Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton is to be honored by Tufts University with an award on February 3.

The award to be bestowed upon Burton is the Eliot-Pearson Award for Excellence in Children’s Media.

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Yesterday, the 67th Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony was held at the August Wilson Theatre in New York, and amongst the list of winners was Star Trek XI‘s Zachary Quinto.

Quinto was honored for his work in Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

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Star Trek XI‘s Simon Pegg has picked up an award today at the UK National Movie Awards (NMA).

The award was in the Comedy category for Paul, which starred Pegg and Nick Frost.

Other winners included:

• Drama: The King’s Speech
• Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
• Animation: Tangled
• Performance of the Year: Colin Firth
• Must See Movie of the Summer: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
• One to Watch Brits Going Global: Jamie Campbell Bower
• Special Recognition: The King’s Speech
• Screen Icon: Johnny Depp

Last night, the NAACP’s 20th Annual Theater Awards ceremony was held and Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton walked away with an award for his work in The Caterer.

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William Shatner, at the Banff World Television Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award, showed a more serious side of himself.

Usually Shatner pokes fun at himself, or wisecracks when asked questions, but there is a more serious side to the actor and the Banff audience heard of his sometimes difficult journey through life.

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Dennis McCarthy, known to Star Trek fans for his musical composition work on Star Trek dating back to 1987, will be honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award this summer.

McCarthy, whose association with Star Trek began with Star Trek: The Next Generation, also composed music for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, for a total of almost two hundred and sixty episodes. McCarthy also composed music for 1994′s Star Trek: Generations.

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Chris Hemsworth, best known to Star Trek fans for his role in Star Trek XI as George Kirk, the father of James T. Kirk, is one of two Australian actors to win a Breakthrough Award.

The Breakthrough Awards, organized by the Australians In Film association, are designed to recognize the achievements of stars from Australia who are carving out careers in the American entertainment industry.

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The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced the selection of their Grandmaster Award, their highest honor, and Keith R.A. DeCandido is this year’s recipient of the award.

As reported by IAMTW, DeCandido was recognized for his extensive and exceptional work in the tie-in field. He has written over thirty novels, most of which are either original tie-ins or novelizations, including stories set in the worlds of Star Trek, CSI:NY and Supernatural.

The Third Annual Scribes Awards ceremony will be held at Comic-Con in San Diego, which runs from July 23-29. The exact date and time of the award ceremony will be announced later.

To read more, including the 2009 Scribe Award nominees, head to the article located here.

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