Last night the world got a delightful look at the possible future of the intersection of music, video games, and celebrity, when Drake, Travis Scott, and Steelers wide-receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster joined professional streamer Ninja on Twitch to pal around with a few hours of Fortnite.
William Shatner’s musical career has always operated from a base level of irony, an acknowledgment that Shatner’s hamminess and stilted delivery were an inherent part of the joke. There’s a similar artistic artlessness lurking at the rough heart of punk, an intentional middle finger raised to the concept of good…
In 2016, Adam West and Burt Ward returned to their roles as Batman and Robin from the ‘60s Batman show for an animated film called Return Of The Caped Crusaders. That movie will soon be getting a sequel called Batman Vs. Two-Face, with fellow ‘60s TV star William Shatner providing the voice of Harvey Dent, and Warner…
Because apparently the primary cultural narrative of the past decade is the internet’s ability to slowly, covertly derange small portions of the population, iconic actor and Star Trek star William Shatner has now taken the red pill, spending most of the past couple days trolling feminists and SJWs on Twitter. Though…
As Star Trek: Discovery inches toward its big debut—still just set for “some time” in 2017—everyone from beloved geek icons to stars of ratings juggernauts is requesting permission to board the latest series in the franchise. In an interview with Collider, series producer Alex Kurtzman said he has a list of actors who…
At this point in his life/career, 86-year-old William Shatner couldn’t be blamed for wanting to take it easy a little bit, but that does not seem to be in the actor’s plans at all. Besides being a Star Trek icon, an Emmy-winning actor on dramas like Boston Legal, a prolific author of more than 30 books, and a noted…
Star Trek fans with about $10,000 to spare will now be able to experience what traveling through space with William Shatner would actually be like. Zero Gravity Corporation and Roddenberry Adventures announced today that on August 4 they’ll run a Las Vegas flight during which a group of lucky rich people can…
Shatner’s Raw Nerve was a 30-minute interview show that ran for three unremarkable seasons on The Biography Channel. In it, the lovable, avuncular former Star Trek captain sat down for no-holds-barred conversations with fellow famous people like Regis Philbin, Jenna Jameson, and a whole bunch of former Star Trek …
Variety reports that the sci-fi star crossover of our dreams is finally happening—albeit not in the way we might have expected when we were mashing our Star Trek and Back To The Future action figures together when we were kids. Christopher Lloyd has signed on for William Shatner’s romantic comedy Senior Moment,…
William Shatner is boldly going where only so many actors have gone before: Variety reports the Star Trek stalwart has just boarded an indie rom-com called Senior Moment. In what sounds like an homage to both Top Gun and Space Cowboys, Shatner will play a retired Navy pilot who also happened to test aircraft for NASA.…
How to word this properly? William Shatner is known for his distinctive acting style, unusual vocal intonation, and very singular form of gravitas. Because of this, he doesn’t fit easily into all movies or TV shows. But there is a subset of projects in which his participation in an absolute boon. And the sequel to the…
Over the summer, while America was still coming down from its globe-trotting Olympics high, NBC aired a four-episode reality series called Better Late Than Never that saw famous older dudes Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, and George Foreman traveling around Asia with comedian Jeff Dye. Together, they…
William Shatner’s music career has taken as many strange turns as his acting career over the decades. He unleashed his quasi-Shakespearean versions of Beatles and Bob Dylan songs on The Transformed Man in 1968. He coolly deconstructed Elton John’s “Rocket Man” on The Science Fiction Film Awards in 1978. And he…
Montreal-born thespian William Shatner was hardly a newbie when Star Trek premiered on September 8, 1966. He’d been appearing in episode television for over a decade by that point, including memorable roles on The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. But it was Trek that made him a household name, and it was…
It is a well-known fact among pop culture trivia addicts that original Star Trek crewmates William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy both stubbornly pursued musical careers in the 1960s and 1970s, despite a notable lack of encouragement. Shatner released his infamous, histrionic The Transformed Man LP in 1968, plus a live…
Very few programs in television history can be easily identified by their sound effects alone. The original 1966-69 run of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek belongs in that select fraternity, thanks to the efforts of sound mixer Doug Grindstaff and other craftsmen who toiled on the classic science-fiction series, setting…
Shortly before Leonard Nimoy died in 2015, his son Adam approached him about a new project: a documentary look back at his life and career, as well as the lasting impact of his most beloved character, iconic Star Trek hero Spock. A year and a half later, Adam Nimoy has released the star-studded first trailer for The…
The consoles are made of cardboard, the female crew members wear shorter skirts than ever, and the familiar theme song segues into swinging 1960s surf rock. Welcome to Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda, a 1973 Turkish film that boldly rips off numerous elements from the original Star Trek series. That landmark sci-fi show is…
In the first decade of its existence, Twitter has proven itself more than merely a time-sucking distraction that allows users to post their misspelled thoughts about politics and culture, 140 characters at a time. These days, with its immediacy and perceived intimacy, Twitter is also an important marketing and…
The 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death is coming up this year—as is the 390th anniversary of Sir Francis Bacon’s, if you’re into classist conspiracy theories—and Rufus Wainwright is planning to mark the occasion by releasing an album based on Shakespearean sonnets. Appropriately titled Take All My Loves:…
