On Friday, May 28, 2010, my day started by stepping off of a Greyhound bus and into New York City for the first time in my life. After only an hour or so to go check out the hotel we would be checking into later that day, it was time to head off to the P.C. Richard & Son Theater in Tribeca. As a sort of last minute surprise, I was able to bring my friend Emily Zhang with me, so that’s who you’ll see me with in the pictures. She was going to stay back and do something else, but I was able to get her an entry thanks to the awesome people at iheartradio. We took the subway from 50th to Canal St., and stood in the line that was forming outside of the building. I texted my contact at iheartradio, saying that I was there, and she came out to get me! We got to bypass most of the line and we came inside to get a sneak peek of the theater before everyone else was allowed in. It was set up to look like a classroom, but they chalkboards had hilarious caricature drawings of all the cast members. I remember that when Amber saw the one of her, she commented on how big her head was. Hehe…

Click the image above to see a photogallery of images of the event from iheartradio...

Right before it started, we got to save our seats in the theater. We sat in the second row (I believe that the 1st row was reserved for employees) and we got wristbands so that we could leave and come back in easily. We dropped our stuff off in our seets, and then got some breakfast. Everything was provided by Dunkin’ Donuts, so the donuts and coffee was great. Then we went back to our seats and ate while the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show people came in. This was awesome for me because I listen to them almost every morning on a local station, Q94, but I had no idea what they actually looked like! Greg T., who Elvis Duran usually refers to as frat boy or round head, went around asking for peoples’ questions to ask the cast during the interview. Finally, the Glee cast came in.

The cast members who were present were Cory Monteith (“Finn Hudson”), Kevin McHale (“Artie Abrams”), Jenna Ushkowitz (“Tina Cohen-Chang”), Naya Rivera (“Santana Lopez”), Amber Riley (“Mercedes Jones”) and Mark Salling (“Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman”). After some introduction, they began answering questions. Some of the questions were from the audience (approximately 100 people), in which case Greg T. would go to the person who had a question and let them ask it into the mic. Other times, they would take callers with questions, which Elvis was able to do on stage using his iPad. One of the funniest times was when a caller was trying to ask the cast about their ages in relationship of the ages of their characters, but their cellphone signal was so bad that only every other syllable was audible. Obviously, the Glee cast had no idea what they were trying to say. Enjoy this captioned image of Jenna, Cory & Amber’s confused faces:

Click here to read the rest of my (long) report, complete with video highlights of the interview…

The Elvis Duran and the Morning Show is having an exclusive breakfast with members of the Glee cast tomorrow, Friday May 28, 2010 at 8:30am!

The event will be streamed on Z100.com, and they are taking questions for the cast in advance. You can ask a question by going to: http://www.z100.com/pages/chat/glee

You still have a couple days to submit your video for our Sing in Key with Glee contest that we are doing with GOOM Radio. All you have to do is make a video of yourself singing a song, send GOOM the video at contest@goomradio.com, and you could win! The prizes include time in a professional recording studio, an iPad and signed Glee merchandise! For all the details, check out our original post: GOOM Radio & GleeFan.com -- Sing in Key with Glee Contest!

To show you just how easy it is, here are two randomly selected entries:

The Glee cast is coming to the P.C. Richard & Son Theater the morning of Friday, May 28! If you are one of the few lucky winners, you can have the chance to have breakfast with the cast of Glee, and participate in an intimate Q&A session with them. Also, watch Glee episodes and listen to songs from the soundtrack with other Gleeks. After all that, hang out and watch the cast in an exclusive interview with Z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show where they’ll be taking YOUR questions! This would be a great start to a lengthy Memorial Day weekend, especially if you’ll be in NYC to see the Glee concert tour, like I will be!

This once-in-a-lifetime experience that you won’t find anywhere else. To attend this limited-invitation event, you’ll need to win tickets through one of a few different ways.
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First, you can enter to win on the P.C. Richard & Son Theater website.
Use the points you earn in our P.C. Richard & Son Theater Rewards program to enter to win your tickets. The more points you receive, the more chances you’ll have to win.

There are many ways to gain additional points for entries to win tickets to your favorite shows. Take a quick survey, check out a hot P.C. Richard & Son product, play some games, or refer friends to the site for easy points.

You can also receive: 2,500 bonus points every 7 days at any P.C. Richard & Son retail location.
1,000 weekly bonus points for subscribing to our bonus points e-mail (that’s 104 additional entries a year!)
300 points for our monthly newsletter
100-500 points for entering a bonus code by following us on Twitter, Facebook, etc. The bonus codes page will let you know exactly how many points you can receive and how to go about getting them.

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Second, you can win through iheartradio 3 ways:

1. Tagging Yourself on Facebook
Tag yourself in a photo we upload! The first 50 people who tag themselves in the ‘Glee’ photo we upload on our Facebook page will be entered to win.

2. Follow iheartradio on Twitter
Gleek-out your profile photo/avatar! Upload of photo of you with the Glee symbol (‘L’ shape with your thumb and index finger) as well as an iheartradio logo. Tweet us with: #iheartGLEE for your chance to win!

3. Subscribe to iheartradio’s YouTube Channel
Calling all creative Gleeks: we want to see you sing! Watch this clip and give us your video response:

Make a bid here:
Exclusive Breakfast and Meet & Greet With The Cast of Glee For 2

Check out Mark Salling as he models some SoCal surfwear in the June issue of GQ (on newsstand nationwide, May 25). Check out all the photographs from the sunny, gorgeous beach-themed photo shoot. I don’t know where in Southern California that is, but I need a vacation there, stat!

Here’s an excerpt from the associated article:

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.”

Read the full article:
Swell Season: Mark Salling at the Beach in Authentic Surfwear Labels

Get ready, Gleeks! Fox has just announced that on September 14, they will release Glee: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray and DVD, featuring all 22 one-hour episodes of the show’s freshman season. The box set, Blu-ray and DVD, is fully loaded with exclusive bonus materials and extended episodes, a sing-along karaoke, a behind-the-scenes look at “The Power of Madonna” episode, Glee Makeovers, never-before-seen “Sue’s Corners” and a dance tutorial titled “Staying in Step with Glee.”

Glee: The Complete First Season will be available in a four-disc Blu-ray set for $69.99 U.S/$89.99 Canada and seven-disc DVD set for $59.98 U.S./$69.98 Canada. In addition, Gleeks who purchased Glee: Volume One: Road To Sectionals (the 1st 13 episodes) last winter can receive a special $10.00 “Gleebate” by simply completing a Mail-in Certificate and submitting it with proof of purchase for both titles. Visit www.gleebatedvd.com after June 1, 2010 for complete details.

Ryan Murphy talks about the exciting DVD release:

“The show started out as a comedy musical about the underdog in all of us and has blossomed, largely due to the incredible support and passion from the fans that have embraced the show,” says Murphy. “When we developed the Blu-ray and DVD, we wanted to give those fans something special because they’ve been so great to us. There’s everything from a sing-along karaoke, to a behind-the-scenes look at our Madonna episode, to a dance lesson from our amazing choreographers. There’s even some all new Sue’s Corners which have never been seen before. It’s our ‘thank you’ to the Gleeks.”

Did I mention I loved this girl? Dianna Agron just came out with the most amazing/artsy/beautiful music video in partnership with Thao and Get Down Stay Down in order to raise awareness about Oxfam America, an organization that works to combat poverty and injustice. Dianna directed the video, adding directing to the list of things she does awesomely (in addition to singing, dancing, acting, editing, photography, picking her clothes, and just generally being beautiful.)

Watch it, comment on it, LOVE IT!

Whatever happened to JLo? Because apparently, Ryan Murphy is considering the possibility of Susan Boyle playing McKinley High’s lunch lady. It would make sense, considering JLo was supposed to have a “Susan Boyle-esque” rise to fame. Whoever thought they’d go straight to the Youtube sensation herself?

When asked about Susan, Ryan Murphy replied: “I have two words for you: Lunch. Lady. I think Kurt would just die to give her a Christmas makeover. I don’t even know if she’s interested but it’s been pitched.”

I guess it would work out, since both Boyle and Glee are signed to the Columbia record label. What do you think? Would Susan Boyle make a good gleek? Are you bummed JLo potentially got kicked/politely declined? Sound off below!

Source: ‘Glee’ Exclusive: Susan Boyle to play the Mickinley High lunch lady? – EW

Watch this great new Dove commercial featuring Lea Michele doing what she does best: singing and dancing! I’m surprised this is even a commercial, it’s so ridiculously entertaining.

Only we and a few other blogs have this video, so make sure you watch to get the leg up before it airs on May 25th!

Make sure you watch! You really don’t want to miss this one. xD

Are you too poor to afford scalped tickets to Glee Live? Are you constantly made fun of for your frilly, damaged hair and wish you had luscious locks like Matthew Morrison? Weep no more, fellow Gleeks!

Dove Hair Care is the official sponsor for the 2010 Glee Live Tour! In honor of all you gleeks, they’re having a huge sweepstakes called Dove Hair Care ‘Glee for All’ Giveaway, where you get the chance to win tons of fabulous prizes like season passes, Season 1 DVDs, Dove Hair Care products, or even the grand prize: the chance to tour the Glee set, meet a cast member, and get made over by one of Glee’s own stylists!

Dove Hair Care was generous enough to send me, Tinkers, four products to try out. As you can probably tell from our way old Glee Cast Interviews video, I’m in DESPERATE need of some hair damage control (that’s what I get for riding in my sister’s convertible all the time). I love how silky-smooth Dove makes my hair. And no, I’m not just saying that! It’s a shampoo fit for any Gleek.

For a chance to win some of these awesome prizes, hop on over to the Dove slot machine game, where you get 3 chances every day to win a prize. Simply enter your email and watch the machine decide on a DVD, the soundtrack, God-sent Dove conditioner, or maybe even a season pass!

For more chances to win, keep your eyes peeled for the special @5minutesformom Twitter parties! Gleeks all over the world can gather on Twitter to talk about all things Glee! Enter by tweeting with the hashtag #dovegleeforall at the end, and automatically be entered to win a prize! The Twitter party dates and times are posted here.

Enjoy the sweepstakes! :)

Thanks to my IMDB stalking skills, I was able to dig up an old episode of Even Stevens titled “Short Story” in which Naya Rivera makes a 20-second cameo! Favorite 90′s show + Naya Rivera = Youtube video of WIN!!

Cory Monteith spent part of his birthday on The Ellen Degeneres Show, talking with Ellen about his now famous Glee audition video. He even recreated the audition, Tupperware and all! Check out the video of his appearance on the show:

Here’s a picture of Cory drumming away!

While he was at Ellen, Cory tweeted a few videos of him exploring the studio:

Here, Cory takes you inside an awesome storage room that he probably wasn’t supposed to be inside…

Lastly, here’s a picture that he tweeted of the gigantic drumsticks Ellen gave him:

@frankenteen: had a blast on @theellenshow today! I even got a bday present from Ellen! they’re totally functional.

Glee Live ticket holders, prepare to get gLeeXD! If you follow the other projects of the Glee cast members, then you’ve probably already heard about the League of Extraordinary Dancers, aka LXD. Harry Shum Jr., who plays the “other Asian”, Mike Chang, announced through Twitter that his two projects would come together when LXD hits the road and opens for the Glee concert tour! We put LXD’s announcement video below, but make sure to check out videos of their performances if you haven’t seen them already!

If you want to learn more about the League of Extraordinary Dancers, check out their site: www.theLXD.com.
Click here to watch LXD’s amazing teaser trailer…

Starry Constellation Magazine seems to constantly be interviewing Glee cast members, and this time they chatted with actress Lauren Gottlieb. Lauren was on the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance, and now is on Glee as a member of Vocal Adrenaline. Lauren talked about her experiences as a Vocal Adrenaline member in the interview, but if you listen to the extended podcast of their interview, you can also hear Lauren talk about some of the injuries on set and more! Make sure to check out the full interview on StarryMag.com and listen to a podcast of the interview, here.

Q. You’ll soon be seen again in Vocal Adrenaline on the show “Glee,” how did you get involved in the show?

A. It was an audition that I went on. I started in the pilot and that was 2008 when we auditioned. When I got on set the first time one of the creators came up to me and said that he was a huge fan of mine from “So You Think You Can Dance.” I don’t know if he was the one who chose me or what. I have a really funny story from that shoot, it was the pilot, and it was before they got really smart and realized that we don’t really necessarily have to choreograph a five minute dance number because there is only going to be a minute or a minute and a half that’s going to be played. They started us with a five minute number that you’re on set doing maybe twenty times or whatever it may be. My costume was really small, they had run out of the size that I needed, and they gave me a really, really small one. I couldn’t breath and I actually got so sick that I had to run off set a couple of times and I actually was throwing up. In the middle of shooting this crazy number I was running off and throwing up. The funny part is that another girl hurt her neck and had to go to the hospital. A couple of weeks later I get called in for another episode and the whole theme about the episode was how this girl was bulimic and she was throwing up and this other girl got whiplash and she had this neck brace on. They actually wrote our story into the script, it was really sad.

Q. Are there any “Glee” cast members that you’ve become friendly with from appearing on the show?

A. The girl who plays Brittany on the show, Heather Morris, we actually grew up together in Arizona and went to the same high school together. I’ve known her for forever and we were at two different dance studios. She’s a year older than I am and we were these funky, crazy people, and I looked up to her so much, and I was completely addicted to her energy. We were at rival dance studios but we kind of brought everyone together and nixed out all of that competition stuff. We had a blast growing up!

Read the rest of the interview: Lauren Gottlieb – Starry Constellation Magazine

We have some sneak peeks for the next episode of Glee, “Laryngitis“, where a lot of things get shaken up. Here’s a bit of a teaser description from the official Fox press release:

When a sore throat affects Rachel’s singing voice, she goes into panic mode. Meanwhile, Kurt tries to change his persona to impress his father, and Puck makes a strategic move to elevate his social status in the all-new “Laryngitis” episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, May 11 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

First, we have the promo which aired after “Bad Reputation”:

And then two exciting sneak peeks of scenes in the episode:
Click here to see two sneak peek videos…