newsflash: Famous 16-Year-Old is Self-Involved: Last week, Taylor Momsen said she doesn't care about Haiti (True quote: "Um, right now I'm trying to just finish my record and getting through the last season of Gossip Girl for right now. So not so much thinking about that.") and this week she said she doesn't care about being a role model: "To be honest," she says, "I don't f***ing care. I didn't get into this to be
a role model. So I'm sorry if I'm influencing your kids in a way that you
don't like, but I can't be responsible for their actions. I don't care." To be fair, no one asked her about the important causes she DOES care about: buying all of the short skirts and hair extensions and donating them to her closet. (Times Online)
- Leighton Meester and Nina Dobrev to pull a switcheroo? The CW's Gossip Girl and Vampire Diaries executive producers have promised to "work on" getting these real-life friends (who met while filming the upcoming horror flick The Roommate) guest star on each other's shows. GG and VD exec Bob Levy told E! Online: "We're gonna work
on that. You have my word." Sounds fun, and Blair Waldorf the ancient vampiress out for vengeance isn't much of a stretch at all. (E! Online)
- Meanwhile, Chace Crawford's voice will guest star on Family Guy "as Luke, Meg's jailbird boyfriend who she helps bust out of the slammer." That's cool, I guess, but my interest in Chace Crawford is inseparable from that part of him that is right above his neck and right below his floppy mop of light brown hair. THE FACE. WHERE'S THE FACE? (Hollywood Gossip)
- The latest on Blair and Chuck's upcoming rocky road from E! Online's Spoiler Chat, plus more on Billy Baldwin's character, William van der Woodsen (E! Online):
Q: At first I was just sad about the Chuck-Blair breakup news, but now I am freaking the hell out. Is it true that the horrible thing Chuck does is sleep with Jenny Humphrey? I'll never watch Gossip Girl again if that's what happens!
A: Well, don't delete that Gossip Girl season pass from your TiVo just yet, because sources assure us that this particular rumor is totally false. So while we can't tell you yet what bad thing Chuck does do, we can assure that you, no, Chuck does not sleep with Jenny. Whew.
Q: I'm so sad about Chuck and Blair breaking up on Gossip Girl! Anything new on that?
A: Ed Westwick himself says of Gossip Girl's upcoming storylines, "It all gets set on its side. Everything goes upside down. Things are going to get even more dramatic than they always are." And Gossip boss Josh Schwartz tweeted, "Trust. #ChuckandBlair." Believe the man. Josh is the one who made Chuck and Blair so awesome in the first place, and he wouldn't be breaking them up unless it was part of a greater plan, right?
Q : I approve of the casting of Billy Baldwin (although John Slattery would have been ideal) as Serena's dad on Gossip Girl, but I now have to know before I get too excited. Is Daddy van der Woodsen completely evil, or does he have any redeeming qualities?
A: We're told we'll see that William van der Woodsen does want to get back into Serena and Eric's life on Gossip Girl. That doesn't mean he's a pure good guy--his motives for seeing them could be totally dark side--but at least he's no longer totally dissing his own children.
- If you haven't heard it yet, check out Leighton Meester's latest single, "Love is a Drug." It's so catchy! Addictive! Makes you feel peppy! Just like DRUGS! What do you think?