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Gossip Girl Season 4
The fourth season of the American teen drama television series '' Gossip Girl'' premiered on The CW on September 13, 2010, and concluded on May 16, 2011, consisting of 22 episodes. Based on the novel series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, the series was developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The CW renewed the series for a full fourth season on February 16, 2010. Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr, Kelly Rutherford, and Matthew Settle all return as series regulars. It was later announced that the show would stay in its Monday 9:00 p.m. timeslot as a lead-out to '' 90210''. The season premiered on September 13, 2010, to a 1.0 Adults 18–49 rating and 1.84 million viewers. The fourth episode achieved a 1.1 Adults 18–49 rating, the season's highest-rated episode, while episode 11 was the most watched with 2.06 million viewers tuning in. The season concluded on M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Lively
Blake Ellender Lively ( Brown; born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, Lively is the daughter of actor Ernie Lively, and made her professional debut in his directorial project ''Sandman'' (1998). She starred as Bridget Vreeland in ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' (2005) alongside its sequel ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'' (2008) to commercial success. She appeared opposite Justin Long in the comedy ''Accepted'' (2006) and gained notability and widespread recognition for her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in the CW teen drama television series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012). She has starred in romantic comedies including ''New York, I Love You'' (2008) and ''The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009). Lively starred opposite Ben Affleck in the crime thriller '' The Town'' (2010) and appeared with her future husband Ryan Reynolds in ''Green Lantern'' (2011). She was in the ensemble cast of '' Savages'' (2012) and garnered acclai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Savage
Stephanie Savage (born 1969) is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series ''Gossip Girl (TV series), Gossip Girl'' (2007) from the Gossip Girl (novel series), novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''The O.C.''. In 2010 Savage and creative partner Josh Schwartz created Fake Empire Productions, a production company producing their TV series, films and music. Career Savage graduated from the University of Toronto in 1990 with a B.A. in English and Cinema Studies, then from the University of Iowa in 1993 with an M.A. in Film History and Theory. While writing her PhD dissertation for the University of Iowa she moved to Los Angeles, and in 1995 was offered a position at Drew Barrymore's production company Flower Films. Here she dabbled in scriptwriting, handling production rewrites for ''Charlie's Angels (2000 film), Charlie's Angels'', and met the film's director Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gossip Girl Characters
The following is a list of characters for The CW teen television drama series, ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and its standalone sequel series of the same name (2021–present). The series is based on the popular book series of the same name written by author Cecily von Ziegesar. Both series follows the lives of privileged high school students who attend the fictional Constance Billard School for Girls and St. Jude's School for Boys. The original series features ten regular characters: it girl of the UES Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively); school queen bee Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester); Serena's new love interest Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley); golden boy Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford); Dan's sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen); Nate's billionaire best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick); Dan's best friend and ex-lover, the creative Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr); Serena's mother, a socialite and philanthropist Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford); Dan Humphrey's father, forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Beginning her acting career by starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, she made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' and appeared in a Broadway revival of '' The Crucible'' the following year. She later appeared in the action thriller film '' Spartan'' (2004) and received praise for her performance in the television drama film ''Gracie's Choice'' (2004). Her first major role was the title character in the teen noir drama television series ''Veronica Mars'' (2004–2007), receiving critical acclaim and a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her performance. She reprised the eponymous role in the 2014 film and the 2019 revival. During her time on ''Veronica Mars'', Bell starred as Mary Lane in the musical film '' Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical'' (2005), a reprise of the role sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Humphrey
The following is a list of characters for The CW teen television drama series, ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and its standalone sequel series of the same name (2021–present). The series is based on the popular book series of the same name written by author Cecily von Ziegesar. Both series follows the lives of privileged high school students who attend the fictional Constance Billard School for Girls and St. Jude's School for Boys. The original series features ten regular characters: it girl of the UES Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively); school queen bee Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester); Serena's new love interest Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley); golden boy Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford); Dan's sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen); Nate's billionaire best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick); Dan's best friend and ex-lover, the creative Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr); Serena's mother, a socialite and philanthropist Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford); Dan Humphrey's father, forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Van Der Woodsen
The following is a list of characters for The CW teen television drama series, ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and its standalone sequel series of the same name (2021–present). The series is based on the popular book series of the same name written by author Cecily von Ziegesar. Both series follows the lives of privileged high school students who attend the fictional Constance Billard School for Girls and St. Jude's School for Boys. The original series features ten regular characters: it girl of the UES Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively); school queen bee Blair Waldorf ( Leighton Meester); Serena's new love interest Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley); golden boy Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford); Dan's sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen); Nate's billionaire best friend Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick); Dan's best friend and ex-lover, the creative Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr); Serena's mother, a socialite and philanthropist Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford); Dan Humphrey's father, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Abrams
Vanessa Abrams is a fictional character in the ''Gossip Girl'' novel series. She is portrayed by Jessica Szohr in the television adaptation. Vanessa was introduced on the first season as a recurring character, but became a series regular after a successful run due to the popularity of her character. She left the series at the end of the fourth season. Novel series Described as sullen, with a shaved head and black clothing, Vanessa is a budding filmmaker and Constance student on scholarship. Her dream is to one day attend NYU and major in film. Her hippie artist parents live in Vermont but allowed her to move to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to live with her sister Ruby. In the first books, she stays away from Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen's social scene, resenting the Upper East Side way of life and preferring the company of Dan Humphrey, her best friend, and her sister Ruby. She has had a huge crush on Dan ever since they met on a fire escape when they were both locked out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Bass
Charles Bartholomew Bass is a fictional character in the novel and television series ''Gossip Girl''. In the TV series, he is portrayed by English actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary antagonist in the original book series, the TV series elevates him to an antiheroic main character, and the male lead of the show, where he is noted for his financial ambition, hedonism and personal style. Since they were children, Chuck has been best friends with Nate Archibald, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf, who is his main romantic interest throughout the series. In the TV series, he is also step-brother to Serena and Eric van der Woodsen. Novel series Chuck Bass is introduced by author Cecily von Ziegesar in her ''Gossip Girl'' series of teen novels, the first of which was published in 2002. In the novels, Chuck is a relatively minor character, and has a series of flings with male and female characters across the course of the series. He got his nickname, Chuck Bass, from hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Humphrey
Jennifer Tallulah Humphrey is one of the characters in both the ''Gossip Girl'' and '' The It Girl'' series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the ''Gossip Girl'' television adaptation on The CW. Novel series ''Gossip Girl'' Jennifer Humphrey is the daughter of Rufus Humphrey, an editor of Beat poets who has never been published himself, and Jeanette Humphrey, who ran off with a European aristocrat. She has an older brother, Dan Humphrey, an aspiring writer. Jenny is a student at the Constance Billard School for Girls, a small, elite, all-girls school on the Upper East Side that Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf also attend. In the book series, Jenny is described as a short, well-endowed brunette, but the television show depicts her as tall, skinny and blonde. In the ''Gossip Girl'' prequel ''It Had to Be You'', Jenny is noted for having a rather flat chest until she begins taking breast enlargement supplements, which are the cause of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)
Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald is a character in the best selling ''Gossip Girl'' book series. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the television series of the same name. In the novels, he is considered the primary male character, always being fought over by the two most prominent females, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen. Novel series Nate Archibald is a lacrosse player at the elite St. Jude's School for Boys. His mother, Anne Archibald, is a French socialite, and his father, Captain Archibald, is a former Navy captain and a wealthy banker. His closest friends are Chuck Bass, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. He has been dating Blair since middle school. However, Nate is shown to have deep, unresolved feelings for Serena. They have sex during the summer at a wedding. He reveals this to Blair in the first novel after Serena returns, and right before they were supposed to lose their virginity to each other, which causes their first breakup. He gets together wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Humphrey
Daniel Randolph Humphrey is a fictional character in the bestselling ''Gossip Girl'' novel series. He is one of the central male characters in ''Gossip Girl'', where he is portrayed by Penn Badgley. Dan Humphrey is the son of Rufus Humphrey and has a younger sister, Jenny Humphrey. Dan's mother, Alison Humphrey, is absent for the majority of the series. Dan and his family live in Brooklyn, the alternative of the old-money and conservative Upper East Side. He attends St. Jude's Preparatory School for Boys on the West Side as a scholarship student. His life changed dramatically when his father, Rufus Humphrey, married the wealthy Lily van der Woodsen, moving the family to the Upper East Side. He is described as being attractive and sensitive, loves to write poetry, and one of his poems, "Sluts," was featured in ''The New Yorker''. He revealed his favorite word is "death" and drinks copious amounts of dark coffee. He overanalyzes and is easily frustrated. Dan is very close and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Waldorf
Blair Cornelia Waldorf (married name Bass) is one of the main characters of ''Gossip Girl'', introduced in the original series of novels and also appearing as the lead in the television adaptation; she also appears in the comic adaptation. Described as "a girl of extremes" by creator Cecily von Ziegesar, she is a New York City socialite and a comical overachiever who possesses both snobbish and sensitive sides. Due to her position as queen bee of Manhattan's social scene, Blair's actions and relations are under constant scrutiny from the mysterious Gossip Girl, a popular blogger. Leighton Meester, who portrayed the character in the television drama, has described Blair as being insecure about her social status. At times, this anxiety creates flaws and complexities which contribute to character development. In Meester's view, the true Blair is ultimately a good girl at heart. Blair has been compared to vintage film and literary figures, including Becky Sharp and Lizzie Eustace. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
