Lea Michele looks cute in black rimmed glasses as she leaves Real Foods Daily on Friday night (November 15) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 27-year-old actress was joined by her mom, Edith Sarfati, and was spotted driving her dearly departed boyfriend Cory Monteith‘s Range Rover.
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Earlier that day, Lea joined her co-stars Peter Facinelli and Naya Rivera while filming scenes for an upcoming episode of Glee.
Check out the preview for next week’s episode of Glee, which features the music of Billy Joel:
Glee – “Movin’ Out” Preview
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Lea Michele‘s highly-anticipated debut album will include a song titled “You’re Mine,” which she wrote for her late boyfriend Cory Monteith.
“The album was done, and the label said, ‘Do you want to add anything?’ I was like, ‘I might regret it if I don’t',” Lea told Elle magazine (via MTV) in the latest issue. “It makes me so happy, this song. It makes me think so much of Cory. It was ours. When I think of him, I play this.”
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In case you missed it, check out Lea‘s full Elle photo shoot and interview, where she opens up about how she coped with Cory‘s tragic death.
Cory Monteith‘s on-screen step-dad Mike O’Malley opened up on The Ellen Degeneres Show about filming tonight’s tribute episode, “The Quarterback.”
“Cory Monteith was a great guy, he was my step-son on the show, and he was a terrific, terrific actor,” the Welcome to the Family actor shared during his interview.
“What was interesting about shooting the episode is that you’re tasked with doing your job, which is the story of telling the story. And it’s a story that is important to tell because I think that the audience… he was an important character to them. But yet everyone in the audience and you realize when you’re doing this episode, it’s about someone who is very… he’s gone,” Mike continued.
“It’s a really remarkable episode. It’s one of the most beautiful episodes ever written on that show, and I think they’ve written some beautiful ones.”
Watch what Mike O’Malley had to say about Cory Monteith and “The Quarterback” in the clip below:
Mike O’Malley on Cory Monteith & ‘The Quarterback’
Be sure to tune in to Glee for “The Quarterback” TONIGHT at 9pm/8c on FOX.
Lea Michele has opened up about her late boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith just one day ahead of the show’s tribute to him.
“For me personally, I’ve lost two people: Cory and Finn,” the 27-year-old actress told TV Week Australia. “We had a beautiful memorial for Cory in the auditorium and some of the cast members sang and people spoke about him. It only felt right that we would do the same thing for Finn, so I felt it was very therapeutic.”
“Everyone is asking: ‘Is it hard to do this? Is it hard to be back at work?’ but the truth is it’s no harder at work than it is in life,” she continued. “So we might as well all be together as a family supporting each other to get through this together.”
Lea added, “I woke up every single day feeling like I was in some sort of spell or something, that I was lucky enough to have him in my life. There was no greater man than Cory, so for the time we spent together, I consider myself very lucky.”
Don’t forget – “The Quarterback” airs tomorrow night @ 9PM on Fox.
Jane Lynch took the stage to pay tribute to Cory Monteith at the 2013 Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (September 22) in Los Angeles.
“From the first time you saw [Cory], he had a star quality and a genuine sweetness that made it impossible not to fall in love with him. And millions did fall in love with Cory.” Jane shared during her heartfelt speech.
“Cory was a beautiful soul. He was not perfect, which many of us here can relate to. His death is a tragic reminder of the rapacious, senseless destruction that is brought on by addiction. Tonight we remember for Cory for all he was, and mourn the loss of all he could have been.”
Watch Jane Lynch honor the dearly departed Cory Monteith in the video below:
Jane Lynch Honors Cory Monteith at the 2013 Emmy Awards
It’s been just over a month since the passing of Cory Monteith and fans are wondering how his character on Glee will be written out.
Creator Ryan Murphy spoke to Deadline about the memorial episode and just how Finn will be written out of the show.
“It’s been a difficult circumstance because we basically went straight from the memorial into [reworking] the two Beatles episodes, which I think are fun and optimistic, that we had always had planned. The hard part for all of us is that the past week we’ve been holed up writing the memorial episode. There were a lot of things that we had to decide – how are we going to deal with his death? At one point, we were going to have his character die after an accidental drug overdose�that was something we had considered. But we have decided that we’re not going to have him pass from that. Basically, what we’re doing in the episode is we are not telling you yet, or maybe not at all, how that character died.
“The idea being, how somebody died is interesting and maybe morbid, but we say very early on in the episode, ‘This episode is about a celebration of that character’s life.’ That might be weird for some people, but it felt really exploitative to do it any other way. The cast and crew have had solace in being together. They’ve been holed up doing those Beatles numbers. There’s been tears on set. It’s been hard for a lot of people. But the really difficult thing is coming. We start shooting the memorial episode this week.
“We’re just now finishing it, and at the end of the week we’ll send it to [the studio 20th Century Fox Television] to get their approvals. But I think it turned out to be a lovely tribute, and it’s a very heartfelt look at how young people grieve. After that, we’re going to take two weeks or three weeks down to get our heads together because it’s been a really hard thing to write. We loved Cory and we loved Finn and it feels like a huge loss and a huge heartache not to have either of them around. We’re trying to craft an episode that’s not just about us grieving but about a lot of the young fans grieving.”
Glee returns in late September.
Lea Michele bravely took the stage to honor Cory Monteith at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday (August 11) in Los Angeles.
The 26-year-old actress joined her Glee co-stars Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Kevin McHale, to accept the award for Choice TV Actress, Comedy.
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Lea, who wore a necklace with Cory‘s name on it, gave an emotional thank you speech to the Glee fans:
“Thank you guys. Thank you. I just wanted to be here today to personally thank all of you and tell everyone out there how much your love and support has meant to me over these very past few difficult weeks. Not that I had any doubt before, but you guys are most certainly the greatest fans in the world and I wanted to dedicate this award to Cory. For all of you out there who loved and admired Cory as much as I did, I promise that with your love we’re going to get through this together. He was very special to me and also to the world. We were very lucky to witness his incredible talent, his handsome smile, and his beautiful beautiful heart. So whether you knew him personally or just as Finn Hudson, Cory reached out and he became a part of all of our hearts and that’s where he will stay forever. So thank you guys so much. Thank you.”
Watch the Glee cast and Lea Michele‘s touching speeches below:
Glee & Lea Michele Accept Awards, Dedicate to Cory Monteith
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