'Star Trek's unexplored final frontier? An openly gay character. In all of its movies and iterations -- including 726 television episodes -- there ...
We recently sat down with the co-creator of Lost to discuss Lost's legacy, the future of serialized dramas, and surprises planned for the upcoming Trek sequel. Then things got a bit off topic.
Oh my! George Takei is about to take on his next big role: a holographic ninja grandfather on the new Nickelodeon show, 'Supah Ninja.' According to I...
It's time to end the whale hunt and grant amnesty to these magnificent creatures that are helping us survive on our planet -- by determining how quickly global warming is occurring.
After debating whether three animated films in one year is more than enough from DreamWorks Animation, the Cinefantastique podcast crew of Dan Persons...
There is so little thoughtfulness on television now that when I see an interview conducted with genuine respect, time and interest in the subject, I am moved to tears. For the most part, though, fear is the medium and the message.
Last year's genre-bending smash hit "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" was a wholly original book that added to the cultural zombie craze of late. Now,...
Die-hard fans of "Star Trek" can probably give perfectly logical explanations for all these bizarre photos, but even lifelong Trekkies can admit these...
As that great military strategist Sarah Palin once said, "I am merely attacking from a different direction."
Here I am, writing another piece regarding an American Idol spawn, and hating myself for it.
Get out your Admiral Ackbar masks and dust off your Klingon dictionaries, Chicago: the Comic Con is coming to town this weekend. The biggest name to ...
It seems that my latest (and first US-published) book Overrated: The 50 Most Overhyped Things in History is leaving a few people enraged.
I'm not sure how we reached a point where Comic-Con became the engine that drives Hollywood. Films like Green Lantern slurp up the studio bucks, and the comic-book mentality grows like a cancer.
"I am so confused about who I am in my life now, it's not even funny!" This joyful lament is that of the tall, dark drink of water that is actor Alexander Siddig, star of Cairo Time.
You don't need to be a fan either genre to enjoy this silly, sexy romp with a polished cast who make up the right good crew, the passengers and guests as they boldly go on an extended run.
Even if you don't care for Ke$ha and her inexplicable fame, you have to admit this mash-up is pretty fun. Setting the sing-talking sensation's "Tik To...
It all started a year ago. Through a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CyberFrequencies, our sci-tech podcast that airs on KPCC, was born.
They don't know how to eat properly. I'm not talking about what food to eat, I'm talking about physically transporting ingestible matter from the plate to the oral cavity.
Sex & the City 2 opens worldwide on Thursday. Expectations are running high, with the general consensus that it will perform in a similar fashion to the first picture. But the odds are indeed stacked against it.
It's Women's History Month, so let's appreciate the women who are currently leading the charge on prime time. There are a few that have the makings of true icons.
Why sit in that English Lit or Econ 101 or Psych class when you can take a course on the Philosophy and Star Trek? (Thanks, Georgetown U!) Or iPhone A...
This year's Oscar producers, Adam Shankman and Bil Mechanic, were so dedicated to the quixotic task of luring in young viewers, that we were given a show full of presenters that appeared to have gone through puberty during the rehearsals.
Until someone I loved took his own life, I didn't know that every minute in the United States a person attempts suicide, and every sixteen minutes in the United States a person dies by suicide.
Before it touched me, I didn't know that every minute in the United States a person attempts suicide.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Former "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig was found dead Thursday in a wooded area of a sprawling downtown park w...
