Happy 24th Birthday Lea!

We’d like to wish Lea a very Happy 24th Birthday today, and good luck at the Emmys today! We’re sure all the Gleeks would love to wish you a Happy Birthday today! Can’t wait to see what you’re wearing tonight on the red carpet, but we’re sure you’ll look beautiful as usual, no matter what you wear!

Congratulations again on everything Lea. It’s been an amazing year, and you deserve all of the attention! We can’t wait to see what the next year has in store for you!

Lea Michele is super excited for Britney Spears’ upcoming appearance on an episode of  Glee, where the former teen pop star will preview her own material and songs as well as have a role on the show. At a party last night in Hollywood, Lea gave us a little sneak peek of what to expect on the show… Lea Michele Gives Us The Scoop About Britney\’s \”Glee\” Episode

“We’re recreating Britney Spears’ videos…a few of them, in fantasies, so I happen to be caught in my tracksuit. Whether or not that’s “Hit Me…Baby One More Time,” you can put the pieces together.” Lea actually had it mind to sing another song before coming to a realization that she, “wanted to do “Circus,” which we’re not doing, but I realized that the choreography would be way too hard for me!” said Lea.

Recently going Vegan, Lea says her tight bod is the result of the all that she does on the show, rather than her recent change in diet. “I do a vegan diet just because I love animals,” the TV star explains. “I do try to work out, but I’m not a big workout fan. Glee is what keeps me super active.” Not a bad gig to have, that keeps you in great shape, has you doing two of the things you love doing (singing & acting), along with allowing you to rub elbows with real life pop-stars like Britney Spears. We’re very happy for you Lea!

Here is all whats going on with Glee at the moment.

Glee Vol 1. The Road to Sectionals is currently on DVD. Pick it up and catch up on the 13 episodes before the show returns next month! (Buy the DVD)

Glee: The Music Vol 1. & 2 are available on CD. (Buy Vol 1. / Buy Vol 2.) There is also a special All Madonna edition CD coming out on April 20, 2010. (Buy Madonna CD) It features: 1. Express Yourself, 2. Borderline/Open, Your Heart, 3. Vogue, 4. Like A Virgin, 5. 4 Minutes, 6. What It Feels Like For A Girl, 7. Like A Prayer. Glee 1×15 The Power of Madonna (The Madonna themed episode) airs on April 20.

Glee returns with 13 all new episodes on April 13, 2010, after American Idol with an episode titled “Hell-O”. (Watch Trailer). The rest of the season will feature episodes with guest stars Madonna, Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel and guest directors like Joss Whedon. The season is expected to end in June.

Glee is going on tour in May. (Get Tour Dates). They will hit the cities: Phoenix, AZ, Universal City, CA, Rosemont, IL, New York, NY

Being the president’s wife apparently has its perks.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that First Lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of Glee to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 5 — and, barring any last-minute glitches, they’re gonna do it!

Rumor has it Mrs. O and her daughters are big fans of the show. And since a White House gig is an offer that’s pretty darn hard to refuse, Glee’s producers did some lickety-split schedule rejiggering in order to honor the request.

Source: EW

Even before making it big on Fox’s hit Glee, Lea Michele was already a bona fide Broadway star, thanks to 2006’s Spring Awakening. No wonder the theater world is anxious to get her back on the boards. One non-profit theater company in New York has gone so far as to create a show with Michele in mind, the New York Post reports. Reed Prescott, executive director of the New York Theatre Barn, confirms that the brunette belter helped inspire their new musical “Speargrove Presents,” based on a real-life incident in which a town blocked a high school production of “Rent.” He chatted with EW’s Simon Vozick-Levinson about the about the project — and explained why Michele is the best woman for the job:

EW: What can you tell us about the role?
Prescott: It’s the role of Caroline Bonds. It’s a role that’s similar to what she plays on Glee — the queen bee of the high school drama club…. People from the community rewrite the show and take her song out, so she quits the show, which gets misconstrued as a big political move…. At this big school board meeting, she speaks up for herself, and they end up doing a concert of the show at a different location.”

EW: Why Lea?
Prescott: Well, because she has Broadway chops, clearly. She’s actually attended some of our events in the past. We just always had it in mind.

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Today Lea tweeted:

Recorded an episode of the Simpsons today! SO cool!!!! Will let everyone know when it’s gonna air!

We’ll keep you posted when the episode airs. Cory Monteith also recently recorded for the show.

In the latest edition of OK! Magazine, Lea Michele reveals her best diet secret.

“I’m a vegan,” Michele explains. “It makes me feel really good and bright.”

The 23-year old actress is best known for her role in the Fox TV series, Glee. Michele told OK! that she credits her vegan diet for giving her the energy to play the peppy Rachel Berry.

In addition to sticking to a plant-based diet, Michele has campaigned against animal cruelty by posing in an anti-horse-drawn carriage ad for PETA.

Source: This Dish Is Vegetarian

Glee star Lea Michele once had to simulate sex while appearing in a New York play.

Before getting the role of Rachel Berry in the hit US show, the actress appeared in Spring Awakening on Broadway.

But Lea, 23, who went topless for the part, can’t believe she went through with it now.

‘I did a simulated sex scene on stage, which was very tastefully done,’ she tells Now.

‘But when I went back to watch the play I couldn’t believe I’d done it.

‘I was like: “Cover your eyes!” to all the people sitting next to me!’

Glee airs in the UK on E4 on Mondays at 9pm.

Source: Now

Glee star Lea Michele is looking much more her age than in the pinned up and prim ensemble she wore at the Globes.

Her sexy, loose curls were the actress’ way of mixing it up, her hair stylist David Gardner said. “She is very conscious of mixing it up,” he said. “She wanted something clean and more casual.”

To get the volume going in Michele’s abundant brown locks, Gardner put a moisturizing mousse through her hair before drying it into what he calls a “big frizz ball.”

He then put curls all the way around her head and brushed them out after she put on her emerald-green Malandrino dress.

The trick, says Gardner, is to use a curling iron barrel that is a half-inch smaller than the actual size you want the curl. “This way, the curl will fall to the size you want within a half an hour and stay that way for the entire night.”

Also, Gardner made sure to make the front of Michele’s hair flat and smooth. “You don’t want too much volume in the hair that surrounds your face or you end up going from young and fresh to straight out of Dallas.”

Source: LA Times

Glee picked up Best Comedy series but unfortunately Lea Michele lost to Toni Collette. Jane Lynch lost to Chloe Sevigny and Matthew Morrison was beat by Alec Baldwin but Glee picked up one of the big ones which is awesome!

Loads of photos to come tomorrow. It’s late now and I must sleep.