Gossip Girl

The scandals in Gossip Girl are never as salacious as they purport to be. Every week without fail, we rile ourselves up in anticipation of deceit and intrigue, and are instead are only left marginally satisfied. It’s a bit like watching a play underwater. You see what’s happening, you hear what’s happening, but the effect is somehow lost. Everything is muted, distorted,...

At this point, Ivy is probably wishing that she just stuck it out on the West Coast with her boyfriend, because Diana Payne is milking her newest employee for all she’s worth.

Still, “Charlie ” seems to know that presentation means everything, and in this week’s “The Fasting and the Furious” ep, she looked perfectly put together in an ensemble that’s...

Diana Payne was sure that Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and family company, would elicit some scandal, but it’s clear that she hasn’t been around the Upper East Side that long. Our favorite scandalmongers hardly need an excuse or a holiday to cause drama, and with the release of Dan’s book still weighing on everyone’s mind, there was a lot of it still hanging in the...

It truly seems that the focus on music is far less central than it was in days of yore. Still, that doesn’t mean the few songs they do play are any less amazing. If you were too slack-jawed trying to keep up with all the OMG-tastic moments of last night’s ep, “The Fasting and the Furious,” to pay attention to what songs were playing — then allow us to share the...

The theme o' the week was atonement. As the Gossip Girl guys and gals observed Yom Kippur in “The Fasting and the Furious,” everyone was seeking forgiveness from those they'd wronged. A few of our fave moments of food-deprived OMG-ness.