Glee is so predictable!

When I saw Quinn texting and everyone waiting for her when Rachel and FInn getting married, I knew Quinn was going to have an accident. And boom, at the end, yes, she got a hit by a car. I am so angry.

Glee pays tribute Whitney Houston not on purpose

 

For the Valentine's Day Glee Episode, they decided for Amber Riley (Mercedes) to sing the Whitney Houston version of "I Will Always Love You" before she died. Amber Riley met her Thursday before she died. The sequence is just beautiful and has nothing to do with Whitney dying because it was planned and taped before her untimely death. It was just a coincidence. But they did add a card that said they loved Whitney Houston and has the dates at the end of the episode.

"I didn't need her to take a picture with me. I didn't need an autograph. The fact that she even acknowledged that I was standing there was enough for me.
I was very broken up [when I heard]. My dad actually called me and told me. He was like, 'Are you driving because I'll need you to pull over' because he knows how much I love Whitney Houston." - Amber Riley

Glee Season 3 Episode 3 Review

The third episode of the third season concentrates on Rachel vs. Mercedes but also on Mike Chang, we find out he is Michael Chang Jr., his dad is Michael Chang Senior. Finally Mike gets a focus episode and Harry Shum Jr. can handle it. We always think he is just a quiet dancer, but we find out he was the pretty much stereotypical Asian dad that wants him to be a doctor or something like that, and make A's and stop dancing. But his mom, who at first we think will be against him, is actually on his side, wish she was as brave as him, which I can comprehend as my parents have told me I'm braver than them in some respects. It was definitely a stronger episode than last week. I still think that they had gone too fast Quinn----making her normal again, they should had left her 'bad girl' in three more weeks. And that black football player Shane that is now Mercedes' boyfriend influences her in a bad way, making her rebel against Glee. 

I guess Mercedes has to take Quinn's place and only one bad girl is allowed. Mercedes has vengeance against Mr. Shue for codling Rachael instead of her. On the other side, Will thinks that Emma is ashamed of him in front of his parents, but she is ashamed of them as they are Ginger supremacists. And we learn the roots of Emma's condition and the mother wonders where she got it from. Will calls her parents out on making fun of her OCD. Ginger Supremacists is so Ryan Murphy. Kurt takes the high road from last week, giving Blaine flowers for his audition and not letting it get to him, Blaine ends up winning the role but anyway still looks pained. I still feel Blaine looks out of place in the Glee group, too hot and built for the mismatch team. An episode with praying and young gay love and a hot Asian is a BIG ASIAN A+ to me! Mercedes acts true to character and so does Rachel, but Mercedes' points come out more vibrant. Next week? Santana and Mercedes join the new Glee Group by Rachel's mom.

Glee Season 3 Premiere Review

Where everyone was wondering about Mercedes and Sam, that storyline was quickly dumped as Sam's character was written out off screen, his dad getting a job and moving far away. In the summer, Will and Emma have gotten into bed, Mercedes has gotten a new black football player and Quinn is rebelling by leaving the glee club and the cheerleaders and torching a piano. Will gets these purple pianos to get new talent (As they lost Lauren, Sam and Quinn). They manage to get Blaine, who Kurt convinces to join the group. Those who watched Glee Project and ate paying attention, the only one to appear so far is Lindsey as a similar Rachel part of a group trying to get into an Arts college in New York that Rachel and Kurt want to get into it. Santana is put in the middle, again to figure out her alliance as she is made co-captains with Becky and Miss Bad Ass Sue has an agenda to destroy all arts in the county.

I have to see again to review the episode, if it was good or not, but it definitely was entertaining and refreshing to catch up with the gang. I am sure glad to see Blaine in the Glee group. The biggest shocker comes at the end of the episode where one member is kicked out. Finn and Blaine have some fiction, which was more Finn. Kurt announces he will be running for class president. The episode definitely establishes the challenges of the season, a common enemy and people unite. Some things don't change: Will good, Sue bad. Tina and Mike are together, Kurt and Blaine still hot, and Will and Emma finally together, but they have new 'jobs' and new platforms (Sue running for a position to cut the arts). And Quinn now is on the outskirts, which I feel it is true to her character as Quinn is full of it.She has her own journey to go through.

Glee Project Winner

I don't have Oxygen, so I can't see the finale episode "Glee-Ality" until it is on Thursday on Hulu.com. I will give a review when I see the whole episode. Anyway, I don't mind knowing the winner, er winners. I was hoping the winner would be Damian. I was sure Alex would win, but wasn't nuts about it. I for sure didn't want Samauel or Lindsey would win. I was most against Lindsey because I found her boring, undeserving and fake. I felt Samauel was boring and fake. Anyways, Damian and Samuel both won! Yay Damian! I admit that I would had accepted a character for Alex, a love child of Mercedes and Kurt, but I figure it would cover the same things as Kurt. As for Damian, I definitely like the idea of him as a sweetheart who Britney doesn't understand his accent. As for Samuel, even not watching the episode, I am sure he will be the new Chrisitan character but Damian could had easily been a Christian character (he has said 'Jesus Christ' more than once on Glee Project).

Related:
http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/articles/the-glee-project-season-1-finale-and-the-winner-is

Glee Project - Lindsey should had been eliminated

In the episode "Believability," Hannah won the homework assignment and I felt you could root for her. They asked her to long for Alex but she was longing for Damian in the music video, and they day she was distracted. And Ryan said he would root for her. But she was eliminated. They had more of a conversation with Lindsey and Samael. He says he won't root for Lindsey, and he doesn't see underdog in Samael. And he only had positive words for Hannah. So it was weird that he say 'bye-bye' to Hannah. When Ryan told Samael about Christianity so then Samael was like "I love Jesus Christ." Zack called Hannah a 'great actress.' They felt Sam was one dimensional. But Ryan has cut people that were not deserving before like Emily and Matheus. Well, Emily would had been eliminated eventually. Anyway, yeah they should had eliminated Lindsey. I see where all them could had fit on Glee: Hannah, the cute fun vulnerable one; Alex, the loud talented--he is Kurt and Mercedes combined; Lindsey, the new competition for Rachael; Cameron, cute Christian; Samael, the cool guy that there was more to; and Damien.... I don't know. Lindsey seemed more upset about Hannah being kicked out, when she was alone. Hannah was close, she was 5th, but I hope Ryan calls her back, there is always a possibility. You never know, they could bring her for a small part like Lauren (Puck's latest girlfriend) and bring her back.

(I see Glee Project on Hulu, the episodes air on Oxygen on Sundays and on Hulu, on Thursdays.)

Who is the recap voice over guy for Glee?

Ian Brennan is writer, actor and producer for his work on the television show Glee. He is the voice over guy doing the recap for Glee. Some people online have called him 'Ben Stein on speed.' but I even thought he was Kevin McHale (Artie) was the voice. Now that I see the face, I don't think that voice matches with his face. But that's just me.

Glee Project Review

I've seen three first episodes of the new reality show of The Glee Project from Oxygen Network. I don't have Oxygen, I am able to see it on Hulu. 12 contestants compete singing, acting, dancing to be an character on Glee. The ones that stand out Damien (who has been in the bottom three thrice), Alex (openly gay African-American), Matheus (a real shorty), Emily (loud flirt) and Hannah (Plus size individual). Each episode they get an assignment like Individuality, Vulnerability and Theatrically. They get a homework song and got one line each and the guest host from the show (Darren Criss or other minor guest stars so far)--the guest picks a standout and they get focus in the music video they do in the middle of the episode. They record vocals with Nikki and then do a music video. From the music video, Robert (cast director) and Zach (choreographer) pick 3 weak links and then they have the bottom 3 sing a song each and they pick who goes home. Pretty easy huh? Well, singing, dancing and acting all together is not the easiest thing.

I won't reveal who has been cast out already, but we already got some personalities out. Like Lindsay, who everyone else feels is a bitch but she doesn't think so, and she just won't stop talking. How Mathias can work his sexy and maybe be a Diva.. or a Divo. Ellis, the negative-nelly. And Emily, who uses comedy to mask her hurt and is a heavy flirt. Alex, seems to be one of the big contenders to win, with his talent and winning personality and willingness to show his vulnerable side. Who I think might fade in the background are Samuel, McKynleigh, and Marissa. But we can always be wrong. I already love Damian and rooting for him and Hannah.

Glee Prom

I was so excited to see the Prom episode, I wasn't sure about it but it finally hit me by the part where they reveal who was voted Junior Prom Queen. When I heard it was Kurt, I was happy for him but realized that it was a joke, a cruel thing. And he ran out crying. But I liked what Kurt decided, I would had done the same, got the crown for myself. I am glad Kurt accepted the crown. Dave was voted King and I can't believe the principal said they had to dance. Kurt told Dave to come out but he just elft. To add insult to injury, they played Dancing Queen but of course, Blaine came in to save the day to dance with Kurt. The preview didn't even have a thing about death, which the episode is called Funeral. I thought Dave would commit suicide, maybe he still will.

Glee Love Triangle

Victoria Jackson's attention getting about Glee Gay Kiss

Okay, my friends already heard me rant about this. Victoria Jackson, Saturday Night Live alum is now trying to get attention (from already declaring that the president is a communist) by being outraged by Kurt and Blaine kissing in Glee. She said she loved the show, that she identified with Kurt's struggle, and that she knows her gay friends are probably not going to approve (are you kidding me? Of course not, you stupid bitch). And now she is getting flack and rightly so. For some time, Jackson has appeared on Bill O’Reilly’s show and The 700 Club, claiming to be a devout Christian and fervent Republican. My friend brought up a good point in saying that she had no idea who Victoria Jackson was, and that proves what her impact has been. Her last acting role was in "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" in 2009 as Aunt Grace, aunt to one of the main characters, an aspiring writer. She needs help, really. And HLN and other news networks have to stop giving her attention.

She said that she knew other people felt like her and yes, that they do. And they aren't silenced at all, lady. You are silencing other people. You are just outraged about two kids in love? And you said it was the worse thing on TV? Hello?! Go complain about family Guy and blood coming out of a baby or the Jersey Shore, but not Glee. It has taken years for gay people to be taken seriously, let alone gay characters. Gay teens never gotten to kiss and they are a significant minority. Kurt and Blaine are positive role models, they don't do drugs, they don't drink too much (Blaine did but learned his lesson I hope), they care about others and represent so many kids out there. Do you know how many gay teen suicides happen every year Victoria?! Ugh, just go home and feed your cats.

Related: http://henshingrid.blogspot.com/2010/03/aunt-grace-calls-us-president-communist.html

Hurrah to Glee! Lesbians and Fluid Sexuality

For two years, Brittany and Santana have shared a close relationship, such much as to kissing and alluding to sexual activity. For a long time, it had been playing for comedy. But it did touch on the subject of teenage girls just playing around, not putting labels on things. Sometimes straight girls just kiss, doesn't mean they are lesbians. But tonight's episode "Sexy" touched on it more deeper. Santana realizes she does love Brittany and that she indeed love women and doesn't care about the 'boys.' She tells Brittany she doesn't care about the other men she had sex with. She mentions Finn and not Puck, strange enough. Brittany tells Santana that she does love her but she loves Artie and doesn't want to break up with him. of course, Santana doesn't take it well. One good line is when she says, "Whoever thought that being fluid meant you could be so stuck?" Fluid, as in sexuality is fluid. She told Rachael to not label her. She doesn't want to be labeled. And sexuality is fluid means sexuality changes.

Glee - Silly Love Songs - Both Kurt and Blaine's hearts broken

Fans have wanted Kurt and Blaine to get together since the character of Blaine had been introduced. But in this episode "Silly Love Songs," Blaine tells Kurt he loves someone and he is inclined to believe it is him. But Blaine has the hots for a guy named Jeremiah who works at the Gap. Kurt and his girls at his house, they talk about he got his signals messed up. So he gets the Warblers to sing to him at the Gap. It is a very hot cover of Thicke but doesn't go well. Jeremiah is fired and tells Blaine he made it up all in his head, he tells him he is too young. It is funny and great of the episode, turning everything on its head, where Blaine is as clueless too. We all thought Blaine had it together. Kurt admits it to Blaine, that he has feelings for him. Blaine admits he was never anyone's boyfriend before and he is going to mess it up. So Kurt and Blaine are... it's not so clear. I believe they are taking it slow. It's real smart and cute.

Furt Episode Review

Wow Sue actually standing up for people. She is still principal. The plot is around Kurt. Kurt's dad is marrying Finn's mother and Kurt is the wedding planner. Dave Karofsky is still bugging Kurt, so Rachael wants the girls with football player boyfriends to tell Karofsky to stop bullying Kurt. Kurt didn't ask Rachael so Rachael is amazing for caring so much for Kurt. Sam proposes to Quinn but she's not having it, not just yet. Finn decides not to fight Karofsky. Mike, Sam and Artie do fight Karofsky. Meanwhile Sue's mom (Carol Brunette) arrive for Sue's stupid wedding to herself and Carol does all the mannerisms that Jane Lynch does and it is great. She is really great at it. The tension is high. Sue has a meeting with Karofsky's dad and Karofsky after Kurt's dad witnessing Karofsky making fun of Kurt. Kurt admits to his dad about the bullying but not that Karofsky is really gay and told him he would kill him.

The Glee gang sing at the wedding for Finn's mom and Kurt's dad. The Glee gang does rag on Finn for not defending Kurt. he does start feeling bad, especially when Kurt's dad scolds Finn for not defending Kurt. Oh yeah, and Rachael admitted to Finn to not having sex with Jesse (Power of Madonna), and Finn doesn't tell her that he had sex to Santana. Santana threatens to tell Rachael the truth, even after burning that Rachael did not include her in a girl pow-wow. Will Shue kind of gets a back seat in this episode. Sue and her feelings over her mother and father's decision to abandon them and hunt Nazis (or just family members of Nazis who may or may not have been Nazis, they weren't even military!) are relate-able, but it does link to why Sue is how she is today.

There is such a stunning and beautiful speech from Finn, saying that he and Kurt are brothers, brothers from another mother, that they made a song in their honor, OMG he ask for them to dance together, he said no. But it was so beautiful of Finn and unexpected of Glee to do so, well any TV show to do so. It was also interesting that Blaine was not involved. Probably they thought it would clot too much. It was so touching to see Kurt and Finn dance togehter. Because when Kurt was teaching Finn to dance, he didn't want to be seen dancing with him.

Oh, and the shocker cliffhanger? Oh yes, Kurt decides to go to the all-boys Academy, it is sad that his parents chose not to go to the honeymoon but it was touching and you can see Finn's mom's feelings. It was touching that Finn and Merecedes walked out of sitting and asked Kurt why and plead to come back. At least we are going to see Blaine next week.

Glee - Gwen Paltrow Guest Stars

Gweneth Paltrow guest stars as a substitute teacher and I am currently a substitute teacher and I will never do High School. I didn't do great in high school the first time socially and don't want to go through that hell again. Holly Holiday's backstory is that one fat black girl knocked her out when she was angry with her, she called her a female Biggie Smalls but she looked to me more like Precious with glasses. Anyhoo, from then on, she was the 'cool' sub. She subs for Mr. S for Spanish and Kurt gets her to sub for Glee club when Mr. Shue is sick and Ms. Me Me Me (Rachael) tries to take over. There is a subplot where Mercedes is jealous of Kurt's new budding relationship with Blaine (Darren Criss). We only see Blaine in one scene, which is a bit discriminatory as all Mercedes can hear is 'gay gay gay' when they talk but it was funny with a little pink purse came out of Kurt's mouth. And that is not the only delusion, when Shue is sick, he sees the Glee club as little children, saying adorable things like 'oeuvre.'

Sue gets to be principal because she made Figgins sick and made some blackmailing to politicans or some shit, who cares right? Sue doesn't get much done, she proudly wants to disband Football but Coach Bieste makes her realize that what will her famous Cheerios cheerleaders cheer for? How short sighted is Sue anyway? There is a dream sequence of Shue's where Shue and Mike Chan perform the "Make Them Laugh" rountine from Singing in the Rain, which is his favorite movie when he's sick. He's ex-wife comes back, they have sex but he admits it was a mistake. I love the actress but hate the character.

Sue fires Shue when he returns to school still sick and hires her new BFF Holly. But when Holly allows Mercedes to ruin Sue's car (some bad subplot of Sue banning junk food that apparently only plus-size girls like), Holly realizes she is in on over her head. Thanks to Audio Tuning, Paltrow has a great voice, a sure bet is that she's on the show to promote her new album. I am surprise Paltrow didn't sing a Coldplay song while she was at it. She has great chemistry with Matt Morrison, it is a shame they have so little screen time together. They all do a wonderful Singing in the Rain/Rhianna's Umbrella mash-up mix. Save for Paltrow's character Holly (who I could have seen Lisa Kudrow doing better), Mike Chan's pratfalls, and Blaine, this episode was sub-par because the insulting 'gay gay gay' sequence and the as-insulting insinuation that fat girls only like fried foods and all Mercedes needed was a man. When does longing for food equal to need for a man? And why does she need a man to fix her problems?

Darren Criss (Blaine) might be promoted to Series Regular on Glee

http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/glee-to-promote-darren-criss-to-regular/

I hope it happens! He made such a great impression! He is sooo sexy in this role!

Tom & Lorenzo's review of the episode

Glee Episode "Never Been Kissed"

I had to cover this episode because Kurt is the heart of the show and it was such a great episode.
"Never Been Kissed" is about bullying. Bullying on two sides, student and teacher. Student being Kurt, gay bashing by one specific person--a football player of course. Kurt is upset that no one seems to care. He then goes to spy on an all-boys school. There he meets Blaine (Darren Kriss), who is super hot in singing "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry with his glee group. Blaine and two friends take Kurt for coffee and Blaine admits he is gay and when they say they have a no bullying policy, Kurt cries. Blaine asks the other two to leave and they discuss anti-gay bullying. He tells Kurt to confront his bully, so he does and follows him to the boys locker room. The bully kisses Kurt and Kurt backs away so the bully leaves. Blaine and Kurt confront the bully but it doesn't go well. In real life, I would have not recommend doing that. Kurt admits that that was his first kiss.

Sam (Chord Overstreet) is told by Flynn to think about coach Beiste to 'cool down' and not go and have sex with their dates. So Quinn finds out--sort of and tells Coach Sylvester, causing Bieste to ask Will what is going on. Will confesses the truth to her and Beiste quits. The last scene with Beiste and Will (Beiste admits she was not kissed ever either), I knew it would lead to a kiss, predictably. I felt like it was lip-service, but Matt Morrison has this gentleness and authenticity that made the scene understandable that he was not doing it in pity. I don't like the idea of people being bullied being people not being kissed, but I guess it was a coincidence and it had to go with the title. The most effecting parts are Kurt parts.

On the other storyline, Puck got out of juvie and for his community service, he spends time with Artie in a misguided attempt. So he shows Artie bad things as a bad boy but in the end, Puck admits he hated it in juvie and Artie offers to help him, be a good influence. So Kurt continues to be bullying but he is smitten, he hangs a rather large photo of Blaine in his locker room. Wouldn't Blaine just give a new friend a little picture? I thought Kurt and Blaine would kiss but I guess they are leaving that for another episode, how he will be a recurring character. I really love the idea of seeing Blaine more. Like I said before, I hope Blaine doesn't end up breaking Kurt's heart.

Gwyneth Paltrow next week? Wow, that came from left field, even with the over-exposure of Glee that I hadn't heard about her.

http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2010/11/glee-s2e6-never-been-kissed.html

Rocky Horror Glee Show Review

Good show. It had many homages to the movie, with some nods to the stageshow. It moved the plot along. it also had a message of teenage men and body image, an important message. When I was 12, I first saw Rocky Horror Picture Show and I loved it, it was awesome. I caught it on Bravo back when they aired movies and I caught it in the part where Rocky was born and I loved the blonde white boy, it was so cool. When I went to High School, Halloween party there was a thing with the seniors doing a song from it and the class hunk, white and blonde dressed as Rocky, shirtless and all, me and my friends were like falling apart. That stayed imprinted in my memory.

Glee Episode Review "Duets"

Great Episode, it seems Sam (Chord Overstreet) might not be for Kurt afterall, but for Quinn. Quinn needs an Emmy for her subtle performance of a woman scorned and all she has suffered. Tina indeed has changed a lot since last season, form shy wallflower, to a woman who knows what she wants. Rumor is that Kurt will be getting a gay mentor from a all-boys school but I hope it doesn't turn out like in Dawson's Creek where the gay guy fell for an older guy and he turned him down because he already had somebody. In two weeks, we get Rocky Horror and Sam is the shirtless hunk! Yay! Anyhoo, Mike Chan is quite charming. Also, it seems that Brittany may indeed have feelings for Artie. For you guys who haven't seen the episode, Brittany wants to duet with Artie, for revenge against Santana, who wants to duet with someone else. They have sex and Artie looses his virginity.

Do Justin Timberlake and Matthew Morrison look alike since they are playing brothers?

It has been announced that Justin Timberlake will appear on 'Glee' for one episode in the second season. Justin will be playing Will's brother and is a substitute teacher and will join the glee club for a week. The producers say that they look alike but I don't think very much. They both got short brown hair and blue eyes. What do you think?

I am all for Guest Stars but not musical ones because what if they want to sing a Justin Timberlake song? And I think they already did (Cry Me A River), and I am not just gonna accept 'Oh, he looks like Justin Timberlake.' Putting glasses on him and changing his hair would be enough for me. But Glee is always tongue-in-cheek anyway so it doesn't matter too much.