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Railroading John Edwards: Welcome to the Starship Enterprise

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Rielle Hunter, The Bold and the Beautiful, Rachel Mellon, Scott E. Thomas, Madonna, Bill Clinton, Fred Baron, Bunny Mellon, Eliot Spitzer, Father Al Lauer, Presentation Ministries, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Fec, Ex Post Facto, Star Trek, Beam Me Up Scotty, Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Chicago News
Lonna Saunders

Wouldn't it be better if Edwards were providing free legal backup to those who need it than in prison at a cost of thirty thousand dollars per year to us taxpayers?

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William Shatner's One-Man Show Comes To Broadway

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Shatner's World, William Shatner, A-Shot-in-the-Dark, Broadway, Theater, James T. Kirk, Shatner's World: We Just Live in It, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, Arts News

LOS ANGELES — Bravado is a familiar part of William Shatner's image and his acting portfolio, whether he's in character as James T. Kirk, Denny ...

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Don't Worry, You Might Die

Daniel Will-Harris | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Nietzsche, Tcm, Illness, Death, Communication, Nihilism, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Kierkegaard, Fifty News
Daniel Will-Harris

There's always a difference between what someone says and what you hear. Whatever the words are, they get filtered through your brain and distorted ...

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George Takei Smacks Down 'Twilight'

Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: George Takei Mr. Sulu, Star Wars, William Shatner Star Trek, William Shatner, George Takei Star Trek, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Urlesque, Tv, Movies, Star Trek, Princess Leia, Video, Carrie Fisher, George Takei Twilight, George Takei, Entertainment News, Star Trek Star Wars, Celebrities, Captain Kirk, Entertainment News

Star nerds, unite. Leave it to Mr. Sulu to broker peace between the warring factions of "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" fans. Following the back and fo...

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Shatner's Tips For Avoiding Disaster This Thanksgiving

Esquire | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Insurance, William Shatner, Thanksgiving, Fire Safety, Fried Turkey, Thanksgiving Recipes, Captain Kirk, State Farm, Fifty News

Deep-fried turkey: moist, delicious, and a grease fire just waiting to happen. The vogue for frying turkeys has somewhat tapered off in the last few y...

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Carrie Fisher Hits Out At William Shatner

Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Princess Leia, Star Wars, William Shatner Star Trek, William Shatner, Star Trek Star Wars, Carrie Fisher, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Culture News, Tv, Movies, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Entertainment News

Princess Leia needs no rescuing in this battle; she can take on the USS Enterprise all by herself. Asked about statements William Shatner, the orig...

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Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Diane Lane, Howard Levy, Ginger Baker, Martin Scorsese, Garrison Keillor, The Aviator, Mamie Smith, Dick Hyman, Phish, Gary Louris, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, The Byrds, Roy Wooten, A Prairie Home Companion, Martha Wainwright, Ghost World, Bela Fleck, Peter Gelb, Edgar Meyer, Michael Penn, Earl Scruggs, Evelyn Glennie, Zakir Hussain, Rufus Wainwright, Bela Bartok, The Beverly Hillbillies, Captain Kirk, Zelig, Lewis Rusell, Mark Olson, Leon Redbone, Jane Green, Aztec Two-Step, Steve Buscemi, The New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, Woody Allen, Neil Young, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Miles Davis, Star Trek, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, The Cotton Club, Louis Armstrong, Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Douglas, Richard Gere, Mark Twain, Charlie Parker, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Ray Bradbury, Dve Matthews, Randall Poster, Nellie Mckay, Victor Wooten, The Jayhawks, Joshua Bell, Boradwalk Empire, Kathy Brier, Catherine Russell, Sophie Tucker, Leonardo Dicaprio, Saturday Night Live, Richard Thompson, Mark O'Connor, Stewart Lerman, Johnwilliams, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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William Shatner: 'Star Wars Is Derivative Of Star Trek'

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Video, William Shatner Star Trek, William Shatner, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Tv, Film, Star Trek Star Wars, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, Culture News

The original Captain Kirk himself has thrown down in the ongoing "Star Trek" vs. "Star Wars" debate. In an interview William Shatner tweeted today, he...

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Four Star Trek: The Wrath of General Stanley McChrystal

Robert Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat Tillman, Stanley McChrystal, Joe Biden, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Star Trek, Sarah Palin, Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Rolling Stone, Spock, Captain Kirk, Comedy News
Robert Brenner

As that great military strategist Sarah Palin once said, "I am merely attacking from a different direction."

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OkayAfrica Heats Up Prospect Park (VIDEOS, SLIDESHOW)

Alex Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zakee Kuduro, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew, Nycbeat, Sierra Leon, Ghana, Brooklyn, Owen Biddle, Blitz the Ambassador, The Roots, Black Thought, Fela!, Talib Kweli, Okayafrica, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Bandshell at Prospect Park, Sahr Ngaugah, Dragons of Zynth, Prospect Park, Questlove, Captain Kirk, Kamal, Okayplayer, Slidepollajax, New York News
Alex Thornton

Last night over 12,000 eager listeners packed every inch of the Prospect Park Bandhell while thousands more waited outside of the gates when they we...

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President Obama: Learn from Mr. Spock!

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mr. Spock, Barack Obama, Obama Leadership, Star Trek, President Obama, Leonard Nimoy, Captain Kirk, Politics News
William Astore

President Obama, what can you learn from Spock's first command? That we could use a little inspiration. That we want less analysis and more action. That we may even need a game-changing gamble.

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A God By Any Other Name: Semantics in Malaysia

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malaysian, Malay, Christians Malaysia, God, Dieu, Captain Kirk, Malaysia, Atheists, Catholic, Star Trek, Dios, Muslim, Allah, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Christian Malaysians have the right to use "Allah" to describe their Christian God, because "Allah" simply means "God." In fact, Arab Christians have called their God "Allah" for centuries.

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2010: The Year We Make Contact

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C+C Music Factory, Miley Cyrus, Leonard McCoy, Sarah Palin, Star Trek, The Beatles, 2010 the Year We Make Contact, Richard Nixon, Charlie Chaplin, Woodstock, James Cameron, Guitar Hero, Mr. Spock, Inglorious Basterds, Disney, (500) Days of Summer, Avatar, Leonard Nimoy, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, The Great Dictator, David Cook, The Producers, Annie Hall, Nirvana, Mel Brooks, George Clooney, The Enterprise, Precious, Tranformers, Pearl Jam, Bones, Rock Band, Entertainment News, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Quentin Tarantino, Pink Floyd, Up, Itunes, Captain Kirk, Aqua, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Can the music business take a page from the movie industry's playbook and figure out how to reconnect people to music in a more personal way?

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Ramadan and Captain Kirk

Sumbul Ali-Karamali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ramadan, Trekkie, Islam, Religion, Muslim, Muslim Women, Fasting, American Muslims, Religion and Politics, Muslims, Obama, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, World News
Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Both Star Trek and Ramadan are all about universal values: compassion, discipline, and the struggle for self-improvement.

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To Paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, People Get the Trek They Deserve

Julian Yap | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mr. Spock, Spock, Star Trek Movie, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Entertainment News
Julian Yap

If this younger, more diverse, hopeful, humorous, and ultimately optimistic Star Trek is a reflection of our times, then perhaps things are looking up.

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Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Star Trek

Paul Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spock, Star Trek: Enterprise, Hikaru Sulu, Vulcan, Star Trek Movie, William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Maureen Dowd, Batman Begins, Beastie Boys, Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, Entertainment News
Paul Snyder

Kirk and Spock do a lot of punching, for Kirk and Spock. This is Star Trek with the Beastie Boys in it. People get naked.

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A Mindless Meld of "Star Trek" and the New Unemployment Rate

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, DeForest Kelley, President Obama, William Shatner, Phasers, Jobs, Captain Sisko, Captain Janeway, Joblessness, Captain Archer, Star Trek, Loss of 539, Avery Brooks, Unemployment, Space-Time Continuum, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Mr. Spock, Trekkies, The Inner Light, Leonard Nimoy, Blogging, Captain Picard, Enterprise, Kate Mulgrew, Ricardo Montalban, Scott Bakula, The Wrath of Khan, Starfleet, Baby and Child Care, Barack Obama, Layoffs, Captain Crunch, Bones McCoy, Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart, Vulcan, Comedy News
Dave Astor

The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...

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Star Trek: Live Long and Repeat

John Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mr. Chekhov, Mr. Spock, Mr. Sulu, Lt. Uhura, Dr. McCoy, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Comedy News
John Marshall

The Enterprise has gone back in time and is orbiting 21st century Earth. A man in a suit suddenly appears on the viewscreen. Captain Kirk leaps out of his seat.

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Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise

William J. Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Trek: Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Politics News
William J. Astore

Looking back at Star Trek after more than four decades, what's remarkable is how much it captured a still extant American optimism and an American cultural smugness.

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The Oscars: Party Like It's 1929 ...

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris Hilton, Oscar, Peter Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Martin Landau, Wall Street Crash, Academy Awards, Elliott Gould, The Oscars, Jennifer Tilly, Rod Steiger, Kevin Pollak, Lynn Redgrave, James Cromwell, r.d. Laing, Tony Curtis, Great Depression, The Academy Awards, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan, Glynis Johns, Vanity Fair, David Paymer, Sammy Glick, Dennis Hopper, Hollywood, Matthew Modine, Los Angeles, Hector Elizondo, Danny Aiello, Vanity UNfair, Shallow Insincere People, Jamie Fox, Rip Torn, Diane Ladd, Oscars, Ernest Borgnine, Shelly Winters, Mazola, Julie Benz, Sean Astin, Krista Allen, Chris Pine, Eddie Griffin, Captain Kirk, Entertainment News
Martin Lewis

Perhaps we can celebrate in the same spirit that inhabited that first Oscars at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in May 1929, just 5 months before the whole world slid into the economic abyss.

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Star Trek 11: The Obama Factor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Klingon, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, William Shatner, J.J. Abrams, Rick Berman, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Cold War, Entertainment Weekly, Barack Obama, Star Trek, Spock, Paramount Studios, Politics, Star Trek: Enterprise, Brent Spiner, Zachary Quinto, Star Trek: Nemesis, Entertainment News, Mr. Spock, Star Trek: Voyager, Gerald Abrams, Farscape, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Leonard Nimoy, James T. Kirk, Gene Roddenberry, Patrick Stewart, Captain Kirk, Entertainment News
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.

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Shatner, Priceline Celebrate 10 (Profitable) Years Together

Los Angeles Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shatner Priceline, Priceline.com, William Shatner, Denny Crane, Boston Legal, Priceline, Captain Kirk, Star Trek, Business News

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 ...

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