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You may remember Wallace Shawn as the Sicilian criminal mastermind who was outwitted by Westley in The Princess Bride. He is memorable for his catchword: “Inconceivable!” Now, he’ll be joining the ranks of the Upper East Side as the father of Serena’s new beau, Aaron (guest star John Patrick Amedori).

There aren’t a whole lot of details about how Wallace Shawn’s arc will play out yet, but I have read the entire Gossip Girl book series so I do know that he’ll be playing a man named Cyrus Rose, a wealthy Jewish real estate tycoon. Approximately six months after he and Eleanor get married, Eleanor gives birth to a baby girl, whom Blair names Yale in honor of the college she most desires to attend. Blair is no fan of Cyrus because he is old and fat and has a taste for wearing the tackiest outfits. He has a son named Aaron, a hippie dippie vegan who smokes only herbal cigarettes, who does indeed have a relationship with book-verse Serena.

I hope that Gossip Girl the show will stick to its literary roots a bit with Shawn’s character. I would love to see him decked out in puce-colored suits and garish gold watches. I’m not sure whether the powers that be behind Gossip Girl will have him getting married to Eleanor, but that might be an interesting turn of events as well. That way, Eleanor and Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) can become the desperate housewives of the Upper East Side.

The next new episode of Gossip Girl, entitled “New Haven Can Wait,” will air on Monday, October 6, at 8pm on the CW.

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Here’s the scoop: John Patrick Amedori is set to appear in four episodes of the scandalous CW show (the first airs Oct. 27) as Aaron Rose, a new beau for Blake Lively’s Serena van der Woodsen. The Maryland native, 21, talked to PEOPLE about his new role, kissing Blake (he’s friends with her real-life boyfriend Penn Badgley!) and being in the middle of the the paparazzi-fan swirl called Gossip Girl.

Tell us about your character, Aaron Rose.
He’s definitely a part of that Upper East Side [world]. I think he’s got a lot of money. But he chooses not to be around that. He probably lives on the Lower East Side or in Greenwich Village.

How does he get involved with Serena?
He has an art show at Dan’s father’s gallery. Serena goes to see Dan. He takes notice of her and remembers her from camp. She doesn’t remember him at first. That’s pretty much how they start talking.

There are pictures of you kissing Blake Lively in Times Square with everyone watching. What was that like?
It was crazy. At first, I think Blake and me were nervous. When I walk in front of the camera, I kind of just block everything out and it’s just Blake and me doing the scene. [Then] you realize our faces are as large as possible on this JumboTron and then reality sets in.

Was that the characters’ first kiss?
That was the first on-camera kiss for the relationship.

What did you do to prepare?
I chewed gum.

Is fresh breath a priority?
Absolutely.

What was it like meeting the cast for the first time?
I’ve known Penn [Badgley] for a few years. We used to audition against each other. We have mutual friends and we used to hang out a bit. It was kind of a reunion and just catching up. In that sense, it was more comfortable to be around new people. Everyone’s really nice, really cool. They don’t make me feel like an outsider, which is fortunate for me.

Were you nervous kissing Blake, whose real-life boyfriend is Penn?
Yeah, a little bit. It’s work and Penn and Blake have had to kiss other people on the show. They’re pretty much used to it now, knowing that it’s work. There wasn’t really anything really awkward. We just knew it was work and we had to do it.

Have you had a chance to bond with the cast off set?
Yeah, absolutely.

What kind of things have you been able to do offset?
Penn, Blake and I went out and got some food, walked around [Manhattan’s] lower west side, talked and hung out.

Did you get a taste of how the Gossip Girl frenzy — how they deal with with the fans and paparazzi?
Just a little bit. When we shoot on location, it’s an interesting sight. It’s something I’m definitely not familiar with. They don’t hassle me. They only hassle Blake, and Penn [and others]. They’re really, really good about it. It’s definitely an experience.

What else can you tell us about where Serena and Aaron’s relationship is going?
I think they both start to fall kind of hard for each other.

But…It’s been nearly a week since the series’ sophomore debut, and episode 1 still isn’t online. Standard practice among the TV networks is to post shows online after they air in Hawaii; if not then, sometime soon the next day. A week is pushing it. We have to wonder if the CW is reneging on its reversal.

Furthermore, as far as I can tell, the CW hasn’t posted any episodes from its new season; what seems to be the most recent video in its full episode queue is an episode of Everybody Hates Chris that originally aired in May. Either the guy who loads new videos into the system quit last week, or there’s been an unacknowledged policy reversal. And this at a time when networks across the board are posting more and more of their shows for free, ad-supported streaming online, in some cases before they air on TV.

As for actual broadcast television, interpretations of Gossip Girl’s season premiere’s ratings were mixed; on the one hand, the episode failed to top last season’s premiere, and it got beat by the CW’s 90210 revival the next night; on the other hand, it apparently did amazingly great with women aged 18 to 34. Meanwhile, Gossip Girl was promptly posted on iTunes after it aired. And nearly a week later, it still occupies the No. 1 slot. (The show has done well all along on iTunes, and probably since people actually pay $1.99 for it there the CW hasn’t messed with that success.) One Tree Hill is at No. 2, while 90210 doesn’t seem to have been posted at all.

We’ve tried to contact the CW’s press department through official means, but that hasn’t worked so far, so maybe blogging will do the trick. Hey CW, whatever happened to posting your shows online?

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Get ready for fashionable fun in the sun! The premiere episode of Gossip Girl’s second season is all about drama, scandal – and, of course, clothes. Upper East Side princess Blair Waldorf’s (Leighton Meester) summer style is “old Hollywood glamour meets contemporary couture,” costume designer Eric Daman tells PEOPLE.

TWISTS & TURNS

 

The first season was all about establishing characters like reformed bad girl Serena van der Woodson (Blake Lively) and conflicted good guy Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Serena’s best friend’s beau whom she once slept with. This time around, executive producer Stephanie Savage tells PEOPLE, “The fun thing about being able to do a second season is being able to go deeper and twist things further.”

 

MADE IN THE SHADE

 

When he’s not playing preppy hellraiser Chuck Bass, a bow-tied Ed Westwick takes cover under a shade tree with the crew of Gossip Girl on one of the Long Island, N.Y., estates where they filmed the season premiere. Maybe he’s sharing one of his poems?

 

PINKY SWEAR

 

With the help of old friend Eric van der Woodsen (Connor Paolo), Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) shows up in the Hamptons “on a mission related to her summer internship,” Savage tells PEOPLE. “Jenny is an ambitious girl who doesn’t let much stand between her and her goals.”

 

BEACH BEAUTY

 

Summer’s almost over when the show returns to the CW Monday (8 p.m. ET) – but the drama is just beginning for Serena, who spent the season turning heads on the beach in the Hamptons – without Dan Humphrey. But “Dan comes on a mission to track down Serena,” Savage reveals.

 

TAKE A LOAD OFF

 

Filming all those kissing scenes with his older love interest must be tiresome. Low-key in a T-shirt, Chace relaxes on the set of the white party scene.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME

 

Filming in the Hamptons was “fantastic,” Savage says. “We were very welcomed and made to feel very at home.” Will Chuck and Blair have similarly warm feelings when the bitter exes reunite? Find out Monday Sept. 1, when Gossip Girl returns!

Real life designers have taken note. Fashion lines are scrambling to get their clothes onto the lovely loose-lipped ladies, as big labels on these soon-to-be big stars have started to earn clothing companies big bucks.

According to a recent feature in the New York Times, merchants, designers and trend consultants say that Gossip Girl is a heavy influence on how teen girls with excess money choose what to wear.

“It represents a stylistic departure,” Sari Sloane, the vice president for fashion merchandising for Intermix, told the New York Times. “A move away from a Hollywood look that was very casual and improvised, to something more polished, more big-city chic.”

This preppy, classy style has drawn the eye of many burgeoning fashionistas. Some designers have reported that the day after their clothing is featured on Gossip Girl, teen girls stop by their stores scrambling to procure a piece of the label for themselves. Though many designers don’t pay for the exposure — the clothing is picked by Eric Daman, Gossip Girl’s costume designer — some designers are indeed paying for the privilege to be seen by Gossip Girl’s eager young audience.

Fittingly for new style mavens like Blair and Serena van der Woodsen, their respective actresses have been tapped for high profile magazine covers. Blake Lively, who portrays Serena, has been on an impressive three covers this month, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan and even Vogue.

Not to be outdone, Leighton Meester (Blair) has procured her own cover spot for the August issue of Lucky. Fittingly, she told the magazine, “I love my life right now. The fashion alone is pretty unbelievable.”

Will this Gossip Girl fashion love spread to guys as well, creating armies of little Chuck Bass clones running around in dolphin sweaters and bright orange ascots? Only time will tell. For now, get ready to salivate over the brand new fashion and gasp at all the jaw-dropping drama when Gossip Girl returns for its second season September 1 on the CW.

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