Blake Focuses on the Small Screen and Lines Up a Big New Role

Blake Lively was dressed warmly for an afternoon of shooting Gossip Girl yesterday in NYC. She's focusing on the current season of her CW hit, but will soon switch gears to record her next big-screen role. Blake landed a role in Steven Soderbergh's The Side Effects opposite Jude Law. The picture will also feature one of Soderbergh's favorite actors, Channing Tatum. Channing and Steven have already collaborated on two films, Magic Mike and the soon-to-be released Haywire. It will be Blake's latest movie with a famous director, after she spent the Summer working with Oliver Stone on Savages.

It seems Blake's on the East Coast while some of her Gossip Girl buddies are out West for the TCAs. The CW panels take place tomorrow in Pasadena, and we'll be there bringing you news from the 2012 Winter TCA. Her boyfriend Ryan Reynolds isn't too far from her at the moment, as he was seen hanging out with his dog Baxter in Boston just a few days ago.