Dianna Agron: MyFoxNY.com

“GLEE has continued its success as a genre-defying, global cultural phenomenon,” said Fox president Kevin Reilly.

Lea Michele has previously mentioned that season four will be revolutionary television. Any guesses as to what could be in store for us this fall?

Source: Breaking: Fox Renews Glee, New Girl and Raising Hope

Check out the full video below, courtesy of FOX!

Chris has kindly agreed to do another Q&A in the same format as the previous Q&As we’ve done with him and other Glee cast members. Once all the questions are submitted, I’ll be sending the best ones to Chris, so please have your questions in by 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, April 17th.

You may either leave your questions here as a comment, email them to me directly at Rob@GleeFan.com with the subject “Chris Colfer Fan Questions”, or even Tweet them to me @GleekRob. Remember to include your first name and optionally your last initial, as well as where you are from. If you would like, you can also include your age. For example, if I were to ask a question, at the end I would say, “Rob B. (19, Richmond, VA).” Also, please use your real email address if you are leaving a comment, because I will be sending out a reminder email to the people whose questions were selected.

We’re looking for a good mix of serious and silly questions, but definitely feel free to ask him about his book, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, and the upcoming film he wrote and starred in, Struck by Lightning! Just don’t waste your questions by asking for juicy Glee spoilers. ;)

Good luck, and I can’t wait to read through all your questions!

Furthermore, another celebrity will be visiting Lima! TV Line also reported that Whoopi Goldberg will be cast in multi-episode arc.

Goldberg will portray Carmen Tibideaux, a theatrical professional and a professor at NYADA who travels to Ohio to preside over Kurt and Rachel’s auditions. It seems as though she will be around for three episodes beginning May first, according to Michael Ausiello.

What’re your thoughts on the new guest stars?

Naya Rivera took the stage in 2011 as host of the GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, and clearly impressed all the right people. The actress, who’s character Santana dealt with a very public outing and less than accepting family members this season, has been invited back as host of the 23rd annual GLAAD Media Awards in NYC on March 24th, along with Glee co-star Cory Monteith.

The awards will also have a portion held in San Francisco on June 2nd, which will be hosted by Glee’s Dianna Agron.

Source: Glee’s Naya Rivera, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron to Host GLAAD Awards

Update: Check out the video below of Naya Rivera and Cory Monteith hosting at the 2012 GLADD Awards.

Lastly, here’s a hilarious video of Naya, Cory and Glee guest star John Stamos auctioning off kisses for charity!

The actor is set to star in episode 18, but no further details have been revealed as to the reason behind his sudden appearance.

What do you think could be the cause of a Puckerman family reunion?

Source: Glee Exclusive: Look Who’s Playing Puck’s Dad!

Here in our GleeFan.com exclusive Q&A Adam has answered your questions! He talks about the challenges of producing music for the show, the process behind it, Amber Riley‘s Solo Album, and Noah Saw Salling’s accident in the studio!

Q: “What inspired you to pursue music producing? How did you become involved with Glee?” -- Joey S. (17, Arizona)
A: I grew up in a musical family. My first memory is sleeping under a mixing console. I was always writing songs…and then realized I needed to record them. So I started making demos of my own songs in my bedroom. The rest is history really.

Q: “How do you plan what songs to use for each episode? And what’s their process of elimination?” -- Laura M. (Ireland)
A: Ryan Murphy plans all that while he writes the script with the writing team. A lot of times he give me options and I tell him what I think works the best musically. This especially happens a lot on mashups. He says “I want to mash “X” up with something…Any ideas?”

Q: “When arranging songs, what do you consider first, the artist who will sing it or how you want the song to sound?” -- Olga Benitez (Puerto Rico)
A: On Glee, the scene drives what my partner Peer and I do. Then based on the song, we may decide to do a totally new take that would sound amazing on the particular character singing it. When working with traditional recording artists outside of Glee, it’s all about the artist. Whatever is best for that artist wins out always.

Q: “Who is the goofiest person in the studio? Can you give us a story of something that had you in laughs?” -- Raquel H. (Los Angeles, California)
A: I don’t know who is the goofiest… That depends on who is the most tired that particular week! But Mark did bring his dog [Noah Saw Salling] to the studio, and let’s just say it wasn’t potty trained yet.

Q: “It’s speculated that you are the executive producer for Amber’s album. Can you give us any information about the genre, release date, or 1st single for Amber solo album? Anything really!” -- Rocelle Alexia (Toronto, Canada)
A: It’s true. I am Executive Producer on Amber’s Album. I am her biggest fan and am so excited to be a part of it. I have always said she is one of the best singers on the planet, so this album has to be made, and it will be amazing! There is no release date yet…but look for it sometime before summer.

Q: “I saw this video months ago of you and Nikki as Room For Two performing ‘Roots Before Branches’ at Club R&R on Youtube. You both have beautiful voices. Are there any plans of doing something like this again?” -- Joanne (Manila)
A: We made a record together about 4 years ago while we still lived in New York City. It was a special time for us. That song is very meaningful to us and was our first single. It went on Top 10 on the Adult Contemporary Charts, but then our label decided not to put the album out. We are so busy now with our careers that I don’t see us being able to do much else, but we recently learned that the record label is going to release it soon along with another single!

Q: “When cast members are recording a duet or group number, do they record together or do you mix vocals after individual recordings?” -- Tara D. (29, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
A: They hardly ever record together. We mix them together later. It’s too tough to schedule them at once. We get them whenever and however we can.

Q: “Is there a pair of duet partners that you really want to see sing together? Any chance of us seeing a Puck and Santana duet in the future? Kurt and Sam?” -- Maria G
A: How about Ryan Murphy and Adam Anders? :]

Q: “What was your reaction to the immediate praise for the ‘Rumor Has It’/'Someone Like You’ mashup?” -- April S. (20, New York)
A: We knew it was special when we were recording it. It helps when you can start with two amazing songs from an amazing artist!

Q: “Are there any difficulties during recording? What’s the easiest and hardest song that you ever arranged?” -- Monica P. (17, Indonesia)
A: Everyday has it’s own challenges. I was up at 5 am this morning dealing with a problem on a song that was to start shooting at 7 am. This train waits for no one… and it definitely doesn’t care if you’re tired! The show must go on it an understatements on Glee. But I love it! It’s never boring and that’s saying something coming from someone who gets bored as easily as i do!

Q: “How do you deal with the fast paced working environment of Glee? The turn around time from rehearsal to recording to filming to post production to airing is INSANELY fast!” -- Greg (18, Los Angeles, California)
A: That is the biggest challenge for me. Thankfully I have an amazing partner and a great team to help me get it all done. There is no one person that could do all this alone. Takes a great team and a great coffee machine!

And if you’re in the LA area, don’t miss out – get your tickets now for the first ever west coast Joe Moses One-Man Showses! Monday, March 5th, 8 pm at the El Rey Theatre.

The Joe Moses One-Man Showses: El Rey Theatre Los Angeles Promo

The play, which draws primarily from the court transcripts of the 2010 trial, was performed in New York City for a one-night fundraiser for AFER (American Foundation for Equal Rights) back in September of 2010. The play will be performed this Saturday as a “benefit reading for marriage equality” at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, and will be live-streamed both on Youtube and on AFER.org.

Uncover the truth about marriage for gay and lesbian Americans. George Clooney, Martin Sheen and Jane Lynch join an all-star cast for a one-night-only benefit reading of “8,” the new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) that chronicles the landmark federal trial of California’s Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

Source: American Foundation for Equal Rights

Keeping up with our trend of cast Q&As, Dijon has kindly agreed to answer some of your questions! Send us any questions you have for him, whether it be about being on Glee or his current music endeavors! Please have your questions in by Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 11:59pm EST, so we can send him the best ones!

You can submit your questions here as a comment below or Tweet them to me @GleekMaryP. Remember to include your first name and optionally your last initial, as well as where you are from. If you would like, you can also include your age. For example, if I were to ask a question, at the end I would say, “Mary P. (19, Chicago, IL).”

We’ll probably be picking around 20 questions, but feel free to submit as many as you’d like. (Note: Try to put your questions in the same comment if possible.)

Good luck, and I can’t wait to read through all your questions!

About a year ago, Naya Rivera took the top spot on our AfterEllen.com Hot 100. Now Santana Lopez has captured the trophy for Favorite TV Character. Two winners of two seperate polls who look just alike!

Santana may have started out as a supporting Cheerio. Just a pretty mean girl who could cut you with her words. (“You’re about as sexy as a Cabbage Patch Kid.” “You dress like one of the bait girls on To Catch a Predator.” “Normally you dress like a fantasy of a perverted Japanese business man with a very dark specific fetish.”) But inside that hard, Lima Heights adjacent exterior is just a girl, standing in front of another girl, asking her to love her.

Glee may be one of the most ridiculous shows on TV at times, but sometimes it’s also the most poignant. And for the last season and a half, Santana is the one who has kept the entire production emotionally grounded. She sings, she dances, she zings. But mostly she loves. And we can’t help but love her back.

Santana wasn’t the only McKinley High cheerleader to make the list, Brittany S. Pierce ranked in at #19.

Source: AfterEllen.com’s Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters

Damian was very excited as he discussed his character’s love-triangle storyline and solo performance of Michael Buble’s “Home” in the episode “Heart.” Being able to perform “Home” was particularly meaningful to Damian because he revealed to me at Trevor Live that it was the one song he really wanted to sing on Glee. Although in the context of his character being an exchange student from Ireland, he did casually mention, “If I’m singing ‘Home’, does that mean I’m going home?” After watching the episode, are we supposed to give Rory the benefit of the doubt and believe that he is getting deported or was it really just a ploy to get Sugar Motta to ask him to her Valentine’s Day Dance. I guess we’ll find out depending on Damian’s plans for Season 4.

When asked about being a regular next season, Damian had some interesting scoop to give to us regarding those lingering Season 4 rumors. He revealed talks about his contract haven’t begun yet and that he’s just really trying to enjoy his time in the now. While answering the status of his Glee future, Damian inadvertently confirmed some unknown statuses for some of the others:

“Honestly the reality is that nobody apart from 3 or 4 people know if they’re going to be on Glee next year. So everything’s up in the air with the whole Season 4 coming up, so we’ll see what happens.”

So as of right now, we know that Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, and Naya Rivera are all confirmed for Season 4. Should we be worried about the future of the rest of the “seniors” which include Mark Salling, Amber Riley, Dianna Agron, Heather Morris, Harry Shum Jr., and Chord Overstreet? Maybe, but don’t go chasing Ryan Murphy & Co. just yet! There is still plenty of time for contract negotiations especially now that there is no Glee Concert Tour this Summer.

Check out why the cast will not be singing at a city near you this summer.

On a lighter note, other topics discussed involved Damian’s adjustment to America. In a blog post Damian wrote, he said he never tried Peanut Butter before. Gasp! Peanut butter is one of my favorite foods, so I just had to get the scoop. When asked about it, Damian said he had never eaten it before September when Mark and Darren made him eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Damian joked though:

“Eveyone knows that on the set of Glee, [Glee writers] write about what [cast members] learn as a person. So maybe there’s going to be a peanut butter scene. Who knows? Wait and see!”

Hrm, is he joking or is this an actual hint? I hope he’s not cause some of the writers here at GleeFan.com (aka Mary, Laura, Jon & myself) have been debating the awesomeness of peanut butter for days. I think a peanut butter scene would settle the argument and be the icing on the proverbial cake.

Update February 28: Damian wasn’t joking! Glee featured Rory Flannigan tasting peanut butter for the first time in episode 3x14 “On My Way.”

Check out Damian’s full interview below starting at 0:22. He also talks filming Regionals & a wedding, working with Samuel Larsen, and Glee’s new Forever 21 Clothing Line.

Source: StarryMag at Belvedere (RED) Grammy Party
-- Mary J Blige, Damian McGinty, Sophia Bush, John West

A spokesperson for Fox told The Hollywood Reporter, “We currently have no plans of touring the cast this summer.”

The one night event will be at the Hollywood Bowl and will raise money for Glee‘s Give a Note Foundation, which raises money for the arts education in middle schools and high schools. The goal is to raise $10 million this year.

The cast’s various projects would most likely interfere with the tour.  Such projects include Chris’ new book as well as new movie. Also, Amber and Naya are gearing up for the release of their new albums.

It should be noted that Ryan Murphy, who usually goes on tour with the cast, is also extremely busy with his three other shows: The Glee Project, American Horror Story, and an upcoming comedy show called The New Normal on NBC.

What’re your thoughts on this announcement? Do you wish the cast were touring?

Source: ‘Glee’: No Tour This Year

The play will be a special one night event at California’s Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3rd.  Other actors partaking in this event include George Clooney, Kevin Bacon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more. Chris isn’t the only Glee cast member either. Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison have also signed on.

Proposition 8, for those who don’t know, was a ballet proposition in California that wanted to make marriage only valid between one man and one woman. The proposition was heavily discussed in the media when first introduced back in 2008.

The play is scheduled to go on a nationwide tour, sans the celebrity cast members, later this year.

Source: Chris Colfer, Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly join Prop 8 play – Entertainment Weekly