Posts with tag "star trek"

William Shatner Gives NASA Astronauts a 'Star Trek' Wake-Up Call

Posted Mar 9th 2011 at 01:20 AM by Moviefone Editors

Being a NASA astronaut is awesome enough on its own, but the crew of the Discovery shuttle got an extra dose of cool when their wake-up call was changed to the 'Star Trek' opening as read by William Shatner. Shatner famously played Captain James Tiberius Kirk on the original 'Star Trek' television series, whose theme came in second place in a public vote to compile a Top 40 list for NASA's Song ...

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$#*! William Shatner Told Us: George Takei 'Obsessed' and New Album in the Works

Posted Sep 23rd 2010 at 09:00 AM by Nicki Gostin

The tweets beget the book which beget the television show. Tonight, CBS premieres '$#*! My Dad Says,' starring the legendary William Shatner as the Dad. The quirky actor engaged in a spit-fire convo with PopEater, rattling off sometimes-wacky answers to questions about the new show, 'Star Trek' fanatics (they're not going to be happy) and the best part ... his plans for a new album. Tell me ...

Fan Expo 2009: Live Long and Prosper

Posted Aug 31st 2009 at 09:35 AM by Chris Jancelewicz

Canadian sci-fi, horror, comic, and gaming fans of all stripes donned their geekwear again this weekend for the annual Fan Expo convention. Held every year, it's the closest thing us Canucks can get to the US' Comic Con. (In many cases, visiting celebs voiced their preference for Canada, though. So there.) There was no dearth of costumes this year, and I counted at least 20 Storm Troopers. ...