Supernatural Scrapbook Jan-June 2009

• Supernatural Scrapbook July-Dec 2008
• End of Year break - Jared headed to Argentina with his sister Megan, while Jensen and Danneel holidayed in Belize.

January 9 Premier of My Bloody Valentine 3D The premier of My Bloody Valentine 3D in LA kicks off a round of publicity interviews for Jensen with the likes of Jimmy Kimmel and Chelsea Lately.

Jared talked about going to see the movie in Vancouver with Jensen, Danneel and Kerr Smith.

iF: It’s ironic that both you and Jensen Ackles have two horror movies out at the same time.

PADALECKI: It is exciting. His movie being called MY BLOODY VALENTINE, and my movie coming out February 13, when we found that we were like, “Oh dude, I hope they don’t come out on the same day.” It’s nice. It’s rare for us to have a day off, and we both had that Friday off [when his movie came out]. His girl and he were going on a date, and I was like “no, we’re seeing your movie.” We put little goggles on and snuck in after the movie started. Kerr Smith, who is also in the movie, he was in town shooting a pilot. So the four us, Kerr and Jensen’s girl saw the movie and we were joking afterwards, the guy behind us must have been going “these goggles are amazing, they’re right there.” Jared talked about going to see the movie with Jensen, Danneek and Kerr Smith in Vancouver.

January 12 Genevieve Cortese was a subject in a photography exhibition by Noah Abrams back on 14 December in LA. Jared was in attendance.

January 14 Interview with Jensen where he talks about kissing and his career:

Q: You came to L.A. right out of high school to become an actor. What have you learned along the way?

A: I was so young, an 18-year-old wide-eyed teenager from Texas who didn't really have his ways set yet. Since then I've learned that Hollywood is not a corporate ladder that you can climb to the top. It's such an unpredictable business that you've just got to keep pressing and stay focused. I'm a roll-with-the-punches kind of guy but feel like I'm making progress.

January 27 Jensen talks about Jared bench-pressing 335 pounds and, talks about keeping up with him (as he sips on a protein shake)

Actually i haven't maxed out in a year but he's like strength-building, I think he wants to be the next Rock or something

They also bought those little minibikes and have drag races on them.

But most cracky is mighty Jensen and his SPIDER KILLING activities (shhh Jared don't tell PETA).

Ackles recounts, "Just the other night, when I was getting into bed, I picked up the sheet and slid my legs underneath and as I was about to put the sheet back down on my chest, a spider suddenly dropped down from inside the sheet, right next to me on the mattress and I was just like, 'What?' I got it with my hand, put it on the floor, and then stepped on it. I don't like them, but they don't frighten me. If that would have been anybody else I know, it would have been 'WAHHHH!' What's amazing is if you think about how many spiders you don't see. That's more scary to me than actually seeing one, because if I see one then I know where it is and I can take care of it, but it's all the ones I don't see that can kind of mess with my head."

January 26 Vale Kim Manners Kim Manners dies from lung cancer. He had been ill since mid 2008, and was hospitalized in November. The last episode of Supernatural he directed was 4.04 Metamorphosis.Eric Kripke said of Kim:

Everyone at Supernatural is walking around in a daze, shocked and absolutely devastated. Kim was a brilliant director; more than that, he was a mentor and friend. He was one of the patriarchs of the family, and we miss him desperately. He gave so much to Supernatural, and everything we do on the show, now and forever, is in memory of him.

Both Jared and Jensen often quoted Kim's philosophy on work “We spend way too much time with each other not to enjoy each others' company.”

Feb 8 Friday the 13th premier Jared starts pimping F13th around the country including at Comic Con gig in NY and an interview with Bonnie Hunt. He was accompanied to the premiere by Genevieve Cortese, Danneel Harris and Steve Carlson.

• Morning TV interview with Jared thats enjoyable rather than embarrassing!

In another interview, when asked whether he ever he Googled himself, Jared said:

Q: Ever Google yourself?

A: When I started playing Dean on Gilmore Girls, I had long hair and then they cut it. That's when I found out about how people talk about you on the Internet. I went online and someone was like, 'Dean got his hair cut and he looks cute.' The next person was like, 'He looks like an idiot. It's ugly.' And I was like, 'That's kind of mean. Why would somebody say that?' I just don't think people should say hurtful things about you on the Internet. So I don't go there much anymore.

February 13 Jared and the Friday the 13th cast appear in a goth inspired photoshoot.

February 23 Jensen and Danneel are photographed living the wild Hollywood lifestyle at the golf.

February 24 Jensen is featured in an interview in Venice Magazine. Great interview where he is geeky about film and passionate about Supernatural.

During the interview, when asked about he and Jared both having mnovies out, Jensen actually scrolls though his phone to find a message Jared sent him on the night of the MBV premiere which he reads out to the journalist: "Hey dude, thinking about you. Hope it's going well. Kick ass. Enjoy."

and from the Tao of Jensen Ackles: "If something bad happens, I cross that bridge when i come to it, whether it's a broken bridge or a golden bridge."

February 25 {http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/02/cw_signals_its_sticking_around.phpSupernatural is renewed] for a fifth season.

March 6-8 Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2009 Notable as Misha's first Con, there was a hint of the playfulness (ahem - madness!) we were to come to know from him later. Misha did say that Castiel probably wants to retire to a country house with Sam and dean. Someone said, "Not together!" And Misha said: "Well, you don't know how Castiel thinks."

First con also for Traci Dinwiddie who revealed that "Jensen's really shy, but Jared brings him out, it's kinda sweet".

March 12 In a TV Guide interview we learn a bit more about Misha...

TVGuide.com: How was your first Supernatural convention experience this past weekend?
Misha Collins: It was good. I don't feel nearly as traumatized as I expected. I feel like a little bit of a whore, so that's a triumph in my book.
TVGuide.com: "In the wake of [producer-director] Kim Manners' death, did the tone on set change for the long term, or did people realize that this is what he loved and continued to do their best to honor him?"
Collins: I only did one episode with Kim, but it was amazing to see the effect he had on the crew. His leadership up in Vancouver very much affected the dynamic of how this crew operates. He lived in a hotel up here, and all the staff came to his memorial — the doorman, the housekeeper.... That's the kind of guy he was.
TVGuide.com: And lastly, "In CSI , 24 and Seven Days, your accent was unbelievably believable. How did you manage that?"
Collins: When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun. People relate to you totally differently, and show you a side to themselves that you never see in your regular voice. So I guess the short answer is just "By fucking around."

March 27-29 Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2009

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