Corey Monteith Was In Rehab At 19!

Corey Monteith has sensationally revealed that by that age of 19 he had checked into rehab to help conquer his addiction to drugs and alcohol.

The Glee actor spoke to Parade magazine about his difficult past, describing how he was regularly missing school to go and get drunk at 13, and that he dropped out of education altogether at 16.

Corey explained how he used to do "anything and everything - as much as possible." He added "I'm lucky to be alive."

Eventually, Corey's family caught him stealing money from a relative to fund his habit, and demanded that he got the help he needed;

"At that point the family came together and basically said 'If you don’t get yourself under control, we are going to go to the police and press charges'. This became a serious wake up call."

Wow. Hopefully Corey's admission about his history, coupled with his amazing turnaround and success, will inspire other young people who think they might have a problem to get help.

C xx

Lindsay and Glee: Not Friends.

Just as Lindsay Lohan kissed and made up with the cast of Glee for referencing her in their episode with Gwyneth Paltrow, they go and spoil it by putting her mother, Dina, on their fictional 'Losers of the Year' list from the most recent episode. Apparently, Linds is not getting really annoying, with friends saying that she just wants the show to "mind its own business" and stop picking on her and her family.

To be fair, they make it pretty easy to pick on them...perhaps if Dina stopped famewhoring, and the family learned how to take a joke, it wouldn't be such a big deal.

Lea Michele Is Too Sexy...Again.

After raising eyebrows with the 'naughty schoolgirl' themed shoot she did for GQ with Glee co-stars Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith, Lea Michele is again at the centre of an uproar about her latest magazine cover, for the U.S edition of Cosmopolitan.

The picture, above, shows her with a very low cut top, which seems to be the cause of the problem. A mother from New York, Kim Trefcer, complained to Fox News "I think Lea Michele is sending the wrong message. She plays such a 'good girl' on Glee and a lot of kids look up to her persona. Then she poses very provocatively on two magazine covers which makes my almost-13-year-old son very confused and offended.

To be honest, love, the only ones who would even run with this story saying that the picture is offensive is Fox News, and maybe the Daily Mail here in the UK. I'm sure your 13-year-old son is neither confused or offended, and if he is it's probably because you're drawing attention to the fact that he had a reaction to a sexy picture. SO embarrassing, Mum. Lea Michele is 24 years old, and able to do what she wants. The picture on Cosmo isn't even that sexy, and they've had to airbrush a chest onto her, as she's not got much up top since she lost so much weight.

I get the furore over the GQ shoot, as they were set in a school and clearly pandering to the schoolgirl image on Glee, but this cover is pretty much the same as any other. And anyway, surely the writing on the cover is far more offensive? Here's a tip: Don't give Cosmo to your 13-year-old son. He'll hide it under his bed and you'll never see it again.

Oscar Performance Updates

 
I hear that there have been some great choices to perform at this year's Oscars ceremony. Fairly predictably, but also pretty fantastically, home-grown superstars Florence and the Machine will be onstage. However, they won't be showcasing any of their own tunes, instead playing Dido's Oscar-nominated song 'If I Rise', from the film 127 Hours. Dido herself has said that she has a prior engagement, which must be of really huge importance if it means missing the chance to perform at such a huge event as the Academy Awards. I think Florence and the Machine will be a great replacement, though, and I'm sure they'll do Dido proud.

Also slated for a performance is Gwyneth Paltrow, who is said to be singing a song from her new film, Country Strong. Judging by the show-stealing performances on her guest episode of Glee, Gwyneth should be great, and perhaps it will be another way of demonstrating to people that she's not just a sour-puss macrobiotic diet yoga-queen.