Cory Monteith Happy & Healthy Just Weeks Before Death
Cory Monteith appeared the picture of happiness -- giggling and laughing with girlfriend Lea Michele -- this just a few weeks before he was found dead in a hotel room ... possibly of an overdose.
In this video, shot about a month ago at LAX, Cory and Lea arrive hand-in-hand looking happy and healthy. Even our photog tells the couple, "You look like a million bucks."
At the time, Cory had recently completed a month-long stint in rehab ... for admitted substance abuse issues.
As TMZ previously reported ... Cory was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday, alone, after spending Friday with friends. There are reports drugs may have played a role.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. Cory was 31.
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Jane Lynch My Gay Marriage Is Over
Jane Lynch is pulling the plug on her marriage to wife Dr. Lara Embry ... just 3 years after tying the knot in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal.
Lynch just released a statement to People.com saying, "Lara and I have decided to end our marriage. This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another."
The 52-year-old "Glee" star met 44-year-old Embry back in 2009 at a fundraiser in San Francisco ... and they married in 2010.
Lynch and Embry are California residents and a California court will almost certainly dissolve the marriage, even though gay marriages are not legal in California. The State recognizes marriages from places where gay marriage is legal.
Now ... California is a community property state, which means unless there's a prenup, Lynch and Embry would split all assets acquired during the marriage 50/50. Although Embry's no slouch, Lynch has made a bundle on "Glee" and other projects.
Sources connected with the former couple tell TMZ ... they don't have a prenup.
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Jane Lynch 'I'm Kind of an Atheist'
If you sneeze around Jane Lynch, the "Glee" star will MOST LIKELY say "God Bless You" ... which is odd because the actress tells TMZ she's "kind of an atheist."
Just to review ...
"Atheist" = person who doesn't believe in any sort of a god.
"God Bless You" = thing you traditionally say when someone sneezes, in hopes you can convince a supernatural being to "bless" someone who just fired snot out of their nostrils at breakneck speed.
Anyway, this weekend in NYC, Jane told us WHY she still throws the G-word around when someone sneezes ... check it out.
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'Glee' Star Sues Playboy Chick Beat Me And Vandalized My Car
"Glee" star Mark Salling is firing back at the woman who accused him of raw-dogging her without consent -- filing new legal docs against the former Playboy model claiming she broke onto his property, beat him up and scratched his car.
TMZ broke the story ... Roxanne Gorzela -- who also works as a DJ -- sued Mark in January for sexual battery, claiming they hooked up in March 2011 and Mark forced himself on her without a condom. Roxanne said she was down for sex, but only with protection.
Roxanne said she went back to Mark's house March 15th to confront him ... and found him in bed with another woman. Gorzela says she demanded proof he had no STDs -- and he attacked her, pushing her to the ground.
Now, Mark has filed a countersuit ... in which he tells a VERY different story.
In the docs, filed in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ ... Salling says Roxanne barged into his house without permission, yelling uncontrollably and hitting him on the chest, arms, and face.
But it gets worse ... Salling claims Roxanne eventually ran out of the home and turned her wrath on his car -- using various items from her purse to scratch it up, causing "substantial" damage.
Mark is suing for trespassing, and assault and battery ... and demanding unspecified damages.
Unless the two can settle their differences soon, they'll be headed for court -- where a jury will ultimately decide their fates.
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'Glee' Star Cory Monteith Done with Rehab
Cory Monteith has something to sing about -- the "Glee" star successfully completed his month-long treatment for substance abuse, according to reports.
Monteith voluntarily checked himself into a treatment facility at the beginning of April, admitting he had a "substance addiction." It was the 30-year-old's second time getting help.
On Friday, sources confirmed to People that Monteith had completed his stint in rehab after close to 30 days of treatment. He was spotted at LAX, free as a bird, with on-and-off-screen GF Lea Michele.
Now if only he could graduate from "Glee."
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'Glee' Star Heather Morris Look I'm Pregnant Too!
With all the commotion over Halle Berry's pregnancy bombshell ... it was easy to miss that "Glee" star Heather Morris got knocked up too -- so she's letting her baby belly speak for her.
The 26-year-old showed off her growing bump -- which is about 3 months along -- in L.A. Saturday ... for the first time since announcing she and BF Taylor Hubbell were expecting a kid last week.
No word whether the pregnancy will show up in any "Glee" storylines, but at this point ... it's not like it could make the show worse.
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Cory Monteith Checks Into Rehab
"Glee" star Cory Monteith has checked himself into rehab for substance addiction, a rep for the 30-year-old actor announced this morning.
Monteith's rep told PEOPLE mag, "[Monteith] has voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction. He graciously asks for your respect and privacy as he takes the necessary steps towards recovery."
Monteith, who stars as Finn Hudson on the Fox show, was in rehab once before when he was 19. He talked about it back in 2011, saying, "I don't want kids to think it's okay to drop out of school and get high, and they'll be famous actors, too."
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Mark Salling Sued Woman Says 'Glee' Star Forced Sex Without Condom
7:10 PM PT -- Salling's publicist, Janice Lee, tells TMZ ... "There is no truth to this. It's the textbook case of a disgruntled girl looking to cash in on a TV star's success."
She adds, "We turn the rest over to Mark's attorneys and have no further comment."
Mark Salling -- a "Glee" star -- is being sued by a woman who claims he committed sexual battery by forcing sex without a condom.
Roxanne Gorzela claims in her lawsuit ... she began dating Mark in Sept., 2010. She says in March 2011, before she had to go on a trip to Canada, they hooked up ... and things got hot and heavy. Roxanne acknowledges she consented to having sex with Mark -- but ONLY with a condom.
The suit, filed by attorney Philip J. Layfield, alleges 30-year-old Mark blew off her demand and proceeded to "insert his penis into [her] vagina without a condom."
She says she protested and Mark pulled out, but re-engaged again without a rubber.
And, Roxanne says, it got worse. She claims later that month she went to Mark's house to confront him about the emotional distress she was suffering and her "health concerns." She says she found him in bed with another woman.
Roxanne -- a former Playboy model -- says she demanded on the spot he prove that he was clean (no STDs) and he allegedly responded by grabbing her and pushing her to the ground.
Roxanne says she went to the cops and filed a police report the same day.
Roxanne is asking for unspecified damages. So far, no comment from Mark.
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Neighbors to 'Glee' Star: Get Your Damn Car Off the Sidewalk!!!
Heather Morris' neighbors are about to put together their own rendition of the classic Ludacris song "Move Bitch" ... because the "Glee" star keeps parking her car on the sidewalk in front of her L.A. apartment building and it's DRIVING THEM CRAZY.
TMZ obtained a few pics of Heather's Prius parked right up on the curb, blocking the entrance to her apartment building.
We're told Morris does have a parking spot in the building, but chooses to park her car there anyway ... simply because it's easier.
Heather isn't getting away with the renegade parking job scott free -- records show she got five parking tickets in the month of August alone ... but it hasn't detoured the actress.
We reached out to Morris for comment -- so far, no word back.
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Nightclub to 'Glee' Star You Don't Pay ... You Don't Get In
"Glee" star Amber Patrice Riley threw a childish self-important temper tantrum last night at a NYC nightclub -- all because the club refused to supply her 30-PERSON party with an arsenal of free booze -- this according to the nightclub in question.
In case you missed it, Amber went off the rails on Twitter last night when WIP nightclub put the kibosh on her party plans -- writing, "Never in my life have I dealt with such disrespect. That club @WIPNewYork on Vandam street, they are CROOKS and LIARS!"
FYI -- WIP nightclub is the place where the infamous Drake vs. Chris Brown brawl went down earlier this year.
But a rep for WIP says the club wasn't being unreasonable when it refused admission to Riley and her massive entourage.
The rep tells TMZ, "Ms. Riley’s team had contacted management before her arrival to work out her table arrangements which included the purchase of bottles as well as a bottle on the house. Upon arrival, her party of 30 people refused to purchase any bottles, so they did not enter."
It's almost like they're in business to make money. Calls to Amber's camp weren't returned.
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'Glee' Hunk Shirtless, Ripped & Stiff as a Board
Here's the one reason you should still be watching "Glee" ... new cast member Dean Geyer's yoked body.
Flashing his ripped and hairless acting muscles, the 26-year-old skateboarded shirtless through Santa Monica on Wednesday.
Now this is something to sing and dance about.
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Kate Hudson vs. Lea Michele Who'd You Rather?
"Glee" co-stars Kate Hudson and Lea Michele tried their best to not out shine each other at the show's premiere in L.A. on Wednesday.
Question is ...
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'Glee' Star Lea Michele I DARE You to Look at My Face!
"Glee" star Lea Michele made eye-contact a virtual impossibility yesterday ... when she arrived to the "Late Show with David Letterman" with perfectly-framed cleavage.
In a staring contest, Lea wins ... every time.
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Bristol Palin Rips Obama Gay Marriage Is WRONG ... and So Is 'Glee'
"Glee" is bad for America ... so says Bristol Palin ... who just took a shot at the show during an anti-gay marriage blog entry aimed at Barack Obama.
Palin makes it clear -- she believes Obama is a weak, pathetic, stupid man for allowing his daughters to influence his opinion on gay marriage.
In her blog entry, Palin writes, "While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads. In this case, it would’ve been helpful for him to explain to Malia and Sasha that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage."
The 21-year-old unwed mother continues, "As great as her friends may be – we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home. Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview."
"I guess we can be glad that Malia and Sasha aren’t younger, or perhaps today’s press conference might have been about appointing Dora the Explorer as Attorney General because of her success in stopping Swiper the Fox."
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Bruce Jenner Is on 'Glee?'
Here's Kim Kardashian's step-dad Bruce Jenner at The George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic in Toluca Lake on Monday (left) -- and Coach Beiste aka Dot-Marie Jones from "Glee" (right).
Both are wearing gorgeous earrings.
We're just sayin'.
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'Glee' Female Stars Addicted to Buying New Homes
The "Glee" chicks are getting way too much dough to sing other people's hits songs ... 'cause 3 of 'em bought sweet new pads in the last MONTH alone!
Naya Rivera -- aka the hispanic one -- is now in the Hills of Beverly after scooping up a 3300 sq. ft. home listed at $1.575 million. 4-bedrooms, 3.5-baths, indoor sauna AND a pool! Baller.
Co-star Jenna Ushkowitz -- aka the asian one -- went condo style ... purchasing a 1-bedroom in Hollywood. Listing price was a more frugal $630k, but here's the kicker -- $1178 monthly for HOA dues. Dayuum, Jenna!
And as TMZ first reported, Lea Michele -- aka the diva one -- is setting up shop in an oddly unpretentious little $1.4 million L.A. area home.
So, we gotta ask ...