I’m sure you all know who Chris Colfer is and you’ve heard his fantastic story about how he got the role of Kurt Hummel on Glee. However, there’s another member of the Colfer family whose story is even more inspirational. Meet Hannah Colfer, Chris Colfer’s little sister. Hannah suffers from severe epilepsy and has approximately 50 seizures an hour. While her condition is quite tragic, her family works very hard to the the best of the situation.

Below is a radio interview that Karyn Colfer, Chris and Hannah’s mom, did with KYNO Radio in Fresno, CA. Karyn talks about her daughter’s condition and all that they have had to go through as a family. She says that now that Chris is out of the house and she has a little more time on her hands, she has affiliated herself with an organization that is dedicated to finding a cure for epilepsy, CURE – Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy. Please watch the inspirational video below, but be warned that some of the images of the side effects from Hannah’s epilepsy medication are a bit graphic.

If you would like to know more about CURE, you can visit their website. Also, I’m sure everyone would appreciate it if you took the time to make a donation, no matter how small. If you would like, you can even make it in Hannah Colfer’s name by checking “Yes, this is an honor or memorial gift.” on the donation page.

Lastly, if you’re going to Tweet about this, please include the hashtags #WeLoveHannahColfer and #SupportCURE in order to help raise awareness.

Thank you very much! Hannah is truly an inspiration and I’m sure Karyn Colfer is very proud of both of her amazing children. :)

Exciting news! Fox has decided to do an early screening of the first episode of the back nine, titled “Hello,” in select cities across the country! Myself (@GleekTinkers) will be attending the Washington, D.C. stop. See if you can spot me! :P

Reserve your tickets now!

FOX and Twentieth Century Fox Television are giving GLEEks the chance to catch a sneak peek of the GLEE spring premiere episode in select cities across the country. Tickets are on sale NOW for screenings in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Miami, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C.!

Tickets for the screenings will cost $15, and ALL proceeds will go to the GRAMMY Foundation’s® “GRAMMY In The Schools” music education programs for young people. Tickets are on sale now exclusively at www.ticketsforcharity.com. Get your tickets today before they sell out!

Click here to see all of the cities and dates…

At last! The long-awaited Madonna soundtrack was just released for pre-order at Amazon! The track listing is as follows:

1. Express Yourself
2. Borderline/Open Your Heart
3. Vogue
4. Like A Virgin
5. 4 Minutes
6. What It Feels Like For A Girl
7. Like A Prayer

Click here to pre-order the Madonna soundtrack!

The album will be officially released on April 20, 2010. Remember: don’t download – buy the album, and support your gleeks! :)

As American Idol is currently winding down to it’s top few contestants, the internet is ablaze with the new promos that aired during its frequent commercial breaks! Made up almost ENTIRELY of new footage, these are a must-watch!

Check out this one all about the Madonna episode, featuring Lea singing Like a Prayer! Thanks Glee Podcast for the HD.

Yet another new one! Is that…Sue in bed with Figgins?!?

Thanks again Glee Podcast for uploading in HD! :)

Thoughts? Speculation? Just wanna geek out? Post below!

Always a reliable source, Ausiello released a few new Glee spoilers involving further elaboration on the tragic twist for Puck. Fear not, readers: he’s not losing any limbs! Thank whatever diety you worship.

Also, word on the street is that Puck’s getting ANOTHER love interest. We’re saying it here first: we bet it’s Mercedes!

Question: I came home for spring break to find that my mother had sold my Smurf collection on eBay. The only thing that could make me feel better is little Glee scoop. —Blake

Ausiello: My partner tried to do the same thing with my collection. He’s now missing something very near and dear to him. Coincidence? I think not. Onto the Glee scoop, there’s an episode coming up in which Puck gets paired up with someone new — resulting in a musical tug-of-war for his attention. Guesses? Hit the comments!

Question: Please help out a worried Gleek. Your frenemy put out a spoiler that there is a seriously sad twist ahead for Puck on Glee. Can you spill anything? —Erin

Ausiello: Only that it doesn’t involve him losing a limb or a relative. “It’s Glee tragic,” clarifies executive producer Brad Falchuk. “He’s not going to lose an arm. No family member will pass away. He will get some news that is very surprising that will have a very big effect on his life.”

Question: Can you pppllleeeaasssee figure out what’s going on with the Glee season 2 casting call? ‘Cause I am majorly confused. —Sandra

Ausiello: I’m told there’s been a slight delay. Look for another announcement with additional details next week.

Source: Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ‘Bones,’ ‘House,’ ‘Gossip Girl,’ ‘Big Bang Theory,’ and more! – The Ausiello Files

Thanks to the latest update from E! Online’s Kristin, we now know for a fact that Artie will be hopping out of his wheelchair to bust a few moves! Sadly, there will be no Easter miracle for our favorite paraplegic, but Kevin Mchale will get to show off some of his moves in a great, great dream sequence.

Also: Updates on the Lady Gaga episode, Quinn’s baby, and the Finn/Rachel and Puckleberry story arcs!

Randall: What’s the latest on Glee?

Just that I nearly suffered cardiac arrest after hearing this from a source on set: “Artie (Kevin McHale) was walking and dancing around with the rest of the cast…out of his wheelchair!” After breathing into a paper bag and doing some sleuthing, I can tell you that Glee is not going to send Artie to a mysterious island with a smoke monster where he can be healed and magically walk (à la Terry O’Quinn’s John Locke on Lost), but yes, we will see him out of his wheelchair dancing. According to this source, episode 18 is about Artie wanting to walk, and he has a dream in which he dances around with the rest of the cast. Then everything goes back to how it was before. It should be fun to see Kevin McHale’s fancy (Or not? We’ll see.) footwork for the first time, no?

Marty: When will we find out about Quinn’s baby and where she will go?

Not until the end of this season, according to boss Ryan Murphy. “You’ve got to wait until the season finale to find out how we’re gonna do that,” Ryan tells me. “In the first 13, we had a lot of baby pregnancy stuff. We had a lot of storylines, and I think fans liked that, but they wanted more fun. They wanted more music, so we are dealing with that, but in a sparing way.”

Marlene in Idaho: What can you tell me about Finn and Rachel, or Puck and Rachel?

Well, Lea Michele told my friend Marc Malkin that Rachel’s “heart is with Finn” (yay!), so that’s definitely good news for you Finn and Rachel shippers. As for Puck and Rachel, I’m hearing rumblings of a very sad twist for Puck (Mark Salling) that’s so serious I don’t even want to hint at it for fear I’ll cry.

Tracy in Tallahassee, Fla.: Any more scoop on the Lady Gaga episode of Glee?

Just that if you’re a fan of Gaga, you’re going to be a fan of the Glee episode because all of those wackadoodle costumes she dons on a daily basis are going to be included in the ep. We’d kill to see Sue Sylvester waltzing around in a leotard with some sort of gigantic contraption on her head à la Gaga, wouldn’t you? Or better yet, Mr. Schue.

Source: Spoiler Chat: Look Who’s…Walking?! Surprising Glee and Lost Scoop to Make You Happy – Watch with Kristin

Check out this Extra vid all about Glee’s upcoming performance at the White House Easter Egg Roll! Looks like they’re feeling a bit antsy, but excited. Who wouldn’t be?! Thanks GleePodcast for the upload!

A new article from E! Online has surfaced all about the character twitters from Glee and other shows! I’ve always wondered who posts those HILARIOUS @S_SylvesterGLEE gems. Turns out there is an entire industry devoted to providing authentic updates from the voices of TV characters. Dream job? Check!

The show The Office has a few characters with Twitter accounts. So does Glee and Heroes. Is it the actors doing those updates in character?
—Ehren, via Facebook

As much as I would love to believe that a robot from Caprica is available to answer all my questions about The Future in an alternate universe, no. There’s a real person behind Serge—someone who, I am scandalized to report, has never lived on Caprica and who has, probably, never met the Graystones, much less an Adama.

So might that person even possibly be Eric Stoltz? Well…

…probably not.

There’s an actual industry out there devoted, in large part, to blogging, MySpacing, Facebooking and tweeting in the voice of your favorite TV characters. (Heroes‘ Hiro Nakamura is over on the Yamagato Fellowship page, updating us on his trips back in time.)

The practice usually falls under the marketing campaign for a TV show or movie. To get that ball rolling, the movie studio or production house usually hires an outside company specializing in social media marketing. That company, in turn, may hire freelance writers, or use its own in-house people to channel the character in question.

Some characters’ tweets are quite responsive, but other updates can take weeks or even months of planning and approval from several parties, including the social media marketing company, the network and the individual show or movie producers.

In other words, it might be more complicated than you think to write like Rachel from Glee. It also may explain why Rachel from Glee has had relatively few Twitter updates.

So does it pay to tweet like an imaginary person?

Perhaps. Writers may charge a day rate of a few hundred bucks, we’re told by sources familiar with these sorts of deals, or get a couple hundred per post, depending on the gig.

No word on the going rate for Twitter updates on Caprica.

Source: Who Tweets For Fake Glee and Office Characters? by E! Online

Tinkers here. It seems that new photos have surfaced of the set of Glee, originally posted on the “Pictures from the set” thread on gleeforum.com! This photo depicts some sort of dance session at a mall, lead by Artie! But…where’s his wheelchair?!

What do you think? Dream sequence? Or is Artie going to miraculously raise from his wheelchair and bust a few tidy moves?

Click on the photo to view it at full size.

Post below, and click “more” to view the other photo from the set!

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Ausiello‘s back with his exclusive Glee spoilers – this time, bearing some great news on the Will/Emma/Terri love triangle, further elaboration on Molly Shannon’s character, and FINALLY some closure on the Quinn pregnancy arc! READ BELOW, or Click here to read the original article!

Question: Have any Glee scoop on the Will/Emma/Terri triangle? —Ashley

Ausiello: Not just scoop, Ashley, but juicy scoop. As Matthew Morrison reminds us, his character “got married to his high school sweetheart, [so having] not been single for a very long time, I think he will get out there and see what is available to the single man these days.” That’s just the beginning! “I think we will see a little bit of a darker side to Mr. Schuster,” the actor continues. “He’s going to get himself into some situations that he has not been in before, and some he handles well and some… not.” Which is not to say that Mr. Nice Guy is about to become a complete ladies’ man. “His heart is really with Emma,” he hastens to add. “They will go on a few dates. [But] you just don’t get over a marriage in a few days, even if you do go out on dates.” Besides, Emma, sweet as she is, is a handful. “Terri is crazy, but he will come to find out that Emma is just as crazy, just in a different way,” Morrison teases. “He has that realization after she admits something to him that may stand in their way a little. And [on top of that] his ties to Terri are still there.” In related news…

Question: Glee scoop, please? —Dew

Ausiello: Word around William McKinley is that there will be some serious sexual tension between Will and Vocal Adrenalin’s new choir director, played by Idina Menzel.

Question: Do you know when Molly Shannon will be making her glorious Glee debut? I can’t wait to meet the woman who makes Sue Sylvester cry. —Michelle

Ausiello: She turns up in May and promptly “puts Sue in her place,” Jane Lynch told us at PaleyFest ‘10. “She’s probably the only person probably on the planet that can overpower Sue. She really puts her off balance and she doesn’t know what to make of her.” Echoing my initial scoop, Lynch says the SNL vet plays “this floozy alcoholic [named] Brenda Castle who got kicked out of her old school district for being inappropriate with her students. She’s teaching at our school now. Of course, we hired her. We’ll take anyone apparently. I lose it in front of her. She’s meaner than me. I like being intimidated. I’m an S&M kind of person so I love it. I love being on the M side.” Jane Lynch FTW!

Question: Will Quinn have her baby in the first half of Glee’s “back nine” episodes, or is it something they’ll drag on until next season? —Natalie

Ausiello: Let me say this: I hear the the show’s June 8 season finale really delivers.

Today, a Beehive TV Buzz reader posted their lucky encounter with the very set of Glee, who were filming at a local Target! They even got the once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness an adorbs Artie/Tina scene in person! Click here for the original article.

GLEE: Only in LA…who knew that a quick run to my friendly neighborhood Target would yield such a wonderful surprise? I go for dishwasher liquid and end up walking right onto the open set of GLEE!! I’m a huge fan, and I have to admit even for a city girl that was pretty cool! It was a shopping mall scene between Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Artie (Kevin Mchale)…

SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading now if you don’t want to know!

In this particular scene, Tina exchanges an anxious look with Artie…and then Tina helps Artie stand up from his wheelchair!!!! Is it possible that Artie’s future won’t include a wheelchair?? We can only speculate, but what a great new twist. I can’t wait to find out.
Whatever they do, as long as they keep the music amazing, this girl will be tuning in!!! Upcoming guests include Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Idina Menzel and more!!

Which guest are you most excited about seeing this season???

Editor’s Note: This info isn’t 100% confirmed, but it’s definitely something to think about! Eyes and ears open, Gleeks!

Did I mention I LOVE Korbi?!

ZAP2it‘s Korbi is releasing a new Glee interview from PaleyFest EVERY DAY THIS WEEK! Today she unveiled this great, great interview with Chris, talking about his love for Finn and how easy it is to feel sorry for his character. Read the full story at KorbiTV and watch the video below! :)

Whew! So much Glee news been going around lately, hasn’t there? It’s getting hard to keep track of it all…but that’s why we’re here! :) Thanks to Kristin, Ausiello, PaleyFest, and all the fansites out there, there’s a cornucopia (SAT word!) of new info floating around! Here are three videos where the cast dishes on all the new guest stars and talk about what’s to come!

ZAP2it’s Korbi with another first person POV interview with Cory Montieth! I love her. Don’t you love her?

Another favorite: Kristin! Watch as she presses ever-popular Cory for info on Finn/Rachel.

Finally, Entertainment Tonight’s coverage of PaleyFest, where the stars talk about Molly Shannon and NPH! Hazzah! (Thanks to GleekCast for the upload!)

Glee continues to promote its international premieres by holding flash mobs coordinated by the local stations. In honor of Spain’s premiere of Glee on March 22nd, these flash mobbers burst into choreographed dance in Madrid, Spain.

This is very similar to the flash mob that Fox Italy did for Glee‘s Italian premiere this past Christmas.

Click to see Glee flash mobs in Dublin & Tel Aviv!

So, Michael Ausiello just posted the date for the final episode of Glee, which will be Tuesday, June 8 at 9 pm/ET. Excited yet??

What do you think will happen in the finale? Will Quinn give birth? Will New Directions take on Vocal Adrenaline? Will the Glee universe implode?! Post in the comments your predictions!