Director Doug Liman was behind this video featuring GOSSIP GIRL’s Penn Badgley and Blake Lively urging an intervention of sorts… They want teens to “Talk To Your Parents About John McCain!”
TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky is finally back! We discuss the new fall schedule day by day and break down our returning faves and possible new must-sees.
From Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, Chuck to Heroes and My Own Worst Enemy on Monday. Tuesday’s are Biggest Loser, House, 90210, Privileged to Fringe and The Mentalist. Wednesday’s are all about Pushing Daisies, Bones, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money and Lipstick Jungle. Over on Thursday’s we’ve got Ugly Betty, Survivor, Kath & Kim, Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, 30 Rock, Supernatural, Life on Mars and Eleventh Hour. Friday night is all about The Ghost Whisperer (I kid) and The Ex-List and Life. Sunday’s we’re freaking out that The Amazing Race is back, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, Dexter and Brothers & Sisters.
It’s a busy season folks, sit back and relax because we talk forever.
Hello Upper East Side stalkers, you’ve been waiting months for those over-privileged over-dressed richies to return and it’s finally here! GOSSIP GIRL Season 2 kicks off tonight and I’m thrilled to report that a hiatus has been good to all and you’re in for quite the treat tonight!
Season 2 kicks off in the Hamptons and it’s obviously been a summer of sun, fun and a lot of nudity. GG is back and dirtier than ever! Get ready for some hardcore Mrs. Robinson action (Madchen Amick never looked better, but really when was the last time cleaning up Leo Johnson’s spittle looked hot?), a new and hopefully improved Lil J, some rekindled friendships and romances, not to mention some of the smartest lines this show’s ever delivered.
Of the three eps I’ve seen, the first two take place in the Hamptons and at the end of episode 2 they’re on their way back to NYC. Ep 3 is still the summer so don’t go thinking we’re getting back to uniforms and knee highs anytime soon. Settle in and let the dog days of summer bark and nibble at your Walmart socked feet.
Obviously I can’t give anything away so I will tell you some of my favorite vague moments so far.
Lil J tries to back peddle with someone she’s burned pretty harshly.
Dan Humphrey has made the most of his summer away from Serena but may have ruined chances for his future.
Serena’s new theme song could be “Bitchin’ Camaro.”
Chuck Bass has never been more of a “Basstard” or a “Basshole” than he has this summer and Schwartz and Savage must die daily to have the pleasure of a Chuck/Blair verbal war. But don’t think it will all be snarksville for these two. I will say that they made me almost teary at one point!!!
Eric’s still gay but no one’s told his hair.
Vanessa’s still around and actually given a storyline or two that doesn’t revolve around Dan Humphrey and pining away for him.
Rufus has been touring all summer and getting sexier by the minute.
But where is Lily van der Woodsen cum Bass? Could it be that absence makes the heart grow fonder or do we not care anymore?
Only time will tell…
Here’s something to ponder: The girl you love to hate returns tonight and I’m not talking about Blair Waldorf, I’m talking about our mysterious insider with all the snarky and traumatizing scoop on our favorite teens. I have to say that in Season 1, I never found Gossip Girl to be that vindictive but 3 episodes into Season 2, she’s kind of a bitch and if we’ve learned anything over the last year it’s that Blair Waldorf is the biggest bitch in town, so lets leave it that way shall we?
Oh, and I think I might be over my Penn Badgley obsession. I think we broke up over the summer… he’ll be fine, I promise you.
xoxo you know you love me!
Don’t forget to tune into the Season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl tonight at 8pm on The CW.
GOSSIP GIRL returns September 1st and this preview is the entire reason why I choose Blair, Serena, Chuck, Dan, Lil J, Nate and the rest of the rich bitches over Chuck Bartowski and the Nerd Herd. Gossip Girl is deliciously dirty. It’s going to be the cruelest summer ever and I cannot wait for the debauchery to begin… Here is my favorite previews for the new season; they encompasses everything I love about the show in less than 30 seconds each.
“That Mother Chucker!” is the best line ever… Holy hell, I love the Townie/Camaro line. Madchen Amick rolling around with Nate? Priceless. What about Blair’s face as she sucks on that straw? The girl is a genius! These videos have made me absolutely giddy for September 1st to arrive.
This cover of the GOSSIP GIRLSeason 1 DVD Box Set is pretty hot. Season 1 will be released on August 19th, just days before the Season 2 premiere on The CW. Warner Bros. is wasting no time getting everyone acquainted with my favorite Upper East Siders.
As Brad Pitt would ask… “What’s in the box?”
DVD Special Features
Gossip Girl 411 Featurette
GG Couture Featurette
Gossip Girl Wedding Featurette
Music Videos
Gag Reel
Downloadable audio book read by Christina Ricci
As I finished watching last night’s finale of GOSSIP GIRL I felt a little bit let down because nothing huge and cramazingly game changing happened but then I sat there and thought, look how much GG accomplished in their freshman season and I knew better.
I checked myself at the door and embraced the brilliance that is Season 1 of Josh Schwartz‘ Gossip Girl regardless of whether or not the finale was crazy spectacular.
There are a couple things that made me love the show last night and only one of them is an emotional beat, and before you even ask – no I didn’t cry.
Obviously my favorite moment of the night was watching Blair take Georgina down in such a deliciously dirty way. I was just as stunned as B to see Dan Humphrey get a little dirty in his desire see Georgie fall. How hilarious was it that she called in G’s parents? I thought that hands down it was one of the best ways to ruin that twunt Georgie.
Here’s my problem with that scene though… It was so saucy that I would have loved to have seen more of the actual plotting. Blair is at her best when she is being the crazy bitch we know she can be so to be cheated on all of her devilish dealings makes me a little sad. I’m just sayin’.
I also loved that Chuck Bass is just that… Chuck Bass. It was a great way to end the episode, with him realizing that he cannot be the tamed lame duck version of Chuck Bass and that banging Patty Hearst’s daughter was much more important to his future than spending the summer with Queen B. Call me crazy but I think she’ll be fine; her jump seat aficionado seems like a nice alternative and I’m sure she’ll make the most of it. Go girl!
I also really loved watching Lily and Rufus together. There is such great chemistry between them and I love that somehow, behind closed doors they came to an agreement about the future of their relationship. I’m dying to know what made her decide to go ahead with her marriage with Bart and what made Rufus so happy about the decision. It was a really nice moment and made me want the two of them to come back together again.
Back on the Rufus kick, how cute was Little J’s call to her Daddy? Go Jenny Humphrey for getting a killer internship for the summer working with Blair’s Mommy Dearest. And seriously, Jenny’s on the whim creations are out of control adorable. Makes me sick. What the girl could do if I gave her some pillows to make for my couch. I can only dream.
Finally, I loved how there really was a nice summer vibe to the closing of Season 1. I know that Gossip Girl will be back for Season 2 in August where we’ll get to see the kids partying in the Hamptons so this was a nice way to end the season – gearing us up for some summer fun.
I’ll miss my Gossip Girl but I’m glad that it was such a refreshingly vicious season of television. Kudos Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage - you rocked my world all year and I cannot wait to see what you have up your dirty little sleeves for next year.
PS – In case you’re wondering… I’m so over my love of Penn Badgley.
We said we’d be back with another TV Talk Podcast in a week but it took almost a week and a half, I think you survived just fine. GMMR was at the Upfront presentations so there’s plenty to talk about including her celebrity sightings, stalkings, and dancing partners. We’ll even talk about Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE and J.J. Abrams FRINGE starring GMMR’s mega crush Josh Jackson. So You Think You Can Dance might get a couple minutes or five along with her time with The Office and Tina Fey!
Back to your regularly scheduled podcast, we head right into GOSSIP GIRL, AMERICAN IDOL, THE OFFICE, GREY’S, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and more. Plus, it’s the return of TWO IDIOTS TALK LOST (*we talk about the finale being this week but listener Michael pointed out that it’s not until May 29th – phew!) where we rehash the first hour of the three hour Season 4 finale, once again proving that even idiots can enjoy Lost. And as a bonus feature, we have a special guest to help us talk about the Season 3 finale of The CW’s SUPERNATURAL.
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I’ve watched The Biggest Loser (finale tonight, GO ALI) and Battlestar Galactica (Katee Sackoff was phenom this past week and I wept like a little bitch) and that’s about it.
I forgot to even record 30 Rock or The Office from last Thursday not to mention I totes forgot to record the last two weeks of How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory (though, have they even been on?). I’m still a couple weeks behind on Torchwood (maybe only 1 week), Idol is youtube when I have a minute or two at work and who knew last night was the return of Bones?
In other words, TV is so not happening until May. That also means I’m going to miss the return of Gossip Girl next Monday and Supernatural next Thursday (though I can watch it today, if I had time… might find the time).
As I’ve been hoping all season long, it appears that finally one of the guys on GOSSIP GIRL will be getting a little more F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S! Figures all the gay gossip would happen after I leave Paley.
I’m hearing from an extremely reliable source that a male character on Gossip Girl will be revealed to be of the gay persuasion when the show returns on April 21. Who? Can’t say. Won’t say. It’s too good a surprise. I will, however, offer five tantalizing clues.
• The revelation significantly impacts the lives of at least three people.
• The aftershocks will be felt on both sides of the East River.
• Some viewers will be surprised by the twist, others not so much.
• In the Gossip Girl novels, Dan was known to be a bit of a switch hitter — which isn’t so much a clue as it is a fact. A misleading fact? Perhaps. Perhaps not.
As my friend Amy will confirm, I’ve been waiting for Dan Humphrey to start swinging my gay way ever since the 2nd episode when I found out he’s bi in the books. It would be a disservice to the character and to my nighttime fantasies to not have this happen. Schwartzy, give a guy a break already and make a smokin’ hot character a homo already.
Sadly, general consensus is that little suicidal Eric Van der Woodsen is the closeted casanova. I can live with that but once again it does nothing for my hopes and dreams…
Hey Gang, I’m here in Los Angeles now. I spent my whole flight watching a marathon of Make Me a Supermodel and the premiere of last night’s Top Chef Chicago! It was fantastic and passed the time like crazy. God, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… i want to do dirty bad and possibly illegal things to Perry Ullmann from Supermodel. Damn that boy is fine! Check this screengrab from tonight’s all new Big Easy episode.
I don’t think anyone had a hard time spotting the queer sitting in 16D after 6 hours of Supermodel’s homo-hotness. Too funny.
Anyhoo, I’m here and ready for bed. It’s late city and I’ve now been up for almost 22 hours. Must. Sleep.
As you know, GMMR and I are doing the Paley thing all week so you should follow me on Twitter for a crazy amount of updates from the left coast.
Hello Upper East Siders, I just received the following message from Gossip Girl herself. It appears that we’ll be able to relive the adventures of S and B, Nate, Chuck and those Humphrey’s all over again, from the beginning! They’re moving to Monday’s at 8/9c so mark it in your iCal. Apparently you’re not going to want to miss out either because The CW will be airing never before seen footage as well as cast interviews to make the gossip that much juicier!
Here’s the 411:
The CW Network invites die-hard fans and new viewers to catch the hit freshman drama GOSSIP GIRL from the very beginning with a special, 90-minute GOSSIP GIRL REVEALED, on Monday, January 28 (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET), hosted by the stars of GOSSIP GIRL and featuring the series premiere as well as exclusive, never-before-seen bonus material.
In addition to airing the pilot episode in its entirety, The CW will offer an enhanced GOSSIP GIRL experience to passionate devotees and the uninitiated wanting to see how the phenomenon began. During the broadcast, viewers will go behind the scenes for in-depth conversations with TV’s hottest cast, including Blake Lively (“Serena van der Woodsen”), Leighton Meester (“Blair Waldorf”), Penn Badgley (“Dan Humphrey”), Chace Crawford (“Nate Archibald”), Taylor Momsen (“Jenny Humphrey”), Ed Westwick (“Chuck Bass”), Kelly Rutherford (“Lily van der Woodsen”), Matthew Settle (“Rufus Humphrey”) and Jessica Szohr (“Vanessa”). Additional bonus material includes never-before-seen footage from the series, profiles of the players and the wannabes in the GOSSIP GIRL world, featurettes on the GOSSIP GIRL fashion and music, and much more.
In the following weeks, The CW will air all of the GOSSIP GIRL episodes in consecutive order every Monday!
GOSSIP GIRL aired it’s last episode tonight and sadly I don’t have a ton of time to recap the pickle these kids got themselves into so I thought I’d share with you the actual typed notes I was taking when I watched this episode a couple weeks ago. It’s a look inside the brain of a 12 year old obsessed tv blogger.
How’s teen pregrancy for gossip fodder? Primo! Seems S is like a defective typewriter and being the biggest IT girl in town means everyone knows.
Dan Humphrey proves he’s the dumbest and most chivalrous man in NYC.
Jenny Humphrey stands up to B’s hazing antics and storms off just in time for Serena to swoop in and reveal who’s really missing their period. Are B and Bass expecting child? God I love scandal.
B continues to overcompensate with Nate and the doting girlfriend act is getting old, just ask that stalking Bass.
Back at casa Humphrey, a romantic dinner between S and D is a little awkward since D confessed his love earlier. Too bad Dan’s being a little to self absorbed to realize that S’s issue is with the denial diva B. S confesses B’s deepest and darkest, little do they know that Lil J’s just around the corner soaking every juicy word in. Whoops.
Becks, the art dealer from the pilot reappears and asks Rufus out on a date. Back in the saddle again!
S shows up at Chuck’s place asking for his help in confronting B only to discover that she’s been left in the dark about her romp in the sack with Nate. Time for a catfight? Sadly, Mrs. Waldorf overhears and thinks her daughter’s “condition” has reappeared. Close but no cigar. Wrong upchucking condition.
Things go from bad to worse when a pre-school standoff with Bass leads to B’s dirty laundry being aired out all over Gossip Girl. Think she would have learned by now.
Nate asks Jenny if GG is true and figuring she doesn’t need B anymore, she tells Nate all the gory details which leads to the most homo moment of GG to date, a Nate and Chuck tussle for all to see. Could Chuck be more the jilted lover? Get a room.
Nate comes home to find B begging for forgiveness but instead she ends up alone with the knowledge that Lil J sold her out. When she tries to take Jenny down in front of her cronies, a new Queen has already taken the reigns and she’s learned from the best because it’s a nasty battle of words and once again B’s left with the sting of her own venom. Like the new Queen tells Lil J, B trained them all well. Too bad all this new popularity is once again getting to Jenny’s head, she’s no longer the grunt or the gopher, sadly she has no problem letting newbie Lil E know that. How far you’ve fallen Jenny Humphrey in your rise to the top.
Lonely and pathetic, B tries to butter up to Chuck, taking him for the fool he’s not quite ready to be. Luckily, he’s gone all Logan Echolls on us calls B “Rode hard, put away wet.” Betcha that stings.
B runs home and convinces her Mother that she needs a semester in Paris but S confronts B helicopter side and cons her into not running. It’s full circle as S reminds B of what it was like when she ran away and how she reinvented herself amidst all the gossip.
B might be tougher than we thought Upper East Siders, scandal’s got a new name and a new face. I wouldn’t want to be in the wake of Hurricane Waldorf.
How does it end?
“One good scandal deserves another,wonder who’s going down next? Everybody is B has anything to say about it. You know you love me. xoxox Gossip Girl”
There were some incredible moments in this episode. I loved Jenny standing up to Blair but then I hated Jenny for not doing what she promised Dan back in the pilot, not changing who she is. She had a big chance to change the social order of those over-privileged bitches but instead tucked her tail and carried on the rotten tradition.
I really liked the idea of coming full circle with Serena growing up some and having the chance to convince Blair not to make the same mistakes she made but I wish it didn’t come across so hokey.
That fight? Brilliantly lame. I now feel like I could take Nate, rip all his clothes off and slam him against the trunk of a car… wait, sorry!
Could Dan be more of a wet blanket? He’s such a sucker and I want him to move on. I want him to not be so in love of Serena. And Serena… I want her to just take a moment to breathe and not be trying to fix everything because I know she’s not like 2 months clean of being the next Britney.
Why oh why can we not have Rufus and Lily together? That’s driving me insane as I heart those two wacky lovebirds.
Blair’s return to school and the revenge she’ll enact is going to be devilishly sweet. I look forward to that most my friends!
So what did you think? Love it? Hate it? Sad this is it until God knows when?
I’ve missed my little Upper East Siders like deserts miss the rain. With the barren wasteland of television these days, it was a treat to see Gossip Girl back on my tube. Welcome to 2008 kids, sadly we only have one more week with our favorite group of teen miscreants. Onto tonight’s show…
Hells Yes, Chuck Bass is back and in rare form. Within the first few minutes he’s got B and S on the run.
The kids break into the school pool and it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye… okay so GG is not Supernatural but there is a little bloodshed which leads to a bitch hunt from the school’s new headmistress, Ms. Kweller.
Banding together, the whole gang goes silent. It’s just a matter of time until someone cracks. My bets are on Dan Humphrey.
Rufus’ Christmas Day confession to Lily comes back to haunt him as she and Bart Bass return from a post-engagement getaway and she tells him she’s going to accept. Putting the final nail in the R and L coffin, or so it seems. Later he makes a face to face plea but will this change her mind?
Dan confronts Chuck about possessing the pool key and has video footage to back it up. Blair steals the key from Chuck and later Nate discovers it in her desk.
Chuck, still a little obsessive over B threatens her once more. B pulls the innocent girlfriend in denial card and all seems squashed, that is until they realize Vanessa’s videotaped the whole conversation. As Gossip Girl herself puts it: “Now that sex and lies have been caught on videotape, V’s documentary just became the most anticipated new release of the year.”
Back to the witch hunt, Nate confesses to breaking and entering and has the key to prove it. Too bad Head Mistress herself is one step ahead. Nice try Nate, it seems like chivalry is as good as dead. Suspension will suit you well, enjoy your free time while the real culprit, Serena tries everything in her power to dodge the bullet until she realizes that it could cause her to lose Dan. She confesses to breaking and entering and owns up to her past. Looks like Serena really is trying to make a change for the better.
Chuck’s discovered that V has a price; $10k buys just about any cow. Little does he know that V’s given him a blank and donated the money to a medical grant for teens with genital herpes. Why you ask? The little heart to heart with B. Seems like some new frienemies are forming.
Lily decides to run away with Rufus until Serena makes a selfish plea not to ruin what she has with Dan by bedding his father. Reluctantly she leaves Rufus with a foggy goodbye and the two new families “celebrate” the blessed union. Grossly, Bart tells Serena that he went over the Head Misstress’ head and S is now free and clear. I guess its harder to turn over a new leaf that it looks, huh S?
Favorite Quote:
Chuck: “Poor little Humphrey Dumpty”
Just wait until next week’s finale. It’s pretty great (except for the last couple minutes which are a little too pretty package for my taste). Spoilers later…
Ah, nothing says Thanksgiving like getting wasted, roadkill pie, gay dads, and upper east side debauchery. Just another holiday for GOSSIP GIRL.
So S and D met last Thanksgiving in a heroic drunken pie incident; The Humphrey’s are playing house but Dan’s a little iffy on the idea; Blair’s a little too giddy and bitchy for her own good and a Waldorf exile send the Van der Woodsen’s off to Dumbo where you know things aren’t going to turn out well between Lily and Alison.
So what did we learn? Blair used to have an eating disorder — has noone told her that bulemia is so ‘87? I’ll forgive her though because she’s got some damn good hair! Gay Dad stole Mama Waldorf’s male model which totes revealed Mama Waldorf can be a little Joan Crawford when she wants. Lily used to be a lot like S, seems those Van der Woodsen’s have a way with partying and reformation.
Elsewhere, the Archibald’s had a frigid holiday dinner but miraculously Nate’s hair was flawless. Nate’s Mom is oh so c*nty and Chace Crawford is a bad actor.
Overall not the best episode and Kristen Bell’s catty narration was sadly missed but I guess even Gossip Girl needs a break for the holidays. I’m so afraid to say this but I’m slowly getting over my crush on Dan Humphrey. They’re making him too normal now and he’s almost too comfortable being with S instead of being the guy that lucked into Serena Van der Woodsen. And no Chuck? I’d kill to see how sad his Thanksgiving would be.
Alas, we sit and wait for the return of the Gay Dad and his boy toy ex-model bottom.
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