Blake Lively

Okay, so Gossip Girl hasn't been stellar so far this season. We love H. Duff, but even she can't save the show from the proverbial freshman fifteen (or whatever you want to call it)!

But maybe, just maybe, one of our other faves can. Here we have a snapshot from the set of the show where Lady Gaga (!) is set to perform on the November 16th episode.

Well, if the Spice Girls don't want her back, American television will certainly take her!

Victoria Beckham, who's already been snapped up by American Idol for guest judging, is rumored to have accepted a small role on Gossip Girl.

Major!

XOXO. Maybe we need one more XO, because Gossip Girl is about to get sexier. Coming November 9th, three of the characters will be having a ménage a trois. College is the time for experimentation, right?

A Gossip Girl themed clothing line has been shelved because bosses at the Target store were nervous about the show's raunchy reputation.

Designer Anna Sui's new line with the clothing giant is still going ahead, but will not be linked to the hit teen drama, entering its third season. 

Rachel Zoe may be joining the ranks of jobless Americans pretty soon.

The Observer observes (tee hee) a recent trend in Hollywood of stars ditching those money-grubbing stylists and going directly to the designers instead.

We think the Gossip Girl writers should definitely listen to their stars on this one.

Blake Lively has admitted she would like Brad Pitt to play her on-screen dad.

As our fellow GG-addicts know, in last season's finale, Serena was seen heading to Fiji to find her father and there have been rumors that he will be making an appearance next season.

When asked who she would like to play her dad, Blake said: "Brad Pitt. Or maybe [he should be cast] as my new boyfriend."

Gossip Girl would not believe it. Serena van der Woodsen herself, Blake Lively, that vivacious blonde with the warm smile, revealed to the UK Independent that in real life she is nowhere near as confident as her on-screen characters.

She couldn’t even believe it when she got a part for the film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, co-starring Alan Arkin and Julianne Moore.

With matching thigh-high slits and cleavage baring bodices, both Cindy Crawford and Blake Lively looked beautiful in their azure blue gowns at last night’s Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the question is: Who wore it best?

Blake, in her one-armed, ingénue’s best?

Or Cindy, who demonstrated why showgirls love Versace (pronounced: Ver-say-se)?

Based on confidence alone, we’re giving it to Cindy.

But add to the equation that Cindy is 43 and Blake is 21 and Crawford wins hands down.

Twice the age, three times the sexy.

Blake Lively is 5’10.

Put her in some bangin’ Louboutins and she’s reaching basketball player status.

Add to that a face beaten down with pancake makeup and a few hours in the wardrobe trailer, and what do you have?

“I feel like a tranny a lot of the time,” the 21-year-old Gossip Girl star tells Allure Magazine.

“I’m large, they put me in six-inch heels, and I tower over every man – I’ve got this long hair and lots of clothes and make-up on."

Please, Hammer, don’t hurt ‘em!

Blake Lively looked stunning as she left her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman last night.

Is somebody working for Cameron Diaz’s former title of most stylish blonde?

—Sasha Perl-Raver