Are the kids from Gossip Girl even old enough to vote in this election? And isn't one of them British? Yes, these two GG actors in this commercial are 22 (Penn Badgley) and 21 (Blake Lively) so technically they can vote, but the question remains: who is this commercial marketed to?
While it's important for teens to learn about politics early, but this is a wink-wink commercial for adults, and not really a P.S.A. on how doing illegal drugs or underage drinking are activities comparable to voting Republican. So, theoretically, this is an ad campaign launched at adults who know the ironic format of traditional public service announcements but also watch Gossip Girl?
MoveOn.org's really got to stop catering to the blogging community in this campaign.
Regarding our earlier story about Chace Crawford's publicist demanding (but not receiving) solo treatment on the cover of Details, a new twist: When Crawford did the cover of Out, she demanded the exact opposite. Read about it in our updated original post.
The television show Gossip Girl is not all teenage sex in limousines, classy drinking at posh hotel bars, fashion internships with elite designers, and xoxo-ing. Behind the scenes, a compelx machine is at work, where diva personalities are "managed," drug abuse is "handled," and eating disorders are ignored. (No quotation marks on that one.) And while the tense relationship between Leighton Meester (Blair) and Blake Lively (Serena) is played out in the press like their fictional frenemy relationship on the show's Gossip Girl blog, almost entirely ignored is the backstage backstabbing going on among the guys.
Ed Westwick (Chuck), Chace Crawford (Nate), and Penn Badgley (Dan) all seemingly get along in non-fiction. Westwick, with his not so secret nasal sports, and Crawford are in fact best friends, and their living together and ubiquitous enjoyment of each other's company has led to ample evidence for gay rumormongering. Badgley, the real life and television boyfriend to Lively (well, they broke up, for now!), is friendly with the other two, but less so.
But just because the guys get along … doesn't mean their Hollywood handlers do. CONTINUED »
For all five of our readers who follow Gossip Girl, Details magazine shot a beautiful cover of the show's leading men, along with an in-depth interview with each. To make a long story short: Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford totally love each other in a not-gay-bromance kind of way (maybe), Penn Badgley is kind of an ass and thinks he's better than you, and all the boys love Christian Bale. We knew we loved these guys for a reason.
While Chace Crawford deals with industry backlash for switching agencies and trying to get more money out of his breakout role in the ratings disaster show Gossip Girl, two of his co-stars are dealing with SCANDALS OF THEIR OWN: skipping out on charity events they RSVP'd for but didn't show up to. CONTINUED »
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]
Lest these photos suggest to you that it's Penn Badgley in the scope of Ben Widdicombe's closeted gay sniper rifle this week – where an "actor on a hit show, who has been in a fake relationship for the publicity, enjoyed an undercover date with his boyfriend recently at Paris Commune in the West Village?" – rest assured, it's not. In unrelated news, Carrie Underwood remains "just friends" with a certain Gossip Girl boy.
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