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Glee: I Just Crush a Lot

After the realistic delights of last week’s episode — more secondary characters, believably emotional father-son talks — Glee headed straight back to Crazytown this week, with mixed results. Some plot points moved ahead, as Finn and Quinn’s parents ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, Vulture,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Diana Ross,  Lionel Richie,  Pretenders (musician),  Paul Anka,  Lea Michele

Glee’s Chris Colfer on Owning ‘Defying Gravity’ and Resembling a Hummel Figurine

In the first nine episodes of Fox’s breakaway hit, Glee, 19-year-old Chris Colfer has emerged as a favorite among the show’s main characters for his hilarious and touching portrayal of Kurt Hummel, the glee club’s resident fabulous falsetto. In real ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ryan Murphy

Glee: Roll Play

Two weeks ago, Glee served up a fun-fest of musical numbers, but this week it’s all about Big Life Lessons — never has the stark black-on-white Glee logo looked so menacing! Somehow we didn’t sink under the weight — finally, the characters dealt with ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Billy Idol,  Stephen Schwartz,  Lea Michele,  Idina Menzel,  Ronnie Spector

Hal Holbrook on That Evening Sun and His Canine Co-Star

Ever since Ed Sullivan noticed his theater performance as Mark Twain in 1954, Hal Holbrook has enjoyed a steady career onscreen and off (that portrayal of Twain evolved into Mark Twain Tonight!, a one-man play for which he won a Tony). After an Oscar ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Hal Holbrook,  Sean Penn,  Ed Sullivan, Jr.

Composer David Lang on Serving As the Musical Mastermind for (Untitled)

The Pulitzer-winning composer David Lang wasn’t always a revered figure of the city’s new-music scene. He started off like every other musician, unknown and rejected, and that prepared him for his latest role: writing the music for the film (Untitled). ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: David Lang,  Adam Goldberg,  Jonathan Parker,  Looking Glass Studios

Ranking the Songs on the New Glee Soundtrack!

The first volume of the Glee soundtrack is out! And while we can’t say it’s full of surprises — we get two unaired songs, a few full-length versions of songs abbreviated on the show, and a good mix of the showstoppers — it’s definitely worth ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Celine Dion,  Kevin McHale,  Kristin Chenoweth,  Idina Menzel,  Jill Scott

An Education Director Lone Scherfig on Adapting Nick Hornby and Casting Carey Mulligan

Lone Scherfig's An Education opened just two weeks ago, but was generating Oscar buzz as early as January when its young star, Carey Mulligan, made a splash at Sundance. The Nick Hornby–scripted film — about a schoolgirl (Mulligan) swept off her feet ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nick Hornby,  Carey Mulligan,  Lone Scherfig,  Peter Sarsgaard

The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner on the Strange Lives of Identical Musical Twins

You’d be hard pressed to find two musicians more intricately entwined in the local music community than Bryce and Aaron Dessner. The identical twins are founding members of the National (in which they play with another set of brothers). Bryce also ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Philip Glass,  David Byrne,  Matthew Ritchie,  Kelley Deal,  National Basketball Association

Glee: Minority Report

Any episode beginning with a slo-mo fight between Mr. Schue and Sue (“Look at us — we’re even fighting in our voice-overs!”) is destined for greatness — especially when it later supplies us with more excellent lines for Jane Lynch than we could ever ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, New York Magazine,  15 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Jill Scott,  Nelly,  Jane Lynch,  Jordin Sparks,  The Supremes (musician)

Glee: Divide and Conquer

Apparently, it’s either feast or famine. One week we get showstoppers galore (see: The Great Chenoweth Episode), the next, only a couple of numbers that test even our extremely flexible notions of absurdity (see: the “Single Ladies” episode). This week, ...

From REBECCA MILZOFF, Vulture,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Richie Sambora

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