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Yes, Then Zero
"Yes, Then Zero" is the 88th episode of the CW television series, ''Gossip Girl'', as well as the first episode of the show's fifth season. The episode was written by executive producer Joshua Safran and directed by Mark Piznarski. It aired on Monday, September 26, 2011 on the CW. "Yes, Then Zero" opens the fifth season with most of the cast settled in Los Angeles for the summer. Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) has found a job working for a production company but finds herself at odds with a co-worker. Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) and Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) spend the summer together as Chuck adopts a new philosophy that could potentially endanger him while the mysterious Diana Payne (Elizabeth Hurley) takes an interest in Nate. Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) asks a favor from an engaged Prince Louis ( Hugo Becker) to keep his work from getting published. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) faces tension from Louis' mother regarding the wedding preparations and her relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gossip Girl
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series created and developed by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and based on the series of novels of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. It follows a group of students on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose private and social lives are chronicled by the unidentified blogger "Gossip Girl". The series was broadcast on the CW from September 19, 2007, to December 17, 2012, spanning six seasons and 121 episodes. The series' main characters include socialite Serena van der Woodsen ( Blake Lively), her popular frenemy Blair Waldorf ( Leighton Meester), her mother Lily van der Woodsen ( Kelly Rutherford), and her love interest Dan Humphrey ( Penn Badgley), an aspiring writer and scholarship student. Other main characters include Serena's ex-boyfriend Nate Archibald ( Chace Crawford), his best friend Chuck Bass ( Ed Westwick), Dan's sister Jenny Humphrey ( Taylor Momsen), Dan's childhood friend Vanessa Abrams ( Jessica S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The CW Television Network
The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership interest. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names of its two founding co-owners CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Nexstar acquired a 75% controlling stake in the network on October 3, 2022, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery ( CBS Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Television's respective parent companies) each retaining a 12.5% ownership stake. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006 as the successor to UPN and the WB, which had respectively shut down on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18, 2006 and September 19, 2006 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW marked its formal launch date on September 20, 2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of ''America's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David O
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production Assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a member of the film crew and is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production. The job of a PA can vary greatly depending on the budget and specific requirements of a production as well as whether the production is unionized. Production assistants on films are sometimes attached to individual actors or filmmakers. Television and feature film In unionized television and feature film, production assistants are usually divided into different categories. Variations exist depending on a show's structure or region of the world. *''Office PAs'' usually spend most hours in the respective show's production office handling such tasks as phones, deliveries, script copies, lunch pick-ups, and related tasks in coordination with the production manager and production coordinator. *''Set PAs'' work on the physical set of the production, whether on location or on a sound stage. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaylee DeFer
Kaylee DeFer is a retired American actress. She was best known for her portrayals of Hillary Gold in '' The War at Home'', and of Ivy Dickens in ''Gossip Girl''. Early life DeFer was born in Tucson, Arizona. In 2003, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Career DeFer made her acting debut in a March 2004 episode of the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Drake & Josh''. She has since made a number of guest appearances on television shows such as ''Quintuplets'', ''Ghost Whisperer'', '' CSI: Miami'', and ''How I Met Your Mother''. DeFer appears on the cover of Reeve Oliver's second album, '' Touchtone Inferno'' (2007). In May 2004, DeFer was cast as Scarlett on The WB's drama series ''The Mountain''. The series follows the personal lives of the staff and friends at a remote ski resort. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, but was cancelled after four months. In April 2005, DeFer landed a role on the Fox sitcom '' The War at Home''. The series centers on the day-to-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Meester
Leighton Marissa Meester ( ; born April 9, 1986) is an American actress, singer, and model. She is known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf on the CW television series ''Gossip Girl'', which ran from 2007 to 2012. She has also appeared in films such as ''Killer Movie'' (2008), ''Country Strong'' (2010), ''The Roommate'' (2011), ''Monte Carlo (2011 film), Monte Carlo'' (2011), ''The Oranges (film), The Oranges'' (2011), ''The Judge (2014 film), The Judge'' (2014), ''The Weekend Away'' (2022), and ''EXmas'' (2023). She portrayed Angie D'Amato on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Single Parents (TV series), Single Parents'' (2018–2020). Meester made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in ''Of Mice and Men (play), Of Mice and Men'' (2014). For her leading role in The CW, the CW/Stan (streaming service), Stan comedy drama series ''Good Cop/Bad Cop'' (2025present), Meester was nominated for the Australian Logie Awards, Logie Award for Best Actress. In addition to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Badgley
Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix psychological thriller series ''You (TV series), You'' (2018–2025). Badgley came to prominence playing Chance Chancellor, Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (2000–2002). He featured in the comedy films ''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006), ''Drive-Thru (film), Drive-Thru'' (2007) and ''Easy A'' (2010), the thriller films ''The Stepfather (2009 film), The Stepfather'' (2009) and ''Margin Call'' (2011), the biographical film ''Greetings from Tim Buckley'' (2012), and the drama film ''The Paper Store'' (2016). Early life Badgley was born on November 1, 1986, in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Duff and Lynne (Murphy) Badgley. His father had worked as a newspaper reporter and then as a carpenter and home builder. He was the Green Party of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chace Crawford
Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his television portrayals of Nate Archibald on the series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012), and of Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep in the television series '' The Boys'' (2019–present) and the resulting franchise. He is also known for starring in the films '' The Covenant'' (2006), '' The Haunting of Molly Hartley'' (2008), '' Twelve'' (2011), and '' What to Expect When You're Expecting'' (2012). Early life and background Crawford was born in Lubbock, Texas. His father, Chris, is a dermatologist, and his mother, Dana, is a teacher. He has a younger sister, former Miss Missouri USA winner and Miss USA contestant Candice Crawford. Crawford was raised a Southern Baptist. While his father was a medical student, Chace lived in Bloomington, Minnesota, for four years, attending Ridgeview Elementary School. When his father completed his training, the family moved back to Texas and settled in Plano, a subur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Westwick
Edward Jack Peter Westwick (born 27 June 1987) is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's ''Gossip Girl'' as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series ''White Gold''. He made his feature film debut in '' Children of Men'' (2006) and has since appeared in the films ''Breaking and Entering'' (2006), '' Son of Rambow'' (2007), '' S. Darko'' (2009), '' Chalet Girl'' (2011), ''J. Edgar'' (2011), ''Romeo & Juliet'' (2013), '' Bone in the Throat'' (2015), ''Freaks of Nature'' (2015), '' Billionaire Ransom'' (2016) and ''Me You Madness'' (2021). Early life Westwick was born in Hammersmith, London, and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. He was born the youngest of three boys for Carole (née Blenkiron), an educational psychologist, and Peter Westwick, a university lecturer. He began music lessons and attended a Saturday morning drama school from the age of six. Westwick was educated at The Barclay School and North Hertfordshire College, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Lively
Blake Ellender Brown (born August 25, 1987), known professionally as Blake Lively, is an American actress. A daughter of actor Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial project ''Sandman'' (1998). She had her breakthrough role in ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' (2005) and its 2008 sequel. Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in the CW teen drama television series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012). During this period, she also took on supporting roles in the romantic comedies ''New York, I Love You'' (2008) and '' The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'' (2009), as well as in the thrillers '' The Town'' (2010) and '' Savages'' (2012). Lively shifted her focus to films in ensuing years. She starred in the romantic fantasy '' The Age of Adaline'' (2015), the survival film '' The Shallows'' (2016), the comedy '' Café Society'' (2016), and the comedy thriller '' A Simple Favor'' (2018) and its 2025 sequel. She expanded her ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
