William Shatner Helps Close Out Winter Olympics February 28, 2010
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity, Shatner, TOS , 76 comments
The 2010 Winter Olympics came to an end on Sunday in Vancouver. The closing ceremony celebrated the games and Canada, including some of Canada’s greatest treasures, like William Shatner. See below for pictures and a video clip of Shatner’s Olympic moment, plus Shatner’s first video blog in months.
Avatar Dominates At VES Awards – Trek Vets Win For BSG
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Paramount, Star Trek (2009 film) , 30 comments
Sunday night was the prelim of award season leading up to next weekend’s Oscars. This time it was the Visual Effects Society where Star Trek was nominated for two awards. However, it came as no surprise that James Cameron’s Avatar dominated the evening, walking home with a big pile of awards, including one shared by Zoe Saldana. A couple of Trek vets also picked up awards for their work on BSG.
TrekInk: Review of John Byrne’s ‘Romulans: Pawns of War’
by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: Comics, Review, TOS , 15 comments
This past week, IDW released their first multi-series Star Trek trade paperback collection. Of course, it helps when all of the series are nicely related–and it’s John Byrne too. Read on for the review of "Romulans: Pawns of War", which also includes a brand new bonus story just in the trade paperback.
ST09 CelebWatch: Zoe Saldana Named Face of the Future + Pine Helps Haiti + Pegg as Body-snatcher + more
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Celebrity, ST09 Cast , 28 comments
Hey, paisanos! It’s a special, Zoe Saldana-centric edition of CelebWatch. We have several Zoe-related news for you this week, including new awards, new projects, and, of course, new pics! But it’s not all about the lady; we also have bits on the other Star Trek movie stars, including Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, and Anton Yelchin.
Space and Star Trek:TMP Artist Robert McCall Passes Away
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, Feature Films (TMP-NEM) , 50 comments
Star Trek and the world of space has another loss this weekend. Artist Robert McCall passed away on Friday. McCall was an artist who spent his career envisioning the future for NASA and Hollywood, including Star Trek The Motion Picture.
No Win For Star Trek at CAS Awards February 27, 2010
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Paramount, Star Trek (2009 film) , 26 comments
We are in the final weekend of awards season before next week’s Academy Awards. There are two award shows this weekend, with tonight’s being the Cinema Audio Society awards for sound mixing. Once again Star Trek was nominated, but the sound mixers from Trek came home empty handed.
Sci-Fi TV Saturday: Lost, V, FlashForward, Doctor Who, Chuck + more
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 40 comments
This week’s Sci-Fi TV features news on Lost, Chuck and V, plus news on the earlier than usual U.S. debut of Doctor Who on BBC America and a date for the previously announced FlashForward recap episode on ABC and more, including casting bites and new images and video previews.
Oscar Nominee Barney Burman Talks Star Trek Makeup
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Paramount, Star Trek (2009 film) , 22 comments
Veteran makeup artist Barney Burman lead the team creating the aliens on the Star Trek movie, which were mostly done with traditional makeup and not CGI. The work garnered Burman and (two other Star Trek makeup artists) an Academy Award nomination. Burman spoke to the LA Times about the challenges of the work, excerpts below.
Remembering Andrew Koenig
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity , 25 comments
As we reported on Thursday, the search for Walter Koenig’s son Andrew came to a tragic end, when he was found dead in a park in Vancouver, Canada, from an apparent suicide. The Koenig family have asked us to let fans know how much they appreciate the outpouring of affection from the fans, and and to let people know they would prefer donations to Andrew’s favorite charities in lieu of cards and flowers. Details below plus some videos of Andrew and Walter.
STO Update: State of the Game + ‘Special Task Force Missions’ Details, Video & Screenshots
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Star Trek Online , 22 comments
Star Trek Online has been out just a few weeks, but the game continues to evolve and expand. Cryptic have now announced a new State of the game, which gives you a update as to what is next, including new ‘raid’ missions. We have full details on these ‘Special Task Force Missions’ including video and screenshots.
Science Friday: Enceladus Plumes + LHC Discoveries + Alternate Universe Life + WISE Images + iSun +more February 26, 2010
by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 37 comments
Welcome to Science Friday! This week, explore newly discovered plumes on Enceladus, do some science with the LHC, contemplate life in other universes, and glimpse the universe in a whole new light (infrared, to be exact). All this and more, plus an astonishing video of a sonic boom you can see and our gadget of the week, 3D Sun!
No Wins For Star Trek At Costumer Guild or Faith & Values Awards February 25, 2010
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film) , 32 commentsTonight the Costume Designer Guild held their annual awards event. Star Trek’s Michael Kaplan was nominated. Star Trek and Kaplan lost (but at least this time it didn’t lose to Avatar). Star Trek was also nominated for an award at the Faith and Values Awards held on Tuesday, but again also walked away empty handed. See below for the full results
VIDEO Spoof: How Star Trek Should Have Ended
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Humor, Star Trek (2009 film) , 109 comments
The humor site HowItShouldHaveEnded.com has decided to take on the 2009 Star Trek movie with a funny new spoof animation that posits an alternative ending for film. Watch it below.
UPDATED: Andrew Koenig Found Dead – Apparent Suicide
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Celebrity , 307 comments
UPDATED: At a press conference held Thursday evening, Vancouver Police have confirmed that they have found the body Walter Koenig’s son Andrew. According to Walter Koenig, Andrew committed suicide. See below for more.
Library Computer: Review of Peter David’s New Frontier: Treason
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Books, Review, TNG , 20 comments
This month Pocket Books is releasing the mass-market paperback of last year’s "Star Trek New Frontier: Treason", written by Peter David. The book is just arriving in book stores, so TrekMovie is reposting our original review. Check it out below.
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