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• Gossip Girl is a teen television drama based on the series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. The show, which airs on the the CW, focuses on the lives of young New York socialites who deal with drugs, interpersonal relationships and other teenage issues.

  No Doubt will appear on the May 11, 2009, season finale performing a cover of Adam Ant's "Stand and Deliver."Stereogum: No Doubt Booked For Gossip Girl (February 27, 2009)

  On February 24, 2009, The CW renewed Gossip Girl for a third season.Blogcritics.org: [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/02/25/004549.php Supernatural Renewed for Season Five (February 25, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Premiered: September 19, 2007
  2. Network: The CW
  3. Creators: Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage
  4. Narrator: Kristen Bell

• Starring

  Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen, the former "It" girl of the Upper East Side and best friend of Blair Waldorf

  Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf, queen bee of the social scene, a position she inherited from Serena after she left New York City

  • Chace Crawford as Nate Archibald, the so-called golden boy who frequently finds himself making life decisions based on the whims of his controlling father

  • Penn Badgley as Dan Humphrey, the brooding loner son of a rock star; Dan is smitten with Serena

  • Taylor Momsen as Jenny Humphrey, a young and impressionable freshman

  • Ed Westwick as Chuck Bass, a cynical and world-weary bad boy who has no qualms about living life on the edge and manipulating those who get in his way

  • Jessica Szohr as Vanessa Abrams, the childhood best friend of Dan Humphrey

• Viral Video

  In a video released on YouTube in January of 2009, Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen performed dramatic jumps, leaps, and demonstrated amazing climbing abilities to escape from paparazzi. While there was no immediate link to a brand, Internet rumors circulated that the video was produced so that Momsen could eventually promote the Nike athletic brand. Her costars Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester are spokesmen for competing brands.Newsday: Gossip Girl Momsen in Nike commercial? (January 13, 2009)

• Spin-off

  The Hollywood Reporter has reported that a spinoff of the program is in production and will first air on May 11, 2009. The program takes place in the 1980s and centers around Lily van der Woodsen during her turbulent youth in Los Angeles.THR: Gossip Girl Spinoff Moving Forward (January 14, 2009) The cast features Brittany Snow as the young Lily and Andrew McCarthy as her father.Entertainment Weekly: [It's official: Brittany Snow to headline Gossip Girl spin-off (February 26, 2009) Reuters: Andrew McCarthy joins Gossip Girl spinoff (March 6, 2009)

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