I’m gonna round up a bunch of Glee cast news items right here, including bits about Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Matthew Morrison and Samuel Larsen (a new video!)
Naya Rivera Joins Bud Light Music First As Host Of ’50/50/1? Concert Event. Does that sound familiar? It should. American Idol S11 winner, Phillip Phillips is set to play in Colorado for the event, which will feature music artists playing in each of the 50 US states on August 1st. Naya will host the live stream from Los Angeles.
She tweeted this hot photo:
And check out the first television spot.
http://youtu.be/MaFUVyC6Xuw
Chris Colfer is among will be among a dozen celebrities donning “Star Wars” costumes to join thousands of runners in this year’s Course of the Force, a lightsaber relay leading up to Comic-Con International in San Diego. The Olympic-style relay was launched last year by Lucasfilm and Nerdist Industries to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The relay kicks off July 9 at Skywalker Ranch, north of San Francisco, and follows the coast some 500 miles down to San Diego, ending on July 16, before Comic-Con International begins on July 17. Fans of Chris knows how he loves to wear costumes. You know he’ll be instagramming the crap out of that. Here’s chris in a super hero costume at a party he threw for his birthday at the end of last month. More at the LA Times
Darren Criss talked about his journey from internet nerd to TV star backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, where he performed last weekend with a group of Burbank High School students . Click to check out his performance . “No one is supposed to know what they want to do for the rest of their life as a kid,” Darren said about his life as an actor. “I’m one of the lucky ones. I’ve always worked at it, I certainly didn’t fall into it. It takes a lifetime to be an overnight sensation.” Darren is finishing up his 16 city tour this weekend. I’ll be seeing him in Boston on Saturday, so watch out for my videos. Also, check out Darren this summer in the movie Girl Most Likely, starring Kristen Wiig. Read the interview at The LA Times
Congratulations to Matthew Morrison. He’s engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Renee Puente. The news was announced on stage at the White Tie and Tiara Ball in London Thursday night by his friends Elton John and David Furnish. “They are thrilled. It is the first marriage for them both. He loves her so much. The theme of the night was love, which is so appropriate,” a source close to the star told E! News. Coincidentally, the character, Will Schuester, Matthew plays on Glee married HIS girlfriend, Emma, played by Jayma Mays. Aw. More at E News
Samuel Larsen, one of the winners of the inaugural season of the Glee Project also plays Christian glee clubber, Joe Hart. We’re not really sure for how long, as he recently cut his long dreads and has been talking about releasing new music. “Listening to my demos… Getting nervous. New tunes,” he tweeted recently. He introduced his musical alter ego Stems. Not really sure what that’s about, but OK. On Thursday, he dropped a music video–a cover of the Lenny Kravitz song, “Be,” where we witness Samuel shedding his dreads. He must feel so free now! Ha.
http://youtu.be/ptMpt7pjflI
