Staring into the mirror at her suburban New Jersey home, Lea Michele didn’t see a television star.

“I never really thought there would be a place on television for me,” Michele told the Daily News. “I have a very specific look. I’m Jewish. I’m Italian.”

And now, she is a television star. The Bronx-born, Tenafly-raised Michele leads the cast of “Glee” – the Fox musical comedy already considered one of the hottest shows of the upcoming television season.

“I remember growing up and watching television, and there would be so many shows where I said I wish I could be as beautiful as her, or as cool as her,” Michele says. “I remember looking up to Barbra Streisand, and thinking, ‘Finally, someone who has a Jewish nose, who didn’t get a nose job.’”
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As of today, you can find Lea Michele Web at its new domain name http://leamicheleweb.org, thanks to Fan-Sites.org!. The old url will still work as a redirect to this site, but please use the new domain to link to the site from now on.

Speaking of site related things… you can probably see a new box on the sidebar, I’m still looking for someone who wants to help out on the site. Please read my original post and let me know if you’re interested.

And I’m looking for affiliates for the site, if you want to become one, apply here.

Ok that’s it, no more site stuff for now.

So the Gleek tour has come to its end and now there’s only waiting until Glee comes back to TV! I’ve added 3 pictures of Lea at the LA signing, which you can see in the gallery as usual. I’ll be adding more later

Gleek Tour: Hollywood and Highland, CA – August 28

EDIT: Added 47 additional pictures of the Hollywood stop to the gallery

It’s Lea’s 23rd birthday today! I’d like to wish her a very happy birthday and hope it’s a great one! :)

Gleek Tour: Littleton, CO – August 27

[Please excuse my little shameless plug of this other site I run]

Besides Lea Michele Web, I run a site for Chris Colfer. He has kindly agreed to do a Q&A with his fans through his fansite and so I’d like to invite all Glee fans who visit Lea’s site to take part in this little project!

Just click here (or the image above) to visit Chris’ site and send in your question for him!

Thanks for reading!

Huge thanks to Stephanie from Kristen Stewart Fan for this scan.

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Just updated the gallery with new pictures of Bloomington, New Jersey, Fairfax, Houston and Dallas. Check them out!

Gleek Tour: Dallas, TX

Gleek Tour: Houston, TX – August 25

Gleek Tour: Chicago, IL – August 21

Gleek Tour: Fairfax, VA – August 20

Gleek Tour: New Jersey, NY – August 18