Gossip Girl

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Joanna Garcia has been cast in Gossip Girl, according to Entertainment Weekly.

The actress, who has previously starred in The CW's Privileged, has booked a four-episode arc on the show's upcoming third season.

Garcia will play Nate's new love interest, Bree Buckley, who is said to be an irreverent, slightly evil Miss America-type who hails from a conservative Southern family.

She will first appear in the September 14 season premiere.

[tammyy2j]

Anyone cast as Serena's dad yet?

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Hilary Duff has joined the cast of Gossip Girl, it has been reported.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a16...girl-cast.html

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Blake Lively has admitted that she wants Brad Pitt to play her on-screen father.

The actress, who stars as Serena van der Woodsen in The CW's Gossip Girl, told E! Online that the Inglourious Basterds actor would be more than welcome in filling the role.

Connor Paolo (Serena's brother Eric) added: "We've been asking since day one who daddy dearest is, so it'll be good to find out. I'd say Christopher Walken could make a great dad. I think he'd be a great papa van der Woodsen. I think [his and Lily's] dynamic would be awesome. I'll push that one. Or maybe Jack Nicholson."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a16...ticle_continue

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Producers of TV's Gossip Girl are furious after bosses at U.S. retail chain Target pulled out of a deal to sell designer Anna Sui's Blair Waldorf-inspired fashion range.

The cast, including Leighton Meester who stars as the socialite, was preparing to film a party scene featuring decorations based on the Target company's bullseye symbol in New York last Tuesday.

But store chiefs axed the shoot - and reportedly scrapped plans to sell clothes based on the characters over fears of associating the brand with the scandalous show.

A source tells the New York Daily News, "One of Target's top executives got nervous about being that closely associated with the show, given the (debauchery) its characters get into.

"There was going to be signage (at the party), as well as Target symbols in purple and black - Anna's signature colours. And it was rumoured that Anna herself was going to be making a cameo appearance.

"The crew was thrown into a frenzy because they had to scrap everything they had planned. They can't believe Target would bail on them, especially after publicly announcing the collaboration."

Gossip Girl has attracted millions of fans with its controversial storylines featuring privileged teenagers drinking and taking drugs.

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Gossip Girl stars Jessica Szohr and Joanna Garcia have spoken out about the show's third season.

Szohr, who plays socialite Vanessa Abrams on The CW drama, revealed that the programme will feature more twists than the previous two seasons, People reports.

She said: "Someone ends up not being who they say they are. It's just lots of drama and crazy stuff. It's like a new chapter in everyone's life. We're all off to college, we're working. There's a lot of guest stars coming on, new relationships are formed."

Recent cast addition and Privileged alumni Garcia said that her Bree Buckley character will be a love interest for Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) that may prove to be ill-fated, adding: "We have sort of a Romeo and Juliet love story."

It was recently reported that Hilary Duff will also be joining the show as a movie star named Olivia Burke.

Gossip Girl premieres on US TV on September 14.

[tammyy2j]

Serena van der Woodsen and Carter Baizen are going to try to make a go of it in season three of Gossip Girl.

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Serena van der Woodsen and Carter Baizen are going to try to make a go of it in season three of Gossip Girl.

No I want her back with Dan, they were great together in season 1, Season 2 was up and down between the two.

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Gina Torres will appear on Gossip Girl this fall as Vanessa's mom.

Gabriela Abrams, mother to home-schooled vid-kid Vanessa, is described as being warm and outgoing, which will certainly be a change of pace for this show, not exactly known as the paragon of parental virtue. She is a free spirit, a former Brooklynite who lives "off the grid" in Vermont and has definite opinions about things, especially concerning her daughter. Ah, that's more like it.

Torres is best known for her roles on Alias and Firefly.

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Michelle Trachtenberg's Georgina and Penn Badgley's Dan really do hook up in season three of Gossip Girl