The third season of TV series Heroes will wow fans, according to its star Milo Ventimiglia.

“It’s going to melt your head,” the actor told Access Hollywood.

“Everybody took a big break and scattered and did a lot of different jobs and when we came back together we reconvened and we were reading these first couple of scripts - they were just incredible. It was right back to that excitement of the first season.”

The second season of the show was criticised in some sections of the media before the actors were forced to take a hiatus during the Hollywood writers’ strike - the season ended prematurely in the US in December. The cast returned to begin filming the third season earlier this month.

“We’re so excited to be back - it’s amazing,” said Ali Larter, who plays Niki Sanders in the show.

“The scripts are incredible. We’re sneaking into make-up trailers trying to get the new ones. As difficult as the strike was, I think it gave a surge of creativity to our writers.”

On the entertainment industry only having bad girls: “In Hollywood, there is no such thing as being a nice girl. Or being, you know, not messed up. If you’re not, [the tabloids will] make you that way. Nothing is private and when they write about you, it’s almost always completely false.”

On raising the awareness of animal rights, especially whales and dolphins: “[Heroes] put me in a place to speak for things that I’m passionate about. When I was younger, I’d always donate to the humane society.”

On her fashion sense: “I have the same sense of style that I did when I was growing up, but now I wear things that I might not have when I was younger, because I’m much more comfortable with my body. I’m definitely a jeans and tee shirt girl. I dress down and comfy whenever I can, which makes dressing up more exciting. I really like to look polished. I love pencil skirts and flirty dresses – but I’m not picky when it comes to designers; I could find something great to wear from French Connection or Gucci. I have a lot of fun dressing up and deciding what kind of look I want to go for depending on the event.”

On her rumored relationship with Milo:  “I’ll not comment until the day I die!”

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source: canada.com

Hayden Panettiere would like to point out that her currently filming movie role doesn’t exactly make for three cheers.

Sure, the 18-year-old became a household name as an indestructible baton-twirler in NBC’s paranormal ensemble drama Heroes, and before that, she was the lead cheerleader in the 2006 sequel Bring It On: All or Nothing.

But as the title character in the high-school comedy I Love You Beth Cooper, Panettiere notes that her character’s cheers are all in the back story.

“When somebody asked me if I was playing a cheerleader again, I was like, ‘No, I’m not — I’m not getting in the outfit,’” she says during a break at a Vancouver soundstage. “Pfft, they got me in the outfit and they got a still picture.”

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Hayden Panettiere wants to kill her “cheerleader image”.

The 18-year-old actress - who plays indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennett in hit US TV show ‘Heroes’ - hopes her new film Fireflies In The Garden will help people see beyond her cult role.

Hayden - who stars opposite Julia Roberts in the movie - said: “I wanted to kill the cheerleader image, so I changed my hair color and didn’t wear make-up.

“It’s been very hard for me in the past to get people to see me in a different way. They can be very narrow-minded.”

Fireflies in the Garden centers on a family torn apart by an unexpected tragedy and boasts a star-studded cast which also includes Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson and Ioan Gruffudd.

Fireflies in the Garden, directed by Dennis Lee, is due to hit cinema screens later this year.

FHM announced their 2008 100 most beautiful women list and Hayden was #5.  She was beaten by Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, Keeley Hazell, and Elisha Cuthbert.

source:  independent.co.uk

Hayden Panettiere is the poster girl of hit television show Heroes. The plot of the series about ordinary people who suddenly discover they’ve got superpowers could almost work as a metaphor for the life of the 18-year-old. Overnight she was thrown into the global limelight by the phenomenal success of the show. Every word and action of this girl from upstate New York became newsworthy, including her wardrobe, the men on her arm and, perhaps more surprisingly, her politics.

In Heroes, which returns to BBC2 tonight, Panettiere (pronounced Pah-nuh-tee-air-ay, like the Italian for “baker”) plays Claire Bennet, a 15-year-old cheerleader, who, in the first episode, discovered that she could heal instantly from any injury. The indestructible high-school student is forced to hide her ability from her peers and maintain a relationship with her father, a man who is keenly interested in people with special powers.

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