Chris Colfer has added another project to his ever expanding resume! Chris has signed on to partake in Dustin Lawrence Black’s Prop 8 play, aptly titled 8.

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

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!

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!

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

Remember last year when it was announced that Sue Sylvester would be writing a memoir? Well, that’s still not out, but now you can get something better!

Jane Lynch’s own autobiography Happy Accidents was released in hardcover and e-reader formats last Tuesday, September 13 and can be found in stores worldwide. The book chronicles Lynch’s life from her childhood all the way to the set of Glee, with a foreword written by none other than Carol Burnett, who plays her Nazi-hunting mother on the show. An audiobook is also available, with passages read by both Lynch and Burnett.

Are you going to pick up the book for some late night reading, or listen to the sweet, sweet comedy of these two talented ladies? Comment below!

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!

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

It was a big night for Glee last night at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, CA as they took home awards for three of their five nominations. Chris Colfer was named Best Supporting Actor in TV and expressed his gratitude in a very memorable acceptance speech by saying, “I think I just dropped my heart between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore so if anyone sees that, please give it back to me,” and by thanking “all the amazing kids who watch our show and the kids that our show celebrate who are constantly told no by the people in their environments, by bullies at school that they can’t be who they are, or have what they want because of who they are… well, screw that, kids!”

While talking to the media after his win, Chris referred to himself as a “Cinderfella” and explained that he was fully expecting Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family to win. In fact, co-star — and his date! — Ashley Fink (who plays Lauren Zizes on Glee) had to push him up out of his seat to go accept his award because he was still in shock.

Jane Lynch secured the title of Best Supporting Actress in TV, joking in her acceptance speech that she was “nothing if not falsely humble,” going on to say she wanted to share the win with the “deranged young man” Ian Brennan, the mastermind writer behind all of Sue Sylvester’s dialogue before thanking her wife Laura and their two children.

For the second year in a row, Glee nabbed the Golden Globe for Best TV Series (Comedy or Musical) and the entire cast made their way to the stage to accept the award:

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Calling all animal-loving Gleeks! What would you give to meet Sue Sylvester in the flesh?

Join us in Los Angeles at Race For The Rescues, a 5k/10k run benefitting 10 animal rescues in the area. The event takes place on October 24th, 2010 at the Rose Bowl. Jane Lynch will be co-hosting along with Carrie Ann Inaba and Danielle Fishel. You can join the race by visiting registering for team Gleek! The top individual fundraiser will win a meet and greet with Jane Lynch along with other cool prizes.

Not ready to jet to Los Angeles? Never fear. The Rescue Train is teaming up with GleeFan.com to hold an exclusive online raffle for some Glee-tastic prizes.

Prizes include all sorts of official Glee merch, including Glee Mugs, Glee Baseball Caps, a copy of “The Power of Madonna” signed by Jane Lynch, and more! Plus we will have a super secret Sue Slyvester prize to be announced later this week!

All raffle proceeds go directly to the Race for the Rescues!

How to enter the “Gleek for the Rescues” raffle:

Step 1:
• CLICK THIS LINK to get to our official team page and enter the amount of money you would like to donate.

$5=Five tickets

$100=TWO HUNDRED tickets!

You can buy as many tickets as you like to enter in the Raffle! The Raffle will close at 11:59 Pacific Time on October 23rd, 2010. Winners will be announced on GleeFan.com.

Step 2:
• Forward your donation confirmation email to us at: gleeksfortherescues(at)gmail.com with the subject line: RftR entry – Your Name/Reference ID.

Step 3:
• Spread the word. Get together a group of friends and head out to the Rose Bowl on October 24th. Or tweet about our raffle. Together, Gleeks can unite to give abandoned animals a family again.

In addition to this raffle, @GleekShelly has teamed up with @therescuetrain to bring you a special Gleeks for the Rescue Twitter contest! Details will be announced later this week via tweets, so make sure you’re following both accounts if you aren’t already.

Jane Lynch is going to be hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend, so she stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to chat about SNL, Glee, and more! Watch Jimmy’s interview with her below and then check out a few promos that she shot with SNL‘s Fred Armisen. Be sure you catch her on the SNL stage this Saturday night, October 9th, along with musical guest Bruno Mars.

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?

Everyone’s favorite Sue Sylvester will be making an appearance on Nickelodeon’s teen hit, iCarly! Jane Lynch is said to be taking on the role of Sam (played by Jennette McCurdy)’s mother, who no one’s seen yet but everyone knows exists. Kinda like Rachel’s two dads. When are we seeing them?!

The episode, which films next week, will be a part of iCarly’s third season. Apparently, even Jane’s stepdaughter Haden is pumped for this cameo; she’s such a big iCarly fan that the Nickelodeon show was even referenced in her mom’s wedding vows!

Source: Exclusive: ‘iCarly’ casts ‘Glee’ meanie Jane Lynch as Sam’s MIA mom – Entertainment Weekly

Jane is up for a NOW award at tv.com! She’s been nominated for the award aptly named “Makes Me Laugh Just By Showing Up.” Click the photo and scroll down to vote for her until your arm cramps up!

Edit: As it turns out, MORE of the Glee actors are up for awards! Kristin Chenoweth is up for Guest Star We Wish Stayed Around Longer, Jane again for Most Quotable Character, Mark Salling for Most Epic Hair (LOL), and Glee in general for Funniest New Show! Okay, now you SERIOUSLY have to vote. :)

Glee will once again be attending the San Diego Comic-Con! Since last year’s panel, Glee has exploded into an international phenomenon, winning at the Golden Globes, SAG awards, and People’s Choice Awards, just to name a few. The fanbase has exploded, twitter accounts gaining thousands of followers, and the actors have become household names. Some people questioned why Glee first came to the five-day long convention, but their return to Comic-Con was all but imminent. This year, the panel will feature actors that were absent from last year’s.

So, there’s good news and bad news. The good: Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Mark Salling, Heather Morris, and Naya Rivera will be attending the panel and answering fan questions, alongside Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy. The bad: Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith will be MIA. Jane Lynch will be absent as well; apparently she had a scheduling conflict.

Now, before you take drastic measures: “Last year, we brought down Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison, and Dianna Agron. Because we have such a large cast and we can’t bring everyone every year, this year we decided to bring down some of the cast who didn’t get to go last summer,” A Fox spokesperson tells Entertainment Weekly.

Makes sense, right? To quote Sue Sylvester: “We’re giving everyone a chance to be a star! Find your voice, stomp that yard, all that crap!”

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Photo courtesy of Jonathan Groff

Yup! You read right! Details.com, the geniuses that they are, gave Jonathan Groff a camera to run around wild with on the set. What was even more brilliant was the captioning that Jonathan Groff, himself, provided for each photo.

Photos include uncensored shots of Jonathan Groff with Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison, and Jane Lynch, as well as many behind the scenes views of Vocal Adrenaline’s numbers. It even includes some spoilers for the finale, so beware!

So go on, enjoy! Click the source link for more photos from your favorite Glee guest star and his commentary on each.

Source:  14 Exclusive Behind the Scenes Photos—Shot by Jonathan Groff! -Details.com