Kaboom;s Thomas Dekker Talks About Gay and Straight Love Scenes and Going Full-Frontal

Thomas Dekker stars in director Gregg Araki latest film Kaboom and chatted about some provocative topics with Next Magazine at the film’s New York premiere.

Dekker starred on Fox’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles and had also been on NBC’s Heroes.

He left Heroes and a role that was supposed to be gay. This gave the young actor and his reps a bad rap because it seemed to some that his departure from the show was a matter of him simply not wanting to play a gay role.

That certainly is not the case since his pansexual character in Kaboom sleeps with both men and women.

“I felt it was such an honor to play a role that was neither gay nor straight,” Dekker confided. “I hadn’t come across a feature script like that before.”

He is also not the least uptight about nudity.

“The movie opens with a full-frontal shot of me,” he said nonchalantly. “Honestly I don’t care about nudity or sex. I find it a lot harder to do those emotional scenes than ones merely involving vanity. If I could do every photo shoot and every scene naked, I would. It would be easier. People have less to judge when you’re naked.”

Dekker’s next role is a gay one: He plays Lance Loud, who broke ground as the openly gay son in in the 1973 reality series An American Family, in a new feature for HBO called Cinema Verite.

'Heroes' Zachary Quinto is Bummed About Cancelled Wrap-up Movie

Heroes fans aren’t the only folks miffed by NBC’s decision not to move forward with plans for a wrap-up movie. The show’s brain-eating baddie Zachary Quinto is also disheartened that closure won’t come to the Heroesverse.

“It’s disappointing that there was such a lack of resolution,” sighs the actor. “But unfortunately that’s just the nature of network television….Nothing really surprises me in terms of network and studio bureaucracy. It’s the way it goes.

“If it was in their best interest I’m sure they would have done it,” he adds. “And for whatever reason, they didn’t think it was. So that’s a bummer. But we have to just accept it and move on.”

Quinto—who’s currently headlining an Off-Broadway revival of Angels in America—isn’t allowing the show’s unhappy ending to taint an otherwise “phenomenal” experience. “I have nothing but fond memories and fondness for the people who gave me that opportunity,” he says. “I miss everybody, but I’m also glad to know that everybody is moving forward with as much momentum as possible.”

Heroes Creator 'Hopeful' For A Revival

Heroes creator Tim Kring is "hopeful" the show will soon be back on the small screen - he's in ongoing talks with TV bosses to revive the hit as a mini-series.

After four years on TV screens, bosses at America's NBC announced in May that the fourth season, which concluded in February, was the last.

Producers have been in negotiations to end the show, which starred Hayden Panettiere, with a short mini-series or movie - and Tring reveals it's looking quite likely.

He tells TV Guide magazine, "There's certainly talk about (a mini-series) right now and I am very hopeful. I strongly believe that the Heroes universe is a very big and very potent brand. It is for the fans that we feel that (the show) should continue.

"NBC has expressed an interest in finding a way to wrap it up in a way that honors the fans and the show, and I'm very interested in pursuing that."

Zachary Quinto Sounds Off on Heroes Cancellation

Zachary Quinto has shared his thoughts on the news of Heroes‘ cancellation.

The 32-year-old actor, who portrayed ultimate baddie Sylar on the show, wrote, “the action has been taken. and this chapter (or volume) is really over for all of us who worked on the show - and for all of you who watched it. i want to extend myself in a huge swell of gratitude to all of the fans. for investing in the stories we told. for engaging in the characters we created. and for standing by us through all the ups and downs of what was at times a rocky road.”

“it has been a true honor to share this time in my life with my amazing cast mates and our indomitable crew,” ZQ continued. “i will certainly miss them most of all. the gift of working alongside such talented and inspiring people is something i will carry with me everywhere i go from here. and no matter where my work and my life take me - i will forever look back on heroes as the game changer.”

To read Zachary’s complete blog post, check out his thoughts at http://www.zacharyquinto.com/.

NBC Cancels Heroes

It's official. NBC has cancelled "Heroes ."

The network seriously mulled bringing back "Heroes" for a shortened final season to wrap up the serialized show.

In the end, given the fairly high cost of the drama, the show's consistently declining ratings and the number of new hour-longs coming to NBC next season, the network decided the UMS-produced series wasn't worth an additional season. Sources say the network is still leaving the door open to conclude the show with a special or movie.

The show has long had a rocky relationship with its fans. Out of the gate, "Heroes" was a big hit for the network -- an ethnically diverse big-concept ensemble that performed well overseas. It was NBC's "Lost."

But the show's writers struggled to keep the show's twisting narrative on track. Characters were killed off and resurrected with regularity. Narrative threads were started, then abandoned. Unlike "Lost," there didn't seem to be series-long central questions driving the show that needed to be resolved with a final season.

Among NBC's new shows, there's several entries aimed at genre fans that the network hopes will rekindle its audience -- superhero drama "The Cape," "24"-style conspiracy thriller "The Event" and J.J. Abrams' light-hearted spy drama "Undercovers." Also, of course, "Chuck" is coming back.

The new 2010/2011 Fall TV Season will be revealed this week. NBC will release there's later today.

'Heroes' Star Adrian Pasdar Charged With DUI

'Heroes' actor Adrian Pasdar has officially been charged with DUI following his arrest last month in L.A., TMZ reports.

The actor was pulled over on January 27 after cops clocked him going 90 MPH on the 405 Freeway. He was placed under arrest for suspicion of DUI after he refused to take a breathalyzer and held him on $15,000 bail.

Pasdar is due back in court on February 24 and faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Pasdar plays Senator Nathan Petrelli on 'Heroes' and has been married to Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines for nine years.

Back in January, police say Pasdar was swerving all over the freeway and "failing to maintain his lane." When police finally pulled him over, sources told TMZ that the cops detected the odor of alcohol and gave the 44-year-old actor a field sobriety test.

Fall TV Premieres: Monday Night

Today marks the official start of the 2009/2010 Fall TV Season, even though we have seen several shows premiere throughout the networks since August.

It is a busy Monday with several returning favorites and some exciting (and not too exciting) premieres. Here's a run down on what's new (or returning) to the "tube" tonight:

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (CBS 8:30 pm): Jenna Elfman returns to TV as Billie, a film critic who gets knocked up from a one-night stand with a younger man (Jon Foster) while she's broken up with her boss/boyfriend (Grant Show).

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS 9:30 pm) - The 3rd season premieres with Leonard (Johnny Galecki) the experimental physicist and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) the theoretical physicist sharing their "geeky" life with their neighbor, Penny (Kaley Cuoco), the attractive blonde waitress with show-biz aspirations.

CASTLE (ABC 10:00 pm): Author Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) returns for a 2nd season as works with NYPD homicide detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) as they reopen the case of her mother's murder.

CSI: MIAMI (CBS 10:00 pm): On the 8th season opener Eddie Cibrian joins the cast as Jesse Cardoza who will replace Erick Delko (Adam Rodriguez) after his encounter with an alligator. The show will flashback to 1997 when Horatio (David Caruso) built his team.

DANCING WITH THE STARS (ABC 8:00 pm): The 9th season premiere with 16 new "stars" including Donny Osmond, Debi Mazar, Macy Gray, Ashley Hamilton, Melissa Joan Hart, and Kathy Ireland.

HEROES (NBC 8:00 pm): On the 4th season premiere the heroes are freed to go back to living their normal lives including Claire (Hayden Panettiere) enrolling in college, Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) returning to his paramedic duties, Hiro (Masi Oka) discovering he's seriously ill, and Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) returning to his political roots, but his inner Sylar (Zachary Quinto) slow emerges.

HOUSE (FOX 8:00 pm): The 6th season premieres with House (Hugh Laurie) being held against his will in a mental hospital by his physician (Andre Braugher).

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS 8:00 pm): Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) is no less (or no more) arrogant and abrasive now that he and Robin (Cobie Smulders) are entering into a relationship as 5th season premieres.

TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS 9:00 pm): The long running comedy starts it's 7th season with Charlie's (Charlie Sheen) ex-fiancee Mia (Emmanuelle Vaughier) reappearing in his life while he's engaged to Chelsea (Jennifer Taylor), Alan (Jon Cryer) going through a nervous breakdown after a fling with his ex-wife Judith (Marin Hinkle) and Jake (Angus T. Jones) starting to drive and date.

Zachary Quinto's Got Milk?

With NBC's Heroes getting ready to start it's fourth season on Monday, September 21st, it's never a bad time to share pictures or videos of my favorite star of the show, Zachary Quinto. In this video by Tyler Shields, shot earlier this year, Zachary is drenched with milk as we listen to the Plushgun tune "Without Light."

As a non-milk drinker, this video does make me wonder why I don't "Got Milk?", just like Zachary.

"Heroes" Casts New Villain, an Ex-Prisoner

Actor Robert Knepper continues his villainous streak.

Coming off a role as bad guy Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell on Fox's "Prison Break," Knepper has been tapped as the new lead villain on NBC's "Heroes" next season.

In at least six episodes of the series' fourth season, Knepper will play Samuel, a Jim Jones type -- charismatic but evil, with a twisted sense of humor.

"Heroes" is slated to return in the fall in a new time slot, 8 p.m. Mondays. The sci-fi drama -- which enjoys a strong online following -- will share its time period with another fan favorite, "Chuck," which will take over in midseason.

Knepper is perhaps best known for playing a character on the former "Prison Break" series who viewers loved to hate: T-Bag was a murderer, rapist and supremacist. On the big screen, he recently was seen in "Transporter 3" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

Ventimiglia is No Longer Panettiere's Hero

Heroes co-stars Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere have split after a year-long romance.

The two stars are still on friendly terms, according to pals, but their lives were going in different directions.

A source tells Usmagazine.com, "It was a lifestyle conflict... (She) is young. She likes to go out in the Hollywood scene and that's not his style. (Ventimiglia) has been concentrating on work, on his production company."

At 31, Ventimiglia is 12 years older than the teenage actress. The pair reportedly spit last week.