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  • Lea Michele and Boyfriend Matthew Paetz Call It Quits

    Lea Michele, best known for her role as Rachel Berry on Glee, and her boyfriend of two years, Matthew Paetz, have called it quits.

    A source tells E! News that in spite of the breakup, Lea is doing just fine.

    “She’s doing well and is focusing on friends and work,” the source says. “This has been very sudden and hard, but if anyone can pick herself up it’s Lea. She has a great network of friends.”

    Matthew Paetz was the first person Lea Michele took a chance at love with following the untimely death of her longtime love and Glee costar Cory Monteith. Known for his Glee role as Finn Hudson, Cory died of an accidental overdose in the summer of 2013.

    Since the split, Lea Michele has kept busy, and appears to be leaning on her close network of girlfriends.

    “Girls day at @coteshop w/ my girl @itsbeccatobin ???,” she captioned this Instagram post from a couple of days ago.

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    Us Weekly reports Lea Michele is crushed by the split, and that Matthew Paetz had “had enough.” He supposedly refuses to take her back. The publication, of course, fails to mention why. E! News reports he wouldn’t give Lea Michele a reason for breaking up with her.

    Are you surprised to learn Lea Michele is once again single? The Scream Queens star is talented and beautiful–not to mention rich. It’s unlikely she’ll be that way for very long.

  • Matthew Paetz And Lea Michele Split After Two Years

    Matthew Paetz and Lea Michele have called it quits.

    Mathew Paetz dated Michele for nearly two years before sources say he called things off.

    According to Us Weekly, a source said of Matthew Paetz, “He had enough,” and, “She was completely crushed.”

    Also, if you were crossing your fingers for a reunion, it likely won’t happen with these two.

    The source added, “He won’t take her back.”

    Cheers! 2016 I'm loving you so far!

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    It isn’t clear yet just what Lea Michele did to perturb Matthew Paetz so much that he would never take her back.

    Merry Christmas from us!!!! (Sheila is really upset to not be in this pic..)

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    Other sources claim that Lea Michele is already mending from her split with Matthew Paetz with the help of her friends.

    One source said, “She’s doing well and is focusing on friends and work. This has been very sudden and hard, but if anyone can pick herself up it’s Lea. She has a great network of friends.”

    My girls! @itsbeccatobin @emmaroberts

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    Girls day at @coteshop w/ my girl @itsbeccatobin

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    Matthew Paetz was Lea Michele’s first boyfriend after she lost her long-time love, Cory Monteith, in 2013 to a drug and alcohol overdose.

    Last month, Lea spoke of how Monteith would have approved of Matthew Paetz, saying, “I really know that Cory would love him too. And that’s all that we hold within our hearts, and so does everyone else in my life.”

    She said of nay-sayers, “Other people don’t know him and they don’t know my private life, so I understand that people are going to say whatever they are going to say. As long and he and I are good, my family’s good, my friends are good, that’s all that matters.”

    Are you sad that Lea Michele and Matthew Paetz are no longer dating?

  • Jamie Lee Curtis Calls Her Career ‘Luck’ But Was Born To Scream Queen Stardom

    Jamie Lee Curtis may have never become an actor at all, if not for how the stars aligned in her life. Speaking at the annual Grants Dinner Banquet, sponsored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Jamie Lee Curtis spoke about how her life might have gone very differently.

    “I fell into the entertainment industry,” Jamie Lee Curtis said. “If luck, if the confluence of my life had not occurred in the way it did, I would’ve never been an actor. I would’ve been a cop.”

    Jamie Lee Curtis did go to college, but only for one semester. She had never declared a major, but has said she considered majoring in social work. She dropped out to focus on pursuing acting. Curtis may call her acting career the result of “luck,” but she came by that luck differently than most.

    Curtis is the daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. It is fitting that Jamie Lee Curtis’ first role, and many of her subsequent roles, would be in the Halloween films. Her mom Janet Leigh is one of the most iconic scream queens of Hollywood, best known for her shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

    While Jamie Lee Curtis went on to do several other horror genre films, including The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train, and Roadgames, she later broke out of that genre to rack up awards in drama and comedy. Her first foray out of the land of fake blood and hockey masks was Trading Places, sharing the screen with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Then came A Fish Called Wanda, and later True Lies, which featured Curtis in a strip-tease scene that was simultaneously sexy and hilarious.

    Speaking of sexy, Jamie Lee Curtis’ role opposite John Travolta in Perfect established her as a body to be reckoned with. She has held that image, even as she ages gracefully. It is a fashionable thing nowadays for stars to embrace their grey hair, or even for young celebs to color grey. Jamie Lee Curtis beat them all to that. Plus, she has brought dignity and vitality to her role as spokesperson for a yogurt product that helps people go poop.

    Jamie Lee Curtis has not entirely abandoned her horror film roots. She has returned to the Halloween franchise again adn again, including when her scream queen mother joined her for Halloween: H20. Leigh had appeared in The Fog with Jamie Lee before.

    Now Curtis is embracing her scream queen origins as the dame of the upcoming Scream Queens series on Fox.

    Curtis is married to Christopher Guest, best known for his mockumentary films such as Waiting for Guffman, and A Mighty Wind, as well as his role in The Princess Bride as Count Rugen, the six-fingered villain.

    Jamie Lee Curtis may call it luck or a confluence, but she was raised in the business. Insomuch as she did not really go out blindly hunting down acting success as many have, she is right.

  • Jamie Lee Curtis Will Reportedly Be A Fighting Badass In “Scream Queens”

    Jamie Lee Curtis has a long and varied acting resume, but for many horror fans, she’ll always be Laurie Strode, the doomed but plucky heroine of Halloween. Luckily for them, Ryan Murphy feels the same way, and he’s writing a part for her in the upcoming series Scream Queens that will see her fighting the bad guys rather than running away.

    “Yes, if you’re going to hire Jamie Lee Curtis, you want to see her kicking a*s and fighting back and doing all of those things that you loved her doing, so we’re writing a scene right now where she’s fighting three killers. I come at the stuff from a real fanboy place,” Murphy said recently at Comic Con.

    The series–which premieres this September–will also star Emma Roberts, who worked with Murphy on American Horror Story, and will feature a large ensemble cast similar to that show. Murphy says it won’t just be straight horror, but rather will mix comedy and “classic horror” elements with a modern twist. The show reportedly opens on a college campus, where a series of murders have the students in fear for their lives.

    “This is first off a comedy. A lot of things pretend to be comedies, want to be called a comedy, there are comic situations, but they don’t make you laugh. This makes you laugh from the beginning. And then, it’s really scary. The horror trope is well-served here – the classic use of camera, sound, visuals – to convey real terror. So, there’s a sequence that’s generally scary, but then in the middle of it, there’s something really funny that happens that you laugh at and then it just gets incredibly dark, violent and scary,” Jamie Lee Curtis said.

    Scream Queens will premiere on Fox on September 22.

  • Emma Roberts Has Some Fun Comic-Con Girl Time With ‘Scream Queens’ Co-star Lea Michele Post Split

    Emma Roberts is doing just fine following her breakup with American Horror Story co-star Evan Peters, thank you very much.

    Instead, the niece of Julia Roberts had a ball with Scream Queens co-star Lea Michele at Comic-Con in San Diego.

    At a party following the Scream Queens cast panel on Friday, which included Jamie Lee Curtis, the inspiration of the Fox series and the original Halloween franchise scream queen, Emma Roberts hung out with Lea Michele.

    “She was in great spirits,” a source told People magazine of the night’s events. “She took pictures with her friends and laughed while chatting and catching up with them.”

    Roberts and Peters ended their engagement last month after three years together.

    “They grew apart,” a source said. “They both had a lot of growing up to do and it was better that they do it on their own.”

    Earlier in the day, Emma Roberts, 24 and Michele, 28, held hands and practiced their screams as the took a turn on the special Scream Queens Mega Drop theme ride.

    “Can’t believe we went on this,” Roberts posted on Instagram,along with a photo of the ride and tagging her castmates.

    It seems the two are best of friends now. Michele later tweeted a sweet message to Emma Roberts.

    “Your Scream Queens! @RobertsEmma I adore you!” Michele Tweeted after the bash.

  • Jamie Lee Curtis: ‘Scream Queens’ Is An Homage to the ‘Halloween’ Actress, Says Creator Ryan Murphy

    Jamie Lee Curtis is the reason for the screams coming to Fox this fall.

    For the younger generations, Jamie Lee Curtis thrilled a generation battling psycopath Michael Myers in the Halloween movie franchise.

    Scream Queens creator Ryan Murphy said during a joint panel for American Horror Story and Scream Queens at Comic-Con on Sunday that the upcoming series starring Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Keke Palmer, Abigail Breslin and Billie Lourde is a result of his love of Jamie Lee Curtis horror movies.

    Curtis joined fellow the panel with Murphy, who said if it wasn’t for Jamie Lee’s agreement to appear in the series, he would have pulled the plug.

    “When we were writing the pilot of this, I asked to meet Jamie Lee, who I had loved forever,” Murphy said. When they met he told her, “Look if you don’t do this show we’re not going to do it. And I meant it.” Murphy said, because the series is an homage to her. And considering the title of the series, we believe it.

    When asked whether Jamie Lee new Scream Queens character, Dean Cathy Munsch, would be anything like her character in Halloween, Laurie Strode characteristics, Murphy and Curtis replied in the affirmative.

    “If you’re going to hire Jamie Lee Curtis, you want to see her kicking ass and fighting back” Murphy said.

    Murphy declined to name the killer in the series, something even the cast doesn’t know, but it did hint that the killer appears in the pilot and it’s pretty obvious who the killer is.

    I’m going to go out on a limb and guess it’s Lea Michele. Who’s with me?

  • Jamie Lee Curtis Will Fight Three Killers In ‘Scream Queens’ Says Series Creator Ryan Murphy

    Fox’s new horror-comedy anthology gave fans and attendees something to “scream” about on Sunday during Comic-Con 2015 in San Diego, California.

    One particular star received massive applause at the joint American Horror Story and Scream Queens presentations at the convention.

    And that star was Jamie Lee Curtis. The 56-year-old actress made her first trip to Comic-Con after jokingly admitting that she was “selling yoghurt that could make you s— for six years.”

    The panel consisted of Scream Queens cast members namely Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels, Abigail Breslin, Billie Lourde, and Keke Palmer. They were also joined by the cast of American Horror Story and Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of the two horror-themed shows.

    The former Halloween heroine will star on Fox’s new show as Cathy Munsch, a dean to a college where a serial killer is on the loose.

    Ryan Murphy admitted, “When we were writing the pilot of this, I asked to meet Jamie Lee, who I had loved forever.” When the two met he told her, “Look if you don’t do this show we’re not going to do it. And I meant it.”

    “If you’re going to hire Jamie Lee Curtis, you want to see her kicking ass and fighting back,” Murphy said. “We’re actually writing a scene now where she’s fighting three killers.”

    The series is actually an homage to Curtis who has long worn the Scream Queen crown since playing Laurie Strode in the Halloween series back in 1978.

    In the second episode of the new show which will premiere on September 22 on Fox, Curtis says, “There is a wordless homage I threw in just as my tipping of the hat to all the Laurie Strode fans out there.”

  • Keke Palmer Finally Gets ‘Grease’ Male Lead

    Keke Palmer has been busy with Scream Queens, so she may not have minded all that much. But it has been over a month since the announcement that she, Vanessa Hudgens, and Julianne Hough were cast in Fox’s latest stab at a live televised musical Grease: Live.

    Palmer was cast as Marty, role played in the original film version by Dinah Manoff. Vanessa Hudgens will be Rizzo, originally played by Stockard Channing. And Julianne Hough will be the female lead, Sandy, originally played by Olivia Newton-John.

    But up until now there has been no male lead, no Danny Zuko to join Palmer and the other ladies, and reprise John Travolta’s role. Now that spot has been filled.

    Broadway star Aaron Tveit, who was in Catch Me If You Can on stage, will star as Danny Zuko. Fans will also know Tveit from the big screen in Les Miserables, as well as on television in Gossip Girl and Graceland.

    Keke Palmer is also joined by Carlos PenaVega as Kenickie. Others rumored to join Palmer in the live musical include Nick Jonas, said to be filling the role of Teen Angel/Johnny Casino. Also rumored are Martin Short, playing Coach Calhoun, and Olivia Newton-John herself, as Principal McGee.

    Meanwhile, Keke Palmer has said of her current project, Scream Queens, that it will live up to the reputation of creator Ryan Murphy, also known for American Horror Story.

    “I think that he is keeping that same, heightened, extreme grounded-ness,” Palmer told Entertainment Weekly. “How he does it, I have no idea. But that is very much so a part of Scream Queens. And also, the comedy. He finds the balance in light of the dark. It’s fun to play.”

  • Jamie Lee Curtis Has Dark New Role In “Scream Queens”

    Jamie Lee Curtis has an exciting new gig as a stiff adversary in the new Fox show, Scream Queens.

    Jamie Lee Curtis stars alongside Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Ariana Grande, Lea Michele, Nick Jonas, and a slew of other teen stars.

    On the show, Jamie Lee Curtis plays the role of Dean Munsch, a staunch opponent to sororities who orders that the one run by Emma Roberts’ character, Chanel Oberlin, must admit any pledges who are interested.

    Her order results in a battle between her, the various Chanels, and a demon-masked maniac who takes out someone in bloody fanfare during each episode.

    Here we go. Tuesday's at 9 on FOX! #screamqueens

    A photo posted by Jamie Lee Curtis (@curtisleejamie) on

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FtenR69qmk

    The Fox website describes the show in this way:

    “The girls of Kappa House are dying for new pledges. … Wallace University is rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by its Queen Bitch, Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts).”

    #canyouhearmenow? #tbt

    A photo posted by Jamie Lee Curtis (@curtisleejamie) on

    It adds, “But when anti-Kappa Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc, claiming one victim, one episode at a time. Part black comedy, part slasher flick, Scream Queens is a modern take on the classic whodunit, in which every character has a motive for murder…or could easily be the next blood-soaked casualty.”

    #bloodred in honor of #ScreamQueens

    A photo posted by Jamie Lee Curtis (@curtisleejamie) on

    Creepy! What did you think of the trailer and Jamie Lee Curtis’ role in the show?

    Will you be watching Scream Queens this fall?

  • Abigail Breslin Stars Alongside Emma Roberts And Nick Jonas In New Fox Show

    Abigail Breslin has apparently taken on quite the new project.

    In fact, it’s a big departure from the norm for Abigail Breslin.

    Abigail Breslin will be starring in Fox’s new thrill show, Scream Queens.

    Scream Queens features Emma Roberts as an undeniably evil sorority leader. Along with her underlings, Abigail Breslin and Billie Lourd, Emma Roberts (aka Chanel Oberlin) takes on the dean of the school, who is played by Jamie Lee Curtis and who ordered Oberlin to admit anyone who is interested in joining the sorority.

    The result is a hazing fiasco that ends in what looks like several murders in and around the sorority committed by a psychopath in a devil mask.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FtenR69qmk

    On the Fox website, the show is described in colorful detail. It says, “The girls of Kappa House are dying for new pledges. … Wallace University is rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by its Queen Bitch, Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts).”

    It continues, “But when anti-Kappa Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc, claiming one victim, one episode at a time. Part black comedy, part slasher flick, Scream Queens is a modern take on the classic whodunit, in which every character has a motive for murder…or could easily be the next blood-soaked casualty.”

    It looks really, really great.

    Queens who slay together, stay together. #FOXUpfronts #screamqueens @praisethelourd @screamqueensfox

    A photo posted by Abigail Breslin (@abbienormal9) on

    Abigail Breslin is all grown up and playing parts that are much darker than her norm!

    What do you think about seeing Abigail Breslin as an evil minion in Scream Queens?

  • Abigail Breslin Joins Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, and More in ‘Scream Queens;’ Check Out Trailer

    Abigail Breslin joins a cast of familiar faces in Fox’s upcoming Scream Queens this fall. Creator Ryan Murphy has lined up a fun cast in the Kappa Kappa Tau sorority house thriller-comedy. Joining Abigall Breslin are Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Ariana Grande, Nick Jonas, Nasim Pedrad, Skyler Samuels, and Diego Boneta.

    According to imbd.com, a college campus is plagued by a series of murders following a 1995 sorority pledge that went horribly wrong. The murders mark the 20th anniversary of the original crime.

    The first trailer for Scream Queens was released on Thursday.

    Check out Abigail Breslin and the rest of the pledges in the first look at Fox’s new anthology.

    Abigail Breslin of Little Miss Sunshine fame is now 19. She will play the role of Chanel #5–oh, yes, there are several ‘Chanels’ in Scream Queens.

    Abigail Breslin presently appears in Maggie alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. Breslin plays the daughter of the former Governator. Her dad is a farmer, and she has a virus that has transformed her into a zombie.

    Abigail Breslin has been a busy girl lately, and has spent lots of time in her efforts to scare people. Between Scream Queens and Maggie, she will no doubt have fans shaking in their seats at the theater and on TV.

  • Lea Michelle Celebrates Big Milestone With Beau

    Lea Michelle and her boyfriend, Matthew Paetz, are celebrating one year together this week, and the former Glee actress shared some sweet photos on Instagram to commemorate the occasion.

    Michelle and Paetz met on the set of her music video “On My Way”, one year after she lost boyfriend and former costar Cory Monteith. The couple later moved in together and have shared moments from their relationship on social media.

    “They are really happy and they make a great team,” a source told People.

    The duo are often spotted hiking together in the hills that surround L.A. and aren’t shy about showing affection when they’re out in public, such as when they attended a Justin Timberlake concert last fall.

    “They were super sweet and affectionate, taking selfies together and hanging out with a group of friends,” a source said.

    Michelle spoke recently about what it meant to her to spend time with the Glee cast as the show came to an end earlier this year, saying that certain performances will always stand out to her when she thinks back to old episodes.

    “I will always remember the pilot episode. Singing “Don’t Stop Believing” with the original kids. That will be forever frozen in my mind. Everything from then on was just this whole sort of spinning,” she said.

    This guys pretty great too…

    A photo posted by Lea Michele (@msleamichele) on

    Although Glee just wrapped as a series, Michelle isn’t taking a break; she’ll appear next on American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy’s new show, Scream Queens.

    “My character is so different than anything you’ve ever seen me do before. You won’t see me or Rachel Berry anywhere in there…When I went on my first day, no one even recognized me. This is like my Charlize Theron in Monster moment,” Lea Michelle told Entertainment Tonight.

  • Jamie Lee Curtis and Emma Roberts To Star In “Scream Queens”

    Ryan Murphy, the man behind hit shows Glee and American Horror Story, will be producing another show for Fox called Scream Queens. It was announced back in October that the show was picked up straight-to-series by Fox, based solely on Murphy’s track record. When the announcement was made, they hadn’t even settled on who the stars in the show would be. But now, the search for Murphy’s “scream queens” is over. It’s been reported that Jamie Lee Curtis and Emma Roberts have been cast in the ensemble comedy-horror anthology. However, details about their roles on the show are still uncertain.

    Roberts and Curtis have proven that they have the acting chops to do both horror and comedy. Roberts, who was recently seen in the third and fourth seasons of American Horror Story, showed she could do comedy in films like We’re The Millers. Curtis, who’s known for comedy films like Freaky Friday, started out her career doing horror films including Halloween, The Fog, Terror Train, and Prom Night.

    Murphy is known for giving older actresses great roles in his shows. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett have been given high-quality material in American Horror Story. The casting of Curtis proves that he sets out to do for the actress what he has done for Lange in American Horror Story. It is also worth noting that Curtis hasn’t appeared in any movies in a while, especially nothing remotely related to the horror genre.

    Roberts’ partnership with Curtis also proved to be a fruitful one, with the third and fourth seasons of American Horror Story getting high ratings and rave reviews from critics.

    The format for Scream Queens will follow that of American Horror Story, with each season having an entirely new plot and cast of characters. Plot details are scarce, but reports claim that the first season of Scream Queens will take place in a college campus where countless of murders take place.

  • Jamie Lee Curtis Cast in ‘Scream Queens’

    Jamie Lee Curtis Cast in ‘Scream Queens’

    Jamie Lee Curtis, the original “scream queen,” has been cast in a new FOX horror/comedy series called Scream Queens.

    The show, produced by Ryan Murphy, will also star Emma Roberts, who has already appeared in the Coven and Freak Show seasons of Murphy’s popular American Horror Story franchise.

    Murphy, known for creating or co-creating various successful television series including Popular, Nip/Tuck, Glee, American Horror Story and The New Normal, will commence production of 15 episodes ordered by FOX, and the series will debut next fall.

    Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan co-created the new show, and Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan, and Dante Di Loreto will serve as executive producers.

    Commenting on Scream Queens, Murphy said in a statement, “We hope to create a whole new genre – comedy-horror – and the idea is for every season to revolve around two female leads. We’ve already begun a nationwide search for those women, as well as 10 other supporting roles.”

    The first season of the new anthology is centered around a series of murders committed on a college campus.

    Curtis, 56, got her start in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween. The Golden Globe-winning actress went on to appear in four Halloween sequels, and starred in The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train and Roadgames, solidifying her “scream queen” status.

    Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween:

    Curtis, a New York Times bestselling author, is married to director Christopher Guest, and occasionally blogs for The Huffington Post.

    In related news, Murphy has been reportedly developing a new anthology series called American Crime Story. The first season is said to be centered around the O.J. Simpson murder trial.