The Gossip Girl cast returned to the set this week to start filming season three.

Thankfully, our Gossip Girl guys, including Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick shaved before returning to set! In fact, Chace’s hair is completely different. His hair is pushed back and is a more styled it seems.

I wonder what Chuck Bass will be doing this season? He’s always up to mischief so it should be interesting now that he’s out of high school. The world is practically at his feet.

And they are LOOKING GOOD! Follow the jump for more photos of Crawford and Westwick on set.

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When The CW upfronts were held last month, the Gossip Girl cast talked to numerous news organizations during the big media event. Out of that, we’ve seen several interviews (and photos) of the cast. Here’s another good interview from E! Online,which includes Blake Lively (Serena), Leighton Meester (Blair), Jessica Szohr (Vanessa), Taylor Momsen (Jenny), Dan (Penn Badgley) and Chace Crawford (Nate).

Blake Lively talks about her tour of Asia. Notice she doesn’t talk about it, but Penn Badgley went on the same trip - together, of course. She also is working on getting her scuba diving certification, which Leighton Meester jokes around a little with her. Leighton says Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina) will be around some in season 3 to make college miserable for Blair, and Serena will be looking into her father’s whereabouts.

Jessica Szohr thinks the beginning of season 3 will be focusing on college, while Taylor Momsen hopes Jenny shapes up high school now that she’s the Queen Bee.

Penn Badgley just shaved a beard. Personally, I’m glad I didn’t have to see it. Oh, and he says he and Blake are “too young” to think about marriage.

 Chace Crawford is asked about the Footloose movie for the upteenth time. The news that he was definitely getting the part was pretty fresh at that time, so I bet he was asked that question a hundred times. Basically, he had to work the movie into his Gossip Girl schedule.

Amanda Setton, who plays “mean girl” Penelope on Gossip Girl, shows her “sweeter” side while posing for CupcakeStop.com in New York City on June 3. CupcakeStop prides itself on being NYC’s first mobile gourmet cupcake shoppe.

Some of the cupcakes on the menu include triple chocolate, oreo crumb, red velvet and psychedelic tie dye.

Specialty cupcakes (available on certain days) include items like peanut butter and jelly cupcakes and cappuccino cupcakes.

If you are on Twitter, you can follow CupcakeStop to find out where they are headed!

They also sell coffee, tea and other beverages to accompany your sweet treat.

Do you think the mobile CupcakeStop will visit the Gossip Girl set in the near future? I think it’s a definite possibility.

Here are more photos of Amanda promoting the CupcakeStop:

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Filming for season 3 of Gossip Girl starts in mid-June. So what do the Gossip Girl stars think is coming up on the show for their characters? This video was taken at the CW upfronts last week.

Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) thinks her time with Nate (Chace Crawford) backpacking in Europe will have consequences. I’m not sure if she’s saying this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Penn Badgley (Dan) is ready for his character to loosen up quite a bit and enjoy being young. I think Penn wants to play the bad boy but is stuck in the good guy role.

Blake Lively (Serena) thinks it will be interesting for her character to try to find out more about her father and learn about her mother’s past (can you smell the Gossip Girl spinoff?).

Here is a video featuring the Gossip Girl cast at the CW Upfront presentation on May 21 in New York City.

Later, the cast spent more time together posing for photos at the CW Upfront party.

Are you as excited about Season 3 starting as I am?

WPIX-TV in New York interviewed the cast of Gossip Girl at the CW upfronts on Thursday. The reporter talked to Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass)about his new role in the movie Wuthering Heights, Chace Crawford’s (Nate Archibald) role in Footloose and how it feels to not be the new guys at the upfronts.

We also learned that the cast will start shooting season three in June, so their vacation time is almost over.

Blake Lively (Serena) enjoyed her vacation time (with Penn Badgley, though she didn’t say it) in Thailand, India and Maldives.

This definitely is an OMG moment.

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester — Gossip Girl’s own Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf — on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a very naughty photo.

When I was sent the photo to share, the subject line on the email said “Not even Chuck Bass can’t top this.” That’s so right. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) could only hope to be this “bad” in a photo shoot.

From what I’m hearing, the Rolling Stone interview has some really good stuff in it like Are Leighton and Blake friends in real life?

The Gossip Girl boys took the writer drinking and Ed Westwick shared some great tales as well. Wouldn’t you have liked to be a fly on the wall? I can’t wait to see the story.

Except for the blonde on the right who’s not a cast member, the picture above is a pretty cool Gossip Girl cast photo, taken on March 17 during a break from filming.

Chace Crawford (Nate), Taylor Momsen (Jenny), Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) and Penn Badgley (Dan) are seen walking to their next scene.

Check out the next photo (after the jump) which has Szohr and Connor Paolo (Eric) along with Momsen who is in total rocker-girl mode! Taylor Momsen looks fabulous!

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You gotta feel sorry for the cast of Gossip Girl. I’m sure they can’t wait until winter finally leaves New York City. Pictured are Penn Badgley (Dan), Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) and (after the jump), Chace Crawford (Nate).

These photos from the set were taken on Jan. 19. While I’m sure fans love getting a glimpse of their favorite cast members filming in NYC, I’m sure they just prefer shooting everything inside!

What do you think Dan and Vanessa are discussing? Are they talking about how things are going down the tubes with Serena (Blake Lively) or is Vanessa dishing about her relationship with Nate? Maybe Dan is talking about his crush on his new teacher?

More photos after the jump:

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The gorgeous Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald) wants your jeans.

Yes, you heard me — he wants them — well, he actually wants them for a charity project called Teens for Jeans.

Teens for Jeans is a national campaign, launched by Aéropostale and Do Something, empowering little ol’ you to collect jeans for homeless teens.

As Chace says in the campaign video, one in three teens are homeless.

Just drop off any pair of gently worn jeans to any Aéropostale store between January 26 and February 22 and they will be donated to a lcoal homeless shelter or charity. (Click here to find the Aéropostale store near you)

As a way to say thanks, Aéropostale will give you an additional 25% off your next pair of jeans.

Last year the campaign collected over 125,000 pairs. This year the organization is hoping to help twice as many teens. Click here to find out information about starting your own jean drive.

Chace’s video is awesome - especially the outtakes at the end!

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