Gaga, @ActuallyNPH, Chenoweth and other GLEE news
E! Online got the scoop on some upcoming Glee events that cannot be missed. According the E!, Neil Patrick Harris is currently filming his role as Mr. Schue’s high school rival in an episode directed by Joss Whedon. The Dr. Horrible star and creator will be infusing the episode with a little Aerosmith and Billy Joel. Any other day, finding out a little about Harris’ role would be news enough, but it pales in comparison (sorry @ActuallyNPH) to the word the Gaga phenomenon and the Glee phenomenon will intersect. Lady Gaga, like the original queen of pop, Miss Madonna, has agreed to let Glee cover one of her songs. Whether or not that equals a guest appearance, well, who knows. Most sites are citing the E! Online article saying that she’s a guest star, though nothing in the text actually...
Read MoreCritics’ Choice Awards promo starring host Kristin Chenoweth
Confession: I have never watched the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards. No, seriously. Never. I listened to the audio one year while I working at a radio station and airing commercials during football games. (Old school, I know.) That was when I was in college. Since then I’ve just never found the show entertaining enough to watch, what with the instant updates I get from Oscar blogs. Say what you will about the Golden Globes, but at least watching that show is a good time for sure. Fortunately, I obsessively follow Kristin Chenoweth’s Twitter (@KChenoweth). And her latest tweet informed followers that she is going to host the Critics’ Choice Awards this year. First of all, awesome. Second of all, if they don’t have Ms. Chenoweth do an opening musical number that puts Hugh Jackman’s Oscar...
Read More30 Rock, Mad Men take top Emmy honors – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: For the second year in a row, Mad Men won the Emmy for Best Drama Series and 30 Rock nabbed the Best Comedy Series Emmy. (That’s 3 wins now for 30 Rock!) Other winners include Bryan Cranston for Best Actor in a Drama Series, Glenn Close for Best Actress in a Drama Series, Toni Collette for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and Alec Baldwin for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. (Variety) In Other News: Four “posthumous” Emmy wins for the canceled ABC series Pushing Daisies, including Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Kristin Chenoweth, could mean new life for the show. Bryan Fuller told THR, “It’s a tremendous honor to see ‘Daisies’ win in so many categories — and in the spirit of the show… Now can we please make the ‘Pushing Daisies’...
Read MoreQuotables: Pushing Daisies – Episode 211
“First and foremost, I’m sorry, both for what I’m about to tell you and for the hysteria with which I’m about to tell it, which is in no way directed at you, nor is it related to a female issue of any kind.” –Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) before revealing that she and Ned are not...
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