The 10th annual Dragon*Con Masquerade was held Sunday night in the Hyatt’s Centennial ballroom and simultaneously broadcast on DC*TV to all five host hotels.  Grant Imahara emceed the evening’s festivities, while the judges included professional costumer and costuming track regular Chris Mueller and New York Times bestseller Sherrilyn Kenyon.

The children’s category was up first, where cute kids with little talent are normally being trotted out wearing costumes in which they have little interest.  Conversely, older children with a spark of …

Colin Ferguson, Jamie Paglia, Niall Matter, Tembi Locke, and Debra Farentino took the stage Sunday for the “Eureka: What Would Carter Do?” panel in the Hyatt’s Centennial II-III ballrooms.  There was much joking and bantering between the panelists and it was evident to everyone watching that these are people are used to spending large amounts of time around each other and know each other quite well. 

Among the various questions asked were the usual ones about the panelists’ favorite episodes and …

The Brit Track hosted a fan-run panel on the ever popular BAFTA and Emmy award winning Top Gear Sunday at 11:30AM in the Macon room of the Sheraton.  The panel started off with a discussion of the latest series, or season as we phrase it in the States, which is number 18 for the Top Gear crew.  Emphasis is being placed on striking a balance between doing the filming of the more serious, in-depth looks at the vehicles and the …

A lot of us have no idea how to prepare for a special moment in front of the camera with a celebrity guest at Dragon*Con.  So, what does it take?  A massive amount of work, that’s what.

Craig Damon, of Craig Damon: Photographer, arrived in Atlanta on Wednesday just to get the layout of his room and to check his schedule, which includes guests represented by either Celebrity Authentics or Julie Caitlin Brown’s Illumina Productions.  Thursday was the day when Craig …

Sherrilyn Kenyon’s first panel of Dragon*Con 2012 was “An Interview with Sherrilyn Kenyon” Friday 1PM in Regency VI-VII (Hyatt).  Among the many questions asked, significant attention was paid to the status of the movie adaptation of Kenyon’s popular Dark-Hunter universe.  Kenyon said that there was a draft of a script done but there were several characters were omitted. She knew her fans would’ve been upset at their exclusion, so another draft of the script is being worked on.  Although no …

For the first time since the start of the costuming track, I made it to the track room in M103-105 (M) for their 2PM panel, “Fabrics: Proper Choices and Embellishments.”  After some initial technical difficulties, the panel got underway with Freddie Clements showing some examples of garments that were at the base the same–and took the same amount of time to make–but were wholly different thanks to taking a little extra time to research what kinds of fabrics and trim …

Lexa Doig is no stranger to science fiction fans, first appearing in William Shatner’s Tek War as Cowgirl.  She has appeared in such shows as Andromeda, The 4400, Stargate SG-1, and most recently, she can be seen in V.

Daily Dragon: So what have you been up to?

Lexa Doig:  Uh conning, signing…

DD: Other than keeping [husband Michael Shanks] in line? (laughs)

LD: (laughs) I never get to do that.  People think I do.

Sherrilyn Kenyon is still all smiles when she talks with her fans.  This year, Sherrilyn is Dragon*Con’s Literary Guest of Honor.  She took time out of her always busy schedule for a quick chat with this Daily Dragon reporter.

Daily Dragon (DD): Where do you get such amazing ideas from?

Sherrilyn Kenyon (SK):  I don’t know.  (laughs)  There’s a little idea fairy … no.  Kim can tell you, we’ll be talking on …

This year is Stargate Atlantis star Joe Flanigan’s first year at Dragon*Con.  I sat down with Joe to get his thoughts on his co-stars and the cancellation of Stargate Atlantis, as well as his views on a variety of matters.

Actor Paul McGillion is known to many sci-fi fans as Doctor Carson Beckett from Stargate Atlantis.  McGillion, a perennial fan favorite and a regular—in odd-numbered years—attendee of Dragon*Con, took a few minutes to talk to the Daily Dragon.

Daily Dragon (DD):  What was the biggest surprise in being involved with Stargate Atlantis?

Paul McGillion (PM):  The biggest surprise in being involved with Atlantis was I guess initially, for me, I was signed on as a recurring character in season one and then …