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- HOW THE NEW ‘GOSSIP GIRL,’ AND THE RT OF TEEN TV, GOT SO GAY
- GOSSIP GIRL'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSSEPTEMBER 26, 2007/8:58 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSSEPTEMBER 26, 2007 / 8:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GOSSIP GIRL'S GAY DAD","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-26T12:58:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-26T12:58:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK WHEN WE WERE TRACKG THE VAR FALL PILOTS AND THEIR GAY VISIBILY QUOTIENT, WE WEIGHED WHETHER GOSSIP GIRL, THE NEW CW SHOW OM THE O.C. MASTERMD JOSH SCHWARTZ, MIGHT BE WORTH A MENTN. BASED ON A SERI OF BOOKS, THE TALE OF AFFLUENT PREP SCHOOL TEENS DID FEATURE SOME GAY EXPERIMENTATN LATER VOLUM AND AN ABSENT GAY FATHER, BUT THE PILOT DIDN'T FEATURE EHER. BUT GIVEN SCHWARTZ'S WILLGNS TO FEATURE GAY CHARACTERS AND MAKE A STRAIGHT MALE "BROMANCE" THE CX OF THE O.C., WE DIDN'T GIVE UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THE SHOW'S BEEN PICKED UP, LOOKS LIKE THE GAY DAD CHARACTER WILL BE MAKG TO SCREENS, ACRDG TO MICHAEL AIELLO. A SEZ:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'LL SOON BE MEETG BLAIR'S DAD, WHO, ACRDG TO THE STG BREAKDOWN, IS "A CARY GRANT CHARMER WH IMPECBLE TASTE AND MANNERS." TRANSLATN: HE'S GAY! HE ALSO RIS PARIS WH HIS MOL BOYIEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N'T FD THE BREAKDOWN HE MENTNS, BUT THE CHARACTER SEEMS LE WH THE BOOK'S VERSN, WH A FEW MOR TWEAKS. ACRDG TO THE WIKI ENTRY ON THE BOOK SERI:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BLAIR HER CHARM, MONEY, AND SOCIAL CLOUT TO GET WHATEVER SHE WANTS. HER FATHER, ONCE AN UPTIGHT LAWYER, NOW LIV A FRENCH CHATE WH HIS VAR GAY LOVERS AND HIS TWO ADOPTED CAMBODIAN SONS, PG AND PONG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO LOOKS LIKE THE TV VERSN OF GAY CARY GRANT DAD ULD POTENTIALLY BE A LTLE B MORE SETTLED DOWN (WH ONE MOL BOYIEND STEAD OF VAR GAY LOVERS) AND MIGHT NOT HAVE ADOPTED CHILDREN NAMED AFTER TABLE TENNIS ... BUT WE'LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ANY RATE, THIS GIV A MUCH-NEED GAY JECTN TO THE CW, WHICH AT THIS POT IS PUTTG ALL S QUEER EGGS TYRA BANKS' FABULASHED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE KNOW MORE ABOUT STG AND WHEN AR OL' DAD MIGHT APPEAR, WE'LL LET YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
HOW THE NEW ‘GOSSIP GIRL,’ AND THE RT OF TEEN TV, GOT SO GAY
How the New ‘Gossip Girl, ’ and the Rt of Teen TV, Got So Gay - WSJ. In 2007’s Gossip Girl, the TV seri’ most proment gay character, the blond and prsed Eric van r Woodsen, spent the first season on suici watch at an upsle mental stutn. Back when we were trackg the var fall pilots and their gay visibily quotient, we weighed whether Gossip Girl, the new CW show om The O.
Based on a seri of books, the tale of affluent prep school teens did feature some gay experimentatn later volum and an absent gay father, but the pilot didn't feature eher. But given Schwartz's willgns to feature gay characters and make a straight male "bromance" the cx of The O. C., we didn't give up that the show's been picked up, looks like the gay dad character will be makg to screens, acrdg to Michael Aiello.
GOSSIP GIRL'S GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRIAN JUERGENSSEPTEMBER 26, 2007/8:58 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSSEPTEMBER 26, 2007 / 8:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GOSSIP GIRL'S GAY DAD","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-26T12:58:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-26T12:58:26.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK WHEN WE WERE TRACKG THE VAR FALL PILOTS AND THEIR GAY VISIBILY QUOTIENT, WE WEIGHED WHETHER GOSSIP GIRL, THE NEW CW SHOW OM THE O.C. MASTERMD JOSH SCHWARTZ, MIGHT BE WORTH A MENTN. BASED ON A SERI OF BOOKS, THE TALE OF AFFLUENT PREP SCHOOL TEENS DID FEATURE SOME GAY EXPERIMENTATN LATER VOLUM AND AN ABSENT GAY FATHER, BUT THE PILOT DIDN'T FEATURE EHER. BUT GIVEN SCHWARTZ'S WILLGNS TO FEATURE GAY CHARACTERS AND MAKE A STRAIGHT MALE "BROMANCE" THE CX OF THE O.C., WE DIDN'T GIVE UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THE SHOW'S BEEN PICKED UP, LOOKS LIKE THE GAY DAD CHARACTER WILL BE MAKG TO SCREENS, ACRDG TO MICHAEL AIELLO. A SEZ:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'LL SOON BE MEETG BLAIR'S DAD, WHO, ACRDG TO THE STG BREAKDOWN, IS "A CARY GRANT CHARMER WH IMPECBLE TASTE AND MANNERS." TRANSLATN: HE'S GAY! HE ALSO RIS PARIS WH HIS MOL BOYIEND."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N'T FD THE BREAKDOWN HE MENTNS, BUT THE CHARACTER SEEMS LE WH THE BOOK'S VERSN, WH A FEW MOR TWEAKS. ACRDG TO THE WIKI ENTRY ON THE BOOK SERI:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BLAIR HER CHARM, MONEY, AND SOCIAL CLOUT TO GET WHATEVER SHE WANTS. HER FATHER, ONCE AN UPTIGHT LAWYER, NOW LIV A FRENCH CHATE WH HIS VAR GAY LOVERS AND HIS TWO ADOPTED CAMBODIAN SONS, PG AND PONG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO LOOKS LIKE THE TV VERSN OF GAY CARY GRANT DAD ULD POTENTIALLY BE A LTLE B MORE SETTLED DOWN (WH ONE MOL BOYIEND STEAD OF VAR GAY LOVERS) AND MIGHT NOT HAVE ADOPTED CHILDREN NAMED AFTER TABLE TENNIS ... BUT WE'LL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ANY RATE, THIS GIV A MUCH-NEED GAY JECTN TO THE CW, WHICH AT THIS POT IS PUTTG ALL S QUEER EGGS TYRA BANKS' FABULASHED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN WE KNOW MORE ABOUT STG AND WHEN AR OL' DAD MIGHT APPEAR, WE'LL LET YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
" Translatn: He's gay!
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