News about Jenna Ushkowitz

Kate Hudson recalls 'some fun drama' and 'a lot of hormones' on the set of Glee during her guest star stint: 'It was a very dramatic set!'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 25, 2024
Here's what you missed on Glee... Kate Hudson is reminiscing about all the high school drama that went down behind the scenes. The Academy Award nominee, 45, recalled her time on the 'very dramatic set' as she caught up with co-star Jenna Ushkowitz on her Sibling Revelry podcast with brother Oliver Hudson.

Naya Rivera, her late co-star, is reunited on Glee's third birthday, three years after she drowned

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 1, 2023
This week, a new interpretation of Naya Rivera's song Prayer For The Broken emerged, more than three years since her tragic drowning. Naya nabbed the ballad for her forthcoming debut album in 2012, back when she was still starring on the smash hit show Glee. Naya's original album of Prayer For The Broken Downing was released on Soundcloud in 2019. Despite the fact that the album never appeared on Soundcloud in 2019.

Kevin McHale recounts how Naya Rivera and Jenna Ushkowitz staged intervention around his steroid use

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 29, 2023
Kevin McHale, 35, recalled how his late Glee co-star Naya Rivera and Jenna Ushkowitz staged an intervention for him due to his steroid use. The And That's What You Really Missed podcast co-host was, 'Sick as a dog,' right around the time when the Glee cast was set to film the Super Bowl episode.' On the podcast, 'I was] on all sorts of drugs, including Prednisone, which is a steroid and turned me into a monster.' Jenna, a Texas-born musician and actor who appeared Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox series opposite Kevin Abrams, co-hosts the podcast. Santana Lopez, the lesbian cheerleader, died at the age of 33 in California due to accidental drowning at Lake Piru.

Kevin McHale Wants Viewers to Know the "Glee" Cast Is Not Involved With the Docuseries

www.popsugar.co.uk, December 12, 2022
Kevin McHale wants to make one thing clear: the cast of "Glee" did not participate in the forthcoming ID and Discovery+ docuseries "The Price of Glee," at least not that he knows of. On Friday, the actor who played Artie on the series responded to a writer and comedian Ashley Ray's tweet that the series "will have access to key cast and crew members." "How me this "cast" you talk about, McHale wrote. This is what it is.' In a subsequent tweet, the actor added, "This was the nice version." "Don't make me talk about it again." POPSUGAR has reached out to Discovery and McHale's rep for comment on the cast's reported involvement, but no one responded immediately.

The late actress' Glee castmates of Naya Rivera recount their most memorable moments working with the late actress

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 8, 2022
Four former Glee actors are recalling the life and times of their late co-star Naya Rivera. Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, and others of the And That's What You REALLY Missed podcast were joined by Heather Morris and Chris Colfer for its Snixxmas Special Charity Drive in Los Angeles' Burbank neighborhood. According to People, the festival was held in honor of Rivera, who was known for throwing annual Snixxmas parties during the holidays, and to support the Alexandria House, a transitional home for women and children in Los Angeles that had been advocated by Rivera over the years.

Heather Morris recalls how Naya Rivera, the Glee leading lady, confronted her about her eating disorder

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 2, 2022
Heather Morris, a Glee alum, revealed on Wednesday that while on tour with the cast in 2010, she and Naya Rivera were first contacted about her eating disorder. [Naya] herself had eating disorders, and she was very open about it in her [2016 memoir Sorry Not Sorry],' the 35-year-old SAG Award winner recalled on Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale's podcast "You Really Missed." "I don't know what's going on with you," she said right away, but I suspect something is happening." I was just trying to be there in a way, but I just blew it off completely.'

Glee's Jenna Ushkowitz explains why she initially wanted to keep her daughter Emma's name private

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2022
Jenna Ushkowitz shared her doubts over her refusal to reveal her infant daughter's name on the internet in a vulnerable Instagram post, describing her "journey as a mother." The actress, 36, expressed her dissatisfaction with her decision to wait five months to broadcast her little girl's moniker to the world, saying she was 'grappled with this pick since she arrived' in June. 'I wanted to thank you all for supporting our decision to hold Emma and her name off social media until now,' the actress posted on Instagram.'

Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz of Glee talk about Naya Rivera's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2022
Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz of Glee have discussed the 'emotionally raw' process of loss for Naya Rivera, the actor's former co-star. Kevin, 34, and Jenniferna, 36, who appeared on Artie Abrams and Tina Cohen-Chang on the hit show, told US Weekly that the cast members were brought closer together and allowed them to heal.

Before Matthew Morrison was supposed to play Glee's Mr Schue, Justin Timberlake was supposed to play Mr Schue

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 31, 2022
According to creator Ryan Murphy, Justin Timberlake was supposed to play Glee's Mr Schue on the show, with the storyline being written as a methamphetamine addict. Matthew Morrison played Mr Schuester from 2009 to 2015, but Murphy, 56, admitted that the show may have gone in a different direction when appearing on Glee's podcast.