Mercedes Jones

While her character on Glee, Mercedes, may be a diva extraordinaire, Amber Riley isn’t afraid to show her low-maintenance face to the world. For example, Amber recently tweeted this fresh-faced, makeup-free snapshot of herself backstage with a huge holiday gift basket:

Glee’s Amber Riley (Mercedes) stars on an uber-popular show and recently made her NYC stage debut, but that doesn’t mean that the road to Hollywood success has been easy for her.

Amber — who made her Big Apple stage debut on November 14 in Cotton Club Revue — breaks down in tears on MTV’s This Is How I Made It when discussing the professional roadblocks...

We’re concerned about Sam (Chord Overstreet) on Glee. Ever since he ran for office, and won, he’s been kind of floating. Sure, he landed a role in Grease and he’s become really good friends with Brittany (Heather Morris), but we think there’s something missing. Namely, a leading lady.

Ryan Murphy has said that Sam will be getting a new love interest this year, but we...

Glee manages to pack an insane number of songs into each episode, which means there will always be a few standouts, along with the inevitable dud or two. We've narrowed the performances from Season 4, Episode 5: “The Role You Were Born to Play,” down to the very best and the coulda-done-without. Do you agree with our picks?