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Chris Colfer Talks About The Second Kiss!

Chris Colfer talked to Zap2it about the upcoming Glee prom, and at the very end was asked if he and the undateable Blaine were going to kiss again. His response was very interesting.

 

Blaine and Kurt try to go to prom!

Look who’s about to get some matching tuxes ready! EW has learned that new couple Blaine and Kurt will attempt to attend their high school prom, which may not be a simple proposition. ”That story is going to be ripped from the headlines,” creator Ryan Murphy told reporters tonight in Los Angeles. “Can you imagine two boys wanting to go to the prom in Ohio?” Murphy later elaborated slightly during a panel discussion moderated by EW’s Tim Stack, teasing that the big dance will feature a performance or two from the Warblers.

Speaking of Dalton Academy, now that they’re out of the running for Nationals, Murphy said fans shouldn’t worry about less Blaine in season 3. “I think Blaine might have to try out for New Directions,” he said to roaring applause.

Murphy — who together with the Glee cast is participating in a Paley Center tribute to the Fox show — also announced that Kristin Chenoweth will reprise her role as the boozy former glee club star April Rhodes. And here’s an exciting change in Glee’s modus operandi: The plan in the near future is to center an episode around Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours.

Showrunners and cast were relatively mum when it came to the specifics about how some of Glee‘s many couples would be shaken up in the episodes to come. But Murphy did offer up news on the romantic future of Mercedes (Amber Riley), the only member of Glee who has not had a romantic interest, saying that this summer’s Oxygen reality show, The Glee Project, will aim to find a guy for her. “One of the things that was in the back of my mind [when conceptualizing the character] was, ‘How is this guy going to be with Amber?’” he said. Riley added jokingly, “I’d like to be part of this process.”


Source: Entertainment Weekly

Super Bowl Spoilers!

Blaine, Kurt to Deliver Super Destiny’s Child Cover

Are the Dalton Academy Warblers about to fall on hard financial times? Sources confirm to me exclusively that Glee’s Darren Criss-fronted group will belt out a cover of the Destiny’s Child tune “Bills Bills Bills” during the show’s post-Super Bowl episode on Feb. 6.

There’s no word why Blaine, Kurt & Co. will be grumbling about paying their “telephone and automo’ bills,” particularly considering the special hour will focus on rival school McKinley High’s football championship. Maybe Kurt wants to cheer on his former classmates but can’t afford the steep ticket price? I’m just spit-balling here. If you’ve got a better theory, hit the comments section!


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Two full performances from episode 2.10 "A Very Glee Christmas"

"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by Rachel and Kurt

Don't Cry For Me Argentina [Rachel Solo]



Don't Cry For Me Argentina [Kurt Solo]

Will Kurt & Blaine Kiss?(spoilers)

If Kurt can smooch a sexually confused, bullying football player, surely he'll be locking lips with Blaine, right?

Not so fast, Gleeks…

"Not yet," Chris Colfer told me the other night at the GQ Men of the Year party when I asked about kissing Darren Criss.

He laughed, "I don't know, but I think maybe one gay kiss is enough for at least these 10 episodes. Maybe another one in the back nine wouldn't hurt."

Colfer also kinda confirmed that Criss will be following up his hit rendition of "Teenage Dream" with Train's "Hey, Soul Sister."

A Glee cast cover of the tune is already listed on Amazon.com, but the site notes it's not available yet.

"He does great with this one, too," Colfer smiled. "I want to tell you...OK, it's a famous one. It's on the radio quiet a bit...Okay, I'll give you a hint—choo-choo."



Source: EOnline

Ryan Murphy talks about Kurt/Blaine

AfterElton: How many episodes is the anti-bullying story line going to be?
Ryan Murphy: I think it’s a whole year, actually. It’s not a couple episodes; it will probably be the whole season, actually, and the ramifications on everybody, which I think is important.

AE: How is Blaine going to play into that?
Murphy: I don’t know. We’re just writing him now. Darren has become such a sensation in one week, which I love. I think there’s a hunger for him and a positive relationship role model. He’ll definitely continue through the year and longer. We just signed a deal with him, so I don’t know.
AE: He’s confirmed to be a regular for the remainder of Season 2 and next season as well?
Murphy: Yes.

AE: Is Blaine going to be Kurt’s boyfriend?
Murphy: I don’t know. That I have not decided. We’re writing it. I want to see what people’s reaction to that is. Part of me thinks he should be the boyfriend, part of me thinks he should just be the mentor. I didn’t want to decide that until we got into sort of the middle of the season. We’re figuring it out now.

AE: If he doesn’t wind up becoming Kurt’s boyfriend, are we going to see Kurt have a boyfriend?
Murphy: Kurt will definitely get a boyfriend. The question is who will it be and how will it be.



AE: What was it about Darren Criss that initially appealed to you?
Murphy: He had auditioned and auditioned many, many times and I personally never saw his auditions. Then when we were casting, the casting director said, “You gave us many choices.” As soon as Darren came on and [I saw] his audition, I was like, “That’s the guy.”

AE: Had you seen Criss’ A Very Potter Musical before?
Murphy: No, I didn’t know anything about Darren. I just knew he was right.

AE: What do you think of his success of “Teenage Dream?” It's become Glee’s biggest hit yet.
Murphy: I’m proud of that. That’s our biggest-selling single ever in the history of the show and the fact that it’s one boy singing to another boy on a network television show and it’s a No. 1 song and it sold probably 200,000 copies in one week is a very profound thing that I’m personally very proud of.
I never expected that to happen. I’m catching up with the week that was and figuring out, OK, now we have this great commodity in something that people have really embraced. It just shows to me that people are hungry for that.

AE: Will there be a PSA at the end of the season for the Trevor Project? Have you considered that yet?
Murphy: I have not considered that; I do a lot of support work with the Trevor Project, but maybe I should. I think if we do it, we should just write it into the story instead of doing a PSA.


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Christmas album news: Kurt duets with boyfriend?

Just as "Glee" is about to air its Halloween "Rocky Horror Picture Show"-themed episode, we're hearing news about another big holiday.

The "Glee" Christmas album, featuring covers of 12 holiday classics, will be released on Nov. 16, it was announced Tuesday, Oct. 26.

The track listings are making us giddy, for two reasons especially: a) k.d. lang will be joining in the merriment on "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," and b) According to EW, it looks like Darren Criss and Chris Colfer sing the flirtatious duet "Baby It's Cold Outside."

Not only is that our (okay, this reporter's) favorite holiday song ever, but it also won a best original song Oscar. Chemistry and playfulness are key to the song's effectiveness, with "The Wolf" role usually going to the lover who's closing in, and "The Mouse" role to the one who's being pursued. Hmm, wonder which role Kurt will have?

Here's the full track listing:

1. We Need A Little Christmas
2. Deck The Rooftop
3. Merry Christmas Darling
4. Baby, It's Cold Outside
5. The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year
6. Last Christmas
7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
8. O Christmas Tree
9. Jingle Bells
10. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
11. Angels We Have Heard On High
12. O Holy Night

The actual "Glee" holiday episode will air on Dec. 7.



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Darren Criss: Blaine is going to be a mentor to Kurt

Don't worry, Kurt, it gets better.

On "Glee," the new gay character Blaine, played by Darren Criss, will help Kurt (Chris Colfer) deal with being out when they meet for the first time on the Nov. 9 episode, according to EW.

"I think Blaine's most important role is ... as a mentor to Kurt," says Criss. "At this point, Kurt's [sexuality] has been such a sense of discord in his life. Blaine finds [being gay] empowering. He embraces who he is, and sees Kurt [struggling with] the same things that he had to deal with, and I think he wants to impart that knowledge."


Criss also hopes that Blaine won't just help Kurt, but others who might be struggling. There's been a rash of gay youths who've committed suicide lately, which has prompted celebrities to release video campaigns like this "It Gets Better" one by Adam Lambert.

In the episode, Kurt considers transferring to Dalton Academy where he crosses paths with Blaine, a rival glee club singer. At this point, many are assuming that it's not Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) who's Kurt's upcoming love interest, but Blaine.

"My guess is as good as anybody's. It's a really big secret," says Criss.

Source: zap2it

Kurt's new boyfriend speaks!

“My guess is as good as anybody’s,” shrugs newest Glee cast member Darren Criss of reports that his character Blaine—a charismatic, out-and-proud gay teen from a rival school—is being groomed as a love interest for Chris Colfer’s Kurt. “It’s a really big secret.”

The two meet in the Nov. 9 episode when Kurt, who is fast becoming fed up with life at McKinley High, considers transferring to the nearby Dalton Academy, where Criss’ character is a student. “I think Blaine’s most important role is…as a mentor to Kurt,” says Criss, whose only major pre-Glee TV credit was a stint on ABC’s short-lived Eastwick. “At this point, Kurt’s [sexuality] has been such a sense of discord in his life. Blaine finds [being gay] empowering. He embraces who he is, and sees Kurt [struggling with] the same things that he had to deal with, and I think he wants to impart that knowledge.”



Criss hopes Blaine will serve as a positive role model for viewers as well, given the recent string of suicides among gay youth. “It’s great to see a strong character like this on a hit show that so many people are watching,” he says. “I can’t really think of any other gay characters on TV that are this young and sure of themselves. I hope all the kids struggling with this issue can look to a guy like Blaine and feel [inspired] by his confidence.”

Source: Ausiello

Ryan Murphy: Blaine and Kurt would be “too obvious.”

Season two of Glee has already begun, and boy has it been fun. Dot Jones is playing the school’s new football coach who has it out for Sue and Will’s budget! And of course you have heard, Brittany is coming. Well, CBS reports, Darren Criss is coming, too!

Criss is a young actor, singer, and songwriter who you may know as “Matt Dallas’ bro on Eastwick.” His character, Blaine, is described as “a cute and charismatic gay student from a rival Glee club named the Dalton Academy Warblers.” This sounds like a long-term, recurring role, but don’t expect Kurt and “Blaine” to get romantic just because they are both gay. Kurt is getting a love interest this season, the show’s creator confirmed, but Ryan Murphy also said Blaine and Kurt would be “too obvious.” He added, “our writers have a way of avoiding the obvious and throwing curveballs.”




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Ryan Murphy: Sam is definitely NOT Kurt's love interest!

So now that we know Kurt's story arc is the major throughline for the new season, how about we clear up the conflicting rumors that either Chord Overstreet (Sam) or newcomer Darren Everett Criss (Blaine) will play his new love interest?

Hope you're on your knees because...Praise "Grilled Cheesus!" Finally, an answer!




"It's definitely not Chord," Ryan tells me of Kurt's love interest. "It's not Chord. And the new character [Darren Criss] is certainly an option. I'm not sure how soon I want to [reveal] that information. because it's such a big storyline of the year—I want there to be some surprises. But Darren has a major, major arc. He sort of becomes Kurt's mentor and then maybe love—he had to leave his own school because of bullying and goes to an all-boys academy and finds acceptance because that school has a no-bullying, zero-tolerance policy. So Kurt really admires him and respects him. He plays someone who's one year older than Chris' character, so he's the old pro."

And in case you hadn't heard, Darren's now a clean-cut pro, too! When I (jokingly) asked if Darren Criss recently chopped off all his long, moppy locks because the budget couldn't support enough hair gel for him and Matthew Morrison, Ryan audibly gasped:

"What?! I have not heard this! Did he really cut off all his hair? He did not do that for the show! But we cast Darren for his exceptional voice and talent, so if he shows up with a bald head, I guess I'll have to make it work…As for Matthew, you know, he just uses Lubriderm, so that won't break the bank." Love. It.


Source: eonline

Kurt and little Kurt!

Photo of Young kurt and Burt!

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Darren Criss joins 'Glee' as... Kurt's new bf!

The plot surrounding who’ll be playing Kurt’s first boyfriend on Glee is thickening: Actor-singer-songwriter Darren Criss—best known to TV audiences as Matt Dallas’ bro on Eastwick—has landed the much-talked-about new gay role on the Fox phenom.

But will he have eyes for Kurt? Maybe. Maybe not. Allow me to explain…

Per a Glee source, Criss’ character, Blaine—a cute and charismatic gay student from a rival Glee club named the Dalton Academy Warblers—will maintain a strictly platonic friendship with McKinley High’s most out and proud pupil. But could that change as the season progresses? Yes, it could.





Sounds to me like series creator Ryan Murphy is keeping his options open.


Ever since Murphy announced that Kurt would be getting a love interest in season 2, speculation about the identity of his suitor has run rampant. The casting of pretty boy Chord Overstreet led some to speculate that his quarterback character Sam would play that role, a theory Chris Colfer all but shot down when he informed us that there’s no sign of romantic tension between Sam and Kurt in the first four episodes. “Maybe it is too obvious,” he theorized. “Our writers have a way of avoiding the obvious and throwing curveballs.”

In addition to his TV work, Criss has built quite a Web following as a member of the University of Michigan theater company Team StarKid. The group’s spoof, A Very Potter Musical, went viral and turned Criss (who plays the title role) into a bit of an Internet star.

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Mike O'Malley Interview with OUT magazine

Glee has broken the television mold in more ways than one. Its portrayal of what at first appeared to be a homophobic father (named Burt) rejecting his musical-loving gay son (yep, named Kurt) ultimately painted a picture of unconditional parental love. On the cusp of the September 21 second season premiere, we caught up with Mike O’Malley, the Emmy-nominated actor who plays the anything-but-stereotypical father tugging at our heart.

Out: What inspired you when you were creating this character. Do you know men like Burt?
Mike O’Malley: I grew up in New Hampshire, which is a very American place to grow up in the sense that people raise families and they go to their jobs and participate in their community. It wasn’t foreign to transport my experience in New England to Ohio. Burt went to McKinley High -- actually, I don’t know if that’s established in the script anywhere…

But it’s true for you at least.
Yes. He’s a guy that stuck around the town. Life has handed him a fair amount of sadness. He’s been affected by the loss of his wife, and he wishes that she were there to witness the ups and the downs that Kurt is going through. It’s hard to talk about things that happen off-screen, but in my imagination I think he just loves his son and loves him despite knowing that a lot of what his son is interested in, he’s not interested in. On top of the things every teen deals with, Kurt has an unfolding identity that Burt knows closed-minded people are going to ridicule him for. That’s hard. It’s hard to see your kids go out and get beat up by the world. Just loving your kid is the first thing. Parents love their children in a way that no one else does. Some have a harder time explaining that than others. I think that he begins to surprise himself because his son really needs him to be there in a way that no one else can be there.



We love your TV son, too. What’s Chris Colfer like?
Chris Colfer is just a great guy. He’s hilarious, he’s interested in people, he’s thoughtful. He’s his own guy. He doesn’t need any lessons from anybody about how to act. When you’re in scenes with him, it’s really quite remarkable because his emotional life is so available to him. You’d have to be an uncompassionate person to not respond to the behavior he’s giving to you.

So how do you feel about being one of the first actors portraying a parent on TV who, even if he doesn’t understand his gay son, is at least trying?
As an actor, you just want to get good material. When I began to read the first 20 pages of the first episode, I thought, I don’t want to play they guy who’s like, “No son of mine is going to be gay.” And, by the way, that’s not because it’s not an authentic reaction that I’m sure many people have had, you know what I mean?

Oh, I do.
What I do think is important is that we’re portraying a relationship that even if one person in the audience has had, it then becomes easier for people to understand. One of the great things about scripted TV is that characters have experiences that you can see the pros and cons of. We’ve seen this character act somewhat opposite of the way we thought the stereotype of this guy would be.

Even if you didn’t take home the statue, congrats on the Emmy nomination. From a gay audience’s perspective, it’s nice to see that this role in particular is being recognized.
As an actor, you realize that it’s all in the writing. What you’re always looking for is a role where you can display your skills. To be on a show where people are watching and it’s popular and you’re being recognized for your contribution to that show, it’s as awesome and wonderful as you’d think. It’s better than being told you suck.

What was your reaction when you first read Kurt’s coming out scene?
My first reaction when he came out was, “Awesome!” I didn’t think that’s where the story was going, and that’s why it surprised the audience. You think, here’s a guy who played football and he watches Deadliest Catch and he thinks, Look at my gay son who’s such a disappointment. But in fact he says, “I’ve known for a long time and I just wanted you to tell me the truth.” I think that’s really important for gay teens. You don’t want people’s parents out there saying, “You’re gay!” because then they don’t own their own identity. Let somebody tell you who they are whether or not it’s obvious. It’s a classic scene of a kid thinking he’s doing a good job at lying and a parent seeing right through it. I don’t know if it’s stated explicitly in the script but Chris’s character is just 15 years old. You’re just beginning to enter into an adolescent life where he’s going to have a sexual identity. It’s one thing if my kid wants to watch The Sound of Music over and over and over when I want to watch the football game. Now he wants to kiss boys. That’s a whole new conversation.

Do you have any speculation for Kurt’s much-anticipated love interest this season?
I don’t know how they’re going to write it but that’s a whole new frontier. It’ll be interesting. Sex education in this country is about prevention of STDs and prevention of pregnancy. Any parent or educator that says it’s about anything different is not telling the truth. If people really wanted kids to have sex, they’d give them a manual on how to do it well.

Like, instructions?
Yeah. Can you imagine if part of a class was like, “We’re so glad you kids are having sex now. It’s a beautiful, wonderful thing. So, we’re going to show you a couple diagrams, a few videos, maybe focus on these areas…” But they don’t. It’s messy to people. They don’t want to think about their kids as sexual beings, so I’m sure it’s going to come up this season. It’s rich material.

Were there any Kurts in your high school?
Was there anybody out in my high school? No. I went to an all-boys Catholic high school. There were a couple of brothers who were out.

Brothers? Oh, you mean…
No, there weren’t. I’m joking. I went to high school from `80 to `84 so we were just turning the corner on even being aware.

Finally, if Burt and Kurt did a father-son duet, what would it be?
It would be great it we found out that Burt was in a barbershop quartet. My father’s been in a barbershop quartet since the early `70s. There’s a whole underbelly of Americana that is barbershop quartet. It needs to be exposed.

And you think Glee should tackle that?
Why shouldn’t it? One of the things that I think has been awesome about Glee is that it also shows to a lot of teens that their parents are fully human with their own struggles and emotions. Getting people to get along -- parents and children, people in communities -- getting people to understand one another and become more tolerant, it does have an impact.


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New behind the scenes photo of 'Kurt singing "Le Hot Jazz"'

Check out this new behind the scenes photo of 'Kurt singing "Le Hot Jazz"'



Check out a great performance of "Le Jazz Hot" from the movie Victor/Victoria, performed by Julie Andrews.



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Major Kurt Spoilers!

From fashionhasnogender:

Kurt goes undercover to spy on a rival show choir, pretending to be a transfer student called Billy. This show choir isn’t Vocal Adrenaline. They could be the opposition for this years Sectionals.




- The new school is very anti-bullying, very gay friendly and Glee club is considered cool.

- Kurt thinks that Blair and his friends are going to beat him up when they find out he was spying on them. They say he was such a terrible spy they just found it kind of cute.

- Blair thinks Kurt might have had a different reason for coming to the school.

- Kurt admits he is the only out gay kid at his school. He talks a bit about the jocks who bully him and how the teachers just ignore it.

- Blair gives a bit of an after-school special speech about how he left his old school because of bullying, but he thinks he should have stayed and not let them make him the victim. He mentions that the fees for his current school are higher, but if Kurt’s family can afford it, moving schools is an option.

- Blair ultimately tells Kurt to stand up to the bullies because he regrets not doing so himself.


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