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Glee has partnered with Members Project to raise awareness about the environment, promote donation to charity, and make a difference! Members Project is an innovative online initiative presented by American Express and TakePart, in which members can become involved in helping the community through volunteering and donating. The campaign will include promotional vignettes online, on-air, and in-cinema, as well as interactive Facebook applications. Three online shorts have been released, featuring the tagline “”Some people want to do good. Some don’t. Which one are you? Find out at membersproject.com/glee and help make the world a better place.” Read the press release below:

MEMBERS PROJECT(R) FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS PARTNERS WITH FOX’S “GLEE” TO MOBILIZE FANS FOR CHARITY CALL TO ACTION

Campaign Featuring Cast of GLEE Kicks Off Today, Encouraging Everyone to Volunteer, Vote or Donate to Take a Small Step and Make a Big Difference
Second Season of GLEE Premieres Tuesday, September 21, on FOX

New York, September 1, 2010 – Members Project(R) from American Express and TakePart have partnered with FOX’s critically acclaimed, award-winning hit series GLEE on a new, first-of-its-kind campaign that provides fans with a passion for giving back an opportunity to take small steps to make a big difference – all with the lighthearted and inspirational voice for which GLEE is known.

Kicking off today, Wednesday, Sept. 1, the collaboration will feature an innovative mix of original television, online and cinema content written, directed and produced by the GLEE creative team and featuring everyone’s favorite GLEE characters. The partnership is designed to elevate common themes shared by both GLEE and Members Project, including finding inspiration by working together and harnessing the power of the collective and individual actions to do something good. [click here for the full press release]

Click here to watch the promotional short videos!

Here’s a behind the scenes video of Glee‘s photo shoot for Season 2!

Are you not 100% sure if you’re a Gleek? Maybe this video from Howcast can help.

For those of you were dying to see Artie perform a heart-wrenching rendition of Use Somebody…this most recent news will shut you down.

While Glee has made use of dozens of hit artists’ music (Madonna, Lady Gaga, Neil Diamond, and The Rolling Stones to name a few), and with many other artists begging for their music to be covered (cough Paul McCartney) their most recent musical attempt has been unceremoniously denied.

Kings of Leon, when approached by Glee producers with hopes of using their music, slammed the door in their faces.

“We could have sold out so much more. We turn stuff down constantly,” says the band’s bassist, Jared Followill. The band says they’ve never watched Glee. “Although apparently everyone loves it,” remarks frontman Caleb Followill, ever so knowlegable.

They’re not lying about the turning down. Apparently, the band also shut down another hit comedy with thousands of adoring fans: “We got an offer to appear on an episode of Ugly Betty. They wanted us to play ourselves.” But they said no.

The band went on to further confirm the selectivity of their musical privileges: “We had some people call us up wanting to know if we’d allow Use Somebody to appear in the trailer for their next movie, and we turned them down,” Caleb Followill tells NME magazine. “Next day, they called back and tried to put us through to the star of the movie—I won’t name names, but he’s an incredibly famous actor—to let him try and convince us to agree to do it. I was like, ‘Man, don’t even waste your energy’.”

In a bizzare twist of events, Gossip Girl was deemed worthy of the band’s hit music. An episode in 2008 featured three songs from their album Only By the Night: Closer, Sex on Fire, and Use Somebody.

What do you think? Were you dying to hear these corporate rock gods? Or are you content with the already diverse supply of classics already available for cover? Like, say, Queen?

Before going to work on Glee, Charice stopped by the Seventeen magazine office to do an exclusive performance of Beyoncé’s “Halo!” Catch the video below to get a sneak peek at Charice’s amazing talent before we see her in Season 2.

What do you think of Charice joining Glee? Sound off in the comments below.

Source: See Glee Star Charice Sing “Halo!” – Seventeen

Who needs the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? (Remember this?) The official Glee clothing line hits stores August 15th at Macy’s stores nationwide!

To promote the eagerly anticipated second season of Glee, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Macy’s announced the launch of their exclusive Glee clothing line! The line, hitting all Macy’s locations, will translate the pop culture phenomenon into the year’s ultimate shopping experience with branded vignettes and front-of-store window placement.

The flashy new apparel will include t-shirts, fashion tops and hoodies priced from $19.99-$34.99. The array will include music-inspired designs (similar to the “Music is My Life” shirts sold at the live concerts!) and sporty athletic apparel. It offers fashion for every type of Gleek!

Click to read more about the new fashion line…

Sources were originally reporting that Mr. Shue would shave his head in protest of New Directions perfoming Britney’s music. It appears that part of the episode was meant to be a surprise, but is no longer happening now that everyone knows. Whoops!

Heather Morris tells Access Hollywood at the Teen Choice Awards: “I guess they’re deciding not to do it now because it was supposed to be the surprise…then Ryan got wind that everybody found out and he was like, ‘I don’t think we can do it anymore because now it’s out’.”

Matthew Morrison added that if the head-shaving happened anyway, he would actually shave his head, instead of using a double or a head cap. “I’d have to shave it ‘cause then it wouldn’t make sense with the rest of the series,” Matthew said. Glad he’s thinking about continuity!

He could totally pull it off though. “I’m so hot,” he kidded, “I did it a couple of years ago for a movie and I like it.”

Heather joked about having Britney shave her own head for the episode. She said she’d opt for the bald cap. I would too.

Source: Access Hollywood – ‘Glee’ Stars:
Mr. Schuester Likely Won’t Shave His Head For Britney Episode

In a recent interview with Ryan Seacrest, Ryan Murphy revealed that Britney Spears herself will in fact be making a cameo in her tribute episode! “I think Britney, 100 percent, is going to be on the episode,” he tells Seacrest this morning. It doesn’t get more confirmed than that!

Britney’s role in the episode was covered as well. Apparently, the glee kids are denied performing Britney by an obstinate Mr. Shue. When when they take a visit to John Stamos (the dentist), the anesthesia creates a hallucinogenic musical explosion starring Britney herself!

In regards to how Britney’s darker days will be handled, including the head-shaving: “[This episode] is so reverential, so kind and about her music,” Ryan says. “We’re handling Britney with kids gloves.”

Heather Morris (whose character Brittany will be performing in the episode) almost got wind of the Britney cameo beforehand. When asked about it, she remarked, “I hope so, somebody keeps teasing me and telling me she is coming. Oh my gosh, I would be so nervous. Not really, I would be excited.”

Are you loving this Britney news as much as I am?! Feel free to scream/fangirl/speculate in the comment section!

Lea Michele has been spotted walking around set in an outfit that looks suspiciously like one worn by Britney Spears in the music video for Hit Me Baby One More Time! In fact, it’s identical.

She has been quoted as saying she’d recreate one of the pop star’s older music videos, so this outfit pretty much confirms her performance. What do you think? Was this the right song for her? Post away!

Source: Just Jared – Lea Michele Channels Britney in ‘Baby One More Time’!

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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Seeing as we all know Chris Colfer is a huge party animal, this should come as no surprise. ;) Check out this video of Chris taking a spin on a theme park ride in celebration of the TCA’s and his Emmy nomination!

We recently got the chance to talk with Glee‘s Harry Shum Jr. while he was busy promoting his new movie. You probably know him as Mike Chang in New Directions, but he is also reprising his role, Cable from Step Up 2: The Streets, in the latest installment of the Step Up series, Step Up 3D. We chatted over the phone with him about everything from Step Up 3D to The LXD and even asked him about working with the new Glee cast additions, Chord Overstreet and Charice. We had a ton of fun with the interview and hope that you enjoy it. Make sure to check out Step Up 3D in theaters everywhere on August 6th.

Ok, first question. Step Up 3D is a dance film shot entirely in 3D, so how was filming a 3D movie different from filming a normal 2D film or TV show?

You know, it’s a lot different as far as how they film it. They have to use 2 lens special cameras and they try and not change our movements too much. They want us to be as organic as possible, but at certain moments, if you spin too fast, the camera might not read it in a sense of the 3D technology, but definitely pulling us in and out through depth and making the audience feel like they’re there. What’s cool is after you get done filming a dance sequence, you can go around to the monitors and put on some glasses, and they have this big HD monitor where you can see the playback in 3D, so that was the coolest part of it.

Any ‘let’s reach right into the camera’ moves?

No, they try to stay away from that. I mean, there is one or two of those, just for the fun of paying homage to the Captian EO’s of the Michael Jackson old 3D ride, you know, but most of the time it just throws you into the action and makes you feel like you’re there. Like, they have a camera shot where they’re panning behind a guy’s head and it looks like you’re one of the audience members trying to look past the guy and see the action happen. So it’s really cool. It’s like people dancing on your lap.

What was it like getting to film in New York City?

Oh, it was so cool. I mean, at that moment, I was filming Glee at the same time and I literally was just going from the set of Glee all the way jumping onto the set of Step Up 3D as well as working on LXD at the same time. It was definitely a heavy multitasking, but there’s something about the energy of New York that gives you this energy to want to dance, especially because it has so much history. That’s where hip hop originated from, so I love it there, man. You know, I think it was the right idea to bring Step Up 3D to New York.

Yeah, another question I had was what was is like having to balance working on LXD, Step Up, and Glee all at the same time?

I got confused a couple of moments. When we’d start doing certain rehearsals, and ‘uh, where am I at right now? Oh yeah, I’m at LXD’ — a little bit of scheduling and just having the love of being a part of these projects. You know I just feel so lucky and blessed to be part of all these projects and especially Glee for what it represents and Step Up 3D for being so innovative, and LXD just being able to be in all aspects of the creative process. It’s really been a dream to be a part of all these projects at the same time, so I think that’s what keeps me going and to be able to want to make all across the board, everything I do for all the projects, giving it my all. So that’s the passion that definitely keeps me going.

Click here to read the rest of the interview…

Attention all Gleeks! GleeFan.com is looking to add one or two more members to its staff. The current staff members are listed on our staff page at GleeFan.com/Staff, and you could be there too! We are one of the most established Glee fansites and we have been running since before Glee even premiered in May of ’09. We have had exclusive interviews with cast members and reported from a great number of Glee events. However, with the massive amounts of Glee news, it’s very difficult for Tinkers & I to find time to post everything. I will be very busy with starting college in the fall and Tinkers will be in her senior year of high school. We need your help in order to make sure that GleeFan.com is constantly up to date with all the latest Glee news, interviews, and media.

We would like to build up a small team of News Posters to make sure that our Glee news is constantly up to date. We are hoping to add a couple writers by September so that we are fully ready for Glee’s Season 2 premiere. As a member of the GleeFan.com staff, you’ll also be a member of our Glee Network of fansites — the staff of which is a close group of Gleeks. :)

At this time, we will be accepting applicants until August 15th, but the earlier you submit you application, the easier it will be for us to review them. We hope that everyone who is interested will take the time to fill it out. Remember that you have just as much a chance as anyone else who applies, so please do so!

Fill out the following application, then copy and paste into an email. Send it to Rob@GleeFan.com! Be sure to put “GleeFan.com Application – [Your Name]” in the subject line. (Ex. GleeFan.com Application – Rob Black)

In celebration of Glee‘s 19 Emmy nominations, Kristin Dos Santos of E! Online hosted a panel featuring live performances from the cast and huge spoiler drops for basically every couple on the show!

This event blew up the Glee fandom, spawning twitpics, twitvids, entire red carpet photo galleries, and of course, multi-part Youtube documentations. Most of these are relatively low-quality, but have no fear: Kristin herself, in addition to live tweeting, did a ship-based write-up of the event for E! Online. She then proceeded to do another write-up focusing on returning (and potential!) guest stars and minor characters.

The event itself featured performances of “Maybe This Time” (sans Kristin Chenoweth, sadly), “Funny Girl,” “Beautiful,” “Single Ladies,” “Lady is a Tramp,” “Over the Rainbow,” and of course, a mandatory dance-off between Kevin, Matt, and Harry.

Here’s a 7-minute summary video of the event, via ginaslittlejack on Youtube:

For a playlist of all the performances and interviews, check out the Glee Academy Event playlist on Youtube!

Also, check out WireImage, AP Images, and LeaMicheleWeb for HUGE photo drops of the event!

ExperienceLA is giving away 2 VIP passes to the unveiling of Jane Lynch‘s Sue Sylvester wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood! You have to act quickly because the contest ends this Friday, July 30th. The event is at Madame Tussauds Hollywood on 6933 Hollywood Blvd, on August 4, 2010 from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. If you’re interested, you can enter the contest at ExperienceLA’s promotions page.

Here’s more info on the event from ExperienceLA:

Enter to win a pair of tickets and VIP passes for the star-studded event on August 4th at 11am!
Ever wish you had a minute with Sue Sylvester to tell her exactly how you feel about her outbursts, one-lines and track suits? Now you have the chance! Madame Tussauds Hollywood is GLEEking out over their newest figure, the character we all love to hate, Sue Sylvester!

On August 4, 2010 at 11am, Jane Lynch will be launching her infamous character on the Madame Tussauds Hollywood courtyard! With a performance by the John Burroughs High School Power House Choir (as seen on Oprah) and other surprises, you won’t want to miss out on the GLEE!

When I was in NYC to see the Glee concert, my family went to the Madame Tussauds there, and it was a ton of fun! For more information on how Jane Lynch will be unveiling the figure (and for some fun pictures of her being measured), check out Madame Tussauds Hollywood – “Glee Star Jane Lynch Gets Waxed”.