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he plays Finn, the naive (and sometimes dim) football player on Glee, Cory Monteith‘s real-life past might be closer to Puck’s rebellious ways.

Monteith tells Parade magazine he was in a world of trouble as a young teen addict and drop out.

“I burned a lot of bridges,” he says. “I was out of control.”

At that point, so was his drug use. Monteith admits, “Anything and everything, as much as possible,” he says. “I had a serious problem.”

After a couple of tries at rehab, Cory, now 29, confesses that he did what many addicts do to loved ones: steal from them.

“I stole a significant amount of money from a family member,” he admits. “I knew I was going to get caught, but I was so desperate I didn’t care. It was a cry for help. I was confronted and I said, ‘Yeah, it was me.’ It was the first honorable, truthful thing that had come out of my mouth in years.”

This time, he was truly serious about recovery and knew he had to change. Monteith says although he’s a private person, he wants others to understand even though he’s successful now, it was a long hard road to get there.

“I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too. … But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it. If I can, anyone can.”

[images: Parade magazine]

Vanessa Marano smiled for the cameras on the red carpet of the 37th Annual Saturn Awards held at the Castaway in Burbank, California on June 23rd. The Saturn Awards recognize excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror films.

The Without A Trace actress wore an olive green zip-front jersey dress for the event. She was presenting the Best Performance by a Young Actor (winner: Chloe Moretz) and Best Production Design (Tron: Legacy).

Marano, 18, told reporters she was thrilled how well her new show, Switched At Birth, is doing on ABC Family.

“It had a really good debut and it’s been keeping it pretty strong and I’m really excited about it. Yay us! Hopefully we stay on the air!”

Marano plays Bay on Switched At Birth. Check it Monday’s at 9pm on ABC Family.  Read more »

Raven Symone goes inside to get ready for her appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Friday night, June 25th.

Symone, 25, is making the press rounds to promote her new show State of Georgia on ABC Family.

The actress spoke to Fallon about her first music single at age 5, The Cosby Show reunion, her new comedy and Justin Bieber.

Check out her interview below and don’t forget; State of Georgia premieres this Wednesday, June 29th.

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Lea Michele took part in the 2011 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City on Monday, May 2nd.

The 2011 Met Gala, as it’s more commonly known, featured an exhibit, the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty retrospective, which honored the late designer’s body of work.

The Glee actress chose a red Escada silk gown with contrasting detail at the bust line and minimal accessories.

Michele also posed with her sometime Glee costar, Gwyneth Paltrow on the red carpet.

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Amanda Michalka attended the 18th Annual Race to Erase MS Gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on April 29, in Los Angeles to help raise money at the charity auction.

The 20 year-old star rubbed elbows with Cindy Crawford, Paris Hilton, Lea Thompson and Melissa Joan Hart, among the celebs at the fundraiser.

The 78violet singer’s next project is the big summer flick Super 8 with Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler.

While a lot of the plot of JJ Abrams movie is still secret, Michalka did talk to Nylon about working with him and Fanning.

“JJ [Abrams, the director] is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever worked with,” she said. ” He’s never done anything with a bunch of young kids before, so it was fun to work with him because everyone thought he was so funny.”

” And Elle Fanning is the sweetest, most adorable thing ever,” Amanda shared. ” Although maybe I can’t say she’s adorable, because she’s way taller than me.”

AJ’s last Hellcats episode with sister Aly Michalka, “Warped Sister” airs Tuesday, May 3rd. Super 8 is in theaters this June.

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Shay Mitchell was in Washington DC to help kick off the Anti-Bullying Alliance ‘Be A Star’ launched by The Creative Coalition, A-List celebs and WWE at The Washington Club on Friday night.

The Pretty Little Liars star knows first hand how tough being bullied can be. She shared with Teen Vogue her experience with some mean girls at school.

“Girls who used to be my friends bullied me. Instead of eating lunch in the cafeteria, I’d find the quietest place at school and eat by myself,” she remembers.

“I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It’s the bully who’s insecure,” she says. “So I went back to the cafeteria and sat myself down, and when the girls walked by, I just smiled like they didn’t bother me!”

Photos of Shay at the event are under. Read more »

Angus T. Jones is in Washington DC to help kick off The Creative Coalition and WWE’s ‘Be A STAR’ Anti-Bullying Campaign.

The initial dinner, held at The Washington Club in the nation’s capital, brought out the Two and A Half Men star in the fight against bullying.

From the press release: “The mission of “be a STAR” —which stands for ‘Show Tolerance And Respect’—is to ensure a positive and equitable social environment for everyone regardless of age, race, religion or sexual orientation through grassroots efforts beginning with education and awareness. “be a STAR” will promote positive methods of social interaction and encourage people to treat others as equals and with respect because everyone is a star in their own right.”

Jones, who has been on quite a break from his hit TV show, looks like he took the Charlie Sheen-free time off to work out a little extra and he looks great!

The 17 year-old actor’s job is up in the air until CBS and Warner Bros. sort out what they are going to do without Sheen. No decision has been made if they will replace Sheen with another actor or cancel the show all together.

More photos of Angus are below. Read more »

I hope she brings a sweater because Keke Palmer is heading to the Ice Age.

The 17 year-old is among the voice talent cast for the fourth film Ice Age: Continental Drift. Palmer joins the existing cast of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Josh Peck and John Leguizamo .

But she isn’t the only new cast member. Jennifer Lopez, Aziz Anzari, Wanda Sykes, Jeremy Renner and Drake are all hoping on the animated train. It is scheduled for release on July 13, 2012.

Palmer’s character is “Peaches” the daughter of Ellie (Latifah.)

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Nina Dobrev has earned herself the cover for Seventeen Fitness magazine – Celeb Special Issue that hits May 3rd.

The actress is certainly in fine form and shares that she’s happy with her body; bruises and all.

“I’ve reached a point where I’m comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I’m built the way I am,” Dobrev says.

“The dancer’s feet, the bruises on my legs, they’re not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun. It’s just a part of life!”

The Vampire Diaries star stays fit by making sports a part of day at the beach, not suntanning.

“I don’t really wear stringy bikinis much,” Nina says as guys everywhere tear up a little.

” I wear a lot of thicker, sportier stuff, because I’ll play volleyball on the beach and go surfing and swimming. I’m not the lounge-in-a-chair-in-next-to-nothing-for-tan-lines kind of girl.”

More photos of Nina are below and a behind the scenes video of her shoot. Read more »

New York City is in full Glee-mania.

The cast of the hit TV show are filming the finale (the New Directions group is headed to Nationals) on the East Coast and Mayor Bloomberg took time out to welcome them at a press conference held at the Gershwin Theater.

Joking with the cast, the Big Apple Mayor said “Mayors don’t get a lot of time to watch television, so I don’t know much about this season’s plot but actually it would be great to see what happens with Finn and Rachel.”

“We’ve been filming ‘Glee’ in Los Angeles for two years. We’ve never met the mayor there,” said executive producer Dante Di Loreto.

The show is filming the season two episode (to air May 24th) and they will be around until the 29th. They are scheduled to shoot scenes at some of the major landmarks, including Lincoln Center, Times Square and Central Park.

So far, most of the cast has been spotted, papped and twitterazzi’d all around the city.

Cory Monteith, Chord Overstreet, Chris Colfer, Lea Michele, Dianna Agron, Jenna Ushkowitz, Heather Morris, Mark Salling and lots more of the cast are pictured below.

Photos of the conference plus their first day of shooting are below.  Read more »