When times are slow, you can always count on the Yvonne Strahovski fan community to come through with some great user-created artwork!

Reader Sus has done just that with three new wallpapers featuring our favorite Australian Super Spy.

Excellent additions to our fan wallpaper gallery to be sure!  If you have any user-created artwork you’d like us to throw in our gallery, email us at submissions@strahotski.com.

Sorry it’s been slow ladies and gentlemen. While the “Chuck” front has been slow, Yvonne took the time and attended various parties last week for Details Magazine and a screening at the Prada Beverly Hills Epicenter. We’ve got some high-quality pictures of our favorite and ever-so-lovely Australian right here for you.

Thanks to reader bzzg for the find. You can view all 8 new pictures in the Appearences Gallery.

Forget the photos you’ve seen and the episodes on TV. Yvonne is absolutely stunning up close in person. Absolutely stunning. But I do have very, VERY disappointing news. I didn’t get the chance to snag an autograph OR a picture. Once the panel wrapped, she signed autographs for a good 5 minutes or so then was escorted out of the Cinerama Dome. When I went over to ask for an autograph or picture, she walked to the other side of the stage, so I made way over to her side, and her bodyguards (or agents?) were telling everyone that there would be no more signings from her or pictures, and off she went. Talk about breaking my heart haha.

I didn’t write anything down, but I remember quite a bit of it to give you a juicy bit of info. Again, and this can’t be said enough, Yvonne was absolutely stunning. The members in attendance were Josh Schwartz (Cocreator/Executive producer), Chris Fedak (Cocreator/Executive Producer), McG (Executive Producer), Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahotvski, Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin, Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Julia Ling, Mark Christopher Lawrence, and Scott Krinsky. Sarah Lancaster was ill and couldn’t make it.

They started the night off with “Chuck versus the Montage” because well, a strike bogged any chances of a new episode. The cast was then introduced (I was the only one to give Yvonne a standing ovation), and questions and hilarity ensued. Zach and Josh are so funny together as it is, but in person as well, they bounce off each other like bouncy walls. It was incredibly funny watching these two go on and on about video games, Godzilla vs. (I forgot the name, but he can multiply himself!!), and more video games. Josh and Ryan were making fun of each other all night as well, and McG made fun of everyone a little bit. Oh, I also met McG before the whole event happened. I went to get something to drink and on my way back he was walking up the hallway. We shook hands, introduced ourselves, and I ended up wishing him luck on “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.”

Back to topic, they touched up on Season 2 as well. According to Josh Schwartz, the Writer’s just started today working on everything, and they start shooting the pilot for season 2 in the beginning of May! This brought a cheer. They briefly talked about the Chuck comic that didn’t bring too much of a cheer, but the cast acknowledged the lack of response and made it somewhat humerous, and that was fun.

Like I said, I gave Yvonne a standing ovation when she originally was called up, but midway through the panel, I believe McG or Zach asked what the fans would want to see next season. It was kinda loud from people applauding and chattering from a comment right before they asked the question, but when they asked what we (the fans) wanted to see, I yelled “Yvonne!!” and it was quiet all of a sudden. I had Zach and Yvonne both look right at me and I just kind of smiled. Zach actually pointed at me and smirked, it was pretty funny. Then I got the chance to ask a question when they handed it to the audience. I got my turn at a question, and I told Zach that Spiral was awesome, but the question was for Yvonne, and I said something along the lines of “In an interview you said that before your first kissing scene Zach had eaten a big philly cheesesteak sandwhich loaded with onions.” Zach and Yvonne started laughing and Zach explained how he was hungry and he saw the sandwiches and just had to have one. Yvonne said she made him have altoids afterward, and I told Zach I would’ve been brushing my teeth for 6 hours straight before the scene happened. Then the usher took the mic away because we kind of started this mini-convo and the show had to continue, oops!

The photos attached are the best of Yvonne I could snap off and Yvonne if you happen to catch this, my apologies if you don’t like them. I tried my best!

I got my Nerd Herd shirt autographed by Josh Gomez, Ryan McPartlin, Mark Chrisopher Lawrence, and Adam Baldwin, and I got my copy of Spiral on DVD autographed my Zach. I asked him for a picture and he said he’d love to but it all depended on if he was allowed to, which ended up being he wasn’t allowed to. They dragged him out too.

I’ll be sure to add info as I remember it or whatever the case may be, but as far as new info go, there wasn’t too much. Just more about the creative process and they will be making an appearance at this years Comic-Con which I will be attending.

A very special thanks to those who donated to send me and a very sincere apology that I couldn’t snap off too many pictures!

It’s been awhile since I was told I would be able to post my own updates on Strahotski.com, but as you may have read, I’ve been busy working on a feature film titled “Soccer Mom.” Long story short, we wrap principal photography tomorrow (March 10th).

On to the juicy news. My trip to Paleyfest is officially secured and it’s thanks to those who donated to send me. I’ve been working on this movie for free which kinds of tightens my budget a bit, so my deepest thanks go to those who donated. You will not be disappointed! My sister will be joining me to take nice shots of me and the cast (I heard we were allowed to take pictures with the cast and stuff, correct me if I’m wrong), and I will post my write up the moment I get home! Pics will obviously be included as well.

Oh, and I’ll tell you what Yvonne says when I tell her we’re getting married one day.

As many of you already know, Yvonne Strahovski and the whole cast of Chuck are going to be present for a panel at the Paley Center for Media’s Paleyfest 2008.

One of our original readers, Devon, lives in the area and is willing to go to provide us with a firsthand account of the event.

The tickets are $120, we have a seller, and we’ve already received $20 in donations towards making sure Devon can go to the event.

The donation period has ended.

If you want to help get to this goal, you can donate money by clicking the donation button below.

If we exceed the goal, we’ll be happy to refund any donated funds. I’ll update this post whenever I get donations so that there’s no mistaking how close we are.

Current donations: $50 out of $120 Received

If you have any questions or would like more details on the arrangement, feel free to contact us or visit the thread about it on our forums!

EDIT: I should have mentioned that the event is in March and we need to have the funds by March 7, 2008.

EDIT: The donation period has ended.  We managed to raise just $50 which is enough for Devon to get a ‘regular admission’ ticket.  Hopefully he can get there early and still get some good pics for us.

With little Yvonne news I know we’re all starved to see some Yvonne Strahovski in print or television.

Thanks to reader Mulder74, as well as a number of fans who have written in, I have 3 new items for you.

• There’s a new interview with Ms. Strahovski up on Six Degrees Magazine. Accompanied by a beautiful photo, it has a lot of new info.
• Speaking of beautiful photos, photographer Christian Horan has a number of very tasteful photos up on his site of Yvonne. She’s scattered about his first two portfolios which can’t be directly linked — but fear not — I have done the legwork for you!
  • Portfolio 1 : 4, 5, 6
  • Portfolio 2 : 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
• Now the bad news. Chuck won’t be back until next fall despite the end of the writer’s strike. There’s just not enough lead time to get anything out by the end of the season. This just means they have that much longer to work on new stuff for next fall!

That’s all for now. The new interview and fabulous pictures are sure to hit the sweet spot for our favorite Australian hottie!

Reader Kyle has sent in some hilarious motivational posters featuring Yvonne Strahovski, and using screen captures from this very site.

There are a total of six that I’ve added to a new gallery in the Fan Pictures Album called Motivational Posters.

If you’ve got any fan created imagery you’d like us to include on Strahotski.com, feel free to contact us or you can email your handiwork to submissions@strahotski.com!

Starlog magazine has a new interview with Yvonne in their latest issue, and they’ve posted an excerpt to their website. It gives us some new tidbits about Yvonne and her background, including her taste in movies…

It’s only fitting that her major credit is a fantasy series, not only because the actress is an SF fan who likes “ALIEN movies and JURASSIC PARK,” but also because it’s part of her upbringing. “My parents both have scientific backgrounds,” she notes. “My Mom is a lab technician, and my Dad is an electronic engineer. I grew up around that, and I do enjoy SF movies and television.

I’m also pleased to present to you the 3 most gigantic photos of Yvonne I’ve ever seen. These are ridiculously huge. I’ve added them to the Public Appearances album, as they appear to be taken at some sort of black-tie event. Don’t worry, you can see her head in the full versions. Be sure to click the “full size” link on the photo popup to see them in all their glory. Beware that your browser might try to scale them down for you.

Credit goes to All Beautiful Women for finding these.

We’ve added 70 new screen captures to the gallery from “Chuck Versus the Marlin.” 

Here are the screen captures from the last episode we’ll likely see for a while. 

This episode was full of Yvonne and it was hard to choose which screenshots to put in the gallery.  As always, I try to keep it manageable and I think I got some good ones.

I especially like the Pita girl screen captures.  She was the best villain to date in my opinion.  What better villain to thwart the hot dog girl than the pita girl?

Sometime in the next few days I’ll put up a gallery for screen captures from the promo bits.  In the meantime, let me know what you think of these.

Enjoy!

We’ve added 70 new screen captures to the gallery from “Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover.”

Hopefully I haven’t gotten rusty at capturing screenshots of Ms. Strahovski. Although Undercover Lover wasn’t a Sarah Walker focus episode, I think you’ll be happy with what there is.

She was beautiful in her dress for the party near the beginning, and she has some classic facial expressions from her meeting with Ellie.

I’ve also taken shots of the fun little promos that aired throughout the two shows, but I’m going to save those up for their own gallery after I get the screen captures from Marlin up.

Enjoy!