Last night was the second episode of (officially) the best guilty pleasure of the season — "Gossip Girl." If loving this show is wrong, I'm not sure I want to be right. It's like The OC on crack — more sex, more booze, more money. Love. It. Here are my thoughts:

• I really can't decide between whose side I am on between Serena and Blair. It's like my head is saying Blair while my heart is saying Serena. After last week I was outwardly Team Blair, but, well, she's kind of a bitch and Serena is trying to change? Kind of? Sigh, she's totally selfish. Well, to be fair, I'm kind of team neither. Fine, both.
• My Personal Fogey-Meter was off the charts when Chuck woke up next to two members of the hotel staff and casually offered them off to Nate. I know his dad owns the hotel, but come on now. Best parent being blasé about seeing underage child drinking award goes to Chuck's dad, saying to Chuck, "Lay off the scotch, it's barely noon."

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Last season, Thursday was the night I rarely budged from my couch, what with TV serving up a lovely cocktail of "Ugly Betty" plus "The Office" with a splash of "Grey's Anatomy" on top. This season's Thursday is already looking crowded, and several of the shows that make it such a blockbuster night — "30 Rock" and "Scrubs" on NBC, "Supernatural" on The CW — aren't even coming back just yet.

The rest are, though, starting with "Ugly Betty," which had one of the craziest cliffhangers of the spring. Tonight's premiere episode features a telenovela parody in addition to the big reveal of which characters made it through the finale's apparent bloodbath alive. Then, of course, there's a special hour-long episode of "The Office" going head-to-head with "Grey's" for the first time. Over on "CSI," the big mystery is the search for Sara, who was left for dead in the spring finale. And on "Smallville," Supergirl makes her first appearance. Add in "My Name is Earl," "Without a Trace," "Survivor" and the game shows over on Fox, and it's going to be a crazy night.

The evening's sole new network show is "Big Shots," which is heavy on the eye candy with Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus, and Joshua Malina (for those who prefer eye candy of the geeky kind). Unfortunately, I thought the pilot was pretty dismal, though I'm holding out some hope that things could get better. In such a crowded field, what are you planning to watch? To watch previews for several of the shows, just read more

"This is not my Addison." — Chief Richard Webber

Wasn't that quote, from the very first scene of "Private Practice," a funny way to start the series? It set us up for what we were about to see: an Addison different from the one we saw on "Grey's Anatomy," for better or worse.

Maybe it was a case of having low expectations going in, but I didn't think the first proper episode of "Private Practice" was awful. And yet, it was still a long way from being must-see TV. I didn't think it was bad, per se — just utterly ordinary, without a whole lot to bring me back. To hear my thoughts on it and share your own, just read more

Remember when I told you that Will Ferrell was auctioning off a role in his movie Step Brothers, with the proceeds going to charity? Well, we have a winner!

Clearly, Ferrell was right to appeal to kids' parents, assuring them that it would be "the surefire way to win the parent of the year award." The Dallas father of 10-year-old boy ended up with the winning bid of $47,1000 which secures his son a role as an extra in Ferrell's movie. Bidding started at $5,000.

The money will go to Cancer for College, an organization started by Ferrell's college buddy Craig Pollard who is a two-time Hodgkin's disease survivor. The foundation helps send current and former cancer patients to college.

The highest-bidding man wishes to remain anonymous, but said in a statement issued by the foundation, "Winning this auction means a lot to me on a very personal basis. I lost my mother to ovarian cancer a few years ago, so I feel fortunate that my 10-year-old and I are able to participate in an event involving Cancer for College and Will Ferrell."

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These two cast in a movie together, titled Traveling.
Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart will star in Traveling, a drama that will be Brandon Camp's first directorial project. So, maybe this is what Jen and Aaron were discussing when these pictures were taken.

There's no pair of jeans that fits both of them but...
The story follows "a floral designer [Aniston] who works in a Seattle hotel where a charismatic self-help guru is conducting a weekend seminar on coping with grief. As they get to know each other, she factors heavily into the guru's realization that he practices none of the principles he teaches."

Busy, busy Aniston.
Aniston's career is chugging right along these days, as she films He's Just Not That Into You followed by Management, with Steve Zhan. She was planning on doing a film adaptation of the book Marley and Me alongside Owen Wilson, but that project has been put on hold.

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Many people know Becki Newton as the catty, petty, insecure receptionist at Mode Magazine, the spiteful Amanda to America Ferrera's Betty on "Ugly Betty." But I know Becki as someone altogether different. She's warm, friendly, thoughtful and very funny. She's not really like Amanda at all, but she's insightful enough to know what goes into portraying an Amanda kind of girl. Recently I got to sit down with Becki and pick her brain about the show, her coworkers and who she looks to for inspiration.

How did you end up on "Ugly Betty"?
I auditioned for it last pilot season. I had read the script… I’d love to say that I found this part out, but it was just pilot season. I came across this script and I read it and I laughed out loud throughout the entire thing. And I did say to my husband, “I have to play Amanda.” I went in for the audition and imitated every girl that was ever mean to me. Imitated. The way girls look at you and make you feel really bad? I was like, I knew exactly what that look was. So I just went in and went for it. It was more fun than I’ve ever had in an audition.

I wondered if you ever gathered inspiration from certain people.
You know, I did… because the show is supposed to take place in New York, I thought of a lot of actresses in waiting rooms. So in situations where girls try to play the intimidation game? And it’s the way that girls carry themselves, the way they look at other girls… it’s a lot of looks. But a lot of it, too, it is the way they dress. There’s a lot of effort involved ‘cause I’m trying to look like there is no effort. But Amanda definitely practices her walk, in the mirror, nightly, trying to perfect it. And you know, once I got this part, I was trying to think of who I look to for inspiration, remember Carson Kressley from “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”? [He was] honest, but people loved him for it. He’d say really offensive things like, “Wow that’s ugly and you look horrible,” but the way he said it was weirdly honest and endearing and I thought, that’s an example of someone who’s brutally honest but you’re still laughing while he does it, strangely enough.

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