But, we’re here for the music! And below is the playlist from the episode, “A First Time for Everything.” You’ll see that it has a very definite theme.

The Carrie Diaries Music

• “Like a Virgin” – Madonna
• “Lucky Star” – Madonna
• “Material Girl” – Madonna
• “Borderline” – Madonna

And, as usual, there’s a really cool mixtape graphic to go along with this playlist! And you can click to enlarge it. You can also check it out on our The Carrie Diaries Pinterest board that even the illustrious costume designer (Gossip Girl, The Carrie Diaries) Eric Daman now follows! (Hi Eric, we heart you as much as we heart pink ombre tulle skirts. Suffice to say, we heart you a lot.)

Why not dress like Madonna and sing along? That’s how I’ll be spending MY morning. C’mon, 80′s fashion was … amazing.

This was season 1, episode 12 for TCD.

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Previously…

As we mentioned, she’s been involved in some other projects that were super stylish. On the film front, she co-wrote the movie “Just My Luck” which starred Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine. I fondly remember this movie for having really great fashion – including a dress that the characters namedropped as having been Sarah Jessica Parker’s. And that name doesn’t seem to be an accident, because Harris also was a co-producer for Sex and the City, also writing two episodes of the series. And to polish this all off, she’s also written two episodes of  the uber stylish Gossip Girl – “Memoirs of an Invisible Dan” and “Cross Rhodes”.

Puppy Lover

Harris is a huge dog lover. She was executive producer of the 2008 web series “Puppy Love” and for the 2008 film “Gone to the Dogs”. In 2012, she wrote an AOL web series called “Fetching”.

Harris talked to us on Twitter and said her dog, Oscar, is exactly the same kind of dog Charlotte Yorke had on Sex and the City. Charlotte’s dog was named Elizabeth Taylor, and Amy’s dog is named Oscar. They’re both Cavalier King Charles pooches, and Harris got her as soon as Sex and the City wrapped.

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Besties

Her best friend is named Jill. She wrote, “my first day of high school a girl came in late to class. The only seat was next to me. Still my BFF after all years. Happy bday Jill!!” (Source)

Simple Eats

She eats egg whites on toast for breakfast every day. Which is pretty healthy and filling, although who knows about the taste level…

Good Company

She’s friends with the style savvy Adam Glassman, who is the creative director for The Oprah Magazine.

We hope to get the chance to interview Amy B. Harris in the future, and then we’ll have even more juicy goodies for you to learn about one of your favorite new people!

Sources: Wikipedia, Amy B. Harris, Twitter

The Carrie Diaries premieres this winter on The CW, starring Anna Sophia Robb. The executive producers are Miguel Arteta, Candace Bushnell, Len Goldstein, Amy B. Harris, Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz.

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Previously on Gossip Girl season 6… Dan was evil, then good, then evil and then a question mark. And he loved Serena, then didn’t, then loved her. And Nate was told by his inappropriate high school lover to go after Gossip Girl one more time. Then there was Georgina Sparks, lurking around and being Dan’s unofficial publicist because she’s one of the only good characters on the show. Lily was back with Bart, but hiding from him. But, who cares because he’s dead! See, Blair and Chuck witnessed Bart falling to his death. And that was murky territory since they could have saved him. So now, two of our lead characters have participated in accidental murder… Which is shady and gross… but, don’t worry because we’re going to sweep that under the rug!

Because this was the Gossip Girl finale, I was able to get excited about this episode. Not so much for the rest of this season. I mean, we can all admit the quality of the writing and plot on GG has declined, even when the Gossip Girl fashion didn’t. (The hair styles also, mostly, declined, oddly….Someone must have hated Blake Lively…)

A lot of newer characters like Sage and Ivy were in play, even though I’m not sure anyone ever warmed up to them. But it was great to see Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) in heavy rotation. There was also Uncle Jack (Desmond Harrington), Cyrus (Wallace Shawn), Eleanor Waldorf (Margaret Colin) and all sorts! Plus, Taylor Momsen had a guest appearance as little Jenny Humphrey. Plus — Eric (Connor Paolo), Vanessa (Jessica Szhor), Agnes Andrews (Willa Holland), and Juliet Sharp (Katie Cassidy)!

Gossip Girl is… Dan!

Who would have surprised us to be revealed as Gossip Girl? I don’t know, maybe Rufus? Dorota? Well, no matter. It’s Dan! Did the series always know Gossip Girl was Dan? I don’t think so. Which is nuts, because it’s not like they had Lost-quality secrets to deal with. They just had to tell us who the identify of one anonymous blogger was! They just had to pick one name that made sense. And they … well, didn’t really.

While the finale worked hard to be like “oh, see these are times it totally could have been Dan” I think there were way too many times it makes no sense for Gossip Girl to have been Dan at all, even based on where he logically was doing during posts happening. (Especially since the show pointed out that Jenny didn’t have the password or access to the site, but she could talk to Dan about having anything removed for her.) Basically, it was a cheat.

Dan could not have been Gossip Girl for a million reasons during the course of the series. I like the idea of him being that. And I like to believe they figured out it should be Dan in season 5… But I don’t think they ever set out knowing who Gossip Girl would be. And that became a problem for their finale. The more I talk about it, the angrier I get… so let’s just move on. Dan is Gossip Girl, blah blah. Whatever! (He WAS the only real writer,I guess…)

Serena and Dan + A Very Special Dan Serena Wedding

I didn’t like this pair together anymore, and it doesn’t really make sense that they’d reunite. But via flashbacks, we could remember how much we used to like them. Serena’s wedding dress of white and gold seemed very her. And so, I suppose it was nice in the end that they got their happy ending.

The Chuck Blair Wedding

Wanting Chuck and Blair to get married right away meant there was no time to remember that Chuck and Blair did a pretty horrible thing. It was unusual that no one even questioned why Chuck and Blair were having a rushed wedding.

I loved seeing everyone running down the stairs to the fast wedding. And the wedding itself was gorgeous.

Blair’s wedding Dress (Ellie Saab) was… actually nice. As was her tiara and her earrings. For the type of wedding she was having, it really worked.

Five Years Later…

We knew Nate was older because he had his hair slicked back.

Chuck and Blair had a kid… who wears suits. Henry! Or Henri? What happened to Blair’s season 6 minor crush named Henri?

Blair’s silver dress at the end was amazing.

Eric was back!

Taylor really was back! With the flash back I thought that might be all we got of her.

Rufus and Lily really weren’t back together. Sad! But Rufus married Lisa Loeb!

Georgina and Jack?

And I loved how it all ended on Serena, the same way it started. Even though season 6 made her seem so sad and desperate, we can remember how great this character used to be. And maybe will be in her future, too?

Misc. Gossip Girl Review Notes:

• A great Bonnie and Clyde cover opened the episode.
• I loved the flash back to high school. With all the old looks, I wonder if Blake Lively and Penn Badgley had any old loving feelings. And I did like the attempt to bring much of this Gossip Girl story back to being about Dan’s POV into the Upper East Side.
• I loved Nate, suddenly. I’m not sure why. Because he was protective and it was hot?
• The Ivy and William storyline was incredibly boring and predictable.
• Kristen Bell and Rachel Bilson cameos! God, loved that. And those two are actually pretty friendly, so I liked imagining they really are friends who hang out a lot.
• I really can’t believe Rufus and Lily didn’t make up for the finale. What was the point of William, just to give Lily someone so she wasn’t an old maid? Gah.

There was a nice cohesiveness to the finale. Which is funny to type… because in many ways there was such a garble of things going on… but somehow… they made it work.

Goodbye to Leighton Meester, Blake Lively, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford. They were our core teenage cast.

To the parentals like Matthew Settle and Kelly Rutherford, you’ve earned applause.

Also, good luck to Kaylee Defer and Sofia Black D’Elia. You weren’t used well on Gossip Girl, but there’s always future projects.

To all those and more, we wish you luck.

And though this is not at all the saddest thing going on in the world by any means, I still found myself sad about the ending of Gossip Girl. It was … an interesting show. I wouldn‘t call it a great show. I think the quality declined greatly after the first few seasons. I think a lot of the lessons people will take from the show are ultimately pretty unhealthy… But it launched careers for Leighton Meester, Blake Lively (et al), gave us great fashion, and gave us more of the good ol’ New York City.

And even when NYC’s a bitch, we love her. Or love to hate her. Really, we’re all so emotionally unstable we can’t settle on just one stance… Which was kind of why the fictional Gossip Girl site was invented…  We love, we hate, we scheme, we grieve, we wear ugly shoes and kiss the wrong people… We’re basically so awesome we never stop. I don’t even sleep anymore.  So maybe it’s time for a spa retreat. On a high mountain with monks and no talking or texting or – you’re right, I’d never make it through one day of that.

Well, I’ll be updating, blogging, tweeting, pinning, liking, tumblring, viggling and such later, so this really isn’t goodbye.

XOXO

Gossip Girl

Nothing about them was simple….
Dorota about Chuck/Blair: Could take long time to explain.

Good question!
Eleanor: Well, this is ridiculous. It’s not like Blair and Chuck killed the man. …Did they?

Suddenly he was less evil…
Jack: Blair, you can come out. Uncle Jack’s here to help.

Very true…
Chuck: I don’t feel guilty, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not.

Aww…
Blair to Chuck: Every trembling bone in my tired and scared body wants to marry you.

“Definitely” is an understatement…
Blair: You said you never wanted us to be boring. Well, we definitely aren’t that now.

We knew it was coming…
Chuck: Blair Cornelia Waldorf, will you marry me?
Blair: Yes. Yes, I will.

Snort!
Lily: The good news is we can do the same thing we did last time Bart died.

This was a meet-cute…
Jack: Hey. You Georgina Sparks?
Georgina: Depends on whose asking. You KGB?
Jack: JXB, Jack Xavier Bass.

Finally, some wit!
Jack: No Bass man would let himself be stopped by a little thing like a tri-state APB.

This is what the show was all about…
Serena: What does “one of “even mean?

I Do….
Chuck: Three words, eight letters.
Blair: One word three letters, yes.

Surprise!
Nate: It’s not Gossip Girl, it’s the Spectator.

Heh!
Rachel Bilson: You are not going to believe who Gossip Girl is
Kristen Bell: Wait, Gossip Girl is real?

Voiceover gold…
Dan: If I wasn’t born into this world, maybe I could write myself into it.

Gotta love her…
Georgina: I hacked it and stole it from him, that makes me way more awesome.

Many did…
Blair: I always thought it was Dorota.

Touche!
Dan to Blair: This whole time, I had more power than you.

Huzzah?
Dan: Gossip Girl’s dead.

But…
Gossip Girl: There will always be someone on the outside, wanting to get in. Who am I now? That’s one secret I’ll never tell. XO XO Gossip Girl

At the end of “The Revengers” (Gossip Girl Season 6, Episode 9) Bart Bass was hanging from a ledge. There was ample time and chance for Chuck and/or Blair to reach for him, but they didn’t.

Bart had all about admitted to trying to have Chuck killed, so his son wasn’t in a particularly good mood. Chuck has also been on a mission to get rid of his Dad.

Blair was likely respecting Chuck’s choice not to save Bart, although she also has to live with her choice too.

Are you glad Bart was left to die, or do you think it was a particularly dark move to have two of the Gossip Girl characters make?

Don’t forget, the Gossip Girl finale airs in one week!

Photo: The CW

Of course it is…
Dan: I don’t need a beday.
Georgina: It’s for me.

There’s time for this…
Blair: Do one thing before you go, kiss me Chuck Bass.

A potential new job?
Georgina: There’s a whole untapped niche in Schemers for Hire.

Preach!
Blair: Bart Bass may be able to fool the FBI but he’s never had to face off against Blair Waldorf and her Bitches.

The same thing always happens to us!
Blair: Apparently my town car has been absconded by a ruthless billionaire, so if you’d please send another, preferably with different, less devious driver…

It’s hard to imagine him looking bad…
Sage: TMZ leaked your mug shot and you looked really cute.

Disheartening as ever…
Sage: I go to Constance, I know an eating disorder when I see it.

She is a superhero, is how!
Nate: I don’t know how Clare Danes does this, spying hurts my head.

You don’t hear this every day…
Chuck: You aggravated him with your topless antics.

Metaphor time!
Blair: We need you to be the goat.

Is that why all these kids are so smart?
Ivy: Am I the only one who didn’t study Byzantine warfare?

Photo: The CW

The Sage Style Files

Sage, Sage, Sage… (Sofia Black D’Elia) I can’t say I appreciate her character all that much. But her outfit in the beginning of this episode was pretty great. Specifically, her layered necklaces.

Great Balls of Fire, it’s Georgina Sparks

Georgina (Michelle Trachtenberg) is undefeated in terms of being an underused and under-appreciated character on Gossip Girl. I loved her outfits, major blinged out jewelry and how she interacts with “little bed wetters”.

Blair as Stripper Pocahontas

It’s totally absurd, and I’m not even … you know what? I’m speechless. But she wasn’t. Here are some of the quotes Blair said: “Did somebody order a Thanksgiving spread.” There was also, “It’s been too long since Monaco, Pocahontas needs her John Smith.”

The Original Breakfast Club

Once again, Dan is an outsider and Serena, Nate, Blair and Chuck are the “original breakfast club” who get together. Though I abhor the idea of them being so damn elitist, I love a good Scooby gang group… It almost reminds me of the first season when they grouped together to help Serena. Although it’s too bad they never let Dan play in their reindeer games.

So, Chuck and Blair are at war, and Dan has some ultimate plan. What are you most excited to see unfold?

Photo Credit: The CW | Written by Jake Coburn. | Gossip Girl Season 6 Reviews | The quote in the title was spoken by Dan.

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Sounds…terrifying…
Gossip Girl quotes: This turkey day, I’m going to make sure everyone eats their hearts out.

When she’s right, she’s right…
Blair Waldorf quotes: Flying alone on the holiday’s is like chat roulette.

Did he really see that movie?
Chuck Bass quotes to Nate: Maybe you should do some research and build a Hot Tub Time Machine so you can go back and undo your creative accounting.

She’s kinda like honey…
Blair Waldorf quotes: She’s Serena van der Woodsen. He’s a man. He’s probably going to go back to her later.

Did she really see that movie?
Blair Waldorf quotes: Further instructions will come forth form my avatar, Dorota.

Well, looks like he’s picked his true love…
Dan Humphrey quotes: There is no winning without Serena.

Sounds delicious…
Serena van der Woodsen quotes: Thanksgiving is ruined.
Blair: Are you kidding? What is Thanksgiving without a side of drama?

It was fun to see…
Nate: Hey Dan, before you go. That was from all of us. *Punch*

Is he still needing to be welcomed?
Dan: You think they hate me?
Georgina Sparks Quotes: They fear you. Welcome to the Upper East Side.

Perspective is important
Dan: All I did was tell the truth.
Rufus: Your truth. Everybody has a version.

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• Nelly Yuki just waltzes in, uninvited, to deliver a few catty lines to Blair. Then she leaves. Everything about it is hilarious. The timing, the words, the very idea that a WWD writer would come to be like that
• Ivy swans in just at the right time to meet Bart and Chuck in a stand-off. And Ivy’s secret love is Lily’s ex husband – William. Ivy is once again THE WORST.
• Bart Bass talks to Lily on the phone, and in the background a gaggle of nuns walk by. WHAT.
• Sage says no one reads Gossip Girl, but then the minute a new blast goes up she’s all over it.

More after the jump…

• Lily divorces Rufus, hates all over him, then appeals to his empathy to have him help her get incriminating files so that her old-new husband won’t go to jail. Rufus may be a Saint, but who’s THAT nice?
• Dan only has to waltz around and apologize to people (briefly) to his Dad and Nate, and all is well. So easy! Just add lukewarm sentiment and voila.
• Ivy has one piece of collateral, a microfilm in an envelope. So of course it’s tucked 1/3 of the way out of her purse, just left lying around. Is it any surprise that it got stolen?
• Chuck couldn’t be less removed from Blair and her troubles, and he always leaves her  standing alone. But this is supposed to be the epic love story on the show.
• Ivy decides to put a robe on to cover herself, but then leaves it tied open to show half the bra anyway. How modest.
• The idea that girls who already wear private school uniforms would spend beacoup bucks on street fashion that’s modeled after not-quite-vintage private school uniform designs from Constance Billard? Nuts.
• Because Chuck didn’t put his father in jail,, he failed his side of the pact and then decides not to be with Blair once again. He always has a selfish reason to wallow in self-pity and leave her standing alone. Meanwhile, Serena and Dan had obstacles that they defeated in one day before they decided they could be together.

What tops your list as the most odd item on this list from the episode?

Bart: Where you going? Does Blair need you to come over and kill a spider?

Nate: The spectator’s not a risk. It won’t fail because it can’t.

Blair: Just think Dorota, I started out dressing the minions and now I’ll be dressing the masses.

Blair to Serena: Amends would imply that something can be mended. What you did can never be fixed.

Gossip Girl: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Even the best laid plans can go bust.

Blair: Girls today are out of control, they’re like tiny little vultures.

Gossip Girl: Sometimes the light is so dazzling it’s all you can see.

Gossip Girl: Sometimes the partner is more shocking than the crime itself.

Gossip Girl: Betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow, but nothings worse than having blackmail shoved down your throat.

Blair: Well, if it isn’t Gypsy Rose Lee, without the talent.

Sage: Well everyone loves a crown but when it comes to power the mob totally trumps the monarchy.

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