Gossip Girl Threesome Stirs More Controversy

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Editorial, Gossip, News, Rumors,

Hit teenage drama show Gossip Girl continues to anger parents everywhere after news of a threesome scene on Monday’s show leaked. Nothing new there, eh?

The Parents Television Council has their knickers in a bunch, deeming the scene “reckless and irresponsible” and attempting to get the network to not air the episode.

“Will you now be complicit in establishing a precedent and expectation that teenagers should engage in behaviors heretofore associated primarily with adult films? CW has been defending graphic content on Gossip Girl by asserting that they don’t target teenagers. Such a claim doesn’t even pass the ‘laugh test,’” said Parents Television Council President Tim Winter in a statement released yesterday.

I mean, this is the same show that heralded seemingly-negative reviews (“Every parent’s nightmare,” “Mind-blowingly inappropriate,” and “A nasty piece of work”) by slapping them on top of provocative, sexual pictures of the show’s characters for their season two ad campaign. They also garnered hype for the much anticipated gay kiss.

My point?

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Gossip Girl Embraces the Criticism

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, The CW, Gossip,

Were you one of those bothered by Gossip Girl’s last promotional campaign? Well, then you should know that the producers have been taking in all the comments. In fact, they were nice enough to incorporate some of them into their newest print ads.

You can view two more juicy scenes after the jump.

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Is Gossip Girl’s New Ad Too Much?

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, The CW, Gossip,

This is one of two ads being used to promote Gossip Girl‘s return to the CW.  (The show will start airing new episodes starting April 21.) 

Don’t freak out.  This shot of Serena and Nate is from the drama’s pilot.  Another ad will focus on Blair and Chuck.

What do you think?  Is this campaign taking things a bit too far?  Or is it just tantalizing enough to make people want to watch?

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Hollywood Reporter

Justin Timberlake Wins Emmy For HIs ‘D—- In A Box’

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, FOX, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Internet,

Just a day before racking up Moon Men at the VMAs, Justin Timberlake added a more significant statue to his mantle:  an Emmy.  It’s probably the only award he received last weekend that was actually about a video.

Timberlake and Andy Samberg‘s work on the digital short, ‘D—- In A Box’, earned them the Outstanding Original Music & Lyrics honor at Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards.  The performance, which originally aired on Saturday Night Live last December, has been an internet favorite ever since.

Does an award for this racy segment mean the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has suddenly become hip?  Probably not, but we can always hope.  Be looking for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards to air this Sunday (9/16) on FOX.

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