This Just In: Chelsea Talks Toe Sucking, and Glee Will Suck Your Morning Away
Glee: Jenna Ushkowitz can sing! In tomorrow night's episode of Glee, the stutterer fibber you fans know as Tina will finally get her first solo, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors," which is already making its way around the Internets, and we can't stop listening to it this morning. (Hear it above, and don't tell our bosses.) The episode also will feature Destiny's Child's "Bootylicious," John Lennon's "Imagine" and a cast mashup of Broadway's "Hair" with Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love." Anyone else hoping the last one is sung by Artie and Tina? In a hot tub?
Fringe: Our inside sources confirm that Fringe will be put on a temporary hiatus for seven weeks beginning Feb. 11. In its place, Fox will air the midseason drama Past Life.
The Good Wife: And you'll never guess which awesome E! comedian extraordinaire is stopping by CBS' The Good Wife to rattle Juliana Margulies' children!
OK, you can probably guess from that headline up there, but click in for a sneak peek of Chelsea's episode; plus, Aimee Teegarden on Legend of the Seeker and Mr. Sarah Michelle Gellar (Freddie Prinze Jr.) on 24...
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Glee Star Grateful for Thanksgiving Parade Ban
Glee's Mark Salling may have wanted to perform in this year's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC, but he's also sorta happy that NBC decided to ban the musical television show from the annual festivities.
"I'm gonna watch it," says Salling, who plays football stud Puck. "I got no hard feelings. But I'll catch it from home in Dallas, Texas, with family, which was allowed to happen by NBC not inviting us. So I am not complaining. Thank you, NBC!"
Lea Michele, who stars on the show as Rachel Berry, also insists she'll tune in...
This Just In: Neil Patrick Harris Should Rule the World
Not So Horrible: In case you turned off the Internet yesterday, you may have missed the news that Neil Patrick Harris joined Twitter. NPH finds Twitter a fascinating and strange new medium for his comedy stylings. See above for proof.
Whee, Glee! New instant-classic Glee music is available online, including a version of "Lean on Me" (we're already preparing to cry during this TV performance), a fabulous pop "Crush," and "I'll Stand by You," which we have to guess (just guess) is Cory Monteith's Finn serenading Dianna Agron's Quinn about her pregnancy and such. Loverly!
Together Again? These new photos of Chace Crawford and Taylor Momsen filming Gossip Girl in New York remind us what a cute couple Little J and Nate were way back in season two. Anybody else want to see them rekindle something once Jenny turns 18?
Taking a Break: Julianne Hough told our own Ryan Seacrest she won't be back for Dancing With the Stars season 10.
American Music Awards: E! got the exclusive scoop that our girl Kristen Bell will be a presenter at the American Music Awards this weekend, along with Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Colbie Caillat.
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Click through our TV Celebrity Stunt Casting gallery for a sneak peek of James Van Der Beek on ABC's The Forgotten.
Glee Star: I'll Still Watch Thanksgiving Day Parade
Just because the Glee cast was ousted from the NBC Thanksgiving Day Parade lineup doesn't mean our favorite high school singing club is holding a grudge.
Glee's main man on campus, Cory Monteith, fully intends on watching the Turkey Day parade. "No sour grapes," Monteith told us at Maxim and Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 party. "I'm looking forward to the Jay Leno float. That will be really fun to watch."
Monteith, who plays loveable quarterback Finn Hudson on the hit Fox show, says ideas for the much-buzzed-about Madonna episode are flying…
Taylor Swift Can't Lose
At first glance, it sure looked like Glee's Rachel and Kurt picked the wrong night to do a diva-off against Taylor Swift.
Just days after Swift led Saturday Night Live to its best ratings of the season, the singing sensation helped the Country Music Association Awards to its biggest audience in four years.
The ABC telecast, featuring big wins by Swift, Swift, Swift and Swift, averaged nearly 17 million viewers, easily winning Wednesday's prime-time race.
So, was it curtains for Glee, after all?
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Glee Boss Gets on Board With Puck and Rachel!
Let's get ready to ruuummmble!
The Glee producers have heard you fans loud and clear about your desire to see more Puck and Rachel—or more Finn and Rachel—and are prepared to give you what you want: More.
"We never expected that to catch on quite so well," executive producer Brad Falchuk told me of the show's short-lived Puck and Rachel hookup and subsequent fandemonium. "So we'll have to do something about that."
Testify!
Last night I hit up a secret screening of the next episode of Glee, and scored scoop from the cast and creative team on the show's romantic entanglements, Madonna and more. So who's on Team Puck? Team Finn? What evil things is Rachel up to? See the video above.
As for Artie and Tina's new romance, the recent allegations from the disabled actors community and what else lies ahead, here's what you Gleeks have to know...
Spoiler Chat: The Gossip Girl Threesome Gets Even Messier, Courtesy Lady Gaga
By now, some of you have seen it: Tonight's ménage à twist that had the Parents Television Council all in a tizzy.
(If you haven't, read no further until you do.)
So what happens next on Gossip Girl? Are D and O over? What about V? And what's this about a certain Miss Lady Gaga getting in on the action? And a Gossip Girl heading to the hospital?
We have the scoop in our latest roundup of exclusive TV dish, along with the latest on Grey's hot couplings (will it be Cristina and Owen or Cristina and Jackson?), Chuck's sad news for fans of Sarah and Chuck, and a breakup on Friday Night Lights...
Lucas in Evanston, Ill.: Forget Owen and Cristina on Grey's Anatomy! Give us some scoop on Cristina and Jackson! Please?
Spoiler Chat: House and Office Romance Scoop!
OK, OK, we hear you!
Apparently all you TV fans want to know about is:
- House and Cuddy and the possibility of hanky-panky
- The Office's new Jim and Pam (is it blasphemy to call them that?)
We've done some digging with inside sources (and a couple of castmembers themselves) to come up with inside info for you.
Read on for our latest roundup of exclusive TV scoop...
Sherrie in Louisiana: Forget Jam. I'm digging this Erin and Andy flirtation on The Office! Will they actually hook up?
This Just In: Glee Gets Its Game On
Glee: So much better than Roseanne! OK, so that's not saying much, but still, the Glee cast totally rocked it singing the national anthem at the World Series. So much so that we've unearthed the video for you above. And even better, Rachel looked legitimately happy to be singing backup. Atta girl.
24: It's tough to keep an evil dead dude down! Hot on the heels of our news that—Spoiler Alert!—Bart Bass is coming back to Gossip Girl, Fox has confirmed to us that Gregory Itzin, aka President Logan, will return to 24 for the eight season, starting Jan. 17. Step up to the plate, Jean Smart!
Chuck: Kristin Kreuk better step off Sara's man! Zachary Levi has posted a pic of his new love interest and, we have to admit, they look pretty cute. (Sorry, Clark.)
Dancing With the Stars: The flu bug has bitten Lacey Schwimmer. She'll be replaced this week by Anna Trebunskaya.
Community: Anthony Michael Hall is set to guest star, per NBC.
Stars All a-Twitter That This Is It Is It!
She may be 77-years-old, but Elizabeth Taylor is nothing if not a trendsetter.
Michael Jackson's close friend was the first to Twitter her review of the star's final performance, This Is It, in 19 rounds of 140 characters or less, but, after last night's premiere, she certainly wasn't the last.
And she wasn't the only idol loving the film either.
"I'm sitting in the Nokia Theater in awe of the This Is It movie!," wrote Paula Abdul. "So many emotions are coming up for me I can't believe He's Gone BRILLIANT."
"MJ movie is powerful," Ryan Seacrest said. "The singing…the dancing!! He was a perfectionist…and very funny."
Dancing With the Stars hottie Julianne Hough felt the message as well.
"MJ movie was amazing so inspiring and motivating!!! Let's make this world a better place," she encouraged.
Like Liz, one viewer thought the film was ripe for awards, while several Glee-ful stars gave their takes…
Glee Stars Get Ready For Madonnapalooza
Glee won't begin shooting new episodes again for a few weeks but the cast already has Madonna on the brain.
If ya haven't heard by now, producers decided to do an all-Madonna episode after Madge recently gave them permission to use any songs from her catalog.
So which tunes are the stars hoping to sing? Read on to find out…
This Just In: James Van Der Beek Is Forgotten
• OK, We Get It, JVDB! In his latest attempt to prove he's totally not the squeaky-clean Creek boy of yesterseason, James Van Der Beek has taken a role on ABC's The Forgotten, our frenemy reveals, as a dark and shady financial broker. (We're talking to James, Kevin Williamson and other former Creeksters next week, so email any Q's to tvdiva@eonline.com or tweet @kristinalert.)
• Even Sweeter Than the Real Top Chef: Yum! There's a spinoff in the works called Just Desserts, with pastry chefs. Word is a certain E! Online columnist would not cry if they asked her to judge.
• Big Bang Throw-Down: Ruh roh! Executive producer Bill Prady promises "a big, giant, knockdown, drag-out fight" for Penny and Leonard, after which she will run into an old flame. We're no mathematicians, but this seems to add up to trouble in geek paradise.
• Dollhouse: If you love this show, tell a friend. Friday night's ratings hit an all-time low. Ugly Betty is also down 14 percent.
Jeffrey: Was that really Jayma Mays singing "I Could Have Danced All Night" on Glee?


