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What's Going on with Blake Lively?

Blake’s big month — Deadpool, It Ends With Us, and more. She’s everywhere … but should she be?

Blake Lively has managed to pull off the impossible. It used to be rare for a television star to make the crossover to movie stardom. From George Clooney to Will Smith, few actors in the 90s pulled off that feat. And while it’s a bit more common now, only a select group have soared from teen drama to A-List status.

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I grew up during Disney Channel’s golden era — you know exactly what I’m talking about. It was the when Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs) were at their prime and peak Disney TV starring the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, the Sprouse twins, and more. In hindsight, it was wild. There has never been such a hotbed for stardom since Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera were all on the Mickey Mouse Club.

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Deuxmoi is the next generation of Gossip Girl

Deuxmoi

“Hey, Upper East Siders. Gossip Girl here.”

Just thinking about that line gives me a rush of serotonin. What could rival the rush of hearing, “Spotted: Blair Waldorf seen on the steps of the Met with Nate Archibald…”

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The question: Why?

Attention Upper Eastsiders, as they say, the Gossip Girl reboot airs its first episode on July 8th, and photos of the new "it" group of NYC have been plastered on billboards for weeks, watching over the city with judgment for weeks.

The trailer dropped on June 10th and anticipation is ramping up for the new series. The original iteration was based on the bestselling novels by Cecily von Ziegesar and captured audience attention from 2007 to 2012 with its gripping tales of the glamorous, dramatic lives of New York's Upper East Side teens. Starring Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, and Ed Westwick, the cultish teen drama has earned itself a place in the cultural canon that obviously, almost a decade later, begged a reboot.

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The First "Gossip Girl" Reboot Trailer Is Here

Grab your popcorn, Upper East Siders.

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Spotted: The new trailer for HBO's upcoming Gossip Girl reboot.

Almost a decade after the original Gossip Girl series left the air (and an undeniable legacy in teen drama), we're officially back on the Upper East Side. The trailer, which boasts a perfect utilization of Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids," already has the Internet in a frenzy. Watch it below.

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TV Lists

The 6 Best New Year's Eve TV Specials

Here to help ease our collective yearning for companionship are some of the best New Years' Eve parties on TV.

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What are your plans for New Year's Eve this year?

It's likely you don't have any, which is okay, but obviously a little bit depressing. To help ease your sadness this NYE, why not ring it in vicariously through some of TV's best NYE shindigs?

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