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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
Nov 08 | Unreality-SF.net has interviewed Star Trerk author James Swallow about some of his upcoming projects. He talks about Titan: Synthesis and Seven Deadly Sins: The Slow Knife, as well as some forthcoming Doctor Who and Stargate stories.
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By TRexx / 04:11, 20 September 2006 / People
Leonard Nimoy got a standing ovation as he walked into University of Akron's E.J. Thomas Hall last Thursday for a talk on celebrating 40 years of Star Trek. The Beacon Journal covered the event which launched the second annual Akron Reading Festival.
For an hour, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, who grew up in Boston, recounted a seven-decade career, focusing extensively on his work as a director, photographer, and poet.
At a news conference prior to his speech, Nimoy was told that the remastered Original Series included CGI images with new detail. "Shame on them," Nimoy said, noting that content change was out of bounds. After viewing a Star Trek news release that describes the updates, he said, "I'm amazed."
Nimoy seems willing to come out of retirement as an actor to again play Spock. "I haven't been asked," he reported. "If they asked me, and I thought I could be helpful, I would be there.
"If I thought they had a project of merit," he adds.
See the Beacon Journal article for additional information.
While Nimoy was in Ohio, his friend William Shatner was in British Columbia, playing host to the first annual Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA).
ET Canada correspondent Erin Cebula was on the red carpet to query Kirk about Star Trek: Legacy. "Five captains," enthuses Shatner, "but it's 'Game Over' for me, all the time. I just can't play a [computer] game."
When cajoled about who'd be playing Kirk in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie, Shatner winked, "I thought I'd be playing me!" Not that he has auditioned yet. "I don't do a good me."
Just how did Shatner celebrate Star Trek's big Four-O?
"I danced the night away."
The full 2-minute video segment from ET Canada, posted at VRRRM, includes comments from George Takei, and the return of Shatner's celebrity kidney stone.
Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.5 (Episodes 11-20) DVD is on sale now in the U.S.A. and Canada.
The SPACE channel also caught Shatner at the CAEAA gig.
Video clip from HypaSpace at YouTube.
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