John Glover (Lionel Luthor) and Angela Lansbury pictured below at the 11th Annual Broadway Barks in New York City on Saturday July 11th, which was a star-studded dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies.

Photo Credit: Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

There are so many wonderful, funny and tender moments in the eight years of Smallville – thought I’d add some of those clips this week to the video widget on the left sidebar.  I’m not too savvy with creating videos, otherwise I’d combine some of those moments in one clip – I’m learning though, and I’ll share it on here once I get the hang of it.

In the meantime, enjoy the clips – there always fun to see again.

Question: They’re have been conflicting reports about where Smallville is heading in the romance department this year. Is it the season of Clois, or are they really revisiting Lois and Ollie again? –Jeff
Ausiello: It’s full-tilt-Clois. I’m sure they will touch on Lois-Ollie, but it won’t be anything significant.

SOURCE: EW

It’s week two of Superman Wednesday Comics, a weekly collection of 15 newspaper-sized comic strips from DC Comics in USA Today.

The complete package is on sale every Wednesday for $3.99 at comic book shops. In last week’s episode, Superman was confronted by an alien in Metropolis.

To read today’s issue, check it out on USA Today here.

Jensen Ackles made No. 2 on EW’s “SciFi Hotties of 2009″ list.  Other actors to make the list was Zachary Quinto (yess!), Chris Pine, Tahmoh Penikett, Naveen Andrews, Joshua Jackson and Josh Holloway. 

Errr…where is Tom Welling on this list?  He’s certainly hotter than most of the guys listed!

JENSEN ACKLES
Dean Winchester on Supernatural
After four seasons of The CW’s Supernatural, we’ve come to love Ackles’ chiseled jaw and his sense of humor. Cue ”Eye of the Tiger” and read his occasional Twitter fan Q&As: ”fav T.V show (ok don’t laugh) but i do like watching Dr Phil.” Okay, so maybe that’s not really him, but still funny.

SOURCE: EW

Yaay, finally found a few photos of Michael Rosenbaum and Sam Witwer at the Screaming TikiCon event this past weekend on Flickr, courtesy of “lizznotliz“.  Too bad Michael’s covering his face though. 

Click on images to see on Flickr.

Just a heads up – “Smallville” repeats will be heading to Fridays at 8:00/7:00c starting July 31. Episodes, however will continue in its old Thursday home for the rest of the summer.

Smallville launches its ninth season on Friday, September 25.

SOURCE: The Futon Critic

Christopher Heyerdahl, who played Clark’s uncle and Supergirl’s father Zor-El, has been cast as vampire Marcus in the upcoming movie, “New Moon”.

He says he signed on to appear in the film after seeing his niece become a devoted fan of the franchise.”Really, one of the main reasons to play that character and have anything to do with that series is my niece, who is absolutely obsessed with this series of books. To see how it has had such an effect on the teenage female community throughout the world is amazing.

“I have friends of friends who send me e-mails and call me from all over the world. Every one of these young women feel that this story is about them. It’s absolutely remarkable to be a part of something so widespread. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Heyerdahl’s character is a member of the Volturi, a venerable coven of vampires based in Volterra, Italy, whose members also include Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning.

“He’s one of the oldest vampires on the planet, and who doesn’t want to play a 3,000-year-old vampire?” Heyerdahl said. “The cast that I get to work with, like Michael Sheen. … We had so much fun goofing off together. It was an absolute hoot. Director Chris Weitz’s version for this piece is like a Renaissance painting. The images were absolutely beautiful, and the character is such a tragic old fellow.”

Great article – read it in it’s entirety on SciFi Wire here.

Photo Credit: MoniqueGanderton.com

Monique Ganderton has been cast in the role of “Alia”:

Alia” - A “beautiful, sexy femme-fatale assassin with mysteriously intimate ties to Clark and Krypton.” She’s an expert fighter, especially with a throwing star and a sword. In addition they’re looking for a martial arts background.  This will be a recurring role.

Ganderton is no stranger to the Smallville set – she has also served as Cassidy Freeman’s stunt double in the episodes “Turbulence”, “Eternal” and “Doomsday”, including a long list of other shows and movies such as “2012″, “Stargate Universe”, “Fantastic Four”, “I Robot”, “Supernatural”, “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “Watchmen”.

She will make her first appearance in the season premiere, “Savior” 9.01, beginning on Friday, September 25th.

SOURCE: KryptonSite, IMDb, MoniqueGanderton.com

I added six video clips on the video widget, located on the left sidebar of footage from the Smallville panel (Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Witwer & Helen Slater) at the Screaming TikiCon yesterday (July 12, 2009).

Looks like it was a lot of fun!  I’m hoping to get more footage from the event soon – I’ve been waiting for video clips from a certain videographer.  I’ll post more as soon as it’s up.  Hope there is some good photos from the event as well.

And finally, read what a lucky fan had to say after she attended the Smallville panel here.  She also has a link to her videos on YouTube from the event on her site.