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Here she is! Hilary Duff joins the cast of Gossip Girl as movie star Olivia Burke for the Oct. 5 episode titled "Dan de Fleurette," and we have the exclusive first look at Duff in character on the set!

Duff's character is assigned to be Vanessa's (Jessica Szohr) roommate at NYU—their dorm room is the setting of the still above—and through Vanessa, Olivia gets to know Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley). Olivia becomes attracted to Dan, and vica versa. Of course, there's a twist: Dan is so tuned out to pop culture that he doesn't realize the girl he's falling for is a huge movie star famous for her role in a Twilight-esque series of vampire movies.

Still, the two college kids manage to make their odd-couple pairing work, and cuteness ensues. Yay!

What do you think? Does Duff look like a good addition to the Gossip Girl cast? Do you think she'll be a good match for Dan?

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See Duff and other famous folk in our TV stunt casting gallery!

Oh heck yes! Gossip Girl isn't quite back on our TVs yet—we have to wait for Sept. 14 for that happy occasion—but to tide us over, the CW has kindly delivered five fabulous sneak peeks of the season premiere. Press play above to see Nate (Chace Crawford) meet his new frenemy and playmate Bree Buckley (Joanna Garcia), and then click to see Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) be awesome, Serena (Blake Lively) pose for the cameras and the van der Woodsen-Humphrey clan gathered around the dinner table!

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Ooh là là, Serena!

Looks like Gossip Girl's Carter Baizen (as played by Sebastian Stan, who kisses on Leighton Meester in real life) is getting very close to Blake Lively's Serena van der Woodsen. But many of you have written in expressing suspicion about this fella. Who is he...really? And can he be trusted in the company of our favorite Upper East Siders?

Read on to find out what sources close to the show reveal about Carter's future with the show:

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Grey's Anatomy is getting two new guest stars, and they're a little...different. We've got the scoop on these new characters in the spoiler section below.

Plus, we spill on Sam Merlotte's attempts to escape Maryann on True Blood, the dish on how Hilary Duff's past catches up to her on Gossip Girl, what brings Jayma Mays back to Heroes and the truth about Laura Leighton on Melrose Place. Read on for the dish!

buffy_131: Do you guys have some kind of fall premiere list? I might just have missed if it's already been posted. Thanks!

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Got 10 minutes and mad love for Gossip Girl? Then you've got to see the gag reel for the series' season-two DVD, which features this revealing information:

• Ed Westwick is totally British!
• Leighton Meester likes to talk in funny voices!
• Kelly Rutherford was pregnant all season long!
• The actors love their phones as much as the characters do!
• Just as we suspected at the time, that much-photographed kiss between Chace Crawford and Leighton Meester was a ruse to throw us off the scent!

Want a look at all that and much much more? Click in!

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Just because Mischa Barton's had some well-publicized personal issues lately doesn't mean the powers that be behind her new CW show, The Beautiful Life, are going to shy away from certain close-to-home storylines.

The big question is: Now that we know Mischa's not doing a disappearing act—though producers teased someone will in the pilot—will they be holding back the types of stories one might expect a young model in New York to go through?

Here's what executive producer Mike Kelley told us today at the CBS and CW special online screening session about Mischa's storylines and a possible Gossip Girl crossover episode with The Beautiful Life...

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• Mad Men: In honor of Mad Men's season-three premiere this Sunday, Vanity Fair has seven gorgeous Annie Leibovitz photographs of Jon Hamm and January Jones taken on location in the Bahamas.

• Gossip Girl: Fashion designers Tory Burch and Georgina Chapman are set to appear as themselves in episode four of Gossip Girl this season, and music group Sonic Youth is set to perform in episode five.

• Community: If you're on that new-fangled Facebook thingamabob, you can watch the pilot of NBC's Community, starring Joel McHale, online before the series premiere on Sept. 17.

• Saving Grace: Say goodnight, Gracie. Saving Grace, TNT's quasi-religious police procedural starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter, comes to an end next summer with nine final episodes.

• Reno 911! Comedy Central is also sending a series to the great rerun channel in the sky. Star Thomas Lennon tweeted yesterday, "Reno 911! was cancelled at 1:30 pm today. Won't be wearing the shorts again."

Mentol: According to a poster on my Lost forum, shooting has already begun on season six for Henry Ian Cusick. Could you check what's going on, and if other actors are back on the island as well?

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What kind of Gossip Girl scene is this? Where are the tears and recriminations? Are Lily Rhodes van der Woodsen Bass (Kelly Rutherford) and Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) really having a genuine and heartwarming reunion with their long-lost son, Scott (Chris Riggi)? Or is Scott actually a lying grifter out to break Rufus' heart and make off with Lily's money?

We've got the exclusive dish on what Rufus and Lily's love child really wants from our favorite Upper East Side adults...

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Is it true that Ian Somerhalder will join the rest of the Lost gang on the beach this season? And if so, what's driving the actor to return?

Jump to the spoiler section for the exclusive scoop on Boone's return. Plus, get dish on Desperate Housewives' newest resident, scoop on what the suicide bomber does to Godric's nest on True Blood, a surprising character turn on Grey's Anatomy and news about which character didn't survive the Chuck finale.

Marie in Boston: Mad Men is almost here! What's the skinny on the new season?

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Whoo! The CW just launched an all-new Gossip Girl promo that is just chock-full of new scenes and scandals, including Serena falling out of her top, Chuck kissing a girl who is not Blair, Nate and his new girl Bree (Joanna Garcia), shirtless Carter Baizen, drunky Georgina and much much more.

The promo is WTF-themed, as in "Watch This Fall," when our favorite Upper East Siders return Sept. 14 at 9 p.m.

Update: Want more sneak peek scenes of Gossip Girl this fall, including a shocking moment between Dan and Georgina? Click in!

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It had to be asked: What would Gossip Girl's Georgina Sparks think about Mercy's newbie nervous Nellie nurse Chloe Payne?

"She would not like their shoes," said Michelle Trachtenberg, who, yes, plays both roles, at NBC Universal's Television Critics Association press day. "They're nurse clogs. She would definitely take [the nurses] to Barney's. I think Georgina is probably going to need these ladies in life eventually when she is rushed to the emergency room."

What? Did Michelle just give a G.G. spoiler? Read on...

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Was that Eric racing to Sookie's rescue last night on True Blood? And what might Ms. Stackhouse's current damsel-in-distress situation mean for her romance with Bill and her connection to Eric?

We've got True Blood dish in the spoiler section, along with some great goodies on fan faves like One Tree Hill, Dexter and Mad Men. Read on for this week's juicy TV scoop:

Lexi in Las Vegas: Got any True Blood goodies about my beloved Alexander Skarsgård?

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