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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.
Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
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By GustavoLeao / 16:48, 27 June 2006 / Deep Space Nine
The lastest issue of Star Trek Magazine, out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with Star Trek Deep Space Nine actor Rene Auberjonois, in which he recalls his role as Odo. Here are few excerpts.
Asked about the Odo/Quark relatioship, he said "I would have to say that in real life, Armin [Shimerman] is probably more Odo to my Quark. The truth is, we have a way of sort of jousting and joshing each other if we’re out hiking or if we go to dinner or if we’re just talking on the phone. Armin can tend to be wonderfully sarcastic with me, which I think was one of the things Odo did towards Quark."
Asked the heavy make up he had to endure on DS9 and the acting challenges associated with it, actor said "I think acting in the mask was probably easier than a lot of people might think. A lot of people have told me they couldn’t understand how Odo could be so expressive in terms of emotions when the mask I was in was even more limiting than the most grotesque Ferengi or Klingon make – up, because it was so neutral and inexpressive in repose. But while we tend to think all our emotions are expressed in our faces by things like smiling or frowning, in my years of study I have learned the mask does not hide emotions. Instead, it tends to amplify emotions because emotion is expressed more through the body and voice and eyes than it is through facial expressions; facial expressions are often used to hide what we’re really feeling rather than express it."
"So I actually found the mask of Odo very liberating. It really allowed me to delve into emotional layers that you often don’t get to explore when you only have your face to work with."
He returned to the Star Trek franchise in an episode of Enterprise titled "Oasis", in which he played Ezrael. "Working on Enterprise was a very nice experience," recalls Auberjonois. "It wasn’t a particularly memorable role – it was just one of the many guest shots I’ve done over the years – but I had a great time doing it. It was a very happy set to be on, very easy going thanks to Scott Bakula [Captain Archer]. It was different to the Deep Space Nine set; the very nature of the show and the stories we were telling, coupled with the intensity of Avery Brooks [Sisko] as an actor and as a personality, had a major effect on the show and the atmosphere on set. Enterprise was also still in its first season when I did it, so that wonderful kind of giddy joy was still very much in play."
More from Auberjonois, including comments about his role in Boston Legal, can be found at Sci Fi Pulse.
To read the full article, get the new issue of Star Trek Magazine at your local newsstand.
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