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According to Variety, Mel Harris, the exec who was an innovator in firstrun syndication and the homevideo biz during his 25-year run in the top ranks at Paramount and Sony Pictures Entertainment, died of cancer Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 65. Harris was known as a champion of new technologies and new markets in a biz that has often been slow to embrace change. He helped modernize the firstrun syndie biz by harnessing satellite distribution to deliver "Entertainment Tonight" to affiliates on a timely basis, and he spearheaded the studio's 1987 revival of Star Trek in the form of The Next Generation, a high-end syndie production.
Sep 06 | TNG star Patrick Stewart will appear at a Stephen Fry/Joanna Lumley-hosted star-studded tribute to the James Bond creator. The Story Of James Bond - A Tribute To Ian Fleming will be held at the London Palladium Theatre on October 5, 2008 to mark the final event in the Ian Fleming Centenary year. The evening will also star Roger Moore, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Joely Richardson, Toby Stephens, David Suchet and Harriet Walter. A 60-piece orchestra will accompany the performers and there will be a sneak preview clip of the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace starring Daniel Craig. The evening is being held in aid of the British Heart Foundation. For tickets, which begin at £25, call 0844 4124657 or Buy Tickets Here
Sep 04 | Star Trek's George Takei will narrate The Lord of the Rings in an appearance with the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra on April 4, 2009 at 8 p.m.Tickets, priced at $10, $20, $34, $46 and $57, go on sale Monday, Sept. 8. (The ticket price includes free parking). Half price tickets for youths ages 4 - 17 are available and a group sales discount of 25 percent on the purchase of 10 or more tickets.The performance will take place at the 2,600-seat Symphony Hall in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts. The orchestra, under the direction of Kevin Rhodes, will also play music from science fiction and fantasy films that Saturday evening.
For the box office, call (413) 733-2291 or online at
www.springfieldsymphony.org/ Thanks to Ray Kelly for the tip.
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By GustavoLeao / 13:23, 28 February 2008 / Feature Films
TrekMovie.com posted the first part of an exclusive interview with Star Trek movie producer Damon Lindelof. Here are few excerpts.
TrekMovie.com: I know you are on the Trekkie wing of the court
Damon Lindelof: Just for the record the true Trekker is Bob [Orci]. I would say that on the spectrum of Trekkers, on a scale of 1 to 10, Bob is about a 7 and I would be somewhere in the 5 neighborhood. And Bryan [Burk], JJ [Abrams] and Alex [Kurtzman] would be somewhere in the 1-4 range varying. I have seen all the episodes of The Original Series and am a huge fan. Plus pretty much all the episodes of Next Generation and then I sort of floundered in the Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise era. I have seen all the movies, of course. But I would not hold myself to the high standards of Bob Orci.
TrekMovie.com: Well he has read the books too
Damon Lindelof: Yes that's true so he is even outside canon.
TrekMovie.com: As a Trek fan. What do you think is the essential component of Trek that will make to audiences today even though it is a forty year old franchise?
Damon Lindelof: What has always been appealing to me about it - aside from the sense of exploration and the wonder of waking up in a job and never know what you are going to find that day as opposed to the monotony of it all. What always has been awesome about Trek for me, and what makes this movie great, is the idea of this real team of people. This iconic crew of people and each person has their own function and they all interrelate with each other in interesting ways. And the center of the movie is the relationship and conflict between Kirk and Spock. The reality is, when we are on the set...when they are all together - Scotty and Uhura and Spock and Kirk and Chekov and Sulu and Pike...that you go ‘wow' This is what it is all about...the crew.
The full interview can be found at TrekMovie.com
This guy Damon is really a class act. He really does seem to care what his viewers think and enjoys hearing from them. He doesnt come off as your typical Hollywood egomaniac.
When does this guy sleep? How do you cram in 5 eps of LOST while working on the most anxiously awaited film of the next year?
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