Let's try to market this: media, articles and interviews

[tom87]

You could probably cut Mark from season 2 onwards and not notice too.

NOW TV which is a UK thing sort of like Hulu, but with live TV. They still have Glee streaming and prominently advertised on its main page and popular section.

But that would be cutting out all the Shelby and Puck stuff...

 

so um yeah good idea.

[Pink ranger]

TBH I don't think that this will affect syndication longevity.

.

The Bill Cosby situation is different because his sitcom character Cliff Huxtable was wholesomeness personified. He was the father that every single person who watched that show wanted and that image was a key part of the shows success. Cosbys aledged transgressions absolutely killed that. There became an irreconcilable disconnect between what the audience was supposed to feel while watching the lead character and the reality of what they did due to their knowledge of the actor.

Puck was only one supporting characters in what was one on the largest ensemble casts ever, only there for just over half the series and ..well dated a high school sophomore at 19!

Edited December 30, 2015 by Pink ranger

[WhosThatGirl]

This news is really disturbing. Something always felt off to me about Mark, actually. I don't know why but I felt like anytime I read things about him outside of things of Glee, he was always getting into trouble. And now this news is just disgusting and disturbing. 

[Kromm]

Mark Salling won't be cut from his new movie Gods and Secrets unless child pornography allegations are proven
Director says: "I won't feed our growing pitchfork culture."

[jaytee1812]

So if you were wondering which news outlet would be the first to use Mark's arrest for an ill informed piece about the rest of the Glee cast. The answer is The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/30/glee-cast-where-are-they-now-mark-salling

I could've done a better job by reading this forum and tumblr.

[Pink ranger]

That "reporter" makes me ashamed to be British. I don't know where to start.

[caracas1914]

Not a shocker that most of the original Glee cast who were losing Twitter followers with the end of the show suddenly spiked up in increased followers.

[tom87]

So if you were wondering which news outlet would be the first to use Mark's arrest for an ill informed piece about the rest of the Glee cast. The answer is The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/30/glee-cast-where-are-they-now-mark-salling

I could've done a better job by reading this forum and tumblr.

The Daily Mail of course brought up Mark dating Naya but also tried to imply Lea and Mark dated in 2014 becasue they found one picture of them together at Coachella.    They do not ever tried to get facts much less confirm info.   This guardian guy skimmed wiki and not even IMDB.   

 

Frankly I doubt most of the glee cast has seen Mark since the day they filmed that last song nearly a year ago.

Edited December 31, 2015 by tom87

[SevenStars]

Frankly I doubt most of the glee cast has seen Mark since the day they filmed that last song nearly a year ago.

I also think most of them stopped being close to him long before that. The only one I can remember maybe still close to him is Chord. Anyway, I don't think any of them knew about this.

[buffy11bnl]

Not that this has anything to do with Glee, but 7th Heaven is still being shown in syndication, at least in some places - I know because I saw it listed a couple of days ago and I was surprised.  Same thing with the Duggers, TLC has repackaged it as just the older girls, but they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

[caracas1914]

Mark has attended a few media/social mixers where other cast members also were there, plus there was that last Glee convention in Paris this last spring.

I have no idea how close he was to any of them anymore, but most likely none of them had any idea about the child pornography.

Edited December 31, 2015 by caracas1914

[jaytee1812]

I don't remember seeing any pictures of him with the rest of the cast in Paris, outside of the actual convention.

[camussie]

I think he was one of the attendees at Harry's Costa Rican wedding but as I said above I doubt any if them had much insight into his personal life especially something as despicable as this, which he surely tried to keep hidden.

Edited December 31, 2015 by camussie

[fakeempress]

I don't remember seeing any pictures of him with the rest of the cast in Paris, outside of the actual convention.

From Paris, there were pics of him and Darren at some nightclub. Don't remember if the others were also there. You can google search.

[caracas1914]

It's quite common in these cases that friends/co workers/acquaintances will say after the fact they had absolutely no idea , and for the most part I think that's true.

Can't judge the Glee cast *if * some were close to him, it seems the late Cory and Mark were friends off set.

That Mark had this sick perverted underside is something pragmatically he would not want to reveal to others. If the sources turn out to be confirmed that he had prepubescent girls among those photos it would take a drooling idiot to volunteer that to anyone. it seems the ex girlfriend saw the images and reported it to the authorities , and he was "shocked " when they came to search his home.

Among adults many opine that as long as it's consensual and nobody gets hurt anything goes, but minors is a whole different matter, call it morality, decency, standards, principles or just plain "doing what is right" , children have to be protected.

Edited December 31, 2015 by caracas1914

[Casual Viewing]

I wonder if the authorities set a trap for him online to verify what the girl told them. I would think they had more proof than what she said before they acted as they'd want to make sure it wasn't just spite on her part. The gathering of enough evidence to justify a raid/search has likely been going on for awhile.

I'm glad he was caught. I just cannot understand the sicko minds who view and/or engage in child sexual abuse. Unfortunately the internet gives them an easier, quicker means of finding other sick minds and they feed each others fantasies. The whole mess just continues to spiral.

[tom87]

I think he was one of the attendees at Harry's Costa Rican wedding but as I said above I doubt any if them had much insight into his personal life especially something as despicable as this, which he surely tried to keep hidden.

Why do people think he was at Harry's wedding in Nov via his twitter account it doesn't seem like he was in Costa Rica until mid Dec? 

 

Also the convention in Paris was in March so that was still very long time ago.

 

But the point taken Mark would have done whatsoever possible to keep this from people obviously.   I highly doubt he was looking at porn openingly on set between takes. 

[caracas1914]

I wonder if the authorities set a trap for him online to verify what the girl told them. I would think they had more proof than what she said before they acted as they'd want to make sure it wasn't just spite on her part. The gathering of enough evidence to justify a raid/search has likely been going on for awhile.

Most likely, I think TMZ said as much. The cops can't jump hoops every time an ex reports on a prior relationship, so actually getting a search warrant usually means the cops have gone through protocol , ie some probable cause/ evidence to back up going through all the trouble.

Especially with a celebrity it can blow up in their face and result in lawsuits since the assumption is the celeb has deep pockets or access to legal advice.

[fakeempress]

Deadline said DHS is involved: The LAPD offered some details today about the arrest of former Glee actor Salling on child pornography charges. It said special agents from the Department of Homeland Security worked the investigation along with the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit. Police say “images and video of child pornography were recovered on Salling’s electronic media devices.” 

[jaytee1812]

Lea is the guest on the Fempire podcast this week.

Honestly, it sounds like Lea and Becca are dating. And if rumours are true, Lea has a type!

I've no idea whether Lea and Emma Roberts love or hate each other, but honestly both of them saying how obsessed and crazy they are about each other makes it sounds so false. If they dialled it back I think people might be less doubtful.

Btw, the podcast is really good. Lea comes over well.

Edited January 6, 2016 by jaytee1812

[methodwriter85]

Well, damn. I guess I won't be watching Puck's Springsteen cover from the Quarterback anymore.

 

I think a lot of fans hearts broke. What a shame. It reminds me of when Scott Bairstow (best known for Party of 5, and I crushed on him in Tuck Everlasting) was arrested when it turned out he had been sexually molesting his cousin for years.

[jaytee1812]

Lea is on the Fempire podcast again this week, they're answering listeners questions. Lea gives some really good advice.

[SevenStars]

Ryan Murphy Launches Foundation to Tackle Hollywood's Diversity Problem (Exclusive)

Half, a foundation within his 20th Century Fox TV-based production company, aims to have 50 percent of all director slots on his shows filled by women, people of color and members of the LGBT community and will begin outreach efforts at colleges to align candidates with mentors: “I personally can do better,” he tells THR.

A version of this story first appeared in the Feb. 12 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

Ryan Murphy has been responsible for more than two dozen people getting their Directors Guild of America cards on his watch. But only four or five of them have been women.

“I personally can do better,” he says in an interview in which he reveals plans to help make Hollywood more inclusive. Inspired by a series of recent events — including former publicist Nanci Ryder’s emotional speech at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast, where she called upon the industry to take action on its “gender problem” — Murphy, 51, is launching a foundation within his 20th Century Fox Television-based production company called Half. “Nanci said, ‘People in power, you have a position and responsibility to change the industry,’ and I thought, 'She’s right,’ ” says Murphy, who has worked closely with bosses Dana Walden and Gary Newman to create the infrastructure for Half.

Murphy’s focus initially was on providing more opportunities to female directors, comprising only 16 percent of TV’s directorial roles during the 2014-15 season. He has since broadened his ambitions to include all minority candidates, which make up only 18 percent, according to the DGA. Among Murphy’s goals: By the end of 2016, he is committed to having 50 percent of all director slots on his shows — Scream Queens, American Crime Story and American Horror Story — filled by either women or minority candidates, which he defines as people of color or members of the LGBTQ community. The prolific producer, who plans to hire someone to co-manage the foundation with him, will also create a database of names and contact information to share with other showrunners who are also looking to challenge the status quo.

Additionally, Half will begin extensive outreach efforts at colleges and universities, beginning with visits to AFI, UCLA and USC before expanding around the country later this year. The foundation will then align candidates with mentors within Ryan Murphy Productions, as well as with internships and shadowing opportunities around Hollywood. The goal, per Murphy, is to let young people know that there is a place for them in Hollywood. “The industry has always been about, you come to us,” he says. “There’s not a lot of effort and inclusion, and I’m saying, ‘No, we’re going to go to you.'” He already has enlisted a cadre of top names, including Dede Gardner, Nina Jacobson, Supergirl’s Ali Adler and American Crime Story director Anthony Hemingway to assist in Half’s outreach.

Walden calls the foundation “classic Ryan.” “Ryan has always been a leader, whether he was creating new models of storytelling, or setting new standards of inclusion when it came to his characters and casts,” she says. “Rather than pay lip service to what we all agree is an important goal for this industry — creating equal opportunity for women and minorities behind the camera — he’s actually committing the resources of his company and setting clear targets to help make a real difference.”

 

 

I actually laughed when I saw this article. 

 

Here is the link to it: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ryan-murphy-launches-foundation-tackle-861436?utm_source=twitter

[Pink ranger]

I can't find a reason to snark about about this. As executive producer of so many TV shows he has the genuine clout to make this kind of diversity target for his own employees. And these people can then take their experience and qualifications to other hollywood projects. If the industry truly wants to end things like the no non white oscar  nominees  for 2 years, then more people with the power need to do the same thing. 

[tom87]

Better to try then do nothing and he admits he hasn't done enough so...

[caracas1914]

http://fyeahgleeclub.tumblr.com

"CBS’ Supergirl will meet The CW’s The Flash, when the DC Comics series pull off an internetwork crossover this spring.

Storyline details have not yet been disclosed, but Grant Gustin‘s speedster will make tracks for Supergirl and join forces with Melissa Benoist’s Girl of Steel on Monday, March 28, CBS announced on Wednesday.

“We are so incredibly excited to announce something that we have dreamed of happening since we starting making Supergirl,” Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, who are executive producers on both series, said in a statement. “We want to thank Grant Gustin for making the time to come visit (on top of his already immense workload) and all of the folks at CBS, The CW, Warner Bros. and DC for working this out.

“And finally, thanks to the fans and journalists who have kept asking for this to happen,” the statement continued. “It is our pleasure and hope to create an episode worthy of everyone’s enthusiasm and support.”

Indeed, just weeks ago at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, the possibility of The CW’s superhero series crossing over with CBS’ Supergirl was a hot topic. “As a fan, I would love it… but a lot of things would have to go right, a lot of people would have to say yes, for that to happen,” Berlanti shared. And to take place during this TV season, “It would have to be figured out soon, in the next month or so.”

And apparently it was."

[LydiaMoon1]

I actually laughed when I saw this article.

 

Here is the link to it: http://www.hollywood..._source=twitter

 

I can't find a reason to snark about about this. As executive producer of so many TV shows he has the genuine clout to make this kind of diversity target for his own employees. And these people can then take their experience and qualifications to other hollywood projects. If the industry truly wants to end things like the no non white oscar  nominees  for 2 years, then more people with the power need to do the same thing.

 

Please.  RM is playing the Diversity Game again.  He'll continue to hire LBGTQ as he's always done and he may throw an additional white woman or two in the mix for good measure and call it a day.  I doubt any of this will affect non-LBGTQ POC, but RM will get great mileage from the PR.  I just don't foresee a whole lot of effort outside of what he's already doing.

 

Still, congrats to the select few who will benefit.

Edited February 5, 2016 by LydiaMoon1

[Pink ranger]

 

By the end of 2016, he is committed to having 50 percent of all director slots on his shows — Scream Queens, American Crime Story and American Horror Story — filled by either women or minority candidates, which he defines as people of color or members of the LGBTQ community.

 

Thats is definitive quota thats been stated publicly. If Ryan is just speaking bull, which i don't think he is, we will know at the end of the year. 

[LydiaMoon1]

But if there all white gay men he's met his quota.

 

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! That answer is correct.

[Pink ranger]

But i don't think that he would have specifically mentioned  women and POCs if he wasn't going to hire any. Will the ratio of Male : Female or White : POC in the new recruits be completely equal? IDK but we cant  properly evaluate that until the results come out. 

[tom87]

But i don't think that he would have specifically mentioned  women and POCs if he wasn't going to hire any. Will the ratio of Male : Female or White : POC in the new recruits be completely equal? IDK but we cant  properly evaluate that until the results come out. 

I have to wonder if some read the whole article or just the bullet.

 

The initiative was first proposed to be for women he expanded it to add POC and LGBTQ and now someone is already complaining not disabled directors.  I saw somewhere else complaining it didn't include anything on diverse cast hiring.   

 

He can't change the whole system he is at least trying to put some accountability on his work.

 

And he also acknowledge his own failings  when he said he has not done enough.

 

Edited February 5, 2016 by tom87

[SevenStars]

Why doesn't he just do what Shonda Rimes does and just get on with it, she doesn't say she's going to increase diversity in her directors, she just hires women and/or people of colour.

Not only that she manages to write women as three-dimensional characters.

This is why it feels like PR stunt more than him really realizing that he was failing in that area. There was no reason for him to make this announcement. All he needed to do was start hiring more diverse group of people and actually writes for them like real people, not just use them to make stereotype jokes and crap. Ryan had many, many chances to do what he is proposing but didn't and is doing it now when he knows people are talking about it. He knew it would be big news because of the environment.

This feel like a PR because of all the flack that Hollywood has been getting lately about their diversity problem.

So I'll believe when I see it.

[tom87]

So scrape the other initiatives you were thinking about Ryan  and just focus on hiring a few more poc and women.

 

Don't try to  help other show runners with a database or don't worry about outreach programs.  If you drop those other things you don't need to promote a foundation and drum up support

[SevenStars]

So scrape the other initiatives you were thinking about Ryan and just focus on hiring a few more poc and women.

Don't try to help other show runners with a database or don't worry about outreach programs. If you drop those other things you don't need to promote a foundation and drum up support

Like I said, we'll see how this go. If he actually mean what he propose and actually try to change the game, he will be getting the accolades he will deserve. I'm just someone who doesn't trust Ryan or most of Hollywood big names when it comes to this and I'm a cynic.

Hopefully, Ryan will prove me and everyone who doubt him wrong.

[tom87]

I get that but to say he should just hire more minority directors  is not what he is only purposing.  So a PR aspect is needed.

 

While I think yes the debate over more minorities in tv and film is in part of his reasoning,  I see nothing wrong with that.  The point of debate/flack/whatever is to hopefully get people to do something and he at least seems to  be trying what ever his reasons are.... It seems to me he may be actually hearing the criticism and hopefully it sticks.

 

I don't see him doing as much in terms of his writing style but maybe with time and a more diverse pool of directors that will evolve.

[caracas1914]

Jane Lynch's new network show " Angel from Hell" cancelled after 5 aired episodes.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/08/angel-from-hell-canceled-after-five-episodes-on-cbs/

[caracas1914]

http://www.interbridge.com/lineups.html

THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, CBS

We 3/2: Lea Michele, Ginnifer Goodwin

[tom87]

Is Lea's album coming out soon? She's not promoting anything on TV/film, is she?

She is still working on the album.   She does still have Scream Queens and she is doing some campaign with Burt's Bees that is to be announce soon.  I have no idea if she will be promoting that though.

 

In other Lea news she reportedly  broke up with her boyfriend Matthew recently.

[Casual Viewing]

She is still working on the album.   She does still have Scream Queens and she is doing some campaign with Burt's Bees that is to be announce soon.  I have no idea if she will be promoting that though.

 

In other Lea news she reportedly  broke up with her boyfriend Matthew recently.

I never understood that pairing. I saw nothing appealing about him and he was a gigolo previously, non? Maybe his contract just expired.

[tom87]

I never understood that pairing. I saw nothing appealing about him and he was a gigolo previously, non? Maybe his contract just expired.

So but that is ridiculous.   Yeah lets contract a gigolo to date this young starlet less then a year after her drug addicted BF died that would make  so much sense.

 

urg.

Edited February 23, 2016 by tom87

[pete]

So but that is ridiculous.   Yeah lets contract a gigolo to date this young starlet less then a year after her drug addicted BF died that would make  so much sense.

 

urg.

let me add a eye roll.

[Casual Viewing]

I should have added a emoticon after that last sentence I was being facetious. But I am going to have to stop reading gossip sites :-) I've got the point where I'm starting to believe that 80% of Hollywood actors are gay or bi and many of them are in bearded contracts or PR contracts.

In Lea's case I never believed she and Cory were anything more than a PR couple. My problem with her relationship with Matt was I just felt he was using her as a step on the ladder of fame. I could not see why she'd be stupid enough to date him and get him work. Lust is blind I guess, in any case that is one relationship I'm happy to see end, it was in no way a relationship of equals.

Edited February 24, 2016 by Casual Viewing

[tom87]

While I don't think it was true in this case it's not exactly an outlandish suggestion. I can think of several reasons Lea might want people to think she has a boyfriend when she doesn't. She wouldn't be the first Hollywood star to do such a thing, she would be the first glee star it's been suggested about either.

I wasn't implying it never happens.

 

I was giving reasons  why in this case it would seem a silly notion becasue all it did was give her flack and questioned his motives.   No management team is going to pick  a gigolo to have their "grieving " young star as the person to fake date and roll that new date out just weeks before the anniversary of the her old BF death  imo.

 

 

 

I should have added a emoticon after that last sentence I was being facetious. But I am going to have to stop reading gossip sites :-) I've got the point where I'm starting to believe that 80% of Hollywood actors are gay or bi and many of them are in bearded contracts or PR contracts.

In Lea's case I never believed she and Cory were anything more than a PR couple. My problem with her relationship with Matt was I just felt he was using her as a step on the ladder of fame. I could not see why she'd be stupid enough to date him and get him work. Lust is blind I guess, in any case that is one relationship I'm happy to see end, it was in no way a relationship of equals.

 

What work did she get him?

[Casual Viewing]

I read on one site awhile back that she got him a job promoting clothes and brands. Same site also predicted that unless she ended up pregnant they'd be over as a couple by early 2016. It was implied that he was just using her as a free meal ticket and if things didn't go as planned he'd dump her.

[tom87]

 Oh well I only ever saw of him were pictures with her and they seemed happy for a while at least.  Probably will never heard from him again so adios. :)

 

Oh well she is out and about tonight and moving on.......

 

Edited February 24, 2016 by tom87

[Bill1978]

As the picture of Lea zoomed up I thought the photo had been censored. Then I realised it was just the design of the outfit. Oops.

[Sara2009]

Gossip is like a game of Telephone, so I tend to take it with a HUGE grain of salt. Sometimes the info is true, but quite often it turns out to be distorted or even completely false.

[fakeempress]

Interviews with Alex about his EP and going on tour with Adam Lambert next week. 

 

10 Qs: Alex Newell on Religion, Beyoncé, and His Debut EP POWER

 

Honey, He's Got This

 

The club/dance sound suits him well. 

[camussie]

Lea went to a Diane von Furstenberg charity event last night and her look was fantastic.  You can see it here.  At times, like many a petite actress, her red carpet/event looks are obviously made for someone taller.  This time it isn't.  It fits her to perfection and the black and gold look so good with her skin tone.  

Edited February 26, 2016 by camussie

[caracas1914]

She lasted two years with the guy, which seems way too long for a PR stunt, though let's be real, nowadays that's practically a lifetime committment.