For some silly reason, both Rumer Willis and Brittny Gastineau have not heard that Gossip boy Chace Crawford may not swing for their team. Learning this information will help them understand why he showed exactly zero interest in them at a birthday party they all attended, despite Rumer’s wearing “the shortest jean shorts.” Or maybe it’s because he has seen both Rumer and Brittny in daylight. You would’ve thought Rumer learned her lesson when a previous outfit consisting of a “see-through her white dress [and …] a black bra underneath” failed to earn his gaze.

Gossip boy Chace Crawford’s recent mouthing off about the television show that made him isn’t exactly on par with the lashing Katherine Heigl gave Grey’s Anatomy’s writers and producers, but he’s made clear he’s sees himself as a big enough star not to follow strict orders. He tells OK!: “There was an episode where we were crashed out on the sofa after a big night out and they wanted me to wake up in my boxers, so I argued with them about it. I mean, first of all, who gets wasted with their buddy, and smokes weed and then strips down to their boxers before they pass out on the couch?! No one does that. Why am I naked on my buddy’s couch? It was weird so I fought it.” Um, asked and answered?

James Wolcott, the media and culture “expert” who, rather than be hired away by a university looking for somebody to produce immutable soundbites about things like media and culture, scribbles a column for Vanity Fair, takes on the “next wave” of Hollywood (see: Gossip Girl) in this way:

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Somehow we’re completely ready to trust the gaydar of New York online editor Chris Rovzar’s gaydar regarding Gossip Girl “roommates” Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick, who calls B.S. on rumors they’re dating. Also, we’re completely despaired. And not actually ready to trust anything. [NYM]

Just a day after the Internet was abuzz with rumors — equally plausible and impossible — that Gossip Girl co-stars and roommates Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick are lovers, weren’t afraid to hide it, and were spotted open-mouth kissing in Crawford’s trailer, Westick’s rep calls the report “absolutely untrue.”

… except for New York magazine. [NYM]

Lazing around the Hamptons this summer and happen to be a card-carrying member of SAG? Then perhaps you’re the perfect fit to play an extra on Josh Schwartz’s Gossip Girl, which will be filming on the East End (in Southampton on the 18th and 19th, and Upper Brookville the 22nd and 23rd). Also, you must “own a wide variety of upscale wardrobe including, but not limited to, polished trendy, designer labels, elegant formalwear, single and double breasted suits in addition to tasteful shoes and accessories.” Making perfect sense, the casting call is this Saturday at Pink Elephant, where people like you will have a chance to hang out with other people like you, whether you get on the show or not.

So much for that: Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz says that, despite the rumors, there are no plans to spin-off the series. “Not sure how this got out there, but no plans for spinoff at this moment. The books do have a spinoff, but we have nothing in the works right now other than making sure season two gets off to a great start.”

We would love nothing more in life, besides an air conditioning system that worked outdoors and followed us where we walked, than a Gossip Girl spin-off. And it appears producers at Alloy Entertainment, which owns more of tweenage culture than you could ever imagine, are following the wise path of shows like The Office, which understand how hard it is to get a new program, with unfamiliar characters, off the ground with so many competing series premiering. So it’s the brand extension route they’re taking, and for Gossip Girl, it’ll likely hinge on little Jenny Humphrey, sister of Dan, who heads off to boarding school to reinvent herself as the popular girl. “In the books, a series of public embarrassments (such as appearing in a teen magazine wearing next to nothing) results in Humphrey having to either repeat ninth grade or find a new school.” [THR]

Only problem: Gossip Girl isn’t exactly drawing stellar ratings, and it’s home, The CW network, already has a slew of shows targeting similar audiences: The new 90210, as well as the brooding One Tree Hill. So while The CW, which is co-owned by Gossip co-producers Warner Bros., has a right of first refusal for the spin-off, it could very well turn down the new show. Which means Alloy would have to shop it elsewhere. Which is fine, our TiVo will know where to find it. Just don’t put a dagger through our heart and let it end up on Lifetime.

Update: This might all be false.

Just because Connor Paolo plays a gay on Gossip Girl does not mean he is a gay in real life! The actor made a very calculated move to cut short any speculation he might lead an alternative, unemployable lifestyle by smooching his girlfriend April all the way down the red carpet of the Step Up Women’s Network’s 10th Annual Inspiration Awards.

This supposedly will put to rest rumors that the boys of Gossip Girl are all a bunch of ‘mos.

But, uh, Paolo was at the Step Up Women’s Network ceremony, for chrissake.

With near certainty, these photos of Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford – routinely spotted getting close with ladies and/or talking about dating them – will once and for all silence any rumors he is of the homosexual variety. [Photos: OU]

Gossip Girl guest star Michelle Trachtenberg is said to only talk about herself when discussing the show, and when she’s quizzed on her other castmates, she changes the subject. [P6] Page Six put a call in to her publicist Jessica Kolstad to see if it’s true. Kolstad replied: “I don’t know how you live with yourself.” Brilliant. [Photo: WENN]

If you’re tied of this gossip girl, perhaps another real life NYC blog chronicling of inside baseball anecdotes and trite tidbits will pique your interest. It’s called Miss ITK (for Miss In The Know), and it’s a gossip blog that titillated, and caused heartbreak in, the inner sanctuary of Manhattan’s elite offspring: high school. An unidentified teen traversed the hallways of private schools like Dalton, writing in Gossip Girl speak, until he or she was, somehow, brought down. And now the kids who were its most avid readers are saying terrible things about it, like labeling it “immature.” Yeah? You’re immature!

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Sure, The CW’s ratings may have lost 28 percent of its 18-34-YO demographic, but it’s not not the network is sitting idly by and letting Gossip Girl walk to the plank into obliteration. They already turned off episode streaming on their website, and now they’re trying a new gimmick: If you watch the show live, you’ll have a chance to win swag!

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While discussing Brian Williams’ Conan O’Brien appearance yesterday, we managed to gloss over Late Night’s second guest: Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meister. Watch the clip in case you had any second guesses this girl is a more terrible person in real life than she is on the show.

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The CW’s ratings are down 28 percent this season! During sweeps, viewership dropped 22 percent! Even with Gossip Girl’s buzz, the young people network is at risk of folding, say TV experts who are paid to have an opinion about these sorts of things. If things don’t pick up by next season, one of the partners – Time Warner/Warner Bros. or CBS/UPN – is expected to pull out, collapsing the network. [WSJ] So why does a network that had promise – courting the young demographic that advertisers love – face such an uphill battle?

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People scores the first photos of Gossip Girl castmates Penn Badgley and Blake Lively enjoying each other’s much-talked-about off-camera company down south, at Mexico’s Paraiso de la Bonita resort. There are photos of them lounging by the pool, holding hands, and KISSING!!! [People]

What assholes are going to show up to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum on May 19 to witness the “wedding” of Gossip Girl’s Lily van der Woodsen and Bart Bass? The reception will be, of course, at the Palace Hotel, were we might just happen to be enjoying a cocktail and waiting to see if The CW’s publicity team have dreamt up anything clever. [Jaunted]

Chace Crawford, the heterosexual actor who plays a heterosexual heartthrob on teen sensation Gossip Girl, yet again, explains an ideal date: “The ideal, I think, when you’re starting out, is something low-key, like playing the [Nintendo] Wii, ordering in pizza and then grabbing a beer. … [But come time to step out, the actor says he’d take off] “to a concert in Central Park or an NBA basketball game, if she likes sports.” [People] If she likes sports! Oh that’s a good one.

Also: “Part of me being single is focusing on my work right now. I’ve been dating my gym bag for a while now.” Because it’s so easy to meet ladies in the locker room.

Not only will next season kick off in the Hamptons, but it’s going to be super-long! Expect The CW to announce a super-sized, 24-episode Season Two, since the writers strike cut short this season. Says star Leighton Meester: “And, by the way, we aren’t shooting in Staten Island like they did on Sex and the City. We’re shooting in the real Hamptons.” Snap! Hope to see you ladies at Dune! [E!]