Glee Wedding Dress: Rachel Berry’s Audrey Hepburn-Inspired Look
Lea Michele’s character Rachel Berry headed to the courthouse to marry high school sweetheart Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) on last night’s Glee episode—and we got the inside scoop on her bridal look! The ’50s-inspired tea-length dress and veil are custom pieces created by the Glee team in collaboration with Patricia Nevil of the L.A. bridal boutique L’ezu, the show’s costume assistant Mojdeh Daftary explained to InStyle.com. “We were very happy with the episode last night,” Daftary told us. As for the inspiration, they looked to an icon: “We used Audrey Hepburn’s wedding dress in Funny Face as inspiration for Rachel Berry’s dress.” The similarities are clear!
Help Lauren Potter Get 23 iPads for Her School
BENEFITING: THE CAROLYN E WYLIE CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES
EVENT DATE: Feb 06, 2012
DEADLINE TO GIVE: Mar 06, 2012
HERE’S THE STORY:
“Supporting children with varied abilities and their families in achieving full participation within their homes, schools, communities.” Connie Beasley, Founder.
The Carolyn E. Wylie center for Children, Youth & Families improves the quality of life and enhances family relationships by providing programs for children and the community with compassion and commitment.
The Wylie Center has a state certified non-public school, licensed child care, a sensory motor clinic, mental health programs, physical, occupational and speech therapy, an early intervention home program, an outreach program, inclusion partners, parenting classes and autism spectrum intervention.
The Autism Program at the Wylie Center is committed to providing the highest quality individualized intervention services to make positive and pervasive differences in the lives of children, youth and families in areas relating to Autistic Disorders and to enhance overall quality of living.
We need your help though! We need 23 iPads to make the greatest impact at the program and The Wylie Center. Here’s why 23 iPads will make such an impact for the students:
- The iPads would be used with children ages 2 years to 12 years of age with the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Our interventionists would assist children with using the iPads for communication and learning.
- Within our population we currently have children who are non-verbal.
- All of the children we work with have limited communication skills which are dependent on access to pictures of objects or words on cards that allow them to convey their wants, needs, and emotions.
- Several applications written for the iPad target such communication styles.
- The digital camera on the iPad2 give therapists, caretakers and the child the ability to take pictures in the moment and incorporate these pictures in the applications instantaneously allowing more communication within differing environments.
- There is an endless amount of subject matter the iPads can access which when presented in such a visually stimulating way, opens the door to new interests that may never otherwise be discovered.
- One 12 year old we know was able to use his iPad to communicate his favorite color, his love of classical music, that he is able to write his name, that he is an amazing speller, that he can read, and tell his family the places he likes to go – on the iPad, for the very first time.
- This amazing little machine is a window to the world.
- Behavior monitoring and tracking can also be accomplished on the iPad. When working with individuals with Autism, our goal is to make the skills we teach functional in the natural environment and as independent as possible. Visual schedules created in the calendar and reminder features on the iPad allow independence to grow with a socially acceptable use of technology without drawing unwanted attention, which allows a greater level of freedom while working on social skills needed to be a part of the community.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Lauren
Jane Lynch is the 2012 Smith College Commencement Speaker
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Jane Lynch, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress of film, television and theater will be the speaker at Smith College’s 134th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m. in the campus Quadrangle.
Lynch is currently best known for her role as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy series “Glee.” As a member of the cast, Lynch has captured the attention of all ages by bringing to pop culture an awareness of pervasive stereotypes. The mirror that she has turned on audiences reflects what remains to be accomplished – disabusing prejudice about disability,
sexuality – in a culture that otherwise aspires
to champion diversity.
Lynch is a veteran of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company and the Second City comedy troupe. At the time of her audition, she was one of just two women picked to join Second City. Since adding film and television to her credentials, she has wooed audiences by playing memorable roles in such notable comedies as “Best in Show,” “The 40-year-old Virgin,” and “Role Models.”
After graduating from Illinois State University, Lynch earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting from Cornell University. Last year, she hosted the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards show, only the third woman in history to host the program solo. In addition to her Emmy and Golden Globe awards, Lynch has won Screen Actors Guild and People’s Choice awards for her work on “Glee.”
Her memoir “Happy Accidents,” published in 2011, recounts the growth of her career from the stage to television and movies.
Prior to her address, four additional accomplished women will receive honorary degrees. They are: Edwidge Danticat, Haitian novelist whose narratives speak about a nation’s plight; Muriel Siebert, pioneering financier; Susan Solomon, atmospheric scientist who discovered the ozone hole; Brinda Somaya, Smith alumna and premiere architect who shapes the landscape of her nation of India.
Which Glee Stars Will Still Be Famous After the Show Ends?
Which Glee kids will still be famous when the show ends?
—Corinne Huntley, via Facebook
Now, I cannot predict the fate of Miss Quinn Fabray following her smashing text-and-drive cliffhanger. But the least I can do is help you sort out her off-screen future, as well as that of her fellow cast mates.
According to my research, Dianna Agron is not currently a fave in the Most Likely to Succeed category, but I know who is:
And it’s not any of the students!
According to the Q Scores company, which measures the ever-changing recognizability and appeal of celebrities, Matthew Morrison has the highest such rating among the main cast members. That makes him the actor with the most potential, should the show ever die.
(I am not talking about the future of Jane Lynch, who was famous before Glee and will be famous after, as she is eternally fabulous. According to another company, E-Poll Market Research, Lynch has the highest awareness and appeal out of all of ‘em, with an E-Score of 88 percent!)
“Matthew Morrison leads the way with a 28 Positive Q Score, meaning that 28 percent of the population familiar with him say he is ‘one of their favorite” personalities’,” says Henry Schafer, the company’s executive vice president. “He has a very slight edge over Lea Michele and Amber Riley.”
Also, unlike Agron, Riley, Mark Salling and Chord Overstreet, Morrison has a major film project in his future: a part in the Cameron Diaz flick What To Expect When You’re Expecting.
E-Poll has a second odds-on current favorite: Lea Michele. She ties Morrison in E-Poll data (though she trails on Q Scores).
She also has a splashy upcoming project, as a voice in the movie Dorothy of Oz. There’s also chatter about a Spring Awakening movie, but that’s far from a done deal. Still, future projects are always a good sign that a celeb’s fame isn’t fleeting, at least, not right away.
Morrison, Michele and Riley all have above-average Q Scores, Schafer tells me, along with two other Gleeks: Chris Colfer and Salling.
Of those two guys, Colfer’s career seems more promising. Like I said, Salling has no other outside projects in the can, while Colfer does, in a big way. Colfer wrote, produced and stars in the upcoming flick Struck by Lightning, due out this year. Enterprise is another sign of future promise: A kid who has hustle will always last longer in this biz.
As for Cory Monteith, Overstreet and Darren Criss, they all have Q Scores closer to average, Schafer tells me. Criss, of course, has a history of success on Broadway that could get him more work if Glee sunsets. He also has two small parts in upcoming films, but nothing as major as the projects attached to Michele, Morrison or Colfer.
Of all of the above cast members, there’s one whose career seems the most up in the air: Agron.
According to some polls, she has the lowest appeal among the entire Glee cast, while other data places her near the highest. Maybe she’s just the gal we love to hate…while she sings.
Why Glee’s Grant Gustin Hopes Sebastian Is the Heir to the Sue Sylvester Throne
One day after Glee aired its winter finale — which included an attempted suicide, a win at Regionals, a near-exchange of matrimonial I do’s, and a surprise car wreck — Grant Gustin was back at it, auditioning for film roles while the regular cast shot its next episode.
At the moment, Gustin doesn’t know the fate of his controversial alter-ego Sebastian, the smarmy Warbler introduced as this season’s threat to New Directions. Karofsky’s tragedy appears, for now, to have shaken him of his diabolical ways, but up until then, well, to paraphrase Santana, Sebastian seemed to have been borne from such ’80s jerk-offs as Pretty in Pink’s Steff (James Spader) and Some Kind of Wonderful‘s Hardy (Craig Scheffer).
“I’m on an episode-to-episode basis, so as of now, I haven’t filmed anything for the return in the spring,” Gustin told TVGuide.com. “It’s all up in the air right now, and I have no idea what’s next for him to be honest.”
A month ago, reports surfaced that Gustin, whose professional credits include the Broadway revival of West Side Story and more recently an episode of CSI: Miami, would be promoted to a series regular next season. But that isn’t a done deal. “They have an option on me,” Gustin said. “Basically, if I am to be back next year, that’s most likely what would happen. But they haven’t asked me back yet, and I don’t know if that’s going to be the case.”
But does Sebastian deserve an encore? Gustin, 22, says he hasn’t been given a backstory for the guy outside of his likes — lacrosse, Lima Bean, Scandals, Courvoisier — and he doesn’t deny that the guy’s been pretty uniformly awful. But rather than looking to outright bad guys, he says he drew inspiration from Coach Sue (Jane Lynch). “I wasn’t playing the ’80s villain thing,” he said. “Actually, the first thing I obviously thought to channel was the energy that Jane Lynch brings to Sue Sylvester. We’ve seen her softer side, and she does both mean and soft in this incredibly honest way. So I tried to do that. I tried to think, OK, this guy believes everything he’s saying, and maybe he’s doing it for insecure reasons or maybe he’s just that confident. I just tried to be honest about it.” And just as Sue has been revealed gradually — through her sister, romantic relationships and a bout of depression — Gustin hopes the same might be done for Sebastian. “There are plenty of possibilities if they do bring me back,” he said. “What happened to Karofsky hit very close to home for him. It shocked him into reality, I think. I was surprised it happened so soon. I don’t know if the snarkiness is gone now or if he’s a nice guy, but seeing a different side of him is exciting.”
But Glee still has a lot of work to do if they’re going to try and ingratiate the guy who nearly blinded Blaine (Darren Criss) with fans. “After the Michael Jackson episode, after that slushie… yeah, everyone hates Sebastian,” Gustin laughed. “It’s hard sometimes, but I guess that’s the point. I just have to appreciate that.” And while it made sense for Blaine to join New Directions once he and Kurt became a couple, none of the writers have communicated a Season 4 Sebastian game plan to Gustin. He and the other recurring actors — including Vanessa Lengies and Damian McGinty — are called back on an as-needed basis.
“It’s very last-minute, but that’s not their fault. They’ve got a huge cast and an unbelievable amount of material and people that they’re working with,” Gustin said. “The fact that it’s last-minute, you just have to understand and respect it. It’s been crazy, though. I was in Virginia visiting my family when I found out I was gonna be in the ‘Michael’ episode, and they asked if I could be in the studio the next day. I said, ‘Sure!’ and got on a red eye that night. It’s just the way it is, and you kind of roll with it because it’s an amazing experience.”
Amber Riley: I Dropped Two Dress Sizes
Glee star Amber Riley turned heads when she stepped out in a blue Theia sequin gown – and showed off a slimmer silhouette! – at the NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 17.
The actress tells PEOPLE she decided to revamp her eating habits last July after chronic stomach pains drove her to the doctor.
“I decided I was going to make a change and eat healthier,” says Riley, 26, who cut out the fast food and burgers that she says “were attacking my stomach.”
After seven months of sticking to a new diet and exercise plan, she has hit a weight loss milestone: “I dropped two dress sizes!”
The red carpet darling also says that getting dolled up for events is a little easier now. “I’m a lot more comfortable in dresses, especially gowns,” she says.
On set, Riley’s trimmer figure has been causing quite a stir in the costume department. “We had to revamp the wardrobe,” she says. “They bought a lot of new clothes for me and we have to take in a lot of my pants and dresses.”
But no matter what size she’s wearing, the actress has always been a body confident role model. “I’ve always been comfortable with my size,” says Riley. “I just decided it was time to get healthy.”
What’s Next for Quinn?
Ok, while a lot went down during last night’s Glee – New Directions won Regionals, Rachel nearly married Finn, Sue got pregnant — I am only interested in talking about Quinn Fabray’s episode ending car accident.But before we dissect the ramifications this traffic jam might have on the remainder of season three, let’s first reflect on the total hatchet-job the writers (cough Ryan Murphy cough) have inflicted upon Quinn — and, to a large extent, Dianna Agron) this season.
Rumor has it that creator Ryan Murphy loathes Dianna and that’s why Quinn’s storylines have been the leftovers from a sh*t sandwich.
If true, that is wildly unprofessional, but not at all surprising given the fact that Quinn’s personality has changed so wildly from episode to episode (anhedonic goth, vindictive child snatcher, baby-hungry near-raper, good christian, anti-glee club beeyotch, dearly devoted glee-club princess all in the span of 14 episodes) that fans who’ve stuck with her have suffered case after case of whiplash.
But even given this track record, it seems pretty cruel that Quinn would only get redemption — and a Cheerios uniform — moments before she gets hit by a car while texting and driving. An act that will (presumably) ruin Rachel’s wedding, making Quinn the ultimate objector.
And not to diminish the impact of Glee’s important Don’t Text and Drive message, but Quinn did not run a stop sign or a stop light as a result of her texting (or at least the show didn’t properly imply that she had). So in reality, the guy who barreled into Quinn was truly at fault (way to botch that message, Glee). But I digress.
So yes, Quinn’s car was demolished by a deficient driver, leaving us to wonder what happened to the newly reinstated Cheerio over the upcoming 7 week hiatus.
Thankfully I have some spoilers about what’s to come on Glee – so read on if you want to know.
First of all, this photo was snapped on the Glee set Tuesday, revealing that Quinn not only survives but Dianna will get an upper arm workout in the weeks to come.
As for the next episode back, titled Big Brother, it features the first appearance of Matt Bomer as Blaine Anderson’s brother, Cooper.
Yes, that’s right. Cooper Anderson. Bathe in that one boys and girls. And that’s not the only nugget to come out about Big Brother — click here to find out more.
