Blake Lively and Penn Badgley: Hard at Work

Continuing to work on what’s now become an extended second season, Blake Lively and her off-screen lover Penn Badgley were spotted hard-at-work on the set of “Gossip Girl” in New York City on Friday (November 21).

Joined by co-star Taylor Momsen, the CW stars ran through a few sequences - during which it appears as if Blake’s Serena van der Woodsen character is a bit upset with Badgley’s Dan Humphrey.

Meanwhile, it was recently announced that Connor Paolo, who plays Blake’s little brother Eric van der Woodsen, has turned down an offer from the show to become a series regular.

“He probably didn’t want to commit to being ninth fiddle on a show,” a TV agent told of his thoughts on the reason for turning down the permanent role. “Sure, he’ll make less money, but he’s free to accept other opportunities in TV and film should they come along. It’s not a bad move if you have aspirations to do other things.”

Blake Lively Glams Up Gossip Girl

Looking her usual sexy self, Blake Lively was spotted hard at work on the New York City set of “Gossip Girl” on Friday afternoon (August 22).

The Blair Underwood actress has been filming the show’s new season in between promotional duties for her recently released movie, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2”.

Meanwhile, Blake has brushed off rumors that there’s a feud between her Sisterhood co-star America Ferrera and herself - which started when America allegedly rolled her eyes when Blake’s hit CW show was brought up during an interview.

Lively explains, “I haven’t even heard about it. I don’t ever pay attention to that stuff.”

Continuing on, the soon-to-be 21-year-old actress adds: “She’s one of my best friends in the whole wide world and honestly, when you’re sitting in a room for three hours doing satellite interviews… We were staring at a Post-It (note) with a smiley face, so I think I probably rolled my eyes a hundred times. I’m like, ‘Oh gosh, this thing is still going on?’”

Gossip Girl Catfight!

It looks like the new season of Gossip Girl is going to have plenty of drama, judging from the scene between Leighton Meester and Blake Lively that was filmed yesterday.

The “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” hottie and her brunette co-star were spotted flailing around and pulling each other’s hair on a balcony as the cameras rolled.

In fact, the upcoming season of the hit CW show is already creating drama with their new super-sexy ads. And Chace Crawford recently offered his explanation.

He told FOX Pop Tarts’ Hollie McKay, “Well, sex sells,” when asked about the blatantly sexual poses and facial expressions on the massive billboard advertisements and online banners.

Leighton added, “In my regular life I have a little brother who looks up to me, so I just try to behave for him. But people will still say whatever they want to.”

She continued, “The biggest thing I’ve learned is that everything that seemed so important when you were younger just goes out the window. What other people think of you — you just don’t care anymore when you get a bit older. You become more comfortable with yourself.”