Matthew Morrison and Gwyneth Paltrow Perform Together on His New Album

Matthew Morrison and Gwyneth Paltrow have been making beautiful music for months on 'Glee,' and now the pair are teaming up off the set for a duet on Morrison's upcoming album.

The actor, who released his debut solo single, 'Summer Rain,' just last month, will perform 'Over the Rainbow' with Paltrow. Morrison previously performed a pared-down version of the 'Wizard of Oz' hit on the 'Glee' season one finale.

Morrison says of his choice to record such an iconic work, "People kind of know me for that song now. I wanted to do a duet with a female. I thought that was a good song to do, and we really did a different arrangement of it. It's a lot of strings, and it's beautiful."

"The hardest part of doing this album was asking these people favors, like Elton [John] and her," says Morrison. "I'm so not that guy."

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Matthew Morrison Will Direct Several 'Glee' Episodes

'Glee' star Matthew Morrison will take on a role on the other side of the camera when he directs several episodes of the hit show next season.

Known to Gleeks as high school heartthrob teacher Mr. Schuester, 32-year-old Morrison told The Hollywood Reporter he'll take on directing "definitely in the third season" of 'Glee.'

Morrison previously told THR that fulfilling his role as an actor on 'Glee' while recording his debut album was "the hardest I'm ever going to work in terms of trying to be noticed and seen, so I want to push it until I'm 40. Then, I'd love to get behind the camera, produce films and be more involved in the storytelling process."

It looks like Morrison is way ahead of schedule.

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Paltrow Kicked Morrison On ''Glee'' Set

PALTROW KICKED MORRISON ON ''GLEE'' SET
Gwyneth Paltrow kicked Matthew Morrison in the groin when filming ''Glee.''

Gwyneth Paltrow and Matthew Morrison The actress makes a special appearance as substitute teacher Holly Holiday in the musical TV drama and Matthew - who plays Will Schuester - admitted she worried about hurting him as they danced together.

He told website Access Hollywood: "We're doing the Argentine tango, so you're in-between their legs and you're kicking up and stuff."

Pointing to his inner thigh, he added: "So she's kicking in here, and she's like, 'I'm so scared that I'm going to hit your man-love!' And I said, 'You know, just go for it.' And she did and she connected a couple of times."

Matthew added that the episode - due to air yesterday night (March 8, 2011) in the US - has a steamy theme and will feature Gwyneth's character teaching a class about the birds and the bees.

He added: "The episode is called 'Sexy' and Holly comes back as a sex-ed teacher and we teach the kids about sex through music."

While Gwyneth, 38, is married to Coldplay singer Chris Martin, Matthew is single and admitted he doesn't think he'd make a good boyfriend at present.

He explained: "I'm not dating anyone. I don't feel like I'm in a good place to be a good boyfriend. I know how much work it is to be in a relationship and I don't have the time to put in that work right now."

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Are Matthew Morrison & Olivia Munn a New Couple?

Matthew Morrison and Olivia Munn

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Are they the perfect couple? Matthew Morrison and Olivia Munn certainly looked close as they caught a hockey game in New York Sunday night.

The Glee star, 32, sat close to Munn, 30, who stars in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples, cheering on the New York Rangers as they took on the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden.

As they watched the action, Munn sandwiched Morrison's hand between hers. And in one shot, the brunette beauty leaned in for a sweet smooch.

Munn, however, might want to tread lightly. The hunky Morrison confessed to his relationship struggles just last November.

"I'm not a good friend right now. I'm not a good boyfriend," he told Details, explaining that he was placing the blame for that on his punishing work schedule.

"It's not that I'm selfish," he said. "I'm just focused."

Then again, it's likely Munn knows how to handle herself in high-profile romances – she also dated Chris Pine, though the relationship ended in January 2010.

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