Gossip Girl fans know that Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle) tries to be the best father he can to Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny (Taylor Momsen). So in a way, this is a Father’s Day tribute to Rufus and the actor who plays him.

Settle is now the father of a little baby girl, Ava, and is now practicing what he preaches as far as fatherhood in his real life.

I thought in the Valley Girls episode in season 2, how interesting it was when Rufus became mad at Lily for purposely getting Serena (Blake Lively) arrested. Rufus was appalled that a mother would do this on purpose, and it almost ruined his relationship with Lily.

I hope that in season 3, Rufus advises Lily on parenthood some, as she doesn’t always make the best decisions. Not that any parent is perfect, but Rufus seems to try harder than most. Happy Father’s Day to all of the Rufus Humphreys in the world!

Gossip Girl and its stars racked up 10 TEEN CHOICE 2009 nominations.

The Teen Choice awards show will air from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT on FOX. No big surprise, but Twilight and its cast led the pack of nominees with 12 nominations. High School Musical 3: Senior Year and its cast, Miley Cyrus and Gossip Girl and its cast each scored 10 nominations. American Idol received seven nominations.

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Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2009 nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com. Winners of the coveted Surfboard awards will be announced during the coast-to-coast celebration broadcast from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.

What I’m most excited about is Gossip Girl being nominated as Choice TV Show: Drama, alongside some pretty tough competition 90210, Grey’s Anatomy, House and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley (Dan) and Chace Crawford (Nate) were nominated in the Choice TV Actor: Drama category. Others nominated were: Ken Baumann, The Secret Life of the American Teenager; Joshua Jackson, Fringe; and Dustin Milligan, 90210.

Gossip Girl stars Blake Lively (Serena) and Leighton Meester (Blair) were both nominated in the Choice TV Actress: Drama category. Others nominated were: Minka Kelly, Friday Night Lights; Olivia Wilde, House; and Shailene Woodley, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

In the Choice TV: Villian category, Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) was nominated. Others nominated were: Spencer Pratt, The Hills; Zachary Quinto, Heroes; Michael Rosenbaum, Smallville; and Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty.

Gossip Girl’s Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey) was nominated for Choice TV: Parental Unit. Others nominated were: Billy Ray Cyrus, Hannah Montana; Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin, 90210; Tony Plana, Ugly Betty; and Molly Ringwald and Mark Derwin, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Gossip Girl’s soundtrack was nominated in the Choice Music: Soundtrack category. Others nominated include: Hannah Montana: The Movie, High School Musical 3: Senior Year; Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience; Twilight.

In the Choice Male Hottie category, Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford was nominated. He’s up against Zac Efron, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Kitsch and Robert Pattinson.

In the Choice Female Hottie category, Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively was nominated. Others nominated were Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Vanessa  Hudgens and Beyonce Knowles.

Rufus (Matthew Settle) is still ticked off at Lily (Kelly Rutherford) in this Verizon Wireless spoiler video for the season 2 finale of Gossip Girl, “The Goodbye Gossip Girl.” Here, Rufus realizes that they already reserved seats together for the graduation ceremony.

I think the dude might have a heart attack if he doesn’t calm down soon! I know he’s pretty young, but carrying around that much stress is not good for you!

Cyrus (Wallace Shawn) and Eleanor (Margaret Colin), try to tell them - not knowing they are having troubles - to take the plung. “Marry before it’s too late,” Cyrus tells the unhappy couple.

But Rufus is mad at Lily for trying to bail him out secretly from the Poppy Lifton money scam and for putting her daughter Serena (Blake Lively) in jail to teach her a lesson.

In the finale, we are supposed to get our first glimpse at the love child of Rufus and Lily, ya know, the one they were told that died? Spoilers have said that the “love child” will be in the episode before he is revealed, so watch out for extra people in the show.

Gossip Girl dad Matthew Settle and wife Naama celebrated the birth of their first child, Aven Angelica, on Thursday, according to ET Online.

Settle plays Rufus Humphrey, father to Dan (Penn Badgley) and Jenny (Taylor Momsen) on Gossip Girl.

Back in November, Settle said he was "thrilled" to be a first-time father in real life.

We wish the best for the Settles as they celebrate a lot of new “firsts” as parents.

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The Humphrey men of Gossip Girl, Matthew Settle (Rufus Humphrey) and Penn Badgley (his on-screen son Dan) were both spotted on the Gossip Girl set on Feb. 23.

Dan is on his cell phone while Rufus is listening to music. Who do we think Dan is talking to? Rachel (Lauren Breckenridge) or someone else?

More photos of both men after the jump:

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Taylor Momsen (Jenny), Matthew Settle (Rufus) and Connor Paolo (Eric) were spotted on the Gossip Girl set recently.

Check out Taylor Momsen’s bangs. Her hair so much says “rocker girl.” Of course, Taylor loves to sing and wants to have her own band one day, so it may not just be for her character but for Taylor herself.

Personally, I think Matthew Settle looks pretty sharp in his scarf — giving our own Chuck Bass a run for his money!

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The new Gossip Girl episode “It’s a Wonderful Lie” was really an awesome episode in many ways because there was so much going on between several sets of characters — Chuck and Blair (drama), Dan and Serena (jealousy), Serena and Aaron (boring!), Dan and Lexi (chemistry), Rufus and Lily (cute!), Lily and Bart (drama), and the whole Nate, Vanessa and Jenny triangle. Add in a cameo appearance by Olympic gold star medalist Nastia Liukin, and you’ve got a packed episode full of juicy gossip!

In the pictures below, it was almost as if the wardrobe was its own character! I love Serena and Blair’s dresses. And these pictures are all keepers — from the one below of Dan and Serena having jealous issues to Lily and Rufus dancing together.

What photo do you like the best? Make up a caption to go with one of the photos and I’ll use them in a future post (keep them clean, please).

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Kristin at E! Online is reporting TONS of Gossip Girl spoilers in her new column, mostly about Lily (Kelly Rutherford) and Rufus (Matthew Settle).

Gossip Girl sources are telling her it’s possible that we will be able to watch webisodes of Lily and Rufus in their late teen years in the future (if the rumors are true). Read more

Matthew Settle, who plays Jenny’s and Dan’s father Rufus on Gossip Girl, says he’s "thrilled" to almost be a first-time father in real life.

He and his wife Naama Nativ (You Don’t Mess with the Zohan) were spotted last week at a dinner and a screening of the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, where he caught up with People magazine.

The couple said they are looking forward to their baby girl, though they are still undecided on a name.

From the picture, it looks like the baby could be here pretty soon!

So what is the secret Lily (Kelly Rutherford) was surprised that Bart (Robert John Burke) knew in a recent episode?

According to Spoiler Junkie, Gossip Girl may be borrowing a recent storyline from another CW show, 90210.

Follow the jump for the theory:

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