Benjamin McKenzie Archives

The LA Confidential Magazine’s annual Oscar Party brought out a lot of big name celebrities including Forest Whitaker, Vanessa Williams, Ben McKenzie, Mary J. Blige, Angie Harmon (with husband Jason Sehorn), and Isaiah Washington.

The festivities were held at the Skybar at Mondrian on Thursday night in Hollywood.

Forest was honored at the party for being an Academy Award nominee. He is also featured on the March Oscar cover of Los Angeles Confidential and opens up to the magazine about keeping grounded through all the glitz and glamour saying, “I’m trying to have a good time and celebrate. [My kids] aren’t really that aware of what’s going on — they know me more as a soccer dad.” You can read more of Forest’s interview with LA Confidential here.

The O.C.-licious Adam Brody walks the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of Music and Lyrics at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Wednesday night. With the The O.C. coming to a close, you can catch Adam in his first leading role in In the Land of Women co-starring Meg Ryan and the up-and-coming Dustin Milligan, who I’m a very big fan of (he starred in The CW’s ill-fated Runaway). In the Land of Women is set for a April 20 release.

Also pictured: Adam Brody in scenes from tonight’s episode of The O.C.. Pictures after the jump include Rachel Bilson, Ben McKenzie, Autumn Reeser, Willa Holland, Peter Gallagher, and Kelly Rowan. The O.C. episode “The Shake Up” airs tonight, Feb. 8 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

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Ryan (Ben McKenzie) and Taylor (Autumn Reeser) and Summer (Rachel Bilson) and Seth (Adam Brody) share dances with one another. The O.C. episode “The Groundhog Day” airs next Thursday, Jan. 25 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

Official synopsis: As the Cohens prepare for Kirsten’s 40th birthday party, Kirsten gets some news that will change her life forever. Meanwhile, Julie Cooper is having a secret love affair that Kaitlin does all she can to stop. While Ryan acts like he doesn’t miss Taylor, Taylor visits a therapist, who gives her some rules to live by. After their plan to save Newport Chuck goes awry, Che finally discovers that Seth is not his soulmate and Sandy and Kirsten have surprises for each other.

Also pictured: Seth (Adam Brody) and Che (Chris Pratt) find themselves locked up. Ben and Adam horse around on set at a gas station.

New promos for The O.C. have surfaced! Looks like Seth (Adam Brody) and Che (Chris Pratt) will be spending some quality time together on a camping trip. Seth not looking like he’s enjoying himself…

Kaitlin (Willa Holland, R) and Will (Chris Brown) also have a DTR (Define the Relationship), discussing the status of their relationship. How long will their love last?…

Sandy (Peter Gallagher) gives Ryan (Ben McKenzie) some fatherly advice during a walk along the beach…

THE O.C. episode “The Dream Lover” airs Thursday, Jan. 18 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

Here are some new O.C. promos! Above is Ryan (Ben McKenzie) confronting Taylor (Autumn Reeser) after guest-starring on a French TV talk show with her ex-husband Henri-Michel (Henri Lubatti, pictured below). The O.C. episode “The French Connection” airs Thursday, Jan. 11 @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

Other pictures include: Ryan counseling a confused Seth (Adam Brody), presumably after Summer (Rachel Bilson) calls off the engagement. Also, Ryan is pictured saying goodbye to his biological father Frank (Kevin Sorbo, aka Hercules). The O.C. episode “The My Two Dads” airs tonight @ 9PM ET/PT on FOX.

We’ve been hearing this for many months now (perhaps longer) but word on the street is that Fox has “officially” pulled the plug on The O.C. in its fourth (and final) season. Big surprise because just yesterday, the pilot pickup season kicked off and a spy dramedy from The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz was given the green light by NBC. Josh, 30, will be delivering a high-concept action dramedy about spies (in the vein of Grosse Pointe Blank) called Chuck.

Josh will also be executive producing The Gossip Girl, which is supposedly going to be picked up by the CW. He’s going to be a busy guy, that Josh. But without The O.C. on his plate. At this point, we can only wish for great acting gigs for the cast. All of them.

Other pictures include The O.C. star Benjamin McKenzie arriving at LAX airport with friends on New Years Day.

UPDATE 1 :: It’s official! FOX just sent out a press release. The O.C. will air its season finale on Feb. 22, so that’s 8 new episodes to go with new episodes starting tomorrow. Read the full text after the jump!

UPDATE 2 :: Josh drops some spoilers about the series finale to TV Guide: “There will be a pregnancy. There will be a most unexpected new love triangle. There will be some new animals that need saving. There will be some hallucinatory dreams. And there’s going to be a fight for the love of a certain woman. And there’s going to be some surprises for the Cohen family, and some really big decisions for everybody to make. The finale is going to deliver real closure to these characters. It’s going to be the finale we had always planned to do.”

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Ryan (Ben McKenzie) gets locked up with Santa in The O.C. episode “The Chrismukk-huh?” airing Thursday, Dec. 14 @ 9 ET/PT on FOX. And it looks like Ryan and Taylor also get hospitalized together… Ryan must be having the worst Chrismukk-ah luck ever!

Other pictures include stills from from episode “The Summer Bummer” with Taylor (Autumn Reeser) as the woman of Ryan’s dreams. Taylor, played by Autumn Reeser, is probably one of my most favorite characters of the season. She cracks me up to no end!! Watch the video clip below of Taylor and Ryan’s opening scene together from last night’s episode. Hilarious!!!

And for you Ben fans enjoy the screencaps also from last night’s episode!

Young (and hot!) Hollywood showed up in droves last night for “Red is for Emmy” party for Invisible Children at the King King nightclub in Hollywood. The OC’s Benjamin McKenzie (I know you need to know that he wears Calvin Klein underwear) presided as host of the party for the media-based non-profit, Invisible Children which premiered the third installment for a bracelet campaign - “Emmy: The Story of an Orphan.” Who else was on the guest list? The OC’s Adam Brody and Autumn Reeser, Veronica Mars‘ Kristen Bell, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring, Lost’s Ian Somerhalder, and Desperate Housewives‘ Josh Henderson. Ryan is too cool for school and Ian needs a haircut… stat!