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Vulture (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Or to tell a good story. Maybe. You also talk at length about your troubled relationship with Leonard Nimoy and the rest of the Star Trek cast. How would you characterize that dynamic? Well, I’m not sure what the rest of the cast were fussing about, and I didn't know about it until long after the show. But as for Leonard and I, I probably was a little too full of myself and...
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TrekToday Headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday
By May 16, 2008 - 5:23 AMWilliam Shatner is appearing in many places promoting his new autobiography and taking the occasional shot at some of his former Star Trek co-stars. As reported by , Shatner realizes that his behavior caused his coworkers, even Leonard Nimoy to dislike him. "Well, I'm not sure what the rest of the cast were fussing about, and I didn't know about it until long...
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Philosophers' Playground (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
There's an old sketch film called Amazon Women on the Moon and one of the bits is a parody of the old Leonard Nimoy show, "In Search Of..." called, "Bullshit or Not?" with the tagline "Bullshit or not? You decide." It's a line I like so much that I've stolen it for an irregular series of posts. Today's quotation comes from the roman orator Seneca, specifically number 90 of his letters:...
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Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Shatner was specifically asked if he deliberately ‘tanked a scene’ where Sulu was promoted in Star Trek II (as contended by George Takei), therefore denying Takei’s character the promotion (until Star Trek VI). Shatner replied “that's absurd.” On Nichelle Nichols, Shatner denied he slept with her, but noted “she had enough activity on her own.” Regarding Leonard, Nimoy Shatner admitted...
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Truemors (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
William Shatner has admitted in his new autobiography that he could not stand sleeping with obsessed Star Trek fans because they would want to act out their weird sci-fi fantasies in bed. Yeah, we all figured them for “beam me up”, but did any of the ladies scream “Tiberius!”? Shatner also claims that co-star Leonard Nimoy had no sense of humor on the set of the original series.
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Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
NBCU Photobank / Rex FeaturesWilliam Shatner has admitted that sleeping with Star Trek fans was sometimes disappointing.The actor, who played Captain Kirk in the '60s series and seven subsequent movies, said women liked to pretend they were in bed with his character rather than him.Writing in new autobiography Up Till Now, the 77-year-old claimed he and Leonard Nimoy (Spock) were treated...
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Sci-Fi Heaven.net (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
*Contains Spoilers For Star Trek XI. Read at your peril!* According to reports coming out of TrekMovie.com, the beginning of Star Trek XI will not actually be set before The Original Series. Instead, the movie will open in a post-Nemesis time-frame, supposedly to work in Leonard Nimoy's performance as Spock. Whilst the movie may open in the [...]
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TrekToday Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
By May 12, 2008 - 10:56 PMUp Till Now: The Autobiography, William Shatner's newest book, explains that Shatner and his co-star Leonard Nimoy didn't always share the friendship that they do today. As reported by the , Shatner was jealous of Nimoy's growing popularity. "I've often heard it said that acting is not a competitive sport, but never by actors," said Shatner. "The truth...
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io9 (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... exactly the same movie wearing whatever we want and without risking the possibility of pissing off Leonard Nimoy by asking him to sing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" after having a little too much to drink. You have to ask yourself: Which one of us was really the "winner" in this circumstance after all...? [eBay]
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io9 (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
So it turns out the new Trek movie has more ties to the other movies' continuity than we thought. The movie starts out after 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis, the last movie featuring Picard and crew. (I guess it's somehow made clear this is taking place later than that.) And the first character we meet in the film is Leonard Nimoy's Ambassador Spock, who's somehow back from Romulan space. And...
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Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
More than a prequel'Well that can have many meanings, but the simplest answer is that some of the film is actually not a prequel, but a sequel. [minor spoilers] TrekMovie.com has confirmed that the film starts in the post Star Trek Nemesis timeframe. This is where we initially find the elder Spock (played by Leonard Nimoy). So in a sense the film takes us from the end of the TNG era and...
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Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
When naming celebrities who’ve released records, you might think of Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton. If you're geeky, you might recall William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. If you're really geeky, you might remember the Michael Parks country and blues albums. Buy any of these and you'll be the butt of a lot of jokes. Scarlett Johansson singing on Anywhere I Lay My Head , however isn't laughable....
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Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
... A lot of the great personalities have made albums. Telly Savalus made a series of albums, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner -- a lot of the singing celebrity albums are very popular. Even Jack Webb made an album of songs. So it wasn't so much that we were going with country per say, it was that we were going with one of these personality type of albums where a bunch of songs are written...
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TrekToday Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
By May 6, 2008 - 3:14 AMWith Leonard Nimoy's involvement and with the support of the Star Trek community, the role as Spock is not in the least bit daunting to Zachary Quinto. As reported by , portraying Spock feels right for Quinto and he is ready for all that will follow as a result of it. "It really wasn't daunting, it felt so right in a weird way," said Quinto when asked about playing...
