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We’re all fascinated by mysteries and strange phenomena. But is the unexplained really unexplainable? William Shatner returns to television and once again he's dealing with aliens. His new show "Weird or What?" first premiered on the History Channel in Canada. Other science fiction icons have host ...

Let's hope the teaming up of Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy in a film goes better than the pairing of Patrick Stewart and William Shatner in "Star Trek Generations" 18 years ago -- where one character ended up buried in a rocky grave. Stewart, who played Professor X in three X-Men films in the ...

All I can think of is that Madonna is the cause of so much of our discourse in the world. Seriously. In the mid-1990s, producers were looking for someone to play a singer who slept her way to the top and couldn't act for a little film they were doing called "Evita." And the first person that came ...

It's time for Thanksgiving in America, celebrating the legend of New World settlers making nice with the natives who had possession of the land first. But really, it's about football and turkey. Since Airlock Alpha is a science-fiction site, you won't find much football here, unless William Sh ...

Syfy is looking in the direction of genre humor for its upcoming development slate, while at the same time, hoping lightning will strike again for the people who brought the network "Sanctuary." Both Kevin Sorbo and Lee Majors -- both sci-fi/fantasy icons in the realms of "Hercules: The Legendary ...

What's bigger than a flower pot from "The Wizard of Oz," a costume worn by Christopher Reeve in "Superman IV" and a night shirt that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe? Capt. Kirk's phaser rifle that was so big, he only used it in one episode. The rifle, used by William Shatner in the second "Sta ...

By the time fans were introduced to his character of Capt. Christopher Pike, the original commander of the USS Enterprise was confined to a wheelchair, only able to communicate through a single light. But Jeffrey Hunter was a pioneer in terms of what would become television and movie history, ta ...

The Television Critics Association has a message for the Emmys: Don't forget too much about the fantasy and science-fiction genre. "Game of Thrones" is up for three TCA awards this year including Peter Dinklage for Individual Achievement in Drama, as well as Outstanding Achievement in Drama and P ...

Anyone who pays attention to Star Trek lore knows that William Shatner originally offered the role of Spock's brother Sybok to James Bond actor Sean Connery in his 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." But apparently that wasn't even Laurence Luckingbill's biggest competition for the role. ...

What does God need with a starship? That's what Capt. Kirk asked the creature living in the center of the universe in 1989's "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" played by longtime character actor George Murdock. Murdock, who also made appearances in "The X-Files" and the original "Battlestar Galact ...