Beautiful People 2010: Dianna Agron & Mark Salling

The show-stopping song-and-dance performances on Glee, Fox's effervescent TV musical about an Ohio high school's underdog glee club, have made the show a cult hit since it debuted last May. And the show's characters are just as captivating. Especially the mean ones. "She's deliciously evil and oscillates between being the mean girl and someone with an ounce of a heart," Dianna Agron says of her character Quinn Fabray, an amusingly icy cheerleader. "Our writers realize people aren't just one note." Characters' love lives are accordingly complicated. Although Quinn's quarterback boyfriend, Finn, is a nice boy, she also shares a special bond with the Mohawked, womanizing running back Noah "Puck" Puckerman. Mark Salling, who plays Puck, describes him as "a bad guy inside of a good guy inside of a bad guy."

According to Agron and Salling, the new episodes, which begin April 13th, will feature little resolution when it comes to their twisted relationship. "I know my character," Salling says. "He's not going to stop sexting other girls." (Actually, it seems some fans want Puck to start sexting other boys: Internet videos dedicated to "Purt," a combination of Puck and gay character, Kurt, abound.) In real life, Agron is single, despite gossip sites drawing conclusions from a photo of her drinking coffee with Adam Brody (with whom she appears in the upcoming film The Romantics). "Our call time [for the film] was the same that day, so we thought we'd go grab coffee together. An hour later, I had a boyfriend," she laughs. "It was great." Salling is less forthcoming about his personal life. "I always say, 'Puck's a bad guy, but I'm the worst guy,'" he deadpans. When pushed to elaborate, all he'll offer is that he is "technically" single. He seems more at ease, however, with the attention he gets online, especially in some bloggers' breathless descriptions of his chiseled physique. "I'm honored by their kind words, " Salling laughs, "But my eyes are up here, OK?"

(L-R) Dianna wears a dress by Emporio Armani and gloves by Perrin Paris. Mark wears a shirt by Dior Homme, shorts by Stussy Deluxe and holster by Skingraft

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