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Matthew Morrison

Actor-Singer Matthew Morrison (Glee) will be embarking on a concert tour of his own this summer, featuring songs from his self-titled debut album that is being released on May 30.

The full concert listing follows:

June 18 – Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre

June 19 – St. Louis (Missouri) at the Fabulous Fox Theatre

June 21 – Rosemont (Illinois) at the Rosemont Theatre

June 22 – Columbus (Ohio) at the Palace Theatre

June 23 – Detroit at the Detroit Opera House

June 27 – Philadelphia at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts

June 28 – Newark at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center

June 29 – Boston at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre

July 1 – New York City at the Beacon Theatre

July 2 – Atlantic City (New Jersey) at the Caesar’s Circus Maximus

July 6 – Washington D.C. at the DAR Constitution Hall

July 7 – Greensboro (North Carolina) at the War Memorial Auditorium

July 8 – Duluth (Georgia) at the The Arena at Gwinnett Center

July 10 – Tampa at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts

July 11 – Orlando at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center

July 13 – Boca Raton (Florida) at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre

July 14 – Jacksonville (Florida) at the Moran Theater

July 16 – Grand Prairie (Texas) at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

July 17 – Austin (Texas) at the Bass Concert Hall

July 19 – Phoenix at the Comerica Theatre

July 20 – San Diego at the Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay

July 23 – Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

Mark your calendars!

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Doctor Who

Are you as anxious for the season premiere of Doctor Who as I am? Well, the accompanying picture from the season premiere will have to do until April 23 when the first new episode of the season will air.

The episode, a two-parter, was written by Steven Moffat and takes place in 1960s America, featuring then-president of the United States Richard Nixon. It is the first Doctor Who episode in the history of Who to have actually been filmed in the U.S.

Enjoy!!

And, don’t forget Doctor Who will premiere on April 23 in both the U.S. and the U.K. Mark your calendar!!

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If you live in or near Anaheim or will be in the area in a little over a month from now, you might want to consider going to the Wizard World Convention that will be held at Anaheim Convention Center from Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1.

What is Wizard World you ask? Well, Wizard World is “a producer of pop culture and multimedia conventions across North America that markets movies, TV shows, video games, technology, toys, social networking/gaming platforms, comic books and graphic novels. It has the rights to the names, marks, domains, customer lists and production rights for a portfolio of pop culture and multimedia conventions.”

You can learn more about the Anaheim convention here.

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Reminder: Don’t forget that Wonder Con is next weekend!!

If you haven’t already gotten your tickets, or if you are going to be in San Francisco next weekend and want something fun to do, you might want to consider attending Wonder Con.

You can go here for details on this annual convention.

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Are you a fan of the TNT series Leverage? Would you love the chance to see the cast and creative team in person?

If you answered yes to those questions, then you are in luck. The Con-Con 2011: An Official Leverage Event will be returning to Portland, Oregon this June.

What does that mean, you ask?

Well, simply put fans of Leverage can travel to Portland from Friday, June 3 to Sunday, June 5, participating in the Second Annual Con-Con 2011. You’ll get to stay at the Governor Hotel (where a number of the show’s episodes have been filmed) and meet the cast – including Timothy Hutton (who plays Nathan Ford), Beth Riesgraf (who plays Parker), Gina Bellman (who plays Sophie Deveraux) and Aldis Hodge (who plays Alec Hardison) – as well as the creative team behind Leverage, including Executive Producer Dean Devlin and Series Creators and Executive Producers John Rogers and Chris Downey. These great folks are set to be on hand to take part in panel discussions and Q&A sessions.

NOTE: More guests will be announced in the coming weeks.

To fill you in on the details: Last year’s Con-Con drew hundreds of enthusiasts for a series of events at the historic Governor Hotel in downtown Portland. This year’s events will include Q&A’s with some of the cast; autograph and photo sessions; an evening reception hosted by TNT and an official banquet, to name a few.

Ticket packages are currently available for purchase with autograph and photo op tickets also available at a separate cost.

For the latest updates and news about guests, event schedule and location, and to purchase tickets, please visit here. You can also follow the official Con-Con 2011 on Twitter @ConCon2011.

Reminder: Leverage will be back with an all new season – the show’s 4th – starting on June 26 on TNT. Mark those calendars!

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Glee The Music: Presents The Warblers

Are you a fan of the FOX series Glee? Do you enjoy watching the Dalton Academy Warblers as much as the gang from New Directions?

If you said yes to either of these questions, you’ll be hearing a whole lot more of the Dalton Academy Warblers soon, as they willl have their own album out on April 19 called “Glee: The Music presents The Warblers“. The release features songs performed by The Dalton Academy Warblers, a male a capella group starring Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Tufts University Beelzebubs, tackling such hits as Destiny Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills“, P!nk’s “Raise Your Glass“, Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” and Wings’ “Silly Love Songs“.

The Dalton Academy Warblers debuted on Glee this season with a bang as their version of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” had the best first-week sales of any Glee track to date. Here is the full track set for the album:

1. Teenage Dream
2. Hey Soul Sister
3. Bills, Bills, Bills
4. Silly Love Songs
5. When I Get You Alone
6. Animal
7. Misery
8. Blackbird
9. Candles
10. Raise Your Glass
11. Somewhere Only We Know
12. What Kind Of Fool
13. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?

Remember: April 19 is the big release date.

NOTE: Thanks to seat42F for the details and picture.

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Firefly and Castle fans unite! Our Captain Tightpants (and favorite mystery novelist) is on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly. Check it out here.

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Thanks to the folks at Blastr for highlighting this great YouTube video mashup for Doctor Who done by a fan is – in their words – “like getting wonderful geek chocolate stuck in amazing nerd peanut butter”.

The fan – known as Punkocarp on YouTube created this mashup of clips from Doctor Who set to the theme music for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Think of it as “a greatest hits reel” of Matt Smith‘s Doctor—along with Amy Pond, River Song and Rory—in action.

Reminder: Doctor Who is back on America TV via BBC America on April 23.

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Are you the biggest GLEEk?

If you think you are the biggest fan of the TV show Glee, then tell FOX why and you could be named “GLEEk of the Week” and see yourself on the air on FOX. Starting tonight and for every new episode of Glee airing this season, FOX will name one lucky fan of the hit series the “GLEEk of the Week“.

Chosen through a fan promotion on Twitter and Facebook, the “GLEEk of the Week” may be identified with their photo and Twitter and/or Facebook username on-air at the end of the episode.

To participate, follow Glee on Twitter (@GLEEonFOX) and/or Facebook (www.facebook.com/Glee), and follow the instructions to tell them why you’re the show’s biggest fan.

Remember: This promotion runs tonight through the season finale that will air in May.

Full details regarding the promotion can be found on the official Glee fan page on Facebook.

NOTE: Thanks to The Futon Critic for the details.

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Joseph Morgan

The character of Klaus has been spoken of quite often over the course of this season on The Vampire Diaries. The casting of this character has been widely discussed with all kinds of actors up for the role. Rumor was rampant a few weeks ago that British actor Joseph Morgan landed the part and today the official news is out that he indeed will play Klaus.

Morgan has appeared in episodes of the first season of the UK drama Hex (that also starred Michael Fassbender and Christina Cole) and he appeared in the box office movies Master and Commander and Alexander. He will be seen alongside Henry Cavill in the upcoming movie Immortals as well as the upcoming mini-series Ben Hur.

What are your thoughts on this casting confirmation?

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