Daily Intel’s love of Gossip Girl, the most awesomely awesome show ever, is nothing if not devotional, and this weekend we trekked all the way to (horrors!) Bridgehampton for the show’s season-two launch party, hosted by Vitaminwater. Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, and Penn Badgley, we’re happy to report, are still as flawless as ever (though Chace was wearing so much bronzer we were initially worried he’d just walked through a dust storm). Ed Westwick, on the other hand, seems to have realized he’s now famous enough that he can stop feigning humility. (The reporter in us found his one-word answers infuriating; the female in us found the bad-boy ‘tude more than a little hot.)

And then, of course, there’s Blake Lively. Blake, Blake, Blake. We really want to like the girl for the sake of Penn, whom she’s dating and whose taste we imagine to be impeccable, but after about a minute in her presence we totally understood where America Ferrera’s eye-rolling comes from.

Bisexual comedienne Margaret Cho has called dibs on having the first celebrity threesome with Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan. "I want to be the guest star in that bed," she told us last night at the Radar-sponsored premiere party for her new project, The Cho Show. "I would hope that Samantha Ronson would be this hot, mean, butch top. I don't know about Lindsay, though. I'd have to see. I think the three of us would be great in a daisy chain." We didn't know what a "daisy chain" was, but then Cho proceeded to tell us. It was an explanation unlikely to squeak past the censors on her VH1 show, which will air at 11 p.m. on Thursdays. Cho offered more G-rated words for this month's other sexytime headline grabber, John Edwards. "Relationship stuff is private and belongs to [politicians themselves]. It doesn't belong to the country," she said. "He is a good leader. I definitely wouldn't want to marry him. He is cute, though. I wouldn't want to be his wife, but I'd do him!" This is what makes a democracy, folks … and good reality TV. —Shira Levine

In honor of the Olympic Games, we asked Sean "Diddy" Combs about his favorite sports to watch last night at his spring-summer 2009 Sean John presentation. And faster than you can say "Michael Phelps just won gold again," he answered, "Track and field!" He is a runner, after all. (Could anyone forget that groundbreaking New York–marathon MTV special?) So what if there were a new Olympic sport, something he himself might have a chance of winning, we asked. What would that be? "Who could have sex the longest," he told us in a soft voice and with a straight face, while looking into our eyes. Was that a pick-up line? We weren't sure, but we tingled anyway. "I think that's an event I can do well in. And probably who could stay up the longest." Dirty! "Just so you know, that's supposed to be funny," he added as an afterthought. "Even though I am serious." But who would be his competitors? "Whoever's up for the challenge." You heard him, folks! Any sex athletes out there willing to challenge the Diddy? —Sharon Clott

Last night at the Xbox twentieth-anniversary party for Madden NFL in Los Angeles, comedian and sports commentator Tom Arnold was thinking of New York. He told us that he's thrilled that Bret Favre ended up on the Jets lineup. "For a guy to play 254 straight games and then want to still play, and then not be able to, that’s just not right," he said, referring to Green Bay's forced retirement of Favre. "That’s not American, it’s not even French." We asked Arnold if he had any advice for the country boy moving to the big city, and he had some wise words:

• "If you live in New York, you have to have thick skin. Myself, I’ve got thick skin because I only read bad things about myself, and if there is something good, I will not read it, uh, because I don’t believe it."
• "When they love you, when they 'Derek Jeter' you, there must be no better feeling in the whole world, I can only imagine. To be loved by the whole city of New York like I love Derek Jeter, personally, like, I am in love with that guy, he is the nicest human being, you cannot, say a bad thing about him, if you’ve ever met him, or whatever, you’d love to, and he’s also really good-looking."
• "That’s why A-Rod has trouble. A-Rod’s like the second-best ever, but he’s playing on a team with the best ever and the best-looking and the nicest guy, who does not make a mistake."

And most important:

• "Scores is not like it was in the early nineties. So if you try any of that crap there, you’ll get beat up and thrown out."

Thanks, Tom! We're sure Brett will take that to heart. —Soo Youn

Woody Allen didn’t attend last night’s premiere of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, so Jada Yuan couldn’t ask him for seduction tips. But, fortunately for us, John Turturro, Harvey Weinstein, and Patricia Clarkson offered an education. Turturro recommended food, Weinstein suggested prayer, and Clarkson looked a little offended. Watch the video and take notes: You’re on your own tonight.

Mena Suvari is already famous, so last night at the New Museum's celebration of Andy Warhol's 80th birthday, we asked the actress if there's anything else she'd rather have for the proverbial fifteen minutes. "Extreme knowledge," said the American Pie star. "I'd want to be that person who had, like, five degrees and just be, you know, like, a medical doctor or a scientist or engineer. I don't know," she said. "I wanted to be an archeologist when I was younger. It would be nice to be somewhere exotic and kind of dig and discover something very ancient. Maybe like a Mayan temple in the jungle." We were going to ask if Mena had ever heard that other Warhol quotation about how "having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art anybody could ever want to own," but we decided against it. —Amber Sutherland

In the movie Elegy, a college student (Penélope Cruz) has an affair with her professor (Ben Kingsley). So it seemed appropriate to quiz the boldfacers at last night’s Cinema Society screening about their school-age high jinks. Patricia Clarkson confessed to getting roaring drunk before cheerleading practice, and Peter Sarsgaard says he cut school a lot. Not unexpectedly, Dennis Hopper was kicked out of school at the age of 14 for attempting to set the place on fire. “I got caught smoking, and that was my answer, was to put lighter fluid from the men’s toilet down the hallway and light it," the 72-year-old reminisced fondly. Meanwhile, comedian George Lopez dredged up an apparently repressed memory of being groped by a ninth-grade teacher. “I loved it. And I wouldn’t report her then, and only now am I reporting her to you," the 47-year-old comedian told us, beaming. —Bennett Marcus

Tomorrow night the sixties rock musical Hair will celebrate its opening night at Shakespeare in the Park. There will be nudity in this revival at the Delacorte, directed by Diane Paulus — not on the part of star Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening) — but by All My Children's Patina Renea Miller and most chorus members. Imagining about all other those toned Broadway dancers and singer who will be baring it all got us to thinking.

Later, when we were finished "thinking," we got to wondering. Would we get naked in public here in New York? Would you? Since we can't ask all of you individually, we asked your representatives: the celebrities and socialites of New York! Below we've assembled some of the responses from some of the city's most prominent residents — old, new, and perverted — for your reading, and "thinking," pleasure. Simon van Kempen's responses are particularly choice. Tell us your own thoughts (or stories!) on civic nudity in the comments.

ANN DEXTER-JONES
New York: Ever been naked in public?
ADJ: No, and wouldn’t think about it. I’m probably too English to think that way.

WILL FERRELL
New York: Any people you want to see nude?
WF: I'd love Bloomberg. I mean he'd be the first one, he's in charge. If the mayor does it, everyone will follow.

Lydia Hearst showed up to host the National Underwear Day at Espace in a lingerie-inspired Marc Bouwer lace gown. But as the hostess of the evening, she had to change before making her stage welcome speech. So she cut off reporters and sneaked behind a black curtain, right behind the red carpet. We followed, stalkerishly. Then a weird thing happened: "They're with me," the publicist said. And we were. Within moments we were behind the black curtain helping Lydia change. Her stylist freaked at the sight of us, but Lydia didn't seem bothered. We were surprised by her perfect posture — the girl didn't flinch. Rather, as if on cue, she lifted her arms and down came her dress. She was wearing a nude strapless bra, Myla since she just became the spokeswoman of the brand. Fearing we would be escorted from the premises, we didn't look down. Once she was safely enclosed in a sequined, short cocktail number, we cleared our throats and asked our one very important question: Was Amelia, her Gossip Girl character, going to become a regular? "That was very, very, very much fun. Unfortunately, I turned it down." She turned it down? WHAT? "And I will not be coming back. No, no." Why not? She was gone before we could ask. She's probably pissed about the role — they should have written her in as a lingerie model. Interior designer was so p.c. —Sharon Clott

Fittingly enough, it was at the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants premiere earlier this week that we learned that Mark Indelicato, who plays Justin on Ugly Betty, likes to steal from co-star Becki Newton's closet. He and Becki (who plays Amanda on the show) are the same size, apparently. And they have the same girlish hips! (See picture, left, from the premiere.) They told Jada Yuan all about it.

Becki: Speaking of traveling pants, whose jeans are you wearing?
Mark: Victoria Beckham, from the closet of Becki Newton.
Becki: This is a theme night: Traveling pants, where my pants travel to his closet all the time.
Mark: All the time.
Becki: I need to buy bigger sizes, because there’s no reason we should be wearing the same pants.
Mark: There’s no reason. It’s okay for Becki, but my thighs should not be this small.
Becki: Wrong. People were just asking me, “Are those leggings?” No. These are jeans. I was like, "There’s no reason I should be wearing jeans this tight." They’re Fried Denim. Do you want them? I’ll give them to you.
Mark: Yeah, I like them.
New York: So you guys will share jeans after this is over, too?
Mark: Forever. I don’t really have to buy jeans anymore, because I’m just like, "Becki these are pretty. I really like them." Boom, boom.
Becki: Traveling pants. There you go.