What is Smallville without Michael Rosenbaum? What is Clark Kent without Lex Luthor? Sorry, Tess Mercer but you just don’t cut it, Smallville’s resident villain is still the baddie LEX. And there may be hope for us yet.

From Ausiello’s Files -

Although there are no firm plans for Michael Rosenbaum to return as Lex this season, if producers have their way, you’ll likely be hearing him long before seeing him.

Hear him before seeing him? I’m OK with that, but I really want him to return. So, Michael R, please come back to make hell in Metropolis!

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If a cat has nine lives, Lex Luthor certainly is a cat many times over.

Great White Shark posted short videos of Lex Luthor and his “ridiculous history of violent injuries.” The list goes on forever, but check out the Bad Boy Lex’s supposedly fatal injuries (and can you remember the episode these happened?) -

• (1 time) shot in the head
• (2) shot in the chest
• (1) shot in the chest by an arrow
• (1) caught in explosion
• (1) drowned
• (1) plane crash
• (3) stabbed (once in the gut, twice in the chest)
• (1) zapped by a lab experiment gone awry
• (3) stuck in the neck by a syringe filled with a knock-out toxin
• (2) electro-shock / electric torture
• (1) drop Fortress of Solitude on him

He survived everything, except the last one. Well… I take that back. Lex Luthor survives even this one. So even if we don’t see him in Smallville anymore, well, you can’t kill this villain off.

Theories about Lex Luthor’s resilience:

1. He’s the Traveler (according to Lionel Luthor)
2. Bah! It’s sheer will (according to Lex himself)

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A short webisode starring Michael Rosenbaum, Charlie Finn and Sylvia. Michael loves Sylvia, who loves Charlie.

The trailer is weird enough.

Watch the full movie at Shearlovemovie.com

Michael Rosenbaum and Laura Vandervoort repped Smallville this weekend at Fan Expo Canada 2008, the largest comic/sci-fi fan convention in the region.

Although both Michael and Laura are not coming back to Smallville, the duo gamely fielded fan questions about the show, their experiences and future projects they’re in. As expected, Michael stole the ’show’ with his hilarious spontaneity. He called Superman’s dog “Lassie” instead of “Shelby”! Michael also impersonated a British accent “I have a booger in my nose. I’m going to pick it! Lovely!”

Spoilers!!! Laura revealed that she’s coming back for an episode in October to tie up her storyline.
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“Smallville“ got four nominations for the Teen Choice Awards ‘08, but went home with nothing at all. In fact, none of the Smallville stars seem to have been present (sans photos), unless I missed them in the throng of celebrities that came.

• Instead of Smallville, the Choice TV show for Action Adventure went to Heroes.
• Instead of Kristin Kreuk, the Choice TV Actress for Action/Adventure was Hayden Panettiere of “Heroes”.
• Instead of Michael Rosenbaum, Choice TV Villain went to Ed Westwick of “Gossip Girls”.

Now what’s weird was there was no winner announced for Choice TV Actor for Action/Adventure in which Tom Welling was nominated.

This doesn’t bode very well for Smallville, which is on its last season this year.

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Just Jared has the list of winners.

The cast of Smallville is making appearances at the largest multi-media fan events in the country - Dragon Con! Erica Durance ( Lois Lane) , Michael Rosenbaum ( Lex Luthor) , Phil Morris ( Martian Manhunter) and James Marsters ( Brainiac) will all be there.

Dragon Con is one of the oldest pop culture convention in the US science fiction and its sister genres - fantasy, gaming, and comics. Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29 - September 1, 2008) in Atlanta, GA.

hattip to osck

John Glover joins Michael Rosenbaum in the interview room with Brooke Burke. And the father-son duo have fun blaming each other for each character’s demise. Funny that John Glover referring to Lionel Luthor as “the most misunderstood man in Smallville”, mentions that the father only wanted what was best for his son. But ironically Lionel’s creepy way of loving is responsible for turning Lex into a villain.

Part two of the Smallville Backstage interview around season 4. This time, Michael Rosenbaum joins Brooke Burke and Tom Welling on the set, and a little flirting between Brooke and Michael starts.

Tom Welling looks on real amused at the interchange. Michael tries to be nonchalant about it.

Nominations for the annual event celebrating the hottest teen icons in film, television, music, comedy, sports and fashion begins now -have been announced, and voting begins now. (UPDATE below)

The Teen Choice Awards 2008!

“Heroes” and “Smallville” are vying for Choice TV Show: Action Adventure. Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Tom Welling (Smallville) are among a few going for the Choice TV Actor: Action Adventure. In the female category, Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Ali Larter (Heroes), and Kristen Kruek (Smallville) have nods for Choice TV Actress. Best Villain for television include Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) and Zachary Quinto (Heroes). Hayden Panettiere is also nominated for Choice Female Hottie and Red Carpet Fashion Icon Female

In the movies category, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull“, “Iron Man” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” vie for the top award for action adventure.  Unfortunately, the other summer flicks and possibly blockbusters “The Incredible Hulk” and “The Dark Knight” didn’t get included since the movies are too late for the list.

The event is hosted by teen sensation Miley Cyrus at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City , CA and will air on Monday, Aug. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Starting today, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2008 nominees at www.TeenChoiceAwards.com. “Gossip Girl” leads the pack with 14 nominations. Host Miley Cyrus scored 4 nominations, Chris Brown has 9, and Justin Timberlake, the reigning TEEN CHOICE champ, has 3 nominations.

(UPDATE: My apologies to everyone who thought that nominations for the Teen Choice Awards are still open. They are not. The nominees have been chosen as listed below. Voting is now ongoing.)

Following is the list of categories and nominees for Wave One of TEEN CHOICE 2008. (PDF).

source: Fox press release

Let me just tell you, Smallville has some of the greatest fans!

They will show you different sides of Tom Welling, play clips of the Smallville images to the coolest music, and create the funniest slideshows and bloopers.

Here, SmallvilleSW makes you laugh with his captions of Smallville moments.

SmallvilleGirl70 compiles some very funny bloopers by Clark Kent (Tom Welling) and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk)…

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