THERE’S not much scandalous gossip about Blake Lively, but there certainly is a whole lot of buzz.

The 21-year-old blonde beauty was the breakout star on US television last year, with hit teen drama Gossip Girl.

She headlines the show as reformed wild girl Serena van der Woodsen.

The second season will be available exclusively on demand on SingTel mio TV from 8Sep.

Lively - who is currently dating her Gossip Girl on-screen love interest Penn Badgley - landed her first professional acting gig when she was cast in the 2005 chick flick The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants.

She reunited with her co-stars America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn for its sequel this year.

The 1.78m-tall California native is becoming such a hot commodity that she recently graced a rush of magazine covers.

She also landed on People’s Most Beautiful List and has been proclaimed one of ‘Hollywood’s New Wave’ by Vanity Fair and ‘Hollywood’s proverbial It Girl’ by Cosmopolitan. But Lively - who was senior class president, a cheerleader and a member of the championship show choir in high school - is simply a good girl at heart.

She told Seventeen magazine: ‘I once heard someone say that I’m similar to Paris Hilton - since I have a dog and blonde hair, that must mean we’re alike.

‘It’s a dumb thing to say… I don’t go to clubs, I don’t party, I don’t dance on tables and I don’t like sex tapes.’

YUMMY FACTOR: 3.5 out of 5

Chace Crawford
BEST known for his portrayal as promiscuous and conflicted rich kid Nate Archibald, Chace Crawford is the steamiest - and arguably the prettiest - cast member on hot US teen drama Gossip Girl, which revolves around the privileged lifestyles of Upper East Side prep school socialities.

This year, the 23-year-old Texan heart-throb won the Choice TV Breakout Male Star at the Teen Choice Awards and was listed on People magazine’s Single and Sexy Men of 2008 countdown.

While cracking the books at Pepperdine University, the 1.83m-tall part-time model tried his hand at acting upon his mother’s encouragement.

In 2006, Crawford landed his first major role in supernatural thriller The Covenant. But he didn’t gain fame until he created sexual tension between himself and co-stars Blake Lively and Leighton Meester on Gossip Girl.

He also nabbed headlines for dating American Idol 4 winner and country music sensation Carrie Underwood - until they split up earlier this year via SMS.

Unfortunately for the ladies, Crawford hates appearing topless on screen.

He even argued with TV bosses who tried to persuade him to strip to his boxers for an episode of Gossip Girl, where his character crashes on the sofa after a big night out.

He told OK! magazine: ‘No one does that. Why am I naked on my buddy’s couch? It was weird so I fought it.’

YUMMY FACTOR: 4 out of 5

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