Watching Supernatural

SFX Magazine will be interviewing Jared Padalecki in its upcoming issue. As a gesture to the fans, they’re offering to ask your questions to Jared! You can leave your question as a comment to the original notification, or in their forum thread. All submissions must be in by 2pm Monday, January 21st.

Also, there are a whole slew of fan conventions that are scheduled this year. The ones known so far are:

• Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors: Austin, Texas, January 18-20 STARTS TODAY. Jared Padalecki is scheduled for Saturday, January 19th.
• Salute to Supernatural: Los Angeles, California, March 29-30. Both Jensen Ackles and Jared are scheduled for Sunday, March 30th in separate and joint panels.
• EyeCon: Orlando, Florida, April 6-8. Jared Padalecki, Samantha Ferris (Ellen, Season 2), Chad Lindberg (Ash, Season 2), Alona Tal (Jo, Season 2), Sandra McCoy (Crossroads Demon, Season 3), and Gabriel Tigerman (Andy, Season 2) are all confirmed to attend. Steve Carlson will also be a musical guest.
• Asylum, 2008: Birmingham, England, May 9-11. Jared Padalecki, Katie Cassidy (Ruby, Season 3), Samantha Ferris (Ellen, Season 2), and Chad Lindberg (Ash, Season 2) are all confirmed so far.
• Something Wicked: Richmond, British Columbia, October 26-28. As the site is down, it is unknown if this is simply a fan gathering or if there will be special guests.
• Salute to Supernatural: Chicago, Illinois, November 14-16. There have been no confirmed special guests yet.

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(This press release was sent by the fans of Supernatural. For more information on Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel”, please contact Monica Gillen at monica@creationent.com)

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki received a very special honor on Sunday, November 11, 2007. Ackles and Padalecki, stars of the CW’s television program, Supernatural, were special guests at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural, Smallville and Buffy/Angel” in Schaumburg, IL.

Master Sergeant Kevin Wise, a Special Forces soldier, was in attendance at the convention. Wise joined Ackles and Padalecki on stage to announce that Supernatural Season One and Season Two are the most requested DVDs among armed forces personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise also reported that Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and Kripke Entertainment, Inc. are going to send 3,000 copies of the DVDs to soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wise next presented Ackles and Padalecki each with a thank you letter from General David H. Petraeus, Commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, as well as an honorary Special Forces coin from his unit.

Wise explained that five active Special Forces Groups are in existence. Each group has its own unique coin. Wise is a part of the 12-member Special Forces Unit ODA 045 or “Team Texas.” To receive a coin, recipients must either become a Green Beret or be given one by a Green Beret. Civilians are rarely given a coin.

Ackles and Padalecki were very touched by the gesture, and presented Wise with a shooting script, signed by the Supernatural cast and crew.

This wonderful honor received by Jared and Jensen has been helped, in part, by the workings of Operation: Winchester, a website dedicated to sending care packages, along with a Supernatural DVD, to the troops.

You can help by logging onto Operation: Winchester and signing up to send a package to one of the troops stationed overseas. Any information you may need about assisting with this venerable project can be found at the Operation: Winchester website: http://opwinchester.supernaturalunderground.com/.

For other details about the Creation Convention, you can find descriptions here.

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This weekend was a fan convention, labeled Creation Con in Chicago, Illinois. Various other fandoms were also represented there, including Buffy, Smallville, and Angel.

On Saturday were two panels held by Samantha Ferris (Ellen) and Fred Lehne (Yellow-Eyed Demon, aka Azazel). They were faithfully described by the CW Source here and here.

On Sunday were Jensen and Jared’s panels. They both held individual ones and then one combined one. The CW Source has described the highlights here, but one fan did a much more detailed version here. As expected, both Jensen and Jared had great chemistry on stage, and it seems like a good time was had by all.

TAGS: supernatural, jensen ackles, jared padalecki, samantha ferris, frederic lehne, creation con