Cory Monteith, Bruce Springsteen Glee's done Madonna, they've conquered Britney. But can McKinley High's New Directions take on The Boss? Multiple reports say the hit musical comedy is mulling a Bruce Springsteen-themed episode to air immediately following the Super Bowl, which Fox is televising come Feb. 6. And now the word is Springsteen himself may guest-star — not as himself but as Finn Hudson's uncle. Check out five reasons Springsteen and Glee should unite:
1. The Garden State needs an image rehabilitation via TV, and The Boss can deliver it
We love GTL and table-flipping as much as the next person. But between The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jersey Shore, Jerseylicious and Jersey Couture, reality TV has now painted New Jersey locals as a bunch of overly tanned, overly dramatic guidos and guidettes with accents as thick as their hair. (It's really not that bad depending on where you're from.) It's time for Springsteen to step up and help out his neighbors with a quality program (one that doesn't take place 80 years ago, sorry Boardwalk Empire). Who wouldn't want to hear Mr. Schu belt out "Thunder Road" as he continues to pine over Emma.
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2. Glee did such a good job with "Born to Run" ... why not take it all the way?
In August, Jimmy Fallon recruited much of the Glee club (and a slushy-happy Jane Lynch!) to help perform an upbeat and uproarious rendition of Springsteen's "Born to Run." The performance not only earned Fallon high praise from critics, and not since "Don't Stop Believing" have they show-choir'd up a song like that. It's about time the cast got back into the Glee mode and took The Boss to the next level.
3. Between "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "The Rising," Springsteen's catalog is full of possibilities
Although Heather Morris completely killed it last week in her performances of both "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Me Against the Music," the Britney Spears episode, let's be real, they were all a bunch of hallucinations. Puck, lost without Quinn, could so rip up "Hungry Heart." The whole club could use a crowd-pleaser like "The Rising" as an inspiring way to win over the judges at sectionals.
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4. Both Springsteen and Glee aren't afraid to stand — and sing — for something
Springsteen has always prided himself as being the voice of the working man. In recent years, he's publicly opposed the war in Iraq and campaigned for Democratic candidates such as John Kerry and President Barack Obama. The Rising was one of the first records to address the 9/11 attacks. Glee has tackled social issues such as abortion, disabilities and religion. The show also plans to dedicate an upcoming episode on the day-to-day fear and isolation some gay teens face.
5. Because Cory Monteith is the spitting image of The Boss
OK, dimwitted but still completely lovable Finn Hudson (Monteith) doesn't really bear that much of a resemblance to the aging rocker. But after Kurt's dad had a heart attack, Finn needs a father figure now more than ever. Plus, some of Monteith's best series performances have been covers of classic rock songs like Van Morrison's "Hello, I Love You" and the Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You," which means he's completely capable of handling The Boss. Our dream pick? "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," which he'll sing to his neurotic love Rachel, of course.
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Fear not: If Kurt's dad on Glee doesn't come out of a coma, Mike O'Malley will still be employed.
The actor who plays blue-collar Burt Hummel is coy about this week's cliffhanger that left his character in a hospital bed on the brink of death, but in real life O'Malley is doing just fine.
He has another project as a writer/producer on Shameless, a Showtime series set to air in January starring William H. Macy, and keeps busy as a playwright and coach to his son's baseball, basketball and soccer team.
O'Malley caught up with PEOPLE to dish on the emotional episode that had everyone talking:
1. No Burt Ghost
"There's been some conversation about whether or not at the end of that episode, I did indeed move my finger," O'Malley says. "I did move my finger. But it doesn't necessarily mean – Okay, I'll put it this way – I'm not dead at the end of last week's episode." He won't elaborate on what viewers can expect next week, but says, "I doubt very much that there's going to be a ghost character."
2. Method Acting as a Near-Corpse
"They told me, 'You know what, Mike? You don't need any makeup. You're fine as is,' " he says. "I thought they were going to try to make me look somewhat deathly. I was like, 'Don't you need to add anything to this?' So, I'm walking around in my normal life, looking like I just had a heart-attack. That's what that notion is telling you when they tell you that you don't need any makeup."
3. A Big Post-Coma Number?
"I think it would be awesome if Burt lives, if part of his moment is him picking up the guitar," O'Malley says. "There doesn't seem to be any clamor for a song from Burt, but I would love if it happens. Is there an actor who wouldn't want to sing on one of the top-rated shows in the country? Of course I want to sing!"
4. His Family Didn't Watch
"My kids are 3, 5, and 7, so they don't have any notion of me as an actor, really," O'Malley says. "The kids don't really watch Glee. We try to follow the TV ratings guidelines, and I think Glee is 12-plus, and it deals with some of the cruelty that people in high school perpetuate on one another. My kids have plenty of time before they have to be introduced to the cruelty of the world."
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The actor who plays blue-collar Burt Hummel is coy about this week's cliffhanger that left his character in a hospital bed on the brink of death, but in real life O'Malley is doing just fine.
He has another project as a writer/producer on Shameless, a Showtime series set to air in January starring William H. Macy, and keeps busy as a playwright and coach to his son's baseball, basketball and soccer team.
O'Malley caught up with PEOPLE to dish on the emotional episode that had everyone talking:
1. No Burt Ghost
"There's been some conversation about whether or not at the end of that episode, I did indeed move my finger," O'Malley says. "I did move my finger. But it doesn't necessarily mean – Okay, I'll put it this way – I'm not dead at the end of last week's episode." He won't elaborate on what viewers can expect next week, but says, "I doubt very much that there's going to be a ghost character."
2. Method Acting as a Near-Corpse
"They told me, 'You know what, Mike? You don't need any makeup. You're fine as is,' " he says. "I thought they were going to try to make me look somewhat deathly. I was like, 'Don't you need to add anything to this?' So, I'm walking around in my normal life, looking like I just had a heart-attack. That's what that notion is telling you when they tell you that you don't need any makeup."
3. A Big Post-Coma Number?
"I think it would be awesome if Burt lives, if part of his moment is him picking up the guitar," O'Malley says. "There doesn't seem to be any clamor for a song from Burt, but I would love if it happens. Is there an actor who wouldn't want to sing on one of the top-rated shows in the country? Of course I want to sing!"
4. His Family Didn't Watch
"My kids are 3, 5, and 7, so they don't have any notion of me as an actor, really," O'Malley says. "The kids don't really watch Glee. We try to follow the TV ratings guidelines, and I think Glee is 12-plus, and it deals with some of the cruelty that people in high school perpetuate on one another. My kids have plenty of time before they have to be introduced to the cruelty of the world."
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The Glee kids are one of the most sought after, and overworked, casts around right now, and yet they still manage to spend tons of their free time doing charity.
Most of the cast, sans Lea Michele and Jane Lynch, hosted a benefit Sunday to raise money for The Rape Treatment Center. And many of them talked to us about an upcoming episode that will address another unfortunate, but prevalent social issue: gay suicide.
So what's the plan?
"[Show creator] Ryan [Murphy] wants to do an episode about it, which I think is very smart of him," the delectable Matthew Morrison told us. "As a cast I don't know much we can do. That's why I think an episode would be great... Ryan is very current with staying on the times, so I think it would be this season if it were to happen."
Anything to get the word out quickly about this terrible trend, right?
"I just found out today about the episode, and I think that's amazing," chimed in one of our fave Glee gals, Heather Morris. "I just saw the tragedies on the news the other night. I think people need to be aware of what the internet is doing for so many people. Yeah it's good, but people are putting up other people's private movies? It's disgusting."
Heather is referring to Tyler Clementi, a student who jumped from the George Washington Bridge after a video of him with another man was put online without his knowledge.
"It's sad that it's taken these past few weeks and horrible tragedies to really let people know what's going on," added Kevin McHale. "I think being in our position and Ryan taking that on is great."
"Hopefully we can move the general public and let the kids and the parents watching the show know that everybody deserves to be loved," McHale 'fessed.
Jessalyn Gilsig took Kevin's sentiment one step further saying it's the parents who really need to listen up:
"What's unique about Glee is we have this audience of kids and adults. Just as it's important to send this message to the kids about bullying and the effect in can have, we have to send it to the parents. We have to send it to the teachers.
"It's the adults who have to start taking responsibility and managing this behavior and educating youth on acceptance, empathy, and compassion," J. continued rather sternly. "In a sense, I can't even demonize the children as much as I do the families that need to know. Parents and the administration need to take responsibility."
Bravo to Ryan and the entire cast for what they do. Glee truly is a unique platform to address social issues.
Sunday alone the cast in attendance raised enough money to support The Rape Treatment Center for an entire year!
Talk about using star power for good.
Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b203795_glee_cast_lets_tackle_gay_suicide_right.html
Most of the cast, sans Lea Michele and Jane Lynch, hosted a benefit Sunday to raise money for The Rape Treatment Center. And many of them talked to us about an upcoming episode that will address another unfortunate, but prevalent social issue: gay suicide.
So what's the plan?
"[Show creator] Ryan [Murphy] wants to do an episode about it, which I think is very smart of him," the delectable Matthew Morrison told us. "As a cast I don't know much we can do. That's why I think an episode would be great... Ryan is very current with staying on the times, so I think it would be this season if it were to happen."
Anything to get the word out quickly about this terrible trend, right?
"I just found out today about the episode, and I think that's amazing," chimed in one of our fave Glee gals, Heather Morris. "I just saw the tragedies on the news the other night. I think people need to be aware of what the internet is doing for so many people. Yeah it's good, but people are putting up other people's private movies? It's disgusting."
Heather is referring to Tyler Clementi, a student who jumped from the George Washington Bridge after a video of him with another man was put online without his knowledge.
"It's sad that it's taken these past few weeks and horrible tragedies to really let people know what's going on," added Kevin McHale. "I think being in our position and Ryan taking that on is great."
"Hopefully we can move the general public and let the kids and the parents watching the show know that everybody deserves to be loved," McHale 'fessed.
Jessalyn Gilsig took Kevin's sentiment one step further saying it's the parents who really need to listen up:
"What's unique about Glee is we have this audience of kids and adults. Just as it's important to send this message to the kids about bullying and the effect in can have, we have to send it to the parents. We have to send it to the teachers.
"It's the adults who have to start taking responsibility and managing this behavior and educating youth on acceptance, empathy, and compassion," J. continued rather sternly. "In a sense, I can't even demonize the children as much as I do the families that need to know. Parents and the administration need to take responsibility."
Bravo to Ryan and the entire cast for what they do. Glee truly is a unique platform to address social issues.
Sunday alone the cast in attendance raised enough money to support The Rape Treatment Center for an entire year!
Talk about using star power for good.
Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b203795_glee_cast_lets_tackle_gay_suicide_right.html
After two prominent TV gigs playing girls named Charlie (on Heroes and Ugly Betty), Jayma Mays parlayed her quirky redheaded charm into a role on Glee playing Emma Pillsbury, the embellished-sweater-loving, germophobic guidance counselor. (And she parlayed that into a co-starring role in the upcoming Smurfs movie.) After spending season one of Glee pining after Will Schuester, Emma is showing a newly confident side thus far in season two — perhaps owing to her hunky new dentist boyfriend, played by John Stamos. Mays (who has a slight Southern twang Glee-watchers won’t hear) spoke to Vulture about Emma’s gradual development, her Stamos-coined nickname, and how filthy prop Smurfs get by the end of a shoot.
In last week’s episode, Emma really gave Will a talking-to that he needed, to the point that many of us thought he seemed kind of lame by the end of the episode. How do you think Emma views Will right now?
For Emma, she’s always going to have that attraction to Will — I don’t want to lead people to believe that she doesn’t have feelings for him anymore. But I think she could sense in him that he was becoming detached from who he really was. Right now, I think, she’s just focusing hard on trying to be a better Emma and wanted to see that in Will, too, and instead she saw someone else entirely. So I just think she thought, Oh Will, you’re just trying too hard. At the end of the episode they always give Emma these great moments of clarity, which I really appreciate for the character. It’s one thing to see a girl who just has OCD and germophobia, but to see that other side of her and that she can pull it together — it shows she’s well-rounded.
So, does John Stamos have the power to make even ladies feel less pretty than himself?
Yeah, I definitely feel like there was some drooling from both men and women the first day he was on set. You don’t understand how someone can get better looking with age, but he does. But he’s wonderful to work with; I admired him before, I knew he’d done Broadway, and I actually think he’s a wonderful actor. I love that he’s always trying to come up with nicknames for us all. What is he calling me now? Maybe "Jaymamazing." He calls Matthew Morrison "Matty Fresh."
Now that Emma has a boyfriend, will we be seeing any differences in the way she dresses? Fewer sweater clips, perhaps?
Well, I definitely don’t think the sweater clips are ever going away. That may be attributed to an illness — it’s always going to be a part of her life. But in our first fitting back for the second season, I felt like a bit of the quirkiness is being toned down. For instance, she never had anything black in the first season, and I will be wearing a black, fitted pencil skirt and a black-patent-leather belt coming up. A little more sophistication.
In season one, one of Sue’s best insults was calling Emma “a mentally ill ginger-pygmy with eyes like a bush baby.” So, how’d you take that?
It’s one of my favorite lines, too! My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I’m completely used to it, and I’ve come to see it as a term of endearment. But it’s so funny, I was like, what exactly is a bush baby? So I looked online and the first image that popped up was a cute little creature, but a creature nonetheless, hanging in a tree, and I’m thinking, Oh my gosh, that’s what people think I look like?! But I love that [the writers] pick on us. I applaud it whenever they can come up with anything funny about me.
Emma’s OCD has been treated pretty gracefully thus far, though it’s a thin line to walk for both you and the writers, I’d imagine …
Obviously I would hate to feel that someone who has OCD would feel I was making fun of them, that would absolutely destroy me. But I think we all have some sort of issue they’re dealing with, and I think it’s okay to make fun of that sometimes. In last week’s show, there’s the scene where she’s neatly organizing the pamphlets on her desk, and I feel that’s just what she would do. I understand that it adds comically to the scene sometimes, but I think it’s a wonderful part of her. I hope she can relax a bit, but it’s part of Emma Pillsbury being Emma Pillsbury.
Have you noticed any of Emma’s habits trickling into your real life?
You know, I do keep Purell in my purse now. But if anything, I think it’s made me be more messy at home. If I catch myself straightening things I’m like, Aaah, I’m being Emma! And I’ll stop. And when I put on cardigans now, my husband tells me, "You look too much like Emma." So no more cardigans for Jayma Mays.
You sang a lovely rendition of “I Could Have Danced All Night” last season. What kind of musical background do you have?
I don’t really have one. That’s why it’s always very exciting and nerve-racking for me to do a number on the show. Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home. And that was really it until I came out here. To be honest, I kind of winged it. You get the script and you’re told you have to sing a song, and you literally have to do it the next day. But Adam Anders, our kind of musical director, he made me feel so comfortable and worked with me for a little while while we were recording that song.
Will we hear Emma sing again anytime soon?
I do sing in the Rocky Horror episode. It’s a very Janet song. I don’t know what I’m allowed to give away, so I’ll just say that.
Please explain the experience of working on a Smurfs movie. Do you interact with actual Smurfs?
I will give you the rundown. Most of my stuff was either with a metal stick or Neil Patrick Harris. I’m not even going to say which was better. I think my first two or three weeks were alone, just my scenes with the Smurfs, and the first day Neil got there I was so excited another actor was going to be there and that I’d have a scene with a person, I just remember hugging him really tightly and thinking he’d think I was a crazy person. But it was definitely a challenge in a different way for me; I’d never had to do CGI work before. They had little kind of gelatinous Smurfs they could move around for you to rehearse with, and also wonderful voice actors reading the Smurf lines to delineate between the different Smurfs. Though the little Smurfs got a little grubby by the end; things started to stick to them.
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In last week’s episode, Emma really gave Will a talking-to that he needed, to the point that many of us thought he seemed kind of lame by the end of the episode. How do you think Emma views Will right now?
For Emma, she’s always going to have that attraction to Will — I don’t want to lead people to believe that she doesn’t have feelings for him anymore. But I think she could sense in him that he was becoming detached from who he really was. Right now, I think, she’s just focusing hard on trying to be a better Emma and wanted to see that in Will, too, and instead she saw someone else entirely. So I just think she thought, Oh Will, you’re just trying too hard. At the end of the episode they always give Emma these great moments of clarity, which I really appreciate for the character. It’s one thing to see a girl who just has OCD and germophobia, but to see that other side of her and that she can pull it together — it shows she’s well-rounded.
So, does John Stamos have the power to make even ladies feel less pretty than himself?
Yeah, I definitely feel like there was some drooling from both men and women the first day he was on set. You don’t understand how someone can get better looking with age, but he does. But he’s wonderful to work with; I admired him before, I knew he’d done Broadway, and I actually think he’s a wonderful actor. I love that he’s always trying to come up with nicknames for us all. What is he calling me now? Maybe "Jaymamazing." He calls Matthew Morrison "Matty Fresh."
Now that Emma has a boyfriend, will we be seeing any differences in the way she dresses? Fewer sweater clips, perhaps?
Well, I definitely don’t think the sweater clips are ever going away. That may be attributed to an illness — it’s always going to be a part of her life. But in our first fitting back for the second season, I felt like a bit of the quirkiness is being toned down. For instance, she never had anything black in the first season, and I will be wearing a black, fitted pencil skirt and a black-patent-leather belt coming up. A little more sophistication.
In season one, one of Sue’s best insults was calling Emma “a mentally ill ginger-pygmy with eyes like a bush baby.” So, how’d you take that?
It’s one of my favorite lines, too! My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I’m completely used to it, and I’ve come to see it as a term of endearment. But it’s so funny, I was like, what exactly is a bush baby? So I looked online and the first image that popped up was a cute little creature, but a creature nonetheless, hanging in a tree, and I’m thinking, Oh my gosh, that’s what people think I look like?! But I love that [the writers] pick on us. I applaud it whenever they can come up with anything funny about me.
Emma’s OCD has been treated pretty gracefully thus far, though it’s a thin line to walk for both you and the writers, I’d imagine …
Obviously I would hate to feel that someone who has OCD would feel I was making fun of them, that would absolutely destroy me. But I think we all have some sort of issue they’re dealing with, and I think it’s okay to make fun of that sometimes. In last week’s show, there’s the scene where she’s neatly organizing the pamphlets on her desk, and I feel that’s just what she would do. I understand that it adds comically to the scene sometimes, but I think it’s a wonderful part of her. I hope she can relax a bit, but it’s part of Emma Pillsbury being Emma Pillsbury.
Have you noticed any of Emma’s habits trickling into your real life?
You know, I do keep Purell in my purse now. But if anything, I think it’s made me be more messy at home. If I catch myself straightening things I’m like, Aaah, I’m being Emma! And I’ll stop. And when I put on cardigans now, my husband tells me, "You look too much like Emma." So no more cardigans for Jayma Mays.
You sang a lovely rendition of “I Could Have Danced All Night” last season. What kind of musical background do you have?
I don’t really have one. That’s why it’s always very exciting and nerve-racking for me to do a number on the show. Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home. And that was really it until I came out here. To be honest, I kind of winged it. You get the script and you’re told you have to sing a song, and you literally have to do it the next day. But Adam Anders, our kind of musical director, he made me feel so comfortable and worked with me for a little while while we were recording that song.
Will we hear Emma sing again anytime soon?
I do sing in the Rocky Horror episode. It’s a very Janet song. I don’t know what I’m allowed to give away, so I’ll just say that.
Please explain the experience of working on a Smurfs movie. Do you interact with actual Smurfs?
I will give you the rundown. Most of my stuff was either with a metal stick or Neil Patrick Harris. I’m not even going to say which was better. I think my first two or three weeks were alone, just my scenes with the Smurfs, and the first day Neil got there I was so excited another actor was going to be there and that I’d have a scene with a person, I just remember hugging him really tightly and thinking he’d think I was a crazy person. But it was definitely a challenge in a different way for me; I’d never had to do CGI work before. They had little kind of gelatinous Smurfs they could move around for you to rehearse with, and also wonderful voice actors reading the Smurf lines to delineate between the different Smurfs. Though the little Smurfs got a little grubby by the end; things started to stick to them.
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Okay, so maybe “crossover” is the wrong word. But an entire upcoming episode of The Office will be dedicated to the Dunder Mifflin staff getting together to watch Glee.
Bizarre, right? And brilliant!
Unfortunately, according to an Office source, no Glee actors will actually appear in the episode. Which means that no, Dwight will not get pantsed by Puck. (Curses!)
Thoughts? You can express them in the form of song quotes below if you feel that would be more apropos.
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Bizarre, right? And brilliant!
Unfortunately, according to an Office source, no Glee actors will actually appear in the episode. Which means that no, Dwight will not get pantsed by Puck. (Curses!)
Thoughts? You can express them in the form of song quotes below if you feel that would be more apropos.
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It’s going to be hard for Gleeks to face the long, hot summer without any new Glee episodes, now that the first season has sadly come to an end. But those rabid fans are in luck: EW has some scoop on what we’ll be seeing next year. “We’re plotting the first 11 and we already know the first six of them and they’re really big fun, moving episodes,” says co-creator Ryan Murphy. “We always go back to the idea of how does our society treat and feel about funding for the arts, and the answer is not very good.” Here’s what else Murphy says to expect in Glee‘s second season:
* More Musical Tributes: “The Madonna episode was so popular, I think I’m gonna do two tribute episodes — one in the fall and one in the spring — and we’re figuring out who those artists are.”
* New Characters: Murphy already let it slip that Susan Boyle might be appearing but he and producers are also looking to add some new members to the club, including a boyfriend for Kurt. “I just want him to be an everyday dude,” says Murphy. “And I want him to be sort of struggling [with his sexuality] and Kurt helps him deal with it and in the process they fall for each other.” Also look for a potential love interest for Mercedes and a Carrie Underwood-esque, Christian country singer who will be a rival to Rachel. “When people hear we’re going to do that, they will expect that we’re making fun of her,” says Murphy. “We’re not. The show is about inclusiveness and about giving voices to a lot of people.”
* A Major Season Finale: “I know that season two ends with Nationals in New York. I don’t know if they’ll make it — we haven’t figured that out.”
* More Musical Tributes: “The Madonna episode was so popular, I think I’m gonna do two tribute episodes — one in the fall and one in the spring — and we’re figuring out who those artists are.”
* New Characters: Murphy already let it slip that Susan Boyle might be appearing but he and producers are also looking to add some new members to the club, including a boyfriend for Kurt. “I just want him to be an everyday dude,” says Murphy. “And I want him to be sort of struggling [with his sexuality] and Kurt helps him deal with it and in the process they fall for each other.” Also look for a potential love interest for Mercedes and a Carrie Underwood-esque, Christian country singer who will be a rival to Rachel. “When people hear we’re going to do that, they will expect that we’re making fun of her,” says Murphy. “We’re not. The show is about inclusiveness and about giving voices to a lot of people.”
* A Major Season Finale: “I know that season two ends with Nationals in New York. I don’t know if they’ll make it — we haven’t figured that out.”
The cast of Glee covers Emmy magazine’s Issue No. 3 - the mag’s “For Your Consideration” issue - on newsstands TODAY!
Here’s what the show’s stars had to share:
Jane Lynch, on Sue Sylvester: “There’s a real person beneath the bravado who wants to be accepted and loved although she would never show that. In her narcissistic view of the world, everything’s about one-upping and victory. I had an acting teacher in college we called the Dragon Lady. She taught through shame and humiliation, and when she walked down the hall, people would part like the Red Sea.”
Lea Michele, on why she’s drawn to playing Rachel: “The minute I read Rachel Berry, I felt such a connection to her. Her drive and passion for singing and performing – that’s my therapy in life. It helps me learn who I am. Rachel’s on that same journey.”
Chris Colfer, on mastering the “Single Ladies” dance: “Being told to dance one of the most iconic dances in pop culture when you can barely tap your shoes? Yes, I was proud of myself.”
10+ pictures inside of the Glee cast inside Emmy magazine…and shown below




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Here’s what the show’s stars had to share:
Jane Lynch, on Sue Sylvester: “There’s a real person beneath the bravado who wants to be accepted and loved although she would never show that. In her narcissistic view of the world, everything’s about one-upping and victory. I had an acting teacher in college we called the Dragon Lady. She taught through shame and humiliation, and when she walked down the hall, people would part like the Red Sea.”
Lea Michele, on why she’s drawn to playing Rachel: “The minute I read Rachel Berry, I felt such a connection to her. Her drive and passion for singing and performing – that’s my therapy in life. It helps me learn who I am. Rachel’s on that same journey.”
Chris Colfer, on mastering the “Single Ladies” dance: “Being told to dance one of the most iconic dances in pop culture when you can barely tap your shoes? Yes, I was proud of myself.”
10+ pictures inside of the Glee cast inside Emmy magazine…and shown below




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Do you love "Glee" enough to follow the characters even if you can't hear them sing?
Little, Brown Books is counting on it. They've brokered a deal with FOX to publish official "Glee"-related books, beginning with a novel to be released in August, reports Shelf Life.
The young adult novel will feature your favorites from the show such as Mr. Schuester, Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson before the events of what we've seen on FOX. So far, there's no word if there will be a musical element to the novel or not.
"Glee: The Beginning" by Sophia Lowell will also include a bit of ephemera, a double-sided poster.
Multiple other "Glee" book projects are also in the works
Would you read a novel about "Glee"?
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Little, Brown Books is counting on it. They've brokered a deal with FOX to publish official "Glee"-related books, beginning with a novel to be released in August, reports Shelf Life.
The young adult novel will feature your favorites from the show such as Mr. Schuester, Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson before the events of what we've seen on FOX. So far, there's no word if there will be a musical element to the novel or not.
"Glee: The Beginning" by Sophia Lowell will also include a bit of ephemera, a double-sided poster.
Multiple other "Glee" book projects are also in the works
Would you read a novel about "Glee"?
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When you’re watching tonight’s season finale of Glee, and Emma mentions that she’s been dating her dentist, go ahead and draw yourself a mental picture of… John Stamos!
Yup, I hear the Fox hit and the actor formerly known as Uncle Jesse are nearing a deal for him to recur next season as Will’s competition for the cutest neurotic at McKinley High.
And if the agreement gets made, bet on a sing-off between her two suitors: Though Stamos is best known for his TV roles, he’s also got street cred on Broadway, having appeared in such musicals as Bye Bye Birdie.
Your thoughts?
via: EW
Yup, I hear the Fox hit and the actor formerly known as Uncle Jesse are nearing a deal for him to recur next season as Will’s competition for the cutest neurotic at McKinley High.
And if the agreement gets made, bet on a sing-off between her two suitors: Though Stamos is best known for his TV roles, he’s also got street cred on Broadway, having appeared in such musicals as Bye Bye Birdie.
Your thoughts?
via: EW
MATT LUCAS has been a giant baby, a teenage chav and a gay-hating gay, so a part in Glee will be nae bother.
He's landed the role of a muddled Brit teacher with a secret love for musicals in the hit US TV show. A solo song is being lined up too.
But he might be entering a war zone, cast members locked in to long-term contracts are less than happy at missing out on the hit show's mega profits.
The Little Britain star has a hectic year ahead. He'll have to fit his Glee stint around filming new BBC series Come Fly With Me with pal DAVID WALLIAMS.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3003989/Matt-Lucas-lands-part-in-hit-show-Glee.html#ixzz0qInz4twG
He's landed the role of a muddled Brit teacher with a secret love for musicals in the hit US TV show. A solo song is being lined up too.
But he might be entering a war zone, cast members locked in to long-term contracts are less than happy at missing out on the hit show's mega profits.
The Little Britain star has a hectic year ahead. He'll have to fit his Glee stint around filming new BBC series Come Fly With Me with pal DAVID WALLIAMS.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3003989/Matt-Lucas-lands-part-in-hit-show-Glee.html#ixzz0qInz4twG
Glee star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison is planning to work on his previously reported first solo CD in London during June, according to the Associated Press.
Morrison will be writing the music, and will be backed by a large orchestra. According to the AP, he describes the style as a "cross between Michael Buble and Justin Timberlake." As previously reported, Morrison signed a deal with Mercury Records to record the CD, which is expected to be released in the fall.
via: theatermania
Morrison will be writing the music, and will be backed by a large orchestra. According to the AP, he describes the style as a "cross between Michael Buble and Justin Timberlake." As previously reported, Morrison signed a deal with Mercury Records to record the CD, which is expected to be released in the fall.
via: theatermania
We gave the Glee actor a digital camera and let him loose on the set to snap uncensored photos of co-stars Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch and more. Bonus—and Spoiler Alert!—a sneak peek of the June 8 finale episode vocal showdown!
Jane Lynch! She came to the set, because she's one of the Regionals judges. She is—and I'm not the only person that feels this way—one of my favorite people on the planet. When she wasn't shooting, she was sitting fifth row center watching us perform Bohemian Rhapsody. She was obsessed with that number. She could not stop watching it. And she would applaud when it was over. She literally watched it all day long. I think we had one scene together the entire season, and we never have onscreen interaction. Right before we took this picture, I said, "Jane Lynch, how did we make it through this whole season without having a scene together?" She was like, "I know!" She's so ridiculously nice off-camera that it makes you uncomfortable.
This is the biggest dance number they've ever done on the show. It took 3 days of rehearsal. This is our first day at Stage 21 on the Paramount lot. They used to shoot The Lucy Show here. The choreographer is back there with the hat on, and the girl with the red hair is the assistant choreographer. There were about 6 or 7 dancers and myself—sort of like a skeleton crew—rehearsing 8 hours to get the basic stuff down before we did two full 8-hour days with all of the dancers.
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Dancing with Vocal Adrenaline was definitely the hardest thing I had to do on Glee. I'm not a dancer. When I was unemployed in New York and auditioning for theater, I would go to the "singer who moves well" auditions, rather than the "dancer who sings well" auditions. [laughs] So the dancing—especially because there's lots of lifting and throwing girls around—was a totally new skill for me. We're rehearsing Bohemian Rhapsody, which is our final number. This was—[singing] "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeee"—so on the me's, they put their hands in the center. I'm representing the devil here. There's supposed to be an evil look in my eye as everyone surrounds me, before we explode into the big guitar solo. The day that we shot this number, one girl broke her pinkie. One girl twisted her ankle. One girl slammed her head into the camera. And I still have a 7-inch long scar down my bicep from a girl's heel.
Matthew Morrison and I were doing theater at the same time in New York, so I knew him from the theater community before I met him on Glee. He's awesome. Such a good leader of the company, because he really takes care of everyone and is so supportive. I really really dig him.
This is Erin, and she's in charge of make-up. She's really kooky. Her outfit is pretty subtle here, but Erin always comes to set decked out in a totally different outfit. Between takes when you're sweating and whatnot, they hold fans up to your face to dry you off, and they have to reapply your makeup so you look like you didn't just do a 6-minute number. And she's right there every single time doing exactly what she's doing in the picture. Which would drive me crazy, but that's her job and she loves it.
I'm showing you my pit stains. And I think I changed my shirt maybe four or five times throughout that day, because I have a huge, huge armpit sweating problem. It's good for you, right? I thought maybe DETAILS would photoshop those out, but I have a feeling that's not going to happen. [laughs] Lea Michele and I did Spring Awakening together on Broadway for two years, and she will tell you that I dripped all over her and spit in her face, but I never smelled.
Here, the roaming camera guy is getting a close-up of me singing. [sings:] "Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now's he's dead..." This was a nerve-wracking take for me, because it was close-up on the hands. I read in the script that I had to play the piano—"Jesse plays the piano à la Freddie Mercury," so I was like "Fuck." I called the PA and asked for a piano lesson, so they set up meetings with Brad, the music director. He taught me how to play, unbeknownst to the director. We got to shooting that day and he was like, "Wait a second, you're actually playing it! Well, let's get some close-up shots of your hands." I think we got the shot in one take.
By the finale, I've gone back to Vocal Adrenaline, totally pissed Rachel off, and severed all ties with her. I've been really mean to her. Lea was there, all dressed up in her costume, because there's a close-up shot of her watching our number. Then she just hung around and watched us do the number all day. I think we were taking a 10-minute break here or something, and she just hopped up onstage to chat.
This is when it was all said and done. We got together for a picture. We were so relieved. This is at the end of—Wait. Oh God, is my hand on her ASS there?! My hand is totally on her ass. That's our assistant choreographer, Brooke. I love her. The end of a long day.
They're rehearsing before shooting. The time was so tight that they're literally rehearsing in the lobby of the theater as they set up. There's Cory and Lea and Amber and Jenna and Nia and Chris and Kevin. They're singing a Journey medley. The people on Glee could not be more open and sweet and genuine. It was really hard to leave them.
via: details.com
Jane Lynch! She came to the set, because she's one of the Regionals judges. She is—and I'm not the only person that feels this way—one of my favorite people on the planet. When she wasn't shooting, she was sitting fifth row center watching us perform Bohemian Rhapsody. She was obsessed with that number. She could not stop watching it. And she would applaud when it was over. She literally watched it all day long. I think we had one scene together the entire season, and we never have onscreen interaction. Right before we took this picture, I said, "Jane Lynch, how did we make it through this whole season without having a scene together?" She was like, "I know!" She's so ridiculously nice off-camera that it makes you uncomfortable.
This is the biggest dance number they've ever done on the show. It took 3 days of rehearsal. This is our first day at Stage 21 on the Paramount lot. They used to shoot The Lucy Show here. The choreographer is back there with the hat on, and the girl with the red hair is the assistant choreographer. There were about 6 or 7 dancers and myself—sort of like a skeleton crew—rehearsing 8 hours to get the basic stuff down before we did two full 8-hour days with all of the dancers.
More below
Dancing with Vocal Adrenaline was definitely the hardest thing I had to do on Glee. I'm not a dancer. When I was unemployed in New York and auditioning for theater, I would go to the "singer who moves well" auditions, rather than the "dancer who sings well" auditions. [laughs] So the dancing—especially because there's lots of lifting and throwing girls around—was a totally new skill for me. We're rehearsing Bohemian Rhapsody, which is our final number. This was—[singing] "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeee"—so on the me's, they put their hands in the center. I'm representing the devil here. There's supposed to be an evil look in my eye as everyone surrounds me, before we explode into the big guitar solo. The day that we shot this number, one girl broke her pinkie. One girl twisted her ankle. One girl slammed her head into the camera. And I still have a 7-inch long scar down my bicep from a girl's heel.
Matthew Morrison and I were doing theater at the same time in New York, so I knew him from the theater community before I met him on Glee. He's awesome. Such a good leader of the company, because he really takes care of everyone and is so supportive. I really really dig him.
This is Erin, and she's in charge of make-up. She's really kooky. Her outfit is pretty subtle here, but Erin always comes to set decked out in a totally different outfit. Between takes when you're sweating and whatnot, they hold fans up to your face to dry you off, and they have to reapply your makeup so you look like you didn't just do a 6-minute number. And she's right there every single time doing exactly what she's doing in the picture. Which would drive me crazy, but that's her job and she loves it.
I'm showing you my pit stains. And I think I changed my shirt maybe four or five times throughout that day, because I have a huge, huge armpit sweating problem. It's good for you, right? I thought maybe DETAILS would photoshop those out, but I have a feeling that's not going to happen. [laughs] Lea Michele and I did Spring Awakening together on Broadway for two years, and she will tell you that I dripped all over her and spit in her face, but I never smelled.
Here, the roaming camera guy is getting a close-up of me singing. [sings:] "Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now's he's dead..." This was a nerve-wracking take for me, because it was close-up on the hands. I read in the script that I had to play the piano—"Jesse plays the piano à la Freddie Mercury," so I was like "Fuck." I called the PA and asked for a piano lesson, so they set up meetings with Brad, the music director. He taught me how to play, unbeknownst to the director. We got to shooting that day and he was like, "Wait a second, you're actually playing it! Well, let's get some close-up shots of your hands." I think we got the shot in one take.
By the finale, I've gone back to Vocal Adrenaline, totally pissed Rachel off, and severed all ties with her. I've been really mean to her. Lea was there, all dressed up in her costume, because there's a close-up shot of her watching our number. Then she just hung around and watched us do the number all day. I think we were taking a 10-minute break here or something, and she just hopped up onstage to chat.
This is when it was all said and done. We got together for a picture. We were so relieved. This is at the end of—Wait. Oh God, is my hand on her ASS there?! My hand is totally on her ass. That's our assistant choreographer, Brooke. I love her. The end of a long day.
They're rehearsing before shooting. The time was so tight that they're literally rehearsing in the lobby of the theater as they set up. There's Cory and Lea and Amber and Jenna and Nia and Chris and Kevin. They're singing a Journey medley. The people on Glee could not be more open and sweet and genuine. It was really hard to leave them.
via: details.com
Glee stud Mark Salling reunites with The Hills star Audrina Patridge at a 2010 MTV Movie Awards after-party held at John Terzian and Brian Toll’s Las Palmas on Sunday (June 6) in Hollywood.
Mark, 27, and Audrina, 25, both hit the red carpet earlier in the day. They first met at a party in November.
3 more photos below
via: justjared
Mark, 27, and Audrina, 25, both hit the red carpet earlier in the day. They first met at a party in November.
3 more photos below
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FOLLOWING a remarkable third season pick-up before the end of its first season, and as the cast plays to sold-out houses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago and New York, Fox’s hit comedy Glee continues to dominate Billboard's top album chart with Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers soaring to No. 1.
Available in both standard and deluxe versions, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
has sold an impressive 135,748 copies in its debut week.
Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna claimed that same No. 1 spot only four weeks earlier.
To date, over seven million Glee songs have been digitally downloaded and over 1.8 million Glee albums sold in the US.
Last week, all four Glee releases occupy slots within Billboard's top 40 best selling albums:
Glee: The Music, Volume 1
at No. 34
Glee: The Music, Volume 2
at No. 40
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
at No. 20
Tomorrow marks the final episode of Glee’s first season (in the US) and the release date of Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals, the next official release in the Glee music songbook.
This new mini-album will showcase the cast’s take on such classics as Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a mash-up version of Journey’s hits Any Way You Want It with Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’, in addition to a special “regionals” version of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’.
Other songs in the track listing for Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals include Faithfully, To Sir, With Love and Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
A fresh and unique programme coupled with talented cast make it easy to see why Entertainment Weekly proclaims “Glee has become the industry’s biggest story of the year”.
via: nst
Available in both standard and deluxe versions, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers
Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna claimed that same No. 1 spot only four weeks earlier.
To date, over seven million Glee songs have been digitally downloaded and over 1.8 million Glee albums sold in the US.
Last week, all four Glee releases occupy slots within Billboard's top 40 best selling albums:
Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Glee: The Music, Volume 2
Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
Tomorrow marks the final episode of Glee’s first season (in the US) and the release date of Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals, the next official release in the Glee music songbook.
This new mini-album will showcase the cast’s take on such classics as Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, a mash-up version of Journey’s hits Any Way You Want It with Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’, in addition to a special “regionals” version of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’.
Other songs in the track listing for Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals include Faithfully, To Sir, With Love and Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
A fresh and unique programme coupled with talented cast make it easy to see why Entertainment Weekly proclaims “Glee has become the industry’s biggest story of the year”.
via: nst
If you're a gleek and you don't commonly watch the Tony Awards -- I know there are some of you out there -- then here's a reason to tune in this year: Glee's Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison will be performing at this year's ceremonies, happening on June 13 at the Radio City Music Hall and aired live on CBS.
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, as both Michele and Morrison are Broadway veterans: the former coming to fame with Spring Awakening, and the latter in the original run of Hairspray.
Other performers this year include the casts of La Cage aux Folles (featuring Kelsey Grammer) and A Little Night Music (featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones), as well as the band Green Day, whose music form the backbone of the Tony-nominated musical American Idiot. Sean Hayes will be hosting the event.
Now, I don't think we'll see the two perform something off Glee. Any thoughts on what they'd do, gleeks?
via: buddytv
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, as both Michele and Morrison are Broadway veterans: the former coming to fame with Spring Awakening, and the latter in the original run of Hairspray.
Other performers this year include the casts of La Cage aux Folles (featuring Kelsey Grammer) and A Little Night Music (featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones), as well as the band Green Day, whose music form the backbone of the Tony-nominated musical American Idiot. Sean Hayes will be hosting the event.
Now, I don't think we'll see the two perform something off Glee. Any thoughts on what they'd do, gleeks?
via: buddytv
The “Power of Madonna” behind-the-scenes clips from Glee: The Complete First Season DVD — watch them embedded after the jump — may cause spontaneous Vogue-ing, Lea Michelle-style squealing and jumping, or the sudden urge to don a corset and finger curls. Consider yourself warned.
Releases September 14, 2010
Here are some Glee DVD-related facts:
+ I am extremely excited about the promised never-before-seen batch of Sue’s Corners and the DVD’s sing-along karaoke feature.
+ My neighbors are probably NOT excited about the DVD’s sing-along karaoke feature.
+ If you bought the Glee: Volume One: Road to Sectionals, you get a $10 ”Gleebate.” More info here.
+ You should always replace the long “e” sound in words with “Glee” (see: Gleebate), unless you’re saying the word DVD.
+ The Blu-ray and DVD sets are retailed at $69.99 and $59.99, respectively, but if you are one of the millions of people who receive Sunday ads or shop online, you will not be paying that price when it is released.
+ Pre-sales begin Aug. 18, a day after my birthday because the world is cruel.
+ The exclusive clips are below this sentence, but I kind of hope you figured that one out on your own.
3 exclusive clips below
via popwatch.ew.com
Releases September 14, 2010
Here are some Glee DVD-related facts:
+ I am extremely excited about the promised never-before-seen batch of Sue’s Corners and the DVD’s sing-along karaoke feature.
+ My neighbors are probably NOT excited about the DVD’s sing-along karaoke feature.
+ If you bought the Glee: Volume One: Road to Sectionals, you get a $10 ”Gleebate.” More info here.
+ You should always replace the long “e” sound in words with “Glee” (see: Gleebate), unless you’re saying the word DVD.
+ The Blu-ray and DVD sets are retailed at $69.99 and $59.99, respectively, but if you are one of the millions of people who receive Sunday ads or shop online, you will not be paying that price when it is released.
+ Pre-sales begin Aug. 18, a day after my birthday because the world is cruel.
+ The exclusive clips are below this sentence, but I kind of hope you figured that one out on your own.
3 exclusive clips below
via popwatch.ew.com
The episode's titled "Journey," so it's pretty fitting then that the show released a clip of Rachel and Finn belting out Journey's classic tune "Faithfully."
It's summertime in saltbleached Laguna Beach—and that means surf's up. But it's not just the breakers that are peaking; we're also seeing a resurgence of super-authentic surfwear labels both old and new. Here, Mark Salling from 'Glee' catches a wave.
On Glee, Mark Salling plays a high school badass who refers to the glee club as "homo explosion" (and then can't help but join in on the geeked-out fun). This wasn't exactly the kind of music Salling expected to make when he moved from Dallas to Hollywood eight years ago with his acoustic guitar strapped to his back, searching for a record deal. When asked if he'll get to perform any of his original tunes when the Glee kids go on tour this summer—they're playing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, among other venues—he says, laughing, "I think Fox would probably shit a brick over that."
We can't blame the network for wanting to protect its breakout hit, whose mix of power ballads, show tunes, and ironic tween hip-hop has led to a Golden Globe win and serious music-biz sales. (Four and a half million iTunes downloads and counting!) In April, the cast hit the publicity "bifecta," appearing on Oprah and singing for President Obama's Easter party. Yes, the irrepressible show has become visits-to-the-White-House kind of big. And in a cast of misfit characters, Salling, 27, may be the one to watch. His Puck is prime-time cougar bait, a football star turned Neil Diamond crooner who outshines the goody-goodies; think Emilio Estevez in The Breakfast Club, but with a lovely tenor. As for the perks of fame, Salling says he doesn't get recognized nearly as much since he shaved his character's trademark Mohawk. And though he's enjoying things like photo shoots with bikini-clad surf girls (see these pages), unfortunately he doesn't really remember this shoot. "I was right in the middle of one of those cleanse fasts," he says. A cleanse? Sounds like something Puck would call a "homo explosion."
5 more photos below
via: GQ
On Glee, Mark Salling plays a high school badass who refers to the glee club as "homo explosion" (and then can't help but join in on the geeked-out fun). This wasn't exactly the kind of music Salling expected to make when he moved from Dallas to Hollywood eight years ago with his acoustic guitar strapped to his back, searching for a record deal. When asked if he'll get to perform any of his original tunes when the Glee kids go on tour this summer—they're playing sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, among other venues—he says, laughing, "I think Fox would probably shit a brick over that."
We can't blame the network for wanting to protect its breakout hit, whose mix of power ballads, show tunes, and ironic tween hip-hop has led to a Golden Globe win and serious music-biz sales. (Four and a half million iTunes downloads and counting!) In April, the cast hit the publicity "bifecta," appearing on Oprah and singing for President Obama's Easter party. Yes, the irrepressible show has become visits-to-the-White-House kind of big. And in a cast of misfit characters, Salling, 27, may be the one to watch. His Puck is prime-time cougar bait, a football star turned Neil Diamond crooner who outshines the goody-goodies; think Emilio Estevez in The Breakfast Club, but with a lovely tenor. As for the perks of fame, Salling says he doesn't get recognized nearly as much since he shaved his character's trademark Mohawk. And though he's enjoying things like photo shoots with bikini-clad surf girls (see these pages), unfortunately he doesn't really remember this shoot. "I was right in the middle of one of those cleanse fasts," he says. A cleanse? Sounds like something Puck would call a "homo explosion."
5 more photos below
via: GQ
"Two If By Sea" has been edited for Vogue.com; the complete story appears in the June 2010 issue of Vogue.
The season's hottest duos are Glee's Matthew Morrison and model Raquel Zimmermann, and swimsuits paired with daywear.
via Vogue
Photographed by Mikael Jansson.













































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