Gossip Girl – New Series
New series starts on Friday August 15 at 8.30pm:
The students at a privileged Manhattan prep school learn that Serena van der Woodsen, once the Upper East Side’s most notorious party girl, is back in town the way they learn all the important news in their lives: from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
About the show:
The acclaimed and much buzzed-about Gossip Girl is based on the best-selling series of young-adult novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, and executive produced by Josh Schwartz (Chuck, The O.C.) and Stephanie Savage (The O.C.).
Gossip Girl follows the lives of privileged Manhattan prep school teens who learn all the important news in their lives from the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
No one knows Gossip Girl’s identity, but everyone in this exclusive and complicated vicious circle relies on her website and text messages for the latest scoop.
Current fashion It-girl Blake Lively (The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Accepted) stars as Serena van der Woodsen.
Once Upper East Side’s most notorious party girl, Serena has startled everyone by returning to Manhattan from a self-imposed exile to boarding school.
Lively has quickly become one of the most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood. She recently starred in the comedy Accepted alongside Justin Long, and made her big-screen debut in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants for which she earned a nomination for Choice Movie Breakout Performance - Female at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.
Most surprised by Serena’s return is her so-called best friend Blair Waldorf, played by Leighton Meester (Veronica Mars, 24, Entourage).
Serena keeps her reasons for returning mysterious, although they may have something to do with her younger brother, Eric (Connor Paolo).
Whatever the rationale, the change in Serena is obvious, especially to Blair, whose friendship with Serena has always been competitive and difficult.
When Serena was out of the picture, Blair enjoyed her time in the spotlight, and she has no intention of going back to living in Serena’s shadow. Their uneasy relationship is further complicated by Blair’s boyfriend, Nate (Chace Crawford), a young man who is uneasy with all of the privileges that have been handed to him.
Now that Serena is back, Blair will have to fight to hold Nate’s attention.
This Manhattan scene of partying, fashion, gossip and scandal is a world one has to be born into - full of wealth, power and people like Chuck (Ed Westwick). A friend of Nate’s since childhood, Chuck leads a reckless life and constantly pushes Nate to explore his dark side.
The proverbial fish-out-of-water at the prep school are Dan (Penn Badgley) and his sister, Jenny (Taylor Momsen), middle-class kids whose background keeps them on the fringes of this exclusive clique, though Dan’s chance encounter with Serena may see things start changing for these siblings.
Keeping track of the shifting friendships, jealousies and turmoil in this wealthy and complex world isn’t easy, but it’s what Gossip Girl does best. Be watching Gossip Girl to see how all the drama unfolds!