AfterEllen, yesterday posted their list of Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters and Glee’s very own Santana Lopez topped the list. Here’s what they had to say about the sassy cheerleader:

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

It’s a sad day, Gleeks. The annual Glee tour will not be happening this year to allow the cast time to relax.  The Hollywood Reporter is saying that the Glee cast will receive a two month break, but a one-night benefit concert is being planned in California.

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

Get the stockings and ugly sweaters ready for Tuesday’s all new Christmas themed episode! To get everyone in the holiday spirit, the Glee Vevo account uploaded two performances from the episode called “Extraordinary Merry Christmas.”

In my opinion, the performances are great and definitely put me in a cheerful mood. I can’t wait for the holidays to arrive!

Here is “All I Want For Christmas Is You” sung by the incredible Amber Riley.

Also, here is “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” which features the entire glee club!

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

Check out the full performance of “I Kissed a Girl” from tomorrow night’s episode of the same name. Those girls sure show the boys how it’s done for this week’s music assignment: ‘lady music week’.

What do you think of the all girl performance?

Thanksgiving is almost here, so it’s time to get into the holiday spirit! We were fortunate enough to get two copies of the new Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 to give away to two lucky readers!

To win, do the following:

1) Follow me and Rob on Twitter:

@GleekMaryP /@GleekRob

2) Tweet the following:

I want to win the @GleeOnFox Christmas CD from @GleekMaryP and @GleekRob: http://bit.ly/v0bcu1

The contest is open internationally and you have until Friday, December 2nd at 11:59 PST to enter!

Good luck!

Get out your wallets, Gleeks, because another album is coming your way! Amazon has put up the tracklisting and pre-order details for Glee: The Music – Volume 7.  

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. “You Can’t Stop the Beat”
2. “It’s Not Unusual”
3. “Somewhere”
4. “Run The World (Girls)”
5. “Fix You”
6. “Last Friday Night (TGIF)”
7. “Uptown Girl”
8. “Tonight”
9. “Hot For Teacher”
10. “Rumor Has It/Someone Like You”
11. “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”
12. “Constant Craving”
13. “ABC”
14. “Control”
15. “Man In The Mirror”

The album costs around $11.99 and will be released on December 6th! What songs are your favorites? Let us know in the comments!

Season 3 is barely underway and we already have a treasure trove of goodies to look forward to, straight from the mouth of Ryan Murphy as reported by TVGuide. We already know that Idina Menzel’s Shelby Corcoran is coming back for a multiple episode arc, and Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink) is quitting New Directions. Worried about Lauren being written out of the show? Don’t worry; she has a “major story with Chris Colfer” later in the season, according to Murphy.

It’s already shaping up to be a big year for Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr.). Not only was he just given parents earlier in the summer, Murphy confirms that the infamously bad singer will sing at least two songs by the time the fourth episode rolls around, and that’s not a typo– he’s singing, not dancing.

And what about those promises made earlier in the summer, that there would be no more special guests, no more tribute episodes, that the Glee Project winners would get some great roles? Well, so far he’s mostly sticking to his guns. Aside from new characters played by Vanessa Lengies and LaMarcus Tinker, there are no current plans to add any more guest stars, although Gwyneth Paltrow making a return to her Emmy-award winning performance as Holly Holiday is possible later in the year. The Glee Project winners will be staggered throughout the season, with Damian McGinty arriving in the fourth episode as a foreign exchange student staying with Brittany (Heather Morris). Naturally, she “thinks he’s a leprechaun with magical powers”. Samuel Larsen will be appearing mid-season as a relative of Mark Salling’s Puck. One or both of them might still be around for the one tribute episode they’re planning this year. The details are still fuzzy and secretive, but if it works out it will be a two-hour episode in the spring dedicated to the music of an act they’ve been trying to license for the past couple years.

What’s your favorite bit of news, Gleeks? Being able to add some more Harry Shum to your iPod? More drama for Will and Emma? Seeing Gwyneth Paltrow, Damian, and Samuel back on your TV screen? Excitement for the season is already amping up, and we’re only in the first week! Share your thoughts below!

Source: We’ve Seen the Glee Season Premiere– Here’s Your Spoilerpalooza! –TVGuide.com

Senior year is fast approaching for many of our favorite characters. (Moment of silence, everyone.) One of those who has been confirmed to graduate is everyone’s favorite lesbian, Santana. Naya Rivera recently spoke with The Boston Herald about Santana’s character progression so far, her lesbian storyline helping fans, and what Naya wishes for Santana in Season 3.

When asked about the lesbian storyline, Rivera said:

“I was really excited because it gave me a chance to delve into the dramatic side of her,” she said. “It was a challenge to myself to see if I could do that.”

As we all know, once the “Brittana” storyline emerged, many fans expressed an outpouring of gratitude towards the writers and Naya herself for exploring teenage lesbianism on primetime television. Naya spoke about the fans response to the storyline saying:

“Everybody really loved the story line and gravitated toward it,” she said. “It was relatable. I would meet a lot of teenage girls that were going through the same things and they would thank me. I didn’t ever think that that would be something that I would be responsible for, so it’s good.”

However, Brittana’s future isn’t so set in stone. In fact, Naya isn’t opposed to Santana being someone else aside from Brittany, provided that she is happy.

“Either way they chose to go with it is fine with me,” she said. “And I’m sure it will be great because there’s different things to explore in each direction so I don’t really have a preference. I would just like to see Santana have a relationship, period. Who with, I don’t know.”

Are you an avid fan of Brittany and Santana? Do you want them to become a couple?

Source: The Boston Herald

AfterElton.com has interviewed plenty of actors on Glee since the show’s inception, including Mike O’Malley, Darren Criss and Mark Salling, but they had never interviewed the ladies until now. While at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, writer Michael Jensen caught up with Heather Morris, Jayma Mays, and Jenna Ushkowitz to discuss what would happen in Season 3 with each of their characters.

She also discussed the infamous Fondue for Two skits that appeared in the Rumours episode. Heather said:

“I loved Fondue for Two. So that would be fun to watch. I love doing that. It’s the best time for me to be able to just go off.”

And who would Britney’s dream Fondue For Two guest be?

“Maybe like the school mascot or something. That would be funny.”

After chatting with Heather, Michael stroke up a conversation with Jenna Ushkowitz, who plays Tina Cohen-Chang. While Jenna doesn’t know much about what will happen with her character in Season 3, she did say she has on song in particular she would love to sing, saying:

“Amber and I would love to sing ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ together. We love Adele.”

Finally, Michael spoke to Jayma Mays, who portrays Emma Pillsbury.  When asked what will happen with the OCD-ridden school guidance counselor in Season 3, Jayma said:

“Well she actually admitted that she had an issue with OCD and she was a germaphobe, and she actually sought out help for that and she’s already taking medicine. I’m not an expert on this in any way, but from what research I’ve done, I know sometimes medicine helps people and sometimes it doesn’t. So for me I’m just really interested to see where they decide to take that storyline. And how much that helps her and how that’s going to help her relationship develop with Will. Yeah, that’s all really interesting to me. That’s going to be a good arc for the character.”

We already know that Season 3 will focus more on the characters and their storylines this season, so what are you wanting to see in terms of Brittany, Tina, and Emma’s story?

Source: Talking Glee With Heather Morris, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Jayma Mays – After Elton

After Ryan Murphy announced the four Glee Project winners two weeks ago, everyone has been anxious to see what characters Damian, Lindsay, Alex, and Samuel will play. Well, one character has been revealed and that character will be Brittany’s new roommate!

Damian McGinty will be playing a foreign exchange student Rory, who ends up living with Brittany and her family, according to reelTV. It is rumored that Santana will not take kindly to this living arrangement.

It is safe to say that plenty of one-liners will be coming from Brittany due to Damian’s strong Irish accent and that Santana will refer to Rory as “Ireland.”

Source: reelTV

It appears that Sue isn’t the only one running for office this year, as Brittany has some big political plans too!  When asked if there are any new developments for Brittany or Santana, Michael Ausiello of TV Line said:

The word around McKinley is that Brittany will make a serious run for class president.

What do you guys think? Would Brittany make a good class president?  Cupcakes for everyone?

Source: TV Line

Stars of Glee have partnered with Vogue to promote the third annual ‘Fashion’s Night Out’, a global fashion event that combines the fashion of top designers with the star power of celebrities with the excitement of reinventing yourself with unique takes on the latest trend. “For the third year in a row, celebrities, designers, and stars will perform and mingle with shoppers as they take part in FNO-exclusive events and snap up special designs.”

FNO will feature designers and brands frequently seen on Glee characters and Glee stars alike, including Anthopologie, Betsey Johnson, J. Crew, and Juicy Couture, among others, during the September 8th event. But before that, Glee stars released a similarly stylish PSA. The PSA, which aired August 23, featured Lea Michele covering David Bowie’s song ‘Fashion’ along with the rest of the cast, in a video designed by Vogue editor Tabitha Simmons.

Follow Fashion’s Night Out on Twitter (@FNOnyc) or check out their homepage (fashionsnightout.com) for more information about the event, or check out the Glee cast’s music video below, and be sure to stay tuned for more from Fashion’s Night Out!

Source: Show Stoppers: Glee Comes to Fashion’s Night Out – Vogue

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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Check out Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, Harry Shum Jr., and Modern Family‘s Sofia Vergara in the latest Funny or Die original, which was actually co-written by Heather Morris herself! Oh, HeMo. <3