I found this on ferrerafans this morning, but figured since Blake was in Sottp2, some of the posters here might be interested. :)

NY area fans!
Hi everyone! I'm an assistant at a production company and thought this would be the best place to find the most obsessed America Ferrera fans around!

We're doing a tv show for SiTV about the craziest fans that will do absolutely anything for a chance to win a great prize! And for this episode about America, you have a chance to win premiere tickets to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 at the red carpet event in NYC!

The premiere is this Monday, July 28th, and we would need you for most of the day to compete in some fun trivia and silly challenges.

If you're interested, please email me a photo, your age, why you are the craziest fan, and a contact number. Please email me right away! I will call you as soon as I get your message as we are trying to make sure we have the best fans secured for monday. (Otherwise, that would make for a pretty boring show!)

We are also interested in extras for the premiere to make the biggest crowd as possible!

So again, please reply quickly. Thanks! I really appreciate any help!

Sorry, I forgot to put in the right email! Please send all replies to Fancasting@gmail.com with the subject line America Fans.

I've got that feeling where I feel like the world is just there for the taking. I know where I'm going and to finally know what direction I want to go is a really amazing feeling. I'm horrible with words, I can't explain it. I just feel infinite. And so so grateful ♥

As part of a one-time only promotional entry, a brand new Gossip Girl community is opening up and we are luring you in with an intelligent, fair debate between the two most controversial actresses on the show. If you want to be able to express your feelings about either actress in an intelligent debate with no insulting and no banning please come join us tonight.

The Wei: My Page Six Magazine Photo Shoot With Ed Westwick

While Gossip Girl co-stars Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively were celebrating the opening of Bridgehampton Polo and Chace Crawford’s birthday in the Hamptons this past Saturday, Ed Westwick stayed behind to relax, sun and take in his first summer in NYC. I had been out east for most of the weekend, but had to skip Chace Crawford’s birthday to return to the city. From what I’ve heard, I missed a good party, but like I always say, there’ll always be another one.

Instead, I had something much more exciting on my calendar for Sunday morning, a photo shoot for a feature in Page Six Magazine’s Fall Fashion issue. Wait, it gets better. The shoot was an exclusive with Ed Westwick!

More photos and story below:

A few weeks ago, Page Six Magazine Talent Director Patty Adams contacted me via a referral from my good friend and creative genius, Gregory Littley. She asked if I’d be interested in participating in the photo shoot as one of three “IT” girls for a shoot with Ed Westwick. Each of us “IT” girls would get a one-on-one scene with Ed and a mini-bio about us for the story (i.e. I went to Yale, play golf, etc). I was told that the theme was “A Night Out at an NYC ‘hotspot’ with Ed Westwick aka Chuck Bass”.

Read the rest of the article here.

For those that don't want to skim the whole thing, this was included:

To sum it up, we LOVE Ed Westwick! I can’t wait to see the story in Page Six Magazine, which I’m told hits stands on September 7th (right before New York Fashion Week commences). Ed has “IT” and there’s no doubt in my mind it won’t fade anytime soon.

Hey ya'll. Just a quick note to let you know that I've turned tags back on for members. Here's the dilly-oh: You can add tags to your entries IF they are already existing tags. Meaning, you can't create new tags. Mods will do that. If you're unsure about what tags to use, leave them blank and mods will fix it.

I'm going to see how this works for a while. But if we are having problems, I'm going to turn them off again. :(

A Girl’s Gotta Live
July 24th, 2008

We are so proud of Blair. That girl is not letting Chuck Bass rain on her parade. She is making the most of her summer abroad and we could not be happier for her. From Florence to Venice to Monaco, Blair has seen, partied and lived it up all over Europe. You go, B.

xo xo Gossip Girl

this isn't anything new or special because I'm sure everyone has the DVD, but I haven't posted here in forever.. so :P

here are 2 videos I recorded from Christina's Back To Basics tour back in May 2007. it fell during the time when she was in the early stages of her pregnancy and she didn't skip a beat.

( goin' back to basics )

Vote for GG and the cast Teen Choice awards (here). You can vote for them in the following categories:

TV
Actor: Drama → Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford
Actress: Drama → Leighton Meester, Blake Lively
Breakout Show → Gossip Girl
Breakout Star Female → Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen
Breakout Star Male → Ed Westwick, Chace Crawford
Drama → Gossip Girl
Villain → Ed Westwick

FASHION + BEAUTY
Female Hottie → Blake Lively
Male Hottie → Chace Crawford

YOU CAN VOTE AS MANY TIMES YOU WANT.

It seems right now, only Leighton and Chace will be attending.

DANCE CREWS M&M CRU AND ACDC TO FACE-OFF ON "TEEN CHOICE 2008" MONDAY, AUGUST 4, ON FOX
Released by FOX

The epic online dance battle between Miley Cyrus' and Mandy Jiroux's M&M Cru and ACDC, the dance crew featuring Jon M. Chu and Adam Sevani of "Step Up 2: The Streets" is about to declare a winner when the two crews face-off at TEEN CHOICE 2008 airing Monday, Aug. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Host Miley Cyrus will also perform her new single "7 Things," joining previously announced performer Mariah Carey, who will perform her latest single "I'll Be Lovin' You Long Time."

In April 2008, Chu and Sevani (Adam/Chu Dance Crew) challenged best friends Cyrus and Jiroux to a video dance battle. Since then, the competition has escalated as each crew retaliates with new dance videos that have attracted millions of fans. M&M Cru and ACDC will battle in-person during the final showdown at TEEN CHOICE 2008.

Shia LaBeouf, Rachel Bilson, David Cook, Channing Tatum, David Archuleta, Lil Mama, LL Cool J, Demi Lovato, James Marsden, Katharine McPhee, Leighton Meester and Jordin Sparks will join the celebration of the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, sports and fashion. Previously announced participants include Sophia Bush, Josh Holloway, Ryan Sheckler, Steve Carell, Chris Brown, Scarlett Johansson, Zac Efron, Pink, Danica Patrick, Selena Gomez, JoJo, Minka Kelly, Jesse McCartney, Chad Michael Murray, Chace Crawford, Kristen Bell, Drake Bell, Mischa Barton, Brittany Snow and Hayden Panettiere.

TEEN CHOICE 2008 is executive-produced by Bob Bain ("Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards") and Michael Burg. Paul Flattery serves as producer, Kelly Brock is co-producer and Greg Sills serves as supervising producer.

Source

I saw Alla Kudrawhatever every other 5 minutes today. Ewwwww.. and I left before her match ended because it was not fun to see her come back from being down a set. Meh. During her match, someone in the stands made a Sharapova comment which I couldn't quite hear but Alla started smiling. Her annoyance is endless. And epic.

Victoria Azarenka is way cool, Jankovic still wins at life and Danka has some major problems, I had to leave her alone.

I am tired and on fire. Need to seriously put some sunblock on tomorrow!

Cheers!

Singles Schedule
Rogers Masters (July 24)
Roddick vs. Cilic
Centre Court, Not Before 1 PM EST
TV Coverage: Tennis Channel, DishNetwork 400
Live Scoring Available

looks like Andy's run at doubles is over too. apparently Mardy injured his knee and they have no choice but to pull out. i'll look for more details on that story.

Okay, so me and a bunch of guys from LJ have started up a new Gossip Girl RPG, It Had To Be You, and we're looking for one more person so we can start and then open the board, a Dan Humphrey. It's an intermediate RPG (no less than two paragraphs) and we're all really anxious to start, so if you're up for it please sign up! Don't sign up as 'Dan Humphrey' though, we're allowing competition so if you win the part we'll change your name. If you're not too sure, come on down, check out the plot and see if you're interested. Even if you don't get Dan, you can try out for any of the show-canons and site-canons once we've opened. The more the merrier! Thanks.

x-posted.

So. Before we open our brand new forum, It Had To Be You, we need one more character. A Dan Humphrey. We're going to let two or more people choose the character and then the best app gets it, and we REALLY need someone to play him so we can open up and then get more people to join. So if you're interested, please head over there and do your application! Also, if you happen to want the spot, don't register with Dan Humphrey as an username. We'll rename you if you get him.
Thanks! <3

This is for all you icon-makers, or icon-lovers. I've created a Gossip Girl graphic contest :)
ggcontest
- All details are in the info. Please feel to join.

By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer
1 hour, 45 minutes ago



NEW YORK - "Gossip Girl" will get people talking. At least, that seems likely as the CW network brings to a boil its new campaign for the sexy prep-school soap.

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The show's second season begins Sept. 1, following an August promotion to put viewers, um, in the mood. And here's a twist: The racy ads co-opt language from the very criticism of the show for being too, well, racy.

Alert surfers got a preview last week, when images of coupled-up "Gossip Girl" characters found their way onto several Web sites.

Item: Here's Serena van der Woodsen (series blonde Blake Lively) with eyes shut dreamily, mouth open, while a friend, his face buried in her tresses, nuzzles her neck.

Strongly suggesting the pair are just getting started, the headline, which quotes The Boston Herald, declares: "Every Parent's Nightmare."

Other such lovey-dovey moments (on a couch, in the sack or apparently skinny-dipping) are accompanied by headlines like "A Nasty Piece of Work" and "Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate."

That latter phrase was borrowed from the Parents Television Council, which has blasted the series' salacious content since its premiere.

"I think it reeks of desperation, if they have to position themselves as so edgy and so controversial that they've been called out by us," said Melissa Henson, PTC director of communications.

But CW marketing boss Rick Haskins said the advertising just aims to get noticed.

"What we're trying to do is communicate with the audience in a way that they like and can appreciate," he said. "This sort of campaign resonates with someone who likes 'Gossip Girl'" — specifically, women ages 18 to 34.

The objective was finding "well-written headlines that are provocative and would catch our viewers' attention," said Haskins, "and, in a tongue-in-cheek way, capture what the show is about."

The series is based on the popular "Gossip Girl" young-adult novels, and is presented to the audience through the eyes of its mysterious title character, whose tattling posts are savored by the show's PDA-packing teens as they share the luxe life on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

The series debuted last fall. Then, in January, its run was interrupted by the Hollywood writers strike. No new episodes were aired until April 21, for which the first welcome-back campaign was launched.

That promotion included racy images of the show's characters with the headline: "OMFG." THAT got people talking.

While the CW's Haskins insisted at the time that the initials could stand for any number of things, like "Oh My Freaking Goodness" (and as the Gawker Web site sarcastically scoffed, "On Meth, Feeling Good," among others), many of its intended viewers may have seized on a much ruder interpretation — wording that would be taboo on broadcast TV and most advertising.

"Rather than reinforcing positive values that parents are trying to instill in their children, this program very often is undermining these positive values," said PTC's Henson in April during a CNN-aired discussion spurred by that steamy campaign.

"Gossip Girl" can only hope that its September return will be greeted with comparable notice.

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The CW Network is a joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corporation.

Source: Yahoo! News.

This is bought on by a conversation I had with my Mother today in which she told me I was left handed because of my "need to be difficult" and then went to insult my brethren by saying it wasn't natural. Which is totally uncool because left handed people? We are awesome (Oprah AND Joey Lawrence ? Tell me that is not a club you want to be in.) I'm also leaving this public, because you guys should totally pimp this shit so the results are more ~official~, because you know, this is important serious business.

So anyway, I thought it would be fun to have a poll seeing how people around these parts stack up. So, answer and ~show pride for your people~.

Poll #1228154 righty or awesome?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

what hand do you write with?

PS - August 13th is Left Handers Day. WHAT. UP.