Posts with tag Greg Grunberg
Posted Feb 20th 2008 8:57PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Family Guy, Stargate, Supernatural, Doctor Who, Celebrities, The Closer, Eureka, Kyle XY, Heroes, Dexter, Torchwood, Awards, Pushing Daisies, Journeyman, The Sarah Connor Chronicles
The Saturn Award nominations are in, and many popular sci-fi and fantasy shows made the cut. Returning favorites like Lost, Heroes, and Dexter were recognized by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, as were newcomers Pushing Daisies and Journeyman.
With seven nominations, Lost is ahead of Dexter and Heroes, which received five and four nominations, respectively. Heroes was the big winner last year, taking home awards for Best Network Series as well as acting awards for Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere. Both actors received nominations this year, along with co-star Greg Grunberg.
Continue reading Lost leads the pack with seven Saturn nominations
Posted Dec 4th 2007 12:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews

(S02E11) When Kristin offered up the chance to review the Fall (Season?) Finale of Heroes, I couldn't resist stepping in to help. While this episode lived up to a lot of the promises of the season, much like last season's finale, it may have been a little lighter on the action than you'd want. There are a lot of big changes for a lot of the characters and yes, the promised "hero" death. We get resolutions on the virus plot, the Sylar/Mya journey, Hiro's quest to stop Adam, the Bennet situation, and in the end, there's enough to entice us to come back for more. It's all here and let me tell you, if Kristin was yawning and checking her watch through the last episode, there wasn't time this week. This episode is absolutely jam-packed from start to finish. "Volume Two" wraps, and as with last year we get a teaser of Volume Three. But we'll get to all of that after the jump.
Continue reading Heroes: Powerless
Posted Nov 27th 2007 7:05AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews

(
S02E10) For the second to last episode of the season, I found tonight's show a bit slow. It had it's cool parts--I even have dedicated a section to them at the bottom of the post--but I looked at my watch a lot throughout the episode.
Overall, I think
Heroes has come a long way since the beginning of the season. I think many
Heroes viewers are just spoiled from the novelty and plot twists of the first season so they are critical when stories/characters aren't up to snuff.
But, that said, I am looking forward to the season finale. As the ads keep saying, "It all comes down to this."
Continue reading Heroes: Truth & Consequences
Posted Nov 20th 2007 10:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E09) "You've gone native. Are you kidding me?" Noah Bennet to Mohinder Suresh.
Just when you thought Mohinder couldn't get any stupider, he goes and shoots Noah Bennet in the eye. He is really in too deep with this company. And lately, he is making Matt Parkman look like a genius. (Wait, did Parkman just make me say that? Dumb joke, I know.) More on this after the jump because it basically took up the whole episode.
But before I go through all the storylines for this week, let me just say that I was so relieved that those ridiculous mascara-plague twins were absent from this week's
Heroes. And just so I don't get too excited about it, I put a picture of them in the post to remind me that they are
still on the show. (However, they
are the vehicle to get the devilish Sylar back in the states so I suppose I forgive them on some level.)
Continue reading Heroes: Cautionary Tales
Posted Nov 7th 2007 12:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes, WGA Strike
I have to admit that I don't really get why so many Heroes fans are up in arms about this second season. I've heard everything from "sophomore slump" to "it has jumped the shark" to "it sucks!" and I don't agree with any of those viewpoints.
Has it been the intense, oh-my-God look how this episode ended in another cliffhanger thrill ride of the first season? No, but I think that's more a case of how the last season ended and how they had to set up this new season, with new plots and new heroes and old heroes in new situations. And I think that the show really kicked into gear with Monday's fantastic installment.
Continue reading Tim Kring apologizes to Heroes fans
Posted Oct 8th 2007 9:24AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Video, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Heroes

Fans of
Heroes who want to know more about the happenings behind the scenes rejoice!
YouTube user buckshotwon has loads of clips of behind the scenes of everything
Heroes. By "everything" I mean from behind the scenes when shooting the show, to what happened before/during/after award shows and the World Tour!
I'm sure you are wondering who this mysterious buckshotwon is? Well, he is none other than
Heroes' Adrian Pasdar (he plays Nathan Petrelli). As he puts it on his
YouTube page, Pasdar offers "random snapshots of the way [he sees] the world." But what will interest
Heroes fans is that the cast seems to love being part of his clips (see "Grunny Goes Nuts!" after the jump for an example); therefore, you can expect funny performances and some cool footage from the sets (check the "Primatech" clip).
Continue reading Behind the scenes of everything Heroes - VIDEO
Posted Jun 21st 2007 3:57PM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Industry, Heroes

NBC had a special event on the set of
Heroes today to announce that they're going global ... literally. The cast and creators will be traveling to at least seven major cities to promote the first season of the show in places it hasn't premiered yet. Although according to Tim Kring it's been watched (sometimes illegally, *gasp*) worldwide over the internet. Cities confirmed so far are: Toyko, Hong Kong, Singapore, Munich, Paris, London, and New York. We're fairly sure they've heard of it in New York City, call us crazy.
Nissan will be sponsoring the tour, which will also be going green in an effort to "reduce the carbon footprint," Kring said, although he wasn't quite sure how, since jets and cars eat are on the forefront of global polluting. Maybe they can bike around Europe? That'd be a nice special feature on next season's DVD. Greg Grunberg, who plays the mind-reading Matt Parkman, said he was visiting Paris with his wife recently, and the show hasn't even premiered on the air there. However, he had people coming up to him left and right who recognized him from seeing the show on their computers. Sacrebleu!
Continue reading Cast of NBC's Heroes to go on world tour
Posted Jun 11th 2007 4:38PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes
Obviously I mean the actor, David Anders. But wouldn't it be beyond cool to see the character of Sark show up on Heroes? Maybe he got some sort of power from being so close to all that Rambaldi business. Maybe he can have the power to impersonate anyone's voice exactly (Anders is actually from Oregon but does a British accent perfectly).
Kristin over on E! is reporting that Anders is under negotiations to join the NBC hit this fall. He would play a new character named Kane (Isabelle has details on the character here), though there are no other details about the character. Of course, it's not a done deal, but it would be fantastic if this actually happened.
[via TV Tattle]
Posted May 3rd 2007 1:03PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Heroes

In preparation for the much-hyped
Heroes finale, which is spread out over three episodes,
Entertainment Weekly offer five different covers which are said to contain clues for the upcoming spectacular installments of the series. "Each of
Entertainment Weekly's five Heroes covers is packed with references and teasers to the finale episodes of the season," reveals the magazine when describing this covers special. EW.com even invites fans to come back in the coming days/weeks for more information about each cover.
Continue reading EW covers reveal Heroes clues?
Posted Apr 5th 2007 4:24PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Heroes

The long break for
Heroes is nearly over, and to get people excited, NBC has released two video clips.
This one is simply a scene between Mr. Bennett and Thompson as Thompson tries new tactics to find out where Claire is.
This other scene reveals a new hero, so if you don't like spoilers, don't watch it!
And if you're new to this whole
Heroes thing or just have a lot of time on your hands, you can watch
the first 18 episodes of
Heroes online for free. NBC is streaming the entire season so far with "limited interruption" from various sponsors.
Heroes returns April 23rd.
Posted Mar 8th 2007 7:21PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: NBC, Heroes

Ever wanted to get a hold of one of Isaac's paintings? If so, you'll be happy to hear that NBC has decided to auction some of the paintings seen on
Heroes and made by renowned graphic illustrator Tim Sale.
Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President NBC Digital Entertainment and New Media, announced in a press release that NBC was proud of this event as it would not only allow fans a chance to own a piece of the hit show but also benefit the Epilepsy Foundation. This foundation was chosen because
Heroes' cast member Greg Grunberg is highly involved with it since his son Jake suffers from epilepsy.
Continue reading Heroes artwork going up for auction
Posted Jan 17th 2007 9:55PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Industry, Heroes, TCA Press Tour

This press tour hasn't exactly been good for my already-expanded waistline. Between the meals each network serves the critics and the snacks the hotel sends up on a daily basis, I seem to just graze all day long (by the way, the Ritz-Carlton has one of the best $15 cheeseburgers I've ever had. Of course, anywhere else, the burger would be $8. Still good though).
Case in point: NBC provided candy bins for the critics, giving them a chance to create to-go bags of various sugary snacks. Through all the afternoon press conferences -- for
The Apprentice, the
Grease reality show,
Andy Barker, PI, and
Raines, I absent-mindedly grabbed from the bag because, to be honest, outside of
those great Rosie digs by Donald Trump, not much went on (even the
Andy Barker session wasn't all that interesting, despite the presence of Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien).
But the
Heroes session that closed the afternoon? That one made me take notice.
Continue reading Favorite superheroes and other tidbits from the Heroes cast - TCA Report
Posted Dec 12th 2006 2:44PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, NBC, Celebrities
Yesterday we told you about the controversy surrounding the change that NBC was making to the character of Zach, Claire's friend on Heroes that seemed to be gay. Now, creator Tim Kring has sent an e-mail to the web site that posted a long piece about the controversy that we linked to yesterday.
You can read his full e-mail at the link above, but it seems that he's saying that they did try to make the character gay, but that they didn't want to pursue that any further after some discussions with NBC execs. He says it was "too complicated behind the scenes to push this issue further," which I think is interesting. Some of the comments after the article show that some people are ticked off at this decision, especially if they have some plot where Zach's sexual orientation is changed because of the memory wipe he experienced in the fall finale. I can't imagine that happening. It's my guess that they'll just simply not mention anything he has said to Claire before or any other hints to Zach being gay and just leave it at that.
It's hard to say how long Thomas Dekker will stay with the show, since he has signed on to play John Connor in the Terminator series next fall.
[via TV Tattle]
Posted Dec 11th 2006 10:40AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, NBC, Celebrities, Heroes
Here's an interesting little tidbit from the world of Heroes: it looks like NBC has changed their mind about Zach.
It certainly looked to fans like Zach (Thomas Dekker) was gay, for four reasons: one, when Claire's nasty cheerleader friend made a remark about Zach, he said something to Claire along the lines of "I'm comfortable with who I am." Two, NBC's recap of that episode says he is. Three, the character's MySpace page lists his orientation as "not sure." And four, creator Tim Kring talked about the character being gay (and what happened with an NBC exec) in this interview.
So people are wondering: did NBC change the orientation of the character? Did Dekker? Did the writers change it? Here I was going to say "oh, it doesn't really matter if he's straight or gay," and if this was real life it wouldn't, but if someone actually changed his orientation for some reason (or reasons) on a TV show, that's worth talking about.
[via Pop Candy]
Posted Nov 7th 2006 12:05PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Celebrities, Heroes

To support Greg Grunberg's Pediatric Epilepsy Project, the cast of
Heroes has each drawn his or her own character for an
online auction. Bidding has begun and will conclude in approximately twenty days. I have to say that Hayden Panettiere gets extra points for using more than one colored marker in her
rendering of Claire Bennet and Milo Ventimiglia managed to add a little perspective to his
drawing of Peter Petrelli.
This isn't the first time television stars have contributed their handiwork to the Pediatric Epilepsy Project, which directly supports UCLA's Pediatric Neurology Department. You can also purchase
hand-painted cards by such celebrities as Jennifer Garner, David Schwimmer, Ryan Seacrest, Teri Hatcher, Sean Hayes and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Continue reading Heroes cast participates in online charity auction
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