136-443: " Blame It " (also known as " Blame It (On the Alcohol) ") is a song by American singer and actor Jamie Foxx , released as the second official single from his third studio album, Intuition (2008). It features American rapper T-Pain and was written by Christopher "Deep" Henderson , Nate Walker , James T. Brown, John Conte Jr., David Ballard and Brandon Melanchon and produced by Christopher "Deep" Henderson. Both Foxx and T-Pain use
272-417: A Christian mean girl. Actor Cory Monteith died during summer before the fifth season was shot; his character, Finn Hudson, died off-screen in the season's third episode, " The Quarterback ". The sixth and final season focuses on Rachel Berry, who returns to McKinley after her television pilot fails. She decides to reconstitute the glee club with all-new McKinley students and with Kurt's help. Will Schuester
408-720: A High Court judge ruled that the show "diluted and tarnished" the reputation of the comedy club chain. In a later ruling in July 2014, the High Court ordered Fox to use a different title for the show in the UK, saying there was a "likelihood of confusion" between the two brands. In February 2016, Fox lost an appeal against the decision. Three soundtrack albums were released to accompany Glee 's first season: Glee: The Music, Volume 1 , Glee: The Music, Volume 2 and Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers . Two extended plays (EP) accompanied
544-509: A Jay Leno float." The show's success sent the cast on a concert tour, Glee Live! In Concert! after the first season's wrapup. They visited Phoenix , Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. The cast also recorded a cover of Wham! 's " Last Christmas ", which was released as a single in late 2009 but didn't appear in the show until " A Very Glee Christmas " on December 10, 2010. Morrison, Lynch, Michele, Monteith, and Colfer reprised their roles as Will, Sue, Rachel, Finn, and Kurt respectively for
680-593: A Duo or Group for Georgia by Ludacris & Field Mob featuring Jamie Foxx, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Unpredictable featuring Ludacris. Following on from these successes, Foxx went on to appear in the box-office hits Jarhead , Miami Vice , and Dreamgirls , which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood. 2007 brought him the lead role in the action thriller film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper , Jason Bateman , Jennifer Garner and Ashraf Barhom . In September 2007, Foxx
816-550: A Leading Role . Foxx is the third male in history (after Barry Fitzgerald and Al Pacino ) to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies , Collateral and Ray . In 2005, Foxx was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Foxx released his second studio album, Unpredictable , in December 2005. It debuted at No. 2, selling 598,000 copies in its first week, rising to No. 1
952-712: A Tony Award, and is a surrogate mother for Kurt and Blaine (who are themselves Broadway stars). Artie has directed Tina in a film, Mercedes is a highly successful recording artist, and Sue has just been re-elected Vice President of the United States . The McKinley auditorium is renamed after Finn. In casting Glee , Murphy sought out actors who could identify with the rush of starring in theatrical roles. Instead of using traditional network casting calls, he spent three months on Broadway, where he found Matthew Morrison , who had previously starred on stage in Hairspray and The Light in
1088-588: A Woman " hook, then went straight to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining there for 10 weeks. In 2005, Foxx featured on the single " Georgia " by Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Field Mob , which sampled Ray Charles' hit " Georgia on My Mind ". Foxx would also portray Ray Charles in the biographical film Ray (2004), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in
1224-538: A balance between show tunes and chart hits , and were produced by Adam Anders and Peer Åström . Songs covered in the show were released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, and a series of Glee albums have been released by Columbia Records . The music of Glee has been a commercial success, with over 36 million digital single sales and eleven million album sales worldwide through October 2011. The series' merchandise also includes DVD and Blu-ray releases, an iPad application, and karaoke games for
1360-501: A biographical drama film Finding Mike ; in 2020, he began to exercise in order to gain muscle for the role. In 2021, the project turned into a miniseries, to be directed by Antoine Fuqua . Foxx has two daughters: model, actress, and television producer Corinne Foxx , born in 1994; and another daughter born in 2009. Corinne made her formal debut at the Bal des débutantes in November 2014 and
1496-656: A black person it's always racial. ... when I get home my other homies are like how was your day? Well, I only had to be white for at least eight hours today, [or] I only had to be white for four hours." The filming was emotional as Foxx said, "It's tough shooting when you're in plantation row and that's where your ancestors were persecuted and killed." On November 25, 2012, at BET's Soul Train Awards , Foxx joked: "It's like church in here. First of all, giving honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama ." The joke led to condemnation from some Christians, to which Foxx responded: "I'm
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#17330851083381632-454: A cameo appearance in an episode of The Cleveland Show that aired January 16, 2011. Michele, Monteith, and Riley appeared as campers in the twenty-second season premiere of The Simpsons . Lynch, Colfer, Monteith, and Riley appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010. When Agron, Michele, and Monteith posed for a set of risqué photos for the November 2010 edition of GQ magazine, Parents Television Council (PTC) criticized
1768-577: A cameo in Benzino 's music video for "Would You", which features LisaRaye McCoy and Mario Winans . In 2003, Foxx featured on the rapper Twista 's song, " Slow Jamz ", together with Kanye West , which reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #3 on the UK Singles chart . His second collaboration with Kanye West , " Gold Digger ," in which Foxx sang the Ray Charles -influenced " I Got
1904-409: A comic [and] sometimes I think people get a little too tight." While hosting Saturday Night Live on December 8, 2012, to promote Django Unchained , Foxx joked about being excited "to kill all the white people in the movie". Appearing at the 2013 NAACP Image Awards , Foxx praised the achievements of black people, saying that "black people are the most talented people in the world". In 2013, Foxx
2040-407: A couple of things that have happened to me, and then he writes it into the show. Or he'll ask me what song I would want to sing, in this situation or in that situation. I don't think any of us directly try to give input on the character or on the storyline, but they definitely steal things from us." For the second season, a shift toward using more Top 40 songs was seen, in an effort to appeal more to
2176-431: A delinquent in need of direction; and Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang , a shy goth who longs to be popular. The main cast was altered throughout the series, including the addition of Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez , a sardonic and cynical cheerleader struggling with her sexuality, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang , a soft-spoken dancer whose parents do not support his dreams, and Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce ,
2312-644: A ditzy cheerleader. The series was created by Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk , and Ian Brennan , the latter of whom first conceived of Glee as a film. The three wrote all of the show's episodes for the first two seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the show's main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19, 2009, and the first season aired from September 9, 2009, to June 8, 2010. Subsequent seasons aired from September through May. The sixth and final season aired from January to March 2015. Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers that were selected by Murphy, who aimed to maintain
2448-438: A form of escapism. "There's so much on the air right now about people with guns, or sci-fi, or lawyers running around. This is a different genre, there's nothing like it on the air at the networks and cable. Everything's so dark in the world right now, that's why Idol worked. It's pure escapism," he said. Murphy intended to make a family show to appeal to adults as well as children, with adult characters starring equally alongside
2584-429: A girlfriend's dare. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he chose the stage name of Jamie Foxx, which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases, with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Redd Foxx . Foxx joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991, where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Redd's friend and co-worker, LaWanda Page . Following
2720-564: A hard-partying quarterback, partly because of his own football background. During filming, Foxx fought with costar LL Cool J . In 2001, Foxx starred opposite Will Smith in Michael Mann 's biographical drama Ali . Three years later, Foxx played taxi driver Max Durocher in the Mann film Collateral alongside Tom Cruise , for which he received outstanding reviews. Critic Roger Ebert praised Foxx's performance, stating that, "Jamie Foxx's work
2856-583: A high rate of speed" when it left the road, traveled into a drainage ditch , and rolled over several times. Kyle was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol . On October 26, 2020, Foxx announced that his sister Deondra Dixon had died. She was 36 years old and had been born with Down syndrome . She had been an ambassador for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. On April 12, 2023, his daughter Corinne announced that he had been hospitalized after an unspecified medical emergency, but
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#17330851083382992-578: A high school show choir , also known as a glee club , in the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio . Will Schuester ( Matthew Morrison ) takes over the glee club after the former teacher Sandy Ryerson ( Stephen Tobolowsky ) is fired for inappropriate contact with a student. With a rag-tag group of misfit teenagers, Will attempts to restore the glee club to its former glory while tending to his developing feelings for his co-worker, guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury ( Jayma Mays ), as well as defending
3128-469: A line of Glee -related clothing, and Claire's stock accessories. Halfbrick Studios published a Glee content version of the mobile game Band Stars by Six Foot Kid in collaboration with Fox Digital Entertainment on March 27, 2014, currently available on iOS platforms, but with plans to release to Android . The game is available for free download with some Glee content available immediately including Kurt Hummel and Will Schuester. 12 characters from
3264-430: A live concert thing." Glee: The 3D Concert Movie , filmed during the 2011 Glee Live! In Concert! tour, was released on August 12, 2011. Glee has featured as many as fifteen main roles with star billing , after starting with twelve. Morrison plays Will Schuester , McKinley High's Spanish teacher, who becomes glee-club director and hopes to restore it to its former glory. Lynch plays Sue Sylvester , head coach of
3400-676: A longtime fan of country music , performed the George Strait song " You Look So Good in Love " at the George Strait Artist of the Decade All-Star Concert. Jamie Foxx hosted the 2009 BET Awards ceremony on June 28, 2009, which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson , who had died three days prior to the show. As well as performing " Blame It " with T-Pain and " She Got Her Own " with Ne-Yo and Fabolous , Foxx opened
3536-595: A painfully shy Asian American student who fakes a speech impediment as a defense mechanism. Dianna Agron plays Quinn Fabray , Finn's cheerleader girlfriend, who later joins the glee club to keep an eye on him. Mark Salling plays Noah "Puck" Puckerman , a good friend of Finn's on the football team who at first disapproves of Finn joining the glee club, but later joins it himself. Naya Rivera and Heather Morris portray Cheerios and glee club vocalists Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce respectively and were originally recurring actors, but were promoted to series regulars in
3672-499: A physical struggle with police officers who arrested them at Harrah's casino in New Orleans . Employees said the Foxx party failed to show identification upon entry and "started yelling profanities" and fought with police officers after being told to leave. Foxx's sister was subdued by pepper spray after breaking free while being handcuffed and then using the handcuffs to strike out at
3808-573: A popular cheerleader who experiences a teenage pregnancy ; Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel , an effeminate, openly gay boy; Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams , a boy with a physical disability ; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry , an ambitious performer driven by her dreams of becoming a Broadway theatre star; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson , the school's sometimes-slow-witted star quarterback ; Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones , an aspiring vocal diva whose talents go unrecognized; Mark Salling as Noah Puckerman ,
3944-507: A recurring role in the comedy-drama sitcom Roc , Foxx went on to star in his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show , from 1996 to 2001, which he also co-created and produced through his company Foxx Hole Productions and was aired on the WB network . Foxx made his film debut in the 1992 comedy Toys . His first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone 's 1999 film Any Given Sunday , where he was cast as
4080-405: A show where they were in high school for eight years. We really wanted to be true to that experience." Adult characters played by Matthew Morrison and Jane Lynch would remain to provide continuity to the series, though according to Falchuk, some students—Rachel, Finn and Kurt in particular—would likely remain on the show after they graduate. In May 2012, Murphy said that just because a character on
4216-449: A song, rights are cleared with its publishers by music supervisor P. J. Bloom, and music producers Adam Anders and Peer Astrom rearrange it for the Glee cast. Numbers are pre-recorded by the cast, while Woodlee constructs the accompanying dance moves, which are then taught to the cast and filmed. Studio recordings of tracks are then made. The process begins six to eight weeks before each episode
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4352-491: A stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley Dixon. Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents, Esther Marie (née Nelson), a domestic worker and nursery operator, and Mark Talley, a yard worker. He has had little contact with his birth parents, who were not part of his upbringing. He was raised in the black quarter of Terrell, which at the time was a racially segregated community. He has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of
4488-518: A successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s. He earned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 , with his features on the singles " Slow Jamz " by Twista alongside Kanye West , and " Gold Digger " by the former. His single " Blame It " won him the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . Four of his five studio albums have charted in the top ten of
4624-531: A theatrical release in some countries. USA Today 's Brian Truitt commended Foxx's performance, saying he brought "warmth, humor and an occasional touch of exasperation" to the role. Foxx co-created, executive produced and starred in the 2021 Netflix sitcom Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! , in which he played the single father of two teenage girls. The series marked Foxx's return to the sitcom format after The Jamie Foxx Show ended in 2001. The entire eight-episode series premiered April 14, 2021, on Netflix. It
4760-404: A tribute in season five's third episode, which would deal with the death of Monteith's character, Finn. On July 30, 2013, Mays confirmed that she would depart the show after the fifth season to work on other projects, but stated that she would be open to returning as a guest star in the future. On July 7, 2014, it was confirmed that Rivera and Ushkowitz would be placed on a recurring status for
4896-423: A tricky mix, but that's very important—the balancing of that." According to Murphy, the song choices are integral to script development, "Each episode has a theme at its core. After I write the script, I will choose songs that help to move the story along." In a 2010 interview with Allison Kugel, Chris Colfer noted that "there have been a couple of times when I have gone to Ryan Murphy ( Glee creator) and told him
5032-607: A year on Prime Video . In the United Kingdom , E4 broadcast the first two seasons of Glee , showing episodes months after they were first aired in the US. Sky 1 broadcast the series starting with the third season, airing episodes two days after their US broadcast. However, the show has come under a trademark dispute in the UK with the Glee Club , a small chain of independent live stand-up comedy and live music venues. In February 2014,
5168-526: Is a revelation. I've thought of him in terms of comedy (" Booty Call ," " Breakin' all the Rules "), but here he steps into a dramatic lead and is always convincing and involving". He went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. In 1994, Foxx released an album (on the Fox record label) entitled Peep This , which was not commercially successful. In 2003, Foxx made
5304-488: Is filmed, and can end as late as the day before filming begins. Each episode costs at least $ 3 million to produce, and can take up to ten days to film as a result of the elaborate choreography. In late 2010, Bloom reported the process has been even shorter; "as quick as a few weeks". For the second season, the creators were offered listens of upcoming songs in advance by publishers and record labels, with production occurring even before song rights are cleared. Prior to
5440-594: Is going. They all are. I wanted to do the right thing by all of them." He then continued: "They're all coming back. Anyone who is a regular is coming back. Everyone said yes." On June 28, 2013, the media reported that Morris, Riley, Salling, and Shum would be changing from starring status to guest starring roles for the fifth season, and on the following day that Jacob Artist , Melissa Benoist , Blake Jenner , Alex Newell , and Becca Tobin (who play Jake Puckerman , Marley Rose , Ryder Lynn , Wade "Unique" Adams , and Kitty Wilde , respectively), were all being promoted to
5576-467: Is now coaching rival club Vocal Adrenaline, while Blaine is coaching the Dalton Academy Warblers. All of the new main cast members from the fifth season have returned to guest star status in this final season when they appear, as well as Naya Rivera as Santana and Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina; Amber Riley as Mercedes rejoins the main cast, and Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Beiste joins the main cast for
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5712-578: The 18–49 demographic . Murphy was surprised at the ease with which use of songs was approved by the record labels approached, and explained: "I think the key to it is they loved the tone of it. They loved that this show was about optimism and young kids, for the most part, reinterpreting their classics for a new audience." A minority of those approached refused to allow their music to be used, including Bryan Adams , Guns N' Roses and Coldplay ; however, in June 2010, Coldplay reversed their decision, allowing Glee
5848-671: The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards . The "Blame It" music video, directed by Hype Williams , features cameo appearances by Forest Whitaker , Samuel L. Jackson , Ron Howard , Quincy Jones and his Jarhead co-star Jake Gyllenhaal , amongst others. Foxx's musical career has also included a number of collaborations. In 2007, he recorded the song "She Goes All the Way" with country superstars Rascal Flatts for their Still Feels Good album. Foxx performed backing vocals for artist/songwriter Tank . He featured alongside The-Dream on Plies ' " Please Excuse My Hands ." He also appeared alongside Fabolous on
5984-619: The Auto-Tune effect. T-Pain also uses some elements from " I Luv Your Girl " by The-Dream . The song received many accolades and nominations, including a win for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards . "Blame It" is the most successful single from the album, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 , and number one on the Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 14 consecutive weeks making it
6120-612: The Feels So Good album released by Warwick. He released his fifth studio album, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses , on May 18, 2015. It debuted atop the Top R&;B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. In 2015, Foxx's voice was featured in the chorus on the Ariana Grande song, " Focus ". Since its debut in 2017, Foxx has been the host and executive producer of
6256-410: The Fox game show Beat Shazam , whose premise is similar to the once-popular game show format Name That Tune . On the show, three sets of two partners try to beat the software application Shazam in correctly identifying the titles of popular songs for increasingly higher amounts of money, with one team eventually vying for a potential prize of $ 1 million. Foxx's daughter Corinne began co-hosting
6392-598: The Wii home videogame console. There were live concert tours by the show's cast after the first and second seasons completed shooting; a concert film based on the 2011 tour, and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie , which was produced by Murphy and Fox and directed by Kevin Tancharoen . During its first season, Glee received generally favorable reviews from critics, with Metacritic 's weighted average of 77 out of 100 based on 18 critical reviews. Glee has won many accolades . The season
6528-508: The seventh season of The X Factor on December 5, 2010. In 2020, celebrating the show's 11 year anniversary, Ryan Murphy made an Instagram post about his idea of re-doing the show's pilot with Lea Michele, Ben Platt , and Beanie Feldstein . Murphy eventually deleted the post. In 2021, Fox President Michael Thorn revealed he was interested in reviving past Fox programs, most notably 24 and Glee . In 2022, in an interview with Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz, Ryan Murphy revealed he
6664-448: The "Cheerios" cheerleading squad, and the Glee Club's nemesis. Mays appears as Emma Pillsbury , the school's mysophobic guidance counselor who has feelings for Will, and Jessalyn Gilsig plays Terri Schuester , Will's wife whom he eventually divorces after five years of marriage and the discovery that she has faked being pregnant instead of revealing she had suffered a false pregnancy . Michele plays Rachel Berry , talented star of
6800-537: The 2009–10 television season. Only the first twenty episodes of the first season were accounted for when calculating the season average due to the final two episodes airing outside the traditional sweeps period. On February 6, 2011, after the Super Bowl , Glee received its highest ever ratings, with over 26.8 million tuning in to see the special episode, with a peak of 39.5 million. In 2011, Glee generated $ 2 million advertising revenue per half-hour. In 2012,
6936-466: The 9:00 pm time slot, and aired after that evening's 8:00 pm music competition "results" shows— The X Factor in the fall and American Idol in midseason. The show was renewed for both a fifth and sixth season at the same time, on April 19, 2013. Reruns were also syndicated to local US stations from 2013 to 2015. Glee has been syndicated for broadcast in many countries worldwide, including Australia , where cast members visited to promote
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#17330851083387072-450: The April 17, 2009, episode of The Jamie Foxx Show , Foxx and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singer Miley Cyrus . Several days later Foxx issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in response to growing public outcry and televised criticism by Cyrus's father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus . On April 6, 2009, Foxx,
7208-518: The Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. The show was also chosen by Fox to fill the coveted time slot that followed the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLV in 2011. In 2013, in the wake of Cory Monteith's death and after his tribute episode " The Quarterback " aired, Murphy announced that the sixth season would be the series' last. After 121 episodes and over 729 music performances, Glee concluded on March 20, 2015. The series centers on
7344-659: The Flow with Affion Crockett on Fox . Foxx released his fourth album, Best Night of My Life , on December 21, 2010, featuring the singles " Winner " (featuring Justin Timberlake and T.I. ), "Living Better Now" (featuring rapper Rick Ross ) and " Fall for Your Type " (featuring rapper Drake ). On October 7, the RCA Music Group announced that it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records , meaning that all artists (including Foxx) previously signed to
7480-529: The Glee TV show are available for purchase and download in two separate packs. Pack 1 contains: Rachel Berry, Mercedes Jones, Noah (Puck) Puckerman, Jake Puckerman, Sam Evans, and Quinn Fabray. Pack 2 contains: Artie Abrams, Tina Cohen-Chang, Blaine Anderson, Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce and Unique Adams. The pilot episode of Glee averaged 9.62 million viewers, and the following eleven episodes attained between 6.10 and 7.65 million. The mid-season finale
7616-538: The Hot 100's Top 20 for more than twenty weeks, "Blame It" took a sudden fall from number 22 to 34 in mid-July. The music video premiered at 106 & Park on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Cameo appearances in the video are made by many famous performers. BET named it their No. 1 music video for 2009 on their year-end Notarized countdown, beating out videos from artists such as Jay-Z , Maxwell , Alicia Keys and Young Money . Metalcore band Of Mice & Men covered
7752-789: The McKinley graduates from the third season, notably to the fictional New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts (NYADA) in New York City. The season follows the club through a loss at the Sectionals competition (episode 9) and subsequent reinstatement when the winning Dalton Academy Warblers were found to have used banned substances (human growth hormone) (episode 12) before winning at the Regionals competition (episode 22), which meant they would be attending their third consecutive National show choir competition. In
7888-575: The Piazza ; Lea Michele , who starred in Spring Awakening ; and Jenna Ushkowitz , who had been in the Broadway revival of The King and I . During their auditions, actors without any theatrical experience needed to demonstrate that they could also sing and dance. Chris Colfer had no previous professional experience, but Murphy wrote in the character Kurt Hummel for him. Jayma Mays auditioned with
8024-553: The U.S. Billboard 200 : Unpredictable (2005), which topped the chart, Intuition (2008), Best Night of My Life (2010), and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015). Since 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show Beat Shazam . In 2021, he wrote his autobiography Act Like You Got Some Sense . Born in Terrell, Texas , Foxx is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion to Islam ), who sometimes worked as
8160-805: The United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015. It focuses on the New Directions, a glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School, that is located in Ohio, USA. The club competes as a show choir while its disparate members deal with social issues , regarding sexuality , gender , race , family , teen relationships and teamwork . The initial twelve-member main cast included Matthew Morrison as teacher Will Schuester , Jane Lynch as scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester , Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury , Jessalyn Gilsig as Will's wife, Terri Schuester . Other main cast members played students, with Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray ,
8296-763: The Warblers , and Glee: The Music, Volume 6 were 2011 releases, in March, April, and May, respectively. An EP entitled Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show was released to accompany the Halloween episode, " The Rocky Horror Glee Show ". Two EPs were released exclusively at the Target discount chain: Glee: The Music, Love Songs in the last week of 2010, and Glee: The Music, Dance Party in early September 2011. Glee has been released on several DVD and Blu-ray box-sets. Glee – Pilot Episode: Director's Cut features
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#17330851083388432-501: The album, the title track " Unpredictable " (featuring Ludacris ), peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart; the track samples " Wildflower " by New Birth . The second U.S. single from the album was "DJ Play a Love Song," which reunited Foxx with Twista . In the UK, the second single was " Extravaganza ", which saw Foxx once again collaborate with Kanye West , although Foxx did not feature in
8568-573: The alumni's lives in New York City for the remainder of the season, including Rachel's successful Broadway debut. Throughout this season, the club and its alumni deal with relationships, death and mourning , body image , gay bashing , intimacy, and other social issues. Several main cast members dropped to recurring guest stars as of this season: Amber Riley as Mercedes, Mark Salling as Puck, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike and Heather Morris as Brittany. New main cast members included glee club members introduced in
8704-529: The chart (following two number ones as a featured artist). The song sold one million downloads in 14 weeks in the United States. On May 26, 2009, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million digital copies in the United States. In Canada, it peaked at number seven on the Canadian Hot 100 . After consistently remaining in
8840-434: The chart as a lead artist, and his third including featured credits. "Blame It" broke the record for the longest-running number one song ever on the chart by a male artist. It spent fourteen consecutive weeks at number one before finally being knocked off by Jeremih 's " Birthday Sex ". It is tied with " We Belong Together " by Mariah Carey , " Nobody's Supposed to Be Here " by Deborah Cox and " Pretty Wings " by Maxwell as
8976-553: The club through wins at the Sectionals (episode 9) and Regionals (episode 16) competitions before losing at the Nationals competition in New York City (season finale/episode 22), while its members and faculty deal with relationships, religion , homophobia , bullying , rumors , teenage drinking, death and other social issues. The season's stories revolve around the same Glee club members as first season, with Santana Lopez ( Naya Rivera ) and Brittany S. Pierce ( Heather Morris ) added to
9112-400: The diversity of the cast's backgrounds reflects the range of different musical styles within the show itself: "It's a mix of everything: classic rock, current stuff, R&B. Even the musical theatre stuff is switched up. You won't always recognize it." Jane Lynch was originally supposed to have a recurring role as Sue Sylvester , but was made a series regular when a Damon Wayans pilot she
9248-433: The eighth best television show of the year, commenting: "when Glee works—which is often—it is transcendent, tear-jerking and thrilling like nothing else on TV." Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker ranked it ninth, calling it "Hands down the year's most novel show [and] also its least likely success", Lisa Respers France of CNN wrote that while ordinarily Glee 's premise would have been "a recipe for disaster",
9384-645: The episodes " The Power of Madonna " and " Journey to Regionals ": Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals respectively. Glee: The Music, The Complete Season One , a compilation album featuring all 100 studio recordings from the first season, was released exclusively to the iTunes Store . Five soundtrack albums were released to accompany Glee 's second season: Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album , featuring Christmas-themed songs, and Glee: The Music, Volume 4 , were both released in November 2010; Glee: The Music, Volume 5 , Glee: The Music Presents
9520-851: The fictional high school show choir New Directions competing for the first time on the show choir circuit, winning at the Sectionals competition (episode 13) but losing at Regionals (season finale/episode 22), while its members and faculty deal with sex , relationships , homosexuality , teenage pregnancy , disabilities , acceptance and other social issues. The central characters are glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), Will's wife Terri ( Jessalyn Gilsig ), guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), and glee club members Rachel ( Lea Michele ), Finn ( Cory Monteith ), Artie ( Kevin McHale ), Kurt ( Chris Colfer ), Mercedes ( Amber Riley ), Tina ( Jenna Ushkowitz ), Puck ( Mark Salling ), and Quinn ( Dianna Agron ). The second season follows
9656-464: The first draft in August 2005 with the aid of Screenwriting for Dummies . He completed the script in 2005, but could not generate interest in the project for several years. Mike Novick, a television producer and a friend of Brennan's from Los Angeles, was a member of the same gym as Ryan Murphy, and gave him a copy of Brennan's script. Murphy had been in a show choir in college and felt he could relate to
9792-510: The first not credited to the show's three creators. Adler and Noxon did not return for the show's fourth season and instead House writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner , and Stacy Traub were hired. The series features numerous song covers sung onscreen by the characters. Ryan Murphy was responsible for selecting all of the songs used, and has said that he strove to maintain a balance between chart hits and show tunes: "I want there to be something for everybody in every episode. That's
9928-403: The first season and Criss in the second. For the fourth season, Chord Overstreet , who started as a recurring actor in the second season, playing glee club member Sam Evans , was promoted to the main cast, while Agron and Mays were credited as recurring guest stars. Many of the original characters graduated from McKinley High at the end of the third season. Murphy said, "We didn't want to have
10064-435: The first season by Fox , and the first of these episodes was broadcast on April 13, 2010. These episodes aired on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 pm. On January 11, 2010, it was announced that Fox had commissioned a second season of the show. The second season began production in June 2010. Season two began on September 21, 2010, airing in the 8:00 pm time slot on Tuesdays, and consists of twenty-two episodes. The show
10200-405: The first ten episodes on January 25, 2011, and both Glee Season 2: Volume 2 with the final twelve episode and Glee: The Complete Second Season with all twenty-two on September 13, 2011. All three were released on DVD; only the complete season is available on Blu-ray. Little, Brown Books has published three Glee -related young adult novels , all of which were developed in collaboration with
10336-453: The first time. The cast members deal with gay marriage , gender identity, transitioning and other social issues. The newly reconstituted club wins the Nationals competition, Sue is fired as principal and Will is hired to be the principal of a McKinley High repurposed as a magnet arts school , with Sam as the new director of New Directions. The finale jumps five years into the future: Rachel has married Jesse St. James ( Jonathan Groff ), wins
10472-588: The following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies. To date, the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA . The album also charted on the UK Albums Chart , where it peaked at No. 9. Foxx became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a No. 1 album in the U.S, joining Frank Sinatra , Bing Crosby and Barbra Streisand . Foxx's first single from
10608-404: The fourth season: Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose , a kind teenager who develops an eating disorder ; Alex Newell as Unique Adams , a shy, nerdy teenager who becomes more bold and glamorous after coming out as transgender ; Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn , a dyslexic teen; Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman , a biracial teen struggling with anger issues ; and Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde ,
10744-470: The glee club whose ambition sometimes causes her to be insensitive toward others. Often bullied by the Cheerios and football players, she grows closer to them as the show progresses and begins an on-and-off relationship with Finn Hudson starting in season one; they become engaged in season three. Monteith played Finn, star quarterback of the school's football team who risks alienation by his friends after joining
10880-404: The glee club's existence from the conniving cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester ( Jane Lynch ). A major focus of the series is the students in the glee club: their relationships as couples, their love of singing and desire for popularity coming into conflict due to their membership in the low-status club, and the many vicissitudes of life in high school and as a teenager. The first season features
11016-463: The glee club. Also in the club are Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones , a fashion-conscious diva who resents having to sing back-up but eventually finds her place in the choir; Colfer as Kurt Hummel , a fashionable gay man countertenor who is often bullied by the jocks in the school; McHale as Artie Abrams , a guitar player and paraplegic who longs to be seen for his personality rather than only his physical injuries; and Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang ,
11152-596: The greatest reasons for his success. Foxx began playing the piano when he was five years old. He had a strict Baptist upbringing and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church. His natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader, when his teacher used him as a reward: if the class behaved well, Foxx would tell them jokes. He attended Terrell High School , where he received top grades and played basketball and football (as quarterback ). His ambition
11288-584: The hospitalization, to accept a Critics Choice Association 's Vanguard Award. In his speech, he disclosed that he couldn't walk at first and discussed his recovery, without detailing exactly what led to his hospitalization. Despite the news of his health challenges, he walked his daughter Corinne down the aisle in September 21, 2024 at his home in Thousand Oaks, California . In April 2003, Foxx and his sister Deondra Dixon were confronted by security guards and had
11424-448: The main cast were Mike Chang ( Harry Shum Jr. ) and transfer student Blaine Anderson ( Darren Criss ), while Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri Schuester was written out of the series and Mike O'Malley as Burt returned to recurring status. The McKinley High class of 2012 graduates at the end of the season. The fourth season continues in Lima with a new generation of students but also follows some of
11560-505: The main cast, along with Kurt's father Burt ( Mike O'Malley ). The third season follows the club through wins at Sectionals (episode 8) and Regionals competitions (episode 14), before they win the Nationals competition (episode 21) in Chicago . The characters deal with gender identity , adoption , domestic abuse , teenage suicide , bullying, disabilities, texting while driving , college and other social issues. Glee club members added to
11696-478: The meantime, Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel navigate NYADA and their lives as aspiring performers, plus their relationships with Finn and Blaine. Issues during the season include sex, bulimia , gender identity, child molestation , dyslexia , school violence , and pregnancy scares . Former main cast members Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) and Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) were credited as guest stars, while previously recurring glee club member Sam Evans ( Chord Overstreet )
11832-409: The others. Brennan writes most of Sue's material, and Falchuk frequently writes the scenes between Kurt and Burt Hummel, though Murphy contributes a great deal to Kurt. Starting with season three, a writing staff of six was hired: Ali Adler , Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa , Marti Noxon , Michael Hitchcock , Matt Hodgson and Ross Maxwell. The season's fourth episode, " Pot o' Gold ", was written by Adler,
11968-429: The person "who's taken the lead in story breaking or who wrote a draft". Brennan noted that the writing process is "fast and loose, with the emphasis on fast", and quotes Murphy as having said, in terms of their roles in episode creation, "I'm sort of the brain. Brad's sort of the heart. Ian's sort of the funny bone", which Brennan says "is true in a lot of ways". Some of the characters are written more by one writer than by
12104-436: The pilot episode and a preview of the second episode, " Showmance ". Glee – Volume 1: Road to Sectionals contains the first thirteen episodes of season one, and Glee – Volume 2: Road to Regionals contains the final nine episodes of the first season. Glee – The Complete First Season was released on September 13, 2010. Three boxed sets were released for the second season: Glee Season 2: Volume 1 containing
12240-420: The police officers. Two police officers were injured in the incident. Originally charged with trespassing , disturbing the peace , battery on police officers, and resisting arrest , Foxx pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace in exchange for the other charges being dropped and was sentenced to a six-month suspended jail term with two years of probation and a $ 1,500 fine . In November 2023, Foxx
12376-872: The remix of Ne-Yo 's " Miss Independent ". Foxx collaborated with rapper The Game on the track "Around the World". Foxx also featured on T.I.'s single " Live in the Sky " from the album King . On January 22, 2007, Foxx launched The Foxxhole , a channel on Sirius Satellite Radio featuring talk-radio programs, stand-up comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers, as well as much of Foxx's own material. Foxx's own talk-radio variety program The Jamie Foxx Show airs Friday evenings on The Foxxhole with guests including musicians, actors and fellow comedians; co-hosts have included Johnny Mack, Speedy, Claudia Jordan , The Poetess , Lewis Dix, Yvette Wilson , T.D.P and Tyrin Turner . On
12512-420: The rights to their catalog. Adams posted on his Twitter account that the producers of Glee had never requested permission from him and urged them to "pick up the phone". Composer and musician Billy Joel offered many of his songs for use on the show, and other artists have offered use of their songs for free. A series of Glee soundtrack albums have been released through Columbia Records . Songs featured on
12648-494: The script. Murphy and his Nip/Tuck colleague Brad Falchuk suggested that Glee be produced as a television show. The script was entirely rewritten, and was picked up by Fox within fifteen hours of being received. Murphy attributed that, in part, to the network's success with American Idol . "It made sense for the network with the biggest hit in TV, which is a musical, to do something in that vein," he said. Murphy and Falchuk became
12784-473: The second episode's premiere, Glee 's cast went on tour at several Hot Topic stores across the nation. The cast sang the U.S. national anthem at the third game of the 2009 World Series . Macy's invited them to perform at the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade , but host broadcaster NBC declined because Glee aired on a rival network. Ryan Murphy commented on the cast's exclusion: "I completely understand NBC's position, and look forward to seeing
12920-542: The second longest-running number one song on that chart. "Blame It" has sold over one million downloads. He performed this song with T-Pain at the BET Awards and won the award for Best Collaboration. He also performed this at the 52nd Grammy Awards with T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . "Blame It" moved rapidly to number one on US Billboard ' s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Foxx's first number one on
13056-472: The second longest-running song ever on the chart. Only " Be Without You " by Mary J. Blige spent more time at number one, with 15 weeks. On the US Billboard Hot 100 , the song peaked at number two, behind the Black Eyed Peas 's " Boom Boom Pow " which topped for the Hot 100 for 12 weeks, making it his second top ten, but his first top-five hit single on the chart as a lead artist and his highest peak on
13192-595: The second season. Mike O'Malley , who plays Kurt's father Burt Hummel , also became a series regular on season two. Gilsig and O'Malley no longer appeared on the list of starring actors at the beginning of the third season, though O'Malley was a recurring guest star in at least six episodes during the season. Two actors were promoted to series regulars as of the third season: Harry Shum Jr. as football player and glee club member Mike Chang and Darren Criss as former Dalton Academy Warbler and new club member Blaine Anderson , both of whom started as recurring actors, Shum in
13328-498: The show are available for digital download through iTunes up to two weeks before new episodes air, and through other digital outlets and mobile carriers a week later. Glee music producers Adam Anders and Peer Astrom have begun to add original music to the show, including two original songs, " Loser like Me " and " Get It Right ", on the March 15, 2011, episode. Glee is choreographed by Zach Woodlee and features four to eight production numbers per episode. Once Murphy selects
13464-453: The show graduates high school does not mean that they are leaving, "A lot of people have been writing Dianna's off the show, Amber's off the show — they're not off the show. I think Amber was talking about that bittersweet feeling of, 'I'll never be in the choir room with that exact group of people.' At least that's what she told me ... When I read that [tweet,] I said, 'I think people will misconstrue that.' She's excited about where her character
13600-499: The show has "such quirky charm and bravado that it is impossible not to get swept up". Reviews for subsequent seasons on Metacritic, reflecting their initial episodes, were not quite as good—the second season's score was 76 out of 100 from eleven reviews,r and the fourth season received a score of 73 out of 100 from six reviews. Even with these stellar reviews from a multitude of critics, Glee's later seasons lost millions of viewers. Nancy Gibbs of Time magazine wrote that she had heard
13736-408: The show in its second season in 2018, replacing DJ October Gonzalez. The show has aired four seasons so far. Foxx co-executive produced the 2017 Showtime sitcom White Famous , which starred Jay Pharoah as a young aspiring African-American comic, and was based on Foxx's own early career. Foxx also occasionally appeared on the show as himself. White Famous got middling reviews and ratings, and
13872-454: The show is filmed at Paramount Studios and Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood. Murphy has said that he has never seen a High School Musical film, to which Glee has been compared, and that his interest lay in creating a "postmodern musical", rather than "doing a show where people burst into song", drawing more heavily on the format of Chicago . Murphy intended the show to be
14008-636: The show prior to its September 2009 debut on Network Ten . Midway through season four, Glee was moved to Network Ten's digital channel Eleven due to poor ratings. It also airs in Canada on City and, previously, Global , New Zealand , Fiji , and Trinidad and Tobago . It is broadcast in South Africa , where Fox beams the episodes directly to the M-Net broadcast center in Johannesburg rather than delivering
14144-452: The show was the fourth-highest revenue earning show of the year, with US$ 2.83 million ad revenue per half-hour, behind Two and a Half Men , The X Factor and American Idol . Glee received a Metacritic score of 78 out of 100 in its first season, based on reviews by eighteen critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It was praised by several critics in year-end "best of" reviews in 2009. James Poniewozik of Time ranked it
14280-467: The show with a rendition of Jackson's " Beat It " dance routine and closed the show with a cover of the Jackson 5 's " I'll Be There " with Ne-Yo. "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else.", said Foxx during the ceremony. In April 2011, Foxx voiced the cartoon canary Nico in the movie Rio . During the summer of 2011, Foxx was involved as a producer of In
14416-523: The show's executive producers and showrunners, Brennan became a co-executive producer and Novick a producer. Brennan, Falchuk and Murphy started by writing "all the episodes". Glee is set at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio . Murphy chose a Midwest setting as he himself grew up in Indiana , and recalled childhood visits to Ohio to the Kings Island theme park. Although set in Lima,
14552-546: The show's main cast. On July 13, 2013, Cory Monteith was found dead in his room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in Vancouver , British Columbia , after failing to check out. Staff were sent to his room where it was then that his body was discovered. An autopsy completed on July 15 indicated that he died of alcohol and heroin overdose . On July 20, 2013, Ryan Murphy said in various media outlets that Cory would have
14688-578: The show's producers and writers. All three have been written by Sophia Lowell; the first, Glee: The Beginning , was released in August 2010 and serves as a prequel to the events of the television series. Subsequent novels include Glee: Foreign Exchange , released in February 2011, and Glee: Summer Break , released in July 2011. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have plans for a line of Glee -related merchandise including games, electrical products, greeting cards, apparel and stationery. Macy's carry
14824-455: The show; PTC president Tim Winter commented that Glee has many young fans, and that "by authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show's direction. And it isn't good for families." The promotional posters for the first season have the show's stars using their right hands to make an "L" to fill in the L of the word Glee . The second season's promotional posters have
14960-540: The sixth and final season. On August 28, a website revealed that Amber Riley would once again become a regular along with Dot-Marie Jones while Jayma Mays would be on a recurring status. Ian Brennan conceived Glee based on his own experience as a member of the Prospect High School show choir in Mount Prospect, Illinois . He initially envisioned Glee as a film, rather than a television series, and wrote
15096-442: The song " Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me " from The Rocky Horror Show , while Cory Monteith initially submitted a tape of himself acting only, and was requested to submit a second, musical tape, in which he sang "a cheesy, '80s music-video-style version" of REO Speedwagon 's " Can't Fight This Feeling ". Kevin McHale came from a boy-band background, having previously been part of the group Not Like Them . He explained that
15232-402: The song on Season 2 of The Masked Singer . Shipments figures based on certification alone. Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx , is an American actor and singer. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color from 1991 to 1994. Following this success, he
15368-492: The song's music video. At the 2006 BET Awards , Foxx won Best Duet/Collaboration with Kanye West for "Gold Digger" and tied with Mary J. Blige 's "Be Without You" for Video of the Year. On December 8, 2006, Foxx received four Grammy Award nominations, which included Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary J. Blige , Best R&B Album for Unpredictable , Best Rap Performance by
15504-598: The stars throwing slushies at the camera in pairs. The third season's promotional posters have the stars getting dodgeballs thrown at them by Sue Sylvester. While the cast concert tour, Glee Live! In Concert! , began on May 15, 2010, and presented concerts in four cities in the US that month, the second edition, with an almost-entirely new set list, toured for four weeks in the US and Canada from May 21 through June 18, 2011, and followed with twelve days in England and Ireland, from June 22 through July 3, 2011. The cast also performed on
15640-551: The tapes. Asian countries that broadcast Glee include Bangladesh , the Philippines , India , Malaysia , and Singapore and Myanmar. All the episodes of the series were announced to be arriving on Disney+ in Latin America in February 2021. In the United States, the series was made available on Disney+ and Hulu starting on June 1, 2022, following its December 2021 departure from Netflix after over seven years, as well as
15776-436: The teenage leads, and as of October 2009 he had already mapped out plans for the series covering three years of broadcast. The three creators—Murphy, Falchuk, and Brennan—plan the stories together. For the first two seasons, they were the only writers, and after taking joint credit for the pilot episode and the episode that opened the fall 2009 season, they began rotating taking a single auctorial credit, based in large part on
15912-627: The three labels will release their future material on the RCA Records brand. In 2011, Jamie Foxx also featured on the rapper Pitbull's album Planet Pit , in the song "Where Do We Go". In 2012, Foxx starred in the title role of the Quentin Tarantino written and directed Django Unchained . Foxx starred alongside his Ray co-star Kerry Washington , as well as Christoph Waltz , Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson . In an interview about Django Unchained , Foxx told Vibe magazine: "As
16048-496: The track for the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 3 , which was released on November 2, 2010. It was also covered by the cast of Glee for the second season episode " Blame It on the Alcohol ", with featured parts given to Kevin McHale , Mark Salling , Amber Riley and Naya Rivera . It is also reinterpreted as part of the polka medley " Polka Face " on "Weird Al" Yankovic 's 2011 album Alpocalypse . Wayne Brady covered
16184-696: Was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : "[it was] one of the most amazing days of my life," said Foxx. In April 2009, Foxx played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist . A few months later in October 2009, he played a starring role alongside Gerard Butler in the thriller Law Abiding Citizen . In 2007, his company FoxxKing Entertainment signed deals with MTV and VH1 . Foxx released his third album titled Intuition in 2008, featuring Kanye West , T.I. , Ne-Yo , Lil' Kim and T-Pain . The album's first single, " Just Like Me " featuring T.I.,
16320-679: Was cancelled after one season. He reprised his role as Electro in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . In 2021, Foxx released the memoir Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me , which focused on his family life, both as a child and as an adult. On May 29, 2018, Foxx was cast as Al Simmons in King Spawn , to be directed by Todd McFarlane . In 2015, Foxx became attached to portray former boxer Mike Tyson in
16456-701: Was cancelled after one season. On May 22, 2019, Foxx appeared as George Jefferson in Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons on ABC . That year, he played wrongly convicted death row prisoner Walter McMillian in the drama film Just Mercy , for which he received significant critical acclaim. Foxx starred in Project Power , directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost , opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback , which
16592-763: Was cast as President James Sawyer in White House Down alongside Channing Tatum . The following year, Foxx appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as the villain Electro , and co-starred with Quvenzhané Wallis in Annie , Sony 's Will Smith and Jay-Z produced update of the comic strip-turned-musical. In 2017, Foxx starred as Bats, a trigger-happy gang member, in Edgar Wright 's action film Baby Driver . Foxx's October 2014 Deja Vu duet with Dionne Warwick appears on
16728-420: Was chosen by Fox to fill the coveted timeslot that followed the network's coverage of Super Bowl XLV in 2011, and the network originally planned to move the show to the 9:00 pm time slot on Wednesdays following the post–Super Bowl broadcast. However, Fox later revised its schedule, leaving Glee on Tuesdays in order to concentrate on building up its weaker Wednesday and Thursday line-ups. A third season
16864-901: Was given his own sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show , in which he starred, co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001. Foxx received acclaim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray (2004), winning the Academy Award for Best Actor . That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral . He gained further prominence for his film roles in Ali (2001), Jarhead (2005), Dreamgirls (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Horrible Bosses (2011), Django Unchained (2012), Annie (2014), Baby Driver (2017), and Soul (2020). He also played Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Walter McMillian in Just Mercy (2019). Foxx also embarked on
17000-462: Was interested in re-examining the series as a brand through a reboot or a Broadway musical. The first season of Glee consists of twenty-two episodes. The pilot episode was originally broadcast on May 19, 2009. The series returned on September 9, 2009, airing an additional twelve episodes on Wednesdays in the 9:00 pm timeslot until December 9, 2009, for a total of thirteen episodes. On September 21, 2009, nine more episodes were ordered for
17136-420: Was named Miss Golden Globe 2016 on November 18, 2015. In 2008, Foxx filmed a public service announcement for Do Something to promote food drives in local communities. From 2013 to 2019, Foxx was rumored to be in a relationship with actress Katie Holmes . On January 18, 2016, he rescued a young man from a burning vehicle that crashed outside his home. The driver, Brett Kyle, was driving his truck "at
17272-600: Was nominated for 19 Emmy Awards , four Golden Globe Awards , six Satellite Awards and 57 other awards, with wins including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy , and Emmy awards for Jane Lynch , guest-star Neil Patrick Harris and Murphy's direction of the pilot episode . In 2011, the show once again won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, and Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer won Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively, and Gwyneth Paltrow won
17408-400: Was ordered by Fox on May 23, 2010, before the end of the first season. The early renewal of the show allowed the production team to cut costs and to plan ahead when writing scripts. The third season broadcasts remained in the show's Tuesday 8:00 pm time slot, and began airing on September 20, 2011. The show's fourth season changed both date and time of broadcast: it moved to Thursdays in
17544-482: Was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner which featured an appearance by actress Taraji P. Henson . The second single " Blame It " featured T-Pain and became a top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number-one single on the Billboard Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song received many accolades for Foxx, including a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at
17680-466: Was promoted to the main cast. The fifth season , unlike previous seasons, continues the school year begun in the previous season. The season shows the reigning champion glee club finishing second at Nationals competition ( episode 11 ) before the club is permanently disbanded by Sue Sylvester, now school principal, for budgetary reasons ( episode 12 ), leaving the focus on graduation. The show then jumps several months forward in time and deals entirely with
17816-561: Was recovering. On May 12, amid conflicting reports about the nature of his condition, including rumors that he was gravely ill, Corinne said that her father had been "out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating". He was reportedly treated in a "physical rehab facility in Chicago" that specializes in "strokes and brain injuries". On July 22, Foxx posted a video clip commenting about his health, saying that he had been to "hell and back". On December 3, 2023, he made his first public appearance since
17952-508: Was released on August 14, 2020, by Netflix . That September, Foxx signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment . Foxx then voiced the main character, jazz pianist and music teacher Joe Gardner, in the Pixar animated film Soul (2020). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Soul was released direct-to-streaming on Disney+ in most countries, including the United States, though it did get
18088-436: Was sued by a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2015. Foxx, Jamie, with Nick Chiles (2021). Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me . New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-538-70328-1 . OCLC 1273729038 . Glee (TV series) Glee (stylized as glee ) is an American jukebox musical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox in
18224-468: Was to play for the Dallas Cowboys , and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards. He also sang in a band called Leather and Lace. After high school, Foxx received a scholarship to United States International University , where he studied musical and performing arts composition . Foxx first told jokes at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989, after accepting
18360-412: Was watched by 8.13 million viewers, with the show returning in April 2010 to a season high of 13.66 million viewers. The following six episodes attained between 11.49 and 12.98 million viewers, falling to 8.99 million for the penultimate episode "Funk". Viewing figures rose to 11.07 million viewers for the season finale, giving Glee the highest finale rating for a new show in
18496-408: Was working on for ABC fell through. The cast is contracted for a potential three Glee films, with their contract stating that "[The actor] hereby grants Fox three exclusive, irrevocable options to engage [the actor] in up to, respectively, three feature-length motion pictures." Murphy said in December 2010 that he wasn't interested in doing a Glee movie "as a story", and added, "I might do it as
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