From Twitter 09-26-2010

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Darren Criss is joining the cast of Glee

Darren Criss, who shot to internet fame for co-creating the musical A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel, has been announced as joining the cast of Glee as a gay student at a rival glee club, who may (possibly) end up as a candidate boyfriend for regular cast member Kurt. Entertainment Weekly reports:

The plot surrounding Kurt’s first boyfriend on Glee thickens: Actor-singer-songwriter Darren Criss—best known to TV audiences as Matt Dallas’ bro on Eastwick—has landed the much-talked-about new gay role on the Fox phenom.

But will he have eyes for Kurt? Maybe. Maybe not. Allow me to explain…

Per a Glee source, Criss’ character, Blaine—a cute and charismatic gay student from a rival Glee club named the Dalton Academy Warblers—will maintain a strictly platonic friendship with McKinley High’s most out and proud pupil. But could that change as the season progresses? Yes, it could.

Sounds to me like series creator Ryan Murphy is keeping his options open.

Ever since Murphy announced that Kurt would be getting a love interest in season 2, speculation about the identity of his suitor has run rampant. The casting of pretty boy Chord Overstreet led some to speculate that his quarterback character Sam would play that role, a theory Chris Colfer all but shot down when he informed us that there’s no sign of romantic tension between Sam and Kurt in the first four episodes. “Maybe it is too obvious,” he theorized. “Our writers have a way of avoiding the obvious and throwing curveballs.”

In addition to his TV work, Criss has built quite a Web following as a member of the University of Michigan theater company Team StarKid. The group’s spoof, A Very Potter Musical, and A Very Potter Sequelwent viral and turned Criss (who plays the title role) into a bit of an Internet star.

My girls, who are huge fans of both AVPM and AVPS and Glee, are gonna be THRILLED about this.

Here is the video Criss submitted to Glee during the show’s open casting call this summer.

In other casting news, here's an article, with pictures, of the kids who are going to be playing the Trio's kids in the second DH movie. OMG, one of them looks JUST like a young Rupert Grint.

Sparring

I got there in street clothes due to an appointment right before. I opened my bag and couldn't find my sports bra. WTF? I HATE fighting without it.

My goal was to get through the entire class without quitting.

I got punched in the head REALLY HARD. Straight in the face. By a sixteen year old brown belt six inches taller and fifty pounds heavier than me. Classic. Not his fault, really. I'm a little hazy about what happened, but it was an accident of bad timing, I think. He wasn't out of control; I just stepped in at the exact wrong moment while attempting a blitz (I think?) It rocked my head back. I yelled and stopped the fight and pulled off the helmet and gasped, starting to cry. But within thirty seconds, I had my helmet back on and stepped back into the ring and finished the fight, at full capacity.

I won several fights and got third place for the night (out of maybe nine fighters?)

My belt fell off, so I draped it over the bar...and forgot about it when I left.

Got home and discovered my sports bra wasn't on the bed. So where was it? When I discovered my belt was missing, too, I growled and stomped around alot and snarled and then drove back to the school. There was my sports bra...in the parking lot. Yes, someone had driven over it. Found my belt inside the school.

My jaw and my chin hurt, hurt, hurt. I have a headache.

Going to take a shower.

I got through the entire class, without hyperventilating.

But I do Not. Like. Sparring.

Edited to add: Oh my god, this hurts. My jaw hurts and my chin hurts and I have a terrible headache. Crying in the shower from the pain. Not a good sign. Hope the motrin kicks in soon.