Star Trek

"Star Trek" Remake Gets Sexy (VIDEO)

Daily Mail | Posted 11.18.2008 | Entertainment


***SCROLL DOWN FOR TRAILER*** The eagerly anticipated Star Trek film is set to cast off the geeky associations of the sci-fi genre with a handsome ca...

Jerry Yang Will Resign From Yahoo: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 18, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.18.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang announced that he will resign from his position. The search engine founder, who has had a controversial run as CEO, will contin...

Star Trek Trailer and TV Spot - First Contact is a Smashing Success

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

Trailer - TV Spot - ...

William Shatner Keeps George Takei Feud Alive

AP | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — William Shatner is continuing to feud with former "Star Trek" co-star George Takei. In his latest online video, Shatner says: "Georg...

Star Trek 11: The Obama Factor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

After years of inactivity, Star Trek has been re-energized by J.J. Abrams, and supposedly transformed in such a way that connects it to its roots while making it relevant again.

First Look At J.J. Abrams' New "Star Trek"

AP | Posted 10.16.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie. The director and producer of the new "Star Trek" film, due in 2009, said he was always more of a "Star...

Happy 30th Birthday, Battlestar Galactica!

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Thirty years ago, ABC-TV delighted and outraged sci-fi fans with its new series, Battlestar Galactica, a lovable beneficiary of Star Wars' success. Happy Birthday, BG!

To Boldly Go Where No Californians Have Gone Before

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


Tom Gregory

Now that he has the legal right to marry, actor George Takei sat down with me enthusiastically gushing about his upcoming nuptials to his partner of twenty-one years, Brad Altman.

Mr. Sulu and The One

Daniel Holloway | Posted 08.25.2008 | Entertainment


Daniel Holloway

My political awakening came while sitting with the most unlikely person in the most unlikely place. I was in the Billy Crystal Room of the New York Fr...

DVDs: Leave Star Trek Alone!

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.09.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The TV series Star Trek is being released on DVD in a new and "improved" version that cleans up and removes old special effects and inserts brand new ones that never existed.

You Now Have No Excuse To Know Nothing About China

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.05.2008 | Media


In addition to hot summer books, the latest Quinnipac poll and what's new with the Montauk Monster, you now have one other topic to not be ignorant ab...

"Star Trek" Star Takei To Wed After California Ruling

AP | Posted 05.19.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — George Takei said he will wed his longtime partner and business manager, Brad Altman, now that the California Supreme Court has le...

"Star Trek" Director Talks Franchise Reinvention

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.01.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — J.J. Abrams grew up more a fan of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo than of James Kirk and his Vulcan buddy Spock. So why is a self-prof...

The Latest Clinton Canard

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

This race is over and the cheap shots at this point aren't helping anyone but John McCain. The problem isn't hitting Obama; the problem is hitting Obama after the bell.

"Star Trek" Casts Scottie 2.0: Simon Pegg

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 03.25.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Simon Pegg won't be beaming up any differences for his take on starship Enterprise's chief engineer "Scotty" in the upcoming "Star...

Disney/ABC Opens Vault To Vintage TV

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.07.2008 | Media


Disney is going to raid the TV archives, a move that may allow viewers to watch 50s-era series like "Zorro" and "Davy Crockett" via ad-supported strea...

Blame Star Trek for the Iraq War: The "Gamesters" of Bushdom

Barry Rosenberg | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


Barry Rosenberg

Let's pretend that the Thralls are the Iraqis, Bush is Kirk (if only) and the Providers are everyone else who thought it folly to invade Iraq.

Shatner, Priceline Celebrate 10 (Profitable) Years Together

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business


The cameras zoomed in on William Shatner as he raced a baby carriage through a crowded outdoor restaurant in Koreatown. Dressed in a black suit, his ...

Trekkie Sues Auction House Over "Fake" Visor

AP | David B. Caruso | Posted 12.31.2007 | Business


A Trekkie who paid $6,000 for a poker visor that was supposedly worn by the android Data on the television show "Star Trek: The Next Generation" claim...

William Shatner Vents Over Being Excluded From "Star Trek" Film

Extra TV | Posted 11.21.2007 | Entertainment


Extra" caught up with William Shatner last night at a signing for his book, Star Trek Academy - Collision Course. He opened up about the fact that h...

Winona Ryder Joins Star Trek As Spock's Mom

Variety | Michael Fleming | Posted 11.09.2007 | Entertainment


"Star Trek" is beaming up Winona Ryder. Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary ...

Beam Up The Oddballs: "Star Trek" Has Open Call For Strange- Looking Extras

BBC | Posted 11.08.2007 | Entertainment


Producers of the new Star Trek movie are to hold an open casting session for people with "unique" features to appear as extras in the film. The studi...

Star Trek and the Farm Bill

Ian Cheney | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics


Ian Cheney

Corn will be a big player in this year's Farm Bill, because everybody wants it -- the food industry for syrups and meats, and the ethanol industry for fuel. Is either a great use of our tax dollars?

Picard for President: Why the (Other) Bald Captain of the Enterprise is a Better Leader than Bush

Marty Beckerman | Posted 09.06.2007 | Entertainment


Marty Beckerman

It's a sad statement that a fictional, space-faring Frenchman in the Twenty-Fourth Century defends the Bill of Rights more vigorously than the man who has sworn upon the Bible to do so.