'Gossip Girl': Original Cast Members Returning for HBO Max Series, Producer Reveals (Exclusive)

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Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are collaborating again! On Thursday, the pair teamed up for a new version of “The Joker and the Queen,” a track that first appeared on Sheeran’s album, =, last year.

“Reno 911″‘s best and brightest are back.

Betty White was branded a "f***ing c***" by her co-stars.The Hollywood legend Betty died from a stroke which she suffered almost a week before she passed away at the age of 99 on the last day of 2021.Casting director Joel Thurm has disclosed that her main co-stars Bea Arthur and Rue McClanahan - who have both passed away - did not like Betty and called her profane names.He revealed: "Literally Bea Arthur, who I cast in something else later on, just said, "Oh, she's a f***ing c***," using that word."Joel appeared on The Originals podcast hosted by entertainment journalist Andrew Goldman where he announced Betty's tumultuous relationship with her Golden Girls co-stars.Andrew who was absolutely thrown back by the revelation, responded: "Bea Arthur called Betty White a C word?"Joel added: "Yeah, she called her the C word. I mean, I heard that with my own ears."The casting director then added that Betty was branded the curse word by her other co-star Rue who played the show's Blanche Devereaux.He added: "And by the way, so did Rue McClanahan."Rue McClanahan said it to me in Joe Allen's [restaurant]; Bea Arthur [when she was] on the set of Beggars And Choosers."Casting director Joel revealed he's sharing juicy behind-the-scenes details alongside a number of tell-all stories in his forthcoming book Sex, Drugs, & Pilot Season: Confessions Of A Casting Director.Nearly a decade ago in 2011, Betty addressed the on-set tensions with Bea in an interview with the The Village Voice.She said: "Bea had a reserve.

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Francia Raisa loves that touches on important topics.The 32-year-old actress opened up to ET's Leanne Aguilera about getting the chance to incorporate important Latinx topics on the fourth season of the Freeform show. The show has been touching on the Black Lives Matter movement, and the new episodes will take a look at immigration and the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Devon Terrell (Cursed, Barry) is set as a lead opposite Aida Osman and Kamillion in Rap Sh*t (working title), HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions.

Antonio Ferme editorWhile the original “Gossip Girl” series didn’t expose Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) as the secret Gossip Girl until the series finale, HBO Max’s new incarnation reveals in the first episode that a group of teachers are behind a Gossip Girl Instagram account that spies on students to spill their secrets.In an interview with Variety‘s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin, the producers of the reboot series were asked how they avoided making these teachers come off as creepy while they followed and tweeted about their students.

The Cut editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner. This series has the fashion bona fides of its predecessor.Former Constance Queen Bee Blair Waldorf wore her headband like a crown…but current school ruler Julien shaves her head, establishing a new look.

Anna Tingley All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.If your shoes grant you access to the top of the Met’s status-bearing steps, then they’re a really, really good pair of shoes.For new-girl-at-school Zoya Lott (played by Whitney Peak), the Dan Humphrey-inspired character in HBO Max’s much-anticipated “Gossip Girl” reboot, a crisp pair of limited-edition Beyonce Adidas sneakers are her golden ticket onto the topmost steps, and with it into her estranged half-sister’s reigning friend group.

HBO Max), is set in the same world as the original series but follows a new cast of characters. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) and Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) might have moved on from their prep-school days, but nine years after the original “Gossip Girl” blog went dark, a new generation of New York teens must deal with the ramifications of social surveillance that spills their secrets and follows their wild antics.

anticipated update dropped its first episode Thursday, wasting no time answering the biggest question that once lorded over the original series: is Gossip Girl? Instead of keeping alive the mystery behind Manhattan's all-knowing pot-stirrer, the new series revealed that the new class of wealthy elites at Constance Billard are being tormented through a reborn Instagram account by their very own teachers, led by the uncool Kate Keller (played by Tavi Gevinson). The reason behind the teachers' united front to «resurrect» the dormant Gossip Girl? To rebalance the power dynamics at the school.

As the Gossip Girl reboot inches closer, a lot of new revelations have been made about the 2007 show. Now, the creators of the iconic teen hit are opening up on who was supposed to be the real GG.

The creator of the new Gossip Girl extension series is explaining why none of the lead stars of the original series will be appearing in the new version.

Hey Upper East Siders, Us Weekly here — and we’re about dish on all the fabulous (and we mean fabulous) fashion from the Gossip Girl premiere. 

reboot on HBO Max wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Kristen Bell. ET's Leanne Aguilera spoke with the creators and cast at the premiere in New York City, and they talked about Bell returning to her role as the voice of Gossip Girl that she had in the original series.The new series takes place nine years after Penn Badgley's Dan Humphrey revealed himself to be Gossip Girl, as a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.

Dax Shepard has no problem poking fun at his wife, Kristen Bell. The 46-year-old actor filmed 40-year-old Bell trying out cryotherapy on Wednesday. For the process of exposing her body to subzero temperatures, the mother of two rocked a purple bikini, sweatband, boots and mittens. «You look like a Bond villain girl? One of the two,» Shepard quipped to his wife from off camera.

The Bold Type.Jane, Sutton and Kat ended things with one last heart-to-heart in the fashion closet. wrapped its fifth and final season on Wednesday, and ET's Leanne Aguilera got the series' stars to weigh in on where their characters ended up.Katie Stevens' Jane Sloan shocked everybody in the finale when she turned down the job of editor-in-chief at , and instead opted to quit the magazine and travel the world as an ode to her late mother.«I was excited when they first told me about it, because I was like, 'Yes, send this type A, needs-to-let-go girl on an journey,'» Stevens told ET.

HBO Max, in a series set nine years after the original Gossip Girl website went dark in the original, beloved CW series, with a new generation of New York private school students.Kristen Bell is returning to be the voice of Gossip Girl, after narrating the entire original run of the show, and one thing we do know is that the plot of the new Gossip Girl will not revolve around the mystery of who the gossip maven is, but rather another twist.For all the details on how to watch the reboot, premiere date, cast and more, read on below.The new series will debut on HBO Max on Thursday, July 8.Subscribe to HBO Max for $14.99/month to watch the reboot. If you had HBO before HBO Max launched, you may already be subscribed.