Teen sitcoms written by adults (aren't they always?) can go very badly (think melodramatic The O.C. with a vacant Mischa Barton) or rather well (like Dawson's Creek, which launched a couple of young Hollywood careers.) And as I've mentioned before, I'm a card-carrying Gossip Girl fan, from the fashion to the soundtrack to the scripts, loves it. I was excited to hear that it was getting its own prequel/spinoff set in 1980s Los Angeles. But after network upfronts, the fate of the still-untitled show is still in limbo; fingers crossed.
Not only would I get to indulge in eighties fashion porn ranging from stirrup pants to lace gloves and tutus, but I'd get a peek at a city I don't know much about, save for an ill-fated trip I took a few years ago thinking I'd rekindle the love with my already-ex-boyfriend. His California was as glossy as it looks in the InStyles and US Weeklys, from the Chateau Marmont to Robertson Boulevard. But there's an underground L.A., too, with a thriving music and fashion scene, and I think the writers aim to capture that - only 20 years earlier.
Brittany Snow (pictured, left, with Krysten Ritter) will play Lily Rhodes, mother of GG socialite Serena van der Woodsen, in all her fab teendom. Lily flees her posh Santa Monica boarding school to join her "rebellious" sister on the Sunset Strip. I hear Lily has some Almost Famous moments, giving up the groupie love, and that's how she eventually encounters GG's veteran rock star, Rufus.
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