Battlestar Galactica

Check out these adorable pictures of the cast of Battlestar Galactica as they enter the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York to tape the Top Ten List for tomorrow night’s Late Show with David Letterman tribute. The list will be BSG-themed, with each cast member reading one of the lists’ famous one-line jokes.

The photo above shows BSG stars Michael Hogan (Col. Saul Tigh), Jamie Bamber (Lee “Apollo” Adama), Mary McDonnell (President Laura Roslin), James Callis (Dr. Gaius Baltar), and Aaron Douglas (The Chief) outside the famed theater. We also see a grinning Grace Park (Sharon “Athena” Agathorn) entering the theater in her BSG uniform, while Jamie Bamber is wearing a suit - a contrast that is consistent with the fourth season promotional photos (as well as some of the early spoilers).

Some of the pictures showed Aaron Douglas and Michael Hogan in uniform as well, while Edward James Olmos (Admiral Bill Adama) wore a Battlestar Galactica pullover and many of the other stars wore street clothes. Whether those photos were taken before or after the show was filmed, however, is not always clear.

Below is a collection of photos from outside the theater, including a great photo of Edward James Olmos & Michael Hogan, and a shot of Katee Sackhoff (Kara “Starbuck” Thrace) carrying a ginormous zebra striped bag over her shoulder while signing autographs for fans. Tricia Helfer arrived in full Six regalia, including her famous white wig and killer red dress.

There is also a cuddly photo of Aaron Douglas with Nicki Cline, who plays his wife Cally. Nicki was not among the cast members listed by the SciFi Channel as appearing on the Late Show, so it is not clear if she was there to cheer on the cast or if she is making a surprise appearance.

In an interesting coincidence, Rainn Wilson from The Office was also on the scene at the same time as the BSG cast. Could the list contain a “Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica” reference?

Big news for Battlestar Galactica fans:  new and sexy photos of Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, and Grace Park will be in the April 2008 issue of GQ. 

Tricia fans will also want to pick up a copy of the April 2008 issue of Paw Prints magazine, as the animal loving actress appears with her cats in its pages … or if you prefer a less wholesome look, Tricia will be on the cover of the U.K. version of FHM that month as well.

Tickets are on sale for Bear McCreary’s potentially legendary concert at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre.  The one-night-only event will feature the vocalist from the show’s version of “All Along the Watchtower” that was featured in the show’s Season Three finale.  Members of the cast and crew will also be present, although no names have been released yet.  It’s no secret that the music is one of the reasons that Battlestar Galactica is so haunting, so don’t miss your chance to hear it live and conducted by Bear himself.

The folks behind The CKR Files have been busy accumulating every bit of press by or about Callum Keith Rennie, including an entertaining interview from 2001 where he says “Sex” in response to “What’s your idea of a perfect Sunday.” 

On a more human note, they also posted a cool excerpt from an interview where Hugh Dillon credited Callum with giving him some courage - and his car - when the actor was trying to decide whether to go to the Sundance Film Festival for what would turn out to be an award-winning performance in Down to the Bone.

Battlestar Galactica glamizon Tricia Helfer, who plays the various versions of Number Six on the show, recently attended the Celebrate Like Royalty party in Los Angeles. 

The event was sponsored by clothier Ankh Royalty and Chombourd liqueur.  While the highlight of the evening was a runway show, Tricia did not display her famous catwalk skills for the crowd.

Other guests at the event included Julie Benz, who is familiar to some Battlestar Galactica fans from her stint as a scifi siren on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. 

Bravo reality show stars from The Real Housewives of Orange County also attended, along with Madison Hildebrand of Million Dollar Listing. 

Kyle XY’s Matt Dallas and April Matson were also in the crowd, along with Beverley Mitchell from 7th Heaven, Rebecca Mader from Lost, Esai Morales from Jericho, and Regina King from 24.  They all partied with reality contestant CC Fontana and celebutante Chudney Ross.

Tricia Helfer recently had another movie come out, the psychological thriller Spiral.  Zachary Levi from Chuck plays the tormented lead, and talked in an interview with IFMagazine about how much he enjoyed working with Tricia.  He also mentioned that she would be great as a character on his show (perhaps as Sarah’s spy sister), a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with:

“Tricia was a doll. She was ridiculously talented and ridiculously hot,” Zachary said.  “She was so nice. She was only there one day and it was a great day. We sat around and talked about life and Battlestar Galactica and her husband and how great life was and it was a really fun time to be making the movie. That day with Tricia was a lot of fun. I hope that our paths cross again in the future and we get to work together again, because she really is a class act.”

This photographer has a cute pic up of Aaron Douglas from last weekend’s SF Ball in Great Britain.

I watched a lot of television while I was sick, including the episode from the first season of Supernatural that featured Callum Keith Rennie (Leoban) as an obnoxiously cocky hunter who gets eaten by a Wendigo.  If you are a Leoban fan add it to your Netflix queue if you have not seen it already.

Check out this interesting animation of Giaus Baltar created by Braden Poirer of Ontario.  I like the way he captures James Callis’ questioning attitude and the way his back alternately slumps and arches when he talks.

Tricia Helfer was on the scene earlier this week when L.A. Confidential threw a party celebrating the magazine’s current cover boy, Casey Affleck. 

Casey is among this year’s Academy Award nominees.  He is being celebrated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford which played at the Toronto International Film Festival where Tricia’s film Walk All Over Me premiered.

It’s been a good year for Casey, who also gave a strong performance in his brother Ben’s film Gone Baby Gone, a work that is nominated for Oscars in other categories.

Other celebrities at the Los Angeles party included Bai Ling, Nazanin Bonaidi, Linda Thompson, Maya Hazen, Sofia Veraga, Taraji Henson, and many others.

It’s been a slow start to the SciFi Red Carpet sightings in 2008, especially with the cancellation of the Golden Globes earlier this month.  Here’s hoping more BSG stars decide to go out and about in the near future!

Has Tricia Helfer’s body combined with the manipulative moves of Number Six and inspired a new male phobia of Fit Women?  This web site says "yes." In other Tricia news, check out this clip of her talking about season four.

Lucy Lawless won the top spot on LesbiaNation’s list of Top Ten Women We Love in 2007.  The list also included Stargate legend Amanda Tapping and Lucy’s Xena: Warrior Princess costar Renee O’Connor. 

In other Lucy news, she appeared at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday, speaking on a panel about "Science Fiction’s Influence on Technology."  If you find a recap of the panel, please let me know.

Justine wants everyone to vote for Helo, also known as Tahmoh Penikett, for hottest actor in the Best of 2007 awards.  He is woefully behind right now, probably due to the unfortunate photo choice which makes him look slightly deformed.  This one is much better.  The awards also nominated Battlestar Galactica Season One (not season two?) in its Best in DVD category.

Geno points out this incredibly unflattering photograph of Edward James Olmos on Celebrity Puke, where the Admiral is compared to an ass.  The photo was taken recently as Eddie was lunching at the famed Ivy restaurant.

Crave Online has a new interview with Katee Sackhoff, where she talks about her various projects including White Noise 2: The Light which comes out on DVD this week.  The movie also stars Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Joss Whedon’s space western Firefly, which inspired this cute exchange in the interview:

Crave Online: Hypothetical, who would win in a fight? Malcolm Reynolds or Starbuck?
Katee Sackhoff: Who is Malcolm Reynolds? You like that? Ah, I’m just kidding. Probably me. Yeah. Maybe. He’s bigger than I am.

AOL TV recently published its list of TV’s 50 Sexiest Women — Ever, and honored Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park, Lucy Lawless and Tricia Helfer by including them among small screen legends like Lynda Carter of Wonder Woman and the ladies of Charlie’s Angel’s.  And from these Maxim photos, it is easy to see why.

Grace holds the number forty-seven slot on the list, while Tricia appears in space number thirty-one.  The list had high praise for both ladies, noting their sexiness is increased by the various incarnations they play of their Cylon characters.  Grace and Tricia can play deadly or seductive, malicious or maternal, and that type of versatility and unpredictability adds to their mystique and the sexiness of their characters.

Their sister Cylon Lucy Lawless was also honored among the Sexiest Women on TV - Ever, for her performance on BSG and of course for her legendary role as Xena: Warrior Princess.  Lucy appears at number thirty-seven on the countdown.

Other small screen sirens on the list included Sarah Michelle Geller’s Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carmen Electra’s Lani McKenzie from Baywatch, Jennifer Garner’s Sydney Bristow from Alias, Victoria Principal’s Pam Ewing from Dallas, Peta Wilson’s assassin from La Femme Nakita, Sherilyn Fenn from Twin Peaks, Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager, Alyssa Milano’s Phoebe Halliwell from Charmed, Nichelle Nichols from the original Star Trek, Julie Newmar from Batman, Jessica Alba from Dark Angel, Cartherine Bach’s Daisy Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard, Donna Douglas’ Elly May Clampett from The Beverly Hillbillies, Barbara Eden’s Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie, and Charisma Carpenter and Heather Locklear from everything they have ever been in on TV. 

The number one spot on the list went to Pamela Anderson’s character from Baywatch and the way she filled out her swimsuit.  What, no mention of V.I.P. or Stripperella?

Tricia Helfer has won good reviews on the film festival circuit for her performance in Walk All Over Me, which opens in cities across Canada this Friday, December 7, 2007.

Tricia plays a dominatrix named Celene in the movie, which is being promoted as a comedy thriller.  Her mixture of confidence and fear have impressed critics, but should be no surprise to fans who have seen her range of emotions as Battlestar Galactica’s Number Six.  While the movie is currently only scheduled for a Canadian theatric release, that could change as the flick was recently purchased for distribution by the Weinstein Company.

Tricia also won rave reviews from her coworkers on the set of Walk All Over Me, where she became a favorite of the crew for more reasons than her many scenes in small outfits.

"The way she did that was by making herself accommodating," director Robert Cuffley recently told Straight.com. "No ego, just, ‘Can I do that again? What can I do to make this shot easier? Would it help you guys if I did this?’ Those were all phrases that would come out of her mouth. After a while, you’d be like, ‘Wow, she’s not a prima donna Cylon from Galactica. She’s a down-to-earth farm girl.’"

Other tidbits from the interview include Tricia’s memories of growing up on a farm, she drives a Porsche, she likes to watch Arrested Development but is not into Lord of the Rings, and she is still considering pitching a reality show about building "green" homes to channels like HGTV (she is currently building a green vacation home with her husband).

That’s Tricia Helfer, also known as Battlestar Galactica’s Number Six, planting a big smooch on Jay Leno in the photo above.  Tricia and Jay were at the kick off for the Love Ride, and annual motorcycle extravaganza that left from the Harley-Davidson dealership in Glendale, California a few weeks ago.  Jay was grand master of the event, which also featured entertainment provided by Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers as well as several related parties, concert performances, and charity auctions.

Other BSG stars in attendance included Katee Sackhoff, who plays Starbuck, and her her partner in crime and marriage on the show, Michael Trucco, who plays Samuel Anders.  The Love Ride raises money for muscular dystrophy research so it is very kind of Katee, Michael and Tricia to lend their star power to the cause.  Scifi bad guy Robert Patrick was also in the crowd, as was prime time soap legend Larry Hagman.

Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer and Jamie Bamber hit the red carpet this past weekend, making an appearance at the Spike TV Scream Awards. The awards took place Friday night at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and featured a feast of scifi stars and horror heroes, and if you were not able to be there in person you can watch the excitement tonight on SpikeTV.

After the awards ceremony Jamie & Tricia partied with folks like Kristin Bell and Zachary Quinto from Heroes, scifi spoof actor (and friend of Lucy Lawless) Bruce Campbell, Paris Hilton, Quintin Tarintino and Robert Rodriguez of Grindhouse, and comic legend Neil Gaimon who was awarded the Comic Con Icon Award. A Captain Morgan impersonator was also roaming the crowd, hopefully serving rum in addition to shilling rum because the former job seems a lot more fun.

It is interesting that Katee Sackhoff did not appear at the Scream awards, even though she was nominated for “SciFi Siren.” Tricia would have presumably accepted for her if she had won, or if Battlestar Galactica had won in the Best TV Show category. Alas, Katee and BSG both failed to win a Scream award, losing to Megan Fox of Transformers: The Movie and Heroes respectively.

This is the second Spike TV awards show appearance for Tricia Helfer this year. In June she appeared at the first annual “Guy’s Choice Awards” looking radient in a gold backless gown and ready to rumble. Unfortunately Battlestar Galactica struck out then as well, as Tricia lost the “Sexiest Femme Fatale” award to Rose McGowan.

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We knew Razor would be tough to watch, but watching this clip from the movie it seems possible that the Battlestar Galactica telemovie may be the darkest entry in the BSG cannon.

Fans who have seen the episodes Pegasus and Resurrection Ship Parts I & II know that Michelle Forbes’ Helena Cain is as harsh in her leadership style as Admiral Adama is pragmatic in his. She was relentless in her hunting of the Cylons after the attack on the Colonies, to the point that she killed members of her crew and authorized torture techniques that would make even the Justice Department uncomfortable.

So it’s not likely there will be many lighthearted moments in a movie determined to spend two hours in the belly of Admiral Cain’s beast, the Pegasus. For spoilers that shed some light on this darkness, click the “more” button below.

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Big news for fans of Aaron Douglas and his everyman Chief Tyrol: Aaron will play a “delivery demon” on an upcoming episode of the critically acclaimed CW show Reaper. Daemon’s TV has the scoop, and the original pic. Nice horns Aaron!

Tricia Helfer has a pilot deal in development for next fall, she revealed to Canada’s 24. Could this be the “something big” she hinted at during another recent interview?

Katee Sackhoff recently revealed one of the big differences between working on Battlestar Galactica and working on Bionic Woman: they recycle on Battlestar. Apparently Katee is quite the crusader on the Bionic set, as she is trying to convince them to do an anti-smoking ad as well. Speaking of Katee’s character Sarah Corvus, do you think Sarah reminds you of Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

A new Tahmoh Penikett interview is up on GalacticaTV.com. Tahmoh talks about his guest role on Smallville, reveals that Helo has a big story in the middle of Battlestar Galactica’s fourth season (”I think it will be one of our best seasons”), and talks about working with Academy Award winner Anna Paquin in the new Halloween horror movie Trick ‘r Treat.

Spraugue Grayden, who plays the pragmatic Heather on Jericho, talked about how much she loves Battlestar Galactica in a recent interview.

Someone needs a coder for a Battlestar Galactica MUD, while the New York University student newspaper has a quick quiz asking readers to name the twelve colonies of Caprica in alphabetical order.

Over at Idea Pizzeria, Sage uses recent training with the Myers-Briggs Personality Test Indicator to come up with her prediction of how the Cylons will form more Cylon-human hybrids in season four.

There is a list of the Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time up over on Snarkerati, and while Battlestar Galactica does not qualify there are plenty of good film suggestions if you are looking for something to watch between now and the Razor premiere in November.

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Great news for fans of Battlestar Galactica’s Number Six, Tricia Helfer, who have been anxious to see her performance as a dominatrix in Walk All Over Me: the Weinstein Company bought the movie last week and is already making plans for its distribution.

The distribution deal was made after the film’s strong buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, where Tricia seemed to be everywhere promoting the film. She is doing even more promotion for the film at the Calgary International Film Festival this weekend, this time taking her parents along for the whirlwind. No early reviews are available yet, apparently the film’s Canadian distributor is planning to release it in the next few months and wanted to hush keep reviews undercover until closer to that date.

The trailer for the movie is also popular on YouTube, although it features much more of Leelee Sobieksi than Tricia. It’s being billed as a comedy and a thriller, which is an interesting combination and hopefully one that does not veer too much in the dreaded direction of torture porn.

Walk All Over Me has the potential to be a solid hit simply based on the description of the plot and the costumes, especially once the show hits DVD.

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With rare (and mostly short lived) exceptions, most of the characters on Battlestar Galactica experience more of the unrequited part of the phrase unrequited love. The show has more glimpses with potential than actual passion, and this lack of romantic relationships adds to aura of forlorn weariness that surrounds the characters. There is always hope for some happiness, however, which is why many of the most fervent speculations about season four have centered around which characters will have the opportunity to unite before the series ends.

Writer Ron Moore divulged some interesting information about this recently, so click below if you want some spoilers.

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Battlestar Galactica glamizon Tricia Helfer looked lovely at Sunday’s afternoon tea at the Wattles Mansion in Beverly Hills. The event was part of the flurry of Emmy parties in Los Angeles this weekend and hosted by BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts).

Other celebrities who sipped tea with Tricia included CSI’s Jorja Fox, Dancing With the Stars‘ Joey Lawrence, and Nip/Tuck’s Joely Richardson. Elaine Stritch, who stole the show during her Emmy presentation moment later that evening, was there as well.

This was Variety’s assessment of the swanky party:

Hosting the affair was Academy of Television Arts & Sciences topper Dick Askin, who on Saturday was at the Wattles Mansion in Hollywood, where ATAS and BAFTA/LA hosted their fifth annual tea party. The palatial, 1907 Mexican Revival manor provided a regal setting for the affair. The valet parking, however, was somewhat less impressive (the Aztec empire could revive in the time it took to get to the place). Eventually, all 400 guests, including Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Elaine Stritch, Saffron Burrows and Nigel Lythgoe, arrived.

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