Best of 2008

Scene Stealers: The TV Stars We Had to Watch

Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick! The Hills' Audrina Patridge! See the small-screen stars who kept us captivated. By Serena Kappes

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LEIGHTON MEESTER & ED WESTWICK ON GOSSIP GIRL

The show's creators called Meester's Blair Waldorf and Westwick's Chuck Bass the king and queen at the center of the Gossip Girl chess game. In the twisted web of the Upper East Side soap opera, Meester and Westwick are so good at being bad that fans can't get enough. And while waiting to see what dirty plan they'll hatch next, you want for Blair and Chuck to get back together just to see their chemistry in action.
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Country's Breakout Year (Hello, Taylor!)

From Taylor to Keith Urban, see how Nashville's A-listers took over the world – and MTV!

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