Call the wahmbulance! Chace Crawford thinks he's being used for his good looks. The Gossip Girl actor often questions the show runners when they want him to appear shirtless, mostly because he wants to preserve the integrity of his acting. He tells the magazine: "There was an episode where we were crashed out on the sofa after a big night out and they wanted me to wake up in my boxers, so I argued with them about it. I mean, first of all, who gets wasted with their buddy, and smokes weed and then strips down to their boxers before they pass out on the couch?! No one does that. Why am I naked on my buddy's couch? It was weird so I fought it." Some people probably do that! Plus, Chace, really? Don't be that way. We all know why you're on the show.

From an old lady who doesn't know where her pants are, the Post's Cindy Adams. On teen soap Gossip Girl's potentially gay-for-each-other duo of dreamy Chace Crawford and steamy Ed Westwick: "It's who they're playing with off the show that's causing the juices to flow. Is all I'm saying."

["Gossip Girl" Hamptons Watch, day one million. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley are seen here, on a beach somewhere in Long Island, eating watermelon. This was taken today; image via Splash]

From the mixed up files of Craigslist comes a Missed Connection from a dude who must be an actor or some sort of bigwig behind-the-scenes person on raggedy teen soap Gossip Girl. The show has been filming in the Hamptons recently and this CL poster was enamored with a bikini-clad blonde nymph, an extra who had "the body of a goddess." And don't worry, blondie, your Romeo is fairly certain you'll figure it out—"if you see this you probably know who I am," he writes, romantically. So are you out there, dreamgirl? Do you know who he is? If not, read more about yourself and your thwarted romance after the jump.

[Blake Lively filming "Gossip Girl" (because, really, why stop now) on Tilden Beach in the Hamptons today; image via INF]

[Leighton Meester and an unknown dude film a scene for "Gossip Girl" (and you thought I was done for the day!) in the Hamptons today; image via INF]

I know, I miss it too. I've been trying to give you some information on beloved (by a select few) New York teen soap Gossip Girl, but the summer is a quiet time for TV news. Luckily for us, on this lovely summer Wednesday, while our Upper East Side friends are busy filming in the Hamptons, a few GG-related items have floated onto my desk, like glorious Burberry-winged butterflies.

James of Park Avenue Peerage is rushing to the defense of one of his most beloved. Tinsley's (now shelved) reality show on MTV was not supposed to be about her; she was going to host a "competition show," okay? Oh, and in case you're wondering about her GG appearance, she wore a "self-designed Riccimie by Tinsley Mortimer shirt, jeans by Earnest Sewn, and sultry Manolo Blahniks." Sounds fierce, J. [PaP]

Describing your stalker sighting with only the words "Gossip Girl" and "gay" makes it difficult for me to post it to the map. C'mon, stalkers. Step it up. Offender after the jump.

Gossip Girl's Ed "Chuck Bass" Westwick was in a car accident! But don't worry ladies (and gents), his leonine good looks are intact and he's still playing music.

• Anne Hathaway's ex, Raffaello Follieri, was arrested yesterday, as you may have heard. Things haven't improved much behind bars. He's already been hospitalized (he collapsed) and tested positive for drugs (opiates). His lawyer is still in the process of rounding up the $16 million he needs to make bail. We can just imagine the awkward convo he's having with Anne today. [NYP]

[Ed "Chuck Bass" Westwick of teen soap "Gossip Girl" on the show's Hamptons set yesterday; image via INF]

Good gravy. Tinsley Mortimer is making a cameo on Gossip Girl next season, which she filmed over the weekend in the Hamptons. The handbag-designing, gobbledygook-talking Upper East Side socialite is a natural fit for the Upper East Side teen soap, we think. One wonders if she'll be playing herself or a character, perhaps named Brinsley Lorimer or something (who maybe eats banana peels and falls down the stairs a lot.) It's somewhat exciting news for Mortimer fans who were undoubtedly saddened by the untimely passing of her scuttled reality show. ("It was incredibly boring. The project is dead." Ouch!) Tinz joins fellow socialite Lydia Hearst, who guested on the first season finale back in May. Above is a picture of Ms. Mortimer on the set (via INF), and after the jump is an exclusive clip from one of her GG scenes.

Tinsley Mortimer is shooting a Gossip Girl cameo in the Hamptons today. The details of whom the star socialite be playing, how many words she will actually utter, or just how long she'll be on the show haven't been disclosed. Needless to say, any specifics that do emerge will be breathlessly reported by NY Mag as soon as humanly possible. [Paper, Just Jared]

["Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively in the Hamptons, where filming has begun on the show's second season; image via INF]

An intriguing little tidbit has just crossed our desk: news of a Gossip Girl video game! Now it's just a rumor at present but it sounds promising. I mean it makes perfect sense. New York-set teen soap Gossip Girl's viewer base, gay men and the girls who quietly pine for them, perfectly syncs up with the typical video game demographic. (Uhm... because boys who play video games are scared of gay men and girls?) What will one do while playing the GG video game? Well, other than lying on one's stomach in the den, kicking one's feet in the air, and absentmindedly twirling one's finger in the controller's cord, one will "explore the hippest social hot spots of New York City and attend the most fashionable parties." Oh my! That sounds just like the show. Read a full description of the ruuuuumored video game after the jump.

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Warning! Cougars are everywhere! They're reading you your evening news, confusing dead people, and threatening day hikers and naturalists nationwide. And now they're going to be on the damn Gossip Girl. Yes, impossibly-named actress Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks) has just been cast on the Upper East Side teen soap as Catherine Mason, an older woman who aims to seduce our prettiest young thing, Nate (played by Chace Crawford). Well, that's good news I suppose. Nate could use some spicing up, as his character is currently about as bland as impossibly gorgeous bland people can get. Also nice to hear that they shored-up some casting after their Hamptons open casting proved to be a complete disaster. But "cougar." Grr. (Noise-pun not intended). That may just be EW's word, but we kinda doubt it. Is anyone as sick of that term as I am?

Celebrity gossip. Some of us love it, some of us hate it. Most of us, though, sort of love to pretend to hate it but secretly love it. Though, admit it, lately it's been a bit staid. Everything now just seems a bit tired (or, you know, British). So is celebrity gossip really dead? For our sake, we hope not. And, really, we don't think it is. We're just in a time of change, the old guard is leaving and a new, squeaky foaming-at-the-mouth group of celebutantes is entering. People are so very tired of Britney, she does nothing but ride tiny cars these days, and Lindsay Lohan seems actually (shriek!) sorta cleaned-up and is working. So let's get on with the new ones. But who will they be? Well, as is (sigh) clearly evident, young starlets will get the brunt of gossip's harsh glare, but there will be some men, too. Find our picks for 16 of America's next top freak idols after the jump.

• Amy Winehouse fainted at home yesterday and spent the night undergoing testing at a London hospital. So far the tests have proved inconclusive and doctors are stumped as to what exactly happened, which clearly means they're not reading the tabloids. [Reuters]