Josh Schwartz Archives

Rachel Bilson is led through the paparazzi by a gal pal Jill Stonerock as they leave Bardot lounge in Hollywood on Thursday night (August 6).

The 27-year-old actress was there to celebrate pal Josh Schwartz’s 33rd birthday. In the pictures below, Josh is wearing the blue/red plaid shirt and is holding his wife Jill’s hand.

Josh and Jill were married in September 2008 and had Rachel serve as the the maid of honor at the wedding.

Who else was there for Josh’s birthday bash? Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford and Melrose Place’s Ashlee Simpson. (Josh created Gossip Girl and The O.C., which helped launch Rachel’s career.)

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Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, Gossip Girl’s creators and executive producers, were at the Apple store in SoHo, NYC on Tuesday to talk about their hit CW show.

According to Nylon, Josh said, “We’re not doing things according to the books anymore. Because in the books, each character turns gay and then straight like ten times. I don’t think the CW would be really into that… actually, neither would most of the actors.”

Alright, not ten times. How about five then?

Josh also mentioned Michelle Tractenberg, aka bad girl Georgina Sparks, would be back. “It’s safe to say you haven’t seen the last of her,” he admitted. We sort of hate Georgia Sparks but sort of love Michelle Tractenberg, so that sounds like a mixed bag to us.”

EW also reports that Laura Breckenridge (Related) is joining the cast as Rachel Carr, the new English teacher at Constance Billard who doesn’t’ get along with Blair (Leighton Meester).

Rachel Bilson serves at the maid of honor at the wedding of her longtime best friend Jill Stonerock on Saturday at a ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif. (For this special occasion, Rachel, 27, designed her own the bridesmaids’ dresses with designer Brian Reyes.)

Jill married 32-year-old Josh Schwartz, the creator of The O.C., Gossip Girl and Chuck. Rachel was a series regular on The O.C. and has made cameo appearances on Chuck (Season premiere on Monday, Sept. 29).

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