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Gossip Girl Blake Lively Opens Up About Falling For a Co-Star

Mandi Illuzzi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:24:50 -0400

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The actress (who's dating Penn Badgley) says "it’s definitely not romantic on the set"

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Gossip Girl Blake Lively is dating co-star Penn Badgley.

How does an actress fall for her co-star?

“Maybe when they kiss off the set — because it’s definitely not romantic on the set, that’s for sure," Lively, 20, tells August's Seventeen. "When you’re saying these words that people are making you say to one another, nothing about it is real or genuine. So if two people connect outside their characters, then that’s how they get together.”

And it certainly wasn't tough connecting with Badgley, 21.

"Penn does these silly dance moves, and he's very witty and quick, so it's fun to have sharp banter with him," Lively says.

See photos of other stars who have hooked up on-set.

Co-stars Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford (who recently denied gay rumors) make her day job a little easier as well.

See photos of the Gossip Girl cast on the beach.

“Everyone is really funny and has such strange things that they do," Lively says. "Like Leighton does amazing voice impressions, and she can impersonate anyone’s face.

"Chace does an amazing impression of Scott Stapp from Creed.

"Ed is always singing," Lively adds. "Taylor is just so adorable, I just want to bake her a cupcake."

See before-and-after photos of the Gossip Girl cast.

Lively also revealed her secret passion: Guitar Hero!

“I play in tournaments in Brooklyn," she says. "I’ll cover myself in sailor tattoos and dress like a rock star. Everyone else dresses totally normally and must think I’m a complete freak!”

Lastly, she says she tired of constant comparisons to Paris Hilton.

"I once heard someone say that I'm similar to Paris Hilton – since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we're alike," she tells the magazine, according to an excerpt in the New York Post.

"It's a dumb thing to say," she adds. "I don't think that makes Paris and me similar ... I don't go to clubs, I don't party, I don't dance on tables, and I don't like sex tapes."

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Gossip Girl co-stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley make their real-life relationship public while vacationing together in Mexico on May 8, 2008.

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Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick Gay Rumors "Absolutely Untrue"

Mandi Illuzzi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:37:31 -0400

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A rep shoots down blog reports the Gossip Girl stars are having a fling

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Chace Crawford's rep is denying rumors that the actor, 22, is having a fling with his Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick. (Blogs had claimed the two shared an open-mouth kiss on the set of their CW hit.)

“These endless rumors are absolutely untrue,” his rep tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

(See then-and-now photos of the Gossip Girl cast.)

It isn't the first time Crawford — who split with Carrie Underwood earlier this year — has dodged gay rumors.

Earlier this year, blogs claimed he and JC Chasez were an item, prompting the NSYNC singer to declare his heterosexuality on a radio station.

"That whole story got blown out of whack," Chasez told Us at a Stride Gum bash in L.A. on June 20. "It was so stupid, but I’m happy for him because his show is doing great, and he is a great guy.”

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Gossip Girl Finale: "There's a Huge Wedding and Break-Up!"

Allison Corneau — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:12:33 -0400

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Spoiler alert! The cast tell Us what's in store for tonight's cliffhanger

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OMG, indeed.

Usmagazine.com caught up with Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen and the cast of CW's Gossip Girl to get the juice on tonight's season finale.

"There's a huge wedding, a huge break-up and a lot of romance and scandal," Momsen told Us.

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Who Do You Think Overdoses on CW's Gossip Girl?

Mandi Illuzzi — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:10:58 -0400

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Spoiler alert! A tipster shares an upcoming plot secret

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An insider on the CW hit Gossip Girl tells Usmagazine.com that someone on the show overdoses in the second-to-the-last episode this season.

"Things go down, there's a lot of OMG moments," Chace Crawford recently revealed on E!'s Daily 10. "It's good."

Tell Us: Who do you think overdoses?

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Henry Seltzer — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:50:35 -0400

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Enter Us' Gossip Girl sweepstakes to snag items from the series

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Can't get enough of Blair, Serena and the Gossip Girl gang? Enter Us' new sweepstakes for a chance to win a tote bag and mirrored compact courtesy of the CW network.

Open to residents of the continental U.S. age 14 and older, the contest runs from now until May 7. To enter, email your name, address, phone number and age to UsGossipGirlGiveaway@gmail.com. All online entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on 05/07/08. Limit one entry per person. No purchase is necessary to win one of the three grand prizes. Void where prohibited.

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Leighton Meester: I Want My Gossip Girl Character to Hook Up With....

Alissa R — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:44:42 -0400

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PLUS: Tell Us what you thought of last night's episode!

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Don't ask Leighton Meester what she thought of last night's episode of Gossip Girl.

"I haven’t seen it yet!" she confessed to Usmagazine.com Monday evening. "I’m not going to be able to see it tonight."

Why?

The Florida native, 22, was busy hobnobbing with Eva Mendes, Diane Kruger and beau Joshua Jackson, and Naomi Campbell at the opening night of La Fille Du Regiment at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.

Still, she admitted, "I can’t wait to see it!"

Meester (who was featured in Us' Hot Hollywood package) has a clear idea on who she wants her character Blair to hook up with — and it isn't Nate (Chace Crawford) or Chuck (Ed Westwick).

“I don't want her to get with anybody right now,” Meester tells Us. “I don't think that either Nate or Chuck are right for her, but maybe she'll end up with one of them.”

On last night's episode, Blair attempted to make a comeback after she had been dethroned as the alpha female of her Manhattan school after her classmates learned she slept with Chuck and had a pregnancy scare.

She also plotted revenge against Jenny (Taylor Momsen) for blabbing about it.

“I want the bitch to come back right now," Meester says of Blair. "I think she has to claw her way back up to the top."

Tell Us: Was last night's Gossip Girl premiere better or worse than you expected?

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Leighton Meester arrives at the Metropolitan Opera "La Fille Du Regiment" opening night at The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center on April 21, 2008 in New York City.

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Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford Broke Up "Over Text"

Alissa R — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:10:17 -0400

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"It just didn't work out," she says of their recent split

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Carrie Underwood isn't crying a river over her recent split from Chace Crawford.

"We broke up over text, so it's like 'peace out,'" Underwood, 25, told Extra at the Idol Gives Back taping in Hollywood Sunday. "It was completely mutual, we're both fine."

She said they haven't talked "in a while, but I mean, I don't dislike him. So it's no big deal."

Their relationship "just didn't work," Underwood added, "and we both knew it didn't work and [there are] no hard feelings at all whatsoever."

Dating in the public eye is "difficult ... because people always make a lot bigger deal of things than they actually are," she said.

Usmagazine.com was the first to report on their split. They called it quits because of their conflicting schedules, sources told Us.

"They couldn't spend time together," a source said. "It was hard."

Underwood — who topped Us' Best Makeover of 2007 list — and Crawford had been dating since last July.

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Carrie Underwood & Chace Crawford Split

Henry Seltzer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:43:31 -0400

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The two had been dating since last summer

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Carrie Underwood and Chace Crawford have split, sources confirm to Usmagazine.com.

The American Idol winner, 25, and the Gossip Girl star, 22, had been dating since last July, but did not go public with their romance until October.

Underwood had spent Thanksgiving at his parents' home in Dallas and part of her Christmas break with his relatives.

An insider told Us Weekly in December, "His parents are fond of her... they believe 'Carrie Crawford' would be a great addition to the family!"

"She's a classy girl," Crawford told Us in October.

Rumors linking Crawford to buddy JC Chasez sparked Chasez to tell Kiss-FM 104.7 Wednesday, "For the record, we're both straight. We're not dating."

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