Paparazzi!: Family Ties

Can you see the resemblance? Gossip Girl father and son Matthew Settle and Penn Badgley make a dapper pair at the launch of Jonathan Adler for 7 for All Mankind in New York City Wednesday night.

Lady Gaga on Her Gossip Girl Appearance: ‘It’s Very Peformance Art’

When Lady Gaga planned an appearance on Gossip Girl, she had an idea of what she’d be wearing. But in true Gaga style, the end result was something of a spectacle.

“We discussed having a very flowy red dress,” she said on the set of the show after filming a performance of her new single, “Bad Romance.” “But [the dress] arrived today and it’s about 30-feet long! That was an adjustment. But nothing that I couldn’t handle.”

She can say that again: Gaga worked the epic garment in rehearsals, wowing the crew who watched her intently as she and her dancers put on a show.

“It’s a little bit more of a fashion montage,” she says of her performance on the show, which aired las night on the CW. “It’s very performance art.”

But the storyline is pure Gossip Girl. On the episode, Blair (Leighton Meester) feels the need to impress her new classmates at New York University and gain some traction in the social scene, so she promises a private concert with Gaga.

“I do like the show,” says Gaga, who caught up on several episodes while working in Germany. Her youngest sister, adds Gaga, is “the hugest fan.”

As for her audience, the pop star says there’s an overlap among her fans and the show’s viewers: “I’ve got so many young fans,” she says. “I forget sometimes, but I try to be mindful of that in my work.” And the performance, she promises with the slightest of smiles, will thrill.

“For me, this is one of the most innovative ways an artist has performed on a television show,” she says. “It’s exciting.”

Ménage à Trois at Gossip Girl

Well, this is bound to cause a scandal — or at least a few OMGs!

According to http://www.ew.com/, Gossip Girl’s November 9th episode will feature a sex romp with three — count ‘em, three! — characters at the same time.

The report did not reveal which three characters would participate in the scene, though it does let slip that the ménage à trois will take place in a bed. (That’s right! In a bed!) It also had some possible combinations for the lusty event, but did not divulge who gets in whose pants.

Our bets are on the femme fatale Blair luring bad boy Chuck into the sack with gay NYU grad Josh. We know the guys are going to kiss, afterall.

Where’s Mr. Furley (from the 80's sitcom "Three's Company" to put a stop to this hippie free-love nonsense when you need him?

Neal Bledsoe Talks About Ed Westwick Kiss

Neal Bledsoe opened up to Entertainment Weekly about kissing Ed Westwick in an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl, airing October 19th.

Here's what the 28-year-old actor had to say:

On how life has changed in the past week: My mom is certainly a thousand times more proud of me. And it was my first experience with the paparazzi knowing my name, which was strange. I thought maybe Neil Diamond or Neil Sedaka was standing behind me.

On his character on Gossip Girl: Initially I was supposed to play the dean of the freshman class. But then they hired a 28-year-old actor so that seemed like a little bit of a stretch. Now I play a lawyer who is a very well connected alumni at the university who has a hand in deciding who is going to give the famous freshman speech.

On if kissing Ed was awkward: No. We were both professionals about it. [It helped] that we got to know each other a little bit beforehand. And we certainly rehearsed it more than a few [times]. I would characterize it as a nice kiss. … He kisses just like Chuck Bass.

On what’s in store for him: I don’t think I’d be breaking my confidentially agreement by saying this: I’m going to be in the Sex and the City sequel.