Hayden Panettiere Hosts Need For Speed Party

While her busy filming schedule has been wiped out by the screen writers’ strike, Hayden Panettiere has been keeping herself busy with a hefty slate of public appearances.

Last night, the Heroes actress hosted a launch party for the new Need For Speed video game at Les Deux in Hollywood.

According to reports from the festivities, “Attendees enjoyed tray-passed appetizers and an open bar, as well as live DJ sets by Junkie XL and Tuner cars on display.”

As far as her NBC show Heroes is concerned, Volume II has three episodes remaining, with the final one airing on December 3rd. From there, the beginning of Volume III has an unknown start date due to the writers’ strike.

Heroes Stars Hang With a Lamborghini Hayden Panettiere

Doing her best “Inspector Gadget” impersonation, Hayden Panettiere hammed it up next to an amazing Yellow Lamborghini sports car.

Panettiere and her Heroes crew, including Kristen Bell and Milo Ventimiglia, stopped by a photo shoot for the Italian carmaker at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles.

And when you’re as rich and famous as these ladies, you don’t have to just look… they hopped in one of the high-priced hot rods and went for a spin.

Of course, they were chauffeured by one of Lamborghini’s people, so as not to fall into the “Lindsay Lohan/Britney Spears” category of celebs in collisions.

After their test drive, the Heroes peeps headed off to a party.

Article Pictures (Click to enlarge):