Sunday night I had the amazing opportunity to attend The Trevor Project’s Trevor Live 2011 as a member of the press for GleeFan.com. For those of you who don’t know what Trevor Live is, it’s a charity event which aims to raise awareness and garner support for LGBTQ youth. This year’s Trevor Live was a celeb studded event that was jam packed with skits, appearances, and performances from artists and actors spanning from Amy Poehler to Lady Gaga to Glee’s Amber Riley and Darren Criss.

On the day the event was hosted, I arrived at the Hollywood Palladium unsure of what to expect. This was my first time ever doing something of this magnitude. How does a red carpet work? Would I actually get to interview anyone? My questions were immediately answered once I checked in. I obtained my media pass and was directed towards GleeFan’s reserved spot on the red carpet. It was very cramped as all the press were only allotted a foot an a half of space each! The press to my right was Billboard.com and the media on my left was the official Trevor Project documentary! Not gonna lie, at first it was really intimidating, but as the day progressed, everything became more comfortable. Everyone in our corner was really friendly and we all shared tips and scoop! It was crazy!

The red carpet was very fast paced and combined with our less than stellar red carpet location, it was difficult to actually engage in interviews with many of the Glee Cast. By the time they reached our portion of the press line, their publicists would whisk them inside the theater. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to be able to conduct interviews with Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Adam Anders, Damian McGinty, and Cameron Mitchell.

Below is Dianna’s and Kevin’s interviews. Dianna discusses topics spanning from her upcoming project You, Me, & Charlie to her upcoming scenes with Rachel to the new direction Quinn is headed towards. Kevin chats with us about The Trevor Project, a Jackson family tribute, Kanye West, kilts and more!

Hope you enjoy these interviews with Dianna and Kevin! I’m swamped with final exams this week, but I just wanted to get this up before “Hold on to Sixteen” airs because they both give us some inside scoop about the episode! The interviews with Adam, Damian, and Cameron will be up some time next week. Also look out for photos from the event including “funny faces” with Dianna, Kevin, Cameron.

(Bear with me guys! I was doing this all alone, so if the camera is a little shaky or my hand is in shot, sorry!) I still cannot believe this legitimately happened.

The Trevor Project is a figuratively and literally a lifeline for LGBTQ teens. If you are in need of some support, make sure to check out The Trevor Project.

The Trevor Project’s annual Trevor Live is back again this year and a bunch of Glee cast members are slated to be there. Trevor Live is an annual event that raises money for The Trevor Project, the world’s leading anti-suicide prevention organization aimed at LGBT teens.

Glee cast members that are scheduled to make appearances are Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Damian McGinty, Kevin McHale, Harry Shum Jr., and Naya Rivera.

The event takes place tonight, Sunday, December 4th at The Hollywood Palladium.

Other attendees include Amy Poehler, Jesse Tyler Ferugsen, and Brian Ryan himself, Neil Patrick Harris.

If you have any questions for any of the cast members, tweet them to @GleekGenica who will be covering the event for us!

For the second year in a row, Glee has snagged a Grammy nomination! The cast is nominated for a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media for Glee: The Music, Volume 4.

The entire GleeFan.com staff wants to congratulate the cast, as well as the wonderful music department that creates the great songs that we jam out to week after week!

To see if Glee scores the coveted gold gramophone, tune in on February 12th at 8 PM EST on CBS!

Source: Glee Grabs a Grammy Nomination – Glee The Music

When will this man’s awesomeness end? Don’t answer that. The answer is never. Darren Criss is slated to perform at the Sing Out, Raise Hope charity event that will raise money for The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and The Trevor Project.  The event takes place on December 17th at Alice Trully Hall in New York.

Darren is no stranger to charity work. He previously performed at Trevor Project Live and is slated to be in attendance again this year.

Tickets for the event range from $75 to $200 and can be purchased here.

Gleeks, it’s that time of year again! The People’s Choice Awards revealed the nominee’s today and Glee is leading the pack with seven nominations! The faculty and students at WMHS are nominated for the following awards:

Favorite Network TV Show
Favorite TV Comedy Actress – Lea Michele and Jane Lynch
Favorite TV Comedy Actor – Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith
Favorite TV Guest Star – Kristin Chenoweth and Gywneth Paltrow

You can vote for your favorites from now until December 6th at the official People Award’s site, on Twitter, or on Facebook.

The awards show will air on January 11th at 9/8 central on CBS.

Source: Glee, Vampire Diaries Lead People’s Choice Noms – TV Line

If you live in or near Chicago, Nashville, or New York and you want to audition for The Glee Project, listen up! Open casting call information has been released for each city!

You can audition on either day and if you have already auditioned online, you can still audition in person.  The open casting calls are as follows:

• Chicago Open Auditions – November 6th and 7th from 10 AM – 6 PM at the McCormick Place Convention Center
• Nashville Open Auditions – November 9th and 10th from 10 AM – 6PM at the Nashville Convention Center
• New York Open Auditions – November 12th and 13th from 10 – 6 PM at the Roy Arias Studios & Theaters

If you plan on attending an open casting call, head to the casting website for all the rules and details!

I will be at the Chicago open casting call interviewing casting director Robert Ulrich and previous Glee Project winner Samuel Larsen. If you have any questions for either of them, make sure to tweet me at @GleekMaryP. Good luck!

Glee has teamed up with The Young Storytellers Foundation to continue spreading its message of arts education. Many of the core cast members including Cory Monteith, Kevin McHale, and Harry Shum Jr. will all participate in YSF’s annual event “The Biggest Show.”

YSF is a program that promotes the growth of free expression and literacy in unprivileged schools throughout the Los Angeles area. Since its establishment in 1997, professionals in the entertainment industry have all come together to mentor students in the arts through the act of screenwriting. Many of these mentors, including Glee‘s very own Brad Falchuk who happens to be a member of YSF’s board of directors, are either producers, screenwriters, or actors.

During this year’s “The Biggest Show,” members from the cast of Glee will perform screenplays written by students in the program. The event enables students the opportunity to see their hard work come to life.

Cory Monteith and Harry Shum Jr. revealed through their respective Twitter accounts that they were excited for the event, both tweeting:

Can’t wait to act in plays by 5th graders from @BFalchuk ‘s charity at @youngstory ‘s Biggest Show on 10/15! For tix: http://tinyurl.com/3lrvmsn

Other Glee cast members scheduled to perform are: Dot Marie Jones, Jayma Mays, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Naya Rivera. Other notable attendees are: Raven Symone (That’s So Raven), Kay Panabaker (Fame), Nicholas Braun (Prom), Trevor Donovan (90210), and Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

“The Biggest Show” will be held on October 15, 2011 at 6:00pm in Santa Monica, California. Individual tickets can be bought at EventBrite.com

Source: The Biggest Show 2011

The New Yorker Festival is back in New York City for the weekend of September 30th – October 2nd, and as part of the Festival’s exciting line-up, Chris Colfer will talk with The New Yorker’s Susan Morrison. The event takes place on Saturday, October 1st at 7PM at the SVA Theatre 2, 333 West 23rd Street. Tickets for the event are $35 at newyorker.com/festival.

If an event appears to be sold out, please note that 10% of tickets to all events will be available at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street (between Eighth and Ninth Avenues). These tickets will be sold on Friday, September 30th, from 12 noon to 4 P.M. Additionally, a limited number of tickets will be sold at the door to each event one hour before start time.

Other participants in this year’s Festival include Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Giamatti, Aziz Ansari, Scissor Sisters, St. Vincent and many others.

How would you like to see Jane Lynch, known by many Glee fans as the “outspoken” Coach Sue Sylvester, live in person? Next month, Jane will be discussing her new memoir, Happy Accidents, at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles.

Here’s some more information from the event page on LiveTalksLA.org:

Sunday, October 2, 2011
7:00pm (Reception 5:30pm-6:30pm)

An Evening with Jane Lynch
in conversation with Adam Scott
discussing her memoir, Happy Accidents

PURCHASE TICKETS

Club Nokia at L.A. Live
Downtown Los Angeles

Though she’s one of the hottest actresses in Hollywood today, Jane Lynch is anything but an overnight success. At age 50, she didn’t come into her own until the last decade. Before she landed her role in Glee, she’d battled alcoholism and anxiety, learned to embrace her sexuality, and accepted that life is sometimes a series of opportunities that come after what seem, at the time, like disappointments. Funny, poignant and brutally honest, her book Happy Accidents is one part comic-memoir of behind-the-scenes-Hollywood and one part inspirational-narrative about self-acceptance.

“If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, the first thing I would say is: ‘Lose the perm.’ Secondly I would say: ‘Relax. Really. Just relax. Don’t sweat it…Be easy on your sweet self. And don’t drink Miller Lite tall boys in the morning.” — Jane Lynch

Read more event details at LiveTalksLA.org…

We’ve partnered up with Live Talks Los Angeles to send ten of our readers to the 7pm show for free! If you live in the LA area and would be free to attend on the evening of October 2nd, then enter our giveaway before Sept. 27th at 11:59 PST.

All you need to do is leave a comment below with your favorite Jane Lynch or Sue Sylvester quote. Be sure to use the email address you check most when leaving the comment so that we have the best way of contacting you. Alternatively, you can send us an email at Rob@GleeFan.com with your contact information. If you choose to send an email instead of leaving a comment, please make the email subject line read: “Entry to see Jane Lynch in LA” (without the quotations).

We look forward to receiving your entries, and good luck!

The Glee cast and crew won two awards at the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy’s last night! Our favorite substitute, Gwyneth Paltrow, took home an Emmy for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and casting director Robert Ulrich won the Emmy for Outstanding Casting in a Comedy Series. This is the first Emmy for both Gwyneth and Robert. Unfortunately, Gwyneth couldn’t make it to the show, but Robert spoke at the Governor’s Ball after the ceremony, saying:

“I wanted to thank my producers from ‘Glee.’ I thanked Ryan Murphy, but I also wanted to acknowledge Dot and I wanted to acknowledge Chris Colfer because he thanked me at the Golden Globes and that’s unheard of. I wanted to say something like how wonderful it was that Chris thanked somebody in casting. And Chris was there (Saturday night) because he and Brad Falchuk, one of the producers, presented an award.”

Dot Marie Jones and Kristen Chenoweth were also nominated for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Before heading into the event, Dot Marie spoke on the red carpet about her nomination.

Congratulations to the winners and nominees!

The stars were out on Saturday night to celebrate and honor the best among the Latino entertainment community at the 2011 ALMA Awards, hosted by Eva Longoria and George Lopez.

Glee‘s Naya Rivera was nominated for 2 awards, Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Music Artist. Unfortunately Naya lost out to the very talented, Demi Lovato for Favourite Leading Actress in a TV Comedy but did manage to swipe the award for Favourite Female Music Artist.

This is a huge success for Naya, being the only nominee in the category that has yet to release a solo album and beating out seasoned artists, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez and Shakira, for the coveted award.

The win is Naya’s first award outside of the Glee ensemble and will no doubt be the first of many to come.

Below is an interview with Naya for E! Entertainment before the ceremony.

The ALMA Awards will be aired on NBC on Friday, September 16th 2011, at 8/7C.

Source: Demi Lovato, ‘Glee’s’ Naya Rivera win 2011 ALMA Awards

As anyone who’s anyone has heard, the Glee: The 3D Concert Movie premiere happened over the past few days, and you know what that means… press!

Loads of hilarious, hilarious interviews have been flooding the net, but here are a few from MTV, Celebs.com, and Myspace, summed up in one big post!

Here, the cast does a fabulous “musical recap” of the Glee 3D movie:

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Australian Gleeks now have the chance to meet some of our favorite Glee cast members at the upcoming Gleek-On Glee convention, which will be taking place in both Sydney and Melbourne.

Here’s some info from the site, but for all the details, check out The Hub Productions: Gleek-On.

Harry Shum Jr, Dot Jones, Kevin McHale and Ashley Fink will be appearing on Saturday 16th July in Sydney from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday the 17th July in Melbourne from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

The event features the guests live on stage for a few stories, anecdotes as well as Question and Answers. There will also be a variety of events throughout the day, such as auctions, raffles and trivia. There will also be merchandise as well as rare collectibles available to purchase from the dealers. You will also have the chance to meet the guests and acquire autographs and professional photographs.

Tickets range from $95 for a Day Ticket which gives you entry into event the event for full day of programming and the opportunity to purchase autographs and professional photographs, through to $850 for a Platinum Ticket which also includes an evening function (Karaoke party) with the guests, first class seating, breakfast with the guests, priority queuing and an autograph and professional photograph with all the guests.

Good news, American Gleeks… Prepare for Glee Live! 2011! The Glee cast will be going on another concert tour this summer following the massive success of their tour last summer. While the amount of cities has grown, most of them only have one performance. Why? This year they won’t be in medium-sized venues like last summer, but massive arenas.
Get ready for a live Glee experience like never before.

More good news, if you’re a fan of Darren Criss and Chord Overstreet, they too will be joining in on the fun this summer. The show will feature new songs from Season Two, as well as some of our favorites from Season One. (Dont Stop Believin’, anyone?) Speaking as someone who attended last year, this event is not to be missed. I can only use one word to describe it: epic.

The following dates are currently on the schedule, but times are subject to change:

May 21 | Las Vegas, NV | Mandalay Bay Event Center
May 22 | Sacramento, CA | Arco Arena
May 24 | San Jose, CA | HP Pavilion
May 27 | Anaheim, CA | Honda Center
May 28 | Los Angeles, CA | Staples Center
May 29 | San Diego, CA | Valley View Casino Center
June 1 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center
June 2 | Indianapolis, IN | Conseco Fieldhouse
June 3 | Chicago, IL | Allstate Arena
June 6 | Boston, MA | TD Garden
June 8 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center
June 11 | Toronto, Canada | Air Canada Centre
June 13 | Detroit, MI | Palace of Auburn Hills
June 14 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena
June 16 | East Rutherford, NJ | Izod Center
June 18 | Uniondale, NY | Nassau Colliseum

Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday, February 19th. If you have an American Express card, you can buy your tickets on pre-sale February 11th.
Check out www.GleeTour.com for more information.

Gleeks in the Los Angeles area can catch Matthew Morrison in his first solo concert this Saturday, January 29th.

Held at The Grove from noon to 3pm, the free concert will feature many new songs from his upcoming album. Since it’s open to the public, feel free to bring your friends along!

If you can’t make it to The Grove to watch in person, the concert will be streamed live at www.facebook.com/OscarMayer.