Watching Heroes

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…)

NBC has been running “The More You Know” public service announcements for over 19 years now. If you’re like me, then you DVR everything you watch and probably fast-forwarded right through the ads featuring the stars of Heroes. I just discovered some of the commercials on the “The More You Know” website.

The latest campaign focused on issues such as pollution, global warming and recycling and featured Heroes stars Noah Gray-Cabey, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Adrian Pasdar, and Sendhil Ramamurthy.

In addition to the “green” campaign, Heroes stars have helped spread a variety of messages. Ali Larter was featured in an anti-violence spot, Sendhil Ramamurthy did one about drunk driving, Adrian Pasdar’s PSA was about monitoring what your kids watch on TV, Masi Oka encouraged reading, and Greg Grunberg and Noah Gray-Cabey promoted internet safety in their spots. 

You can find out more about the campaign and watch some of the past PSA’s at http://www.themoreyouknow.com/.

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…)

If you live in the U.K., or care to travel across the pond, this will be a great opportunity for Heroes fans. Eclipse is a 3 day event which will run from Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16. The unofficial convention will feature several Heroes cast members including Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh), Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet), David Anders (Adam Monroe/Kensei), Noah Gray-Cabey (Micah Sanders) and Jayma Mays (Charlie the waitress). (more…)

NAME: Mohinder Suresh

HOMETOWN: Madras, India; currently residing in New York City

OCCUPATION: Geneticist

ABILITIES: None known

KNOWN RELATIVES: Chandra Suresh (father - deceased); Shanti Suresh (sister - deceased); Guardian to Molly Walker

NOTES: Dr. Suresh continues his father’s research into evolved humans (as written about by his father in Activating Evolution). He is currently employed by The Company in researching the different strains of the “Shanti Virus.” His blood is a cure for some strains. His loyalty to The Company is somewhat questionable.

Mohinder is played by Sendhil Ramamurthy. “The Company File” is an ongoing series which will become our Character Guide here at Watching Heroes. To see more of “The Company File” profiles, view the Character Guide category. Thanks to Heroes Wiki for assistance with the facts!

Heroes stars Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder Suresh) showed their support for the WGA today by joining the picket lines on this 4th day of the strike. SplashNewsOnline also caught Patrick Dempsey, Katherine Heigl, Eric Dane, and T.R. Knight of Grey’s Anatomy and Reno 911’s Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Grant, who were in full costume, out on the front lines.

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Well the Emmy’s are now history, and Heroes came home with nothing. They had too much going against them: Sci-Fi, Fan Favorite, The Sopranos ending. They lost to The Sopranos in both the directing category and the best drama category. Masi Oka, who was up for Best Supporting Actor, was beaten by Terry O’Quinn of LOST. I must admit, though, if Masi couldn’t win, I’m glad Terry O’Quinn took the trophy. He is fantastic on LOST.

Even if they didn’t come home with the statues, the cast still looked great. Here are a few photos from last night:

Zachary Quinto (L) & Sendhil Ramamurthy (R) arrive on the red carpet. (more…)

A Pre-Emmy Cast Party was held last night at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. It was sponsored by Perry Ellis and Vanity Fair. All of our cast favorites were there, including a few we thought were “dead.” Could this mean there’s a chance they aren’t as dead as we thought they were? Eh, probably not. They all look like they’re having a blast though, dead or not.

First, we have the Lovely Ladies of Heroes. On the left, Kristen Bell (Elle) and Hayden Panettiere (Claire) and on the right, Ali Larter (Niki/Jessica).

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Take a look at these fantastic Heroes Season 2 publicity stills of the cast. (These may be a little spoilery so only click if you dare.) (more…)

Lots of Heroes news this week! NBC has finally announced the dates and cast members for the Heroes World Tour. What an awesome opportunity for those of you in these cities! 

Europe Tour Dates
-Munich (8/26-8/27)
-Paris (8/28-8/29)
-London (8/30-9/2)
Cast Members: Jack Coleman (”H.R.G.”), Hayden Panettiere (”Claire”), Adrian Pasdar (”Nathan”), and Milo Ventimiglia (”Peter”) with executive producer Dennis Hammer (more…)