Remember when Naya Rivera hosted the GLAAD Awards back in May? While there, she lent her voice to a new PSA for GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which was released today. She is accompanied by other LGBT activists and supporters such as Chaz Bono, the cast of Pretty Little Liars, and Vinny from The Jersey Shore, asking those watching to support LGBT individuals. GLAAD is a national organization that works on portraying LGBT individuals in a positive light in the entertainment industry. You can watch the PSA below.

What are your thoughts on the PSA? What organizations would you want the Glee cast to partake in?

Source: “Amplify Your Voice” PSAs feature Naya Rivera, Amy Poehler and some Pretty Little Liars -- AfterEllen

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

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

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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I now present to you, a HUGE HUGE round-up of every Season 2 spoiler you could ever need in your life! If you haven’t been keeping track of all the interviews, press events, panels, and just general hype, have no fear! This post is brought to you by TheGLEEkSpot’s tumblr, with the latest news added!

New Characters:

• Kurt gets a boyfriend. An “everyday guy.” He’s going to be struggling with his sexuality and Kurt is going to help him through this. Ryan wants them to be prom king and prom king. This plot line is apparently delayed past the first few episodes.*
• A christian country singer (a la Carrie Underwood) is supposed to come on. No word on how big this role is going to be. She’s also supposed to have a pretty big problem with Kurt and his boyfriend being gay.
• Sam Elliot will be played by Chord Overstreet. Sam is a football player. Finn will take Sam under his wing, and will utlimately become Finn’s rival. He will also have a special relationship with Quinn.
• Mercedes gets a love interest, too. A “male version of herself” (Can you say killer duets?)
• Charice will be guest starring as a foreign exchange student and a rival to Rachel. Her character, Sunshine, will start out very small but as the season progresses she will get bigger. Charice starts filiming on July 28th with the rest of the cast, so she will be in the first episode.
• Dot Jones will playing Shannon Beiste (pronounced BEEST) the new football coach, replacing Ken Tanaka, who will no longer be on Glee.
• Cheyenne Jackson will be replacing Idina Menzel’s role as the new coach of Vocal Adrenaline. This will be a major, recurring role.
• John Stamos will have a recurring role as Emma’s dentist boyfriend.
• Javier Bardem will appear as a rock star who befriends Artie. “We’re going to rock the house,” the 41-year-old Gleek tells EW. “We’re going to do some heavy metal — Spanish heavy metal, which is the worst.”
• Comedy legend Carol Burnett is said to be in the works for the role of Sue Sylvester’s Nazi-hunting mother. Nothing is confirmed yet, but really, how could they pass up Carol Burnett?

*They’re saying that Sam Elliot is NOT Kurt’s boyfriend. Our theory? They’re pulling back on all the hype so Sam can have a surprise “coming out” moment. The same way Idina being Rachel’s mother was a surprise.

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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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Thanks to my IMDB stalking skills, I was able to dig up an old episode of Even Stevens titled “Short Story” in which Naya Rivera makes a 20-second cameo! Favorite 90′s show + Naya Rivera = Youtube video of WIN!!