Look now at who’s part of the popular crowd.

Time Magazine has named Lea Michele as one of 2010′s most influential 100 people.  The actress plays Rachel Berry, the resident diva of McKinley High, on FOX’s hit series “Glee.”

Olivia Newton-John, acknowledging the 24 year old’s status as a role model, paid tribute to Michele in Time Magazine.  She noted that the Broadway veteran was inspiring young people for getting involved in school musical programs and urging communities to fund these programs.  The star from Grease wrote that Lea is a savvy, wise, beautiful and very gifted actress, singer, comedian and dancer that has perfect pitch.

Time meanwhile included Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag in the special issue as well.  The stars from Hills were named as two of 2010′s least influential people as part of their morons category.

Time said regarding Pratt that he had been fired as Montag’s manager.  We need another list for the uninfluential of the uninfluential.

Last Wednesday, Glee’s cast made an appearance on “The Oprah Show” as honored guests. Oprah joined the “Gleek” band wagon, dedicating an entire hour to a musical number and interviewing the cast along with other goodness behind the scenes.

The famous students from Glee performed “Somebody to Love” in front of the fan filled audience. Even Oprah was bopping along with the newest sensation from Hollywood. Oprah then transformed her stage into the Glee McKinley High choir room. No stone for Glee was left unturned by Oprah as she interviewed Rachel (Lea Michele), Mr. Schuster (Matthew Morrison, the new heart throb in America) and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), the woman everybody loves to hate.

Oprah provided footage from behind the scenes, looking at a day in the life of the cast while they were learning new dances. The show also featured a Burbank, CA show choir. Some cast members from Glee surprised the high school students from John Burroughs High, telling them they were headed for Chicago and would appear on Glee. The choir, dressed in makeup and period costumes, gave an amazing performance of Madonna’s “4 Minutes” and “Vogue.” Oprah, being the generous woman that she is, told the school they would be receiving $100,000 to assist their program funding and also get a new piano.

It was a very refreshing and upbeat show. The cast seemed to be having as much fun watching the performance of the choir kids as they did while on stage. It was a busy week for the cast. They also made a White House appearance. Glee’s spring premiere with air on Tuesday night April 13, following American Idol.

Cory Monteith has discovered an additional way to reach his young audience: starring in a movie with a Disney Channel actress. “Entertainment Tonight” has reported that the actor from “Glee” will be joining Selena Gomez in “Monte Carlo,” an upcoming film.

Monteith will be playing the boyfriend of Selena, who in order to dedicate his love is willing to fly overseas to her. In the meantime Gomez will be playing a girl who is mistaken wrongfully to be a socialite. She gets wrapped up ultimately with a case involving a missing necklace.

Although the movie may not be ground breaking entertainment exactly, it does provide Monteith with an additional opportunity for establishing himself as someone other than Finn, his “Glee” character. Although “Glee” fans love him, the character does have an ending. People do graduate out of high school.

Are you tired of dancing alone? “Glee” has returned, so now you won’t have to.

The New Directions choir from McKinley High smashes their competition during sectionals by hitting all the right notes and hits the road for regionals as “Glee” returns on Tuesday. It couldn’t come any sooner. The suspense is killing us about so many things.

Who is Rachel snuggled up with inside the practice room? Are Emma and Will going to be locking lips once again? Is Jesse St. James’ potential new love interest (a Vocal Adrenaline competitor) for real? If Finn and Rachel end up breaking up will he make threats to leave? Are they together really?

What we do know is that the episode on Tuesday will see the Gleeks hard at work on some new songs, including their rendition of “Hello, Goodbye” from the Beatles.

Guest stars on the show will include the Broadway star Idina Menzel from “Wicked” along with Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele’s co-star in “Spring Awakening.” Mr. Schuester (played by Matthew Morrison), has a visit with Vocal Adrenaline’s coach (Menzel) to find out if Jesse is concerned more with winning than winning the heart of Rachel. Sue Sylvester (played by Jane Lynch) has returned from Boca. She has a new plan for destroying the Glee Clubbers and Mr. Schuester.

Later in the “Glee” season will be versions of “Poker Face” from Lady Gaga, a Madonna tribute with “Bad Romance” on April 20, and Olivia Newton-John and Kristin Chenoweth from Broken Arrow singing on May 4 with Jane Lynch.

They’ve hit a high note.

“Glee” from Fox, “Modern Family” of ABC, and “The Late Show With Craig Ferguson” on CBS head up the winners from the 69th annual Peabody Awards, the most prestigous honors for television.

It’s only the latest accolade for “Glee,” the biggest phenomenon on television since debuting last fall. The show also won a Golden Globe as Best TV Series for a Musical or Comedy and trophy from the Screen Actors Guild as Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

HBO continues living up to its delivering critic friendly programming, with three of its showing getting Peabody awards. “The No. 1 Ladies” Detective,” staring Jilly Scott playing a Botswana private eye and “In Treament,” which stars Gabriel Byrne playing a psychotherapist in search of inner peace, won Peabodys along with “Thrilla in Manila,” a documentary of the legendary showdown between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

News shows, as usual, were well represented as well. “The Madoff Affair” from PBS was a winner, along with “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains” from ABC News, as well as “Sabotaging the System,” a segment from 60 Minutes about cyber threats on the infrastructure of America.