Chris Colfer and Other Stars Who Got Bad News Via the Media

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi found out that she had been let go from the show when she read a news article about her contract not being renewed.

Fox News on-air commentator Marc Lamont Hill found out that he was fired from his job via an article in his Google alerts. Luckily, the report was a mistake and Hill kept his job.

Alyson Hanigan reportedly found out that Buffy the Vampire Slayer was being cancelled when she read about it in costar Sarah Michelle Gellar's interview with Entertainment Weekly.

Minnie Driver and Matt Damon met on the set of Good Will Hunting and became a couple. But when Matt went on Oprah to talk about the movie, he announced that he and Minnie had broken up. That was news to Minnie, who was at home watching the show on TV.

Ming Na and the rest of the cast of Stargate Universe learned that their show had been cancelled when fans alerted them on Twitter.

Remember the fight that Elin Nordegren and her ex-husband Tiger Woods had, when she reportedly chased him with a golf club? It was because Elin had been sent an advance copy of the National Enquirer's story about Tiger's numerous affairs.

Drummer Steve Bolognese didn't know he'd been fired from the band Into Eternity until he read about it online.

Actress Lark Voorhies was engaged to Martin Lawrence - or she was, until Martin went on the Arsenio Hall Show and announced his engagement to somebody else.