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Darren Criss’ ‘Glee’ Debut Makes History

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 1:30pm PSTTags: Darren Criss, Darren Criss Glee, Darren Criss Glee Regular, Glee Casting, Glee Music, TV
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This should seal Darren Criss’ deal to become a regular on Glee. The show’s producers just announced that Glee‘s rendition of Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream debuted at #1 in digital track sales with 214,000 tracks sold, the first time a Glee track has done so. (Glee‘s signature song, cast’s version of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’ reached #2 in May 2009.)  The feat is very impressive as the song’s performers don’t include a single member of the core Glee cast. Criss sang the solo literally seconds after his character was introduced on the show as a recurring.

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‘Glee’ To Promote Darren Criss To Regular

By MICHAEL AUSIELLO, TV Columnist | Wednesday November 10, 2010 @ 12:14pm PSTTags: Darren Criss, Darren Criss Glee, Darren Criss Glee Regular, Fox Glee, Glee, Glee Casting, Glee Season 3, TV, Video

EXCLUSIVE: Darren Criss is hitting all the right notes with his new Glee bosses. Hot on the heels of his well-received debut last night as Kurt’s gay role model Blaine, the actor/singer/songwriter is in talks to become a … Read More »

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‘Glee’ Taps Newcomer For New Role

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 26, 2010 @ 10:10am PDTTags: Chord Overstreet, Cory Monteith, Glee, Glee Casting, John Stamos
Nellie Andreeva

There had been a lot of buzz surrounding a new character that will be introduced on Fox’s Glee next season, a new member of the New Directions glee club at the center of the show. After a several rounds of testing a large pool of newcomers, Chord Overstreet was just cast in the recurring role of Sam, a McKinley high school athlete who starts off as Finn (Cory Monteith)’s protégé but becomes his competition. Read More »

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