Star Trek
Patrick Stewart Was Shakespearean Even When Talking to Squirrels
Sir Pat Stew's collaborator on his 2023 memoir, 'Making It So,' retraces the late actor's unlikely second act, plucked from the Shakespearean stage and placed at the helm 'USS Enterprise' — and a nonpareil Hollywood career.
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Patrick Stewart Said He’d Never Retire From Acting in Final Interview: “I’ll Always and Forever Be an Actor”
Stewart died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles at 86 following “a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia,” longtime spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak announced.
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Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86
He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.”
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William Shatner Pays Tribute to ‘Star Trek’ Co-Star Walter Koenig: “Deeply Saddened”
Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov on the original series, died Sunday at 90 at his home in North Hollywood.
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Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90
He joined the TV series for the second season but had more to do on another acclaimed sci-fi program, 'Babylon 5.'
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How Lucille Ball Saved ‘Star Trek’ to Become a Six-Decade Juggernaut Franchise
Roddenberry Entertainment COO Trevor Roth on Wednesday told the MIA Market in Rome how the comedy legend and her Desilu Productions put the quirky sci-fi series into reruns after an NBC cancellation.
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Michael Forest, Actor in Roger Corman Movies and ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 97
He starred in ‘Beast From Haunted Cave,’ ‘Ski Troop Attack’ and ‘Atlas’ for the B-movie maven but also did lots of Shakespeare on the stage and films overseas.
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James Sloyan, Actor in ‘The Sting,‘ ‘Xanadu’ and ‘Oh Madeline,’ Dies at 85
He also appeared five times on television in the 'Star Trek' universe and was the voice of Lexus in commercials for almost two decades.
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The Swagger and Stamp of the First Lady of ‘Star Trek’
In homage to 'Star Trek's' recent 60th anniversary, a look at how Majel Barrett Roddenberry nearly played a version of Spock, was almost the voice of Alexa and ended up in deep space forever.
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‘Star Trek’ at 60: ‘Strange New Worlds’ Co-Creator Akiva Goldsman on Why It Keeps Boldly Going
The lifelong Trekkie talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the franchise's six-decade staying power, how its message of "interspecies collaboration" still matters and why he believes the next generation will keep tuning in (even though he can't get his own kids to watch).
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The First Episode of ‘Star Trek’ Was Not the Best Episode of ‘Star Trek’
A rewatch of the series premiere 60 years after it initially aired.
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Leslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90
She also appeared in 'Three on a Couch,' 'For Love or Money' and 'Batman' before becoming a passionate antiwar activist and conservationist.
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