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"Now that filming for Gossip Girl&amp;apos;s sixth and final season is underway, Penn Badgley has had to ditch his grungy look for Upper East Side polish!\r\nThe Gossip Girl actor debuted his clean-shaven, beardless face -- plus a cleaned-up haircut -- at the Fela! Returns to Broadway event in NYC on Thursday. Dressed casually in brown pants and a plain white T-shirt, the 25-year-old gave fans a glimpse of what&amp;apos;s been hiding under his thick facial hair for the past several months. Earlier that day, the Dan Humphrey-playing star was spotted on the set of&amp;#xA0; the NYC-based show alongside Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays Georgina Sparks.\r\n\r\nIn June, Badgley predicted that his thick beard wasn&amp;apos;t going to be around for much longer, telling Vulture he&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;probably going to shave it in about a week.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve never really had the opportunity to grow [a beard]. . . because of work. And I know everybody hates it,&amp;quot; he told the New York magazine blog.\r\n\r\nSince wrapping the CW show&amp;apos;s fifth season, the actor has been keeping busy with his girlfriend, Zoe Kravitz, 23. In the fall, the pair were spotted at NYC&amp;apos;s Occupy Wall Street movement, in addition to several other dates around the Big Apple."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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