Glee's Naya Rivera Talks "Brittana" Romance and Who Else Is Graduating

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Pst! Pst! We're not sure if you've heard (do you live under a rock? If so, how's the wi-fi?), but some New Directions members will be graduating at the end of Glee's third season. At this point, the executive producers have only confirmed that Finn (Cory Monteith), Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) will be graduating from McKinley High (not the show) this upcoming season.

However, at FOX's TCA party on Friday night, we found out the identity of one more Glee senior. So who is joining Cory, Lea and Chris for Glee: The College Years?

"I'm a senior. I guess that means I'm graduating. That's what happens when you're a senior! I don't think it's a thing," Naya Rivera a.k.a. Santana Lopez told us at last night's TCA party in Malibu. "It's like, what is it when you're in high school? You're a senior, you graduate. Yes, I'm graduating this year."

Yes, it's true. Santana will be vacating the role of McKinley's HBIC. (All divas feel free to apply, just make sure to bring extra sass and biting one-liners to the audition or don't even bother.)

How does it feel to be graduating from glee club? Rivera says, "It will always be bittersweet because this is like our baby and we've been with it since the beginning and it's always sad. It's literally like the feeling of being in high school. It's bittersweet, but it happens. That's what you do. I've had a great run and hopefully it continues."

If it does continue, Rivera told us what she hopes to see from Santana post-high school.

"Hopefully she gets into some type of college, but I think she's going to be a hot mess in college," Rivera says. A hot mess? Ke$ha would be so proud. No matter what happens, Rivera hopes Santana will be "causing more trouble" wherever she goes.

Before she stops terrorizing the halls of McKinley forever, Santana has one major obstacle in her way: Her relationship with Brittany (Heather Morris). Though Season 3 begins production on Monday, we asked Rivera for some much-needed Brittana (or is it Santittany?) scoop.

"Either way I think it will be good. If they get together, awesome. I know there's a bunch of fans that want that to happen," Rivera says of the couple's Season 3 journey. "But if they don't, then they don't and I think that's another thing that you can explore."

So basically, Rivera knows about as much as the rest of us: Nada. And if she does, she ain't spillin'.

Though she doesn't know much about Season 3, Rivera does has a breakout Season 2 to look back on.

"I feel good. I feel great. It's one of those things where as an actor where you go into a season and feel like you have to prove yourself and I felt like I had a lot to prove, especially given the status that season of being a regular," Rivera says of her standout performance last year. "I really wanted to prove that they didn't waste their money and their time and their energies. I wanted to do a a good job!"

Finally, we asked Rivera what artist's tunes she would like to cover this season. After covering the late Amy Winehouse's hit "Valerie" last season, Rivera says, "I would love to do some more Amy, but I know that's weird."

"I'd love to do some Adele or some Billie Holiday, more of the jazzy artists," she continues. "Maybe some Stevie Wonder."

How do you feel about Santana graduating?

Make sure to join our Kristin Dos Santos tonight for our exclusive coverage of the big Glee 3D movie premiere! We'll start posting video about 9 pm PT and the full show will go about midnight on the front door of E! Online. If that's past your bedtime, check back on Sunday.

Tweet any questions you have for Glee's stars and producers to @kristindsantos!

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Do Taylor and Miley and Soulja Boy Need Gazillion-Dollar Toys?

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Why do celebs waste their money on multi-million dollar homes or hundreds of thousands on cars?! Does Taylor Lautner really need a $200,000 dollar car? Does Miley Cyrus have to have a $4 million mansion? They could really put that money to good use.

—Amanda Marie, via Facebook

First of all, it's not a rumored $4 million mansion. It's a $3.9 million mansion, OK?

And it's not like the purchase marked some leap in spending, for Miley's last mansion—and there was a last mansion—was worth only $3.4 million.

But why do the kids spend like that? I found out:

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First, let's start with the stuff that actors clearly do not need. No, Lautner has no need for a fabulous TayTayMobile with doors like beetle wings and an engine that reportedly reaches up to 60 miles per hour in as little as four seconds.

So why did he buy it?

"This isn't a matter of need, it's a matter of want," says Simon Singer, a financial planner, and former child actor, who works with celebrities. "Nobody needs a $200,000 car or a $4 million mansion."

(Or a $55 million jet, if the stories about Soulja Boy are to be believed. And they maybe aren't.)

"The real issue," Singer explains, "is why haven't the people around them, parents and so-called advisors, ingrained in them the values and virtues that are far more important than things? Unfortunately, many of these parents and advisers are living off these kids, and the last thing they want is to discipline them or counsel them or advise them to the point where they might get fired."

In other words, of course these kids don't need these toys. But you go over there and tell the spoiled talent that. The rest of us will remain in our positions as yes people and reap the benefits therein.

Psychologists to the stars often tell me of another factor: A huge sense of entitlement. The kid has worked hard for years, ergo, in his mind, he somehow deserves a car that doubles as a beam of light.

And don't underestimate the power of a persuasive salesperson. Celebrities are constantly approached by people who want to sell them things, or act as liaisons between celebrity and luxury seller.

"Any halfway decent salesperson can convince a young person that really wants something, like an exotic car or piece exclusive piece of property, is that such things are a great investment, especially when they're pandering to this young person's 'want' mentality," Singer dishes. "So, a $4-million-dollar mansion could be presented under the guise of 'this is real estate and real estate always goes up in value, you can get out anytime you want, and make a substantial profit'."

As for that Soulja Boy jet, plenty of people suspect that the rapper is blowing a bunch of contrail smoke on that tale. However, in general terms, rappers buy stuff like this quite often.

And here's how it goes down, Singer says.

"I can see the sales presentation now: 'Forget the price tag, the cost is only $8 million a year, and it's [tax] deductible, so it really only cost you $4 million after taxes. You and your staff are always traveling so it really isn't much more than what you're currently paying, and think of the privacy and the convenience, and you're Soulja Boy, you're certainly entitled to make this purchase.

"Besides, you can always get out of it if it gets out of hand, and you'll probably make a profit as well, considering how inconvenient and restrictive commercial travel is nowadays'."

Know what else is really restrictive? Bankruptcy. Just sayin'.