Cute, scruffy haired Jared Padalecki was born on July 19, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, and is the middle child of three kids. The "Supernatural" star knew at an early age that he wanted to be an actor, so he began taking acting lessons when he was 12 years old.

* Denis Leary, Rob Morrow and Patrick Dempsey were all up for the role of Gregory House on the hit TV series House, but British actor Hugh Laurie eventually won the role with an audition tape he filmed inside a men's room in Namibia, where he was filming action movie remake Flight Of The Phoenix.

Spike TV has ordered 11 one-hour episodes of a series based on Marvel Super Hero "Blade" (in addition to the previously announced two-hour kick-off episode). "Blade" premieres in June 2006. The series will focus on Marvel's eponymous immortal warrior fighting a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race.