day 31

high school musical, the tv show

fox, the network formerly known for its rip offs, has ordered 13 episodes of the new hour-long musical comedy glee.  starring matthew morrison, how originated the role of link larkin in broadway's hairspray, is set to play a high school spanish teacher in suburba

n ohio who overtakes the school's glee club, which has become a haven for the outcasts of the school.  the show comes from nip/tuck creator ryan murphy, so it's sure to be a bit wacky and crazy.  the show will feature at least 3 full musical numbers per episode and seems to have stolen from the high school musical character department - in the script, there is a "diva in training" (sharpay), a jock who likes to sing (troy), and a nerdy soprano (gabriella).  it will be very interesting to see how this show does on tv - will kids turn in to watch? adults? both? we'll get to see when the show hits the tube at midseason, most likely behind american idol.  

office devil romance confirmed. wedding imminent. 

 emily blunt and john krasinski stepped out in la last night, confirming their relationship.  the couple have been together for about a month, after blunt's breakup with michael buble and kasinski's with office costar rashida jones.  with this real life romance comes some relationship news in the fake world, too.  john's character jim and his on screen love pam look like they'll be heading down the aisle soon.  casting is underway for a character named "pam's relative," speculated to be her father for the description on the casting page. it would make sense for the jam wedding to take place sometime before the season's end, most likely as the finale.  

rihanna to the rescue

barbados beauty rihanna, who has recently been spotted galavanting all over the hawaiian islands with boytoy chris brown, has been called in to save the sinking ship that is kanye west.  west's latest effort, 808s and heartbreaks, has not exactly been flying off the shelves.  the album is quite experimental for the rapper as it is a complete cd of him singing.  in order to reinvigorate sales and interest in the artist, kanye's label has called in the radio princess to add some vocals to the next single, "paranoid.  click here to listen to the original version.  the single is set to drop sometime in january and is sure to get radio play with rihanna on board.