The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recently revealed their 10 semi-finalists for the award for Best Drama Series — and, unfortunately (and rather bafflingly, to me), Battlestar Galactica is not among them. Here are the Top 10 candidates for the award, courtesy of E!Online:

Boston Legal, Damages, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Mad Men, The Tudors, The Wire.

Personally, I can’t say I agree with even half of these choices (and certainly not over Battlestar Galactica), but oh well…

The winners of the 34th Annual Saturn Awards have been announced, and unfortunately Battlestar Galactica is not among them. The series was nominated for Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series, Best Presentation on Television (for Battlestar Galactica: Razor) and Best Actor in a Television Series (for Edward James Olmos). The awards, however, went to Dexter, Family Guy: Blue Harvest and Matthew Fox (Lost) respectively.

Don’t forget to vote Tricia and Battlestar Galactica to victory at the 2008 SyFy Genre Awards! Voting is ongoing at the SyFy Portal — you can vote once a day per email address until July 25, 2008. Battlestar Galactica recently hauled in an impressive 11 nominations, including a Best Supporting Actress nom for Tricia. Go vote now!

There’s been a lot going on with Tricia of late, hasn’t there? There’s more; here’s today’s last, Burn Notice-oriented update.

Maureen Ryan of The Chicago Tribune recently sat down with Burn Notice creator Matt Nix to discuss the series second season, and naturally, Tricia’s involvement came up in the discussion. According to the article, Tricia will appear in multiple episodes of the season, including 2.01 and 2.02. From ChicagoTribune.com:

This season, Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer has a recurring role as Carla, a representative of the person or people who “burned” Michael. She’s in the first two episodes of Season 2 and her character will return just before the mid-season finale arrives (USA is airing nine episodes of Burn Notice this summer). Helfer will also appear in some of the seven Season 2 episodes that will air in 2009.

Maureen Ryan: Not to change subjects, but how did you become aware of Tricia Helfer [who plays Michael’s mysterious “handler,” Carla, this season]?

Matt Nix: We were all aware of her from Battlestar and we adored her from Battlestar. We were racking our brains trying to figure out who would be Carla, and co-executive producer Alfredo Barrios saw in the Hollywood Reporter that she’d just signed a deal with Fox, and he ran in and said, “She’s perfect!” And I was like, “Yes, that’s it!” But she had just signed a deal with another network. I thought it would never work, but then it did [in part because Burn Notice is made by Fox’s TV studio].

She just kind of got the show immediately and she has that kind of attitude, she talks the right way, and everyone was just immediately comfortable. And we’re just fans of other shows, it’s not an accident we’ve got a Battlestar person [the show also had Battlestar's Lucy Lawless as a guest last season] and we’ve cast a few people from Dexter on our show.

Furthermore, for those interested in the series, TV Squad recently visited the series’ production on set in Miami. The article doesn’t contain anything Tricia-specific that we haven’t heard before, but you might want to have a look nonetheless.

Finally, in other news, voting for the 2008 SyFy Genre Awards has begun at SyFyPortal.com. You have 30 days to vote Tricia and Battlestar Galactica to victory. Vote now!

Sci Fi Channel’s critically acclaimed drama series Battlestar Galactica has earned an astonishing 11 nominations at this year’s Syfy Genre Awards! What’s more, Tricia is among those nominated, as she is up for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Cylon Number Six in the series! How awesome is that? Here are the categories the series is nominated in, from SyFyPortal.com:

• Best Actor (Television): Edward James Olmos
• Best Actress (Television): Mary McDonnell
• Best Episode (Television): Episode 4.01 “He That Believeth In Me”
• Best Episode (Television): Episode 4.06 “Faith”
• Best Guest Star (Television): Michelle Forbes, for BSG: Razor
• Best Series (Television)
• Best Supporting Actor (Television): Aaron Douglas
• Best Supporting Actor (Television): James Callis
• Best Supporting Actor (Television): Michael Hogan
• Best Supporting Actress (Television): Katee Sackhoff
• Best Supporting Actress (Television): Tricia Helfer

Whoa! Congratulations to the entire Battlestar Galactica team for the well deserved noms! For more on the competition the series is facing in the various categories, visit SyFyPortal.com.

Voting begins June 25 (that’s tomorrow!) at SyFyPortal.com. Readers can vote once per day for 30 days between June 25 and July 25, and winners will be announced during SyFy Portal’s 10th anniversary celebration ca. August 13. Don’t forget to vote for Tricia!

HelpingAnimals.com reports Tricia poses for a PETA public service announcement with one of her oldest cats, Mr. Nix. The tagline “If you have to be human, at least be humane,” is evidently a nod to her Battlestar Galactica Cylon character. From HelpingAnimals.com:

She may play a beautiful but ruthless machine on TV’s hottest show, Battlestar Galactica, but in real life, Tricia Helfer (a.k.a. Six to her legions of fans) has a heart of gold and a soft spot for animals, particularly cats. That’s why she’s starring in PETA’s newest “Be an Angel for Animals” PSA in behalf of our feline friends.

An animal lover, Tricia took part in this campaign because she wanted to help spread the word. “I really just thought that this campaign ‘Angels for Animals’ is something that I feel is a good message to get out there, that they are part of the family and you should treat them as part of the family.” So say we all!

Tricia told us that all animal issues are important to her, especially animal testing, fur, ending the cruel seal hunt in her homeland of Canada, and caring for one’s companion animals.

The website also features a behind-the-scenes video from the shoot, in which she discusses her love for animals and Battlestar Galactica. A word of warning, however: the video contains animal abuse-related that might not be suitable for everyone. Check out our (viewer friendly) video screen captures and advertisement scan, or visit PETA.org for more on the organization and its function.

Some Walk All Over Me news today. For starters, Tricia Helfer Fan would like to congratulate the entire Walk All Over Me production team for winning the Alberta Film & Television Award for Best Picture! That’s great news!

Moreover, Walk All Over Me will soon be available on Region 1 DVD. The DVD is available for pre-order at e.g. Amazon.ca for CDN$ 14.18 and will be released on May 13 2008.

Finally, in case you are waiting for a recap of last week’s Battlestar Galactica episode, don’t fret — one will be posted. I am, however, currently out of town and thus unable to write up a proper one until later this week. Stay tuned!

Tricia has been voted as high as 8th in FHM’s annual Sexiest Women in the World poll, leaving behind such name as Kate Beckinsale, Angelina Jolie, Adriana Lima, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz. Last year, Tricia was placed 63rd - what a leap up. Congrats, Tricia! From FHMOnline.com:

8. Tricia Helfer
As the Humanoid Cylon, Number Six, on the Sci-Fi Channel’s cult hit show Battlestar Galatica, Tricia is the sexiest thing to happen to nerds since Princess Leia donned a metal bikini to become Jabba the Hutt’s slave girl.

Actress Megan Fox came in first, with actresses Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba coming in second and third respectively.

Exciting news, everyone! Tricia has been nominated for the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama for her performance in Walk All Over Me! Congratulations to Tricia for the well-deserved nomination!

Overall, Robert Cuffley’s critically acclaimed crime dramedy Walk All Over Me was nominated for three awards in two categories: Michael Eklund and Michael Adamthwaite were both nominated for Best Supporting Perfomance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for their respective Walk All Over Me performances. Check out the Leo Awards official site for a full list of 2008 nominees.

The gala awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 24 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. Tricia Helfer Fan would like to congratulate the entire Walk All Over Me team on their success!

Today, on April 11 2008 , Tricia Helfer turns 34! We here at Tricia Helfer Fan would like to offer our warmest congratulations to Tricia on her birthday! *throws confetti*