Glee sings with the People’s Choice Awards

Glee is having a critically resurgent season this fall and tonight is their big “First Time” episode featuring a couple of big “firsts” in the romantic lives of their couples Kurt (Chris Colfer) & Blaine (Darren Criss) and Rachel (Lea Michelle) and Finn (Cory Monteith). So, it’s fitting that today the show has more to celebrate as it lead this morning’s People’s Choice Award nominations garnering 7 nods including Favorite Comedy and bids for stars Colfer, Monteith, Michelle, Jane Lynch and guest stars Kristin Chenowith and Gwyneth Paltrow. We’ll see how the show fares when the awards are handed out on CBS on January 11th, 2012 live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles…. Leading the music nominees were the ladies with Katy Perry, Beyonce, Adele, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga all garnering multiple nods. On the movie side, The Help, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bridesmaids and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 led the charge. One interesting note came with the four nominations for Ryan Reynolds despite all of his movies tanking this year…. To vote for your favorites, head to the People’s Choice site here and check out all the nominees below.

Favorite TV Competition Show

American Idol
America’s Got Talent
Dancing with the Stars
So You Think You Can Dance
The Voice

Favorite Network TV Comedy

The Big Bang Theory
Glee
How I Met Your Mother
Modern Family
Two and a Half Men

Favorite TV Comedy Actor

Alec Baldwin
Chris Colfer
Cory Monteith
Jim Parsons
Neil Patrick Harris

Favorite TV Comedy Actress

Courteney Cox
Jane Lynch
Kaley Cuoco
Lea Michele
Tina Fey

Favorite Song of the Year

The Edge Of Glory, by Lady Gaga
E.T, by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West
Moves Like Jagger, by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
Party Rock Anthem, by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennet and GoonRock
Rolling in the Deep, by Adele

Favorite Band

Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite Male Artist

Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Justin Bieber

Favorite Country Artist

Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Taylor Swift

Favorite Book Adaptation

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Help
I Am Number Four
Soul Surfer
Water For Elephants

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Favorite Network TV Drama

The Good Wife
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Supernatural
The Vampire Diaries

Favorite TV Drama Actor

David Boreanz
Hugh Laurie
Ian Somerhalder
Nathan Fillion
Patrick Dempsey

Favorite TV Drama Actress

Blake Lively
Ellen Pompeo
Emily Deschanel
Eva Longoria
Nina Dobrev

Favorite Cable TV Drama

Dexter
Game of Thrones
Pretty Little Liars
True Blood
White Collar

Favorite Cable TV Comedy

Hot In Cleveland
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Nurse Jackie
Royal Pains
Weeds

Favorite TV Crime Drama

Bones
Castle
Criminal Minds
CSI
NCIS

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show

Fringe
Supernatural
True Blood
The Vampire Diaries
The Walking Dead

Favorite Daytime TV Host

Al Roker, Anne Curry, Matt Lauer, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie (The Today Show)
Anderson Cooper (Anderson)
Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show)
Kelly Ripa, Regis Philbin (Live with Regis & Kelly)
Rachael Ray (Rachael Ray Show)

Favorite Late Night TV Host

Conan O’Brien (Conan)
David Letterman (Late Show with David Letterman)
Jay Leno (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
Jimmy Fallon (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
Jimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Favorite TV Guest Star

Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee)
Jim Carrey (The Office)
Katy Perry (How I Met Your Mother)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)

Favorite TV CelebReality Star

Gene Simmons
Giuliana Rancic
Kathy Griffin
Kim Kardashian
Tia and Tamera Mowry

Favorite New TV Drama

A Gifted Man
Grimm
Hart Of Dixie
Once Upon A Time
Pan Am
Person Of Interest
Prime Suspect
Revenge
Ringer
The Secret Circle
TerraNova
Unforgettable

Favorite New TV Comedy

2 Broke Girls
Allen Gregory
Last Man Standing
Man Up!
New Girl
Suburgatory
Up All Night
Whitney

Favorite Female Artist

Adele
Beyoncé
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift

Favorite Album of the Year

21, by Adele
4, by Beyoncé
Born This Way, by Lady Gaga
Femme Fatale, by Britney Spears
Own The Night, by Lady Antebellum

Favorite Pop Artist

Beyoncé
Demi Lovato
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Rihanna

Favorite Hip Hop Artist

B.o.B
Eminem
Jay-Z
Nicki Minaj
Pitbull

Favorite R&B Artist

Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
Chris Brown
Ne-Yo
Rihanna

Favorite Music Video

Judas, by Lady Gaga
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), by Katy Perry
Party Rock Anthem, by LMFAO featuring Goonrock and Lauren Bennett
Rolling in the Deep, by Adele
Run The World (Girls), by Beyoncé

Favorite Tour Headliner

Bon Jovi
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
U2
Usher

Favorite Movie

Bridesmaids
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Help
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Favorite Movie Actor

Daniel Radcliffe
Hugh Jackman
Johnny Depp
Robert Pattinson
Ryan Reynolds

Favorite Movie Actress

Anne Hathaway
Emma Stone
Jennifer Aniston
Julia Roberts
Reese Witherspoon

Favorite Movie Icon

George Clooney
Harrison Ford
Morgan Freeman
Robert DeNiro
Tom Hanks

Favorite Action Movie

Fast Five
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Thor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class

Favorite Action Movie Star

Hugh Jackman
Ryan Reynolds
Shia LaBeouf
Taylor Lautner
Vin Diesel

Favorite Drama Movie

The Adjustment Bureau
The Help
Limitless
Moneyball
Water for Elephants

Favorite Comedy Movie

Bad Teacher
Bridesmaids
Crazy Stupid Love
Friends With Benefits
The Hangover Part II

Favorite Comedic Movie Actor

Adam Sandler
Ashton Kutcher
Bradley Cooper
Ryan Reynolds
Steve Carell

Favorite Comedic Movie Actress

Cameron Diaz
Emma Stone
Jennifer Aniston
Mila Kunis
Natalie Portman

Favorite Movie Star Under 25

Chloe Moretz
Daniel Radcliffe
Emma Watson
Rupert Grint
Tom Felton

Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast

Bridesmaids
The Hangover Part II
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
X-Men: First Class

Favorite Animated Movie Voice

Anne Hathaway as Jewel (Rio)
Jack Black as Po (Kung Fu Panda 2)
Johnny Depp as Rango (Rango)
Katy Perry as Smurfette (The Smurfs)
Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen (Cars 2)

Favorite Movie Superhero

Chris Evans as Captain America
Chris Hemsworth as Thor
James McAvoy as Professor X
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern

Glee 3D is coming to your town!

This morning Glee picked up 12 big Emmy nominations including Comedy Series, Supporting Actress (last year’s winner Jane Lynch), Supporting Actor (Golden Globe winner Chris Colfer) and Guest Actress contenders Gwyneth Paltrow (Holly), Kristen Chenowith (April) and perhaps the nicest person in show business Dot Marie Jones who plays Coach Biest…. But award nominations are old hat for this phenom. These days the show is massive worldwide music money-making machine, and now that train is headed to your hometown… in 3D. You see, the Glee Live! concert tour that hit cities across the nation earlier this summer was filmed and is now a concert movie set to hit theatres on August 12th. Having gone to the concert in May, I can tell you it was an amazing show and featured all the student actors on the show including Darren Criss (Blaine) and the Warblers. Every number was wonderful and I’m sure it will be even more spectacular on the big screen. So, get ready to hit theatres next month with Glee and check out the first trailer for Glee 3D below.

Glee 3D

The Best of GLEE’s Fleetwood Mac Attack

Last night on a hilarious and surprisingly emotional episode of Glee,we got down to the mystery of Sam (Chord Overstreet) and his family plus we had the return of Emmy winner Kristen Chenowith’s April who was working on a hopeful and hysterical Broadway show about her life with Mr. Shu (Emmy nominee Matthew Morrison). However, the big news of the episode was the Glee club having a Fleetwood Mac attack as they covered several songs from the super group’s iconic album Rumours. Take a look at my three favorites from last night below.

Glee ”Songbird” by Santana (Naya Rivera)

Glee “Go Your Own Way”- Rachel (Lea Michelle)

Glee Cast “Don’t Stop”

SPOILER ALERT~ The GLEE season premiere songs!

The return of Glee is just 13 days away and the clues about the new season just keep trickling in. We know that John Stamos is joining the cast as Emma’s (Jayma Mays) dentist and new love interest and that pop star Charice and newcomer Chord Overstreet will show up as well. Plus we should see the returns of Idina Menzel and Emmy nominee Kristin Chenowith sometime during the season and Emmy nominee Mike O’ Malley (Kurt’s father) has been made a series regular along with Heather Morris (Brittany) & Naya Rivera (Santana). We will also see a Britney Spears tribute episode on Sept 28 and Broadway stud Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu, Finian’s Rainbow) will guest as the new rival choir director. Along with all of that, the songs the cast will sing in the season premiere have been leaked. Don’t read any further if you don’t want to know…. But if you do, here they are!

Glee Season Premiere (9/21) songs…

“Empire State of Mind” – Jay Z & Alicia Keys (a # 1 smash from earlier this year)
“Telephone”- Lady Gaga & Beyonce (the top 5 smash and # 1 pop hit from earlier this year)
“Billionaire”- Travis McCoy w/Bruno Mars (the recent top 5 hit)
“Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”- Poison (the # 1 smash from 1989)
“What I Did For Love” (from the classic Tony winning musical A Chorus Line)
“Listen”- Beyonce (the Oscar nominated song from the film version of Dreamgirls)
“Getting to Know You” (from the classic musical The King and I)

There’s your first look at the new music from Glee. Seems like they’re getting a little more current with song selections to go along with our musical theatre and 80′s faves. Who else is Gleeking out?! Watch the new season of Glee Tuesdays on Fox beginning 9/21!

Tony’s Top TV Stars

The annual Tony Awards honoring the best on Broadway air this Sunday on CBS. The show has been a tradition for the network for years and it not only will be celebrating the best of theatre, but also showcasing a number of TV stars who are stretching their legs on the boards. The show is hosted by Emmy winning Will & Grace star and Tony nominee Sean Hayes and features several TV faces as nominees this year including Laura Linney (Showtime’s upcoming The Big C), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Valerie Harper (Rhoda, etc), Linda Lavin (Alice), David Alan Grier (In Living Color), and 5 time winner Angela Landsbury (Murder She Wrote). All of these honorees had me wondering just what current TV stars have won Tony Awards. So, I did some digging. Take a look at the list of Tony Winning and Tony Nominated stars from some your favorite TV programs below. Now, I’m sure I’m missing some, so head over to the Tony’s website if you want to check and call me out.

Current TV Stars who’ve won Tony Awards:

Glenn Close (Damages)~ she has 3 Tonys including Best Actress in a Musical for Sunset Boulevard
Sara Ramirez (Greys Anatomy)~ won Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Spamalot
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)~ won Best Actor in a Musical for Cabaret
Audra McDonald (Private Practice)~ she has 4 Tony Awards!
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)~ she won Featured Actress in a Musical for Grand Hotel
Kristen Chenowith (Glee)~ She won Featured Actress in a Musical for You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Idina Menzel (Glee)~ the original Elphaba in Wicked, she landed the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role (beating costar Kristen Chenowith)

Other TV Actors who’ve won in Plays include: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Eve Best (Nurse Jackie), B.D. Wong (Law & Order: SVU) and Mary Louise Parker (Weeds)

And here are a bunch of your fave TV Actors who’ve landed Tony nominations…
Laura Linney (The Big C) has 3 Tony noms to her credit, Oliver Platt (Th Big C), Matthew Morrison (Glee) nomm’d for A Light in the Piazza, Jonathan Groff (Glee) nomm’d for Spring Awakening, and Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) nomm’d for Into the Woods.

That’s just a sampling of your TV talent Tony nominated stars. I’m not even gonna start with Tony-nominated movie stars. This year alone we have a ton (Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Liev Shcriber, Christopher Walken, Jude Law, Scarlett Johannson). In the meantime, watch the Tonys this Sunday on CBS at 8pm and enjoy the brilliant Sara Ramirez in her big Tony winning performance from Spamalot below.

Sara Ramirez in Spamalot

SPOILER ALERT! ~ I’ve got the tracklisting for the next GLEE Album!

SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! If you’re a Glee fan and don’t want to know what music is coming up in future episodes of the best show on TV, don’t read any farther!

Now, for those of you who just have to know, take a look below at the complete track listing for Glee Music Vol. 3: Showstoppers.

The full song list for Glee Music: Volume 3 ‘Showstoppers’:

1 – Hello Goodbye
2 – Gives You Hell
3 – Hello
4 – A House Is Not A Home
5 – One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not A Home
- Kristin Chenoweth/Matthew Morrison
6 – Beautiful
7 – Physical – Olivia Newton-John/Jane Lynch
8 – Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Jonathan Groff
9 – Lady Is A Tramp
10 – One
11 – Rose’s Turn
12 – Dream On – Neil Patrick Harris
13 – Safety Dance
14 – I Dreamed A Dream – Idina Menzel
15 – Loser
16 – Give Up The Funk
17 – Beth
18 – Poker Face – Idina Menzel
19 – Bad Romance

~ Now, you may be wondering where all the Madonna songs are from the 4/20 episode, but remember they’re already available for purchase in the compilation ep Glee~ The Power of Madonna. So, are you super excited about these new cuts? Are you as thrilled as me about the inclusion of Kristen Chenowith, Idina Menzel, Neil Patrick Harris, Johnathan Groff and Olivia Newton-John? It totally makes me super Gleeful! Share your glee below.

Did your DVR cut off GLEE last night? No worries, here’s “Home”!

Did your DVR go and cut off Glee last night? (darn Fox and their American Idol overrun!)… well no worries. Thanks to Hulu.com and Entertainment Weekly, I have that full episode for you and it’s brilliant. How much do we love Kristen Chenowith! Enjoy!

Glee “Home”

GLEE tops the charts! (and some secrets from tonight’s show)

Looks like Glee really channelled the power of Madonna last week as sales for their latest collection, Glee-The Power of Madonna, are on tap to top 120,000 units and hit # 1 on the Billboard Album charts. This would give the Glee kids their first # 1 album following their previous high peak at # 3 with Season One: Volume 2. Both of their prior collections have gone gold and their single sales for tracks like “Don’t Stop Believin” and “Somebody to Love” are huge. Congratulations Glee! For more on their sales feats, go to Billboard.com here.

In other Glee news, tonight is a wonderful all new episode that focuses on the Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Mercedes (Amber Riley) storylines plus the return of Kristen Chenowith’s boozy April. I saw it at a special SAG screening this past weekend and I can tell you it’s a wonderful and hilarious episode. Colfer, Riley and Chenowith should all submit it for Emmy consideration. Chris also did a Q & A after the episode screening and he is incredibly gracious, smart, funny and wise beyond his years. I don’t want to spoil if for you, so I just implore you to watch it instead. Ok, I can’t help it~  scroll all the way down for a list of the songs they perform tonight… Check out the special preview clips below and pick up all your Glee music at digital outlets now.

Glee Preview:
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* This Just In: according to Michael Aussielo at Entertainment Weekly, my two latest faves on Glee, sexy Santana(Naya Rivera) and goofy Brittany (Heather Morris) are becoming official series regulars next year!!! That deserves a big Cheerios HOORAY!

SPOILER ALERT~ Some of the  songs they sing on Glee tonight….  (Don’t read further if you don’t want to know!)

 

“Beautiful” – Christina Aguilera (Mercedes)

“Home” – The Wiz (Kristen Chenowith and cast)

“A House is Not a Home”- Kurt (frakkin’ amazing!)

“Fire”- Bruce Springsteen/Pointer Sisters (Kristen Chenowith & Matthew Morrison)

Promises Promises Previews

The new Broadway revival of Promises, Promises opened this week to rave reviews. This rollicking musical starring Emmy winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) and Tony and Emmy winner Kristen Chenowith (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Pushing Daisies) features the music of Burt Bacharach and is sure to be a big factor in this year’s Tony race. Check out the pictures from the opening night gala here. For more on the show and to purchase tickets, click here. And check out the video previews below. I can’t wait!

“I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”

“I Say a Little Prayer”

Promises, Promises “Sizzle Reel”