LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Blake Lively couldn't be more excited to go from 'Gossip Girl' to 'Green Lantern.'

'Oh my gosh, it means the world!' she told Access Hollywood of her big-screen casting news.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Blake Lively may play a glamorous Manhattanite on 'Gossip Girl,' but her next role finds her on the other side of the tracks.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Blake Lively will bring her 'Gossip Girl' glow to 'Green Lantern,' according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The young star will take on the role of love interest Carol Ferris, who hires test pilot Hal Jordan - the man who becomes the interstellar superhero Green Lantern.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'Gossip Girl' star Sebastian Stan is leaving the Upper East Side for a much darker locale.

Stan - who plays the brash Carter Baizen on the hit CW series - will star opposite 'Twilight' beauty Ashley Greene in the horror film 'The Apparition.'

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NEW YORK, New York -- Andrew McCarthy made thousands of girls swoon as a Brat Pack star in the '80s, but the actor, now 47, said the cast of 'Gossip Girl' is far more advanced than his own bunch.

'They are much more savvy then we were,' Andrew, who is set to direct an episode of 'Gossip Girl,' told People of The CW cast. 'We were just a bunch of dumb kids running around.'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester are going country on the big screen.

The actresses will join Tim McGraw and Garrett Hedlund in the country singing drama 'Love Don't Let Me Down.'

NEW YORK, NY -- 'Saturday Night Live' rings in the holiday season with original shows on three consecutive weekends, beginning December 5 with Blake Lively and Rihanna both taking the stage in studio 8H for the first time.

'Twilight' and 'New Moon' star Taylor Lautner will make his hosting debut December 12, with musical guest the Grammy Award-winning band Bon Jovi.

On December 19, James Franco makes his second appearance as host of 'SNL,' with musical guest British rock trio Muse.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Blake Lively turns heads wherever she goes.

Her fashion sense has landed her on the cover of magazines including Marie Claire and her hair 'do has prompted hundreds of women to pop into stores across the country and ask for her sensational look.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Blake Lively might be at the top of her game now - but when the 'Gossip Girl' star was 3 years old, her teacher thought she was struggling with a learning disability - but only because her mom lied about her age.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'Sex and The City,' 'Californication' and 'Swingtown' have all steamed up the small screen with on air threesomes - and next week, The CW's 'Gossip Girl' will put its own spin on the menage a trois - but The Parents Television Council (PTC) is calling for CW affiliates to preempt the episode.

NEW YORK, NY -- The Upper East Side is abuzz with the upcoming 'Gossip Girl' threesome.

And while the stars of the show are keeping hush hush on who will be involved, Michelle Trachtenberg says it's something fans aren't going to want to miss!

NEW YORK, New York -- The Upper East Side is abuzz with the upcoming 'Gossip Girl' threesome.

And while the stars of the show are keeping hush hush on who will be involved, Michelle Trachtenberg says it's something fans aren't going to want to miss!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Penn Badgley will have one of TV's hottest leading ladies - 'Gossip Girl' co-star Blake Lively - on his arm this Halloween, but that hasn't always been the case for the 22-year-old actor.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Is Penn Badgley having second thoughts about dating 'Gossip Girl' co-star Blake Lively?

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Leighton Meester's talents don't just end at playing 'Gossip Girl's' Blair Waldorf. The actress debuted a new single, 'Somebody To Love,' featuring Robin Thicke on Tuesday.

Leighton has already proved she has vocal chops thanks to her part on the Cobra Starship song, 'Good Girls Go Bad,' and she's back with another potential hit.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Spotted: Little J and Mystery Man!

'Gossip Girl's' Chuck and Nate better make room for another guy on the Upper East Side, because Canadian native Kevin Zegers is joining the CW series, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kelly Rutherford and ex Daniel Giersch have fired the latest salvos in their nasty custody battle.

In a temporary restraining order granted on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by Access Hollywood, the 'Gossip Girl' star, who plays matriarch Lily van der Woodsen, alleged that her ex has harassed her, her mother and her nanny -- and that 'the stress Daniel has created for me is also negatively impacting my ability to produce [breast] milk' for her baby.

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NEW YORK, New York -- Sorry Miss Blair - Chuck Bass is going to be locking lips with someone else on the Upper East Side this season... and, it's a guy!

Ed Westwick's legendary 'Gossip Girl' ladies man character will kiss another man on an episode of the hit CW show this season, according to Entertainment Weekly.

NEW YORK, New York -- Leighton Meester has denied reports she once took part in a sex tape with a boyfriend at the age of 18.

'[The tape] is not real,' she told the September issue of Harper's Bazaar. 'So it makes me sort of sad. It's unfortunate that it got carried as far as it did.'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Want to date Taylor Momsen? Little J says look out.

'I would eat a boy my age alive,' the 16-year-old 'Gossip Girl' star told the September issue of Teen Vogue. 'I've had lots of relationships. Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is. There's just no way.'

NEW YORK, New York -- When viewers last saw Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) in the season finale of 'Gossip Girl,' he was heading off to Europe with ex Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szorh) after splitting with Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) yet again - but the actor told Access Hollywood on Thursday he'll have a new love interest this fall.

'She's a beautiful southern girl,' Chace said of his character's new romance, played by 'Privileged' star Joanna Garcia.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chace Crawford may be stepping into Kevin Bacon's dancing shoes in the upcoming 'Footloose' remake, but the original star said he's ready for him to cut in.

'It's cool, yeah,' Kevin told Access Hollywood. 'It was a little bit surprising to me just because I don't wake up in the morning and look at myself as someone [who] it's time to remake his old movies, you know what I mean?'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Hilary Duff is The CW's newest 'Gossip Girl.'

The network confirmed to Access Hollywood on Wednesday that the singer-actress is joining the show's cast for its upcoming third season. She's set to debut in the fourth episode on October 5.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In news that could have been ripped from an episode of Leighton Meester's racy CW series, a sex tape allegedly starring the 'Gossip Girl' actress is being shopped around.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kelly Rutherford gave birth to her first daughter on Monday, a rep for the 'Gossip Girl' mom confirmed to Access Hollywood.

Kelly welcomed Helena Grace Rutherford Giersch in Los Angeles at 9:20 PM.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- First Chace Crawford had to convince the producers of the 'Footloose' reboot that he was the right guy for the role after Zac Efron left, but he probably wasn't counting on having to impress the wife of Kevin Bacon.

Despite taking over the role that Kevin made famous in the 1984 version, Kyra Sedgwick told People she's excited for the young star's take on the iconic character.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Zac Efron turned down a role in the 'Footloose' reboot in order to pursue 'the unknown,' but one thing the actor is certain of is how happy he is that Chace Crawford is taking over.

'I'm ecstatic for him,' Zac told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson on Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards when asked about the 'Gossip Girl' star taking the role he left vacant.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'Gossip Girl' star Chace Crawford says he was happy to step into the lead role in the 'Footloose' remake after Zac Efron stepped down to pursue movies with a little less song and dance.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On 'Gossip Girl,' Taylor Momsen's Little J is a fashion rebel - but in real life, the star told MTV News that music's her outlet.

'I love rock and roll, man,' she said. 'It feeds my soul. It's what fits me, and it's how I can express myself.'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chace Crawford is about to cut 'Footloose.'

The 'Gossip Girl' heartthrob has been tapped to star in the remake of 'Footloose,' according to the Hollywood Reporter.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Ed Westwick is leaving behind the Upper East Side and taking his career to new 'Heights.'

Westwick, who plays the cynical Chuck Bass on The CW's 'Gossip Girl,' will star in the big screen drama 'Wuthering Heights,' per The Hollywood Reporter.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'Gossip Girl' star Taylor Momsen is ready to rock out.

Taylor's band, The Pretty Reckless, will release their first full length album on Interscope Records this fall, Access Hollywood has confirmed

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- While fans are busy casting their votes for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, the first set of high profile presenters has been revealed.

Host Andy Samberg will be joined onstage by the likes of Lil Wayne, Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz, 'Gossip Girl' Leighton Meester, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Vanessa Hudgens and Jonah Hill.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- One of 'Gossip Girl's' sexiest men is joining Showtime's 'Californication,' Access Hollywood has learned.

In a move that's sure to get fans' blood pumping, Ed Westwick, known for his role as edgy young playboy Chuck Bass on The CW show, will arrive in the second episode of 'Californication's' Season 3 as Balt, a student with a fascination for vampire literature.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Leighton Meester plays one of the Upper East Side's most wicked socialites on 'Gossip Girl,' and the young star admits part of her character exists inside her - and it's not Blair Waldorf's rare kindhearted moments.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Brittany Snow poses for a mug shot in the first poster for 'Valley Girls,' an upcoming episode of 'Gossip Girl' - and the backdoor pilot for its as-yet-untitled '80s-era spin-off.