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‘GOSSIP’Y NEIGHBORS

THE “Gossip Girl” romance between Serena van der Woodsen and Aaron Rose will be cut short, according to the CW – one of many plot shakeups for 2009.

Aaron Rose, the Brooklyn artist with a trust fund played by John Patrick Amedori, will not be returning from Argentina with Serena (Blake Lively) when the show resumes on January 5th.

Rose’s character is reportedly getting axed after producers and fans alike failed to warm up to his too-smooth persona.

But Serena will have enough on her plate after the passing of her stepfather Bart Bass (Robert John Burke), and everyone will be picking up the pieces – including new character Jack Bass (Desmond Harrington), Bart’s younger brother and Chuck’s uncle.

Jack appears to help Chuck (Ed Westwick) with his grief after his father’s death – although this reportedly may be a ruse while he tries to gain control of Bass Industries.

Rumor has it that Chuck will be named CEO of the billion-dollar real estate empire, according to his father’s will.

While there’s little word on where the will leaves Lily Bass (Kelly Rutherford), she’ll be dealing with the fallout after her love interest, Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle), discovered that she gave birth to their secret love child at the age of 19.

Rufus seeks out the whereabouts of his mystery child, and while producers reportedly haven’t decided if it should be a boy or girl, the half sibling of Dan and Serena could be appearing around April or May.

Not only does Dan (Penn Badgley) find out about his half-sibling, he gets a new love interest – the hot new Shakespeare teacher (Laura Breckenridge) who will flirt with him.

It may not be enough to distract him when Yale early acceptance decisions come out, though – and the graduating seniors are reportedly to attend three different colleges next year.

The mean girls still reign at Constance Billiard, which Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) will have to contend with when she returns to school in January after dropping out to pursue her fashion design career.

Michelle Trachtenberg is also rumored to have another guest stint on the show as evil Georgina Sparks, who was sent off to a boot camp for troubled girls at the end of the first season.