“Heroes” wins the People’s Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show, besting Supernatural and Terminator.

Congratulations to the very hardworking cast and crew! Virtual hugs from the fandom!

Illustration: NBC

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Image:BBC Video 

And I have THREE DVD sets to give-away! Find out how you can swag this highly anticipated series, after the cut –

Three winners will win a 6-disc DVD set of The Complete Fourth Series of Dr. Who, retailing for $64.99. To join, answer this –

Excluding "Dr. Who", what science fiction show(s) do you follow on TV or cable? (I will only honor entries with legit answers. No "I-want-it" replies this time.)

• One entry per person per day. Just comment if you want one.
• It’s open to residents of the US only.
• Contest ends 11:59 midnight EST on November 23, 2008 (Sunday).
• Three winners will be randomly chosen and announced via blog and email the week after.
• If a winner does not reply within 3 days, he/she forfeits her winnings and an alternate entry will be chosen.
• REMINDER #1 : In previous contests, I have had several winners forfeited for failure to reply to my emails.  Please make sure your settings don’t put my email into the junk folder, otherwise you’ll have no idea you won. Better yet, please check this blog for the winners’ list after the contest ends. Best bet, come back often and stay a reader!

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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

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Allison Mack from Smallville is one of the nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a television series.

Three Heroes actors get nominated for the SyFy Portal Genre Awards. Hayden Panettiere and Noah Gray-Cabey get nods for Best Young Actor. George Takei (Four Month Ago) is running for Best Guest Star. Unfortunately, last year’s winners Ali Larter (Best Supporting Actress) and Masi Oka (Best Supporting Actor) did not make the list this year.

Iron Man made an impact in the Best Movies category that also earned Robert Downey Jr. (Best Actor) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Actress) spots in the lists.

The full list of nominees for the 2008 SyFy Portal Genre Awards are after the cut.

BEST ACTOR/Television
Jensen Ackles, Supernatural
John Barrowman, Torchwood
Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
David Tennant, Doctor Who
BEST ACTRESS/Television
Freema Agyeman, Doctor Who
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Galactica
Eve Myles, Torchwood
Sophia Myles, Moonlight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
James Callis, Battlestar Galactica
Aaron Douglas, Battlestar Galactica
Michael Emerson, Lost
Burn Gorman, Torchwood
Michael Hogan, Battlestar Galactica
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
Claudia Black, Stargate SG-1
Summer Glau, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Tricia Helfer, Battlestar Galactica
Allison Mack, Smallville
Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica
BEST EPISODE/Television
Blink, Doctor Who
Exit Wounds, Torchwood
Faith, Battlestar Galactica
The Great Leap Forward, The 4400
He That Believeth In Me, Battlestar Galactica
BEST GUEST STAR/Television
Michelle Forbes, Battlestar Galactica, Razor
Derek Jacobi, Doctor Who, Utopia
James Marsters, Torchwood, Exit Wounds
John Simm, Doctor Who, Sound of Drums
George Takei, Heroes, Four Month Ago
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Conchita Campbell, The 4400
Noah Gray-Cabey, Heroes
Jordan Hinson, Eureka
Maria Lark, Medium
Hayden Panettiere, Heroes
BEST ACTOR/Movie
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Will Smith, I Am Legend
BEST ACTRESS/Movie
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
Claire Danes, Stardust
Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
BEST WEB SITE
GateWorld
SciFi.com/SciFi Wire
SupernaturalTV.com
TorchwoodTV.Blogspot.com
Whedonesque
BEST WEB PRODUCTION
Illiad, Star Trek: Odyssey
Returned, The House Between
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
Webisode VIII, Sanctuary
World Enough and Time, Star Trek: New Voyages
BEST MOVIE
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I Am Legend
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Stardust
BEST SERIES/Television
Battlestar Galactica
Doctor Who
Jericho
Lost
Supernatural
GENE RODDENBERRY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Douglas Adams
Arthur C. Clarke
Gene L. Coon
J.K. Rowling
H.G. Wells

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