Check out the first four minutes of the season 2 premiere of Gossip Girl! Be warned–it’s salacious. There’s also a short recap before the sneak peek actually begins.

The second season of Gossip Girl starts off steamy @ 8PM ET/PT on Monday, September 1. The season premiere of One Tree Hill follows.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of the new season of Gossip Girl so far — YAY or NAY?

Ed Westwick film scenes at a liquor store in New York City on Monday, shooting for an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl.

According to one witness, Chuck Bass (Westwick) gets a slurpee thrown on him during a gentrification/ re-development protest.

Pictured below: Ed’s costar Leighton Meester

Earlier this morning, their costar Blake Lively was spotted walking into her Gossip trailer. She celebrates her big 21 birthday today!

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Gossip Girl stud Ed Westwick hypes up the Coca-Cola new aluminum bottle launch at New York City’s Soho Grand Hotel on Thursday.

In this week’s Page Six Magazine, the 21-year-old British actor opened up about the “bootlicking” he’s received as being the villainous but charming Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl – and rumors he’s gay.

On his relationship with co-star and roommate Chace Crawford: “People think Chace is gay, and thought I was gay, that we were humping. It’s not true, but hilarious. People project their fantasies onto people. I’ve never been someone who makes it my objective to go out and pick up chicks. But I’ve met some fantastic ladies here. You know those amazing conversations where you find yourself in a café talking until 2 a.m. and never see them again.”

On refusing to let all the fan adulation go to his head: “There are perks to this job. We [the Gossip Girl cast] were all thrown into this situation with a lot of attention on us, and you get a lot of free clothes and s–t but that’s no reason not to stay grounded. What am I really doing, baby? Saving the world? Nah, I’m on television.”

On his portrayal as Chuck Bass being just as notable as his own bad behavior and sense of style: “Chuck is an iconic character and the clothes are iconic. I think I rock the look well. My style has always been good. Top notch, baby. I like the glamorous indie rock look, like the Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm.”

On not being shy about his late night partying, or his frequent visits to the clubs with his band Filthy Youth: “If I want to go out and drink and throw a glass in the street, I’ll do it. As long as the reason is that I want to have fun and not that I want to create some sort of tension around me. Then I’d be a d–k. But I’m not.”

On planning to enjoy the city and the last warm days of the season: “I love going out in the summer. The girls wear their nice dresses. Did that sound sleazy? It really did, didn’t it? Put it like this: Everyone comes out looking gorgeous in summer. We are a more beautiful species in the summer. No doubt Chuck Bass would say ‘cheers’ to that, baby.”

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The cast of Gossip Girl takes over New York City Ivy League school, Columbia University, to film scenes for the upcoming season of their hit CW drama on Monday afternoon.

If you want to stalk Leighton Meester, Blake Lively and Ed Westwick, they’re filming outside Lewisohn Hall and Earl Hall (on Broadway, north of 116th Street and west of Low Library). Filming will continue at “a bar on Amsterdam” later today, according to Bwog.

SPOILER ALERT: It looks like Chuck Bass (Westwick) must endure some sort of fraternity hazing process. Fellow castmates were seen bagging his head! BTW, they’re filming at Columbia but they’re really “at Yale”.

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The entire cast of Gossip Girl helps the CW Network celebrate the premiere party for the 2nd season of Gossip Girl hosted by VitaminWater at the EMM Group Estate on Saturday night.

Castmates hung out in the Don Julio VIP room including on-and-off-screen couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szhor. Blake paired a Ralph Lauren top and Delman sandals with her Whitley Kros white jeans.

The second season of Gossip Girl kicks off @ 8PM ET/PT on Monday, September 1. The season premiere of One Tree Hill follows.

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Blake Lively’s ruffled, backless top?

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Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick shows off a bit of his treasure trail while grabbing lunch with a mystery male at Nero restaurant in New York City’s Meatpacking District on Wednesday.

Nero serves up Italian-style seafood, poultry and steak dishes to the grooves of an in-house DJ.

The second season of Gossip Girl kicks off @ 8PM ET/PT on Monday, September 1. The season premiere of One Tree Hill follows.

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Ed Westwick spends the day on the set of Gossip Girl in Chinatown, New York City on Thursday.

The Gossip Girl star wore a goofy NY t-shirt before he started shooting his scenes, and then changed into a snazzy purple shirt later on.

While there had been rumors flying about a real-life relationship between Ed and co-star Chace Crawford, there seems to be no truth to them.

“You know what? Ed and I laugh about it,” Chace said in an interview with The Independent.

“It’s kind of funny. But it’s like, you know, I guess some people assume there’s a seed of truth to it. People think where there’s smoke, there’s fire. People think that, but they don’t realize that, er, it’s obviously, er, it’s just so amazing the way something can be… just a complete fabrication, yet it gets twisted.”

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Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick gets bottle happy at JFK Airport in New York City on Monday.

The 21-year-old British actor was at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday and got chummy again with co-star Chace Crawford!

Ed was also seen getting chummy with Allison “VV” Mosshart, The Kills front woman. According to OK!, they’re more than friends and spent the entire weekend together before Ed headed to the Teen Choice Awards.

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