Lonely Boy is out; Sensitive Art Boy is in. John Patrick Amedori has been cast as Aaron Rose, a potential love interest for Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively), as first reported by E! Online. In the novels, Rose is an artist with a penchant for philanthropy.

Willa Holland (formerly of The O.C.) has also been tapped to play Agnes, a teen model/bad influence who befriends Little J., and encourages her to start her own guerrilla fashion line, sans Eleanor Waldorf.

What do you think? Are you saddened by the prospect of a Serena-Dan-less future? And are you ready for Jenny's hipster makeover?

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Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin will make a cameo on an upcoming episode of the hit CW show, Gossip Girl. Liukin, 18, was in Chicago Sept. 3 to tape an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Oprah booked Millennium Park, a 4,000-seat outdoor stadium in downtown Chicago, for her first show of the new season, during which she'll honor 150 Olympic athletes.

Fourteen-time gold medalist Michael Phelps will also appear on the show, along with gymnast Shawn Johnson, swimmer Dara Torres, Kobe Bryant and the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, and the women's and men's volleyball teams. American Idol winner David Cook will perform on the star-studded show.

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This week, Leighton Meester and Blake Lively both grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly's Fall TV Preview, and they're also telling us that they've closed a deal to guest star in a November sweeps episode of NBC's increasingly stunt-happy 30 Rock.

The Gossip Girl frenemies will play former high school classmates of Liz Lemon's in a flashback sequence that will reveal a shocking and deeply ironic truth about Tina Fey's morally superior alter ego: she was a Mean Girl!

Check out the HQ magazine covers of Blake and Leighton in our gallery here!

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A week after watching Blair Waldorf eat tuna truffle sandwiches at Geisha on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Sara Karp went to the restaurant to find her favorite "Gossip Girl" character's seat.

"I'm obsessed," said Karp, a 26-year-old interior designer who lives in the neighborhood. "I've been to most places the show has been filmed at."

"Gossip Girl," the CW network teen drama that began its second season this week, is the current buzz of television, luring fans to the New York venues frequented by its wealthy high school characters. Restaurants are offering menu items featured in the show, and blogs report cast sightings. BlackBook, an urban lifestyle magazine, posted a "Gossip Girl" tour of the city on its Web site last month.

"It's such a strong advertising vehicle for us because people are so into that show, so engaged," said Andy Donchin, director of national broadcast for New York media buyer Carat USA. Donchin's clients, including Papa John's International Inc. and Alberto-Culver Co., have bought time on the show to market pizza and Tresemme shampoo.

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America's TV viewers must love filthy rich, beautiful, conniving and mean young women.

That's what Marco Island-born actress Leighton Meester has been portraying as Blair Waldorf on The CW's "Gossip Girl."

The second season started at 8 p.m. last Monday and continues throughout the fall.

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The following has been added to the galleries:

- 622 Screencaps from "Summer, Kind Of Wonderful" - Proceed!

Enjoy! :)

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