Lady Gaga Loves Glee!

Hot on the heels of the Madonna episode, Glee paid tribute to Lady Gaga Tuesday, drawing praise from the often-imitated star.

“I love Glee,” the singer told Entertainment Weekly. “I went to a musical theatre school, and used to dream that someday the students would be singing my songs.”

Tuesday's episode saw New Directions do just that, when the club’s female vocalists — and Kurt — donned some of Gaga’s most memorable looks to rock the auditorium with “Bad Romance.”

But it was Rachel’s duet with Shelby of “Poker Face” that stole the show — a shared final moment between the mother-daughter pair after Shelby came clean about being unprepared for full-time motherhood.

And what did Broadway vet Idina Menzel think of tackling the showstopper?

“I don’t channel Lady Gaga,” Menzel told MTV. “I’m just in awe of Lady Gaga.”

Idina Menzel Spills Glee Secrets –- Sort Of

Broadway star Idina Menzel whetted the appetite of Glee fans when she appeared on the hit show earlier this season, but her brief guest spot -– playing the leader of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline –- raised more questions than answers.

“There is much more to her than has been revealed in the first episode that I was in,” the actress, who made out with recording artist Matthew Morrison‘s character Will Schuester, tells E! Online. “I will say that her intentions are not quite evil. She’s going to unravel more and show a different side to her personality.”

Whether she’s planning to sabotage the McKinley High glee club or to romance Mr. Schuester, the bigger question is: What is her relationship to influential person Lea Michele, who has a striking resemblance to Menzel?

For months fans have speculated that Menzel will play Michele’s biological mother, a character who has so far been absent from the show.

“Maybe I’m going to be Lea’s lesbian lover,” Menzel jokes. “You never know!” However, she adds, “That would probably be really inappropriate because she’s playing [a character who is] 16.”

In fact, Menzel says the writers have created a “nice resolution for my character at the end of the season,” but she could still be back for more.

“I don’t fall into a hole and break every bone in my body or something,” she says. “I don’t know if I’ll be back. I would certainly love to and they have discussed it.”

New Release Tuesday!

Here are this week's new releases on Blu-Ray, DVD and CD including "Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers" featuring performances by the Glee cast with Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris and Olivia Newton-John).



MOVIES
Extraordinary Measures
The Girl on the Tran
Invictus
The Messanger
The Spy Next Door
Valetine's Day
When You're Stranger: A Film About The Doors

MUSIC
The Black Keys - Brothers
Bo Bice - 3
Glee: The Music, Volume 3 - Showstoppers
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Jimmy Buffet - Encores
Macy Gray - The Sellout
Moby - Wait For Me. Remixes!
The Rolling Stone - Exile On Main Street

TV SHOWS
The Barbara Stanwyck Show - Volume 2
California Dreams - 3rd Season
The Greatest American Hero - Complete Series
Hunter - 2nd Season
The Jeff Dunham Show - Complete Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent - 5th Year
30 Days - 3rd Season & Complete Series
21 Jump Street - 2nd Season

A Glee Romance: Will Emma and Will Couple Up?

Get ready for a full-blown Gleek-out! Not only are the stars of the FOX’s hit musical comedy singing about plot twists and guest stars — Olivia Newton-John! Idina Menzel! More Kristin Chenoweth! — the show’s launching a nationwide talent search to add gifted future stars to the cast.

FOX executives have revealed that in February, the network will begin scouring the country for undiscovered talent between, ages 16 to 26, to fill three new roles in the show’s newly announced season 2. The search will be documented in a multi-part reality special, which will culminate in the unveiling of the new cast members on Glee’s season premiere in the fall.

“We were going to do a nationwide search regardless,” FOX president Kevin Reilly told reporters Monday, noting that some of the original cast, like Chris Colfer, were discovered that way. “So we decided to let the audience in as a part of that. There will not be formal voting. The audience will not decide, but the audience will certainly participate. They will give us their opinions on who they want and who they like.”

READY FOR ROMANCE?

When Glee returns April 13th, will choir director Will (Matthew Morrison), who was distraught after discovering his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) faked her pregnancy, be on a fast track to romance with guidance counselor Emma (Jayma Mays)?

Not so fast, says Mays, who attended FOX’s Winter TCA party. “[Series creator] Ryan Murphy said that it’s his job as a writer to keep us apart,” she says. “I was like, ‘Actually, you know what? That’s right and that makes sense.’ Otherwise people won’t have anything to root for. Practically speaking, Emma’s a smart girl and she’s a practical girl, and so she wouldn’t jump into a relationship with a man that’s technically not even separated.”

On the other side of the romantic triangle, Gilsig hints that she may be exploring Terri’s more vulnerable side — possibly through song. “I think it’s going to happen,” says Gilsig. “I never say it’s done until we’ve shot it. I want just a little softer side of Terri … We’ll let her have a life outside of this panic that she was in. [But] I don’t think she’s ever going to turn into Emma. I think she’ll always have an edge.”

Meanwhile, the show choir’s internal dramas will continue to heat up McKinley High. Dianna Agron said her ex-Cheerio character Quinn is “still pregnant and just focusing on moving past the ‘woe is me’ moments of being pregnant, so it’s fun again! She’s back to her old spunky ways and we’re learning so much more about all the characters, whether it be at home with their families or in the school.”

GUEST STARS GALORE

In addition to more of Chenoweth, who appeared earlier this season as former glee-club star April Rhodes, the cast is excited to be joined by Menzel and Newton-John. Of former Wicked star Menzel, Cory Monteith says, “I haven’t gotten to meet her yet but she’s around. I could sense her extremely talented presence somewhere on set today.” But will Menzel being playing the birth mother of Rachel, as has been speculated due to her strong resemblance to series star Lea Michele? “No, not Lea’s mom,” declares Gilsig cryptically. “It’s going to be interesting.”

And Jane Lynch reveals that the show’s arch villainess, Cheerios coach Sue Sylvester, will perform a duet with another amazing guest star: “I have two songs this season,” Lynch says. “One is ‘Let’s Get Physical’ with Olivia Newton-John.”

Lynch is already plotting out her first meeting with the iconic star of Grease. “I’m going to treat it just like how I treated working with Carol Burnett, which almost made me have an aneurysm,” she said. “You just go there and you relax and you don’t ask any questions and you try to be as normal as possible. Carol Burnett was so lovely. By the end of it, we were friends and she had told me a bunch of stories without me even asking, because I was like a crazy sycophant-type person. My plan is the same with Olivia Newton-John. I’m just going to be as normal as I can be.”

Wicked Star Idina Menzel Not Coming to Glee, Yet!

Gleeks have been geeking out over the possibility of Broadway star Idina Menzel sweeping her way onto the hit FOX show Glee, but don’t get your broomsticks out just yet.

“I don’t know what I’m doing with Idina yet,” show creator Ryan Murphy said at a Hollywood Radio and Television Society panel on Wednesday. “I just met with her once. It sort of got leaked, but I haven’t plotted it out yet.”

Menzel, who originated the role of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West in the hit Broadway musical Wicked, and Lea Michele, the actress who plays Rachel Berry on Glee and sang Wicked’s signature number “Defying Gravity,” look a lot alike, a fact not lost on Menzel nor her husband, Private Practice star Taye Diggs, who recently said, “We knew that [resemblance] existed far, far before the TV world did.” That resemblance has some hoping the Tony-winner will play the biological mother of Rachel, who is the proud daughter of two gay dads.

While fans will have to wait to see what, if anything, Murphy comes up with, Glee will ease on down the road for Kristin Chenoweth, who played Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked. Chenoweth will return as former McKinley High glee club star April Rhodes in the spring.

“I know Kristin has a huge episode,” Murphy said. “She’s coming back because we write that for her, but there are some other people coming that I can’t say, but they are big music people, so I’m very excited!”

Idina Menzel is in Talks to Join ‘Glee’ Cast

Broadway beauty Idina Menzel is in negotiations to land a recurring role on Glee, THR reports.

The 38-year-old singer and actress is expected to appear in the back nine episodes of the first season and would play the coach to rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline.

Idina’s Wicked co-star, Kristin Chenoweth, also appeared on Glee earlier in the season, playing a down-on-her-luck singer with a penchant for drinking.

Glee’s will return on April 13, 2010 after American Idol finishes its run.

Wicked’s Idina Menzel Would ‘Love’ to be on Glee

Following a guest stint by her Broadway costar Kristin Chenoweth and Glee club captain Rachel’s (Lea Michele) show-stopping rendition of “Defying Gravity” (from the hit musical Wicked), it seems Broadway’s original green witch, Idina Menzel, may pay a visit to McKinley High.

“I know that she would love [to guest star on Glee],” Menzel’s husband, Private Practice star Taye Diggs told Fancast of the Gleek community’s desire to see the Tony-winner play the biological mother of Rachel, who is the proud daughter of two gay dads.

Adding that Michele — who originated the role of Wendla in the Broadway play Spring Awakening — and Menzel are “fans of each other,” Diggs acknowledged the pair’s uncanny resemblance, saying “We knew that existed far, far before the TV world did.”

A Broadway vet himself, having starred in Rent opposite his future wife, Diggs praised the caliber of Glee’s singing and dancing cast, saying he and his wife TiVo the show every week, and “are just so happy to see a lot of these theater kids get the opportunity to do some television work.”

Meet Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel's Son

Is he a Broadway baby in the making? Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel offered fans a glimpse of son Walker, 2 weeks, in a family portrait released Tuesday.

Walker, the first child for the Rent stars, was born on September 2nd.

Menzel and Diggs, both 38, met while starring in the 1996 Broadway production of Rent. They wed in January 2003.

Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Welcome a Son

It's a boy for Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel. The couple welcomed a son, Walker Diggs, on Wednesday.

"Mother, father and son are all doing well," the reps said in a statement.

The Broadway belters announced the pregnancy in March, later sharing that the baby was a boy.

Although they had a few names in mind, Diggs said they were waiting to make a final decision.

"We have a couple [names] in the running," the Private Practice star explained. "But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We'll see what he looks like."

Walker is the first child for Menzel and Diggs, who are both 38 and met on the 1996 Broadway production of Rent. They wed in January 2003.

Taye Diggs & Idina Menzel Ready to Meet Baby Boy

Eagerly awaiting the birth of their son early next month, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel have picked out just about everything he is going to need – except a name.

"We have a spot in New York and one [in Los Angeles]," the Private Practice star told People during a recent visit to the show's set. "[Idina] has both nurseries done. She did them herself, painted them, and today she's putting together a bassinet. We've picked out our doula. My wife is so on it!"

The pair, who celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary in January, are holding off on naming their baby, who is due on Sept. 6. "We have a couple [names] in the running," Diggs, 38, shares. "But part of us wants to see what he hits us with when we see him. We'll see what he looks like."

The actor adds that having talked parenthood with so many friends, he's eager to experience it for himself. "Everyone keeps telling me how amazing it's going to be. Once the birth happens, everything is going to change on every level," he says. "I'm very excited."

Idina Menzel & Taye Diggs Expecting Son

Taye Diggs and his wife, Broadway star Idina Menzel, are expecting a son, In Touch is reporting.

“They are so excited to have a boy,” an insider says. “Taye especially is over the moon and can’t stop talking about all the things he’ll do with him!” The Private Practice star and his wife first met while starring in Rent in 1996 and married in 2003, but Idina had been working on her career.

“I want kids. As soon as my wife says the word, I’m there,” Taye has said.

This is the first child for Taye, 38, and Idina, 37.

Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel Are Expecting

Broadway belters Taye Diggs, 38, and Idina Menzel, 37, are expecting their first baby.

The longtime couple, who met on the 1996 Broadway production of "Rent" and married in January 2003, will welcome their new arrival later this year.

Diggs costars on the ABC drama "Private Practice" and Menzel won a Tony Award for her turn in the 2003 Broadway production of the musical "Wicked".