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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...

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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…

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Just because Madonna isn't dating A-Rod doesn't mean she can't still be a Yankees fan.

A source tells me that the Queen of Pop celebrated the Bronx Bombers' World Series win on Saturday (a day after the big NYC parade) with boyfriend Jesus Luz, Jerry Seinfeld and even one of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's sons.

The group did some wining and dining at posh restaurant A Voce overlooking Central Park...

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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…

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When Dianna Agron told us recently that she was going to be singing a Madonna song on an upcoming episode of Glee, our first hunch was "Like a Virgin."

After all, she does play pregnant high school cheerleader Quinn Fabray.

But we were wrong…

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Talk about dinner under the stars.

Madonna and her much younger hottie boyfriend, Jesus Luz, were spotted just the other night having dinner at Mr. Chow on 57th Street in New York City with Penélope Cruz and her maybe-fiancé Javier Bardem.

And that's not all. Eva Mendes also joined them for the evening.

So what did the group enjoy (besides the company)? Chicken satay and Beijing duck. While most of the group sipped adult drinks, Cruz appeared to be having an alcohol-free night. "They were loud and laughing," an eyewitness tells us.

They wrapped things up after about two hours.

What other celeb couple scoop do we have for you? Read on for dish about Mel Gibson and his baby mama as well as newlywed Mandy Moore's plans for kids…

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The world is much better place now that we have Glee, don't ya think?

I dare you to try watching that show without cracking a smile, tapping your feet or as I do, singing along.

Producers have already entertained us with guest stars like Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Groban.

Who should be next?

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Karina Smirnoff better watch her back!

Madonna hasn't even met her fiancé, fellow Dancing With the Stars professional hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy, but she may already be smitten with him.

Maksim's celeb partner in the upcoming season of DWTS is Madge's longtime best gal-pal, Debi Mazar.

"Debi came in one time and she said, 'I was talking to Madonna and I was describing you to her,' " Maksim, 29, tells me. "And then she goes—and I quote her—'Madonna said, 'Maks sounds divine.' "

He couldn't believe his ears...

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Madonna may be 51, but don't you dare think for even a second that she's too old for MTV.

There's a rumor flying around that the Queen of Pop will perform her new single "Celebration" at next month's Video Music Awards in New York City.

Those set to perform during the show, which takes place Sept. 13 at Radio City Music Hall, include Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Pink, Taylor Swift, Green Day and Muse.

Madonna's rep insists there are no plans for the VMAs this year. But let's say it does actually happen—would she be able to top some of her most memorable past appearances?

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Madonna is a fan of Dancing With the Stars—sorta.

Her longtime best friend, Debi Mazar, tells me that the queen of pop was one of the first people she heard from when it was announced she'd be competing in the upcoming ninth season of the hit reality competition show.

"She's really excited for me," Mazar, 45, said. "She was on her way to Budapest and she just said, "Oh, my God! How great! And you are dancing with Russians—how lucky are you?!"

That Russian would be Mazar's partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Mazar's already under his spell...

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No doubt there's going to be a big blowout tribute to Michael Jackson at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.

No details have been solidified just yet, but I'm sure Madonna is at the top of the producers' wish list to take part.

Who else will MTV likely be asking to help honor the late King of Pop? Click my videoblog above to find out.

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Adam Lambert promises that he's about to address all the lingering questions about him.

"At this point, I think everybody knows everything, but once the Rolling Stone article comes out, people will know everything," the American Idol runner-up told us last night at the Young Hollywood Awards.

Reportedly, Lambert will officially come out of the closet next week in a cover story for the music magazine...

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