Cory Monteith's Emmys Honor Isn't Appreciated by Everyone

zondag 22 september 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 34 minutes ago

Cory Monteith will be honored at tonight's Emmy Awards, and while you would think this would be a given and all-around thumbs up decision, apparently it is causing some controversy. The in memoriam honors will include not only Cory but James Gandolfini, Jonathan Winters, Family Ties creator Gary David Goldberg, and Jean Stapleton. Unfortunately this left out TV legend Jack Klugman, famous for The Odd Couple and Quincy. And Jack's son, Adam, is furious about it, telling the Hollywood Reporter: "I think it's criminal."

Adam feels like the Emmys are dissing his father solely to try and spike ratings. He said:

I don't mean to say anything disparaging about Cory, but he was a kid who had won no Emmys and it was a self-induced tragedy.

I agree that between Cory and Jack, Jack should be honored. I have no idea why they can't just honor the both of them. Take out some stupid joke routine. Jack should definitely be remembered at the ceremony.

However, Cory shouldn't necessarily be cut out. The reality is that the Emmys won't exist if people don't watch it, and if producers think that his honor will draw a younger crowd who will keep ratings up, then that is just the reality of the business. No one ever said show business was easy, fair, or soft-hearted.

Emmys spokesperson Ken Ehrlich defended Cory, saying:

No matter what we do, there will be people who feel we had other options and could have done other things.

As TMZ points out, Larry Hagman, star of Dallas, is also being overlooked.

Perhaps so, but Jack Klugman, a TV legend, does seem like a huge oversight. It's too bad they couldn't have found something else to cut. At the end of the day, I think Larry and Jack would have understood the need for ratings better than anyone. And Adam should take comfort in the fact that Jack will be remembered for a very long time, by many people.

Do you think Cory deserves to be honored over Jack?

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Cory Monteith's Finn Hudson Character Will Have a Shocking Exit on 'Glee'

donderdag 1 augustus 2013

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Muerte de Cory Monteith sorprendió a sus fans, su novia adora, Lea Micheley el elenco de Glee. Pero ahora los creadores de la exitosa serie de televisión están agobiados con Cory y su carácter, Finn Hudson, el show de la escritura. Querrán hacerlo de una manera que rinde homenaje a él y a su carácter. De una manera creíble para los fanáticos. Y en una forma que no niegan la realidad de lo que pasó. El elenco sólo ha reunido a disparar otra vez y se puede ir tanto tiempo sin explicar la presencia de Finn. ¿Cómo lo harán? Bueno, el cómo se ha revelado. Y es un poco chocante, por decir lo menos.

Fox ha lanzado un comunicado diciendo cómo se manejará la salida de Finn . Dice:

El tercer episodio escribirá a Finn fuera del show. Ese episodio se ocupará directamente de los incidentes involucrados con el abuso de drogas y el paso de Cory en particular.

Además, Co-creador Ryan Murphy será cine un PSA antidroga con el elenco que "hablar directamente con la audiencia".

Wow. Esto es muy pesado para un personaje conocido por cantar canciones de los 80s cursi. Pero los escritores estaban en una posición difícil. Escritura que Finn repentinamente decidió mover a Europa no tendrá mucho sentido--además, parecería como una excusa.

¿Van a tener a morir de una sobredosis de drogas Finn como Cory, cuando Finn no tenía ninguna historia del uso de drogas? ¿Al menos que alguien lo sabía?

En cierto modo, esto podría ser un momento importante para la enseñanza... dejar que la gente sabe que las drogas afectan a personas de todas las profesiones. Incluso gente como Finn.

Por el otro lado, que Cory es no Finn. Finn no es Cory. Cory provenía de un fondo duro y tenía un problema de adicción que todo el mundo lo conocía estaba familiarizado con la mayoría. No así con Finn.

¿Si los escritores se pega a carácter? ¿No habría sido más carácter para enviar a Finn a la Universidad, como ya estaba a punto de hacer?

Esto es una decisión difícil. Pero estoy seguro de que los escritores encargará con sensibilidad. Y el show se ha abordado temas muy difíciles en el pasado--¿por qué no abuso de drogas?

¿Pero, aún más raro, podría esto ser una especie de "gotcha" escenario donde muere de Finn y alguien más tiene un problema de abuso de drogas? El comunicado emitido por Fox es un poco vago. ¿Ryan Murphy dijo previamente que Finn "pasarían" --hizo significa algo más que morir? Arrrgh. Es tan confuso.

No puedo imaginar Lea tener que actuar una escena sobre Finn muere de una sobredosis de drogas. Sin embargo, dudo que ella no haría nada que no quieras hacer.

Lea, que salió el otro día usando su collar "Cory", es "un pilar de fuerza," según la cabeza de zorro. Y ella lo muestra en este último tweet:

¿Crees que Finn debe morir de una sobredosis de drogas?

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Cory Monteith's Sudden Death Still Prompting Tearjerking Reactions From Cast Mates (VIDEO)

dinsdag 23 juli 2013

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by Emily Abbate 2 hours ago

I'm still having a problem coming to terms with the fact that Cory Monteith is no longer with us. Found dead in his hotel room on July 13, Monteith left a legacy behind that not only affected his family and friends, but millions of his fans as well.

We've heard touching statements from Dianna Agron and Jane Lynch, as well as some of Cory's other cast mates. As more and more reactions come out, what worries me the most is someone we haven't heard from: Chris Colfer.

It was a tragic accident that no one expected. After spending years working closely with Cory on the Glee set, I can only hope that Chris is spending these difficult times surrounded by close friends and family.

While Colfer is mum on the entire situation, cast mate Jenna Ushkowitz released a touching statement on about Cory's passing, saying:

I am so grateful that Glee brought this group of extraordinary individuals together to form a family. I was lucky enough to closely experience the love and light that Cory shared with the world, as well as having the privilege of traveling down the road together on a once in a lifetime journey. Cory always reminded me to be gracious, kind, and open, and he will leave a mark in my heart forever. Thank you everyone for your constant support and love while we mourn the loss of our dear friend, and continued support to Cory's family, and to Lea.

In a concert over the weekend, Chord Overstreet paid tribute to his friend the same way that Matthew Morrison did, with song.

With lyrics like, "I just close my eyes and wait for your light," this song gives me chills. Thinking about the two actors together now makes my heart melt, remembering how fantastic I thought they jived off of one another when Chord first joined the cast.

Our hearts are continually with Cory and his family. Stay strong, Glee fans.

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Cory Monteith’s Last Film Role Sounds Sadly Like His Life (VIDEO)

vrijdag 19 juli 2013

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by Kiri Blakeley 18 hours ago

Cory Monteith will forever be known as clean cut musical jock Finn Hudson from Glee, but he had another side to him. Unfortunately, that other side cut his life too short. But it might also prove he could be a profound actor. Before he died, Cory filmed a role as a street hustler addict in a film called McCanick. Judging by what the director says, it wasn't Finn but the street hustler that Cory felt born to play. Director Josh Waller told US Weekly:

He was pretty open about his past ... he said that he'd never really been able to tap into his own personal history ... and I think he saw the character as a bit of a -- you know, here's that chance.

In fact, Cory inhabited the character so thoroughly that you wouldn't recognize him unless you knew it was him. Could this last role have grabbed hold of his psyche to the extreme, much in the way many blamed Heath Ledger's role as Joker for his untimely death?

Some actors can really take method acting to the extreme, and perhaps Cory felt that the role justified continued drug usage. After all, how could he convincingly portray an addict and get people to see him as something other than a singing, dancing high school kid, unless he truly lived that part -- had that part in his bones, in his eyes?

Waller was initially hesitant to cast Cory, but Cory practically begged for the role. Waller told Perez Hilton:

In my mind, I was envisioning a teeny little drug guy [for the role], but Cory Monteith is this tall, strapping man. But when I met with him, he wanted to do it so badly. He was very vocal about his past, and said he wanted to tap into things from his youth that he hadn’t been able to use as an actor yet. He didn't say it was a cathartic experience, but you could sense it.

Not every actor has to live their roles -- I doubt Meryl Streep does -- however, many do. They become that character. Not that the role would have made Cory start using drugs, he obviously had a long history with that, but it could have given him just the excuse he needed not to buckle down on sobriety the way he should have.

And once you've got that excuse, it can be damn near impossible to pull back.

It will be interesting how the movie does and if Cory is remembered for it. It will certainly be difficult for anyone who loved him to watch it. Here's a clip from the film. Will you go see it?

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Jane Lynch, Dianna Agron and 'Glee' Stars Share Heartache Over Cory Monteith's Sudden Death (VIDEO)

donderdag 18 juli 2013

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by Emily Abbate 3 hours ago

It's been five days now since Glee star Cory Monteith was found dead in his Vancouver hotel room, and the pain for many lives on. Now that the cause of Cory's death, mixed drug toxicity involving heroin and alcohol, has been confirmed and Cory's body was cremated Tuesday -- everyone is doing the best they can to handle the grief and move forward, including his Glee castmates.

Reactions from some of Cory's co-stars are slowly coming out in the media. Saddening photos were released yesterday of Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch, and Jenna Ushkowitz meeting for lunch and sharing an embrace. Twitter is flooded with love from Cory's McKinley classmates. Lynch went on The Tonight Show last night and shared some touching words about a beautiful man.

See how Cory's castmates are responding to the loss, here:

Jane Lynch had nothing but beautiful things to say about Cory last night on her Tonight Show appearance. Her words were bone chilling, saying that Cory was someone with "one of the biggest hearts" who "knew he was breathing rarefied air." Watch her touching interview, here:

Dianna Agron commented to The Hollywood Reporter about how hard the news was for her to hear, saying she "never lost a friend" before.

In this difficult time, I am leaning on all of the wonderful memories we shared with Cory, how many ways he was able to make us smile ... Cory is so deserving of that place in everyone's hearts. He was one of the most generous and kind people that I have ever met. He had a smart, curious mind, he was an enormous talent. He was loving to not only me but my family.

I have chills. So many chills. I had the pleasure of meeting Dianna when Glee was shooting here in New York City a few years back, and she has such a kind heart. As someone who has lost a close friend in my life, I can identify with her. It's never easy, whether it's the first time death has stuck close to home or the tenth.

Matthew Morrison, who plays teacher Will Schuester on Glee, paid tribute to Cory at a concert this past Sunday, singing "What I Did for Love" from A Chorus Line. Morrison told the crowd at Manhattan's 55 Below that Monteith was a "beautiful person" that left this world too soon. Watch clips of his performance, here:

And then there's Lauren Potter, who plays Becky Jackson. Potter tweeted this fantastic picture of her and her costar along with the messages, "Cory was always so nice to me. I have so many good memories," and "I am totally heartbroken right now. I love Cory so much this hurts my heart."

Our thoughts and prayers are with Cory Monteith's friends, family, and castmates.

What are some of your favorite Cory Monteith moments?

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Lea Michele and Cory Monteith's Family Go Through the Painful Steps of Saying Goodbye

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by Emily Abbate 12 hours ago

For what feels like the thousandth time since I heard the sad news late Saturday, again I will say rest in peace to Cory Monteith. After the Glee actor's unexpected death Saturday, Monteith's cause of death was confirmed by the British Columbia Coroners Service as "mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol." Today, news comes out that Cory Monteith's body was cremated in Vancouver following a private viewing with his family and Lea Michele, his girlfriend.

One person not in attendance at the viewing? His estranged father Joe Monteith. Joe tells TMZ that he wasn't told about the cremation until after the fact. Apparently, Joe is "totally devastated" he didn't get to see his son a final time.

We don't know much about Cory's interactions with his father or the relationship between Cory's mother and father, post-divorce. What do we know? That handling an unexpected death is never easy, and Cory's is no exception.

Handling the loss of someone close to you is heartwrenching. When that loss comes at a time you least expect it, it's almost unbearable. It's clear with the pace of things that happened following Cory's unexpected passing that his family and Lea are really "in it," so to speak. They're going through the motions.

Plain and simple: During a difficult time like this, it's so hard to catch your brain and heart up to the unfathomable events at hand. Regardless of the fact that there's no way they're used to Cory being gone and probably won't be for some time, they were forced to face the process. I'm sure that the media circus surrounding Cory's death and the information about how he passed being so public doesn't make it easier for them. To Cory's family and so many of his fans, he will always be an amazing man, a talented man, and a man with a good heart.

My thoughts and prayers are with Cory's family and especially Lea Michele.

Are you still in shock over Cory's death?

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'Glee' Shouldn't Be Canceled After Cory Monteith's Tragic Death (VIDEO)

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¿Con la noticia de que está siendo cancelada The Glee Project, es la pregunta que naturalmente sigue: dado muerte horrible de Cory Monteith, también debe cancelar Glee ? Los ejecutivos de la red dicen cancelación de The Glee Project no tiene nada que ver con la sobredosis de Monteith, pero funcionarios de Fox aún no saben qué es lo próximo para Glee propia.

Espero que hagan lo que hagan, no deciden cancelar la serie-- por el amor de Cory.

Mucho de lo que hizo Glee, especialmente que mostrar de una gran primera temporada, fueron las actuaciones. Es imposible imaginar cómo habría sido la serie sin adorable, confundido, dulce, talentoso y guapo de Cory Monteith Finn Hudson. Y Sí, es tan difícil (para Monteith de seres queridos, sobre todo, creo) para imaginar el espectáculo sin él. Pero eso es exactamente por eso espero que lo hace.

Entiendo el impulso a pensar que toda la franquicia sólo debería estar terminada. Cuando mi hermana pequeña murió justo después de Navidad el año pasado, no podía creer que la tierra no dejará de girar sobre su eje. ¿Por qué fueron personas todavía caminar alrededor de la tienda de comestibles y conduciendo por la calle, cuando la vida que conocía sentí como que había terminado completamente y para siempre? ¿Cómo se atreve a levanta todas las mañanas y propagando hermosas puestas de sol por el cielo cada noche el sol? "EL MUNDO ESTÁ CANCELADO". Quería gritarle a extraños inocentemente va sobre su negocio.

Siete meses más tarde, todavía siento como, hasta un punto. Algunos días, algunos momentos, son mejores que otros, pero todos los cumpleaños y vacaciones ya que ha sido horrible. Me encuentro, en medio de este hermoso verano, temiendo verdaderamente la acción de Gracias y, especialmente, Navidad. Pero al mismo tiempo, a través de este proceso de duelo, también sé que es bueno y correcto, que el mundo está pasando, que mi mundo está pasando. Es verdad que mi familia y yo estamos continuando a vivir nuestras vidas, aunque es incrédulo a nosotros que somos capaces.

Perder a alguien no significa todo lo que eran perder, ni significa perderlo todo esa persona significa para ti. Luto por alguien que no tiene que ser sobre una negación de la vida hacia adelante. En cambio, me ayuda mucho para tratar de mantener una constante conciencia y la apreciación de que era mi hermana, y que siempre estará conmigo.

Mi le extraño mucho, y estoy enojado... así que muy, muy enojado... acerca de su muerte. Pero yo también estoy tan jodidamente agradecido que llegué a conocerla, que tengo que pasar 25 años en este planeta con ella. Ella es una parte de mí para siempre, y siempre lo haré mi mejor esfuerzo para recordarla y honrarla y estancia como conectado posible con ella. No pondré aquí fotos de mi hermana, o las cosas que me recuerdan a ella, aunque re-break mi corazón ya roto. No quiero gente deje de compartir historias sobre ella, o diciendo su nombre, porque tan fuerte como puede ser, esos recuerdos me traen alegría feroz. Y espero que eso sea lo que decidan hacer para pobres, perdidos Cory Monteith los productores de Glee. Continuar con vida, continuar con esta creación que dio tanto. Mostrar la cara de su personaje, decir su nombre, déjale vivir como viven todos nuestros seres queridos perdidos en nuestros corazones.

Es la mejor manera de honrar Monteith y celebrar su vida demasiado breve todos.

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Cory Monteith’s Cause of Death Is Exactly What We Feared

woensdag 17 juli 2013

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by Adriana Velez 11 hours ago

We have a sad update to the story of 31-year-old Cory Monteith's unexpected death. The Vancouver, Canada police have announced that according to the British Columbia Coroners Service, Cory Monteith died of "mixed drug toxicity, involving heroin and alcohol." It's what we'd feared -- and what we'd suspected. Cory lost his battle against substance abuse. In a statement, the coroner's office said, "There is no evidence to suggest Mr. Monteith's death was anything other than a most tragic accident."

I'm horribly sorry to hear this was Monteith's cause of death. I was hoping it could have been something else, a freak aneurysm, anything. I wanted to believe rehab earlier this year had worked for him, that Lea Michele's love could sustain him. In the end, neither was enough. I don't know what anyone else could have possibly done to prevent this death.

We still know very little at this point -- what triggered his relapse, how he got the drugs and alcohol, and who was enabling him. Police believe he was alone at the time, which is utterly heartbreaking. We do know that as a seasoned addict (his history with substance abuse goes way back, to his early teens), he knew how to hide it well.

An ex-girlfriend, Mallory Matoush, says, "Cory kept me in the dark about his drug use." She says he just seemed like a "happy guy" to her. He'd told her about his earlier struggles, but he never did drugs in front of her, and she saw him drink only moderately. She was shocked to hear about his death. "He had so much more to do. He would have done so many good things with his life."

According to TMZ, Cory was living a double life. While in Los Angeles he showed up for work sober, every single time. But when he returned home to Vancouver, his friends would weaken his resolve. His family, Lea, and sober supportive friends were aware of and deeply concerned about these relapses in Canada.

How do you feel knowing that it's been confirmed that drugs and alcohol caused Cory Monteith's death?

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