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On the Upper East Side all the world’s a stage and our favorite Constance Billard/St. Jude’s seniors are its players.  The two schools put on their annual senior class play this past week; an elaborate production that most Broadway shows would envy (it seems like the UES is recession-proof).  Let’s just say The Age of Innocence was less drama-filled than the lives of our UESers.

Blair was playing the lead of Countess Olenska (aka Michelle Pfeiffer’s role in the movie).  Even though she had always fancied herself more of a May Wellington (aka Winona Ryder’s part), it sort of made sense she was the star.  I mean her life was kind of perfect.  Unfortunately perfect can never really exist.  Blair learned that Nelly Yuki got in early at Yale.  WTF?  Only one Constance girl ever got in early and that was already Blair.  Duh.  Blair was beyond pissed.  This must be a mistake!  But Headmistress Queller quickly told Blair that while she had told Yale Blair had finished her detention sentence, Yale received other news.  Someone had called the school anonymously and told them what Blair’s crime was.  I guess an ivy like Yale doesn’t think hazing a teacher is a quality their future students should have.  Blair’s acceptance was rescinded.  Yale was a no go.

Blair thought not going to Yale was the worst thing that could ever happen to her.  Not so fast, B.  We can top that.  I got an anonymous tip about Blair’s former flame Lord Marcus hooking up with his step-mom.  Of course, I sent out the blast.  Sorry, B.  Your skeletons are coming out of the closet faster than Clay Aiken.  Blair was convinced it was that evil hipster troll, Vanessa Abrams, who was spreading the rumors.  She was the only one who knew about the Lord and Catherine.  Watch out, V.  Nothing wreaks havoc like the Waldorf wrath.
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Meanwhile, Serena was all about the hot director of the play.  His name was Julian and he was some kind of wunderkind.  Serena was in awe and was determined to get him to like her.  Seriously, what is with Serena always falling for artists?  Get a new type, girl!  But anyway, Serena wanted Julian but sadly he wasn’t really into her.  So Serena recruited Vanessa (who was shooting a documentary about the play – ugh, what else is new?).  Vanessa was totally on Julian’s level re: film, music, art, you name it.  Serena could barely keep up with conversation.  But our girl Serena never quits.  She and Vanessa decided to pull a Cyrano de Bergerac.  While Serena sat “rehearsing” with Julian, Vanessa coached her through the powers of modern technology: a bluetooth.  Vanessa could hear everything and told Serena basically what to say word for word.  Julian was totally buying what Serena was selling.  Though as luck would have it, guess who happened to stop by while Vanessa was on the phone?  Why, V’s BF Nate.  He heard her talking and was totally taken aback.  Why the hell was his GF talking to Julian like that?

Oh Dan Humphrey.  He just couldn’t keep it in his pants.  He had Ms. Carr/Rachel on his mind.  Dan used his poor little sister as a letter mule.  Too bad, Jenny should just stick to being a costume assistant.  She sucked at delivering letters!  Jenny got caught by her dad who read the note and saw the accompanying key to Rachel’s apartment.  Turned out, Rachel wanted to see Dan just as bad as he wanted to see her.  Busted!  Rufus showed up at Rachel’s place and told her to leave his son alone.  OMG!  So embarrassing.  Way to ruin the mood, dad!

Blair wasn’t the only one whose secrets were being revealed by yours truly (hey, don’t shoot the messenger!).  I received a tip (anonymously, of course) about Serena being admitted to Yale solely because she was an ‘it girl’.  S wasn’t so happy about that.  Oops, my bad.  Serena had only told two people about Yale being after her because of her status: Dan and Blair.  Dan would never email a tip to GG.  This meant it had to be Blair.  S was livid.  Just because B was on a sinking ship didn’t mean she should bring S down with her.  Blair told Serena she didn’t do it.  Then Blair thought of something: Vanessa had told Dan about the Lord.  Thus he knew about both secrets.  The guilty party must have been Dan!  B was out for Humphrey blood.

The Age of Innocence is an elegant play.  One about social status and how the NYC elite lived in early 1900’s.  Unfortunately, the Constance Billard/St. Jude’s version was the opposite of graceful.  It seemed like everyone was on edge.  Nate was mad at Julian for trying to steal his girlfriend.  Serena was mad at Blair because she thought she leaked the Yale info.  And Blair wanted her leading man’s head on a platter.   Chaos!  Dan btw had just found a way to be with Rachel: the two got very, what’s the word, um friendly? in a costume closet.  Gross.  Anyway, when the play began our favorites were not performing like ladies and gentlemen of the stage.  Rather they were performing like their usual catty self’s.  Instead of reciting the written lines, they decided to improvise a bit.  Nate went on about how he hated this play, hated pretentious guys who tried to steal girlfriends (cough, Julian, cough) and hated his stupid hat.  It looked liked this drama went from a potential tragedy to a complete travesty.

Julian was beyond embarrassed and mad.  He was a theatrical genius!  This was not how the play was supposed to turn out.  Guess that’s what happens when you work with amateurs.  What a jerk.  Serena could not believe she wasted so much time crushing on such an a$$ like Julian.  That’s when Julian revealed the truth: he was gay.  Oh.  Seems like S’ gaydar was way off…
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As it turned out neither Dan or Blair or any of the students at Constance/St. Jude’s were the culprits in the revealing gossip scandal.  Rather the offender was, get this, Ms. Carr!  Yep, a teacher.  How, um, mature?  Yeah right!  Dan had told Rachel the details (what was that some sort of foreplay? Ew!) and Rachel took it upon herself to send me the tips (I didn’t even know old people knew how to do such things via internet).  Dan couldn’t believe that this woman who he thought was so worldly and grown up could do something like this.  She was just as bad as all the girls he went to HS with.  It was over! Blair also let Rachel have it.  Both their futures were ruined.  Now Rachel’s punishment was to get out of Constance and live with what she’d done.  Finally and for good: So long, Ms. Carr.

Meanwhile, Chuck was having his own drama (FYI he got out of doing the play via a doctor’s note, of course).  While dining with a friend of his late father’s, Chuck ran into Carter Baizen.  Yep, that Carter Baizen: the one who hustled Nate at that poker game last year and the one who was supposedly reformed now.  And guess who Carter was dining with?  Elle: the mysterious girl Chuck had that magical night with who he thought was missing.  Chuck was shocked to see her.  But she was way shady.  She told Chuck her name was Hayley.  Huh?  Something was going on…And it only got weirder when “Hayley” made a quick escape from the restaurant leaving Chuck and Carter in her dust.

But Elle soon came racing back to Chuck.  She was in trouble.  She met Carter and thought he could help her.  Now she was just so confused about what to do.  This gave Chuck an idea.  Maybe Carter could help her.  He did know everyone and would definitely be able to get Elle out of trouble.  Lord knows he was able to get himself out of trouble all the time.  Too bad for Chuck, when Chuck gave Elle to Carter, he revealed himself to be a member of that sketchy club too.  Yikes.  Who can you trust??

Elle finally returned to Chuck and told him she was forced to sign a contract saying she would never speak of the secret club ever again.  They gave her money and she was going to leave town.  Now that she had money she didn’t need Chuck.  Elle had actually just been using him.  But Elle told him he was a nice guy with a good heart.  He should give that heart to someone who cared for him.  LIGHTBULB!  BLAIR!

Chuck decided that he wanted to see Blair.  He went to her penthouse (awww).  Dorota told him she wasn’t at home.   Chuck said he’d wait (can I get another, awww?).  Little did he know, Blair was drinking her pain away.  She was depressed.  Her world was crumbling.  She had nothing.  Even Serena’s apology for assuming B was the gossiper didn’t help.  As luck would have it, Blair ran into an old friend at the bar: Our favorite bad boy, Carter Baizen.  Hmm…Blair and Carter?  This could make things very interesting.

Hallelujah!  Ms. Carr is gone!  It was nice (eh not really) knowing ya.  Have fun back at the farm.  Ah, the only two who seem to have won this week were Nate and Vanessa.  Their love is strong and their differences will only make them stronger, blah blah blah. Whatever.  I’m kind of feeling weird about this whole Blair/Carter thing.  What the eff is going on??  Poor C.  Looked like he was a little too late.  Ugh.  We can’t wait to see what transpires.  And just remember that no matter what happens the show must go on.  Xoxo Gossip Girl.

Spotted: S running after a cute arty looking guy outside of Constance.  We think it might be Julian, the play’s director.  Looks like someone’s got a crush…B getting her hair done at Paul Labrecque.  She’s obviously getting ready for her time in the spotlight.  V helping run lines with N at the Gallery.  Good luck with that.  J fitting a random St. Jude’s Senior for his coattail.  That girl sure knows a thing or two about clothes.  D lurking around the Constance English wing.  Looking for something, or rather someone, D?  C leaving a doctor’s office.  He looked totally fine.  Hmm…

Designer Marc Jacobs and boyfriend Lorenzo Martone are engaged! This has been confirmed by usmagazine. The two have only been together for a year but celebrities are very quick to get engaged and tie the knot. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with this couple.

Supermodel Elle Macpherson will be joining Mischa on the CW’s new show A Beautiful Life. Her role on the show is the owner of a modeling agency. According to hollywood reporter,

Macpherson will play Claudia, the owner of Focus Models, the top modeling agency in New York. She is an ’80s supermodel who is still in great shape and runs her business with the efficiency and toughness of a dictator.

It seems like the perfect role for her as she was the person in the 80’s that she is playing on the show.

 According to the Daily Express, Mischa has been told to gain weight because she is too skinny for her new show, A Beautiful Life.

“The producers are very mindful that their target audience is teenage girls so it’s important to not send out the wrong message, ” says a source.

Its great that the producers don’t want to make their teenage girl audience anorexic because of Mischa. She is all bones. She needs to start eating so she can be a good role model.

In an interview with EW, Beyonce talks about her favorite video games.

I like all the Wii games. Love Guitar Hero. This reminds me a little bit of a portable Guitar Hero, which is great, because I don’t want to carry around a big guitar! Growing up, I liked Tetris. I even like BrickBreaker on the BlackBerry.

She has also been recording a commercial for the new Nintendo DSi game Rhythm Heaven.

Celebrity Chef, Cat Cora will be opening her new restaurant, Kouzzina, at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort in Orlando. The restaurant will have a Mediterranean cuisine which reflects upon Cora’s Greek roots.

Walt Disney World chariman Jay Rasulo said, “I am pleased to welcome Cat Cora and her engaging new concept for Kouzzina to the Walt Disney World Resort…This collaboration between Cat and Disney represents a significant step in our ongoing commitment to offer unique culinary experiences and choices for our guests.”

It’s good to see how Disney is a part of offering healthier cuisine restaurants. People need to start eating healthier and I believe this restaurant is a great idea.

According to TMZ, a judge ordered a permanent injunction against Adnan Ghalib to stay away from Britney for 3 years. She had already had a temporary restraining order and Adnan did not show up in court today for the hearing so she got the permanent restraining order. Good for her!

Natasha Richardson was skiing on a beginner’s slope near Montreal with her sons when she fell and suffered a horrific head injury.

Since the injury, Richardson has been moved to a New York hospital. According to PEOPLE, a family friend has said

“There is no chance…it is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead.”

On Tuesday night, family and friends gathered for a vigil. Her family’s reps have not commented on her mental condition yet. What an awful tragedy. We can all learn from this and be more careful when at ski resorts as beginner slopes can be just as dangerous as expert slopes.

 Most of the contestants did an unpleasant job singing country songs last night. The two contestants that stood out and were applauded by the judges were Megan Joy Corkrey and Anoop Desai.

Last week Simon criticized Anoop’s performance of Beat It, but this week he redeemed himself and Simon Said he “managed to go from zero to hero.”

Although she had the flu, Megan sang I Go Walking After Midnight almost perfectly. You couldn’t even tell she was sick while she was singing. So far she is my favorite!

Lil Rounds should be the one kicked off this week. She sucked!