Fall TV Blog

When Lady Gaga planned an appearance on Gossip Girl, she had an idea of what she’d be wearing. But in true Gaga style, the end result was something of a spectacle.

“We discussed having a very flowy red dress,” she told PEOPLE on the set of the show after filming a performance of her new single, “Bad Romance.” “But [the dress] arrived today and it’s about 30-feet long! That was an adjustment. But nothing that I couldn’t handle.”

She can say that again: Gaga worked the epic garment in rehearsals, wowing the crew who watched her intently as she and her dancers put on a show.

“It’s a little bit more of a fashion montage,” she says of her performance on the show, which airs tonight (9 p.m. EST) on the CW. “It’s very performance art.” (more…)

With all the characters’ twisted — not to mention scandalous — relationships, Lady Gaga couldn’t have picked a better song to perform on Gossip Girl.

The pop star sings her new single, “Bad Romance,” at a private show arranged by Blair, who is trying to prove herself as a freshman at New York University this season, in an episode set to air Monday, Nov. 16 (9 p.m. EST) on the CW.

“My little sister is the hugest Gossip Girl fan ever,” Lady Gaga, who wears a 30 ft.-long dress for her performance, recently told PEOPLE.

For more on Lady Gaga’s visit to the Upper East Side world of Gossip Girl, check back to PEOPLE.com on Monday.

Gossip Girl’s much-hyped and much-criticized episode, which was touted and condemned for its racy threesome scene, aired Monday — and perhaps the most shocking thing about it was that wild child Chuck Bass was not involved!

Here’s how it all went down: Dan (Penn Badgley) and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) were trying to convince his girlfriend and her roommate, Olivia Burke (Hilary Duff), to stick around New York University for an authentic college experience rather than return to the set of her vampire movie franchise. So, they decided to show her all of the fun to be had as a college co-ed, including frolicking in the fountain and playing rounds of Beer Pong, as prescribed by a local student rag. When all is said and done, they’ve completed all the tasks but one: to have a threesome.

After discussing their lack of experience in that area, Olivia makes her move, kissing Dan and then giving Vanessa a smooch. Then, Dan kisses Vanessa and that’s it! Well, almost. In the final scene of the episode, the three of them are asleep in the same bed. In scenes from next week’s episode, viewers were given a glimpse of the consequences of such a tryst. And let’s just say that starlets aren’t immune to jealousy!

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Gossip Girl is at it again!

The CW show, which has created buzz before by pushing the envelope with its racy promos and storylines, is crossing a line, according to a television watchdog group.

The Parents Television Council is upset about an upcoming scene in an episode scheduled to air Monday (9 p.m. EST) that contains a storyline in which characters have a threesome.

Calling the scene “reckless and irresponsible,” Parents Television Council President Tim Winter released a statement Wednesday asking CW affiliate stations not to air the episode. (more…)

What’s a new NYU student to do when she’s no longer queen bee? Work her connections to get Lady Gaga to play a private show, of course! That’s what Blair (Leighton Meester) does in an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl set to air Nov. 16.

PEOPLE was on set while the pop star filmed her performance — set to her new single, “Bad Romance.”

“My little sister is the hugest Gossip Girl fan ever,” Gaga (with Penn Badgley and Meester) tells PEOPLE.

For more on her thoughts on the show — and what it was like to perform in a 30 ft.-long stage dress — check back with People.com on Nov. 16.

Gossip Girl airs Mondays (9 p.m. EST) on the CW. –Rennie Dyball

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Well, this is bound to cause a scandal — or at least a few OMGs!

According to EW.com, Gossip Girl’s Nov. 9 episode will feature a sex romp with three — count ‘em, three! — characters at the same time.

The report did not reveal which three characters would participate in the scene, though it does let slip that the ménage à trois will take place in a bed. (That’s right! In a bed!) It also had some possible combinations for the lusty event, but did not divulge who gets in whose pants.

Our bets are on the femme fatale Blair luring bad boy Chuck into the sack with gay NYU grad Josh. We know the guys are going to kiss, afterall.

Where’s Mr. Furley to put a stop to this hippie free-love nonsense when you need him? –Michael Y. Park

Tell us: Who do you think will be involved in Gossip Girl’s scandalous scene? And what will the misbehaving college kids do next?

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Tyra Banks in a tiara! What better way for the model and mogul to appear on Gossip Girl in an episode airing Monday.

Her role is that of Ursula Nyquist, an award-winning actress looking to offset some negative personal press by playing a real-life heroine — American-born French stage star Josephine Baker — in an Oscar-worthy movie about the French Resistance during World War II.

“The people at Gossip Girl tell me I set a Gossip Girl hair change record. I had SEVEN hair changes, every single scene you see is some new hair on my head,” says Banks, who also plans to talk about her role on the episode during Monday’s Tyra Show.

According to press materials about Banks’s appearance, the fate of Ursula’s career ends up in the hands of Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively). You’re in good hands, Ursula. – Stephen M. Silverman

On the season 3 premiere of Gossip Girl, Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) gave Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) some advice on dating on the Upper East Side.

“Sleeping with the enemy is hot,” he said, advising Nate to call Bree Buckley, played by Joanna Garcia, whose family are rivals to the Archibalds. “Why do you think I have the whole Ivanka thing?”

Well, it turns out Ivanka Trump has a thing of her own for Chuck Bass.

“Gossip Girl is my guilty pleasure. I’m addicted to it!” the real-life socialite and daughter to Donald Trump tells PEOPLE. “I have to confess I have a ‘thing’ for Chuck Bass myself.”

But what does Ivanka, who is engaged to New York City publisher Jared Kushner, think of Chuck’s line? “Despite the tawdry implications,” she says, “having your television crush reciprocate is definitely flattering.”

Gossip Girl airs Mondays (9 p.m. EST) on the CW.

Tell us: What did you think of the first episode of the new season? What are your predictions for Nate and Bree?

Just when you thought they couldn’t get any more glamorous, the cast of Gossip Girl — (top row, from left) Ed Westwick, Taylor Momsen, Penn Badgley, Jessica Szohr and (bottom row, from left) Leighton Meester, Blake Lively and Chace Crawford — vamp it up in an exclusive season 3 cast photo. The show returns tonight to the CW (9 p.m. EST).

Watch an exclusive clip from tonight’s show!

Tell us: Are you excited for the season premiere? What are your predictions for Blair, Nate, Dan, Serena and Chuck?

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When Gossip Girl’s Joanna Garcia needs a sexy inspiration, she doesn’t look further than her costar Chace Crawford.

“This role is a little bit of a departure for me because I’m used to playing characters in funny roles,” Garcia told PEOPLE at the launch of the Gossip Girl-inspired Anna Sui for Target line Thursday. “This is a lot sexier, so it’s definitely nice to have a good partner in my scenes to make me feel sexy and desirable.”

Garcia, 30, will play Nate’s on-screen love interest Bree for four episodes in the upcoming fall season, which premieres Monday on the CW (9 p.m. EST).

Of kissing Crawford, Garcia says, “It’s everything you could imagine and more.” But, she points out, Crawford is even more gorgeous “when you get to know him.”

“He’s such a nice guy and a total dude,” Garcia told PEOPLE. “He’s ready to have a cocktail and kick back and watch sports. And as beautiful as he is on the outside, he’s ten times more beautiful on the inside.”

Does she have anything to say to the millions of jealous fans who wish they could be in her place? “They’re always asking me what it’s like [to kiss Chace],” Garcia says. “And I’m like, ‘Well, it’s not like I slip my tongue down his throat every day.’”

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