It won’t be long before the current generation of New Directions kiddos go off in, well, new directions.
Jane Lynch, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, popular star of the hit FOX TV series “Glee,” tells her life story as the first entrant in Reader’s Digest’s new contest searching for inspirational stories. Titled, “Your Life… The Reader’s Digest Version ,” the contest asks Americans to write and submit a lesson, simple advice, funny moment or other story from their lives in 150 words or fewer
(Cory Monteith stops by to chat with The First Wire on the red carpet of the LA premiere of Glee 3D: The Movie.) Just a little after interviewing Lea Michele from Glee, TFW team from LA was able to catch up with Cory Monteith who plays Finn on the hit-Fox show. Some of the questions posed to Cory were user-submitted and will have the name and location of the person who sent them tagged along. Thank you so much to Cory for taking time out of his busy schedule in the junket to talk to us.
After a career filled with personal highs and lows, at 51 Glee ’s Jane Lynch has at last found stardom as the eviscerating Coach Sue Sylvester—and true contentment as a mother and spouse. At the age of 51, actress Jane Lynch has reached a plateau of preternatural calm and contentment in a life that had heretofore been anything but serene. Professionally, her role as the ball-breaking Coach Sue Sylvester in the Zeitgeist-cresting Ryan Murphy show Glee has propelled her from a consistently intriguing character actress—one who, as Murphy says, has “always been a scene-stealer”—into a potent figure in the international consciousness
Harry Shum Jr., who plays Mike Chang on Glee , is currently in Australia with his co-stars Kevin McHale, Dot Jones and Ashley Fink for two fan conventions in Sydney and Melbourne this weekend: The Hub Productions’ Gleek-On . We had an afternoon chat with Harry to talk about crazy fan experiences, what we can expect from Glee: The 3D Concert Movie , why he owns an inversion table and why he loves Emma Watson.
Anyone live in Alaska? *** “Glee” actress Lauren Potter and champion dog musher Lance Mackey will celebrate 21 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Tuesday evening from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Gold Room of the Westmark Hotel
Dot is joining cast mates Ashley Fink, Harry Shum Jr., and Kevin McHale in Australia this week for “Gleek-On” which is pretty much like Comic-Con but in Australia and only for Glee. Dot did an interview with the website Fashion of Glee while she was there! *** I was incredibly lucky to have chat today with Dot Jones, who plays Coach Beiste on Glee .