Posts Tagged ‘Shatner’
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Star Trek‘s William Shatner has been tapped to host the 2012 Juno Awards.
The Juno Awards are chosen by the members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and presented to Canadian musical artists and/or bands for musical or technical achievement.
This year’s ceremony will be held on April 1 at Ottawa’s Scotiabank place, and will be aired on CTV. Performers will include Feist, Deadmau5 and City & Colour.
Tags: Juno Awards, Shatner
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

William Shatner’s one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It, will be seen in fifteen U.S. cities after it finishes a three-week run on Broadway.
The show, two hours in length, will “take audiences on a voyager through Shatner’s life and career,” from his earliest days as a stage actor to “internationally known icon and raconteur.”
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Tags: Shatner, Shatner's World: We Just Live in It
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 19th, 2012

After fourteen years as the Priceline Negotiator, William Shatner‘s character is going to perish in a heroic fashion.
A new thirty-second commercial will show the Negotiator saving vacationers from a bus that is about to go over the railing of a bridge.
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Tags: Priceline, Shatner
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 10 Comments »
Monday, December 12th, 2011
According to George Takei, Star Trek and Star Wars fans shouldn’t be fighting each other, but instead should be uniting against another fandom.
After the recent online exchange between Star Trek‘s William Shatner and Star Wars‘ Carrie Fisher, Takei decided to jump in with his own opinion on the fandom war, with a three minute video, George Takei is the Broker of Star Peace.
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Tags: Fisher, Shatner, Takei
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
J.J. Abrams confirmed that he would like to have Benicio Del Toro in Star Trek 2, although he is mum regarding what role the actor would play.
Del Toro and Abrams are still trying to work out a deal to get Del Toro for the Trek sequel. “Well, we’re just in negotiations,” said Abrams. “We’re in discussions. It’s not even negotiations—just in discussion. But I would love to work with him. I’ve wanted to work with him for years, and this felt like a good opportunity.”
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Tags: Abrams, Del Toro, Pine, Shatner
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek XII | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
With the American Thanksgiving holiday approaching, William Shatner and insurance company State Farm have created “Eat, Fry, Love,” a tongue-in-cheek video warning about the dangers of turkey fryers.
Shatner has used a turkey fryer himself in the past. “I love to fry turkey and have been doing it for years but I am not immune to frying accidents,” he said.
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Tags: Shatner, turkey
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 3 Comments »
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Star Trek fans wanting to see William Shatner‘s The Captains documentary who are also Netflix customers can now stream the movie.
Although fans can’t yet rent The Captains on DVD through Netflix, they can stream it if they subscribe to that service.
In The Captains, William Shatner interviewed the other actors who have played Star Trek captains on various Star Trek televised shows.
For those wanting their own copy of The Captains, the DVD was released on October 18th and is available through Amazon and other retailers.
Tags: Shatner, The Captains
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: ENT, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: TOS, Star Trek: VOY | No Comments »
Friday, October 21st, 2011
William Shatner is performing his one-man show all over the world and sharing his life lessons with his audiences as well as revising his show based on feedback from those audiences.
When doing his show in Australia, Shatner realized that he was getting something emotionally from the show. “I’m doing it because I did it in Australia and I was moved at times to tears in telling people about things I was doing, that I have done, lessons I was able to learn — to cull, if you will,” he said.
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Tags: How Time Flies an Evening with William Shatner, Shatner
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | No Comments »
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Canadian viewers will finally be able to see The Captains, William Shatner‘s documentary about the various actors who have played captains on the televised Star Trek series, on Canadian television tonight.
The Captains will air tonight on Canada’s The Movie Network, at 9 PM ET, and on Movie Central at 8 PM PT.
The Captains is a “documentary that explores the life and remarkable career of William Shatner, the Canadian-born actor who took the character of Captain James T. Kirk into a new level of universal popularity. The film will explore the impact the role had on his life, why the character has become such an integral part of our pop culture, and how the role has affected other actors who have taken on the mantle of Starship Captain.
Tags: Shatner, The Captains
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Over the years, William Shatner and George Takei have taken shots at one another and Shatner’s new book, due out next month, will only continue their feud.
In his new book, Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large, it’s Shatner’s turn to attack Takei.
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Tags: Shatner, Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large, Takei
Posted in Books, Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TOS | 27 Comments »
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Fans who missed out on the original release of the Alien Voices audio dramas from Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie can now order these dramas as digital downloads.
Other Star Trek actors from four of the five televised series can also be heard on the audio dramas.
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Tags: Alien Voices, Dawson, De Lancie, Mulgrew, Nimoy, Phillips, Robinson, Schultz, Shatner, Shimerman, Visitor
Posted in Cast & Crew, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: TOS | 2 Comments »