Michael Rosenbaum Now Filming New Movie
(5/13) Reliable sources tell us that Michael Rosenbaum (Lex) has jumped right from filming Smallville to doing a new movie tentatively titled "In the House." The movie also stars Steve Martin. We'll let you know when and if we hear more about this.

Smallville Wins Effects Award
(5/13) We have learned that the crew at Rainmaker Entertainment has won a "Leo Award" for Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series for the pilot episode of Smallville.

Competition in the category included such Vancouver-based series as Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits, and Andromeda.

Rainmaker consists of Mark Breakspear, Chris Doll, Colin Liggett, Ben Funk, Bruce Woloshyn, Simon Ager, Vic Harnett, Brian Maylan, Wes Sargent, Ryan Cronin, Rod Bland, Mark Roth, Trevor Cawood, Jessica Sjoblom, Jinnie Pak, and Adrian van der Park.

Congratulations on the win! For more information on the Leo Awards visit http://www.leoawards.com. Here's hoping for an Emmy nomination!

R.I.P. "Principal Kwan"
(5/13) As those of you who saw the May 7th episode of Smallville are quite aware, the halls of Smallville High are going to be missing one of its regular and smoothest characters of all. We of course are referring to Principal Kwan, played by Hiro Kanagawa in a handful of episodes of the series.

KryptonSite was able to catch up with the quite-alive Mr. Kanagawa and asked him how he felt about his character's demise. Here's what he had to say:

Dear Craig,

There must be a universal law that I have to die a horrible death on every show that I'm on. I accept this as my life. Anyway, it could have been a lot worse--I'm happy to have survived the killer bee episode!

Best regards to all,
Hiro Kanagawa

May the next principal of Smallville High be even half as smooth, and may the next principal have better luck than to be run over by a telekinetic boy with a speech impediment.

Eric Johnson In New Movie
(5/13) Miss Windy (keeper of the great Eric Johnson Web website) tells us that Eric Johnson (Whitney) will be playing Dean Torrence of "Jan and Dean" fame in the upcoming film "Stealing Sinatra". Filming wrapped up mid-April. It's a sizeable part with monologues and such, although not a main part.'

The film stars William H. Macy and David Arquette and may have a limited release in the theaters before it goes to Showtime television.

"Obscura" Ratings!
(5/17) By popular demand, here's a look at how Tuesday night's Smallville fared in the ratings race:

(R) = denotes repeat airing

LuthorCorp Intranet: There Is A Way In!
(5/8) The Intranet site at Luthorcorp.net finally seems to work!!! Click on the "intranet" tab and then "login," of course. Your username is "Lex" and as for the password... well, speculate on that on the KryptonSite message board. As always we want to keep this fun for everybody, so we're not posting it here!

Part 3 of Lionel Luthor's address to the stockholders of LuthorCorp in the "annual report" is also now appearing at Luthorcorp.net. It features original video starring John Glover in the role as the Magnificent You-Know-What.

To get there, you go to Luthorcorp, visit the "investor center" and click on "annual report." We hear the third password is the most difficult to figure out, but if you do manage to figure it out, post about it on the KryptonSite message board. Good luck!

Smallville Executive Producer Gets The Television Without Pity Treatment
(5/6) Smallville executive producer Alfred Gough was recently interviewed by Television Without Pity's Omar G, and answered many questions and dropped some hints about the show's future and more.

Do the producers know about Victoria's nickname? What's in store for next year? Red Kryptonite maybe? And how much sexual tension is there, really, between certain characters? Gough talks about it all at the TWOP interview. While you're there check out some of the episode recaps, but be aware that the recaps aren't for all ages (but they are very, very funny and clever!)

"Crush"-ing Ratings
(5/8) Here's a look at how Tuesday night's Smallville fared in the ratings race:

(R) = denotes repeat airing

23 Episodes For Season Two, Plus Other Tidbits Revealed
(5/6) The Superman Homepage recently interviewed Smallville executive producer Alfred Gough, where (among other things!) he revealed that the second season of Smallville will contain twenty-three episodes (two more than the total for the first season!).

Best of all, Gough reveals that we will be seeing more of the much-liked Pete Ross (Sam Jones III) and Martha Kent (Annette O'Toole) next year.

Mr. Gough also mentioned KryptonSite in the interview which is always a good thing. To read the complete interview, click here. Thanks to Steve at the Superman Homepage for passing this along!

Spider-Man Webs Up The Box Office
(5/6) Sony's Spider-Man movie broke several records this weekend with a box-office total of approximately $114 million. For those of you who enjoy the "young teen hero" dynamic of Smallville, you will definitely not leave disappointed.

This could also be good news for Smallville executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar, who have been chosen to write the Spider-Man movie sequel. It also may mean some more of our favorite heroes will soon be on the big screen.

What did you think of Spider-Man? Talk about it on the KryptonSite message board!

Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum In Starlog's Spider-Man Special Magazine
(4/29) Starlog magazine has recently released its "Spider-Man and Other Comics Heroes" magazine, which features interviews with Kristin Kreuk and Michael Rosenbaum.

Details inside the magazine include Kristin talking about the difference in schedules between Edgemont and Smallville, and Michael talks about his future and one particular Smallville episode that he really liked.

The magazine has a hefty price tag ($5.99 or $6.99) but still has a lot of material that should be of interest to fans. You can find it at newsstands everywhere. The magazine features (of course!) Spider-Man on the cover.

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