Gossip Girl : Reel to Real life couples

Ok.. this is my favorite part..

It's no surprise when actors fall in love while working closely together on set. Look at Bogie and Bacall, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson and Bennifer.. it's safe to assume the same would happen to a cast of young, ridiculously good-looking people like those from Gossip Girl. The long hours, close quarters and buttoned-up cashmere cardigans would make anyone go crazy, right? But in this case, Cupid has been working overtime to turn GG's romances from reel to real life. Let's take a look at the misses and matches:

* Penn Badgley and Blake Lively:

Penn and Blake have known each other since they were 11-years-old, but the sparks didn’t fly until they began working on Gossip Girl in 2007. They’ve remain one of the most solid couples in Young Hollywood and often keep a low profile. Lucky for them, their on-screen character’s off-and-on romance has been a continuing storyline for Gossip Girl. While their GG relationship is back off, their Leighton Meester Sebastian Stan Gossip Girlon-screen love remains strong.

* Leighton Meester and Sebastian Stan:

While some believe Leighton fell for Sebastian after his first season guest appearance on Gossip Girl, it was actually co-star Chace Crawford who played Cupid for the couple. Together since last year, Leighton and Sebastian took their love on-screen in this past week’s episode where Sebastian’s bad boy character Carter Baizen tempts Blaire over to the dark side. Leighton gushes, "He reminds me of Ray Liotta."

* Chace Crawford and Taylor Momsen:

While their romance didn't last long, Chace and Taylor were another couple who's relationship went from reel to real. Despite their eight year age difference, rumors spread like wild fire when gossip sites caught Chace and Taylor smooching at a number of places in New York City. But that was short-lived. Whether or not the rumors were true, Chace and Taylor remain to be two of the last single people on the GG cast. That's good news for the ladies!

* Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick:

The latest Gossip Girl romance to stun fans (and disappoint women) is that of Jessica and Ed. The two were first outed as a couple when Jessica and Ed were seen spending Thanksgiving weekend together. They have since become attached at the hip, whether it's at a Knicks game or trips to Miami.

Presenting the Creator

Cecily von Ziegesar gew up in Manhattan and attended a small, private girl's school on the Upper East Side. She began writing poems and short stories as soon as she could hold a pen. Gossip Girl was her First novel. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter and son, and a nearly hairless cat named Pony Boy.

Dan Humphrey

Anyone for coffee and a cigarette? With his greasy dark brown hair and a body that subsists on Folgers, D writes love poems better kept secret. That didn't stop him from getting published in The New Yorker, singing for the Raves, and even hooking up with S. But even though he's had brushes with fame, D is content to brood in his apartment and scribble poems in his moleskin notebook, or spend time with his sonetimes-love Vanessa...

Jenny Humphrey

Sweet little J has a big heart - too bad it's hiding behind the only thing guys seem to see when they look at her!

J just wants what every girl wants : to get invited to all the coolesr parties and for everyone to know her name. Seeing how often she finds her name in the gossip pages, she ought to consider her mission a success.

J lives with her brother Dan, and her kooky dad Rufus, in a rambling apartment on the Upper West Side... but not for long. J is heading off to boarding school... watch out!

Blair Waldorf

Poor B - the world is always ganging up on her. her dad ran off to France with another man, and her mother married a loser. Despite her straight A's, she mearly didn't get into Yale, her dream school, and she was unceremoniously booted from her bedroom when her baby sister came along.

But don't feel too sorry for b. She happens to own a private tropical island, she's often compared to her idol, Audrey Hepburn, and she;s got Fredric Fekkai on speed dial. B may have been born into her fabulous UES existence, but she's also not afaraid to play dirty to get what she wants. And she knows exactly what she wants - or rather, who : her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Nate Archibald.

Serena van der Woodsen

Then there's S. She's the girl every guy wants and every girl wants to be. If she wasn't so nice, we'd have to pull her pretty blond hair out. She's been everywhere and done everything : she has her own brand of perfume, she's starred in a movie, and one of S's body parts was even plastered all over the city. But being stunning isn't always easy. S somehow manages to get herself into all sorts of trouble, especially with her best friend B - is it really S's fault that B's boyfriend loves her so much?

Who says S didn't find him first....

Nate Archibald

Oh N, why do we love you so?

With his gold streaked hair and glittering green eyes, N is the prince of all our dreams. He's the BMOC at Riverside prep, and has his pic of Ivy league universities. He also has two hottest best friends in town, B ans S. Two bad he can't figure out who he wants more. Poor guy. Maybe if he smoked up a little bit less, it would all become clear....

Maybe...