Watching Heroes

On April 20, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held their annual Television Awards at The Palladium in London. Though the ceremony honors the best in British television, they also give out an award for the best international program airing in Britain. This year’s nominees included American favorites Family Guy, Californication, My Name is Earl and Heroes. Although they had some stiff competition, it’s no surprise (to me anyway) that Heroes took home the trophy that night.

Heroes creator and executive producer Tim Kring was on hand to accept the award, along with the Petrelli brothers, Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar. The award was presented by British actor Alan Dale who you might know from his recent appearances as Charles Widmore on LOST, Bradford Meade on Ugly Betty and Dr. Aaron Copely on Torchwood. Milo and Adrian acted as presenters at the ceremony as well, announcing the award for Best Drama Serial. The award went to Britz.

Take a look at a few photos from the night:

Adrian Pasdar, Tim Kring and Milo Ventimiglia looking very dapper as they arrive at The Palladium in London, site of the BAFTA Television Awards.

Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar presented the award for Best Drama Serial to Peter Kosminsky, David Aukin, Steve Clark Hall, Man-Jinder Virk and Riz Ahmed for the program, Britz.

Adrian Pasdar and Milo Ventimiglia join Tim Kring and presenter Alan Dale to show off the Best International award.

 For more on the BAFTA Awards and a complete list of winners, visit www.bafta.org.

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Well they may not be Emmy’s, but Heroes has received nominations from two more organizations, The Constellation Awards and The Webbys.

The Heroes mobile site is up for a Webby Award. The Webby Awards are just what they sound like - awards for outstanding websites. The Heroes mobile site is up for the Best Entertainment Mobile Site. The site is up against Bravo Mobile Web, Cosmo Mobile: 100 Hot Cities, Fake Calls, Dude Decoder & Cocktails!, Disney on Mobile and Radical Media for Iphone.

Fans can register to vote here: http://pv.webbyawards.com/. The direct link to the category ballot is here: http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home/127/128/131#entry485304050. At last count Heroes was in the lead by a small margin. Go vote and keep their lead!

Also recognizing Heroes is The Constellation Awards. The Constellation Awards are Canada’s annual science fiction awards. It’s relatively new, now in its second year. The nominees are selected and voted upon by the Canadian viewers. This year, they’ve selected Heroes for several nominations:

For the category Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode, Heroes gets 2 nominations: Christopher Eccleston for the episode “Distractions” and Jack Coleman for the episode “Company Man.” Other nominees in the category include David Tennant (Doctor Who), Jared Padalecki (Supernatural), Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) and Zachary Levi (Chuck). (more…)

The 29th Annual Young Artist Awards were handed out on March 30 in Los Angeles and Heroes‘ Adair Tishler took home a trophy!

Adair won the award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress for her role as Molly Walker on Heroes. Her fellow nominees included Taylor Atelian (According to Jim), Malese Jow (Unfabulous), Tinashe Kachingwe (Out of Jimmy’s Head), Jennette McCurdy (iCarly), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Life is Wild), and Erin Sanders (Zoey 101).

Noah Gray-Cabey was also nominated for an award but lost out to Jamie Johnston of DeGrassi: The Next Generation. The category was Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor.

You can see the complete list of nominees and winners at the Young Artist Awards website.

Congratulations to Adair on her win!

Masi Oka, Sendhil Ramamurthy and James Kyson Lee are all nominees for the Asian Excellence Awards. If you’re not familiar with the Asian Excellence Awards, they are relatively new, debuting in 2006. They were created to celebrate outstanding achievements of Asians and Asian Americans in film, television, music and other performing arts.

Masi and Sendhil are both nominated in the “Outstanding Television Actor” category. Their fellow nominees are Naveen Andrews and Daniel Dae Kim of LOST and B.D. Wong of Law & Order, SVU.

James is a nominee in the “Supporting Television Actor” category. His competition includes Rex Lee of Entourage, Will Yun Lee from Bionic Woman, Ken Leung of LOST, Kal Penn of House M.D. and James Saito from Eli Stone. (more…)

Hayden Panettiere with Humane Society President Wayne Pacelle at the Genesis Awards.

Heroes star Hayden Panettiere was awarded the Gretchen Wyler Award last Saturday night at the Humane Society’s annual Genesis Awards. She received the award for her work with Save the Whales Again campaign. The award is named for actress Gretchen Wyler, who founded the awards. Wyler died last year after a battle with breast cancer.

Hayden’s parents and boyfriend, co-star Milo Ventimiglia, were in the audience to watch the awards ceremony. During the presentation, a video was shown of Hayden and other activists paddling out on surfboards and confronting Japanese fishermen about the trapping of Dolphins. Hayden was in tears as she gave her brief acceptance speech.

“As an actress, you always dream of getting awards like the Golden Globe award, but I never expected to get an award that is this special and important to me as this,” Hayden said through tears. “There are people who dedicate their entire lives to preserving the environment and defending animals, they are so much more deserving of something like this.”

Hayden received a standing ovation from the audience. Then she left the stage and went straight to the bathroom for a few minutes to regain her composure. She was later escorted back to her seat by Milo.

“She’s an inspiring example to her generation, using her compassion, courage and celebrity to help animals in a very effective way,” said Beverly Kaskey, Senior Director of the Humane Society’s Hollywood Office.

Congratulations to Hayden on her award!

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The Young Artist Foundation has announced the nominees for the 29th annual Young Artist Awards. Both of Heroes youngest stars, Adair Tishler and Noah Gray-Cabey, have been nominated.

Noah is nominated in the category “Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actor” for his role as Micah Sanders on Heroes. He will compete against other young actors Keir Gilchrist (The Winner), Carter Jenkins (Viva Laughlin), Jamie Johnston (DeGrassi: The Next Generation), Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men), Sean Keenan (Lockie Leonard), Kyle Massey (Corey in the House), Devon Werkheiser (Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide), and Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris).

Adair is nominated for “Best Performance in a TV Series - Supporting Young Actress” for her portrayal of Molly Walker. She will be up against Taylor Atelian (According to Jim), Malese Jow (Unfabulous), Tinashe Kachingwe (Out of Jimmy’s Head), Jennette McCurdy (iCarly), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Life is Wild), and Erin Sanders (Zoey 101).

Also making an appearance on the list is Hayden Panettiere’s younger brother, Jansen. He is nominated for “Best Performance in a TV, Movie, MiniSeries or Special - Leading Young Actor” for his role in The Last Day of Summer on Nickelodeon.

Hayden Panettiere and Noah Gray-Cabey were both winners for Heroes at last year’s Young Artist Awards. Noah was also nominated for his role in Lady in the Water.

This year’s awards will be handed out at a banquet and ceremony on March 30 in Los Angeles. To see the complete list of nominees, visit the Young Artist Awards website.

The 2008 Hugo Awards nominees were announced by Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention. The entire Season 1 of Heroes has been nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and is up against movie favorites such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Golden Compass and Enchanted.

Other TV nominees, in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, include the Battlestar Galactica movie, Razor; Star Trek New Voyages, “World Enough and Time”; and episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood.

Here are the complete list of nominations for those two categories:

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You haven’t heard of a WAVE award? That makes two of us. Probably because this is the first year they have been given out. WAVE, the Wireless Arts Video & Entertainment Awards, were created to honor mobile entertainment (the things you watch on your phone or iPod). Nominees were chosen by the Academy and voted on by mobile video and wireless users. Winners were announced in mid-November and handed out by the Academy president, Kip Hartman.

Hayden Panettiere took the honor of Favorite Clipped Dramatic Artist and Heroes was honored for Favorite Clipped Dramatic Series. Tim Kring accepted the award in a private outdoor ceremony. He said in his acceptance speech, that he believes ”this is how we will keep television series alive in the future.” He also stressed the importance of finding your audience and being able to go where they go. 

Here’s the complete list of winners: (more…)

The Humane Society of the United States has announced the nominations for the 22nd Genesis Awards and Heroes‘ own Hayden Panettiere is among the honorees. Hayden will be honored with The Wyler Award for helping to draw worldwide attention to the slaughter of whales and dolphins by the Japanese through her work with the “Save the Whales! Again” campaign. Hayden visited Japan and participated in blocking Japanese whaling ships. Her protest led to an arrest warrant being issued for her in Japan.

Hayden succeeds Sir Paul McCartney, last year’s recipient. “She’s an inspiring example to her generation,using her compassion, courage and celebrity to help animals in a very effective way,” said Beverly Kaskey, Senior Director of The Hollywood Office of the Human Society of the United States.

The award will be presented to Hayden at the 22nd Genesis Awards on March 29, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton. The awards honor news and entertainment media who bring attention to animal protection issues.

Here are some of the other TV and Film nominees:

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Good news and bad news for Ali Larter. The good news: Ali has been honored with a 2008 Gracie Allen Award by the American Women in Radio & Television. The awards honor achievement in programming by, for and about women. Other honorees included Miley Cyrus, Maya Angelou, Kathy Griffin and Holly Hunter. National winners will be honored at the Gracies Gala on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at the New York Marriott Marquis. A complete list of winners can be found at www.awrt.org.

The bad news: E! Online is reporting that Ali was one of nearly 800 people exposed to the Hepatitis A virus at Socialista, a hotspot club in the West Village. A bartender at the club has tested positive and a health alert has been issued to anyone who was in the club on February 7, 8 and 11. Ali, along with other celebs, was a guest at Ashton Kutcher’s birthday party at Socialista on February 7.

Hayden Panettiere has signed on as the new spokesperson for Candie’s. Candie’s is a juniors clothing line sold exclusively in Kohl’s stores. Hayden will appear in their print and television advertising. Former Candie’s reps include Hilary Duff, Fergie and Destiny’s Child. Here’s a peek at her first ads: (more…)

Heroes may have been snubbed by the more conventional awards this year, but the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (best known as the Saturn Awards) did not forget about them.

The show has received 5 nominations in 4 categories: Best Network Television Series, Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series (Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka both got nods), Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series (Hayden Panettiere) and Best Television Series on DVD.

Heroes was a big winner last year, taking home awards for Best Network Series as well as acting awards for Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere. Will this year be as good to them? We’ll have to wait and see. (more…)

Yet another honor (is it an honor?) has been bestowed upon our favorite show. That is the title of the most illegally downloaded show of 2007. I guess they should be flattered, right? Especially since they’ve been virtually ignored by the Golden Globes and SAG Awards so far this year. Torrent Freak compiled the list of the Top 10 Most Pirated shows of 2007 which puts Heroes right on top.

Since NBC.com makes the show available online, it seems strange to me that it would be in the top 10, but I guess people want to watch at their leisure and not be bothered with the online commercials.

The results were taken from the popular download site MiniNova. Here’s the complete list:

1. Heroes
2. Top Gear
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Lost
5. Prison Break
6. Desperate Housewives
7. 24
8. Family Guy
9. Dexter
10. Scrubs

Some are criticizing the Family Friendly Programming Forum’s choices for best drama and best comedy this year. Heroes was the drama winner while ABC’s Ugly Betty got the nod for best comedy. The awards were handed out on November 29 and the ceremony aired last week on the CW.

Some have criticized Heroes as a “family-friendly” choice given it’s dark themes and disturbing images but Ugly Betty is catching even more heat. The Parents Television Council is fed up with the choice. Their analysts counted 205 instances of sexual content and 154 examples of foul language in just the first season alone. Up against that, I guess Heroes does look like a family friendly show!

Other awards were presented to the Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth, Disney’s High School Musical 2, ABC’s Pushing Daisies“, ABC Family’s Kyle XY and Fox’s Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. Actors taking honors were Kyle Chandler of Friday Night Lights, America Ferrera of Ugly Betty, Zac Efron of High School Musical and Zachary Levi of Chuck.

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As I told you last week, Heroes was nominated in several categories at Spike’s Scream 2007 Awards. They took home honors in 2 of those categories on Friday night - Best TV Show and Breakout Performance (Hayden Panetierre as Claire Bennet). The show will air on Spike tomorrow night and features appearances by many of our favorite Heroes stars.

The Chicago Sun-Times has a nice article about Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah) and his work with Action in Music. Action in Music is a foundation designed to help young inner-city musicians travel to poor countries to raise money for charitable causes.

Buddy TV talked with Shalim Ortiz (Alejandro) about his role on Heroes. They talked a little bit about where his character is headed, what his power is and how he felt about the fan backlash against Maya and Alejandro. You should give it a read if you have a chance.

Kristen Bell makes her debut on tonight’s episode. Fanboy’s everywhere are squealing - can you hear it? Buddy TV talked to Kristen last week and Use Your Ability has put together this quick list of things that were revealed in that interview (Possible Spoilers):

1 ) Bell’s Chracter Elle is “a little bit off”
2 ) Elle will find Peter
3 ) Elle has a “very interesting dynamic” and a much “deeper relationship” with Claire than people think. Joking but accidently hinting they might be sisters!!
4 ) She appears in Episode 5, but will not return until Episode 8 & 9.
5 ) Bell is signed for only 13 episodes so far.
6 ) Vol. 2 Generations will end by Episode 11 with cliffhanger to Vol. 3
7 ) Fans should “fully expect” to see some of the characters leave
8 ) We will see more of the 12 in the picture.
9 ) Joanna Cassidy could possibly be the person standing next to Mr. Parkman
10 ) Bell mentions she was “not offered” a role on LOST
11 ) Bell says she wants to work with Quinto (Sylar) and face off against him because they are good friends in real life.

Want a sneak peak of Matt’s meeting with his dad? Check out this clip, which was shown during Greg’s appearance on The Tonight Show last Friday. (Thanks to HeroesRevealed)

Spike TV has announced the biggest televised celebration of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books ever under one roof. “SCREAM 2007″ tapes this Friday, October 19, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 23 from 10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT.

Heroes is nominated for several awards at “SCREAM 2007.” Here are the categories:

• Best Sci-Fi Show
• The Ultimate Scream
• Sexiest Superhero - Ali Larter as Niki/Jessica & Hayden Panetierre as Claire
• Breakout Performance - Hayden Panetierre as Claire
• Most Vile Villain - Zachary Quinto as Sylar
• Best Superhero - Masi Oka as Hiro and Milo Ventimiglia as Peter

The winners are voted on by fans. The categories include Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Comics. If you haven’t done so, visit SCREAM 2007 to cast your vote. Click on Sci-Fi to find the Heroes categories.

Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, Kristen Bell and James Kyson Lee are scheduled to appear at “SCREAM 2007.” You can visit http://www.scream.spiketv.com to get all the details.