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Ryan Murphy recently announced plans to change the cast members of the hit musical dramedy show Glee, claiming that it wouldn’t be realistic for a show set in a High School musical theater program to have students stay in school after graduation. Last night, Anderson Cooper explains why Murphy earned a spot on AC360‘s RidicuList, pointing out that there is nothing realistic about a show in which students suddenly break out in song (with strategically placed fog machines.)

Ryan Murphy, the creator of the iTunes marketing tool television show Glee had some harsh words for the band Kings of Leon who made headlines last year for refusing to license their songs to be performed by the pretty kids of Glee. And if you think that I’m being too harsh in making fun of the show’s merchandising priorities and pretty cast, just know that I’m only trying to even things out from Murphy’s interview in which makes it pretty clear that thinks his show is helping save the world.

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In an open letter yesterday Glee creator Ryan Murphy slammed the magazine for this recent article that suggested gay actors should not try to play straight because they are not convincing. The author of the Newsweek article used openly gay actors who are playing straight characters in both Glee and the current Broadway show Promises, Promises, to make his point. People were not amused.

This is so cool: Muckety has created an interactive map of all the Broadway stars who have guest-starred or are set to guest star on Glee, this season’s beloved TV sensation for the drama club/theater camp/dance around the living room with my arms up like this set. The map is pegged to the news that [...]