Masi Oka made a guest appearance at the Today Show to talk abouth his character (Hiro Nakamura) and his friend Ando. He brought with him a short preview (episode 10?) where we’ll see Ando with Hero that, trying to regain his powers, ends up teleporting to a comic book store.

NBC just released a second promotional video of Heroes Season Three: Villains.
Video features Ali Larter, Greg Grunberg and Masi Oka.
We also have some updates on Brea Grant and the character she’ll play during Season 3.

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and updates on the cast of Heroes Season 3
after the jump:

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This is going to make you smile: last Sunday NBC aired a promo for its “Sunday Night Football on NBC” program, starring Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura) and Dallas Cowboy’s Terrell Owens.

Here’s the promo:

“The Sopranos� could dominate its last Emmy Awards. Or could it be foiled by the fresh-faced kids of “Heroes�?

The nominations announced Thursday for the 59th annual awards ceremony in September give the edge to HBO’s landmark drama, whose 15 nominations were the most for any series. But the sci-fi sensation “Heroes� earned an impressive eight bids for its first season, including best drama.

Cutting-edge shows dominated the comedy series category, with “Ugly Betty� leading the charge with 11 nominations. Medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,� after a rocky year that saw the firing of Isaiah Washington over his use of an anti-gay slur, scored 10 nominations, including a best-drama bid and supporting nominations for four cast members.

Kyra Sedgwick (�The Closer�) and Jon Cryer (�Two And a Half Men�) helped announce the nominations Thursday morning in a brief ceremony in Los Angeles. And they were both nominated; Sedgwick for lead actress in a drama and Cryer for supporting actor in a comedy.

“She’s all ruffled. She didn’t know that was coming!� Cryer said of Sedgwick, who flubbed her lines after announcing her own nomination.

The made-for-TV movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee� led all nominees with 17 bids.

In the reality-competition categories, the leading nominee with eight bids was “Dancing With the Stars,� followed by “American Idol� with seven.

Altogether, HBO was the most-recognized network with 86 bids, followed by ABC with 70, NBC with 69, CBS with 44, Fox with 28, and PBS with 24.

The Emmy Awards will be broadcast Sept. 16 by Fox from the Shrine Auditorium.

Amoung the Heroes Emmy nominations:

# Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: William Shatner, “Boston Legal,� ABC; T.R. Knight, “Grey’s Anatomy,� ABC; Masi Oka, “Heroes,� NBC; Michael Emerson, “Lost,� ABC; Terry O’Quinn, “Lost,� ABC; Michael Imperioli, “The Sopranos,� HBO.

# Drama Series: “Boston Legal,� ABC; “Grey’s Anatomy,� ABC; “Heroes,� NBC; “House,� Fox; “The Sopranos,� HBO.

Compiled from Associated Press reports.

You can read the full article at: http://www.contracostatimes.com

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.

Read the whole article on Hayden Panettiere

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.