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The cast of Gossip Girl

Reasons why Gossip Girl, a new book-turned-TV-series that premieres on September 19 on CTV & CW this fall, is going to be HUGE:

- it’s based on a series of super popular novels by Cecily von Ziegesar
- it’s narrated by Kristen Bell (aka Veronica Mars)
- it’s executive produced by Josh Schwartz (The O.C.)

I feel like Gossip Girl could totally be North America’s version of the UK’s Skins (WHICH, btw, comes out on DVD on September 24, at which point both Soja & I will promptly purchase it).

Basically it’s a 13-episode series about a group of socialite young adults growing up on New York’s Upper East Side who have to contend with hard hitting issues like sex, drugs & popularity.

Oh, did I mention that it stars Blake Lively (WHO I LOVE! – in the pic above she’s the one sitting on the floor), one of the stars of Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants? I totally stalked her when TSOTTP crew came by MOD a couple years ago…she’s just so classy AND funny.

Also, I read an interview with Chace Crawford (who’s like a Zac Efron type – sitting behind Blake in the pic above) in this month’s Teen Vogue in which he says he had no idea how big of a deal Gossip Girl was going to be until he told his little sister and her friends that he was starring in it, and they (being big fans of the book series) freaked the fk out. Chace is a total heartthrob, and he plays mysterious prepster Nate Archibald, who’s torn between two of the show’s female lead characters.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS SHOW!

Posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 9:27 pm by Kat and is filed under Celebrities & Pop Culture.

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