I thought we should have a news thread. Articles, appearances, upcoming events, new projects, etc. What do you say?

From the nice people over at Jensen Ackles Central, an article from the French magazine Séries Mag #35 and it's translation. It can also be found on jensenackles.org

Especially for those who will record 'Supernatural'

From Zap2it.com:

'Supernatural' Premiere Goes Long
(Monday, August 29 11:41 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Three months after failing to let "Gilmore Girls" fans know that the show's season finale would run a little bit long, The WB appears to have learned its lesson.
The network is letting folks know now -- two weeks in advance -- that the premiere of its buzzworthy new series "Supernatural" will bleed over its one-hour allotment. The debut episode, which airs at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday, Sept. 13, will end at 10:07 p.m.

The "Supernatural" pilot runs just over 46 minutes, and that's without opening or closing credits. Hour-long shows typically are between 42 and 44 minutes long without commercials. Rather than cut a few minutes out of the pilot, The WB decided instead simply to let the show run long.


And it's making sure people know that ahead of time. In May, viewers who were recording the season finale of "Gilmore Girls" were unaware that the show ran about 30 seconds past its normal 9 p.m. ending time. TiVos and VCRs set to click off precisely at 9, then, missed the crucial final scene in which Lorelai (Lauren Graham) proposes to Luke (Scott Patterson).
The WB was flooded with complaints, and the network acknowledged its gaffe by re-airing the episode a few days later.

"Supernatural" stars "Gilmore" alum Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles ("Smallville") as brothers who hit the road in search of strange occurrences -- and of their father, who disappears while hunting down one such phenomenon.[/quote]

From jensenackles.org:


To watch 'The Plight of Clownana' online check 'The Plight of Clownana' official website.

Supernatural official site. It looks great!

ETA: Also, Jensen talkes about 'Dean' on the WB site.

To hear Jensen talks about 'Dean', check Jensen Ackles.org.

"Supernatural" will debut online before it airs on television. For more information check the Supernatural thread.

Hey, I'm new but I love love Jensen!! I think he's so hot, not to mention a pretty damn good actor. I was wondering if anybody knew if he was single, dating, married lol?

Welcome to Jensen's board JKfan

As for your question, as far as I know, he is dating Joanna Krupa.

Okay, not so much news as great reviews I've posted the articles on the Supernatural board, but I brought the highlights

From Blogcritics.org:

From the New Yorker's critics:

JensenAcklesFans.com has an article from the french magazine 'Salut'. Check the link for both the article and its translation.
They also have an article from Smallville Mag #11, which I had the feeling that we had already seen, but couldn't find it on the boards (maybe I wasn't looking hard enough ).

Jensen is featured on the TV Guide Channel's Hottest New Faces on TV. He's also featured as THE hottest of the hot.
It interviews him and shows clips of 'Supernatural'

Sorry I can't get clips

Lori

Great news! Thanks Lori

TV Guide Channel's Hottest New Faces on TV's clip and screencaps (from JensenAcklesFans.com).

Great, lyric!
I saw it on TV, but that the clips/caps are up already


Lori

Not 'News' News, but I had to bring this one over

From 24 Hours Vancouver

Of course, we all know he should have got first place, but...

From Yahoo! News:

Wentworth Miller and Jennifer Love Hewitt voted sexiest stars on Primetime's new shows
Monday November 7, 9:00 am ET
Leads from ABC's Night Crawlers Top the List


NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ - If Nielsen Ratings were compiled using a scale that measures the sexiness of Primetime TV's hottest stars, FOX would be in first place. Female members of Date.com (www.date.com), one of the leading online dating services with more than two million members nationwide, selected Prison Break's Wentworth Miller as this season's hottest male on Primetime TV's newest series. Proving that men who chase things that go bump in the night are truly hot, Jensen Ackles from the WB's breakout series Supernatural, was voted in second while Night Crawler Stuart Townsend captured third place.
No stranger to Primetime TV, Jennifer Love Hewitt's latest turn as the lead in CBS's The Ghost Whisperer, has set our male members' hearts aflutter. While Love took first place, Denise Richards from UPN's recently cancelled series, Sex, Love and Secrets, came in second with Night Crawler Gabrielle Union taking third place.

More than 1,162 singles nationwide weighed in on the new survey, which asked: Who is the sexiest star from Primetime TV's newest programs?


Following are the complete poll results:

WOMEN
Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield, FOX's Prison Break) 36.90%
Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester, WB's Supernatural) 17.86%
Stuart Townsend (Carl Kolchak, ABC's Night Crawler) 13.10%
Jason Lee (Earl Hickey, NBC's My Name is Earl) 10.72%
David Conrad (Jim Clancy, CBS's Ghost Whisperer) 8.33%
Bradley Cooper (Anthony Bourdain, FOX's Kitchen Confidential) 4.76%
Mathew St. Patrick (Detective Marjorino, FOX's Reunion) 4.76%
Brian Van Holt (Cavennaugh, CBS's Threshold) 3.57%

MEN
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Melinda Gordon, CBS's Ghost Whisperer) 43.90%
Denise Richards (Jolene, UPN's Sex, Love and Secrets) 25.61%
Gabrielle Union (Perri Reed, ABC's Night Crawler) 12.20%
Geena Davis (MacKenzie Allen, ABC's Commander in Chief) 9.76%
Carla Gugino (Molly Caffrey, CBS's Threshold) 4.88%
Martha Stewart (Herself, NBC's The Apprentice: Martha Stewart) 2.44%
Laura Breckenridge (Rose Sorelli, WB's Related) 1.21%
Alexa Davalos (Samantha Carlton, FOX's Reunion) 0.00%

Looks like it's 'Good News Day'

Jensen had hit the final list of PlanetOut.com's Primetime's prime hunk. At the moment he's no. 4 with 13% so... GO AND VOTE!

Oh, and a quick look on The WB winner

We lost to Wentworth Miller once. This time let's try and take FIRST place

A few Jensen's facts from TV Week (from JRAUnlimited.com).

AND HE WON!

From Gay.com:

Check JensenAcklesFans.com for scans from People Magazine 20th Anniversary Celebration Special. Jensen is just SO cute!

Not news exactly, just something I found in another board.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/tightrope...egirl/8725.html

Thank you so much for bringing this one over tvwatcher! Wonder what Jensen would say if he knew

From Boston Herald:

Scream star: Jensen Ackles slays fans on WB’s ‘Supernatural’
By Amy Amatangelo/ Television
Sunday, December 25, 2005


Jensen Ackles never had an audition like the one he had for the WB’s “Supernatural” (Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on WLVI, Ch. 56).

“It was kind of funny because it was a very in-house situation,” Ackles said during a recent telephone interview from the set. The actor, who plays witty older brother Dean Winchester on the eerie series, had done his time on the WB, spending a season as a bad-boy boyfriend on both “Dawson’s Creek” and “Smallville.”

“Once they started kicking the script around and tossing around names, my name came up. The director of the pilot was also very familiar with me. He and I have known each other for many years, and it was kind of an agreement that I was one of the top choices for one of the roles. I basically went in and read for the director, whom I knew, and he said, ‘Yeah, done great, OK, you’re in.’ . . . Usually you’re fighting to bring notoriety to yourself. You want them to remember you; you want them to know who you are when you go in, and a lot of times you have to fight for that. In this circumstance, it was already done. I just went in and waved hi to a bunch of familiar faces.”

The Dallas native fell in love with acting during high school.

“I was pretty into sports when I was growing up. Of course, that’s the thing to do when you’re in Texas. Theater was something I just did on the side; it was an elective, because you have to take an art elective, and I didn’t know how to draw, and I thought, ‘Well, I can make an idiot of myself - that will be easy.’ ”

With his parents’ blessing, he decided to forgo college and head to Los Angeles.

“I made a deal with my folks and said, ‘Hey, I’ll take one semester off, and if nothing happens, I’ll come back and go to school.’ My parents have always been extremely supportive. I think they knew I wasn’t some crazy kid with an unreachable dream.”

Ackles soon landed the role of Eric Brady on “Days of Our Lives,” which brought attention and devoted fan sites.

“It’s unbelievably flattering, to say the least; some of these people I know personally. They’ve been around since day one of ‘Days of Our Lives.’ It’s really cool. It’s not something that I would say I need, but it’s really nice to know that what I’m doing people like and people respond to and kind of give me confidence to keep doing it.”

He’s also found a new friend in “Supernatural” co-star Jared Padalecki.

“We just have a lot in common. We’re both from Texas. We both come from a very similar background. . . . He’s about four or five years younger than me, so it’s kind of like having a little brother. He’s about 6 feet 5 inches - of course he won’t admit it. I’m 6 feet 1 inch and he makes me look like a shrimp. It’s funny because all our guest stars come on and say, ‘Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.’ ”

Seems that when I posted the article from 'Boston Herald' I forgot to post the picture that was on it. Why is it so important? Oh, I'm glad you asked, especially since we've already saw this picture.


Jacksen Ackles got his role in ’Supernatural’ because of who he knew.


Got his role in ’Supernatural’ because of who he knew?! Got his role in ’Supernatural’ because of who he knew?!?!?!

Okay, I'm all good now

Check JRAUnlimited.com scan from Teen People.

He looked good on the Critics Choice Awards


Lori

And so the less fortunate ones can see... Vicki has posted photos on the Supernatural board.

Finally! An interview with Jensen!

From TV Guide:

Jensen Ackles Eyes a Super Second Half
by Matt Webb Mitovich

Jensen Ackles,
Supernatural

When last we tuned in to WB's freshman frightfest, Supernatural, bogeyman-busting brothers Dean and Sam Winchester had fended off the insanity of an old, shuttered asylum only to come home to a phone call from their perpetually MIA father. The action picks up right from that instant with this week's new episode (airing tonight at 9 pm/ET). Jensen Ackles, who plays Dean, shared with TVGuide.com a preview.

TVGuide.com: Were you happy when Supernatural got picked up for a full season so early on?
Jensen Ackles: Yeah, it's always a crapshoot with the whole television thing in general, so the fact that we had a nice little buzz and had the powers-that-be pushing for us gave us the confidence we needed to move ahead and put us in the frame of mind we needed to be in for the remainder of the season.

TVGuide.com: Especially since there is so much mythology to delve into. You must have been like, "This could be a really awesome show if...."
Ackles: If we get the right support and it's done right. And so far, I think everybody has made every effort they can to really get this show off and running the way we all want it to be.

TVGuide.com: I have to wonder, does it get lonely being just you and Jared [Padalecki, Sam] in every damn episode? Do you corner the writers and go, "Can't we get a bartender buddy or something?"
Ackles: [Laughs] Oh, trust me. When [Warner Bros. Television president] Peter Roth and I had dinner about a month ago, he said, "So, the show's doing really, really good, everybody's really happy.... How do you think we can make the show great?" "Add. More. Characters." is the first thing I said. [Laughs] But that's what we signed on for — we knew it would be just Jared and I, and that it would be a very demanding schedule, and it definitely has been. It hasn't let up. I think I've had one day off since July. The cool thing about it is that Jared and I really get to work hard and, in the same breath, we get to meet and see and work with new people each week. It's a new town, a whole new story, new people, so in a sense that's something kinda cool that we have that a lot of shows don't.

TVGuide.com: Do you guys never film during the day, or does the show just do a great job of simulating darkness and murkiness?
Ackles: Everything that you see inside is generally done during the day and then, of course, our night shoots are either cheated a bit or we wait until the sun drops. But we shoot in Vancouver, where the sun goes down quite early. It will be 4:40 in the afternoon and it's dark already.

TVGuide.com: I thought my ears spied Canadian accents on some of the guest stars. I was watching "Asylum" and that blonde girl.....
Ackles: What, did she throw in an aboot?

TVGuide.com: Something like that. I was like, "A-ha, I see we're shooting in Canada."
Ackles: It's funny, I've actually had to grab the script supervisor — who is Canadian, so it doesn't register to her the way it does to me — and tell her, "You've got to watch these accents, they're starting to kick up," and then she'll go tell the actor. There are only a few of us who can really catch it, and if we're not around....

TVGuide.com: What bogeymen are left to tackle this season? Can you tease anything about what's coming up?
Ackles: I know that there's some good stuff coming up with the father....

TVGuide.com: At the end of "Asylum," he's on the other end of the telephone.
Ackles: Exactly, so that's going to start becoming much more relevant. There's such a pool of these [bogeyman] stories that Erik Kripke, the writer and creator, has come up with....

TVGuide.com: And you don't want to burn through them all in Season 1.
Ackles: And we're not, either. Erik is just this mad genius in L.A. who kind of locks himself in the writers' room and comes up with all of this awesome stuff. I have every confidence in him in the world.

TVGuide.com: What did you and Jared get for a Christmas bonus? Your own '67 Chevy Impalas?
Ackles: [Laughs] That would have been nice! I think that's maybe the fifth season, if we get there.

TVGuide.com: You got some wimpy Supernatural wall calendar, didn't you?
Ackles: We all got jackets and stuff... and we also got a couple of days off earlier than we were supposed to.

TVGuide.com: Let's talk about your three previous extended runs on television: Dark Angel, Smallville and Dawson's Creek.
Ackles: I kind of felt like a bit of a pinch hitter on those shows. They were already established, and I was just kind of coming in to do whatever they needed to be done.

TVGuide.com: It was almost a "prolonged screen test" until the day got your own show, wasn't it?
Ackles: Yeah, exactly. [Laughs] They were just kind of "using and abusing" me to make sure I could handle the pressure and the whole situation. But it was good. After Dark Angel, [Fox] made me the lead of a series called Still Life. We shot the pilot, they picked it up for seven episodes, and then they decided to shelve it. There was a big change in command, and [the new entertainment president] cleaned the slate of anything that was pending, so we got lost in the shuffle.

TVGuide.com: They should put the seven episodes out on DVD, cash in on your Supernatural buzz.
Ackles: Hey, that'd be the smart thing to do. But who knows what the suits are thinking these days?

TVGuide.com: Getting back to Supernatural, do you ever worry that Dean is too quippy? That maybe his attitude undercuts the tension?
Ackles: That's a very delicate balance you've got to find, because at the end of the day this is a horror show, and you really have to make it believable. To do that, you have to really be scared and you have to really react to these things. The only difference between Dean and anybody else reacting to it is that this is what he's been living, breathing, eating and sleeping for most of his life.

TVGuide.com: Plus, the humor is probably a sort of coping mechanism.
Ackles: He's definitely got the cocky facade covering up a lot of what's going on underneath. That's a cool thing about him — he's a bit of an onion, and in each episode you start peeling layers and layers off. Sometimes I really have to think, "OK, I'd like to make this nonchalant and funny, but I don't want to miss the point that this is a very serous issue I'm dealing with." It's a delicate balance.

TVGuide.com: Have you ever been to the funky official Supernatural website?
Ackles: Yeah, that's cool as hell. I pop around in the trunk, the glove compartment....

TVGuide.com: I was just there for the first time and it's crazy!
Ackles: It is crazy. In fact, I do these things every now and then where I'll go and record a voice-over or an outgoing [phone] message, or a message to my dad, that they'll play on the webpage. They're really going to make that an integral part of the show. I know they've set up an actual phone number and an e-mail address that are used on the show, and people are calling and leaving messages and e-mails. People at Warner Bros. are going through them. It's been a really cool response.

TVGuide.com: Is your girlfriend too scared to watch the show?
Ackles: I'm currently a single guy, so the only women in my life are my sister and my mom, and yes, they definitely watch the show and yes, they definitely get scared!

We don't hear anything from him for WEEKS, and now he's all over the place! No complains here, mind you

Check KTLA for a great interview with Jensen. No direct link (sorry about that). Just scroll down to 'Celebrity Interviews' (thanks to JensenAcklesFans.com for the information).

What can I say? We're making up for lost time

Check JensenAcklesFans.com for The 11th Annual Critics Choice Awards Presentation.

From People.com:

6 Questions with Jensen Ackles
The Supernatural star reveals his secret talents – and turn-ons

Tuesday Jan 17, 2006 6:00am EST

CREDIT: FRAZER HARRISON / GETTY

As ghost buster Dean Winchester on the WB hit Supernatural, Jensen Ackles can sniff out evil in a heartbeat. But in real life, he's got a nose for what's sexy: "I love the smell of shampoo on a girl's hair," says the former Days of Our Lives actor, 27. Ackles, a Texas native and one of PEOPLE's Sexiest Men of 2005, filled us in about what else makes him weak in the knees.

What's your type?
Me and my buddies say, "Someone who gets it." Gets sarcasm, gets high-brow humor. Ultimately, someone who you can pal around with and also be intimate with. Someone who can laugh at your jokes – it may sound cheesy, but someone who can be your best friend as well as your lover.

What's the sexiest thing a woman can wear?
I'm into a casual-dressing girl: blue jeans and a tank top is super sexy. But the sexiest thing on a girl – when I see it I'm like, oh my God – is these little tight boxers. Don't get me wrong – g-strings are fine – but those cover a little, to where it's just enough.

Do you and costar Jared Padalecki ever go out carousing?
I do my best to corrupt the little guy, but sometimes I've got to respect his relationship (with actress Sandra McCoy).

How about the fan love? Any wild moments?
Sometimes if you're in the wrong place at the wrong time and you walk out of a bar and a guy's girlfriend recognizes you and the guy doesn't like it too much and starts hollering at you – that can get tricky. That happened to Jared and me a couple of months ago.

What's your hidden talent?
I have a buddy of mine who's a musician and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

What's the best present you've ever given a woman?
I would say it was a black pearl ring that I designed for her. The pearl I picked up in Tahiti at a market and fished through a bowl full of these pearls until I found my favorite one. The worst gift that I ever gave a girl was a suitcase for Christmas. As in, "I can't think of anything to give you, but here's a new suitcase." Afterward, I was like, "What were you thinking, idiot?"

Jensen on the 23rd annual William S. Paley Television Festival

From Reuters:

Hollywood TV fest includes 'Golden Girls' reunion
Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:18 AM ET

By Paul J. Gough

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Some of TV's biggest stars and hottest behind-the-scenes personnel are headlining the 23rd annual William S. Paley Television Festival, which will be held February 28 through March 15 in Hollywood.

This year's featured shows include "Grey's Anatomy," "Weeds," "Entourage," "Everybody Hates Chris" and a partial reunion of the cast and crew of "The Golden Girls."

Sponsored by the Museum of Television and Radio, the festival takes place at the Directors Guild of America Theater. Programs include:

- "Grey's Anatomy," 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 28. Scheduled to appear include are stars Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo.

- "Entourage," 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 1. Scheduled: stars Kevin Dillon, Kevin Connolly, Debi Mazur and Jeremy Piven.

- "Everybody Hates Chris," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2. Scheduled: stars Tichina Arnold, Terry Crews, Tequan Richmond and Tyler James Williams, along with cocreator/executive producer Chris Rock.

- "Battlestar Galactica," 7 p.m. Friday, March 3. Scheduled: stars Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos.

- "Supernatural," 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4. Scheduled: stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, among others.

- "Medium," 7 p.m. Monday, March 6. Scheduled to appear: stars Patricia Arquette, David Cubitt, Maria Lark, Miguel Sandoval and Jake Weber.

- "My Name is Earl," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7. Scheduled: stars Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Eddie Steeples and Nadine Velazquez, among others.

- "House," 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8. Scheduled: stars Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard and Lisa Edelstein.

- "Family Guy," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9. Scheduled: Creator/executive producer Seth MacFarlane and others, plus Seth Green and Mike Henry.

- "The Golden Girls," 7 p.m. Friday, March 10. Scheduled: stars Beatrice Arthur, Rue McClanahan and Betty White. (Estelle Getty, 82, is not participating)

- "How I Met Your Mother," 7 p.m. Monday, March 13. Scheduled: stars Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders.

- "An Evening with Sally Field," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

- "Weeds," 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15. Scheduled: stars Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins.

Tickets can be purchased through http://www.ticketweb.com or at (866) 468-3399.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

'Top Ten Hunks in Fantasy TV' from UK Starburst issue #333. Supernatural.tv has a sacn of the top five.

I saw Jensen and Jared twice in next week's TV Guide (with Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers on the front).
Nice pics
page 15 and page 67.
I don't have a scanner though

Star Magazine has a 'Who's the hottest man on TV?' poll. At the moment Jensen is in second place after (who other than) Wentworth Miller ('Prison Break'). So come on! Vote! (Thanks to Supernatural.tv for the information).

so he's single now..

interesting

who was joanna krupa? an actress?

And a model.

An interview with Jensen on TeenHollywood.com (pages 2-4). Thanks to Supernatural.tv for the information.

thx for that lyric

i googles and found pix of em

she looked a tad umm playboy-ish

I had a feeling you'll find more information all by yourself

interesting

hope nothing bad about jensen

A reference to Jensen's DOOL days on JensenAcklesFans.com. Very short, but cute

thx for that lyric

exactly..who in their right mind gets rid of jensen!!

I KNOW!

I should have posted this before, but better late than ever Anyway, Sophie, your comment made me think of TV Guide review on 'Route 666' (you guys didn't have it yet, so it may be spoiler). In Bettina Charles' words: "But the most unrealistic thing happened: We were supposed to buy that a girl actually willingly broke up with Dean. Come on! In what universe?".

thx for that lyric

we r slowly catching up

we have a double episode next monday

bloody mary and the one after

cant wait!

Jensen in Star Style. Thanks to JensenAcklesFans.com.

love it

so stylish..hence no one has any bad comments to say

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENSEN


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