Glee is back and, apparently, has the beat (and is getting pelted in dodgeball).
See Jane Lynch terrorizing the cast — including new full-timers Darren Criss and Harry Shum Jr. — in the Fox hit’s first season three promo below. (Hmm, if a cast member is hit, does it mean they’re off the show at the end of the season?)
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Glee‘s third season premiere is still weeks away but we have something to tide you over, Gleeks. The cast has shot a music video for Fashion’s Night Out, the annual shopping event that kicks off September Fashion Week in New York City. Set to a cover of David Bowie’s “Fashion,” the New Directions kids get to pose and primp in some very stylish duds. Watch the actors get their runway on below! READ FULL STORY »
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Water under the bridge? Back in April, American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis released a barrage of harsh tweets mocking Fox’s Glee that invited the ire of both fans and members of the gay community alike. One of Ellis’ tweets: “I like the idea of ‘Glee’ but why is it that every time I watch an episode I feel like I’ve stepped into a puddle of HIV?”
But now it looks like Ellis may be working with one of the show’s most beloved stars. Back-tracking a bit from his previous statements, Ellis wrote a tweet praising Glee‘s talent (“Whatever my problems with Glee have nothing to do with the incredibly talented cast itself. Have tastelessly bashed the show not the actors.”) before stating his intention to work with Criss, who plays Blaine on the Fox series, on 2012′s Downers Grove movie, which Ellis is writing. “And no,” he added, “the producers of the script I wrote (Downers Grove) which Darren Criss might (or might not) star in didn’t make me write that tweet.”
Reps for Criss have not yet confirmed whether or not the actor will star in Downers Grove, an adaptation of Michael Hornburg’s 2001 novel about a high school coping with a curse: One member of the senior class dies in a bizarre fashion every year. The film already stars Hayden Panettiere, Nikki Reed, and Lucy Hale.
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ABC’s family comedy The Middle is getting a piece of Glee.
Chord Overstreet is set to guest star on the series during its upcoming third season, trading McKinley High for Orson Elementary. He’ll play Ralph Wilkerson, a new and idealistic fourth grade teacher for young Brick (Atticus Shaffer), whose innovative and involved teaching methods run counter to the more relaxed parenting style used by the boy’s parents.
The actor will appear in the Sept. 28 episode of The Middle. The comedy returns Sept. 21 with a one-hour premiere at 8 p.m. More to come…
Last night, Glee Project judge and executive producer Ryan Murphy surprised everyone, including the contestants, by announcing that there were TWO winners of the reality competition: Samuel Larsen, 19, and Damian McGinty, 18 both won seven-episode arcs this season on Fox’s hit series. But Murphy wasn’t done with the twists: runners-up Lindsay Pearce, 20, and Alex Newell, 18, would ALSO receive two-episode arcs during Glee‘s third season. Says McGinty, “For the four of us, it’s an amazing feeling knowing that as a group and as a unit we have all basically got ourselves a part on Glee. So in many ways all four of us won at this point.”
EW talked to Larsen and McGinty about their big wins last night.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Take me through being named the winners last night.
SAMUEL LARSEN: I think the best way to describe it is I basically forgot how to function as a human being. It felt like I was floating or something. I was flipping out! It felt like I couldn’t do anything.
DAMIAN MCGINTY: Ryan said great things about us. But then he said,” Samuel, you’ve won The Glee Project.” For me, it was very much a sinking feeling. READ FULL STORY »
After nine grueling weeks of singing, dancing, kissing, and drag, a winner was announced on Sunday night’s Glee Project. So which of the four remaining hopefuls will be sent to McKinley High for a guest stint on season 3? Well, a funny thing about that: READ FULL STORY »
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Did you know the first 100 words of this column are the last 100 words I write every week? I say this for two reasons: 1) If you’ve ever noticed the coherency of this column increases as you work your way through it, you now know why. 2) You now also have an incentive to click to the second page of this column. (Yes! I’m paginated now! << I don’t know if that statement is the “Spoiler Room” speaking or yours truly. I’m going to say it’s the “room” since I, in fact, am not paginated.)
At any rate, take note of the little number “2″ because it’s your path 2 more scoop. (See what I did there.) Hey, I warned you just one paragraph ago…
Remember to send scoop requests to spoilerroom@ew.com (note to the two smooshed “r”s) and follow me on Twitter for more things that don’t make a lot of sense and a few things that do (like TV scoop!). @EWSandraG READ FULL STORY »
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It’s beginning to look a lot like fall TV time! And I’m so excited, I could scream! But that would be really awkward for the person in the office next to me, I imagine.
Instead, I’ll sit here and wait for your questions to pop up in the Spoiler Room inbox (spoilerroom@ew.com).
Clearly my brain is fried. So I’ll leave you to read. Remember to send in your inquiries and follow me on Twitter for more awkward thoughts (and maybe some scoop): @EWSandraG.
‘VAMPIRE DIARIES’: EP TEASES MATT’S PAINFUL ROAD AHEAD
We wouldn’t wish suffering on anyone… except for maybe The Vampire Diaries’ Matt Donovan. But that’s only because actor Zach Roerig guts us when he gets teary. TVD exec producer Julie Plec almost got our eyes wet describing how Matt will figure into the season 3 story line that has Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) seeing the ghosts of his dead exes — including Matt’s late sister Vicki (Kayla Ewell). READ FULL STORY »
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Cupid will strike Mercedes on Glee this fall.
LaMarcus Tinker (Friday Night Lights) will join the dramedy as Marcus, a love interest for Amber Riley’s character. The actor begins work on the Fox drama today.
Tinker was last seen on Cougar Town but also played Dallas on FNL.
Earlier this month, creator Ryan Murphy told the press that he wants to “service more of the kids” on the show. “I don’t think there’s been enough Amber. I don’t think here’s been enough Jenna or Harry.”
Glee returns on Sept. 20.
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This week on Oxygen’s The Glee Project, viewers said goodbye to adorable Hannah McIalwain. The 20-year-old was sent home after doing a last chance performance of Taylor Swift’s “Back to December.”
“It was kinda hard [to watch], like I got a little upset,” says Hannah. “Thank the Lord it was months ago. I’ve had time to kinda get over it otherwise I’d be a hot mess right now. I tried my best with what I had. You can always try to look back and say, ‘I wish I would have done this differently’ but that will drive you crazy. I’m proud of what I accomplished.” EW talked to Hannah about her crush on Damian, her friendship with Cameron, and what’s next. READ FULL STORY »
Tired of the all the talk about Glee drama? So is the cast.
At two separate press conferences Saturday for the show’s 3-D concert movie (in theaters Aug. 12), cast members talked about their hopes that the upcoming film would put the focus back on the show and less on the fandom-rocking news from recent months about graduations and cast departures. READ FULL STORY »
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Fox’s programming president Kevin Reilly broke the network’s silence on the controversy that’s erupted over Glee producers giving conflicting statements about the upcoming third season, and whether there’s really a spin-off in the works.
On the controversy: “I was extremely upset to learn about this myself on Twitter — I’m kidding,” Reilly said. “I can laugh about it because it’s taken on more of a heated momentum than it actually is. This show is such an undertaking. As you well know there are many successful shows that have genuine controversy and fighting. That’s not the case with this show. [Creator] Ryan Murphy and his group of associates do a phenomenal job. In the middle of Ryan’s creativity this got out… this was a two-day issue that took on a bigger life. These guys get along incredibly well.”
On the spin-off: “The spin-off was in the wind. We haven’t said we’re not doing it. We talked about it last season. Ryan did talk to all the actors about it. Ryan himself has said he regrets he talked about it. The spin-off will stay in the wind. We collectively decided to revisit it in the back half of the [season] … I don’t even know what it would be.” READ FULL STORY »
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