Lea Michele, Amber Riley and Dianna Agron take on the May issue of Marie Claire magazine with four different covers — one for each actress and one with all three ladies looking stunning and posing in matching navy dresses:

Watch a video from the photoshoot where the girls share what they can’t leave the house without, what they’d take with them on a desert island and their worst fashion period:

Visit the Marie Claire website to see how you can win a VIP trip to see the Glee Tour in Los Angeles this summer as well as other awesome Glee prizes!

A recent photo shoot with GQ magazine has stirred up controversy for the racy attire and poses Glee cast members Dianna Agron, Lea Michele and Cory Monteith adorn for the shoot. Major media including Arts Beat for The New York Times, The Huffington Post and Broadway.com have all written on the photos and the controversy that has followed.

The Parents Television Council released a statement slamming ‘Glee‘ producers from Tim Winter, the council’s president stating, “It is disturbing that GQ, which is explicitly written for adult men, is sexualizing the actresses who play high school-aged characters on ‘Glee‘ in this way. It borders on pedophilia. By authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show’s direction. And it isn’t good for families.”

In the wake of a media news storm, Dianna posted a response on her blog about the recent experience:

In the land of Madonna, Britney, Miley, Gossip Girl, other public figures and shows that have pushed the envelope and challenged the levels of comfort in their viewers and fans…we are not the first. Now, in perpetuating the type of images that evoke these kind of emotions, I am sorry. If you are hurt or these photos make you uncomfortable, it was never our intention. And if your eight-year-old has a copy of our GQ cover in hand, again I am sorry. But I would have to ask, how on earth did it get there?

For GQ, they asked us to play very heightened versions of our school characters. A ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ version. At the time, it wasn’t my favorite idea, but I did not walk away. I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can’t erase the strokes you’ve made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate. I’m moving forward from this one, and after today, putting it to rest. I am only myself, I can only be me. These aren’t photos I am going to frame and put on my desk, but hey, nor are any of the photos I take for magazines. Those are all characters we’ve played for this crazy job, one that I love and am so fortunate to have, each and every day. If you asked me for my dream photo shoot, I’d be in a treehouse, in a wild costume, war-paint and I’d be playing with my pet dragon. Until then…..

Can somebody please put Dianna in charge of a photo shoot? It would be epic.

Sources: Glee‘ Gone Wild, ‘Glee‘ cast members react to GQ kerfuffle, Parents group says racy ‘Glee‘ GQ spread ‘borders on pedophilia’

On top of all the buzz about Glee’s upcoming Rocky Horror Glee Show episode, Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele will also be participating in a star-studded rock-of-all-ages tribute and Costume Ball, Thursday, October 28th at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute will star Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Billy Idol, Evan Rachel Wood, Mario Lopez, Jason Segel, Ricki Lake, and more in a one-night-only live event! The evening will benefit the Painted Turtle, one of Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Camps.

Since opening in 2004, the Painted Turtle has provided children throughout California who suffer from chronic and life-threatening illnesses the opportunity to rediscover the ordinary joys of being a child through a year-round camp and hospital outreach programs. To date, over 12,864 children and their families have been served by over 5,631 doctors, nurses and program volunteers. No child or family pays to attend camp. For more information about the Painted Turtle please visit www.thepaintedturtle.org.

Tickets are still available by calling 1-800-745-3000 or at www.livenation.com. VIP tickets and packages, including the post party Costume Ball are available from 5B Events at 310.559.9334.

Lea Michele has been spotted walking around set in an outfit that looks suspiciously like one worn by Britney Spears in the music video for Hit Me Baby One More Time! In fact, it’s identical.

She has been quoted as saying she’d recreate one of the pop star’s older music videos, so this outfit pretty much confirms her performance. What do you think? Was this the right song for her? Post away!

Source: Just Jared – Lea Michele Channels Britney in ‘Baby One More Time’!

In the wise words of Gleehab.com…Glee KICKED EVERY OTHER SHOW’S ASS at the Emmy nominations, which were announced this morning! I’m almost freaking out too much to type!! Check them out below:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Matthew Morrison

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Lea Michele

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – Chris Colfer

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Jane Lynch

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mike O’Malley & Neil Patrick Harris

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Kristin Chenoweth

GENERAL SHOW AWARDS:

Outstanding Comedy Series – Glee

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series – Glee

Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series – Glee

Outstanding Costumes for a Series – Glee (Lou Eyrich)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series – Glee (2 total nominations for “Pilot” & “Wheels”)

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series – Glee (2 total nominations for “Power of Madonna” & “Hairography”)

Outstanding Creative Acheivement in Interactive Media – Fiction – Glee

Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series – Glee (2 total nominations for “Power of Madonna” & “Theatricality”)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series – Glee

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series – Glee

Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series – Glee

The Emmy’s air on August 29, which also happens to be Lea Michele’s birthday! How awesome would it be if she won an Emmy on her birthday?

Here’s a great interview from Live with Regis and Kelly with the unfathomably talented Lea Michele! Poor Lea sounds like she’s lost her voice in this one; her voice cracks a few times. Arduous rehearsing for the Tony’s, perhaps?

Thanks to @GleekReport AND @TheGleekChannel for the awesome HD video!

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

Here’s Lea Michele on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon! Hilarious interview. Lea’s laugh is so loud. Maybe those Broadway pipes just can’t contain themselves?

Last week, Chris Colfer stopped by The Ellen Degeres Show and today Lea Michele did the same. Check out the videos of their visits below!

Lea chatted with Ellen about Glee‘s crazy success and told a story about how she almost hit a celeb with her car. Luckily, nobody was hurt. xD

Wow, that chick was excited! Thanks to GleePodcast for the upload.

When Chris was on, he talked a bit about his past, being bullied in school, and he even told his embarrassing story of meeting Lady Gaga.

I think that Kurt would totally watch Ellen. I bet she’s one of his heroes. xD
Click here to see Chris’ video for Ellen…

Shelly is doing a special contest for 2 pairs of tickets to a showing of Funny Girl! It’s one of Lea Michele’s favorite movies and also the musical that the song “Don’t Rain on My Parade” is from. The showing will be hosted by Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto & Lea Michele! If you want to go, you can win 2 tickets through Shelly’s Twitter contest. All the details are below!
Good luck!

Funny Girl (1968) w/ Glee’s Lea Michele, Ryan Murphy, & Dante Di Loreto In Person

FUNNY GIRL, 1968, Sony Repertory, 155 min. Dir. William Wyler. In her Academy-Award winning film debut, Barbra Streisand re-creates her legendary Broadway role as renowned comedienne Fanny Brice, who made the world laugh even as her own world was crumbling. Premiered in 1968 at the Egyptian Theatre. Introduction by Glee creator Ryan Murphy, executive producer Dante Di Loreto and series cast member Lea Michele.

When:
Saturday May 8 (7:30pm)

Where:
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
323.466.3456

GleeNetwork will be giving away not one, but TWO pairs of tickets to this event!
Click here to see all the rules of the contest and how to enter…

In this week’s issue of the newly redesigned TV Guide Magazine, the cast of Glee talks Madonna for their episode airing April 20 on FOX. Check out the cover below (click to see HQ quality image) and make sure to watch the behind the scenes video of their photo shoot!

Lea Michele talks about her early memories of attending Madonna’s Drowned World Tour three times and even styled her hair like Miss Ciccone when attending Bat Mitzvahs. On the other hand, Modonna wasn’t too important to Matthew Morrison, who says, “I wasn’t a big fan of Madonna; never got into it… As a heterosexual guy, she didn’t have much impact on my life.”

Chris Colfer and Mark Salling both weren’t allowed to listen to Madonna growing up. Colfer says, “My mother and grandmother had all the CDs but didn’t want me to hear about sex.” Similarly, Mark Salling grew up in a strict Christian home in the South, so “Madonna was considered the she-devil.” Haha! Of course Jane Lynch, being a bit older, has memories of Madonna’s success from an older time. She recalls “sitting at a bar all drunk on Long Island ice teas watching her ‘Material Girl’ video and thinking, ‘How Ballsy.’ ” That sounds like something Sue Sylvester would say!

Sources: TV Guide Press Release & TVGuideMagazine.com

Check out these great interviews from the Fox website with Cory, Lea, Jane, Idina, and Jon Groff! Thanks to the Gleehab website for the Youtube uploads.

- Click for the rest of the interviews

The Glee cast had an exciting day meeting the Obamas and performing a few songs at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, a tradition that dates back to 1878. The event opened with Amber Riley singing the National Anthem. That girl can sing! By the end of the day, the cast had sung Somebody to Love, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Sweet Caroline, True Colors, Home, and Don’t Stop Believing. Enjoy the videos of the cast’s performances below and make sure to check out Michelle Obama singing and dancing along to Sweet Caroline. Looks like fun! :)

Also, we’ve added the cast’s Tweets from the day so that you can check out all of their fun TwitPics and Harry Shum’s 6 minute video that he recorded while on the lawn! Enjoy!

The Easter Egg Roll

National Anthem -- Amber Riley [Full verson]

“How about Amber? Please give Amber a big round of applause!” -- Barack Obama

Somebody to Love -- Glee Cast, Somewhere Over the Rainbow -- Matthew Morrison & Mark Salling

-- Click to see the rest of the videos, cast tweets, and more!

This March’s issue of ELLE Magazine will feature a glammed-up Glee cast, made over by the magazine’s Creative Director, Joe Zee! Check out this excerpt from the Access Hollywood article:

“Glee’s” resident starlet Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) was voted “Most Likely To Stick With The Bare Necessities,” and sports a sexy and skimpy nude-colored ensemble paired with nude heels in the spread.

Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson) – “Glee’s” heartthrob – nabs the “Most Likely To Succeed Without Really Trying” honor and is styled as “chic rebellion” with a mix of preppy gear and a leather biker jacket.

Check out all the pictures & video below, and click here for the full article.

Read the rest of this post to see all the pictures in the spread as well as a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot…

As you probably already know, cast members of Glee love to fool around behind the scenes – as demonstrated pretty well by Cory’s twitvids. Check them out. :) Someone around the Paramount Lot happened to witness this tomfoolery and snapped a few candid pics for our enjoyment! :) A few of these are may contain spoilers, so be warned:

Jenna and Kevin RUN!

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