Taylor's Celebrity Shoot Out worn jersey that is currently being auctioned off by Echoes of Hope, is now up to $850.00!

 

If you want to get in on the auction before it's too late, you only have 7 days left to do so. All the proceeds go directly back to the charity.

 

To place a bid or for more information, click here!

 

Taylor appeared briefly on ET Canada tonight in a segment about an upcoming special feature in En Route magazine. 

 

Canada's hottest men (Taylor Kitsch, Gregory Smith & Jay Baruchel) are taking off in Hollywood and landing on the cover of Air Canada's inflight magazine. These young men are part of a special feature on Canuck rising stars in En Route magazine.

 

Their rising stars led them South of the border to become Hollywood's newest crop of talent. 

 

Here's what Taylor had to say...

 

 

But LA can have a dark side. Not so for 'Friday Night Lights' hunk, Taylor Kitsch.

 

"To do your own thing, you know, hang around and associate yourself with the friends you had before it all started. It keeps you real...grounded."

 

Tomorrow night on ET Canada, they are going to take us behind the scenes of the exclusive photoshoot. We'll definitely be watching and will post more if Taylor is shown again, so be sure to check back! 

Inside sources confirm to me that NBC Universal (the studio that makes FNL) is currently talking to various networks about the idea of sharing the show's third season among more than one channel in an effort to save the series from cancellation and broaden its audience.

Those channels in discussion include the CW, TNT, DirecTV and a place called Comcast Entertainment Group, which, hmmm, sounds familiar because, oh yeah, they sign my checks. Both E! and G4 fall under the Comcast umbrella.

And in what I can only describe as a swell of pure, unadulterated pride, I must tell you: I know firsthand that our CEO Ted Harbert is a big fan of FNL and is very much on the frontlines of trying to help save the series. (A fact that has now surpassed "bagel Thursday" as my number one reason to love this workplace.)

So, what exactly does this potential expansion deal mean? The intricacies have yet to be hammered out, but the general idea is that NBC would first-run its episodes of Friday Night Lights and then other network(s) would pay a repurposing fee to air repeats at other times during the week. This plan could be a huge benefit to FNL and its fans for three reasons:

1. It will bring Friday Night Lights to new viewers who have not yet seen it.
2. Those viewers will undoubtedly fall in love with FNL and start watching the original on NBC.
3. The show could finally receive the ratings and mainstream awareness it so richly deserves. Hello, Emmy for Connie Britton! Hello, GQ cover for Taylor Kitsch!

In short, Friday Night Lights, one of the best series ever to hit the small screen, could be saved. Truly saved in a way that not only pleases the fans and critics, but offers real potential for greatly improve ratings and a bottom-line success story for NBC's higher-ups to brag about.

What would Michael Scott call that? Oh yeah. Win-win-win.

So what now? We are currently working on a bigger-picture plan for you fans to help save Friday Night Lights in a very concrete way. So for the time being, sit tight, comment below, say a little prayer and remember...

From ComingSoon.net

 

"Friday Night Lights" star Taylor Kitsch will play Gambit (AKA Remy LeBeau) in director Gavin Hood's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Kitsch has signed a three-picture deal.

He'll be joining Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Danny Huston (William Stryker) and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) in the 20th Century Fox release, opening May 1, 2009."

 

Thanks to the people that run Taylor's Official Fan Page, we can also tell you that Taylor left today for Australia and New Zealand to begin filming.

 

Congrats Taylor!

 

Taylor attended the LA Kings vs. Calgary Flames NHL game at the Staples Center in LA on Friday February 15th.

 

Also in attendance were Warren Christie (October Road) and FNL co-star, Derek Phillips.

 

To view a photo from the game, click here!

 

As I mentioned in a previous posting, Echoes of Hope is auctioning off the hockey jerseys worn by the participants of the Celebrity Shootout last month. Including Taylor's! All proceeds to benefit Echoes Of Hope charity.

 

To place a bid on Taylor's jersey or for more information, click here!

 

Note - To access the auction area, you will need to register with the site. You are under no obligation to bid once you've done so, and there is no limit on how many jerseys you can bid on.

 

Thanks again to Alicia from the Official Taylor Kitsch Fan MySpace page, the gallery has been updated with 20 new photos of Taylor participating in Luc Robitaille's Celbrity Shootout last month.

 

You can check the photos out here! 

 

NHL TV and KingsVision have an in-depth video report online from the shootout, featuring Taylor and a few of the other celebrity participants.

 

You can check the video out here! 

 

 

 

Included in the March 2008 issue of CosmoGIRL magazine (featuring Miley Cyrus on the cover), is an interview with Taylor accompanied by a photo.

 

Thanks to Lisa from undecided-fate.org, we have scans of both items for you now available in our gallery!

 

 

As I mentioned earlier today, there's a chance the most recent episode of Friday Night Lights could be the end of the show forever. Can't let that happen? Across the Internet, a variety of fan-driven movements are starting up to lobby for keeping the show on the air. Here's how to get involved:

 

The folks at Best Week Ever have a whole FNL booster club going on, complete with a petition to save the show and an initiative to send light bulbs to NBC to urge the network to keep the lights on. They write: "Light bulbs are cheap, easy to come by, and if they break during shipping, the shattered glass might even seem vaguely threatening when NBC opens the package. Sort of like, 'You try to take away our Panthers, and we might just cut you.'

 

This campaign is trying to raise money to send mini footballs to NBC. This one's similar to that Jericho nuts campaign in that you donate money that will go to a group shipment of footballs. Each dollar gets you one football, and the group is hoping to ship 2,500 footballs to NBC (they're at about 550 right now). You can also follow their efforts on MySpace and Facebook.

 

Another Facebook group is organizing to send bottles of Clear Eyes eyedrops to NBC, playing on the "clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" motto.

 

Give Me My Remote is encouraging fans to make videos explaining why they love Friday Night Lights. She'll collect them all and send them on to NBC.

E!'s Watch With Kristin has a few simple recommendations for how to help the show get renewed: Buy the DVDs or watch episodes online to get some FNL buzz going.

 

There's also another online petition to save the show.

 

Starry Constellation, an online magazine, recently posted the link to an audio interview they did with Taylor in the fall.  

 

Taylor talks about his role as Riggins on FNL, how he got into acting and a lot more!

 

To download and listen to the interview, click here.

 

To view the photos, click here!

 

 

 

 
 
Friday Night Lights:  May The Best Man Win (Final Pre-Strike Episode) airs on NBC tonight at 9/8c!
 
Brian "Smash" Williams is determined to get a football scholarship to college despite the recent events that have transpired. However, Brian is very shocked when the most unlikely place offers him what may be the opportunity of his life. Tami Taylor runs into her ex-boyfriend from high school, a big real estate mogul, and he decides to stay in Dillon for a few days. A few days proves to be too long as Coach Taylor begins to feel a bit jealous. Elsewhere, Jason Street hears the biggest news of his life since his accident and must decide if he is willing to change his life completely. Meanwhile, Tim Riggins continues his pursuit of Lyla by getting his own radio show at the Christian radio station. Lyla seems to be enjoying her current relationship with her Christian boyfriend as she goes with him to meet his family.

Thanks to Alicia from the Official Taylor Kitsch Fan MySpace page, we now have a little more information about Taylor's participation in Luc Robitaille's Celebrity Shootout last month.

 

The team Taylor played on was called the Bud Lite Ice Stars, and was coached by Stacia Robitaille and Reece Thompson. Taylor's teammates included Scott Wolf, Dave Annable, Chip and Pepper Foster, Marty McSorley, Tony Amonte, Michael Rosenbaum &  Luc Robitaille...to name a few.

 

Taylor and all the other players signed jerseys that will be auctioned off at a later date. Much like the shootout itself, the proceeds from the auction will benefit Echoes of Hope. We'll keep you posted on the auction, so be sure to check back regularly!

 

 

 

There is now an official MySpace fan page for Taylor that is run by a small group of people and has been approved by his representatives. 

 

To check it out, click here!