Elton John May Appear on Glee

Elton John has been in talks about appearing on Glee.

Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester in the show, said she had encouraged the gay legend to meet series co-creator Ryan Murphy without realising the pair had already discussed the idea.

She told Access Hollywood: “I said, ‘You should be on it!’ And he said he and Ryan just had coffee or something and they talked about that, so that would be really fun.”

Meanwhile, Matthew Morrison, who plays Will Schuester, said recently that John could appear as a love interest for Sue.

He said: “We should find a spot for him to be on the show. That would be awesome. He’s a living legend. He just brings such a great energy and a great validity to everything he does.

“He should do something with Jane Lynch. I think he should maybe play her boyfriend or some kind of love interest for her. I think that would be fun.”

The Social Network is Golden at the Globes

The Social Network has virtually locked in its Best Film Oscar after landing four big awards at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

Just two days after picking up the main prize at the Critics Choice Awards, the film won top honors at the Globes, while there were also accolades for David Fincher (Best Director), Aaron Sorkin (Best Screenplay) and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Best Score).

The night's big loser was The King's Speech, which led all nominations with seven, but went home with only one - a Best Actor gong for Oscars favourite Colin Firth.

The ceremony's highlight came when Michael Douglas took the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to hand out the Best Motion Picture (Drama) award a week after announcing he was winning his cancer battle.

The healthy looking movie veteran received a standing ovation and then joked, "There's gotta be an easier way of getting a standing ovation... I'm very very happy to be here tonight."

Alongside Firth, Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version), Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) and Natalie Portman (Black Swan) won the night's top acting awards for comedy and dramatic movies, while Christian Bale and Melissa Leo claimed the Best Supporting Actor and Actress drama prizes for their roles in boxing drama The Fighter.

In the TV categories, Glee and Boardwalk Empire were the only multiple winners - Glee claimed Best Comedy or Musical Series, while stars Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer won acting honors. Boardwalk Empire was named Best Drama Series and its star Steve Buscemi landed a Best Actor prize.

Other TV acting honors went to Claire Danes, Al Pacino, Jim Parsons, Katey Sagal and Laura Linney.

The full list of winners is:

MOVIES
Best Motion Picture (Drama) - The Social Network
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) - Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) - Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical) - The Kids Are All Right
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical) - Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical) - Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Christian Bale
Best Animated Feature Film - Toy Story 3
Best Foreign Language Film - In a Better World (Denmark)
Best Director - David Fincher (The Social Network)
Best Screenplay - Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
Best Original Score - The Social Network by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Best Original Song - You Haven't Seen The Last of Me by Diane Warren/Cher (Burlesque)

TELEVISION
Best Television Series (Drama) - Boardwalk Empire
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series (Drama) - Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series (Drama) - Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Best Television Series (Comedy Or Musical) - Glee
Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series (Comedy Or Musical) - Laura Linney (The Big C)
Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series (Comedy Or Musical) - Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television - Carlos
Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Claire Danes (Temple Grandin)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Al Pacino (You Don't Know Jack)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Jane Lynch (Glee)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Chris Colfer (Glee)

Cecil B. DeMille Award - Robert De Niro

Glee's Jane Lynch: "Straight Audiences Not Ready For Gay Actors in Leading Roles"

At the Fox Television Critics Association Winter Tour party on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Emmy award-winning actress Jane Lynch was on hand to promote the upcoming season of Glee. Michael Jensen from AfterElton.com had the chance to ask the out actress about the issue of gay actors not being cast in straight leading roles.

Here is what Lynch, a Hollywood veteran, had to say on the subject.

AfterElton: Jane, this week The Daily Beast ran an article talking about gay actors not getting cast in straight parts, and I’m just wondering what your experience in Hollywood tells you about where we’re at with gay actors. I mean, there are a lot of gay actors getting work right now but what about the leading roles? When do you think we’ll see more of that?
Jane Lynch: I don’t know when or if that will ever happen. I think because since most of the world is straight — and maybe we'll get to a place where this will happen — most of the world is straight and we want the audience to project their hopes and dreams for love and romance onto those actors. And if it’s not in some way possible, maybe never probably, in their mind that it could never happen, then they're not going to do it. You know, most people are straight, and I think that’s probably why.

AE: So you think audience acceptance is keeping networks and casting directors from making…
JL: Yes. This is a business of projection and desiring people from afar. And watching people go through trials and tribulations, so there has got to be some truth to it, in terms of, "I could see myself with that person." Because the leading man and lady are the person we want them to fall in love with, and most of the audience is straight. So for right now, we can only use straight actors.

Look, I’ve never -- as far as I know, it’s been behind my back if it has — I’ve never been turned down for a role because I’m gay. I’m a character actor, and that’s probably why. I don’t find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. Have I ever been turned down? I don’t know because you never know when you don’t get something or why you didn’t get it. But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.

AE: I just want to follow up because I want to make sure I don’t misquote you and that you understood the question.
JL: Oh, are you afraid I said something terrible and you’re going to use it as a headline? “Jane Lynch doesn’t think blah blah blah!”

AE: I don’t want to put something in a context that is inaccurate. What I understood you to say was you thought audiences, it was going to be very hard for openly gay actors to get those lead roles…
JL: Right.

AE: Because audiences weren’t going to accept them?
JL: Yep.

AE: A lot of people’s reaction might be, “Everybody knows that so and so isn’t a killer or isn’t really an astronaut, but audiences don't have any trouble ..."
JL: Oh, I know. But what they want, what studios want, is for people to project their hopes and their dreams for romance onto these people, and I think that’s what stops them from casting gay people.

AE: So you think it’s the studios?
JL: Studios. It’s everybody looking at the bottom-line.

AE: Ok, because audiences will have a hard time if they know…
JL: That the actors is gay, yeah. Yeah. Now I, as a 50-year-old woman and a lesbian, could probably do [it], because I’m not 25. I could probably do a romantic straight thing, which I’ve done before. Because I’m not a young ... I think they want their young Romeo/Juliet archetypes to be straight.

Carol Burnett Talks About Guest Stint on “Glee”

I'm sure many fans of the Carol Burnett show are looking forward to Carol Burnett's guest appearance on Glee as Sue Sylvester’s Nazi hunter mom as much as I am.

Carol Burnett chatted with TV Guide about her Glee guest stint. Here is an excerpt:

TV Guide Magazine: You’ve played a lot of mothers before, but probably not a lot of Nazi hunters.
Burnett: Let me think back now [laughs] — this must be a first. I knew I was going to play [Sue's] mother, but somebody said, “You have to go on the Internet and see about your character!” I looked it up on the Internet and that’s when I found out I was a former Nazi hunter. I started to laugh. At least she was on our side!

TV Guide Magazine: Describe Doris Sylvester.
Burnett: She’s retired. They caught the last Nazi. You get the idea where Sue got her temperament from. This mother makes Sue Sylvester look like Mother Teresa.

TV Guide Magazine: You and Jane Lynch sing “Ohio” from the musical Wonderful Town. Who’s idea was that?
Burnett: My husband and I were having dinner and he said, “Why don’t you do ‘Ohio,’ since your character’s coming back to [the show's setting of] Ohio? You could sing, ‘Why, oh why, oh why, oh — did I ever leave Ohio?’” I talked to [Glee co-creator] Ryan Murphy — and nobody [at the show] knew the song because they’re all so young. I said, “Listen to it and see what you think.” They thought it was great. It’s funny, [later] they called my assistant and said, “We’re going to send over the music. We don’t know if Miss Burnett knows this song or not.” [Laughs]

TV Guide Magazine: Tell me about working with Jane Lynch.
Burnett: I love locking eyeballs with her because she is a consummate comedian. She knows exactly how to say it and whether or not it will land — and it does every time. And Jane can really sing. In this duet she does the harmony, so it doesn’t show off her voice the way it should. But I think they should give her major singing [scenes] because she’s really musical.

TV Guide Magazine: And the other cast members?
Burnett: All of my scenes were with Jane. [But] during a break I watched them do a tribute to “Singin’ in the Rain.” I said, “My God, it really is like going back to the good old days with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.” All the kids were wonderful and Matt [Morrison] was dancing up a storm and [guest star] Gwyneth Paltrow was terrific.

TV Guide Magazine: Will you do just this one guest spot?
Burnett: I’m going back again for another episode. I have no idea what I’m going to be doing, but I trust them.

Jane Lynch: Sue Sylvester's Getting Married

No stranger to wedding bells herself, Jane Lynch's ever-scheming character on Glee, Sue Sylvester, is going to have a surprise wedding, the Emmy-winner said – who also reveals some other big moments coming to the show, including guest spots by Gwyneth Paltrow and Carol Burnett.

"Sue gets married – that's all I'm going to tell you," Lynch, who tied the knot with psychologist Laura Embry in June, said at the BAFTA/LA's Brittania Awards, where Betty White was honored.

"I probably shouldn't have said anything!," added Lynch, who would only say that the TV wedding will take place within the next three or four episodes – and it won't be a big musical blow-out.

Then there's Paltrow’s guest shot: "I did a couple of scenes with Gwyneth. She's got the goods," says Lynch, 50. "She can sing, she can dance. I really was [blown away]. I saw them doing a mash-up of 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'Umbrella,' and they are singing and dancing their hearts out, and Gwyneth is leading them. She's amazing."

As Lynch explained, "She's a substitute teacher for Will [Matthew Morrison]. Will gets the monkey flu and I expose him to it – I turn a sneezing kid on him so that he gets the monkey flu."

The upshot? "So Gwyneth Paltrow is the substitute, and the kids start to all love her. So there's kind of a rivalry between Schue and Gwyneth's character."

As for Sue's relationship with the new sub, "It's friendly – and then, of course, as with all relationships with Sue Sylvester, it turns antagonistic."

Her relationship with Burnett, when the comedy legend appears on the show, turns musical. Burnett will play Sue's Nazi-hunting mother. Says Lynch, an avid Burnett fan: "We sing '[Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave] Ohio' from Wonderful Town, the 1950s musical."

It's "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" Tonight!

It's Halloween. What's a Gleek to do? Let's put on The Rocky Horror Picture Show is what Will (Matthew Morrison decides to do!

The reason that New Directions is putting its spin on the 1975 cult classic (at least according to the plot) is that Emma's (Jayma Mays) a big fan and Will wants to impress Emma, so... it's time for "Time Warp."

That's Kurt (Chris Colfer) underneath the bald Riff-Raff wig, by the way. Movie alums Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf are in the guest cast, playing station managers at the TV station where Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) hurls her "As Sue Sees It" darts. And, yes, Sue's scheming to stop the show.

The Halloween-themed episode will be broadcast tonight at 8:00 pm (ET) on FOX.

Glee's Jane Lynch Poses for More Racy Photos

Always one to one-up the kids of McKinley High in her role as Sue Sylvester, Glee star Jane Lynch didn't pass up the opportunity to show the world what those stuffy sweatsuits on the show cover up.

While she may not be posing panty-clad next to a locker, like Lea Michele, or rocking a skimpy school uniform, like Dianna Agron, Lynch does prove in a photoshoot for More magazine that she can get racy, too.

The actress, 50, dons a leopard print ensemble in one picture and cozies up to a furry friend in another, all the while sharing the tongue-in-cheek photo-op with hunky, half-naked men.

But Glee's Cheerios coach has a serious side, as she reveals in an accompanying interview. She has been sober for nearly 10 years after she decided to ditch her "drinking culture" roots when she was 31. Although she says her problem was mild, she says she was sick of waking up hungover.

"Relatively speaking, my personal bottom was rather benign," she says. She'd joke at 12-step meetings, "Had I know I'd be telling my story over and over again, I would have made it a lot better."

The actress is settling down with her wife, psychologist Lara Embry, whom she met last year at a lesbian rights fundraiser.

"I'd never dated anyone that I wanted to marry," she says. "I didn't think it was going to be out there for me. But the minute we were married, I felt the difference. I felt like I am no longer alone."

And it's a double-high note: "I got married – and I married a doctor!"

Glee's Jane Lynch Tells Ellen DeGeneres She Inspired Her to Come Out

Emmy winner Jane Lynch visited to Emmy winner Ellen DeGeneres yesterday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

During the interview, Jane spoke about coming out in Hollywood and told Ellen: “I was more closeted in my life when I was younger,” confessed Jane.

But Jane wasn’t very secretive about her sexuality in her career, in part, due to Ellen publicly professing herself to be a lesbian back in 1997 both on her sitcom and on the cover of Time Magazine with the headline: “Yep, I’m Gay.”.

“It made it so much easier for me when you [came out],” she said.

Jane, who pre-Glee was already well-regarded character actress from such films as Best In Show and The 40 Year Old Virgin, added that it might have been harder for her to be honest about her sexuality if she were a Julia Roberts-type actor. In response, Ellen quipped, “So you’re saying Julia Roberts is gay?”

“That’s what I’m saying,” Lynch joked.

It was great to have two openly-gay women having this kind of discussion on a nationally syndicated daytime talk show.

Glee returns to FOX next week for a second season.

New Release Tuesday!

Here's a list of what's new today on Blu-Ray, CD and DVD including the complete first season of Glee starring: Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer.

MOVIES

Boogie Woogie (B)

Casino Jack: The United States of Money

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (B)

Just Wright (B)

Letters to Juliet (B)

Looking for Eric

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: 35th Anniversary Edition (B)

Paper Man (B)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (B)

MUSIC

Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One

Linkin Park - A Thousand Guns

Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel

Olivia Newton-John - Grace and Gratitude Renewed

Robert Plant - Band of Joy

Stand Up to Cancer 2010

Trey Sonz - Passion, Pain and Pleasure

Weezer - Hurley

TV SHOWS

The Big Bang Theory - 3rd Season (B)

The Commish - 2nd Season

Designing Women - 4th Season

Fringe - 2nd Season (B)

Glee - 1st Season, Volume 2: Road to Regionals & Complete 1st Season (B)

The Good Wife - 1st Season

Grey's Anatomy - 6th Season

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 5th Season (B)

Leave It To Beaver - 4th Season

Private Practice - 3rd Season

Renegade - 2nd Season

Robin Hood - Complete Series

Rules of Engagement - 3rd Season

Sherlock Holmes - Complete Series

The Twilight Zone - 1st Season (B)

(B) - Available on Blu-Ray

Emmys Have a Mad, Modern Night

One old favorite and one new kid on the block took top Emmy honors.

Mad Men won the outstanding drama series for the third consecutive year on Sunday night, while Modern Family was named outstanding comedy series.

A 14-time nominee, ABC's ensemble comedy netted an early win for supporting actor Eric Stonestreet, who plays the loveable Cameron Tucker.

"All I wanted to be was a clown in the circus when I was a kid growing up," the first-time winner, who called the gig "the most amazing job ever," said onstage.

Another freshman series, Glee, collected an award for director Ryan Murphy and Jane Lynch, who won outstanding supporting actress in a comedy for her role as the scheming Sue Sylvester.

In a shout-out to the ensemble cast, she joked, "I love you. You're young and you're wonderful. You're fresh-faced, and when I'm not seething with jealousy, I'm so proud of you."

First-Time Winners

It was a recurring theme during the three-hour telecast from L.A.'s Nokia Theatre: Many first-time nominees were rewarded with Emmys, especially on the dramatic front, where a fleet of new faces won.

Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul nabbed outstanding supporting actor in a drama, while The Good Wife's Archie Panjabi picked up outstanding supporting actress in a drama. And The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick won outstanding leading actress in a drama after four previous nominations.

One exception: Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, who took home the outstanding actor in a drama trophy for the third consecutive year. Noting his esteemed fellow nominees, he expressed his gratitude, saying, "I'm so humbled and amazed to be in your company."

Edie Falco claimed outstanding actress in a comedy for Nurse Jackie and Jim Parsons won outstanding actor in a comedy for The Big Bang Theory.

Kate Dances ... Again

Emmy host Jimmy Fallon kicked things off with little help from Glee and Kate Gosselin, who laced up her dancing shoes once again after a less-than-lauded turn on Dancing with the Stars.

In addition, the host recruited an A-list team – including Tina Fey, Kate Gosselin, Jane Lynch, Randy Jackson, Jon Hamm and Betty White – for a zippy musical number. The group performed Bruce Springsteen's propulsive hit "Born to Run" after a short skit in which the Glee kids said they couldn't afford tickets to the awards show.

Gosselin, who famously earned low marks on Dancing with the Stars, poked fun at herself, teasing with Fallon and his crew, "I can help [with the performance]; I'm a great dancer."

Here's a list of all the winners from last night's telecast:

Outstanding Comedy Series: Modern Family
Outstanding Drama Series: Mad Men
Lead Actress in a Comedy: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lead Actor in a Comedy: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Supporting Actress in a Comedy: Jane Lynch, Glee
Supporting Actor in a Comedy: Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Lead Actress in a Drama: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Lead Actor in a Drama: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actor in a Drama: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Supporting Actress in a Drama: Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Reality-Competition Program: Top Chef
Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program: Jeff Probst, Survivor

Kurt's Glee Boyfriend: Tall Blond with "Pouty Lips"

It looks like Kurt will finally get his star quarterback on Glee.

No, we're not talking a romance with Finn, but...

Rumors that new cast member Chord Overstreet will play Chris Colfer's on-screen boyfriend appear to be true.

"They've cast him already," Jane Lynch told E! Online at the Audi and Chopard Emmy party when we asked about Kurt's much-anticpiated love interest. "He becomes the new star quarterback and he's going to be Kurt's boyfriend."

While Lynch said she couldn't remember the name of the actor who is playing Kurt's beau, she described the lucky guy as "a good looking kid."

"He's tall, boyish with straight blonde hair and big fat, pouty lips," she said.

Sounds like Overstreet to us.

Overstreet, who has appeared on iCarly, recently joined Glee as Sam Evans, a footballing transfer student who first befriends Finn, but eventually becomes his nemesis.

Show poobah Ryan Murphy remains tight-lipped about the upcoming romance. "We're working on it," he teased at the Creative Arts Emmys.

Murphy did say that Rachel and Finn will be very much together next season. As for skirt-chasing Puck, he said, "He's struggling. He's torn about who to have sex with next."

Carol Burnett to Appear on Glee

Glee is going to get even funnier!

Television comedy icon Carol Burnett will appear on an episode of FOX’s musical hit this fall, according to EW.com.

The six-time Emmy winner will play the Nazi-hunting mom of Jane Lynch‘s character, Sue Sylvester.

The Cheerios’ leader referenced her parents in an episode last season but, according to the report, Mama Sylvester will be heading to Lima, Ohio, solo.

The episode is expected to air in October or November.

Landing Burnett, whose own variety show hosted a bevy guest stars, is the latest in Glee news about tapping outside talent, since creator Ryan Murphy dropped names at Comic Con and at a recent Television Critics Association panel.

Glee Gets Reality TV Spin-off

Hit musical comedy Glee is getting the reality TV treatment, an unscripted spin-off is reportedly set to debut next year.

Bosses at cable TV network Oxygen have acquired syndication rights to the Fox channel's high school musical series starring Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch, with plans to begin airing reruns in 2013.

And network executives are planning to launch a reality companion series in the mean time, reports Entertainment Weekly. Details of the spin-off show have yet to be released.

A proposed Glee reality show, in which unknowns would compete to appear in episodes of the fictional show alongside its stars, was reportedly scrapped by Fox bosses last week.

Glee's Jane Lynch Enjoying a Happy Honeymoon

Newlywed Jane Lynch, now enjoying a honeymoon in Europe with wife Lara Embry, is finding marriage to be just as life-changing as she'd hoped.

"We both feel as though we now belong to each other," the Glee actress, 49, said at Sunday's British Academy Television Awards in London. "I have a family and a daughter, and I'm thrilled!"

The star of the hit Fox show is still feeling the afterglow of her Memorial Day wedding in Sunderland, Mass., in a small ceremony with friends and family, including Embry's daughter Haden, 8. "It was so wonderful," Lynch says. "It was so great."

The honeymooners – who recently spoke of their immediate attraction upon meeting in May 2009 – are heading to glamorous Monte Carlo after their time in London. "We've been to the Tate Modern. My wife loves modern art, and I'm getting there!" Lynch says. "We went to the Millennium Bridge and the King's Road for some shopping. We're having a great time."

Talking shop for a moment, Lynch hinted that Susan Boyle could soon make a cameo on Glee, possibly in the guise of a lunch lady. "Ryan Murphy, who created the show, has said he would definitely love for that to happen," says Lynch. "Susan Boyle is really popular with the cast. To me, she is the person who, despite how she looks, got out there and sung beautifully. Not that she's ugly or anything!"

But then, nothing would surprise Lynch about Glee. "Anything that I can think of for myself as Sue Sylvester pales in comparison to what they end up giving me," she says. "So, I just free my mind and go, 'Whatever you want me to do!' "

Tonight's the Season Finale of “Glee” with Guest Stars, Olivia Newton-John & Josh Grobin

Not that this show needs any guest stars to make it special, but tonight’s season one finale on FOX will feature Olivia Newton-John (her second appearance this season) and Josh Grobin.

The finale has some high stakes drama with the gang competing in Regionals and pregnant cheerleader, Quinn (Dianna Agron) will have her baby. But there will be plenty of laughs, Jane Lynch told E!.

“It’s our kids, New Directions, or as we like to call them, nude erections,” she says with a laugh. “Don’t think we didn’t have fun with that name immediately. Then there’s Vocal Adrenaline, which is Jesse St. James’ group. And then the third group is called Aural Intensity, which I think is the best ever. It all sounds like something else. But it’s “aural” with an “A.” You gotta love our writers. They keep you thinking.”

A Jazzy Wedding for Glee's Jane Lynch

It looks like Jane Lynch has something to be extra Gleeful about.

Although the actress hasn't made an official announcement, the Blue Heron restaurant in Sunderland, Massachusetts, reports that Lynch, 49, married psychologist Lara Embry in a small ceremony on Memorial Day.

"There were no celebrities or recognizable faces there," restaurant co-owner Deborah Snow stated. "Lara’s daughter was there, along with close, close friends of the couple. It was small, warm, intimate and very sweet. You could feel the love and friendship amongst the group."

After Monday's ceremony, in which a friend of Lynch's thanked the State of Massachusetts for being welcoming to gay and lesbian couples, the newlyweds and their 19 guests enjoyed a reception featuring a four-piece jazz combo.

Hors d’oeuvres included oysters, lobster triangles, Japanese crab salad, seared scallop with apple reduction and artichoke fritters with lemon aioli. For the main course: beet salad, striped bass with lemon buerre blanc, truffle mushroom salad, pan-seared breast of duck with duck confit, and herb salad.

The reception concluded around 10 p.m. with cheese plates and a house-made cake filled with chocolate mousse, vanilla butter cream and fresh strawberries.

Lynch and Embry have been engaged since November. Showing a soft spot not often exhibited by her character Sue Sylvester, Lynch gushed earlier this year: "It's just the greatest thrill in the world to find somebody that you want to be with every day."

Jane Lynch Chats About Her Upcoming Nuptials

I'm so happy for Jane Lynch.

She’s not only enjoying the role of a lifetime as Sue Sylvester on Glee but is experiencing the love of a lifetime with fiancee Lara Embry.

“It’s a great and wonderful thing at the tender age of 49 to have finally found somebody that I want to be with,” Jane said in a recent interview. “I’m so lucky. … “I’m looking forward to spending every day with this woman all the time, and we’re making that happen.”

Even though Jane’s singing has been a highlight of the last few episodes of Glee (first Madonna’s Vogue followed by Olivia Newton-John’s Physical) she isn’t planning to be the entertainment at the wedding: “I will not be singing and don’t expect any track suits at my wedding.”

So how is Jane like her TV alter-ego?

“I can be aggressive like her. One of the things Sue Sylvester is – she’s a warrior,” she said. “She’s always looking for a fight, and I go through stuff like that. With the wedding plans and even when I got to my hotel here in New York, I was looking for everything to be wrong and I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m doing my Sue Sylvester.’ “

Jane Lynch on Newsweek/Glee Controversy

Glee creator Ryan Murphy and occasional guest-star Kristin Chenoweth both released statements last week condemning the Newsweek article “Straight Jacket,” which claimed gay actors could not convincingly play straight characters. Murphy then announced that the article’s writer, Ramin Setoodeh, had agreed to visit with Murphy and his Glee writers.

Entertainment Weekly spoke with Glee star (and out lesbian) Jane Lynch, who applauded Murphy and Chenoweth’s statements but also believes that Setoodeh is allowed to have his own opinions. “The thing is, actors are actors: You can’t play gay anymore than you can play somebody who’s Catholic,” says Lynch. “Aaron Sorkin wrote a wonderful thing in the Huffington Post. I don’t think you have to slap somebody down for making an opinion that you don’t agree with. But I do think what Kristin and Ryan did was so important, and I’m glad that they said it. It doesn’t mean, ‘Off with [Setoodeh's] head.’ But I’m very glad, and I thought it was very heroic what the two of them did.”

Olivia Newton-John Gets "Physical" on Glee

Were you looking for Sandra Dee on Tuesday’s episode of Glee? Instead you got Olivia Newton-John in her "Physical" era.

For her guest appearance on FOX’s hit musical comedy, Olivia Newton-John showed off “the dark side of myself,” the Grease star said. “I’m not terribly nice. It’s a mixture of mean and diva. I don’t believe I have this side but it’s amazing how easy it came out!”

Playing herself, the singer called up McKinley High’s ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester after spotting a remake of her “Physical” video that the Glee club posted online. The two then join forces to improve on the project.

“It was really fun to see the set. They redid it exactly the way it was in the original video!” says Newton-John, 61, who put in a 12-hour day with Jane Lynch. With one exception: “We have our own version of the headband.”

“Just the experience of being dressed up in exercise gear and dancing and singing with Jane was funny,” continues Newton-John, who gave her costar Lluvia skin products as a thank you at the end of the shoot. “I’ve never laughed so hard, my jaw was sore by the time I left.”

The singer admits that she wasn’t a true “gleek” until recently, and growing up in Australia she was never a show choir kind of girl.

“I was part of the drama club. But I avoided choir because they always wanted me to do solos so I tried to get out of it,” says Newton-John, laughing. “I was shy.”

Glee Feels the Power of Madonna

Madonna’s music transformed the hallways of McKinley High into a Material World in Tuesday night’s much-anticipated Glee.

While Sue Sylvester has made her share of outrageous demands, none was ever quite so much fun as her order that Madonna’s hits be blasted over the loudspeakers continuously throughout the day. As Sue says, “There’s nobody quite like the Material Girl to inspire,” and Mr. Schuester can’t help but agree. When he notices the girls are all feeling taken advantage of by the boys, he assigns the glee club to interpret Madonna hits.

A few of the glee clubbers -– and even one of their teachers –- consider Madonna’s message when they’re all faced with the same challenge: having sex for the first time.

Finn finally gives in to Santana’s advances thinking it will make Rachel jealous. But afterward he acknowledges sadly that he still feels like a virgin because it didn’t mean anything. Rachel, on the other hand, ultimately resists the pressure to have sex with Jesse. When she tells him she refuses to sleep with the enemy, he quits Vocal Adrenaline and transfers to McKinley High. Even Emma decides to take control of herself and her body and “do the nasty” with Will – but just like Rachel, she quickly recognizes she’s not ready.

The members of glee club aren’t the only ones who need a lesson from her Madgesty this week. When Sue reveals her hatred for Will’s hair is rooted in jealousy because she bleached her hair in napalm as a child and has since been forced to wear it short, Mercedes and Kurt offer to reinvent the Cheerios coach.

The result of their efforts just might be the best four minutes of Glee yet: a shot-by-shot remake of Madonna’s “Vogue” music video starring Sue Sylvester.

The shoot inspires Sue to mix up her style. She even dons a version of Madonna’s iconic cone bra over her usual tracksuit combo. But with the help of Principal Figgins, Sue ultimately realizes that to express herself best, she doesn’t need to copy someone else. In exchange for their help –- or to shake up the glee club further — Sue offers Mercedes and Kurt a spot on the Cheerios.

If you missed it, and encore presentation will be shown Friday night on FOX.