11 posts tagged “heroes”

i freakin love hayden panettiere. not only does she add some spunk to heroes as the foxy cheerleader but she is also an advocate against the japanese slaughtering of whales and dolphins. her confrontations with the japanese authorities have recently made headlines.

i subscribe to hayden's blog on myspace (yes i am a dork) and she posted a letter she wrote to the japanese government fisherman agency. this girl seriously kicks ASS!!

 

"HAYDEN’S LETTER TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
Current mood: determined

Below is a letter Hayden received from the Japanese Government Fisheries Agency. Below their letter is Hayden's response.
___________________

While respecting Ms. Panettierre's personal feelings towards dolphins and her commitment to travel to Taiji to make her protest, I hope that your viewers will be reassured by the fact that Japan is carefully managing marine living resources for the future. The government's fisheries policies are based on scientific information and take into account the opinions of the public.

Sincerely,

Takumi Fukuda
Fisheries Attache, Embassy of Japan
Washington, DC
____________________

Dear Mr. Fukuda,

Rest assured our viewers and the public at large is appalled by Japanese whaling and fisheries practices. Even within your own country, recent polls show that over 77% of the Japanese public is against whaling while only 11% support it.

To say that Japan is carefully managing marine living resources for the future is a joke. Recent scientific studies have shown that over 90% of the world's large fish have been depleted by over-fishing and Japan's own factory-fishing fleets are largely responsible for this, decimating one species after another. Just recently, Japan was found to be in violation of its quota on endangered blue fin tuna. I cannot find one example where Japan has carefully managed any marine species.

In regards to dolphins and whales, Japan's blatant disregard for these species is unfathomable. Japan is cruelly and needlessly butchering over 20,000 dolphins and other small cetaceans every year. There is no humane way to kill a dolphin or whale and scientific research shows that dolphin and whale meat is unhealthy for human consumption. Your own Government studies show dolphin and whale meat can contain up to 10-16 times the healthful level of mercury and that elevated levels of mercury have been proven to cause birth defects, neural damage, and death. As a result, several Japanese supermarket chains have pulled dolphin and whale meat from their shelves due to the health risks. Despite this however, your fisheries agency continues to advocate for the needless killing of dolphins and whales.

In addition, your whaling fleet is now planning to kill over 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary including endangered fin and humpback whales. There is nothing scientific about this slaughter. All the data being collected can be and is being collected through non-lethal means by bona-fide scientists, not bogus scientists like yours.

Recently, a representative for Japan's fisheries agency said:

"Whales are just as important, and no more special, than any other fish," says Japan Fisheries Agency spokesperson Hideki Moronuki, maintaining Japan's long-held position that marine mammals should get no special treatment for being warm-blooded.

Your scientists can't even tell the difference between a marine mammal and a fish. Do you realize how ignorant Japan looks to the rest of the world? Please be advised that we are telling all consumers to not purchase any Japanese made products until Japan stops killing dolphins and whales and we will be vigilant in this regard. We are determined to end Japan's brutally cruel and needless slaughter of dolphins and whales and I will do everything within my power to ensure this.

Sincerely,

Hayden Panettiere
Spokesperson
Save the Whales Again! Campaign"

just another reason why i love this girl. it makes me so happy to know that someone is helping to shed light on this horrible practice! some of you may know that one of my biggest dreams is to swim with dolphins. i even adopted a dolphin named freckles who lives in the bahamas through the dolphin communication project which is a brilliant organization that studies how dolphins communicate. dolphins are such beautiful and intelligent creatures and they should be honored and cherished. it's just disgusting what these fishermen are doing to them. if they really need to kill these animals for their livelihood then the japanese government should step in and pay them to NOT kill them.

if you want to help, PLEASE donate to the save the whales again! campaign or the save taiji dolphins campaign...DO IT!

courtesy of perezhilton

omfg, will the goddess of sex please bestow her love upon me and let me have a threesome with milo ventimiglia and john krasinski?!?!???!?!??! dude, you KNOW that shiz would be HOT!!!!!

Show us the best look you've seen on the red carpet lately.

Hayden Panettiere at the 2007 MTV VMAs

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What shows are you looking forward to in the new fall TV season?

Bionic Woman

Pushing Daisies

and of course, Heroes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was your favorite TV season finale this year? 
Submitted by Kristine.

did anyone see the finale of heroes last night?? i was expecting a big let down but overall, i was pretty satisfied with how they ended the season. i totally don't think that peter died in that blast since he has claire's power to heal himself. i also don't think that nathan died either - although i don't know how he could have survived. the only way i think he could have is if peter absorbed all of sylar's powers when he was near him and somehow he gained a power that could help save nathan.

i also really like how they ended it with hiro going waaay back in time. the series pretty much started with hiro so i think it was good to end with him. i'm on this weird mailing list for heroes fans and it just sent me to this website about the yamagato fellowship - something that hiro's father (george takei) has established in japan. it doesn't reveal that much about the show but it does give clues to where the show is heading (at least i think it does...).

i also liked how they made the ending be about the petrelli's brothers because thats also a core element to the show. i thought that it was inevitable that nathan was gonna turn out bad but he proved to us that he really isn't a bad guy. oh yah, and i also liked how claire stood up to nathan and her grandmother when she jumped out the window. pretty bad ass! claire has been uber cheesy these past couple episodes but i think she did really well last night (or maybe the writers did well...).

oh and of course i LOVE how the cop mark (who can hear people's thoughts) bit the dust at the end. i have never liked his character or his story line so i'm glad they got rid of him. i guess it wasn't definite that he died but it looked like he got pretty fucked up by those bullets so i'm assuming he is dead. oh and i think we all knew that they weren't going to kill sylar off that early in the series. he's a great villain so i'm sure he won't be killed off for quite a long time.
 
oh and i am also disappointed that d.l. didn't die after getting shot by linderman. i rejoiced last week when i thought he had died. grrrrrrrrrrr, i just find his character to be sooo annoying and whiny. actually, in general, i hate the whole nikki/jessica storyline but i know that ali larter isn't going anywhere cause everyone thinks shes the hottest woman on the show. i think the reason why i am so frustrated by that story line is because they really haven't explained what her superpower is yet. i don't buy that her alter-ego is her twin sister...i think that linderman was behind it all from the beginning (which he told us in last week's episode) and led her to believe that her sister died...i think that her sister probably never even existed and her superpower is an experiment gone wrong somehow. oh well, hopefully they will answer more questions about her next season.

oh yeah, and what's up with simone's father making peter go back in time?? that was totally weird and awesome! i have no idea what his power is but thats some pretty powerful shit. argh, i love how they introduced us to all these new ideas and people but it's also really frustrating since we have to wait until september for the new season.

i decided i'm gonna spend the rest of my work day reading the heroes graphic novels online...i can't get enough of this show!

Edit: i also meant to mention that eclipse at the end of the episode and how it tied into the heroes eclipse that has been shown as the heroes icon. obviously that eclipse means more at the start of the next series and it's just another teaser...but i just had to point it out that i thought it was cool and i still have no idea what it will mean!

i just read perez and saw that fergie released her new video for her song big girls don't cry. and milo ventimiglia from heroes is in it!!!!!

so last night's episode of heroes was a snoozer. i can't believe they psyched us up for this episode and it was such a bore. they better deliver for the next two episodes or i'm gonna be pissed.

the only thing worth mentioning from last night's episode was the woman who played sylar's mother. as soon as she came on screen and started lisping, i was like "who the fuck is that actress???". it was killing me cause i could not remember where she was from. it finally dawned on me when she held up the snow globe and whispered something about "that's green..."

it's freakin audrey (ellen greene) from little shop of horrors! totally random and weird! i love how they kind of paid homage to audrey with the green line. i have to admit though that she did a pretty good job last night. mothers are always responsible for their little ones turning out bad and this was no exception. her psycho-ness definitely rubbed off onto sylar. it's like i always say when i see someone acting up --- RAISED WRONG!!!!

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Golden Globe nominations just came out: here they are, along with what/who i think should win. my choices are in bold and italics! (note: i haven't actually seen all of these (err, most of these) but i have an opinion on them any way, even if it is not based in fact).

quick recap if you don't want to read through it all:
1) jennifer hudson should've been nominated for best actress, instead of supporting. i fucking hate beyonce so much for so many reasons (ask me sometime and i will write a list)
2) if sasha cohen wins, i will shit my pants (in a good way)
3) pissed that over the hedge got looked over; pissed that devil wears prada got nominated for - stupidest crap i saw all year (i read the book too and it sucked as well)
4) leo better win for something! i just wanna see that hot boy on stage - i LOVE that he has come back with a vengeance
5) i LOVE how justin kirk is nominated - once again, gotta mention that you should see angels in america immediately if you haven't yet - but i gotta give the award to masi oka who is the best actor on heroes, he makes me want to tune in every week.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

BABEL
Anonymous Content Production/Una Producción De Zeta Film/Central Film Production; Paramount Pictures/Paramount Vantage

BOBBY
Bold Films; The Weinstein Company

THE DEPARTED
Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

LITTLE CHILDREN
New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema

THE QUEEN
A Granada Production; Miramax Films

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

PENELOPE CRUZ
VOLVER

JUDI DENCH
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
SHERRYBABY

HELEN MIRREN
THE QUEEN

KATE WINSLET
LITTLE CHILDREN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
BLOOD DIAMOND

LEONARDO DICAPRIO
THE DEPARTED

PETER O'TOOLE
VENUS

WILL SMITH
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

FOREST WHITAKER
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
One America; Twentieth Century Fox

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox

DREAMGIRLS
DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Pictures

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Big Beach/Bonafide Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Room 9 Entertainment/David O. Sacks Production/Content Film; Fox Searchlight Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. ANNETTE BENNING
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

b. TONI COLLETTE
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

c. BEYONCE KNOWLES
DREAMGIRLS

d. MERYL STREEP
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

e. RENEE ZELLWEGER
MISS POTTER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. SACHA BARON COHEN
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

b. JOHNNY DEPP
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

c. AARON ECKHART
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

d. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
KINKY BOOTS

e. WILL FERRELL
STRANGER THAN FICTION

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

CARS
Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studio; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

HAPPY FEET
Kingdom Pictures, LLC; Warner Bros. Pictures/Village Roadshow Pictures

MONSTER HOUSE
Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

APOCALYPTO (USA)
Touchstone Pictures/Icon Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
Warner Bros. Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)
Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion; Sony Pictures Classics

PAN'S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)
Estudios Picasso/Tequila Gang/Esperanto; Picturehouse

VOLVER (SPAIN)
El Deseo; Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ADRIANA BARRAZA
BABEL

CATE BLANCHETT
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

EMILY BLUNT
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

JENNIFER HUDSON
DREAMGIRLS

RINKO KIKUCHI
BABEL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

BEN AFFLECK
HOLLYWOODLAND

EDDIE MURPHY
DREAMGIRLS

JACK NICHOLSON
THE DEPARTED

BRAD PITT
BABEL

MARK WAHLBERG
THE DEPARTED

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

CLINT EASTWOOD
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

CLINT EASTWOOD
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

STEPHEN FREARS
THE QUEEN

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑÁRRITU
BABEL

MARTIN SCORSESE
THE DEPARTED

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

GUILLERMO ARRIAGA
BABEL

TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA
LITTLE CHILDREN

PATRICK MARBER
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

WILLIAM MONAHAN
THE DEPARTED

PETER MORGAN
THE QUEEN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
THE PAINTED VEIL

CLINT MANSELL
THE FOUNTAIN

GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
BABEL

CARLO SILIOTTO
NOMAD

HANS ZIMMER
THE DA VINCI CODE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

"A FATHER'S WAY" -- THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics by: Seal

"LISTEN" -- DREAMGIRLS
Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles

"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" -- BOBBY
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda

"THE SONG OF THE HEART" -- HAPPY FEET
Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson

"TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" -- HOME OF THE BRAVE
Music & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

24 (FOX)
Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television i.a.w. Real Time Prods.

BIG LOVE (HBO)
Anima Sola and Playtone Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment

GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
Touchstone Television

HEROES (NBC)
NBC Universal Television Studios i.a.w. Tailwind Prods.

LOST (ABC)
Touchstone Television

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

PATRICIA ARQUETTE
MEDIUM

EDIE FALCO
THE SOPRANOS

EVANGELINE LILLY
LOST

ELLEN POMPEO
GREY'S ANATOMY

KYRA SEDGWICK
THE CLOSER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

PATRICK DEMPSEY
GREY'S ANATOMY

MICHAEL C. HALL
DEXTER

HUGH LAURIE
HOUSE

BILL PAXTON
BIG LOVE

KIEFER SUTHERLAND
24

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
Touchstone Television

b. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
Leverage and Closest to the Hole Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment

c. THE OFFICE (NBC)
Deedle Dee Prods. with Reveille i.a.w. NBC Universal Television Studio

d. UGLY BETTY (ABC)
Touchstone Television

e. WEEDS (SHOWTIME)
Showtime i.a.w. Lionsgate Television and Tilted Prods., Inc.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MARCIA CROSS
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

AMERICA FERRERA
UGLY BETTY

FELICITY HUFFMAN
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE

MARY-LOUISE PARKER
WEEDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ALEC BALDWIN
30 ROCK

ZACH BRAFF
SCRUBS

STEVE CARRELL
THE OFFICE

JASON LEE
MY NAME IS EARL

TONY SHALHOUB
MONK

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

BLEAK HOUSE (PBS)
BBC and WGBH Boston Prod. i.a.w. Deep Indigo

BROKEN TRAIL (AMC)
Butchers Run Films and Once Upon a Time Films i.a.w. Sony Pictures Television

ELIZABETH I (HBO)
Company Pictures and Channel 4 i.a.w. HBO Films

MRS. HARRIS (HBO)
Killer Films, Number 9 Films and John Wells Prod. i.a.w. HBO Films

PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT (PBS)
Granada and WGBH-Boston Prod.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

GILLIAN ANDERSON
BLEAK HOUSE

ANNETTE BENING
MRS. HARRIS

HELEN MIRREN
ELIZABETH I

HELEN MIRREN
PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT

SOPHIE OKONEDO
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

ANDRA BRAUGHER
THIEF

ROBERT DUVALL
BROKEN TRAIL

MICHAEL EALY
SLEEPER CELL: AMERICAN TERROR

CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

BEN KINGSLEY
MRS. HARRIS

BILL NIGHY
GIDEON'S DAUGHTER

MATTHEW PERRY
THE RON CLARK STORY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

EMILY BLUNT
GIDEON'S DAUGHTER

TONI COLLETTE
TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

KATHERINE HEIGL
GREY'S ANATOMY

SARAH PAULSON
STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP

ELIZABETH PERKINS
WEEDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

THOMAS HAYDEN CHURCH
BROKEN TRAIL

JEREMY IRONS
ELIZABETH I

JUSTIN KIRK
WEEDS

MASI OKA
HEROES

JEREMY PIVEN
ENTOURAGE