Watching Heroes

Wondering what your favorite Heroes stars have been up to this month? Check out these photos to find out:

Greg Grunberg and the Band from TV were on hand for The 7th Annual Comedy For A Cure on April 6 at The Avalon in Hollywood. The show was put on as a benefit for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.

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TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello tells us that 2 new recurring roles are being cast for Season 3. The first is “Joy,” a young woman in her 20’s who is described as “quick on her feet — and adept at getting herself into and out of trouble.” The other is “Senator Robert Malden,” a man in is in his fifties described as “a political straight shooter.”

Kristen Bell told EW.com that her reps are working to get her back on Heroes next season. “I have made it more than clear that I want to come back and they have made it more than clear that they want me back.” She said it’s all a matter of scheduling at this point. She also said she’s excited about the possibility of having more scenes with her friend, Zachary Quinto. (more…)

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…)

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a picture post, so let’s catch up with a few of the events the stars of Heroes have been spotted at over the last month.

Ali Larter attended the Inaugural Avant-Garde Gala hosted by W Magazine & LACMA at LACMA BCAM on March 8 in Los Angeles. She showed off her new engagement ring to photographers.

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Sorry for the lack of news lately but besides the big NBC announcements that I posted yesterday, there hasn’t really been a lot of Heroes news to report over the last couple of weeks. I’ve scoured the internet and found a few tidbits about some of the cast to bring you, though and I’m hoping to get a picture post up a little later today.

Kristen Bell graces this months cover of Cosmo. There are some fabulous photos of Kristen inside the magazine as well as a great interview. You can see scans here.

Hayden Panettiere has signed on for two more movie projects. The first is an adaptation of the Rachel Cohn/David Levithan novel Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List. Hayden will play Naomi, a New Yorker who creates a "No Kiss List" with her gay BFF, Ely. The friendship becomes strained, however, when Ely plants a big one on Naomi’s boyfriend. Hayden will also voice Alpha the wolf in the animated family film, Alpha and Omega. Justin Long will co-star as Omega.

TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello reports that Mohinder may face some competition in the job as narrator. Tim Kring is rumored to be looking for an Australian Aboriginal actor in his fifties to appear in multiple episodes as a storyteller with great wisdom and a soft, soothing voice.

And finally, Ausiello recently talked to Greg Grunberg, who honestly seems like the nicest guy. Greg talked a bit about Heroes and his work with charities supporting Epilepsy and also revealed the cast of his upcoming movie, Group Sex. I can’t get the embed to work out quite right so check it out here.

Teen sensation Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) and Hayden Panettiere are shown here backstage during a taping of the MTV show Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew at Sony Studios on February 26, 2008 in Culver City, California.

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Heroes’ stars Kristen Bell and Zachary Quinto were among the stars who performed at last night’s “A Night at Sardi’s” benefit for Alzheimers. The 16th annual show featured Kristen and Zach in a production of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie directed by Jason Alexander. The production also featured Vanessa Williams, Lea Thompson, Ana Ortiz, and Zachary Levi.

Boston Legal creator David E. Kelley was honored at the gala for his portrayal of Alzheimer’s disease on the show.  William Shatner, who plays the Alzheimer’s-affected character Denny Crane on Boston Legal, was also in attendance. Becki Newton, Steven Weber, Portia de Rossi, Candice Bergen, John Larroquette, Victor Garber, Michelle Pfeiffer, Blythe Danner and Dick Van Dyke (who starred in the original Bye Bye Birdie) were among the attendees and performers.

While at the event, Kristen Bell was asked about the rumors that she might not be back for Season 3 of Heroes. She put those rumors to bed when she confirmed that she will be returning after all. “Because I’m not under contract, everyone’s been asking,” she said. “I had a wonderful experience. I did take a job, doing the Disney movie When in Rome with Josh Duhamel, so I’ll be in New York and Rome for 12 weeks. But (Heroes producers) said they’d wait to shoot my scenes. They’ve been so good to me, so I think we’ll be a happy family again.” Good news for Elle fans!

Here are a few photos of Zach, Kristen and the gang from last night’s show:

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According to TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello, the Heroes will be back to work filming new episodes in May which should result in 10-13 new episodes ready for Season 3 in September. That means we could get a huge arc of shows without any breaks. I haven’t officially seen a start date for the season, but I have seen September 7 mentioned in some other blogs. September 7!

Ausiello also reported that Kristen Bell has not yet been signed for Season 3. He says that she is in negotiations to come back but a deal has not yet been reached. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more.

Zachary Quinto will be a guest on VH-1’s Free Radio on March 7th at 9:30/8:30 central. You might remember that Jack Coleman was a guest on an earlier episode. If you didn’t catch that, check out this video:

Hayden Panettiere arrives at the celebration of her new Candie’s marketing campaign party at Hyde Lounge on February 21 in West Hollywood, California.

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WonderCon in San Francisco will have several Heroes-related guests. The convention, which takes place February 22-24, will feature Kristen Bell (Elle), who will be promoting her new movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Thomas Dekker (Zach) promoting his new series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; and Tim Sale, the artist responsible for the paintings featured in the show.  For more info, visit the Comic-Con International website and click on WonderCon.

Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica) can be seen on the cover of Shape magazine’s March 2008 issue.  In an interview inside the mag, Ali explains how she keeps her heroic figure.

James Kyson Lee (Ando) will be making an appearance for Australian fans at the SupaNova Pop Culture Expo. The Expo travels to 4 different cities and it appears James is scheduled to be at all 4. The first occurs March 28-30 in Melbourne. Check their website for all the details. (more…)

Heroes stars are keeping busy during the strike. In addition to work on other projects, they are staying hot in the social scene by attending parties and premieres. Here’s a few photos I’ve found from the past couple of weeks:

 Zachary Quinto, Greg Grunberg, Noah-Gray Cabey and Masi Oka attended the premiere of Cloverfield at the Paramount Pictures Lot in Los Angeles on January 16.

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You might not be able to catch your favorite Heroes stars on the small screen right now, but over the next few months there are several movies coming out that will help fill that void.

Coming up on February 8, Milo Ventimiglia (Peter) stars in Pathology. He plays Ted Gray, a med student who finds himself caught up in a deadly game to see who can commit the perfect murder. Alyssa Milano stars as his girlfriend. Here’s a peek at the trailer:

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Some of your favorite Heroes actors have their own “official” MySpace pages. Most of them are updated regularly and they are a great way to keep up with what is going on with them during the strike. This may not be all of them, but these are the ones that appear to be official:

Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) - www.myspace.com/greggrunberg
Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet) - www.myspace.com/haydenpanettiere
James Kyson Lee (Ando Masahashi) - www.myspace.com/jameskysonlee
Kristen Bell (Elle Bishop) - www.myspace.com/officialkristenbell
Jimmy Jean-Louis (The Haitian) - www.myspace.com/jimmyjeanlouis
Dania Ramirez (Maya Herrera) - www.myspace.com/daniaramirez

I have a few more that I am trying to verify as official and, if I am able to do so, I will update this post.

Don’t forget about the Official NBC Heroes page - www.myspace.com/nbcheroes. If you haven’t added our page to your friends yet, you can do that too. Find us at www.myspace.com/watchingheroes.

Are you a fan of the old Rankin-Bass claymation standards like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Year Without a Santa Claus? Well if you like those, then you must check out the series of short films that Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) has produced for American Eagle Outfitters. The series is entitled AE Winter Tales and features 5 short films, Home for the Holidays, Gifts, Misteltoe, Snowman and Devil’s Peak.

Each slightly irreverant short is narrated by a different celebrity, including Heroes own Kristen Bell (Elle), hip-hop star Lil Jon, Adrianne Palicki (Friday Night Lights) and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. Milo even takes a turn at narrating in Home for the Holidays, where he plays himself. Take a look:

This is the second series of films that Milo has produced for American Eagle. The first was the 13 episode series It’s a Mall World, which begain airing this past summer.

You can view the other films in the series at the American Eagle YouTube page or by visiting www.ae.com.

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)