Gossip Girl Revealed?Today’s Daily News gossip columnist has a very, very upsetting Gossip Girl item. First, he reports that there are tensions on the set between Blair and Serena (Leighton Meister and Blake Lively, to those of you who insist upon dealing with this show in a world of reality). “Chace Crawford tends to stick close to Leighton, while Penn Badgley hangs on- and off-screen with Blake,” a source tells the saucy Aussie. “The crew will snag Blake for a scene just moments before it is shot so they can avoid any awkwardness with Leighton.” Not that a catfight between the show’s two female stars surprises us, but, come on, isn’t it a little clichéd? That’s not all Widdicombe has for us, though. He claims he knows the identity of Gossip Girl herself, the snarky Upper East Sider who narrates the show (using the voice of Kristin Bell). We’d tell you to stop reading right now in order to avoid spoiling your fun, but we find the candidate too unbelievable to be true. According to an on-set source, Gossip Girl is none other than Eric van der Woodsen!
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Will an Internship Auction at ‘Bazaar’ Attract the, Well, Bizarre?Would you like to be a down-market version of Lauren Conrad? Want to spend your workdays hand-washing Glenda Bailey’s coffee mug (as we’re told her intern does), fact-checking front-of-the-book nail-polish guides, and avoiding the withering glares of Bailey’s two assistants? Oh, and would you like to pay for the privilege? Then bid now for a one-month internship at Harper’s Bazaar! Charitybuzz.com is running the auction, and the cash will benefit Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. The numbers are already up to $725, although the estimated worth of the internship is $1,500. Why so low, we wonder? Isn’t this the job a million girls would kill for? Oh, right: This is Bazaar. Let’s just hope, you know, that someone does all the necessary background checks so that no real killers or psychopaths — or worse — old or fat or ugly people show up at the office, like adult career-changers or people from subpar colleges. Because Bazaar wants to do its part for charity and all, but who wants to be that charitable?
Bid now for an “amazing” internship with Harper’s Bazaar [Charity Buzz via Romenesko]