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The Freshman (Gossip Girl)
"The Freshman" is the 45th episode of the CW television series '' Gossip Girl''. It was also the second episode of the show's third season. The episode was written by Amanda Lasher and directed by Norman Buckley. It originally aired on Monday, September 21, 2009 on the CW. "The Freshman" shows Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) plotting to establish her 'Queen Bee' status in college as embarks on her first day at NYU, along with Dan Humphrey ( Penn Badgley) and Vanessa Abrams ( Jessica Szohr). Georgina Sparks ( Michelle Trachtenberg) turns up as Blair's roommate in the dorms, determined to make her a social outcast. Rather than depart for Brown, Serena van der Woodsen ( Blake Lively) decides to stay in New York and moves in with Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) until she incites a major fallout between the two. Intending to get even, she recruits Chuck's enemy, Carter Baizen ( Sebastian Stan). Meanwhile, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) and Bree Buckley ( Joanna Garcia) decide to ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six seasons from September 19, 2007, to December 17, 2012. Narrated by the unknown, omniscient blogger "Gossip Girl" (voiced by Kristen Bell), the series revolves around the lives of privileged upper-class adolescents living in Manhattan's Upper East Side (UES). The series begins with the return of Upper East Side teenage "it girl" Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a mysterious absence. She is reunited with her frenemy Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) and her mother Lily ( Kelly Rutherford), and she also meets Dan Humphrey ( Penn Badgley)—an aspiring writer from Brooklyn who is one of Serena's main love interests throughout the show. Other main characters include Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), Jenny Hump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series ''You'' (2018–present). For ''Gossip Girl'', he received six Teen Choice Award nominations, and for ''You'', he earned MTV Movie & TV Award and Saturn Award nominations. Badgley first became known for portraying Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (2000–2001), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination, and he followed this with roles in the comedy films ''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006) and ''Drive-Thru'' (2007). Badgley went on to appear in a number of films, such as the thriller '' The Stepfather'' (2009), the teen comedy-drama ''Easy A'' (2010), the financial thriller ''Margin Call'' (2011), the biographical film ''Greetings from Tim Buckley'' (2012) and the independent drama '' The Paper Store'' (2016). Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Girls Go Bad
"Good Girls Go Bad" is a song by American pop band Cobra Starship with guest vocals by Leighton Meester. It was the first single released from their third studio album, ''Hot Mess''. The song was released digitally through iTunes on May 11, 2009. On May 8, 2009, "Good Girls Go Bad" made its radio debut on KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest's show. The song was produced by former ''American Idol'' judge Kara DioGuardi and Kevin Rudolf. The song went on to become Cobra Starship and Leighton Meester's first US hit and top 10, peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' and was certified double-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting over 2 million copies sold in the United States. The song received heavy airplay in Canada as well, debuting at 21 on Canada's radio airplay chart "Canadian Hit 30" week ending July 25, 2009. The song also debuted on Radio 1 in the UK in September 2009. The song was licensed in various media. Some of the official remixes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship was an American dance-pop band founded in 2005 by Gabe Saporta (ex- Midtown), and headquartered in New York City. He recorded the first album as a solo project, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets''. Saporta later enlisted guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez, drummer Nate Novarro, and keytarist Victoria Asher, all of whom provide backing vocals. Over ten years, Cobra Starship produced four albums and two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 singles. The group released its debut album, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets'', in 2006, which contained the single " Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)". The band released its second album, ''¡Viva La Cobra!'', on October 23, 2007. Their third album, ''Hot Mess'', was released on August 11, 2009. Their fourth and final album, ''Night Shades'', was released on August 30, 2011, in the US and October 28, 2011, in the UK. Cobra Starship officially announced its dissolution on November 10, 2015. History Form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "piano duet" or " piano four hands". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a " piano duo". The term ''duet'' is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc. History When Mozart was young, he and his sister Marianne played a duet of his composition at a London concert in 1765. The four-hand, described as a duet, was in many of his compositions which included five sonatas; a set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chace Crawford
Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his television portrayals of Nate Archibald on The CW's teen drama series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012), and of The Deep in Amazon Prime Video original series '' The Boys'' (2019–present). He is also known for starring in the films '' The Covenant'' (2006), ''The Haunting of Molly Hartley'' (2008), '' Twelve'' (2010), and '' What to Expect When You're Expecting'' (2012). In 2015, he portrayed Billy LeFever in ABC's short-lived drama series ''Blood & Oil''. Early life and education Crawford was born in Lubbock, Texas. His father, Chris, is a dermatologist, and his mother, Dana, is a teacher. He has a younger sister, former Miss Missouri USA winner and Miss USA contestant Candice Crawford. Crawford was raised a Southern Baptist. While his father was a medical student, Chace lived in Bloomington, Minnesota, for four years, attending Ridgeview Elementary School. When his father completed his tra ... [...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] |
Ed Westwick
Edward Jack Peter Westwick (born 27 June 1987) is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's ''Gossip Girl'' as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series ''White Gold''. He made his feature film debut in '' Children of Men'' (2006) and has since appeared in the films ''Breaking and Entering'' (2006), ''Son of Rambow'' (2007), '' S. Darko'' (2009), '' Chalet Girl'' (2011), ''J. Edgar'' (2011), ''Romeo & Juliet'' (2013), '' Bone in the Throat'' (2015), ''Freaks of Nature'' (2015), '' Billionaire Ransom'' (2016), and '' Me You Madness'' (2021). Early life Westwick was born in Hammersmith, London, and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. He was born the youngest of 3 boys for Carole (''née'' Blenkiron), an educational psychologist, and Peter Westwick, a university lecturer. He has two older brothers. He began music lessons and attended a Saturday morning drama school from the age of six. Westwick was educated at The Barclay School and North He ... [...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] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...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] |
Serena Van Der Woodsen
Serena Celia van der Woodsen is the fictional character and the protagonist in the ''Gossip Girl'' novel series and in its TV adaptation, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively. Serena is featured on the blog of the series' mysterious narrator, "Gossip Girl". Serena is known as the 'it girl of Manhattan' and is a character that appears to easily get whatever she wants because of her captivating beauty and charismatic personality. She is the daughter of a successful doctor, and a well known socialite/heiress. Novel series Serena is a tall, blonde, slim, and beautiful teenage girl from the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Many of the girls at the Constance Billard school accuse her of using her good looks as a means to secure everything she wants. She is not particularly academically skilled, but she is often told that she is not meeting her full potential. Her father runs the same Dutch shipping firm his great-great-grandfather founded in the 18th century, and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
