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Catch Rob Benedict’s Livestream Today on Facebook + Final Week for ‘Rock God Roadie’

Rob Benedict will be livestreaming today on his Facebook page at 4:15pm PDT. You can see catch that here!


Rob recently launched the “Rock God Roadie” campaign with Stands, and it’s the final week to get your hands on some great merch! The design features a comic version of Rob designed by Scout Villegas, with the words “Rock God Roadie”. The items you can purchase are shirts, temporary tattoos and patches.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the National Stroke Association, an association close to Rob, who suffered a stroke a few years ago.

You can also purchase some items from Rob’s original “Rock God” campaign, such as a shirt or hoodie. However, there’s only limited quantities on these, so if you’d like one act fast and purchase them here!

Stands also has a great program where you can help donate donate an item or sign up to receive an item if you’re not able to afford it. Check out their Twitter for more info below!



Interview: Part Two with Lisa Berry on ‘Shadowhunters,’ Representation and Theatre [EXCLUSIVE]

Lisa Berry speaks during a panel at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural” convention in Seattle. Photo credit: Monica D. Photography

Welcome back to part two of our interview with Supernatural’s Lisa Berry.

Last time, we discussed Berry’s work on Supernatural and her newfound love for the convention circuit.

In part two, she answered questions for us about her work on Freeform’s Shadowhunters, person-of-color representation in media and her stage work:

Nerds and Beyond: You are currently the woman of color with the highest episode count on Supernatural. What are your thoughts on what Supernatural and television in general can do to be more representative of people of color?

Lisa Berry: Putting them out there, I think, is the first step. I think just putting them in your stories and not necessarily always making it about their race or about what it has been lacking, just to put them in the story with strength and personality and vigor in a way that if you were to cut them out of the story, things start falling apart. That’s always been something growing up that I watched and that we know in this industry that it’s so easy to just cut it out. If you were cut out the black actress who shows up from the episodes, you’re like “oh, the story doesn’t change that much”, which is so hard to reconcile yourself with.

I think the more success that people are having, just financially, the business making money off of putting people of color and different ethnicities and disabilities and all of that onscreen and giving people the representation that they’re really thirsting for– because it’s financially profitable now and they’re recognizing that they’re making space for that. I’m not saying that’s what Supernatural’s doing, I’m saying that’s what the industry’s doing. That’s the big shift. It wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t financially rewarding for a company to put a black woman on their show.

That’s the reason it wasn’t happening for years and years and years and so with the success of (producer) Shonda Rhimes’ company and all of the shows she’s produced and with the successes of Killjoys and women of color and women in general be the headline for a show having success, I think that is the big pull. We’re given more opportunities and it’s not just about giving us a female lead.

What they’ve done, I feel, effectively with the industry for the most part is they’re opening the roles of confident strong powerful people up to different ethnicities as well so that there’s more representation. You don’t have to just be the hooker with a heart of gold or the oracle who was all wise and all knowing. You can also be the love interest, the friend, the CEO, and I think especially a movie like Black Panther with that kind of success when it’s signed, sealed, delivered that it’s not going to be a loss, then it just gets more interesting to be like “what would be like if we put a guy in a wheelchair in this role” or “what would it be like if the character was deaf.” It’s the same as writing for somebody with kids; it’s something you have to think about it, and I think now because of the social climate that we’re in, people are just really actively thinking about it. With them actively thinking about it and it being profitable, it’s a win-win for progress.

The only thing stopping it before was “is it profitable?” Once that became the case with everybody being like “Well, I would like to see myself,” and then putting their money behind that mixed with businesses like to make money, and the entertainment business is still a business, then you really can have progress. For one reason or another, someone is saying yes, all of a sudden, where they used to say no. That’s one of the things where I go, “If that’s how we can get in and make change, I’m not mad at it.” The truth is that if you want me on your screen because you think it’ll make you money, great. You have no control over the effect it’s going to have on people, and that’s what we’re actually trying to do. We just needed to find a way to make it appeasing and appealing for the higher ups who were more focused on the bottom line and now that the bottom line is being met, we’re being given license to write real life-changing stories.

Lisa Berry smiles during a panel at Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural” convention in Seattle. Photo credit: Monica D. Photography

Nerds and Beyond: What was it like working with the Shadowhunters cast and crew?

Lisa Berry: They’re amazing. Kat McNamara (Clary Fray) is a real class act and she is very kind and very welcoming and just makes you feel at home the minute you get to set. That is just so beautiful to see in a young leading lady who could very easily, if she wanted to, be a spoiled brat about things, but she chooses to be gracious and humble and very loving and accepting and it just makes you want her to have more blessings on top of more blessings. She’s really worked hard for what she’s got and she’s just a solid actress and human being. Isaiah (Mustafa) and I have a good time whenever I show up on set. It’s really sad that they’re not getting another season. It just looked like it was getting better and better and better so I was quite shocked when it got canceled. I’m still holding out hope that the fans will champion it and help it find another home somewhere and maybe if it finds another home, they might be able to do even more with the storylines they’ve got going on because it built quite a wonderful world and mythology and if it has to end it must but it would be too bad because it was a fun show. It seems like there’s going to be at least a two-hour series finale.

Nerds and Beyond: How do you prepare for a stage role versus a filmed role?

Lisa Berry: It doesn’t feel like it’s that different because I’m always striving for clarity and to be as authentic as I possibly can in the moment. It feels like there’s no difference when I’m working in film and television and doing smaller theatre with more of an intimate house, because then there’s nothing theatrical about the theatre world when it’s 100 seats and sometimes you only have like 50 people in the audience. You can show up on set and have like 50 people between the lighting crew and the grip and the background and the director and the other actors in the scene. You’ve actually got a mini play, and it’s just a slice of life that you’re getting to perform.

For me I actually don’t see a difference between the two. I technically have to do things differently if I’m working in a bigger theatrical space and I’m trained to vocally use my instrument to reach the back of the house if I’ve got 600, 1500 people that I’m trying to reach. Most of the time I’m in theatres that are no more than 300 people which means I can talk at my regular voice, so I don’t have to project or anything like that so it doesn’t feel like there’s that much of a difference.

When you’re performing for 100 people or less, you’re not raising your voice, they’re right there, they can hear you, so you’re not having to change any of the technique that you have or any of the work that you’ve done…If you’re doing intimate theatre where you don’t need to really push your voice and you get to be intimate with your scene partner and you don’t have to reach anybody other than the person in front of you because your audience is two feet away from you, then for me, I look at being on set the exact same way. A lot of times you’ll have 40 people watch your scene while you’re doing it and filming it…there could easily be a small little audience watching you perform and because I love the stage, I just pretend that I’m doing intimate theatre performance just of this scene.

For me, it’s just more rewarding because I love to perform and if I can’t move the camera crew and the people doing lighting and the background and the director, then I’m not gonna be able to move them when it shows up on TV. There’s something beautiful and organic about what happens and gets recorded and then we get to experience it again. But if there was nothing being experienced to begin with, then there will be nothing to be experienced when we watch it on TV.

So I look at it like I’m doing theater in just a really intimate house because a lot of times, you don’t get to do a million and one takes so I use every take as an opportunity to play, even if we’re just in rehearsal. When I do a play at the end of two weeks of getting to do the show every single night, I’m still walking away being like “Oh my god, how did I miss that? It’s so obvious now, that’s what the character’s thinking, I could totally deliver the line like that.”

Nerds and Beyond: What do you look for in a theatre project? What draws you to a role?

Lisa Berry: It’s either the people I’m going to work with, what I’m going to learn, or how much fun I’m going to have. Preferably all three are great. When it comes to doing theatre, it’s more if I’m going to get to work with friends that I haven’t worked with in years that I’m like “I know this is going to be a good time” or a director that I haven’t worked with but that I’m completely inspired by and know that I will just learn a whole lot and be a better actor by the end of it or if the project in and of itself just speaks to me and I go “that’s going to be a lot of fun to do and a lot of fun to explore.” Then I just say yes, if I’m not already booked for something else.

Nerds and Beyond: Is there a dream role that you’ve always wanted to do that you haven’t had a chance to?

Lisa Berry: Tons. Cleopatra…Titania, all of the women in Shakespeare.

Nerds and Beyond: What color lightsaber would you have?

Lisa Berry: Blue.

Thank you so much, Lisa, for your time and your wonderful answers! Here’s hoping we meet Billie again in season 14!



One Year With ‘Wayward Sisters’

Image Credit to Elle.com

One year ago today, Deadline broke the news that Supernatural was planning a backdoor pilot in season 13 for a show called Wayward Sisters.

One year ago.

It’s absolutely insane to look back on this date and see everything that’s happened in the last year.

Arguably the biggest accomplishment was the pilot being made at all. It aired on January 18, 2018, as the tenth episode of the thirteenth season, and was aptly titled “Wayward Sisters.” Several new characters were introduced in the episodes leading up to “Wayward Sisters,” including Patience Turner (Clark Backo), who is the teenage granddaughter of Missouri Moseley (Loretta Devine), who had one prior appearance in Supernatural, dating all the way back to season one, and had remained a fan favorite ever since. Kaia Nieves (Yadira Guevara-Prip) was also introduced in episode nine, “The Bad Place,” and is the dreamwalker Jack (Alexander Calvert) was trying to work with in order to get to the alternate universe to save Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith).

Unfortunately that backfires, and ultimately sets up the plot for Wayward Sisters. Close friend of Sam and Dean, and a well-loved character in the Supernatural world, Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes) spearheads the rescue mission to find Sam and Dean by calling another hunter and Jimmy Novak’s daughter, Claire (Kathryn Newton), home to help. When Claire returns to Jody’s, she finds Alex Jones (Katherine Ramdeen) still living there. The two of them rescue Kaia from the hospital and Patience shows up after having a dream involving Claire, and so with the help of Sheriff Donna Hanscum (Briana Buckmaster), the six women work together to rescue Sam and Dean from where they were lost in an alternate universe.

Fans of Supernatural showed their support big time by tuning into the pilot. Wayward Sisters brought in 1.87 million viewers, which was up from the previous episode’s 1.74 million. The episode was loved by many, and currently holds a 10/10 rating on IMBD.

With the ratings and reviews so high, fans everywhere were shocked beyond belief when The CW announced that Wayward Sisters was not going to series on May 11th. Hearts were broken, tears were shed, and a movement began. The movement where fans came together to prove that not only do we deserve Wayward Sisters, but that we will do whatever it takes to show our support.

In less than four days, a petition started by Georgia Heapy on change.org had already collected more than 50,000 signatures. Today, over a month since its inception, there are more than 81,000 signatures, and new people are still signing daily. The fans had Wayward Sisters trending nationally while doing a re-watch to show support for the show, and once Netflix was suggested as another potential host for our show, they started aiming their attention in that direction.

The fans must have been doing something right, because just last week, Hot Topic unveiled a new Wayward Sisters shirt featuring the names of all six characters.

So in exactly one year, fans of Wayward Sisters have cried tears of joy, we’ve sat slack-jawed as “We Are The Fire” opened the episode “Wayward Sisters,” and we cursed a blue streak when the CW didn’t pick it up.

But this isn’t over.

Who knows where we might be this time next year? Like Kim Rhodes said:

“We got this far without a television show. I’m not going anywhere. You’ve made it shatteringly, abundantly clear you aren’t going anywhere. If you want to, we might have a chance to make it happen. Sign. Write. Yell. It might work. Because I know this in my wayward f–king soul: even if it doesn’t turn out like we think we want it to, we aren’t done.”

We’re not done. We have 364 days until this day comes around again next year, and I can’t wait to see what we have to report about it when the day comes.

So until then, I’ll leave you with a sentiment we feel strongly about at Nerds and Beyond: Kick it in the ass, Wayward fandom.


Pride Month Character Spotlight: Kurt Hummel

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Welcome to the twentieth article in our Pride series for the month of June! Each day we will be highlighting a different LGBTQ+ character who we think is a great example of representation, dynamic characterization, and overall badassery. Check out the rest of the series here.

Let us think about high school for a minute. Maybe you were one of the popular kids that always fit in. Or maybe were you one of the less fortunate that was bullied for looking different, acting different, being different.  I remember what it felt like to not fit in, to be persecuted for not conforming to what was considered “normal.” What is normal anyway? Who gets to define it? We are bombarded with slogans every day – “dare to be different,” “be yourself,” “stand out from the crowd.” When in reality, being different is just as difficult now as it has always been.

Diversity is not the norm, conformity still rules the day.  One show that dared to be different was the musical comedy-drama Glee, which followed the highs and lows of McKinley High School’s glee club the New Directions.  The characters in the show were made up of the usual high school groups, jocks, nerds, cheerleaders, the popular and the unpopular. The thing that made Glee different was not just that it was a musical but that it dovetailed the music with important life lessons.

When these kids joined the glee club, they found a home; a place they all belonged no matter what happened outside the choir room.  It did not matter where they were in the high school hierarchy, they could face anything as long as they stood together, and they would have to because the rest of the school saw the entire glee club as losers.

One character that stood out, was Kurt Hummel, played brilliantly by Chris Colfer.  The character of Kurt originally didn’t exist. Colfer had auditioned for the role of wheelchair bound Artie Abrams, who was ultimately played by Kevin McHale. Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator, was so impressed with Colfers’ audition that he created the role of Kurt just for him.

The thing that made Kurt stand out for me was not just his flamboyantly, fashionable wardrobe (although that was spectacular.) It was the fact that he was a gay young man being raised by a single parent: his father. In the beginning, Kurt’s father acts like he doesn’t have a clue that his son is gay. Kurt goes out of his way to try and hide it from him at home.  At school, everyone knew and it made him a prime target for bullying. Even though Kurt was attacked every day, he refused to change or back down.  He would not accept being anything less than himself.

In season 2, Kurt was bullied so ruthlessly that he actually had to change schools to escape his attacker, a closeted gay member of the football team that was so full of self loathing that he took it out on Kurt. Kurt transferred to Dalton Academy where he met Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) who would eventually become his love interest and who follows Kurt back to McKinley High and the New Directions.  With the support of his friends and the love of Blaine, Kurt was eventually able to forgive his attacker and move on.

While it is a lot more likely to see LGBTQ+ characters on TV and in movies now, but back when Glee first aired that was not the case. What Glee did back then was give kids a character they could relate to.  They could see some of themselves in Kurt. The fact that he was proud of who he was and not afraid to show it was something special.  He showed kids that they didn’t have to hide under a rock just because they were different.

The thing that made Glee stand out was that it was not afraid to tackle tough issues. Like Kurt, it to refused to back down and that is why the messages it conveyed are still relevant. So if you are looking for something to binge watch this summer, Glee is a must see.

Do you have a character spotlight suggestion? Leave it in the comments down below!


 

‘This Is Us’ Season 3 Premiere Date Announced!

Mark your calendars, This Is Us fans, our moment is right around the corner!

Several cast members including Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley, and Sterling K. Brown Tweeted out the premiere date for Season 3 of the critically acclaimed show!

That’s right! The Big Three will be making their comeback on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at 9/8C on NBC.

If you haven’t already caught on to this insanely popular show, now might be a good time to go back and catch up on the last two seasons. But we have to warn you: have the tissues handy, because there’s no way you’ll be able to get through more than one episode at a time without them!

We’re counting down the days until we get to see more of the Pearson’s on our screens!

 

Pride Month Character Spotlight: Negasonic Teenage Warhead

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Welcome to the nineteenth article in our Pride series for the month of June! Each day we will be highlighting a different LGBTQ+ character who we think is a great example of representation, dynamic characterization, and overall badassery. Check out the rest of the series here.

Marvel has had a big year both in and outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In addition to record-breaking box office numbers, Marvel brought us the first canonically LGBTQ+ characters and couples in one of its films. And while there have been LGBTQ+ characters in the Marvel comics, we do not see much of them on movie screens. But there is no questioning this pairing when Negasonic Teenage Warhead (NTW) introduces Yukio to Wade as her girlfriend in Deadpool 2.

Marvel’s films have had many characters that fans have speculated about their sexuality through subtext such as Thor: Ragnarok’s Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) being bisexual, and Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) himself as pansexual. Thompson and Reynolds have both talked about their character’s sexuality and wanting to portray and explore that, but unfortunately it still did not make it onto our screens.

When NTW asks Wade if this is a problem for him, his only response is a quip about anyone actually wanting to date her. Later in the film, we see NTW and Yukio standing on the balcony of the mansion that is home to the X-Men and Yukio is resting her head on Negasonic’s shoulder. And while that is really all the movie touches on these two characters being a couple, Wade does not treat NTW any differently and he and Yukio seem to genuinely like one another.

We have seen LGBTQ+ characters in superhero shows on several network television shows, but movies have a much, much farther reach. And the way that the representation was handled in this film was done quite well. There was no questioning the sexuality of these characters, and it didn’t take away from them as characters or “distract from the story” as many critics of LGBTQ+ representation would argue.

Deadpool has pushed many boundaries already being an R-rated film alongside many PG-13 films. Hopefully further Marvel films will follow suit and include more LGBTQ+ representation and superheroes.

Do you have a character spotlight suggestion? Leave it in the comments down below!



Supernatural’s David Haydn-Jones Karaoke Challenge

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Things are about to start sizzling!

Creation Entertainment just announced that David Haydn-Jones will be participating in a Makin’ Bacon Challenge at upcoming Supernatural conventions.

In case you somehow didn’t already hear about it, Haydn-Jones released his first musical single, Makin’ Bacon, at the beginning of May. He told his Twitter followers on May 21, 2018, about his Makin’ Bacon Challenge idea…

https://twitter.com/DavidHaydnJones/status/998716849217941504

And now it’s happening!

Creation Entertainment made the announcement by posting a Tweet:

And they also explained further and added more information on their website. The website states:

Download the song Makin’ Bacon here at CD Baby, learn and practice the song, put your name in the “Bacon Bucket” during the Karaoke Sign-Ups on Friday and one lucky winner will be chosen at random to sing ‘Makin’ Bacon’ with Davey at Karaoke Night!

You may remember that profits from downloading Makin’ Bacon will go to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, so even if you don’t get chosen to sing the song with Haydn-Jones, you’ll still be doing a good deed! One other thing added in the e-mail was this little gem:

For an added incentive, the one lucky winner chosen wins a fabulous prize so it’s a win-win-win scenario!

So far, the Makin’ Bacon Challenge has been added to several upcoming conventions, including Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Minneapolis, and Jacksonville, so there’s plenty of chances for you to get in on the fun!

Pride Month Character Spotlight: Captain Raymond Holt

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Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt

Welcome to the eighteenth article in our Pride series for the month of June! Each day we will be highlighting a different LGBTQ+ character who we think is a great example of representation, dynamic characterization, and overall badassery. Check out the rest of the series here.

From his first entrance, NYPD Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) commands respect.

An openly gay black man, Holt takes his first command as the new captain of the 99th precinct, despite having come out in 1987 and serving years with distinction. Experiencing initial friction, especially with Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), Holt finds his place in the squad as the no-nonsense, but slightly mischievous leader, mentor, and even father figure to some of the detectives. While he is expected to hold himself to a higher standard as captain, he loosens up with his detectives and learns to shed some of his layers and trust his team.

What makes Holt a great character is that he is not presented as a stereotype of either a gay or a black man. He is himself in every situation, which is a testament to the writers of Brooklyn 99 and their ability to write well-rounded characters. It is worth noting the importance of this representation in an accessible workplace comedy like Brooklyn 99, one that almost everyone can find some part to relate to and one that seeks to subvert many of the tropes we typically see in a sitcom. Shows like Brooklyn 99 and characters like Holt further positive LGBTQ+ representation in media, particularly because of their handling. They are not “token” characters, and repeatedly prove their value as human beings. 

Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) holding his dog Cheddar (Stewart)

Because of this, Holt is an excellent example of positive gay and gay person-of-color representation, because he is not gay for the sake of having a gay character. His sexuality is just a fact of his existence and doesn’t dominate his personality or his contributions to the squad. He does use the lessons he learned from prejudices he faced as an openly gay black man as a strength at times, but he doesn’t let his sexual orientation or his race be all that he is, which for me, is a step in the right direction for representation. Representation shouldn’t be a checklist, and I’m grateful that Brooklyn 99 does not approach it that way.

It’s also good to see (though as I am not a person of color, I cannot speak to the full extent of its importance) a person of color in a leadership role who is well-regarded and respected by his peers (with the exception of Madeline Wunsch) and subordinates. He is someone who has worked hard and persevered despite facing many professional and societal barriers. Yet despite his work, he sees the value in what he has done in aiding the progression of rights for those officers that came after him. During his time as an officer he founds AAGLNYCPA (the African-American Gay and Lesbian New York City Policeman’s Association). In season 1’s “Full Boyle,” a younger officer by the name of Brian Jensen (Marque Richardson) approaches him about running for AAGLNYCPA president. While he is at first apprehensive that a man who has not had to struggle nearly as much as he has is challenging him for the presidency, he eventually realizes that he founded it so that future members would not have to struggle as much as he has. Conceding that a fresh face will do well for the organization, he withdraws his name from candidacy, allowing Brian to lead the organization into the modern day.

Kevin Cozner (Marc Evan Jackson), left, Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) and Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) in season one’s “The Party”

Holt, throughout and previous to the series’ beginning, is married to Kevin Cozner (Mark Evan Jackson), the Chair of Columbia University’s Classics Department. His relationship with Kevin is not treated at any point in the series with scorn or inappropriate curiosity. It is presented from the very first time we meet Kevin as a loving, committed relationship that happens to be between two men. Holt and Kevin’s marriage is also not idealized, but presented realistically as a couple who has been together a long time, (knowing each other’s routines, being able to recognize each other’s moods, taking care of their corgi named Cheddar, arguing with each other about seemingly pointless things, and so on.) In season 2’s “The Wednesday Incident”, Jake enlists Kevin’s help in tracing Holt’s steps to discover the origin of his bad mood. Kevin discovers that Holt had been hiding a stab wound from a mugging attempt, and is naturally distraught by this, but the incident leads to them forming a more solid foundation as a couple. Holt and Kevin have the same character development and dual growth as any other well-written married couple on television. This presentation helps to normalize LGBTQ+ relationships in media and in life and show them as no different from heterosexual relationships. Love should not have a color or gender barrier, and Holt and Kevin are a prime example of this.

Additionally, the humor shared between the two is loving, and their relationship and sexuality are never the butt of the joke. One of the more notable jokes between them in the series is how quick their wedding was, out of concern that the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges would be revoked. LGBTQ+ oriented humor is often utilized in Brooklyn 99 in similar manners, a valuable and refreshing sight as decades of LGBTQ+ jokes on television have often been thinly veiled or outright homophobic. The jokes are also not always linked to Holt or Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), the show’s other canon LGBTQ+ lead. Jake often makes transpositive statements on the show, which has helped its journey to becoming a cult favorite among LGBTQ+ viewers.

In short, Captain Raymond Jacob Holt represents the best of representation. After a long struggle in media to get LGBTQ+ representation beyond token placeholders, we have been blessed with an openly gay black male character who comes with his own set of struggles and proves time and time again that he is valuable as a person, a leader, and a friend to his squad. From his often comically stern disposition to his loving relationship with his husband and deep understanding of the needs of his precinct, he has fought and earned his position in the 99 and in our hearts.

‘Supernatural’ Nominated for Teen Choice Award!

The Teen Choice Awards are returning for their 20th consecutive year in 2018.

For the third year in a row, Supernatural is nominated for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV ShowIt’s up against iZombie, The 100, Shadowhunters, Stranger Things, and The Originals. Supernatural was nominated in 2017 as well, but ultimately lost out to The Vampire Diaries.

To vote for Supernatural (or any of the other worthy nominees) you can go here.

You can also vote on Twitter using this format:

Tweet #category + @nominee or nominee full name as it appears on TeenChoice.com
-Or, if the nominee doesn’t have a Twitter account: Tweet #category + #nominee

You’re limited to 10 votes per method per day, so make sure your voice is heard! For more information and to see all of the nominees for all of the categories, check out the Teen Choice Awards website.

The Teen Choice Awards will air on Sunday, August 12 at 8/7C live on Fox!

Rob Benedict, Ruth Connell and David Anders Starred in Play This Past Weekend

Courtesy of David Anders’ Instagram

This past weekend, The Blank Theatre presented the play The Veins of Creation by playwright Sarah Tomko as part of the Young Playwrights Festival. This is the 26th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, which showcases playwrights as young as 9 years old! The play was one of 12 plays produced as part of the festival and ran June 14-17 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, CA.

 

Nikola giving Thomas his MEdison

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It’s goodbye from Matilda today…. #VeinOfCreation @theblanktheatre 🖤

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The Veins of Creation, directed by Laura Stribling, starred Supernatural’s very own Ruth Connell and Rob Benedict, as well as David Anders (iZombie, Once Upon a Time) and Jason Watkins (Hush Hush, Echoes). The play was a period piece, with Jason Watkins playing Nikola Tesla and Ruth Connell playing Matilda.

 

Congrats to Sarah Tomko and everyone involved in The Veins of Creation! Be sure to check out more of the Young Playwrights Festival, which runs until June 24, 2018, at ypf.theblank.com.