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  • Naya Rivera, Glee Star, Tweets Expensive Xmas Gift From Big Sean

    There have been a few Glee-related events that have been in the news these past few months, such as the recent wedding of Dot Marie Jones, as well as the announcement of Skylar Astin‘s guest appearances in the upcoming season. Now, long-time Glee star Naya Rivera has something to celebrate.

    Rivera plays the character of “Santana Lopez” on the FOX show, a recent graduate from William McKinley High School, who has now moved to New York to be with long-time friends Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer). Rivera is also known for starring in a recent “I Would Do Anything For Love”-themed M&Ms commercial.

    According to Yahoo OMG, the well-known Glee star posted an image on Instagram via Twitter on Wednesday, December 25th, showing off a new diamond necklace, as well as a closeup of her engagement ring.

    Rivera became engaged to rapper Big Sean this past October. The couple states that they initially met through sending private messages to one another on Twitter (according to People.com). Rivera’s fiancé can also be heard on her recently released single titled “Sorry.”

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  • Dot-Marie Jones Marries Longtime Girlfriend

    Glee star Dot-Marie Jones married her longtime girlfriend Bridgett Casteen on Saturday. A rep confirmed the marriage. The two tied the knot at their home in L.A. in the company of close friends.

    Jones, known for her role as Coach Shannon Beiste on the FOX hit show Glee, became engaged to Casteen at Disneyland back in October. She proposed to Bridgett during Anaheim Gay Days.

    Those who attended the wedding on Saturday didn’t realize what was actually in store. Instead they believed they were simply attending a Christmas party at Dot-Marie Jones and Bridgett Casteen’s home–the ruse under which they were all invited. Once there, they were informed of the impending nuptials.

    Dot-Marie Jones thanked Jamie Kennedy via Twitter for her wedding congratulations.

    Casteen, who has already changed her Twitter account to “Bridgett Jones,” alluded to her excitement prior to tying the knot with Dot-Marie Jones on Saturday.

    It’s likely before the day is out that Jones’s Glee costars will all be chiming in with sincere congratulations of their own.

    Christmas is such an exciting time already, and Dot-Marie Jones and Bridgett Casteen will forever remember the holiday now with a twofold meaning. May their life be filled with the love and joy they shared with their friends and family at their wedding on Saturday.

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  • Dot-Marie Jones Ties The Knot With Bridgett Casteen

    It’s official! Glee star Dot-Marie Jones, and her long-time girlfriend Bridgett Casteen, have tied the knot!

    Jones is best known for playing Coach Shannon Beiste on the popular fox television show. She proposed to Casteen, while at Disneyland during the Gay Days Anaheim weekend in October. Once Casteen had accepted Jones’ proposal, Casteen took to Twitter to share the news with all of her friends, family, and fans. She tweeted: “Thank you [Jones] for making me the happiest woman in the world.” “It’s the happiest day of my life. I never though I’d find somebody that is so loving and kind,” Jones said at the time.

    On Saturday night, the couple invited their close friends and family over for a Christmas party. However, their guests were soon surprised to find out that they would actually be witnessing the couple’s wedding ceremony.

    The morning of her surprise nuptials, Casteen posted a tweet on Twitter that read: “Oh happy day.” Casteen also changed her profile name from Casteen to Jones. Although this is the first marriage for Jones, 49, this is the second marriage for Casteen, 39, who has two children from her previous marriage.

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  • Cory Monteith: Lea Michele Talks Life Without Him

    Cory Monteith died of a drug overdose in Vancouver back in July, and this week his girlfriend and Glee costar Lea Michele told Ellen DeGeneres what life is like without him. Losing Cory meant losing the man she loved both on TV and in real life. Michele’s role as Rachel Berry played opposite his as Finn Hudson. Now five months after Cory’s passing, Lea is trying to be strong in both her personal and professional lives.

    “It’s certainly been a pretty rough year,” Michele told Ellen DeGeneres. “But I’ve been surrounded by such great people, such great family.”

    Cory Monteith was just 31 years old when he died, and at just 27, Lea Michele is struggling to put the pieces back together again. Kate Hudson played an instrumental role in helping Lea heal. She allowed her to hide out at her home after Cory died, so she could have some privacy in which to grieve. The life of a Hollywood actress seems so exciting–and it probably is. But when someone faces a life-altering tragedy like this one, they need to be as far-removed from the spotlight as possible.

    Just one month after Cory died, however, Lea Michele went back to work.

    “[Glee co-creator] Ryan Murphy, who is so amazing, he came to Kate’s house and he said, ‘What do you want to do? Whatever you want to do, we’ll do.’ I said, ‘I have to go back to work. We have to . . . they’re my family,” Lea explained to Ellen.

    That work would wind up being among her saving graces. Lea’s first solo album comes out in February, and music dedicated to Cory Monteith will appear on it.

    Ellen reminded Lea of her 2012 interview with Cory–just about a year ago. He confirmed that he and Michele were a bona fide couple on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

    “It’s one of my favorite memories,” Michele told DeGeneres. “I remember when he came home that night, he kind of puffed out his chest and he was like, ‘I talked about you on ‘Ellen’ today.’ I was so happy. He’s such a private person, and I literally lived every day of my life feeling like the luckiest girl in the whole world. I just thought he was the greatest man and so at that moment, that memory, it means so much to me.”

    What a difference a year makes. Lea Michele’s life has been immensely changed and a talented young actor and singer is gone. Perhaps one day Lea will make sense out of the tragedy that impacted her so profoundly. Maybe she will do more work in Cory’s honor to help keep his memory alive.

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  • Skylar Astin Is Set To Guest Star On Glee

    Skylar Astin Is Set To Guest Star On Glee

    Glee is a show that likes to rack up the amount of guest stars that it features, and has also made a point to include particular actors that have already been seen in musicals before. Skylar Astin is the latest to be added as a guest star, and will appear on the show in the spring.

    Astin, the young star, has previously been seen in a production of Spring Awakening, which included Lea Michelle and Jenna Ushkowitz, who are both stars on Glee, showing that he already has chemistry with the cast. He is the latest member of the Spring Awakening cast to be featured on the show, and has a close relationship with Lea Michelle after working together.

    Glee is a musical comedy created by Ryan Murphy, which airs on Fox, and also recently received a nomination at the Golden Globes for Best Televsion Series-Musical Or Comedy. In addition to Lea Michelle, the series stars an ensemble cast that has been recognized during multiple award shows, and includes Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Naya Rivera, and more.

    On the show, Skylar Astin will play Jean-Bapttiste, the leader of Throat Explosion, the competition for New Direction at Nationals. He will join Phoebe Strole and Johnathan Groff, who are both new members on the show.

    Whether he knew the two other co-stars already is unknown, but he seems to be getting close with Darren Criss and Chord Overstreet already, as the news was revealed via Darren Criss’ Instagram, after the three of them posted a selfie together.

    The decision to cast Skylar Astin in the show comes after Lea Michelle continued to campaign for him, and has done so for several seasons. Lea Michelle, who plays Rachel on the show, said of Astin, “I’m his biggest fan, he’s one of my best friends, and I couldn’t be happier for him and his success. He’s amazing in Pitch Perfect. The minute I can get him on Glee, I want him on the show.” After trying to several seasons, she finally got her wish, and will be reunited with her friend for an episode of Glee.

    In addition to Spring Awakening, Astin has been seen in the hit film Pitch Perfect, and a few other films, as well as an episode of HBO’s Girls. He is currently a star on TBS’ Ground Floor.

    Skylar Astin will appear on an episode of the show that airs in March of 2014.

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  • Lea Michele Wrote A Song About Cory Monteith

    Lea Michele met Cory Monteith on the set of “Glee”, where they found love. When he died suddenly over the summer after mixing alcohol and heroin, the actress went into a deep mourning that could only be eased by the outpouring of support she found from their fans and costars. Now, she’s set to release her first album, and says it contains a song she wrote just for Cory.

    “We came up with a beautiful song called ‘If You Say So’ that I wrote about Cory,” she told Ellen DeGeneres. “Grief really just … you can get sucked into it. You can literally lose yourself if you don’t actually die from it, you can lose yourself completely. And I said to [Sia, Michele’s songwriter], ‘I need to get out of my house. He would want me to live my life. … ‘ She said, ‘Oh, that’s so crazy. ’cause I wrote this song. It’s called ‘Cannonball,’ and you just said the lyrics.’ She played it for me, and the minute I heard the song, it lifted me up. It picked me up from everything.”

    Michele says Cory was able to hear a lot of her work before he passed.

    “I’m really happy, because Cory got to hear all but two songs on the record, and he had notes all the time when I would come home and play him a song,” she said. “We would sit in the car and listen to it because it had the best sound system.”

    Monteith’s death has been mourned by fans all over the world, and is felt in the community he dedicated himself to helping, a Vancouver charity called Project Limelight that helps troubled youths.

    “I think kids really need a place to go and feel like they belong,” he said in a video for Project Limelight. “When I was a kid, I struggled a lot with who I was and where my life was going and what I was interested in. And I was fortunate to have the arts inspire me.”

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  • Lea Michele Releases New Single “Cannonball”

    Last month, we (WebProNews) released the news that Glee star Lea Michele would be releasing a new album, including some tracks dedicated to the late Cory Monteith. Today (Tuesday, December 10th, 2013), we get a glimpse into one of the tracks of her new album “Louder” which releases in May. The single track Michele releases to the world today is titled “Cannonball.”

    According to MTV and her tweet below, Michele unveils her first single off of her “Louder” album today titled “Cannonball.” The song does not have the “usual” Broadway sound, which Michele is known for on Glee, but it has a hard-driven piano pop sound, which MTV calls “reaffirming her newfound inner strength.”

    Michele did not accomplish the powerful ballad on her own, but she did receive help from other well-known music superstars, such as: Sia, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Britney Spears, according to MTV. When listening to the track, you do somewhat hear their signature sounds within the musicality of “Cannonball.”

    Late last night (Monday, December 9th, 2013), Michele tweeted the announcement of the release of her single for download on her Twitter account, showing the song’s availability on iTunes.

    Yahoo! OMG stated that the Glee star will perform her “Cannonball” single live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, December 12th, 2013.

    To listen to the full track of “Cannonball” from Lea Michele’s VEVO page on YouTube, please click on the video below.

    Many of Michele’s fans around Twitter have been exclaiming their excitement and reactions to the Glee star’s new single.

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  • Lea Michele Releases New Video ‘Cannonball’ [Video]

    Lea Michele has given her fans a taste of her new song, Cannonball, that is listed on her upcoming album titled, Louder. The first 90 seconds of the song have recently been made available for fans to hear (included below); however, the full version of the song will not debut until December 12, 2013. This Thursday, Michele will perform the entire song through a special appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show as part of Ellen’s 12 days of Christmas.

    According to the website for the show, “LEA MICHELE is here! Strong, beautiful and courageous, the Glee star and singer, who got her start in Les Misérables on Broadway, brings her positive energy and outstanding voice to grace the stage again. This time, she’ll not only talk with Ellen, but also perform a track from her upcoming solo debut CD, Louder! It will also mark her first sit-down interview since the tragic passing of Cory Monteith.”

    In a recent interview with Elle, Michele spoke about wanting to include a tribute on the album for her late boyfriend, Cory Monteith. The song, You’re Mine honors the memory of Monteith. “The album was done, and the label said, ‘Do you want to add anything?’ I was like, ‘I might regret it if I don’t.’ It makes me so happy, this song. It makes me think so much of Cory. It was ours. When I think of him, I play this,” Michele said.

    [Image Via Wikimedia Commons and Courtesy of JJ Duncan]

  • Kristen Chenoweth Returns to Glee

    Glee, the American teen super musical-drama is more popular than ever. With the show’s constant celeb guest spot appearances and refreshingly fun takes on hit songs, Glee is constantly keeping things fresh. But recently, the show decided to revisit their past, bringing back a lady with a big smile and an even bigger voice.

    The dazzling Kristen Chenoweth was called back by Glee creator, Ryan Murphy to show off her acting and singing talents as her character, April Rhodes. But why now? Well, Glee has some celebrating to do with their 100th episode being just around the corner.

    Leave it to Twitter for the very exciting news to be made public.

    Chenoweth kept her response tweet to Murphy short and sweet.

    Check out Chenoweth’s pipes in, “Maybe This Time.”

    Chenoweth has been acting for years, appearing in television shows from Frasier to Glee. But the star really made her mark in the hit Broadway show Wicked, when she originated the role of Glinda.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsKH2tqoFJ8

    Will Chenoweth be the only ex-Glee star to return to the set? It hasn’t been made clear if anyone else will be joining the pint-sized blonde, but I’m certain there will be some fun surprises up the show’s sleeves! Stay tuned.

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  • Amber Riley Crowned Dancing With The Stars Season 17 Champion

    This season (17) of Dancing With The Stars has been an extraordinary season, jam-packed with quite a diverse array of star dancers. Apart from dancers, the show had quite a few interesting guest judges as well. Even though this season was breathtaking, it came to a close on November 26th with Glee star Amber Riley and partner Derek Hough being crowned the winners of Dancing With The Stars season 17.

    Amber Riley, 27, is a well-known singer and songwriter. Riley started her professional singing career at the age of 17 when she auditioned during the second season of the well-known musical reality show American Idol; however, Riley was turned down by the judging panel (according to Access Hollywood). Later, she became Mercedes Jones on the musical television series Glee, the character that Riley is well known for.

    During the course of season 17, Riley started to break away from the pack, especially with her amazing Cha Cha routine to “Wings” during the first week of competition. Throughout the season, Riley (with Hough’s choreography) had some really breakthrough performances, especially with her week 11 “freestyle” dance, inspired by a stepping routine.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7DC3XZQ2sg

    During the finale’s results show on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013, the remaining couples who were in reach of the trophy were: Jack Osbourne / Cheryl Burke (eliminated earlier in the show), Corbin Bleu (Reivers) / Karina Smirnoff, and Amber Riley / Derek Hough. It was announced at the end of the results show that Riley and Hough were the winners of Dancing With The Stars season 17. Riley’s win on the dancing reality show marks a new milestone, because she is the first African-American woman to win the competition throughout the show’s 17 seasons.

    Fellow Glee stars Lea Michele (Rachel Berry), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), and Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez) wished Riley congratulations via YouTube:

    After the results show, Riley tweeted the picture of her and Hough showing off their well-earned mirror ball trophies, expressing thank you to the various fans that supported her throughout the season.

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  • Glee’s 100th Episode: Gleeks Choose The Mixes

    Glee, the popular FOX musical television series about the lives of William McKinley High School’s show choir students will soon reach its 100th episode. This milestone comes at a bittersweet time because of the recent death of Cory Monteith; however, as they say in Hollywood, the show must go on, and Glee‘s popular success shall be celebrated as it reaches its 100th episode.

    According to Entertainment Weekly, Glee‘s 100th episode will broadcast on March 18th, 2014, and not only will the production team be responsible for the songs included in the show’s 100th episode, but you, the viewers, will be able to help decide the “remixes” for the upcoming milestone episode as well.

    Fans of the show (a.k.a. “Gleeks”) can log into the voting site using their Facebook accounts on FOX’s Gleek’s Choice Page where they can vote 10 times for any number of their favorite routines. Some of the well-known routines listed on the Gleek’s Choice Page are: Bad Romance, Don’t Stop Believin’, Forget You (feat. Gywneth Paltrow), Imagine, Roar (feat. Demi Lovato / Adam Lambert), Valerie, and We Are Young. Many other fan favorites are listed on Glee‘s voting page as well.

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    (Image source: Screen shot of Gleeks Choice, taken by Chad Sweely)

    The announcement of this milestone was posted on Glee‘s official Facebook and Twitter pages as well.

    Various Gleeks on Twitter have expressed their opinions concerning the 100th episode of Glee:

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  • ‘Glee’ Season 4 Gets A Netflix Release Date

    ‘Glee’ Season 4 Gets A Netflix Release Date

    We’ve just learned that Netflix will be adding Glee: Season 4 to its streaming catalog on Saturday, November 30th.

    Netflix first reached a deal with Fox to stream the first season of Glee back in 2011, and since added subsequent seasons. The first three are currently available for streaming.

    The fourth season is currently available on Netflix via its DVD-by-mail service.

    The show is currently midway through its fifth season, with the seventh episode scheduled to air on Thursday.

    Glee fans might also be interested to know that Dianna Agron appears in a new video from The Killers.

    See more titles recently added to Netflix here.

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  • Dianna Agron Rocks Makeover For The Killers’ “Just Another Girl”

    With the new class of students in the spotlight on Glee, the older generation of actors are moving onto different things and going in “new directions” as they continue their careers. For instance, Lea Michelle is working on a new solo album, Amber Riley is one of the finalists on the current season of Dancing With The Stars, and now Dianna Agron is getting involved with The Killers on their latest music video, however, sporting a new look.

    The music video for The Killers’ new hit “Just Another Girl” shows Glee star Dianna Agron with longer-than-shoulder-length hair pulled back, heavy eye shadow, and donning frontman Brandon Flowers’ staple feather-shouldered jacket. This is definitely a new look from Glee‘s blonde and innocent Quinn Fabray; however, Glee fans will remember that, at the start of season three, Agron’s character temporarily changed her persona to reflect a hard rock/punk look.

    Throughout the music video, Agron’s wardrobe changes various times from Flowers’ jacket to a vest and bow tie, a leather jacket, and concluding the sequence by wearing a black suit coat and red button-up shirt. While transforming into these different outfits in each scene, Agron lip-syncs Flowers’ lyrics. According to MTV UK, the outfits that Agron presents in the video are ones that are commonly worn by Flowers during his live performances. In a review by Contactmusic, it stated that Agron is walking through the band’s “discography.”

    Agron also tweeted her appreciation to Warren Fu, the director of The Killers’ new video:

    Many Agron and The Killers fans have expressed their excitement about Agron’s new look on Twitter:

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  • Lea Michele: Coping and Working on New Video

    Lea Michele may not be over the death of her long-time boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith, from a mix of heroin and alcohol, but at least there is hope now for the “Glee” star that things are getting better. Lea has chosen to throw herself into work on the show and on a new music video for her new album.

    “Lea is doing much better,” a source close to her said, according to People. The source added that she has found solace in dedicating herself fully to her show and music video.

    In her highly anticipated new music video, she sheds her Rachel image and is just herself, well, a sultry version of herself. All that can be told from the few snaps she’s shared, according to InStyle, is that she will be sticking with her signature smokey eye, courtesy of L’Oreal, I’m sure. She is still their global ambassador, after all.

    Her new album will surely be a hit for her, and pays tribute, in part, to Cory Monteith. She revealed that a song on the album entitled ‘You’re Mine’ is one she intends for Cory, explaining: ‘The album was done, and the label said, “Do you want to add anything?” I was like, “I might regret it if I don’t”. It makes me so happy, this song. It makes me think so much of Cory. It was ours. When I think if him, I play this.’ On Sunday she tweeted this,

    On Monday, she seemed ready to go,

    Her album is due out in May 2014.

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  • Naya Rivera Rolling Stone Cover: See The Sexy Pic

    Naya Rivera, an actress who has come to be known primarily through her work in Glee, has made her presence known even more mainstream for those who read Rolling Stone. She is on the cover of the December issue, and posing a sexy pose as she makes the Latin Hot List of 2013.

    The actress and singer displayed her body for everyone to see in a black body suit that showed off her long, bare legs. She was photographed for the magazine by the famed photographer Terry Richardson. The issue hits the stands on November 8th, showing Rivera completely out of character from where audiences are used to seeing her in Glee.

    In addition to being an actress on Glee, Rivera is also a singer and is currently working on her debut album. She recently got engaged to her boyfriend Big Sean in October, only six months after going public with their relationship.

    The 26-year-old actress makes the Latin hot list as someone who is half-Puerto Rican, quarter African American, and quarter German. The issue features her talking about her budding musical career and what drove her to become a singer. In the magazine, she explains “It took a long time to figure out where I wanted to go musically.” She released her first single off of the album over the summer, titled “Sorry” with Big Sean.

    As Naya Rivera discusses during the issue, she insisted that Columbia records release the single over the summer instead of waiting for the album to be done because it is a summer song, and she wanted it on the air before the end of the summer.

    She also hilariously met her husband-to-be over twitter, exchanging messages for a while before they officially met and had a dinner together. Big Sean jokes to E News when saying “We definitely need to do like a commercial for Match.com or something like that.We’re like social networkers.”

    Naya Rivera, the young beauty who plays the lesbian cheerleader Santana Lopez on Glee, has branched out and shown off her long legs to fans in the new cover issue of Rolling Stone.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLDwKH7ZUUE

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  • Lea Michele Reveals Celeb Who Helped Her Through Grief

    Lea Michele lost her boyfriend, “Glee” co-star Cory Monteith, to a fatal combination of drugs and alcohol earlier this year, and when it happened she was blindsided, grief-stricken, and at a loss as to where to go. But a friend who had appeared on the hit show offered help when Michele needed it, and she says she doesn’t know if she can ever repay the debt.

    “I called her and said, I don’t know where I’m going to go because my house is swarmed [with reporters],” Michele said of Kate Hudson. “She was like, ‘Oh, you’re going to stay at my house.’ Like it was nothing. I’ll never really be able to thank her, truly, for what she did for me.”

    One of the things Hudson did for Michele was to make sure she could have all the comfort she needed, whether it was from a family member or just her favorite foods.

    “She let my family stay there, and any of my friends. She made sure that in the refrigerator were my favorite juices,” Michele said.

    The actress opens up about her loss in the most recent issue of Elle Magazine and says that the two of them were dating from the beginning of the show, but kept it quiet. Now, she’s learning how to cope with losing such an important person in her life.

    “It’s very hard and you have to be very strong to come out of this alive, but I think by doing the best for myself, by showing that you don’t have to lose yourself, maybe someone else will feel some sort of strength or comfort. I know that Cory would want nothing more than for me to take this situation and use it to help people. I don’t know if I will. I don’t know how.”

    Michele and the rest of the “Glee” gang will return with new episodes this Thursday on Fox.

    Image: Twitter/Elle

  • Lea Michele Moving On After Cory Grief?

    Lea Michele Moving On After Cory Grief?

    Fans of Lea Michele shared in her grief when news broke of her tragic boyfriend’s death, Cory Monteith, in July. Along with other costars of the popular television show, Glee, Lea Michele publicly gave a heart-breaking tribute to the thirty-one-year-old actor.

    Us Weekly has reported that Lea was overheard talking about spending time with someone else. According to the source, “She was excited he was coming.” Additional details have not been released at this time.

    One of the Glee co-creators, Ryan Murphy, spoke with The Wrap about the emotional turmoil cast members from the popular show faced when filming the tribute episode about Finn Hudson who had been played by the late Cory Monteith.

    “Almost everything in that episode is from the first take of every performance, because the actors and the crew had a really hard time shooting it,” he said. “I’ve never seen a crew where you can’t continue shooting because they left the room sobbing.”

    Lea Michele left a personal message on her Twitter about Cory being in her heart for forever. However, fans will be happy to hear that twenty-seven-year old Lea has been comforted to move on and enjoy her life.

    Fortunately for fans, Lea was excited to get back to work and took to Twitter to share her enthusiasm.

    [Images Via Wikimedia Commons/ Lea Image Courtesy of David Shankbone Glee Cast Photo Courtesy of Keith McDuffee]

  • Lea Michele: Is She Ready to Move On?

    Lea Michele broke her public silence this past week and talked about the death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith. It also seems like the 27 year old “Glee” actress’ heart may be ready to open back up again as well. Apparently rumors spread like wild fire when an insider told Us Weekly that they overheard Michele talking about a “cute boy” at a party that she was excited to see.

    Cory Monteith died of a heroin and alcohol overdose this past July at the age of 31. The young actor had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Monteith and Michele’s romance was ignited on the set of the hit television program “Glee.” The show had an emotional tribute episode for Monteith’s character Finn Hudson which aired on October 10th.

    Lea Michele sang Adele’s version of the Bob Dylan ballad, “Make You Feel My Love” for the tribute show. The special episode called “The Quarterback” was obviously difficult for everyone involved as a mix of life and art collided. “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy described the process, “It was rough. It was very rough. It was very rough with Lea [Michele] … but I’m very proud of it. I think the performances are quite stunning. People still are not over it — it’s still very, very difficult.”

    Grab your tissues, here’s a great video with Lea Michele singing “Make You Feel My Love” over still shots of Lea and Cory.

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  • Lea Michele Speaks out about Cory Monteith’s Death

    Lea Michele has broken her silence for the first time since the death of her boyfriend, Cory Monteith.

    In an interview with TV WEEK Australia, Michele says that she feels like she has “lost two people”, and even though it is hard, she has not considered leaving the show.

    “I feel like, for me personally, I’ve lost two people: Cory and Finn. Everyone is asking, ‘Is it hard to do this? Is it hard to be back at work?’ But the truth is, it’s no harder at work than it is in life — so we might as well all be together as a family supporting each other to get through this together.”

    The cast had a private memorial service in the auditorium, of the set, for Monteith and Michele said it only made sense to have one for Finn as well.

    “We had a beautiful memorial for Cory in the auditorium and some of the cast members sang and people spoke about him,” she said. “It only felt right that we would do the same thing for Finn, so I felt it was very therapeutic.” Michele says that even though she has not seen the complete episode yet, she describes it as “perfect”. “I haven’t seen it yet, but we did it because it was something we all needed to do together.”

    Michele talked, not only about the show, but about her and Monteith’s relationship.

    “I really woke up every single day feeling like I was being in some sort of spell or something, that I was lucky enough to have him in my life. I feel like what happened with Cory (the cause of his death) was this big,” she says while pinching her fingers together, “in the scheme of who he was and his life. There was no greater man than Cory, so for the time we spent together I consider myself very lucky.”

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  • Dianna Agron not Appearing in “Glee” Tribute Episode

    It was recently reported that former “Glee” co-star, Dianna Agron, was not invited to appear on the emotional tribute episode for the late Cory Monteith.

    “It’s shocking, because even though she’s not contracted for this season, many other actors returned to pay tribute to Cory…even ones with less of a story connection to Finn than Diana had!” an insider told Radar. “Remember, she played his GIRLFRIEND on the series, and was a major part of his storyline.”

    The insider goes on to say that Monteith’s real-life girlfriend, Lea Michele, and the show’s co-creator, Ryan Murphy, “intensely dislike Dianna and have both worked to marginalize her as much as possible.”

    “They never saw her as a team player,” the insider continued. “They simply did not want her sharing the glory for this very special episode.”

    However, a report from E! says the complete opposite. “She is still very much a part of the Glee family and always welcome,” another insider explained. Agron was even invited to, and attended, Monteith’s memorial service in July.

    Agron also released a statement after Monteith’s death.

    I have never lost a friend. In this difficult time, I am leaning on all of the wonderful memories we shared with Cory, how many ways he was able to make us smile. Glee was a gift to all of us. It gave us a family in this industry. We really cut our teeth and grew up on this show. In playing underdogs, we learned that we had dug into the hearts of our viewers and that we could stay there. Cory is so deserving of that place in everyone’s hearts. He was one of the most generous and kind people that I have ever met. He had a smart, curious mind, he was an enormous talent. He was loving to not only me but my family. My heart goes out to his family, to Lea, to everyone that is struggling with the loss of our friend. We will miss you Cory. We will always carry a piece of you with us.

    Monteith voluntarily checked himself into a rehab facility in April, after struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. On July 13, 31-year-old, Montieth, was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room and it was later confirmed that his cause of death was from “combined heroin and alcohol toxicity.”

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  • Naya Rivera Is Engaged To Rapper Big Sean

    Naya Rivera is officially engaged to Big Sean after months of dating. The couple have been together for six months and that was enough time for Big Sean to decide to pop the question. Rivera, an actress who has become well-known for the part that she has on Glee is certainly filled with glee right now, after announcing her engagement to the famous rapper to the public.

    She has gained critical acclaim and became known to the public after being cast as Santana Lopez, a cheerleader on Glee. Her character tends to come off as a bit vicious, but often shows her softer side when interacting with Brittany (Heather Morris), the other prominent cheerleader on the show. She has said that she wanted to audition for the role after becoming a fan of Ryan Murphy’s work on Nip/Tuck.

    The couple admits that they met through interactions on Twitter. They continued to send messages back and forth until the 140 character limit was just not enough, according to People Magazine. It was reported that the interactions started when Rivera started following him and he returned the favor by sending her a message and told her that he was a fan of her work. They are only a year apart with Rivera at age 26 and Big Sean, 25.

    Her and Big Sean also recorded a single together that was released in September. He is a special guest on her new single “Sorry,” and the song will appear on her forthcoming album which will be released in 2014. She describes her music as R&B, pop and rhythmic pop with a “90s flair, states CBS News. She signed a recording contract with Columbia Records to produce her debut album.

    The couple went public with their relationship about six months ago, and recently Rivera was spotted with an engagement ring at Latina Magazine’s Hollywood Hot List bash. Rivera said of the relationship, “We went to dinner and the rest is history.”

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