"Heroes" star Masi Oka is the anti-Seal -- sticking up for the paps outside STK.

He was also weirdly interested in what it's like being a paparazzo, barraging TMZ's photog with questions as he waited for his car.

Since A.C. Slater's cheerleader loving days at Bayside High are long gone, Mario Lopez has grown up -- and so has his taste in women. Lopez was spotted being friendly (again) with TV's newest cheerleader's mom at EA's launch party for Need for Speed ProStreet. Mrs. Kapowski must be sooo jealous!


All this and more in today's "Saved by the Belle" edition of Star Catcher!

TMZ asked Jose Canseco, the pumped-up former baseballer, if he knew who the "biggest juicer" was in MLB today, and sadly, he wasn't in the know. "Wild 'N Out" star Nick Cannon had something to say about a different juice, Mr. O.J. Simpson, telling TMZ to "Stop messin' with him!"


Also seen in L.A.: Masi Oka with "Borat" sidekick Ken Davitian, a "stylish" Fred Willard, "chubby chaser" Carson Kressley, and a smiling (not spitting) Avril Lavigne.

In NY: Sexy "Good Luck Chuck" co-stars Jessica Alba and Dane Cook at TRL, where Ashanti was spotted as well. Also, an impatient Steven Van Zandt outside Pastis.

All this and more in today's extra juicy edition of Star Catcher.

Here's the secret to getting "Brothers & Sisters" uber-hunk Rob Lowe excited -- be a TMZ cameraman!

The former Brat Packer was spotted outside Waverly Inn & Garden in New York last night, where he was genuinely elated to have a run-in with our photog, saying, "I feel like a big, fat f**king star now!"

Uma Thurman was a different story -- leaving the restaurant with a mystery man, covering her face and avoiding any acknowledgment of the camera's existence.

TMZ also caught Uma's "Kill Bill" co-star Lucy Liu -- chatting up a few chefs through Waverly's back door, plus Jay-Z and Masi Oka (aka Hiro Nakamura) who teleported to Butter, and Miss Dita Von Teese, who left her pasties at home and went out to The Inn in a sparkly red number.

All this and more in today's Jezebel edition of Star Catcher.

Masi Oka shot to fame playing Hiro Nakamura on the NBC hit "Heroes," but the 31-year-old landed his first magazine cover when he was just 12.

Oka was on the cover of Time magazine in 1987 (he's the one in blue on the left) with the banner, "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids." He told Conan O'Brien that a parent of one of his childhood friends was the photographer, and "She was looking for smart Asian kids." Oka wasn't featured in the article, but he is something of a genius.

Masi worked for George Lucas' special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, toiling on special effects for films like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "War of the Worlds" and the three "Star Wars" prequels. Oka says he still works for the company a couple of days a week.

In a clip from tonight's episode of "Heroes," Hiro figures out that he teleported back in time six months instead of only one day. "Heroes" airs tonight at 9PM ET/PT on NBC.