Heroes

Sure, we love the show "Heroes," but it takes a special fan to have created today's eBay item.

An eBay member by the curious name of "Halo Repaints" has created a Claire Bennet doll, the cheerleader from the hit show, with such realistic detail that it borders on downright creepy.

Halo removed all the original paint from the original 16" Tonner Rhapsody in Red Ashleigh doll -- and repainted the it to look incredibly realistic. The hair has highlights and lowlights rooted in, and is styled to resemble the regenerating cheerleader.

This is a one-off item and won't be recreated, so if you want to be the ultimate "Heroes" fan, and trigger concern among your friends, this is the item for you.

Masi Oka shot to fame playing Hiro Nakamura on the NBC hit "Heroes," but the 31-year-old landed his first magazine cover when he was just 12.

Oka was on the cover of Time magazine in 1987 (he's the one in blue on the left) with the banner, "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids." He told Conan O'Brien that a parent of one of his childhood friends was the photographer, and "She was looking for smart Asian kids." Oka wasn't featured in the article, but he is something of a genius.

Masi worked for George Lucas' special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, toiling on special effects for films like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "War of the Worlds" and the three "Star Wars" prequels. Oka says he still works for the company a couple of days a week.

Fantasy be damned! "Heroes" and "Studio 60" form one of our favorite blocks of TV on any night.

On tonight's "Heroes," everything leads up to Claire's homecoming dance. In an attempt to prevent his brother from being harmed, Nathan decides to destroy Isaac's missing cheerleader painting. Don't worry, the secret of the painting still gets revealed.

On "Studio 60," Matt (Matthew Perry) jokingly reveals his extraordinary powers by making Jordan's (Amanda Peet) cellphone ring on command. If only a wave of his hands could double the show's viewership -- now that would be powerful.

So we're normally very astute here at TMZ, but we totally didn't see the whole "Eden is working with the bad guys" thing coming on "Heroes." Cute girls always throw off our judgement.

Anyway, now that we know she's working with Claire's dad, we totally hate her. First, she tried to manipulate Mohinder's dad, then Mohinder. Now she's trying to get her claws into Isaac.

As you can see in this clip, Eden is trying to "help" Isaac paint the future without the use of drugs.

Normally we here at TMZ stay away from TV spoilers, but after watching this clip from tonight's episode of "Heroes," we couldn't help ourselves. It's not a major plot point, but if you don't want to know anything, STOP READING NOW!

Ok, so you know Mohinder's friend Eden (played by the amazing Nora Zehetner)? Well, it turns out she's more than just the cute next door neighbor who befriended Mohinder's dad. Nope, turns out she's in cahoots with Claire's dad -- who is of course evil evil EVIL!!!

Should have seen this one coming, but her cute little doe eyes just drew us in. We're suckers for a pretty face.

Most television shows and movies about superheroes are based on comics. The NBC show "Heroes" wants to reverse that trend by creating a comic book about the show.

The series, about a group of people who discover they have extraordinary powers, is expanding the story lines with online graphic novels. The novels will delve deeper into the stories of the characters and viewers will be offered the choice of reading the online comic in a flash player or downloading and printing it.

NBC announced today that their hit new show "Heroes" has been given a full-season order for 2006-07 season.

"'Heroes' has delivered exceptional ratings since it's premiere and we're even more impressed with the quality of the upcoming episodes," Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment said today. "We have complete confidence in creator-executive producer Tim Kring. The best is yet to come over the course of a full season with this newest drama sensation."

Midway through the first episode of the new NBC drama "Heroes," one character says to another, "Do you ever get the feeling like you were meant to do something extraordinary?" That question, in a nutshell, sums up the show entirely.

"Heroes" focuses on several characters, located throughout the world, who begin to slowly learn they have special abilities. Peter, a nurse who cares for the elderly, believes he can fly. Hiro, a cubicle worker in Tokyo, thinks he can bend time and space. While Claire, a high school cheerleader from Texas, is conducting tests because she believes she cannot be injured.

Milo Ventimiglia stars as Peter Petrelli, a young man who tries to convince his politician brother that he can fly. "There's this fear and excitement," Ventimiglia explains, "that you have this gift, but you're terrified to use it because you've never used it before."