I have some disappointing news for some ‘Glee’ fans! According to creator Ryan Murphy, we’ll soon be saying goodbye to the McKinley High seniors, because they’re graduating and moving on in May 2012!

Speaking on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Friday, Murphy said that the upcoming Season 3 will be senior year for the original cast.

“I don’t think of it in terms of eliminating or replacing. Because I think the thing about this cast is people love them and they are incredibly talented. They’ve left sort of an indelible mark,” he said.

“The thing that I wanted to do and the cast wanted to do, we didn’t want to have a show where they were in high school for eight years. We really wanted it to be true to that experience. We thought it would be really cool if we were true to the timeline.”

Murphy revealed that Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch will stay with the show beyond Season 3, with their characters Will Schuester and Sue Sylvester acting as “the male and female lynchpins of the series.”

The empty spots will be filled by newbies who’ll be seeded into the show throughout next season — casting calls have already gone out for an “Adele-meets-Susan-Boyle” type among others — including the winner of spin-off competition show ‘The Glee Project,’ who’ll get a seven-episode story arc in the fall.

Summing up the revolving door policy at ‘Glee,’ Murphy said “I think the fun thing about the show is it’s a celebration of youth and talent and I think that just like with the original cast, I think finding those young unknown people and giving them an opportunity to break into the business and become stars is a really fun and exciting thing and is the spirit of the series.”

‘Glee’ Season 3 is due to premiere in September on Fox.

I think this is either genius or lunatic. Everyone has fallen in love with Rachel, Quinn, Finn and Puck! How will the public react to them leaving, and bringing on a whole new cast?

How do you feel about that?

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“Glee’s” season finale, airing May 24, is going to include an a capella version of Adele’s huge hit, “Rolling in the Deep”.

Exes Rachel (Lea Michele) and Jesse (Jonathan Groff) will duet the song, which is about heartbreak. Jesse reappears in time for prom.

Jesse tries to win back Rachel, but not before Fin comes back into the picture.

The finale will also include a cover of Rebecca Black’s “Friday”, Stevie Wonder, and Christina Perri’s “Jar of Hearts”.

Thank God! That show was horrible! I had high hopes for this show, I love, LOVE Will Arnett and Keri Russell. I only made it half way through the premiere. It was beyond bad. So this news is no surprise (to me, at least).

The Futon Critic reports that Fox has pulled the remaining original episodes of Running Wilde from the schedule with plans to burn them off down the road.

Fox had originally planned to air a new episode of Running Wilde last night at 7pm, but replaced it with repeats. A Cleveland Show repeat will air instead next Sunday, and a Simpsons repeat on 12/26. The original slated for Tuesday, December 28 will be replaced by Glee.

The repeats of Running Wilde airing on Saturdays at midnight will continue through January 1.

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There was no telling whether Holly Holiday would be back on McKinley High but now it is confirmed. Gwyneth Paltrow who slipped into the character earlier this season would reprise the “Glee” role although she did not share when and for how many episodes.

The actress was lauded for her performance as substitute teacher in place of Mr. Schue who was sick. She performed the tamer version of Cee-Lo’s “F**k You” which the original artist called “awesome”. Then she joined the New Direction in a big number which mashed up Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and the classic “Singin’ in the Rain”. The episode posted a 7% ratings increase from the previous week.

Paltrow herself seemed to enjoy the stint for she told Access Hollywood on Sunday, December 12 that being on “Glee” was “the best job ever”.

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Katy Perry’s latest appearance on TV in the Christmas episode of ‘The Simpsons’ isn’t likely to earn her any edits, like the curvy duet with Elmo that got her cut from ‘Sesame Street’ this fall. But that doesn’t mean she’s playing it safe.

Perry appears in a form-fitting red latex dress featuring the faces of America’s favorite animated family. Next to Perry, the Simpsons are in rare form — appearing as puppets, that is — when they meet the chart-topping, doe-eyed pop star. After providing a very warm hug to the frigid Mr. Burns, Perry sings a Christmas carol parody with the gang.

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“We shot some stuff with her,” said Harry Shum Jr., the awesome actor/dancer who plays Mike Chang on the hit series. E! talked to him last night at the launch of Ubisoft video game Just Dance 2. “She’s been great.”

Shum was tightlipped about the storyline, but said “We kind of just showed up on set and were like, ‘Oh, hi Gwyneth Paltrow.’ She’s really sweet, really classy. You look at someone who’s an Oscar-winning actress and you think they’re going to act a certain way and she’s just a regular person.”

Considering her recent jump into country music, we think it’s safe to assume that Paltrow will be showing off her vocal chops on the show. Shum said, “I’d love for her to sing.”

As for getting some onscreen romancing with Mr. Shuester (Matthew Morrison), Shum said, “You see her in Iron Man and she plays…the semi-love, semi-good friend [and] semi-boss. I think she can play it all.”

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You all watched the Britney Spears Glee last night, right?! I watched it at 8:00, yes, I actually watched it live! (At 9:00 I headed to the theater where I watched Easy A – again. It is seriously SO FUNNY. Go see it!) Anyway, so let’s talk Glee!

Glee broke some records last night with it’s Britney-inspired episode! It brought in a whopping 13.2 million viewers, the best ever ratings among adults 18-49.

The episode revolved around McKinley High’s students fight to perform Britney Spears songs. Through anesthesia-induced sequences, several Gleeker’s are able to live out their Britney fantasies.

Britney herself made 3 cameos, and I have to say, I thought she looked pretty good! During the performance, Britney took to her Twitter to talk with her fans.

Awww Heather Morris is sooo cute!  Brittany S Pearce.  Ha!  She was so fun to work with and was really sweet in person.

John Stamos is still hot!  He looks the same as he did on Full House.

I like Kurt’s bow tie. Bow ties are sexy…

I hate anesthesia!

Slave: Oh…My…God…!

I know how hard it is to dance with that snake!  Nice job….

The Me Against The Music set looks just like the original.  Santana does a great Madonna impression.

Watching Baby brings back so many memories!  Feels like yesterday….

Jane Lynch scares me.

I love this version of Stronger.  Artie did a great job.

The GLEE version of Toxic is amazing!

Rachel has a beautiful voice.

I loved it!  Thank you guys SO much for making this happen!

I think I prefer Glee’s Brittany to the actual Britney Spears. She did such a good job in that first dream sequence! I laughed so hard when the real Britney was standing in front of her – and she says “Your breath smells really good”.

What did you guys think of the show? How did it compare to the Madonna and Lady Gaga episodes? I think I liked Madonna’s episode the best, but this one was definitely entertaining!

I’m excited for next week’s Glee… a religious episode switches it up a bit from this week’s sexy episode!