HEROES star HAYDEN PANETTIERE lives in fear a fan of the hit show will confuse fiction and reality and try to kill her.In the show, Panettiere plays a cheerleader with superpowers that make her indestructible - but the actress is keen to assure fans she's easily hurt in real life. The 20 year old tells Us Weekly, "I'm just afraid somebody's going to stab me one day and think that my power is real and they expect me to start healing. I've been thinking about that since the first season."

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Don't go swimming with HAYDEN PANETTIERE if you're terrified of sharks - the HEROES star is a magnet for the predators.The actress spends a lot of time in the water, surfing and protesting the killing of dolphins and whales - and she reveals she often finds herself swimming with sharks. She says, "I tend to attract them everywhere I go... I'd really rather not see a shark while I'm paddling on a board... but, if you want to see a shark, put me in the water." And there's one encounter she'd like to forget - she attracted one shark by peeing in the ocean off Hawaii. Panettiere was diving with her mother and brother when was caught short and decided to relieve herself while treading water - but the relief was replaced by terror. Appearing on late-night TV chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actress recalls, "This safety diver got in to take pictures of my brother and my mom and they had their fins on and when the shark comes too close, you put your fins in their face, and I didn't have ...

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE has laughed off rumours she's dating ENTOURAGE star KEVIN CONNOLLY, branding the romance reports "so funny".The 20-year-old actress split from Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia in February (09) and has been romantically linked to British TV presenter Steve Jones in recent months. New reports suggest Panettiere has been getting close to Connolly, 35, after they were spotted together at an Emmy Awards afterparty on 20 September (09). But the young star has dismissed the claims, telling JustJared.com, "I've known Kevin for so long. You can't have friends with the opposite sex. It's so funny. We're just friends."

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE has a new man in her life - she was spotted enjoying a romantic beachside stroll with LINDSAY LOHAN's ex-boyfriend HARRY MORTON.The young actress - who turned 20 on Friday (21Aug09) - split from her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia in February (09) and was subsequently linked to British TV presenter Steve Jones. But Panettiere has fuelled speculation of a new relationship after she was spotted on Thursday (20Aug09) walking hand-in-hand with Morton, 28, who famously dated Lohan in 2006. The pair was snapped walking along a beach in Malibu, California, together and playing with Morton's two dogs.

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE has blamed the paparazzi and the public for "destroying" her love life - insisting celebrity romances are ruined by media intrusion.The Heroes actress quickly became a tabloid favorite after the TV show debuted in 2006 and her on-set love affair with co-star Milo Ventimiglia featured heavily in gossip columns. But the 19 year old - who split from Ventimiglia in February (09) - is convinced Hollywood couples have it tough because fans' interest in their love lives puts unprecedented pressure on a relationship. She tells Britain's Company magazine, "It's very, very difficult and people have no idea what they do to peoples' relationships. They destroy them. The paparazzi and the public. "The public wants to read about your personal life, and the paparazzi give it to them by nosing into your personal life and saying things that are just not true and horrible." Hayden Panettiere insists the ever-present photographers also limit her freedom - because even the most menia...

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE was left aghast when she saw the final version of her new movie I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER - because she didn't realize just how much flesh was captured on camera during her nude scene.The 19-year-old actress bares all for the new comedy, but didn't expect to see much of her naked body on screen due to the PG-13 rating, which allows kids under 13 to see the movie when accompanied by an adult. But Panettiere was left cowering in her seat when she attended a recent preview of the film, because her "side boobage" filled up the entire screen. She says, "It's one of those things that you forget how much of your flesh is in it, until I saw it again and then I was like, 'Duck, duck!'. I knew they were doing it (filming a nude scene), but I didn't know it would be so big on the screen!"

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE is preparing for girl-on-girl scenes in the next series of HEROES - her character will reportedly enjoy a kiss with her college roommate.Hayden Panettiere plays cheerleader Claire Bennet in the hit show and TV bosses are considering working a lesbian storyline into the upcoming fourth season. A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "It's just girlie fun at first. But it might progress into something more serious. It depends on how viewers respond."

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HEROES star HAYDEN PANETTIERE is unfazed a tattoo on her back is spelled incorrectly - because she doesn't have to look at it.The 19 year old has the saying Vivere senza rimipiantic - meaning live without regret in Italian - etched on her back, but the tattooist made a mistake with the spelling. But Hayden Panettiere isn't bothered about the incorrect inking, as she can't even see it. She says, “It is misspelled, whatever, I just put my own spin to it. Chances are I’ll probably get it fixed, but that’s why I love having it on my back because I don’t get bored of it. “I don’t have to stare at it all the time, but then you have it on your back and you don’t realize that it’s misspelled either!”

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HAYDEN PANETTIERE is struggling with the public image of her father as a wife beater - because "that's so not who he is".The actress' dad, Alan, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after a scuffle with his wife at a party, but Panettiere insists it was all a big misunderstanding. And she's still struggling to deal with the 2008 controversy. Panettiere tells Seventeen magazine, "It's hard enough going through it personally within your family, let alone when the entire world knows about it." Alan allegedly left a bruise on his wife Lesley's cheek. His famous daughter adds, "It put my dad in this light that is so not him... Your mind goes to: 'He abuses, he beats his wife.' For my dad to have that reputation now, which is so not who he is, kills me. "I'm less concerned about myself, but when it involves my family or people I care about, I mean, I'll fly off the handle for my family."

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{HAYDEN PANETTIERE, star of Heroes, is about to send her lusty fans into overdrive after revealing she's totally naked in her new film.The pretty actress insists there were no body doubles used or tan body stockings in place on the set of I Love You, Beth Cooper - that's all her on the big screen. The 18 year old tells Eonline.com, "I was really naked. I had these little sticky petals on my boobs, but that was about it." And the sexy star insists her parents will have no trouble with her naked scenes in the coming-of-age movie, which opens on 10 July (09): "My dad calls me such an exhibitionist. He always says, 'God, even when you were little, you were such an exhibitionist!'" But Hayden Panettiere won't be showing off absolutely everything just yet. She adds, "I'm cool with my body, and I'm cool running around undressed and all that stuff, but there are just certain things that not everyone needs to know, that you need to keep somehow private and personal to you. "But you never k...

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