The Nov. 8 episode of Glee was chock full of surprises: The Glee Project winner Blake Jenner made his debut, Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum, Jr.) made a triumphant return to McKinley High and Will (Matthew Morrison) and Emma (Jayma Mays) made a shocking decision regarding their relationship!

Searching For The Next Finn

Following his break up with Rachel (Lea Michele), Finn is a lost puppy — working in Mr. Hummel’s (Mike O’Malley) autoshop. With a little motivation from Artie (Kevin McHale), Finn is coerced into directing the school musical.

Finn struggles to find the “it factor” needed for the male lead, so he takes a page out of Mr. Schuster’s book and scouts the football team for the next Finn! Lo and behold, Riley (played by Blake) seems to fit the bill for whatever Finn is looking for — quirky, a loner and yet, charmingly HOT!

Finn tracks Riley down in study hall and persuades the perfect-looking specimen to audition for the school musical. It doesn’t take long before the two leading men are jamming out to “Juke Box Hero.” (Did anyone else pine over the glimpse of Riley’s abs? Lift the shirt a bit higher next time, please!)

Not only does Riley seem to fit in well as the next Finn, but he’s also maneuvering his way into Marley’s (Melissa Benoist) heart as well! While their interactions were simply platonic this week, I can totally see them as the new Finnchel! Don’t you agree? Out with the old, in with the new.

Long Lost Cast Members Return

While we certainly enjoyed Finn’s return in episode four, it was double the fun to get two more familiar faces during episode five — Mercedes and Mike! The long-lost cast members returned to help Finn feel comfortable back at high school, and more importantly, to teach the members of New Directions how to sing and dance like the scenes in Grease!

Mike’s return may have excited me, but it didn’t make Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) too happy. In fact, she kept her distance from her ex and wasn’t pleased with his presence. However, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel as the two shared a slight smile at the end of the episode.

Trouble For ‘Wemma’

Will readies himself to be a part of the blue ribbon panel to improve arts education in Washington, D.C. After Will and Emma participate in an awkward therapy session with Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones), the coach notices Emma’s disinterest in following Will to the state capital. She urges Emma to be honest with Will and not to give up on her dreams in the process of leading Will to his.

Emma has a heart to heart with Will and Beiste was right! Honesty really is the best policy. Thanks to her truthfulness, Will is happy to let Emma stay behind and continue what she loves doing — counseling students. They work out a split schedule, hammering out an alternating weekend type of scenario, and seem to be content with their future plans.

While they seem to be acting like two rationale adults, I can’t help but wonder if this will drive a wrench into the loving relationship between Will and Emma. Will we see another couple bite the dust?

In the final scene of the episode, and what seemed to be a full circle moment, Will offers Finn a position he can’t refuse — as the leader of the glee club! Unfortunately, we have to wait until next week to hear his decision!

What did YOU think of tonight’s episode, HollywoodLifers?

— Chris Rogers

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While at Siren Studios in Hollywood on January 26th, everyone was ready for Salt-N-Pepa to rock the house. All at the same time they were enjoying McDonald’s® Chicken McBites™. 90210 star Tristan Wilds also had his mind on the Super Bowl saying, “Giants, all day!” to anyone that would listen. But when he was spotted later in the night he was singing along and dancing to the classic Salt-N-Pepa hit “Let’s Talk About Sex.”

So HollywoodLifers, speaking of the Super Bowl and McDonald’s® Chicken McBites™, that just might be a match made in heaven. You would instantly be the life of the party if you brought them along with you! So make sure you go out and try them today and for the big game!

Russ Weakland

The Warner Bros. and InStyle Golden Globes after party at the Beverly Hilton last night was hopping with A-listers ready to get their grooves on — and no one was more excited to break it down than the cast of Glee.

HollywoodLife.com witnessed as cast members, including Jenna Ushkowitz, Mark Salling, Chord Overstreet and Harry Shum Jr., jokingly held a dance-off on the dance floor.

It should come as no surprise to you all that choreographer and dancer extraordinaire, Harry, won the competition with little contest.

Meanwhile, Chris Colfer sat and chatted with Amber Riley as their colleagues busted a move.

Other Glee stars at the fancy affair included Dianna Agron, Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and Kevin McHale.

Reporting by Russ Weakland

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‘Glee’ star Harry Shum Jr. has lent his dancing abilities to dozens of notable projects, but one he’ll always remember is being a silhouetted dancer in one of the first iPod commercials several years ago! Watch it here!

We all know Harry Shum Jr. best as Mike Chang from Glee. However, you might not even realize it, but you probably knew him first as the dancing dude from the popular iPod commercials! Following Apple founder Steve Jobs‘s tragic death Oct. 5, the 29-year-old performer relived his experience as the mohawk dancer in the creative ad campaign we’ll never forget.

“I was asked to do a test commercial shoot for an Apple product which didn’t mean much to me at the time,” he wrote on his Tumblr. “Some music player that holds all your songs. Sounded cool to me and I never gave up an opportunity to work especially with the possibility of it turning into a national commercial. Coolest job I did in that time. Just for the fact that I was chosen for my dancing and just my dancing alone. It was a silhouette of me so looks and race didn’t play into it unlike most of the jobs I would audition for. That job is where I essentially got comfortable freestyling in front of people let alone an intimidating 70 pound camera. I would do hundreds of takes with scrapes and bruises on my knees forming by the minute. Even then I always had the energy to go ‘one more time’ because I just felt that I was part of something innovative.”

Watch Harry’s reel to see the original commercials featuring his smooth moves. Since then, he’s even starred in more Apple ads!

When the powers-that-be at Glee promoted Harry Shum Jr. to series regular this season, they weren’t messing around. Mike Chang himself told HollywoodLife.com there’s some serious drama on the way. “There’s drama with the parents over what they want him to do [after graduation], but what he might not want to do,” Harry told us Sept. 18 on the Emmys red carpet. “There’s definitely a lot to explore in that.”

And speaking of new drama, let’s not forget about the new crop of Gleeks from The Glee Project who will be walking the halls of McKinley High this season!

“They come in and knock it out and they’re funny!” Harry told us. “It’s awesome. I remember that feeling when I came in, so it’s really cool. We try to make them feel as welcome as possible. That’s what the Glee set really is.”

And what would sage advice would Mike write in the yearbooks of those newcomers? Harry has one simple rule for surviving life at McKinley:

“Keep a level head, and you’ll do fine.”

Watch our full interview with Harry below, and be sure to check out the season premiere of Glee at 8 p.m. tomorrow on FOX!

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— Kirstin Benson

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The season premiere of Glee is less than a month away, and FOX has given us our first look at the sure-to-be hot new year at McKinley High. While we’re glad to see Rachel (Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith) and the rest of our favorite gleeks up to their old tricks, we still feel there’s one very important glee club member missing from this promo: Chord Overstreet as Sam!

Maybe we get attached too easily, but we’re going through major Chord separation anxiety — already! Even though we’ve known for weeks now that Sam is officially gone for good, we don’t think the reality will really sink in until Glee returns Sept. 20 on FOX.

Glee fans may just get to see the return of one of our favorite stars, Chord Overstreet. According to TVLine.com, Chord wasn’t fired — he just wasn’t given a promotion to become a regular on the show like his co-stars Darren Criss and Harry Shum Jr. Now it’s his decision if he wants to continue working on Glee. If he does, Chord will still have a recurring role.

“His option to be a series regular was just not picked up at this time,” an insider tells TVLine.com. “If Chord wants to appear on Glee, the choice is his. The Glee writers like his Sam character, and have plans to write for him. He and his reps have been told that he is welcome back to Glee, and everyone hopes he will show up on August 10 when filming begins.”

And Chord’s character just needs time before he is offered a regular role. “If Chord has a great season, which we expect he will, then he will become a regular like Harry, possibly as early as January,” shares the source. Harry had to wait two years to get the full-time spot, so now Chord has to wait his turn.

BFFs — do you want Chord to return to Glee?

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Throughout the last year, Keenan Cahill has become a major YouTube sensation known for his lip sync covers to today’s most popular songs. Even though the Illinois teen (who suffers from Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) has had some pretty awesome A-list guest stars (ie: 50 Cent, David Guetta and more), we’re loving his latest video starring none other than Glee stars Dianna Agron, Harry Shum Jr., Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz as backup dancers!

Check it out and tell us which Keenan video is YOUR favorite!

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