Chord Overstreet News

Coming after a nearly month-long mini-hiatus following the superb "Asian F" in early October, the gleeks of McKinley High on GLEE swept back onto the main stage last night with the hotly anticipated "Pot O' Gold" episode, which introduced new recurring cast members and THE GLEE PROJECT co-winner, Damian McGinty in the tailor-made role of sassy and offensive Rory Flanagan. While McGinty proved to be a winning addition to the roundly respectable line-up of GLEE Season Three, once again the musical performance highlight of the night goes to new GLEE regular Darren Criss - alongside show standout Lea Michele and the rest of the glee club - and their electrifying take on Katy Perry's campy anthem "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)". Much like with Lea Michele's emotionally shattering "Firework", once again a Katy Perry anthem has been rendered even better than the huge hit original by the gleeks of GLEE. Also, "Pot O' Gold" - directed by HAIRSPRAY movie musical helmer Adam Shankman - continued the season-long character arc of Tony-winning Broadway star Idina Menzel, in the role of rival McKinley glee club director Shelby Corcoran, and further developed her complex relationship with Quinn and Puck, played by sensitive Dianna Agron and imposingly forceful Mark Salling - the latter of whom contributed an emotionally charged and displayed his rarely seen softer side with his sensitive rendering of the 80s Foreigner power ballad "Waiting For A Girl Like You". McGinty's two selections - Teddy Thompson's "Take Care Of Yourself" and Kermit The Frog's "Bein' Green" - were relatively lucky and charmed introductions to the foreign exchange student character. Additionally, Mercedes, Santana and Brittany also got a Christina Aguilera/BURLESQUE-esque moment in the spotlight with their sweet and sexy "Candyman" (written by Linda Perry) as the newly formed girl-group The Troubletones. So, as for the rest of "Pot O' Gold" and how the songs stacked up in their dramatic context - as well as virtually everything else? Read on! The rainbow certainly ends with a shiny, gleaming pot o' gold - and maybe a leprechaun or two to love, too! Thank goodness it's Tuesday (or was) - and thank St. Patrick it's GLEE! After all, we've been waiting for a GLEE like this all October!

Chord Overstreet will return to GLEE's McKinley High as underdog SAM EVANS for a multi-episode arc beginning this December Fox officially announced today.

According to E!Online, Chord Overstreet, who plays Sam Evans on FOX's GLEE, is currently in the process of making arangements to return to the show as a recurring character. Overstreet made his GLEE debut in Season 2, but declined to return as a series regular earlier this year.

From McKinley High to Orson Elementary, Glee star and television heartthrob Chord Overstreet will guest star in the third season of the acclaimed hit comedy The Middle (Wednesdays 8/7c on ABC). Overstreet will guest star as Ralph Wilkerson, Brick Heck's shiny new, young and idealistic fourth grade teacher, whose innovative and involved teaching methods run counter to Frankie and Mike's 'more relaxed' parenting style.

GLEE's ensemble already includes Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Mike O'Malley, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, and Jenna Ushkowitz - and the show will add even more to the mix with the introduction of a slew of new characters for the third season.

Deadline.com's Comic Con correspondent has reported that although the characters played by Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith Will be graduating high school, the actors will not be leaving the show.

Last week, it was reported that Chord Overstreet, who plays Sam Evans on the hit show GLEE, has not been picked up as a series regular for Season 3. Instead, Overstreet's character could possibly return as an occasional guest star. However, according to masslive.com, fans of Overstreet, known as 'Sammites' ad 'Unichords', have begun to rally to keep Sam Evans in the series.

Chord Overstreet will not return to GLEE next season as a series regular, according to reports from Entertainment Weekly.

The cast of GLEE is currently on their sophomore summer tour, which has taken them to multiple continents and a myriad of cities. After the tour is over, at least one Glee cast member has plans to go solo with an album release.

Chicago Sun-Times critic Paige Wiser, the television critic who wrote the paper's review for GLEE LIVE!, has been ousted from the paper. Wiser's review - which included information one song that wasn't performed and another that she didn't see, according to the Chicago Tribune - was so inaccurate that it drew notice almost immediately and was removed from the paper's website altogether.

The cast of GLEE is taking their act on the road again for a 16-city North American tour that is slated to come to the Wells Fargo Center on June 8, 2011. The 'Glee Live! In Concert!' tour will star 13 members of the TV series' cast

The Glee Live! In Concert! tour in North America began on Friday, May 21 at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas and will wrap up the North American leg on June 18th in Uniondale, NY at the Nassau Coliseum. The Gleeks have completed their performances in California and have landed in Minneapolis for their performance at the Target Center tonight. BroadwayWorld's Audra Stafford was on hand in San Jose where Gleeks Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera met fans and signed autographs. Click below for the spot!

In tonight's Season 2 finale of GLEE, the New Directions travel to New York City for Nationals! Check out full tracks of 'Pretending,' 'Light Up My World,' 'Bella Notte,' 'Still Got Tonight,' and 'As Long As You're There' as well as photos from the episode below!

The cast of GLEE embarked on a national, sophomore summer tour beginning May 21 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. For the set list, look below!

Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox Television have announced that Ashley Fink (Lauren Zizes), Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson), and members of the Dalton Academy Warblers will join the thirteen cast members of GLEE initially scheduled to perform during the UK tour this summer, according to NewsQuod.com.

The cast of GLEE is taking their act on the road again for a 16-city North American tour that is slated to come to the Wells Fargo Center on June 8, 2011. The 'Glee Live! In Concert!' tour will star 13 members of the TV series' cast

The cast of GLEE is taking their act on the road again for a 16-city North American tour that will include stops at Minneapolis' Target Center on June 1 and Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena on June 14.

In the May 24 Season 2 finale of GLEE, the New Directions travel to New York City for Nationals! Check out photos from the episode below!

On Monday, May 16, the FOX 2011 Upfront event was held at the Wollman Rink in Central Park in New York City. The event revealed which shows are returning, which are being cut from the network line-up and introduced the new upcoming series. Audiences can, of course, expect the return of GLEE and American Idol and will be seeing the premieres of The X Factor, and new comedies with Katie Finneran and more.

Amongst the details about the $6 million dollar episode is word that the cast filmed in the Gershwin Theatre, home to Broadway's WICKED. And, the song Chris and Lea are singing in the Gershwin? 'For Good' from WICKED! Lea explains: 'We feel like we're Elphaba and Glinda. Chris likes to be called Guylinda, though'