Cast, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka - Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:27 - 5 Comments

The EW 100: Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka and George Takei make the cut

This week Entertainment Weekly Magazine celebrates its 100th issue (on stands now, on the cover Hayden Panettiere ‘Claire Bennet’).

The special edition of EW Magazine includes the list of the top 100 celebrities of the world of entertainment. Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere and the Masi Oka and George Takei ‘team’ are on the list.

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Hayden Panettiere
Teen Dream

WHY HER The breakout star of TV’s hottest new drama, Heroes, Panettiere plays Claire, an unbreakable high school girl who became synonymous with the show when the catchphrase ”Save the cheerleader, save the world!” entered the pop culture lexicon. ”I think it was very clever,” says the New York-born actress, although she admits that calls of ”Hey, cheerleader!” now follow her around Los Angeles. ”But it’s fun. It’s not an obnoxious thing.” Technically speaking, Claire doesn’t actually spend much time shaking pom-poms. ”I told [Heroes creator] Tim Kring I need to cheer at some point,” the actress says with a laugh. ”She wears the outfit all the time!”

Read the whole article on Masi Oka and George Takei

Greatest American Heroes
George Takei and Masi Oka

WHY THEM As Sulu on Star Trek, Takei, 70, blazed trails for Asian-American actors. As Hiro, time-warping supernerd of Heroes, Oka, 33, is just blazing. It was a stroke of genius and great respect to cast them as father and son on the new show.