Bill Shatner talks about his memories of Ricardo Montalban:
Month: January 2009
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Star Trek, the fragrance?
Trekmovie.com has news of a merchandising blitz planned around Star Trek in anticipation of the forthcoming reboot/prequel/sequel movie. We are getting board games, sleepware, posters, toys… And fragrances. “Tiberius”, “Red Shirt” and “Pon Farr” are the names. I don’t know.…
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Final sale prices from Galactica auction… Gulp…
$1900 for Colonel Tigh’s liquor bottle? $4000 for Admiral Cain’s razor? Wow, I wish I had more money than sense. Here’s the list of the final prices. And here’s a look at the auction with some cast commentaries…
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Reax to Oscar Nominations: Meh.
Wow, the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday and I’m kind of stunned. No Dark Knight for best picture. No nomination for Darren Aronovski for The Wrestler. No nomination of Springsteen’ song from The Westler. No nomination for Clint Eastwood for…
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Pics of the new Star Trek movie toys
Courtesy of USA Today… /looks at pictures… //looks at bank account… ///says “goodbye” to contents of bank account… UPDATE: Here’s pictures of some of the rest of the toy line, including the new phaser and tricorder!
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VIDEO: A look back at 10 years of Doctor Manhattan
Man, THIS is how you do viral video to promote a movie. Please find, courtesy of The New Frontiersman, a clip from the 1970 NBS Nightly News, covering the 10th Anniversary of Doctor Manhattan. And here’s a shot of Doc…
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Man, am I jealous – The Battlestar Galactica Auction Gallery
The guy behind The Digital Bits got a chance to go to the gallery that is holding items to be sold off (CORRECTION: that was sold off this past weekend) for the Battlestar Galactica auction – here’s some fraktastic pictures……
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VIDEO: The Curious Case of Forrest Gump
This video has pretty much convinced me I don’t want to see Benjamin Button, because it points out the many similarities it has with a movie I despise (Forrest Gump) – which is not surprising as both were written by…
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On Mr. Montalban…
I am late to post this, because of family matter and such (those pancakes will not make themselves, nor will the chicken dinner and pumpkin pie…) but I have to write something about Mr. Ricardo Montalban. I grew up watching…
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VIDEO: Star Wars, retold by someone who hasn’t seen it.
Well this video is all over the net this week and it’s fantastic – as an Internet Blog Author, I have a contractual obligation to either embed or link to it, so here it is: Star Wars: Retold (by someone…
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VIDEO: The cast of Mad Men on The Soup…
Since they couldn’t get a chance to say anything on the Golden Globes last weekend, they popped up on The Soup… along with Levar Burton. AWESOME. [youtube]ew11tgM08Wc[/youtube]
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Barbara Walters berates Edward James Olmos!
This link has video of Edward James Olmos on today’s View being berated by Barbara Walters, for not taking the lead role in Star Trek: The Next Generation…
The Prisoner, TV
Patrick
What should I believe? It’s an odd question, but it’s one we have all had at one point or another. We may have not even expressed this question consciously – we may have absorbed what other people told us, and…
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Ricardo Montalban has passed
I am at a loss for words. Two of my favorite actors, gone the same day. I’ll post some thoughts later.
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Patrick McGoohan is gone.
Damn.
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SLIDESHOW: Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, OR
Dropped by the famous Voodoo Doughnut last week to try out the maple bacon doughnut. Yum. Will be returning here my next visit to the Northeast for sure…