In “Metallo”  John Corben (Brian Austin Green) is hit by a truck then wakes up alone in an abandoned apartment as a man-machine with a Kryptonite heart.  Corben realizes he now has superhuman strength and sets out to exact revenge on the Red-Blue Blur, who he perceives to be an irresponsible vigilante.  Against Clark’s (Tom Welling) wishes, Lois (Erica Durance) involves herself in the Red-Blue Blur’s investigation, and winds up getting kidnapped by Corben.

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“Metallo” — Brian Austin Green as John Corben in Smallville on The CW. Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW ©2009 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved

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J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie got the most nominations, 17 in all including The Ultimate Scream, Best Science Fiction Movie, Best Director, Best Ensemble, Holy Sh*t Scene of the Year and a nod in the all-new Fight-to-the-Death Scene of the Year category.  HBO’s True Blood picked up nine nominations.

To vote for your favorites visit Scream.spike.com. The awards tape on October 17 and air on October 27.

Here’s a short list of nominations, for the full list visit Scream.spike.com.

THE BEST FANTASY MOVIE

“Coraline”

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

“Twilight”

“Up”

“Watchmen”

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE

“Knowing”

“Moon”

“Outlander”

“Star Trek”

“Terminator Salvation”

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESSS IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE OR TV SHOW

-Nicolas Cage; “Knowing”                  -Moon Bloodgood; “Terminator Salvation”

-Josh Holloway; “Lost”                        -Eliza Dushku; “dollhouse”

-Shia LaBeouf; “Transformers”        -Megan Fox; “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

-Chris Pine; “Star Trek”                         -Lena Headey; “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”

-Zachary Quinto; “Star Trek”               -Katee Sackhoff; “Battlestar Galactica”

-Sam Rockwell; “Moon”                       -Zoe Saldana; “Star Trek”

True Blood photo courtesy of HBO

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Claudia’s quite the mixed bag, isn’t she? How would you describe her?

Allison: Claudia’s a complex chiquita. She’s smart and sassy and kind of a child prodigy with IT.  She was orphaned at a young age with her brother and twelve years ago he was lost in a freak teleportation accident that involved an artifact.

But thanks to Claudia’s determination and Artie’s know how, he’s been rescued from that “neither here nor there” world.

Allison: Shooting that episode, while it was a major challenge time wise and with all the effects, was seemingly effortless because Saul Rubinek and I clicked immediately. It was like we’d been working together for thirty years and the writing — I just connected with it. I thought it was fantastic; it was not a difficult task to settle in. And Claudia is, witty, but she’s also; she’s passionate, she’ll go after her goals with 100% commitment. As you saw, she didn’t rest for twelve years trying to get her brother back, that’s actually a bit of a crisis that goes on after the episode-so small spoiler, Claudia trying to figure out what to do with her life.

The writers had said that they tried to take from something from the actors to put into the stories. Is there anything of you in Claudia?

Allison: Oh absolutely. I mean, I’m sort of a sass in life. I’m fluent in sarcasm, so I’m definitely given the freedom to riff. The first thing I was told when I visited the writers room after I got the part was okay, we’re a bunch of guys in our late twenties and thirties writing for an eighteen year old girl, so if we got something wrong, go ahead, put your Allison flavor on it, because you know better than we. But more often than not they just gave me hilarious little Claudia-isms to establish from. If I share anything with my character I think it’s wit. Hopefully.

The Claudia episode is pretty heavy, but it looks like you lighten up some in the future.

Allison: That was the tricky part of Claudia. Balancing, the humor that was written with the emotional stakes of  the action going on and the ultimate goal which is to get Joshua back, which was, as you saw, very dangerous. So, yeah, once Claudia settles into the warehouse, she definitely finds her groove and finds her confidence; likes to have fun, sometimes at the expense of the warehouse and always at the expense of Artie’s nerves. But also brings her new-age, steam-punk skill set to the IT system.

I saw some promos you filmed with Saul and you’re like an old Vaudeville team, the two of you.

Allison: That was such a fun day. We had a blast doing that. We’re like, wow that’s exactly how it feels, we can just kind of riff non-stop. You put us in our characters and in a situation and we just go. He’s the best.

Saul’s quite the trooper, what have you learn from him and has he learned anything for you?

Allison: I have learned a ton from Saul. I think Saul has probably learned a bit about how to handle his daughter by being around me. With Saul, I mean, he’s just… you know with stories, of the good ole days and his past, fifty-some-odd year career, sage advice. He talks a lot, I spend half the day talking to Saul, but I’m never tired of it. I definitely learned a lot from Saul, he’s a guru, a friend, a mentor. Our on-screen relationship has definitely crossed over into life.

Talk to me about Joanne and Eddie. Whenever I see them together, they come off like loving, bantering brother and sister.

Allison: Yeah, If the foursome is a family then Eddie is my older, goofball brother.  Joanne’s the focused, hardworking, detail-oriented, overachieving sister, I’m the middle child, no I’m not, well yeah! I am, Eddie’s kind of a little kid. And then Saul is our providing patriarch. It did not take long for us to fall into those family roles.

It sounds like your on-screen and your off-screen roles fit rather well together.

Allison: They absolutely do. The line blurred, it is totally blurred.

The whole premise of the series is about the cursed objects, but I wonder if you had an object that could give you some really great power. What would you want it to be?

Allison: If I could have one artifact, I think I would like Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick.  I have a feeling that Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick once applied would make any man fall in love with you.

Now to my favorite random questions:

What’s something you’ve done that you’re never going to do that again?

Allison: Oh my goodness… never do again? Wow. I gotta think about this one. I don’t think I regret anything. Isn’t that weird?

It doesn’t have to be a regret. It could be something really fantastic that its not likely you’ll get a chance to do again…

Allison: Oh well! I did just get back Hawaii. And I learned how to surf in Hanalei Bay which is right around the corner from where Puff the Magic Dragon lives.  And it was just the perfect setting to learn. To try out the waves and stuff. But it’s a totally different animal trying to surf in California, the water’s freezing, it’s dirty, you have to have a wetsuit… so as much as I would love to make that a habit, realistically, I don’t think I’m getting in that freezing, dirty water.

What is something that you have kept since you were a kid?

Allison: Oh my goodness. I could be honest and give the really dorky answer…? Or… aw man, I want to have a cool public image so badly. What have I kept that is not dorky?

Dorky’s endearing. Come on…

Allison: Okay, alright, alright. I’ll be honest. When I was 3 months old, my grandmother gave me a little stuffed dog that I named Fifi and I still have her.  She’s my security blanket, in preschool, if a  kid dared me to go up on the monkey bars, I’d just consult with my little white dog… oh no, I’m sorry, Fifi doesn’t want to, she’s afraid, you understand. Fifi belongs in the warehouse I think. If you clutch her tight to bosom, she bestows a feeling of joy.

Which is kind of funny because Allison has the same effect on people. Sweet, endearing, with a “nothing can stop me now” attitude, she’s a great addition to the Warehouse 13 family.

Watch Warehouse 13, Tuesdays at 9:00 on Syfy.

SCI FI Channel Photo: Justin Stephens

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Sounds like he made the right move, because now he’s taking on the juicy role of Metallo in Smallville’s upcoming season. Click here to read the full story at TVGuide.com.

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Top of the list, Stargate Atlantis’ Joe Flanigan, Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica, and one of my personal faves, James Naughton who starred in the Planet of the Apes TV series, but is more commonly known for his role on Gossip Girl.

Warehouse 13 is the story of two Secret Service agents who are assigned to guard a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota which houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse’s caretaker Artie (Saul Rubinek) charges Pete (Eddie McClintock) and Myka (Joanna Kelly) with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the warehouse itself.

Guest Stars Include:

Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan, Charmed) is “Ross” an EMT from Unionville, New York. Ross and some of the other townspeople begin to display bizarre behavioral symptoms — involuntary (and potentially dangerous) expressions of their subconscious desires.

Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice) stars as FBI Agent “Bonnie Belski” who clashes with Pete and Myka when they interfere with a case on her Chicago turf. But after the third inexplicable bank takeover, she finds herself willing to make use of their expertise.

Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis, First Monday) portrays the handsome, wealthy “Jeff Weaver” whose charm captures Myka’s interest, but he finds himself under Pete and Myka’s scrutiny when a sculpture on which he bid, vanishes in an impossible heist.

James Naughton (Ally McBeal, Gossip Girl) is “Gilbert Radburn,” the well-tailored, Trump-esque high-profile entrepreneur. When a competitor threatens his intended acquisition, Radburn’s suspicious behavior brings him under Pete and Myka’s scrutiny.

Roger Rees (Cheers, The West Wing) is “MacPherson” one of Artie’s former Warehouse colleagues, who has gone rogue and is now competing with the team to gather dangerous and powerful objects for his own use.

Erica Cerra (Eureka, The L Word) and Niall Matter (Eureka, The Best Years) portray “Jillian and Gary Whitman,” small-time thieves on the Las Vegas strip, whose fortunes, twisted by the strange power of luck-inducing artifact, take a fantastic turn.

Joe Morton (Eureka, Terminator 2) stars as “John Hill” a charismatic prison inmate and an extremist religious leader in a Florida prison.

Mark Sheppard (24, Battlestar Galactica) is “Mr. Valda” the enigmatic representative of the Regents, the mysterious organization that controls Warehouse 13. He disapproves of Artie’s methods as the team leader of the Warehouse, and isn’t afraid to let him know it.

Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica, The L Word) portrays Myka’s father “Warren Bering,” who receives a dangerous object anonymously in the mail which puts his life in jeopardy.

Warehouse 13 will premiere Tuesday, July 7 with the 2-hour pilot from 9 – 11PM ET/PT.

SCI FI Channel Photo: Philippe Bosse

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Here’s a quickie for you Brian Austin Green fans. The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles co-star is guesting on CSI: Miami tonight as an Alleged Carjacking Victim. Seriously, that’s what the official synopsis says.

Catch him tonight at 10:00 on on CBS.

Pictured (L-R) David Caruso as Horatio Caine, Brian Austin Green as Anthony Green and Rex Linn as Det. Frank Tripp. Photo: Adam Taylor/CBS ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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FOX is counting the pilot ep that it scrapped as one of the 12 episodes.The much publicized decision not to air this episode is not a cancellation. There’s nothing official yet and that word is not expected to come until sometime in May.

Of course, it’s not the best sign ever. I can’t imagine FOX sitting on an episode of say, House or 24. Sadly, neither Dollhouse or The Sarah Connor Chronicles pulled the ratings a network would hope for. They both make big gains in DVR viewings, but most advertisers are not yet taking those numbers into account.

©2009 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Adam Taylor/FOX

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The only thing scarier than Freddy Krueger is a future without pizza!

Pizza Hut has teamed up with Terminator Salvation for a cool contest that could land you at the premiere. Other prizes include a life-sized Terminator T-600 model, Terminator Xbox® consoles and games Terminator collectibles.

Click here to enter and watch video clips from the movie.

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That’s the word EW columnist Michael Ausiello is getting from sources close to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Though the official word is that, there is no official word, I’m betting Ausiello’s got the story. There isn’t much to it but you can read it here.

When you’re done weeping, head over to Save the Sarah Connor Chronicles website and get in on fight to save the show. What do you think? Send truckloads of wind-up robot toys to Fox and Warner Brothers? (I’m kind of partial to this one because he looks like a TV) Or perhaps we should send one of John Henry’s favorite toys.

What we really need to do is find away to pre-post postcards from the future telling the studio how the world went to pot after the cancellation of the series because no one realized that Warner Brothers was simply a front for Skynet.

Or maybe we should just let it go. Frankly, as much as I loved the show overall, it really lost its way in the middle and I’m not sure they’ve got another season in them. So how about we just hold out for some great special features on the DVD then put our faith in the new movie. I have a feeling that’s all we’re going to get.

©2008 FOX Broadcasting Co. CR: Florian Schneider/FOX

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Last week was pretty much a game changer. Sarah was arrested after making contact with Ellison and. . . sob. . Derek was killed. Now John’s headed for a face-off with Catherine Weaver.  Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that we’ll be coming away with more questions than answers? And what are the chances that we’ll get another season to continue this tale? Sigh. I don’t think I’m going to be a happy camper when all is said and done.

We’re watching, we’re watching, we’re not throwing things at the TV. . . .

Need to get up to speed? Click through for a video recap of last week’s episode.

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