Let the Emmy campaign begin right here, ’cause Gwyneth Paltrow was an explosion of awesome on last night’s Glee. Proof: Her version of “Forget You” is already number one (!) on iTunes! And early ratings results show Gwyneth’s ep pulled in the show’s biggest audience (11.6 million) since Britney.

So you fans are asking: Will Gwyneth be back?

Here’s what Glee‘s big boss Ryan Murphy just told me…

“[Gwyneth] and I want her to come back. It depends on [the] story…I love her.”

You hear that, fans? That’s a solid “maybe” and we’ll take it! Given the outpouring of Gwyneth love after last night’s episode—not to mention the iTunes and Nielsen’s backing this morning—something tells me Gwyneth will find her way back to McKinley.

Now about that Emmy.

Dear Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, you may as well just ship Gwyneth Paltrow that guest-star trophy already, even though the actual ceremony is 10 months away. At this point the whole process just seems a technicality, doesn’t it?

Even the most skeptical of fans seem to have been pleasantly surprised by Gwyneth’s performance last night, as she became TV’s most instantly loveable substitute teacher of all time—singing, dancing and cracking some of Glee‘s best-ever one-liners (shout out to Ian Brennan, who wrote the episode).

Did you love Gwyneth on Glee last night? Do you want her to return? Would you support her Emmy run? (Duh. Duh. And duh. Right?)

Hit our comments section below.

And stand by. More Glee scoop is on the way today…

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We were all ready to hate Gwyneth Paltrow on “Glee,” practically buttering the floor for her to slip on, but dang if we didn’t end up not only admiring her appearance but also actually starting to like her. The actress we’ve long regarded as the epitome of patrician entitlement, what with her admirable Hollywood lineage, elite New York prep school education and irritatingly early success, not to mention her willowy blondness and blond willowiness,  showed the world that she not only could sing and dance (she already did the “Whoa, she can sing?” thing at the CMA Awards last week, when she performed the title song from her forthcoming movie, “Country Strong”), but also had a serious sense of fun.

Raise your hand if, like the kids of McKinley High, you found yourself — first grudgingly, then increasingly enthusiastically — embracing Paltrow as the wacky substitute teacher Holly Holiday.

We managed to keep a skeptically arched eyebrow in place throughout the Lindsay Lohan-inflected Spanish lesson and the snappy taco-and-toke talk. But once the music started, we were won over.

Paltrow had us at Cee-Lo.

The show cleaned up the words of Cee-Lo Green’s viral masterpiece “Forget You” (the television- and radio-friendly title) but lost none of the joyous flip-off spirit of the thing. And Paltrow moved so spiritedly through the number, mixing it up with the up-on-their-feet glee clubbers that we found her mid-song hair-flip almost charming and forgave her for the way she can shamelessly rock a miniskirt after two children. (Though, really, is that fair?)

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Gwyneth Paltrow made her highly anticipated—especially by The Atlantic‘s Culture Channel—guest appearance on Glee last night as a Cee-lo Green-singing, tap-dancing-in-the-rain substitute teacher.

To help make sense of the episode, we have a panel of musical theater and pop culture buffs—Meghan Brown, Patrick Burns, and Kevin Fallon—to provide their takes on how realistic the show feels, how well the romances develop, and of course, how good the musical numbers are.

Here’s what they had to say:

Meghan Brown (co-founder of the Giraffe Hunt Theater in Los Angeles): First off: how awesome was Gywneth Paltrow? Her performance as Hollie Holliday was vibrant, exciting, and, above all else, fun. Paltrow seemed to be having the time of her life, and brought a massive spark to what could have been a one-note role.

This felt like a Season One episode in the best possible way. The jokes were funny and packed some of the snark that’s been missing this season. The songs (particularly the hilariously censored, G-rated blast that was “Forget You”) were fun and high-energy. The story made sense, the less realistic story elements were used sparingly (and well), and the world of the show felt simultaneously fresh and contained. Even the voiceovers were back! Great episode, Glee. Thanks for reminding me why I loved you in the first place.

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Glee creator, Ryan Murphy, has praised Hollywood actress, Gwyneth Paltrow, after she appeared in a new episode of the hit US TV show.

Paltrow, who plays a substitute teacher in the series, joined the cast for a good old fashioned Glee style sing-a-long, performing Rihanna’s Umbrella mashed with classic, Singing In The Rain.

Murphy has since stated that his ‘good friend’ Gwyneth ‘wowed’ him with her ability to perform a “really hard dance number.”

Speaking to People, Ryan claimed: “She had to sort of stamp around with Matt [Morrison] and the kids in a full tank of water for 12 hours.”

He continued: “She loved it, actually. She’s just the best. She’s the easiest, breeziest girl around – she’s such a professional. She was so prepared, she worked so hard.”

As well as appearing in Glee, the Iron Man actress has also confessed that she got tips from Beyoncé ahead of her singing debut at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday evening.

The actress, who sang a song from her new movie, Country Song at the CMAs, and claims that she ‘studied’ the Destiny’s Child singer to perfect her performance.

Gwyneth told Access Hollywood: “I kind of asked my girl singer friends for advice. I asked Faith Hill a lot of questions – and Beyoncé actually too.”

She added: “I studied Beyoncé a lot and her concerts for her kind of confidence – and I’m lucky that I know some singers in real life.”

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