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Hayden Panettiere & Masi Oka
March 23rd, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Even Heroes Like to Party!
September 8th, 2008
Are you ready for the new season of NBC’s Heroes? The cast sure is, gearing up for the show at a "countdown to the premiere" party last night at L.A.’s Edison Lounge.
Milo Ventimiglia told OK! viewers should be eagerly anticipating their third season premiere on Sept. 22.
“Expect the unexpected,” he said, adding that his character Peter “is not quite himself. He really is influenced by the people around him and may be acting out of character.”
Milo was joined on the red carpet by his co-star and girlfriend, Hayden Panettiere, as well as cast members Jack Coleman, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Zachary Quinto, and Adrian Pasdar.
Hayden’s TV dad, Jack Coleman, told OK! the recent trouble with Hayden’s real life father, who was arrested for allegedly hitting her mom, has not affected the young actress on the set.
“She said everything’s fine. She’s tough and resilient and so is the family and I don’t think it was quite as big a deal as it was made out to be," he said. "I’m not taking sides but I’m just telling her that I’m there for her if she needs me, but she didn’t [take me up on it]."
Jack had nothing but good things to say about Hayden, who rocked the red carpet in a black velvet blazer, skin-tight black Fendi pants, and red Christian Louboutin heels.
“Her poise is extraordinary," he said of the young star. "I couldn’t handle her life as well as she does. There’s no way I could handle people saying the things about me that they say about her."
How did Ali keep her poise for the party? By eating pepperoni pizza with fiancé, actor Hayes MacArthur.
“I learned very early on that if you don’t eat before you come to these things, you are in such deep trouble," she confessed. "I’m a fainter, so if I don’t eat every couple of hours, they’ll lose me on the red carpet.”
We wouldn’t want that to happen!
Check out the season premiere of Heroes on NBC, Sept. 22.
Reporting by Carol Glines
John Mayer Jokes About Writers’ Strike
November 13th, 2007 / Author: OK! Staff
In the midst of the Writers’ Guild strike, throwing a party to honor NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker and Dick Ebersol had the potential to be one awkward evening, but leave it to goofball singer John Mayer to lighten the mood.
“I’m not in any union yet,” he joked to the crowd in between songs at The Paley Center for Media Honors annual Los Angeles gala. “I have a couple of scripts in the car. I wrote myself into Heroes. I have the power to hear other people’s iPods. It’s not much but it’ll work. I could be on The Office too.”
After a big laugh from the crowd of actors and executives who lately find themselves on opposing sides of the picket line, Mayer said, “You can say whatever you want when you follow it up with a song everybody knows,” before belting out his hit “Waiting on the World to Change.”
All things considering, it was a light atmosphere inside the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, as Heroes stars Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka and Milo Ventimiglia joined Zachary Levi of Chuck, Kathy Griffin and The Office’s Steve Carell. Hosted by Sunday Night Football’s Al Michaels, the event raised funds for the Paley Center (formerly The Museum of Television and Radio) and their various public and industry programs.
By Jon Warech
Single Superhero Seeks Same
September 16th, 2007
You’d think that being one of the marquee stars on one of TV’s biggest shows would help an actor meet that special someone, but not for Masi Oka, the unlikely sex symbol from NBC smash hit Heroes.
"I’m definitely looking," the 32-year-old actor tells OK!. "I’m on the market right now."
So what is this Ivy-League grad with an IQ of 180 looking for in his Ms. Right? "A girl who’s smart, cute, with a great sense of humor," the Emmy nominee explains to OK!. Oh, and tone-deaf ladies need not apply. "I’d like someone who is musically inclined and not afraid to sing."
Masi and the rest of his Heroes pals return to NBC for a new season on Sept. 24.
By David Lasky
