With all the celebs flocking to the set of Glee for their guest spots, one of the show’s stars, Jessalyn Gilsig, says there’s one icon she’d love to see join the cast for a little song and dance.
“Bette Midler should be on the show,” said Gilsig, who plays Terri Schuester, at the Costume Design Guild Awards Thursday. “I’d want her to be my aunt or something. You can imagine Bette Midler as a kid. She must have been one of these Glee kids. She must have been so misunderstood and struggled so much, but she’s driven the same way Rachel is driven. I think she would be a good fit.”
Still astounded by the overwhelming success the show has seen, Gilsig says the cast couldn’t be happier. “It hasn’t even been a full season,” she says, adding with a giggle, “maybe we should quit while we’re ahead.”
Also excited about costar Matthew Morrison’s upcoming album, the actress says, “He can do anything from rap to a folk song with a ukulele. I’m just like ‘When are we doing a duet on your album?’ He hasn’t asked me yet,” she jokes. “But fans want to hear it.”
As written by Jessica Herndon for TV Watch People
Glee to perform in White House
If the whole world is smitten by the American musical comedy series “Glee” on television, the first family of US is no exception either. That’s why President Obama and his family want to have some more of Glee for their annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
Entertainment Weekly reports that President Obama, Michelle Obama and their two little daughters Sasha and Malia are so crazy about “Glee” that they have actually invited the cats of “Glee” to perform for them exclusively at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, 5th April 2010.
The special request from the President himself is certainly tough to refuse and hence the producer and cast of Glee has already notched out a plan to appear at the venue on scheduled day and time. The Glee crew has reshuffled their own schedules to make sure they catch a flight to Washington D.C for the performance. They are currently busy shooting the back nine episodes of their show.
Stars are shining bright for the “Glee” club as their album “Glee: The Music Volume 1” has recently debuted at #1 on the UK album charts. And with such a big honor handed over the first lady herself is indeed any entertainer’s dream!
Hope to catch Obama family and Glee cast in a single frame as they enjoy their annual White House Easter Egg Roll on 5th April 2010. All the best to the Glee kids…
Source : Entertainment and Showbiz
Entertainment Weekly reports that President Obama, Michelle Obama and their two little daughters Sasha and Malia are so crazy about “Glee” that they have actually invited the cats of “Glee” to perform for them exclusively at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, 5th April 2010.
The special request from the President himself is certainly tough to refuse and hence the producer and cast of Glee has already notched out a plan to appear at the venue on scheduled day and time. The Glee crew has reshuffled their own schedules to make sure they catch a flight to Washington D.C for the performance. They are currently busy shooting the back nine episodes of their show.
Stars are shining bright for the “Glee” club as their album “Glee: The Music Volume 1” has recently debuted at #1 on the UK album charts. And with such a big honor handed over the first lady herself is indeed any entertainer’s dream!
Hope to catch Obama family and Glee cast in a single frame as they enjoy their annual White House Easter Egg Roll on 5th April 2010. All the best to the Glee kids…
Source : Entertainment and Showbiz
Glee : The Music Volume 1 A Review
Here's a review about Glee : The Music Volume 1 by Pete Paphides. He rated it 3 out of five stars.
Read the article below.
“High School Musical with added irony,” cry Glee’s detractors, and they may have a point. But to those of us with children, who have spent the past three years putting up with the irony-free version, that would be no bad thing.
If you’re seeking to pinpoint the ironic intent of the series, in which a group of high-school outsiders form a singing ensemble, then it’s the music you’ll most likely alight on. Glee’s show-choir arrangements of 1980s FM rock mainstays such as Don’t Stop Believin’ have been central to its success. But does irony really lurk here? In a post-Guilty Pleasures age, British pop fans have come to realise that irony is really just an aesthetic quarantine into which we stick it before we welcome it back into our world. The scale of Glee’s US success suggests that America is learning, too. For all of that, a whole series — or, in this case, album — in which songs by bad-haired pop pariahs received the Glee makeover would be a little much.
The best thing about Glee: The Music — Volume 1 is the sense that the series’ music supervisor, P. J. Bloom, chose the songs most suitable for the treatment, regardless of genre, era or fashionability. It takes some vision to see showtune potential in hits as disparate as Avril Lavigne’s Keep Holding On and Jill Scott’s Hate on Me; borderline genius to turn Kanye West’s Gold Digger into a Sister Act-style massed-ranks psychic makeover and Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself into a Gene Kelly-style meditation.
Bloom and his cohorts come more unstuck in their attempts to emulate the already preposterous harmonies of Queen’s Somebody to Love, while Rihanna’s Take A Bow struggles to be anything other than a dispensable facsimile of the original — but such glitches do little to detract from the celebratory spirit of the entire enterprise. If you feel you need irony to enjoy great pop, you might find this album more useful than you imagined.
Source : Timesonline.com
Read the article below.
“High School Musical with added irony,” cry Glee’s detractors, and they may have a point. But to those of us with children, who have spent the past three years putting up with the irony-free version, that would be no bad thing.
If you’re seeking to pinpoint the ironic intent of the series, in which a group of high-school outsiders form a singing ensemble, then it’s the music you’ll most likely alight on. Glee’s show-choir arrangements of 1980s FM rock mainstays such as Don’t Stop Believin’ have been central to its success. But does irony really lurk here? In a post-Guilty Pleasures age, British pop fans have come to realise that irony is really just an aesthetic quarantine into which we stick it before we welcome it back into our world. The scale of Glee’s US success suggests that America is learning, too. For all of that, a whole series — or, in this case, album — in which songs by bad-haired pop pariahs received the Glee makeover would be a little much.
The best thing about Glee: The Music — Volume 1 is the sense that the series’ music supervisor, P. J. Bloom, chose the songs most suitable for the treatment, regardless of genre, era or fashionability. It takes some vision to see showtune potential in hits as disparate as Avril Lavigne’s Keep Holding On and Jill Scott’s Hate on Me; borderline genius to turn Kanye West’s Gold Digger into a Sister Act-style massed-ranks psychic makeover and Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself into a Gene Kelly-style meditation.
Bloom and his cohorts come more unstuck in their attempts to emulate the already preposterous harmonies of Queen’s Somebody to Love, while Rihanna’s Take A Bow struggles to be anything other than a dispensable facsimile of the original — but such glitches do little to detract from the celebratory spirit of the entire enterprise. If you feel you need irony to enjoy great pop, you might find this album more useful than you imagined.
Source : Timesonline.com
Neil Patrick Harris will be joining Glee
Neil Patrick Harris is one step closer to getting his Glee on. CBS, home of Harris’ regular gig How I Met Your Mother, has signed off on a deal that would have Harris guest starring on the Fox series, Ausiello confirms. While nothing has officially been announced yet, it seems inevitable. Back in January, Ausiello reported that Harris and Glee creator Ryan Murphy both wanted to make it happen. With Joss Whedon, who directed Harris in the web musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, helming an episode, it seems like all the stars have aligned for a reunion.
So as Harris’ guest spot inches closer to becoming a reality, I can’t help thinking about what character he should play. The guest spot is said to include some singing and dancing. The first idea that sprang to mind: Broadway vet sing-off! I’d love to see Harris as a rival to a truly worthy opponent: Matthew Morrison’s Will Schuester. Morrison deserves more than just showing the kids how to white-boy rap. One of my favorite moments of the series so far was when Morrison was matched up with another Broadway vet, Kristin Chenoweth. But their sweet duet was far too brief. How great would it be to see Harris as a blast from Will’s Glee Club past? They can play out their old high school rivalry through a West Side Story-like song and dance number.
What do you think of a Harris vs. Morrison match-up? Is there someone else you’d like Harris to play? Perhaps someone more Horrible? Or do you think he should teach the Glee clubbers about his awesomeness by just playing himself?
Source : EW
So as Harris’ guest spot inches closer to becoming a reality, I can’t help thinking about what character he should play. The guest spot is said to include some singing and dancing. The first idea that sprang to mind: Broadway vet sing-off! I’d love to see Harris as a rival to a truly worthy opponent: Matthew Morrison’s Will Schuester. Morrison deserves more than just showing the kids how to white-boy rap. One of my favorite moments of the series so far was when Morrison was matched up with another Broadway vet, Kristin Chenoweth. But their sweet duet was far too brief. How great would it be to see Harris as a blast from Will’s Glee Club past? They can play out their old high school rivalry through a West Side Story-like song and dance number.
What do you think of a Harris vs. Morrison match-up? Is there someone else you’d like Harris to play? Perhaps someone more Horrible? Or do you think he should teach the Glee clubbers about his awesomeness by just playing himself?
Source : EW
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