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He played Q in three different incarnations of Star Trek, but now he's teaching students. John de Lancie spent a few weeks recently teaching high school students in Oklahoma the art of acting. "I roll out of bed, go and teach, have a little something to eat for lunch, go and teach, and have a ...
Read MoreBut 'Transformers' could knock both out after $201M opening ... heck it could happen in just a couple weeks
But 'Transformers' could knock both out after $201M opening ... heck it could happen in just a couple weeks 'Star Trek' had a good run as the top-grossing film of 2009, but it won't be long before it's the third largest. The Disney/Pixar animated film "Up" surpassed "Star Trek" in total box of ...
Read MoreCould make more than $150 million in extended opening weekend
Forget "Star Trek" or even "Up" as the 2009 box office leader. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is making its own bid to rule the movie theaters, already pulling in $60.6 million in its opening day. The film, which opened Wednesday, also picked up $16 million from its midnight screenings, ac ...
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Scream it from the rooftops: The Portal Awards have started! The Portal Awards have started. Ten years and more than a million ballots ago, Airlock Alpha started the Genre Awards, which earlier this year was renamed the Portal Awards as an homage to the former moniker of this very site. And while ...
Read MoreClea Duvall and Sienna Guillory talk green screens, gay characters and the environment
Green screens can sometimes be loathed by actors, but not Sienna Guillory. The actress, who plays Rika Goddard on "Virtuality" airing this Friday on Fox, said that while a lot of her work took place in front of the screens, she enjoyed the challenge. "I think in a way, when you're working with ...
Read MoreCould this open the door for more blockbuster films like 'Star Trek' or even 'Harry Potter'?
It just got a little easier to become an Oscar-nominated film, and that could be to the extreme benefit of "Star Trek." The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is expanding its Oscars Best Picture category from four films to 10. While it's unlikely they would ever admit it, speculation is ...
Read MoreBeats the inflation-adjusted box office take of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'
It's just days away from losing its box office crown to the Disney/Pixar movie "Up," but "Star Trek" can finally celebrate one last milestone it has been fighting to reach: It undeniably is now the highest grossing film in the Trek franchise, even when adjusted for inflation. "Star Trek" picked u ...
Read MoreFormer 'Dead Like Me' actor picks up iconic role
A decision that seems like it took an eternity to make has finally been made. Callum Blue, probably best known to genre fans as Mason in the Showtime's "Dead Like Me," has been cast as General Zod in "Smallville," one of the iconic villains from Superman lore. Blue takes over a role that many ...
Read MoreVFX supervisor Gary Hutzel shares secrets with Airlock Alpha
One of the things holding back many science-fiction television projects is the cost of visual effects. While computer-generated images have redesigned how such visualizations are created, the manpower and cost to put together even a few shots of simply effects could quickly start eating into a show' ...
Read MoreHe didn't leave over creative differences, but because of work load
He was supposed to be the saving grace of "Heroes," and at the same time the main reason why NBC picked the show up for the fourth season in the first place. But just a former "Pushing Daisies" executive producer Bryan Fuller re-joined "Heroes," he was gone. "Development was really starting to ...
Read MoreHowever, can it make up for what advertisers demand?
Fans of "Farscape," "Jericho" and "Pushing Daisies" all know the feeling of having their favorite series yanked from the schedules and cast aside through a cold act of number crunching. Now though, there is a new way to track the success of a series that could eliminate the danger or low ratings: Th ...
Read MoreBritish import was bettered by reruns on CBS
It's not NBC's next big hit, but the premiere of the BBC series "Merlin" pulled in decent audiences for its two-hour premiere, and was able to shine a light on what is typically a rerun-laden night for this time of year. "Merlin" averaged a 3.3 rating/6 share, according to Fast National ratings f ...
Read MoreWith the brand set to go for July 7 when 'Warehouse 13' premieres, NBC Universal buys up domain names it considers could be potentially negative
NBC Universal announced the name change of the SciFi Channel to Syfy nearly three months ago, and the furor that erupted in the fan community seems to have subsided. However, that hasn't stopped NBCU from taking a proactive approach to a possible renewal of that criticism, purchasing some domain ...
Read MoreThought the photos were of Air France Flight 447
The tragedy of a commercial airliner going down in the Atlantic Ocean is already terrible, but some prankster took advantage of the situation and fooled a couple European news outlets with plane crash photos that were actually scenes from the ABC series "Lost." According to Gawker, Dutch radio st ...
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