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shockers
The Transformers Sequel Is Loud, Obnoxious, and Loud
As it lurches toward us, metal gears clanking and whirring like Larry King at a mixer, early reviews of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen come trickling in. The word? Basically it's loud and garish and, worst of all, not fun.
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Comment by sweetpickles: The cartoon movie from '86 was a lot edgier and engaging as a story than the live action Transformers from... 6 Responses | Other threads
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anecdotes
Paramount Not Catering Premieres from Whole Foods
A story went around a while back that Paramount flubbed the catering at its Star Trek premiere , sending out for Whole Foods hummus instead. Not true, the studio says. Who can afford Whole Foods anymore? More »
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Comment by mattchew03: I may or may not have information about Zach Quito hitting on one of my (gay male) friends at a... 4 Responses | Other threads
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monday box office
Roman Catholicism Beats Space Deism Every Time
Religion on Earth just slightly trumped religion in space this weekend, though that should not, we repeat not, encourage any Scientologists that they're gaining traction. More »
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Comment by CodePink: Angels and Demons is like eating McDonald's, throwing it up, and then searching through it for whole pieces of food... 9 Responses | Other threads
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monday morning box office
The Force Is Strong in Star Trek!
To Infinity, and Beyond! I mean... um... Frak! Wait. No. I am... your father... Greedo... Bespin... Um... Oh, right! Star Trek prospered this weekend and will likely live long in theaters. More »
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Comment by Criminy: Whoa, go easy, Taylor Kitsch totally stayed up late the night before filmin', practicin' droppin' th' las' lette's fro' hi'... 3 Responses | Other threads
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at the movies
Star Trek Owns The Weekend
So the weekend box office numbers are in and they've confirmed something I'd already suspected: I'm the only upright-walking mammal with at least twelve dollars of disposable income who hasn't seen Star Trek. More »
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Comment by Nunya B: I thought it was fucking awesome. Not a great plot, and Eric Bana was basically nothing, but I thought it... 3 Responses | Other threads
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snl digest
Timberlake Non-Shocker Edition: Unsurprisingly Excellent
Too bad the Correspondent's Dinner will probably dominate any comedy talking points today, because last night's cameo-littered Saturday Night Live was the funniest it's been in a long, long time.
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By Foster KamerComment by i'm a bottle: Gibb isn't Australian, he was born on the Isle of Man and grew up in Manchester. He's more of... 9 Responses | Other threads
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oopses
Whole Foods: The Final Frontier
Nikki Finke heard a rumor that the catering company who was covering the big Star Trek premiere party last night totally shit the bed and ended up serving upscale grocery store food. To celebrities! More »
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Comment by Golly Gee Holly: Whatever, Whole Foods' Santa Fe Sunrise sandwich is defuckinglicious. Sometimes when you're drinking and surrounded by a bunch of insufferable... 4 Responses | Other threads
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trade roundup
Swine Flu Can Stop a Spaceship, But Not Sex and the City
News from the Sex and the City front, a new Disney comedy sounds annoying (and already done), swine flu does its worst damage yet, and another actor picks up a trident. More »
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Comment by Miss Bojangles: I'd LOVE to be an extra in the Sex and the City Movie. 1 Responses | Other threads
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the cinema
An Early Star Trek Rave
The Daily Mail took an early look at the new Star Trek prequel movie due out in May. "Effusive" does not quite describe the review: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: There aren't words to describe how excited I am for this movie. Well, there are words, but they most likely... 9 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
If Lawsuits Were Decided by Press Releases, This Star Trek Writer Should Totally Win
The writer Harlan Ellison is suing CBS for the only reason anybody sues anybody else, only he's being honest about it: "It ain't about the 'principle,' friend, it's about the money! Pay me!" More »
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By John CookComment by Adam-Troy Castro: Steampoweredboy, do you KNOW Harlan Ellison? Have you spoken to him? Have you been the recipient of his friendship (or... 8 Responses | Other threads
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star trek
Virtual USS Enterprise Tour Showcases Paramount's $250 Million Listing
The makers of Star Trek have finally caught up with the real-estate vanguard, offering new, 360-degree virtual tours of their lovely, pricey new interstellar property. More »
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By STVComment by BullLifter: How is this not cross-posted to io9 yet? 1 Responses | Other threads
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william shatner
William Shatner: 'George Takei Needs To Be Vetted Like A Horse'
William Shatner's obsession with George Takei reared its ugly head once more on the YouTube talk show he co-hosts with his daughter. More »
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By SethComment by Jan Chilton: Shatner is not obsessed with Takai...it's the other way around. George has done everything he can to keep the feud... 1 Responses | Other threads
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super bowl
Defamer Rates The Super Bowl Movie Spots
In honor of Super Bowl/Puppy Bowl Sunday, we rate the commercials for studio tentpoles running during the game. Much of this footage debuts in these ads. And remember: Every 30 seconds cost $3 million. More »
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By SethComment by secretagentman: Jordana Brewster is super gorgeous. Why isn't she a bigger star? 3 Responses | Other threads
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short ends
'Star Trek: Peach Pit Nine'
· You know, the new youth-skewed and sexed-up Star Trek does seem uncomfortably well-suited for the 90210 market. We bet there's even a part for Tori Spelling! [Thanks, Metroville] More »
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By SethComment by WGARefugee: Why don't they call the new Star Trek movie "Top Gun in Space"? They look like the same (bad) movie. 2 Responses | Other threads
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winona ryder
Reality Bites: We've been agitating for a while to get an image of Winona Ryder donning her Vulcan ears as Spock's mom for J.J. Abrams's new film Star Trek: Underwear, and thanks to /film's helpful selection of big still frames from the trailer, we got what we wanted — almost. Yes, that's the first image of Ryder in character, but the "babuschka chic" look covers her...wait, what's that? Spock's mom is human, not Vulcan? Then we have no earthly explanation for how the 37-year-old Ryder apparently popped out Spock's portrayer, 31-year-old Zachary Quinto, at age six. [/film]
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Comment by Plankton420: Wow, yeah... I thought you guys were kidding. Spock's mom is a human -- that kinda sets up his entire character... 2 Responses | Other threads
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star trek
New 'Star Trek' Trailer Promises Hot Sex, Bad Dialogue
The first real trailer for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot emerged in theaters last Friday, spilling a dark, sprawling shadow over the Bond film that followed it and confirming our suspicions that about .003% of its rumored $200 million budget went to anything resembling a screenplay. Like we care: Our audience tuned out every platitude and ultimatum that followed the introduction of young troublemaker James Tiberius Kirk, lapsing into an effects coma from which we're only beginning to emerge this morning. Paramount will have an official HD trailer online later today, but in the meantime, bask in the bootlegged bombast available now: Monsters! Sex! Simon Pegg! And a pissed-off Spock who puts those uncanny Katie Holmes comparisons to rest in seconds flat, thank God. [YouTube] -
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OMG! It's A Really Young-Looking Enterprise!
Behold, your first look at J.J. Abrams's vision of the Enterprise for the upcoming Star Trek—both incredibly familiar, and yet...totally familiar. But that's intentional, says he: "If you're going to do the Enterprise, it better look like the Enterprise, because otherwise, what are you doing?" It certainly hews closer to the original than its bridge does, already derailed by purists as far too Apple Store Genius Bar-y to adequately photon torpedo Klingons. (See how down with the mythology we are?) We get more of a Famima! checkout counter vibe from it, however, which is fine with us. Set a course for Char Siew Pork Steamy Buns! Mmmmm... (Click for full-size view.) [EW]
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By SethComment by petronius: The new Enterprise looks fine, but it certainly doesn't look like the "original" model. I am about to go all... 3 Responses | Other threads
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william shatner
'Annoyed' William Shatner Cracks Down on George Takei's Psychotic Gay Mutiny
The bitter online video fight between former Enterprise crew mates William Shatner and George Takei today reached what appears to be its penultimate round, with Shatner and his daughter/Star Trek grudge repository Liz discussing what exactly it might take to arrange peace between the actors. More »
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By STVComment by Old No.7: Do you get the feeling that Bill wants George "To boldly go where no man has gone before..."? 1 Responses | Other threads
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william shatner
Defiant Sulu Blasts Back at William Shatner's 'Big, Shining, Demanding Ego'
It was only a matter of time before the alleged psychotic gay bridezilla that is George Takei fired back at his one-time TV captain William Shatner, whose claims that Takei invited every living Star Trek alumnus but him to his wedding met stiff, Suluian resistance in an interview airing this evening on Entertainment Tonight. After the jump, hear all the honors, weddings, funerals and other events Shatner has shined on in apparently forsaking his chums from the Final Frontier. "We keep reaching out and reaching out," Takei says, "but he takes that and twists it and crumples it and turns it into something that's rather... ugly." Damn it, Jim! So can the relationship ever be mended? Yes, nods Takei, laying down terms we hope find the actors setting aside their differences at last — for the gays' sake, if not Shatner's own. (Be warned, their video is set to autoplay. It's psychotic, too!) More »
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By STVComment by metroville: That interview played about as natural as... Well...as an episode of "Star Trek". 1 Responses | Other threads
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william shatner
William Shatner On Takei Wedding Snub: 'He's A Psychotic, Gay Bridezilla'
Nothing on the fall TV schedule has captured our imaginations more than a tiny, as-yet-untitled program to recently premiere on YouTube, which we informally refer to around Defamer HQ as The William Shatner Has Seriously Lost His Fucking Mind Show. Accompanied by dutiful daughter Liz—the product, it's widely rumored, of a one-beam-stand with a hot little green number from Orion—Shatner has moved on from obsessing over his snubbing from the new Star Trek movie, and now has an entirely new rebuff to fixate on: his exclusion from the George Takei-Brad Altman nuptials. More » -
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More Amazing Pictures Released From 'Star Trek: Muppet Babies'
Yesterday, we spent time dissecting Entertainment Weekly's new cover devoted to the J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek, starring a Marfan's-afflicted Katie Holmes and the president of Pi Kapp. Today, even more images were released for the film, which comes out next summer but is being heavily promoted now, in October, because the strike-wary studios have fuck-all for you until next year. Let's have a look, shall we? More »
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Comment by Ju-osh: RE: Photo Three: Hey, I recognize that lowered brow/look of seething! It's used in absolutely every episode of Heroes. 1 Responses | Other threads
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star trek
Is This Your New Spock From 'Star Trek,' Or a Melty-Faced Katie Holmes?
Today, Entertainment Weekly released images from its upcoming issue devoted to J.J. Abrams's reboot of Star Trek, and featured on the cover were the two clearest looks yet at Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk (what, were Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder busy?). Heroes star Quinto has seemed like a natural to don Leonard Nimoy's ears ever since the casting was announced, but we must admit that this cover gave us pause. Is it the amped-up drag queen eyebrows? Or is it that Quinto, with his severe bob and vacant expression, resembles a Marfan's-afflicted Katie Holmes? Let's do a side-by-side: More »
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jj abrams
J.J. Abrams on William Shatner: 'How Did This Become My Life?'
Despite the likelihood of William Shatner enlisting his daughter for an aggrieved response as we write this, it is with some certainty that we report the official end of hostilities between the original Captain Kirk and the man rebooting the Star Trek franchise without him, J.J. Abrams. In a new interview, even Abrams himself appears to have had little idea that their putative feud had escalated to "DVD-extra" levels of multimedia debate, but such is the fury of a Shat scorned. For the last time, follow the jump for Abrams's earnest defense and our brief, ceremonial farewell to the whole sad mess. More »
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By STVComment by TurdBlossom: Yep thats him. However Cloverfield clocked in at 93 minutes, so he can tell a good story without making movie... 1 Responses | Other threads
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william shatner
Dear J.J. Abrams: You're A Liar. Love, Bill And Liz Shatner
By now you're well aware that William "Bill" Shatner has not been written into J.J. Abrams's Star Trek movie, an egregious cast omission all but certain to sink this latest Enterprise before it even manages to nudge itself off its launching dock. But the fact of the matter is that he isn't, and while we seem to have come to terms with it, Shatner has not. It has thus evolved into precisely the kind of nerd-slight that gets bounced to and fro on the internets for us to stand by and watch like some interminable Pong game, just with less suspense or investment in the outcome. The latest chapter sucks Shatner's daughter Liz into the proceedings—surprisingly normal-looking considering she was the product of a one-beam-stand with a hot little green number from Orion—in which they both clear the record. Bill was not, we repeat not, approached to appear in Star Trek, J.J. Won't you reconsider? No? OK. More »
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By SethComment by encinoman: First disinvited from Takei's wedding, and now this. No one wants Shatner's DNA anymore. 4 Responses | Other threads
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star trek
Meet the Fleet of J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek,' Including Unlikely Actors Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder
Though J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot has been bumped from this winter to next May, Paramount has released a new sheaf of official character posters to keep the slim-pickings teaser trailer company. And what posters they are: why, who wouldn't recognize the younger versions of... um, whoever that's supposed to be... and, uh, Bones? Wait, and that ten-year-old kid is Chekov? Set our phasers on stunned. More »
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james doohan
Scotty's Final Mission Ends in Weary, Waterlogged Disgrace
Amid all the fuss of Century City bomb threats and advances in 'retard'-positive cinema, we regret overlooking the genuinely awful news that recently befell the family of late Star Trek actor James Doohan. To wit: Old Scotty's ashes, previously intended for a intergalactic resting place via a SpaceX rocket, made it exactly no miles above the Earth before crashing into the Pacific Ocean with scores of other folks' cremains — 208 in all. But Doohan was the only one whose son, upon the third and final attempt to successfully launch the craft, was invited to write a eulogy for Boing Boing: More » -
the final frontier
A Beaming George Takei Spotted Lingering Over July Issue Of 'Brides' Magazine
We hardly think it would be an overstatement to suggest that California is currently gripped with a severe case of Gay Marriage Fever, a rare condition whose only cure is bearing witness to thousands of fabulously over-the-top, same-sex nuptials. On the heels of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi's joyful announcement that they'd finally make official their loving halfway home to hundreds of our city's homeless mongrels, comes this AP report via ABCNews.com—the same news outlet who sensitively proclaimed, "Stars' Gay Marriage Possible Career Suicide" shortly following the ruling—detailing the whirlwind romance of newly engaged Hikaru "George Takei" Sulu and his totally hunkycakes fiancรฉ, Brad Altman: More » -
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Trekkies Rip Off Rubber Vulcan Ears In Disgust Following Announcement of Five Month 'Star Trek' Release Delay
· Paramount breaks the hearts of the millions of Trekkies who thought they'd be spending Christmas at the multiplex with Kirk, Spock and Uhura, delaying their J.J. Abrams directed Star Trek from this December 25 until May 8, 2009 in hopes that they can wring more money from the franchise during the summer blockbuster season. Also, DreamWorks is moving Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder from this July 11 to August 15, a change that Stiller's fans will endure without complaint. [Variety] More »
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By MarkComment by secretagentman: @raincoaster: It too is called Dragons Den and is doing quite well ratings wise. more » | Other threads
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star trek
Set phasers to splooge: Star Trek: The Official Movie Site has gone live today. Before rushing off to look at photos of a scantily clad Zoe Saldana holding one finger to her ear over at Uhura's Corner, you should probably know that it's "under construction," with nothing up yet except the badge logo. UPDATE: This also just in, the teaser trailer debuting before Cloverfield screenings. [paramount.com/startrek/, iesb.net] -
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Paramount Teases 'Trek' Fans With A Frustratingly Partial Sneak Peek At The New Enterprise
Paramount has just given the First! Official! Sneak Peek! At The New Enterpise! to Moviefone, a monumental event sure to induce a not-completely-unpleasant combination of heart palpitations and premature flesh-phaser-fire in Trekkies everywhere. More »
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By MarkComment by BabylonSister: After being deluged with trailers for The Eye, Jumper, etc. (which elicited sighs and "ugh"s), before Cloverfield, this Treknip(TM) trailer... more » | Other threads
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trade roundup
Leno, Conan Win First Round Of Late-Night Ratings Fight Without Writers
ยท Overcoming the apparently mild inconvenience of putting on shows without their striking writers, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien still triumphed over fully staffed talk-show rivals David Letterman and Craig Ferguson in Wednesday night's Nielsen battle. In fairness to the WGA-approved programs, however, it should be noted that many viewers might have chosen to tune in to Leno out of irresistible curiosity about how unfunny the host would be on his own. [THR] More »
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By MarkComment by Victor Ward: Has anyone ever watched that Craig Ferguson show? more » | Other threads
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hollywood strikewatch
The Strike, Day 30-Something: Darkness Falls
During the media blackout that accompanied the resumed post-Thanksgiving negotiations between the writers and studios, no news was good news, allowing Hollywood a brief—and, as it turns out, completely misguided—sense of hope that things might get settled before the holidays. As Day 36 of the strike begins and despair engulfs the industry anew, a round-up of the latest thoroughly depressing developments in the ongoing labor Armageddon: More »
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By MarkComment by DrFeelgood: Hmmm, they leave the table because they don't like what the WGA is asking for.That's grown up. Like taking your... more » | Other threads
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the simpsons
Appearing on internet-only talk show LateNet with Ray Ellin, Hank Azaria regaled the audience with the origins of his many classic characters from The Simpsons, admitting he had to devise his own George Takei when the original was politely not asked back after he "creeped out a lot of the staff," and bestowed the nickname "Angel" upon rewrite-distributing intern C.J. [dailycomedy.com, Page Six] -
defamer
William Shatner Still Can't Get His Mind Around the Idea Of A Shat-Less 'Star Trek'
Apparently still suffering from a paralyzing cognitive dissonance each time he tries to envision a Star Trek project that won't feature his name somewhere on the call sheet, William "They Can Have My Tricorder Back When They Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands" Shatner reached out to a sympathetic Extra camera crew as he signed copies of his new novel at Book Soup last night, baffled that director J.J. Abrams persists in denying him even the tiniest of pity-cameos: More »
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By MarkComment by hhpeterson13: This is BS. He's totally making a cameo. This is much ado about nothing. more » | Other threads
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star trek
Not long after an aggrieved William Shatner went public with the disappointing news that upcoming Star Trek project director J.J. Abrams decided to place the forcibly retired Enterprise captain inside a coffin-capsule and jettison him out into the endless void of space rather than toss him a token, Trekkie-appeasing cameo, another casting bombshell has been announced: Winona Ryder has signed on to play mom to a Young Spock. Variety identifies Ryder's character as a Vulcan—but, if our fading memory of Trek lore serves, wasn't Spock's mother a human? Is Abrams messing with mythology, or was this just a simple error that will result in the mass delivery of severed, pointy ears to the Var offices in protest? Do let us know, or this will torment us all day long. [Variety]
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By MarkComment by BabylonSister: @wundergirl: Mix-match. Jane Wyatt appeared on the show (with Mark Lenard as Sarek, the proud Vulcan father), so, no childbirth... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Shunned By 'Trek,' William Shatner Not Without Craigslist-Based Options
Apparently, we weren't the only ones shocked and saddened to learn that William Shatner's erratic speech patterns and considerable Klingon wrestling experience would not be put to use in the next Star Trek movie. (Some turk named Chris Pine would be playing young Kirk in JJ Abrams' Muppet Babies-esque take on the series.) In Hollywood, however, when one transporter pod closes, another often opens; we're thrilled, then, to direct Mr. Shatner to the following Craigslist casting opportunity for an upcoming major motion picture, tailored to his specific strengths: More » -
defamer
JJ Abrams Leaves William Shatner At The Enterprise Docking Bay
The Trekkie unthinkable has come to pass: William Shatner—the die from which all subsequent Kirk-alikes were cast, the man who gave scores of marginally talented impressionists a bottomless! Source! Of! Material!—has not been asked to join the voyages of the next big-screen Enterprise outing. (Helmed, of course, by noted Lost architect and Cruise-wrangler, JJ Abrams.) He doesn't seem to be taking the news too well: More » -
defamer
CBS Flouts Child-Buzz-Building Laws With 'Kid Nation' Screenings
· CBS has quietly set up preview screenings of Kid Nation at elementary schools in major markets for students, parents, and teachers, where families can come together and discuss the exciting child-labor-law issues raised by the controversial new series, as well as receive assurances from the network that no children were eaten by bears during the show's production, even though that unlikely eventuality was covered by that now-infamous waiver. [Variety] More » -
defamer
Ben Affleck's Big, Corn-Suited Comeback
· This is easily the best role Ben Affleck's had since The Sum of All Fears. More » -
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By MarkComment by thefakeheadline: Ahh, how I do love the slash vids. Is it sad that I had seen this one already? Probably, yes.... more » | Other threads
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