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Star Trek stories: 36 news summaries

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 Truly Wacky Online Dating Sites 

From vampire lovers to geeks to punk rockers, a site for everyone

Oct 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the matches you’re finding on eHarmony are too vanilla, never fear: There’s a dating site out there for you, and Julie Gerstein of Lemondrop rounds up the quirkiest of the quirky:
  • If you wear a lot of black: Find your “own personal Satan” at
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Internet • marijuana • dating • punk music • online dating • Star Trek • geeks • Ayn Rand • farmers • trends

Nerd Alert: Roddenberry's Mac for Sale

Apple gave early model to Star Trek creator
as a gift in 1986

Sep 18, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Deep-pocketed Star Trek and Apple fanatics will battle it out next month in an auction for the first Macintosh Plus—a computer that happened to be owned by Gene Roddenberry. The Mac Plus was the third Mac model, released 2 years after the original, and the first to offer a... More »

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Apple • Macintosh • Star Trek • Gene Roddenberry

(Newser) - Smells like sci-fi spirit. A new line of aftershaves and perfumes is targeting the Star Trek fan base, reports the Daily Telegraph. Creator Genki Wear touts the "casual yet commanding" men's cologne Tiberius, branded after Captain Kirk's middle name, as a scent "difficult to define and impossible to... More »

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science fiction • Star Trek • perfume • cologne

(Newser) - Actor Patrick Stewart reported seeing a "ghost" in the wings while performing Waiting for Godot in London, reports the Telegraph. The former Star Ship Enterprise captain was apparently not up to snuff during one scene. When co-star Ian McKelllan asked him what happened, Stewart replied: "I just saw... More »

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theater • London • Ian McKellen • Star Trek • ghosts • Ghost • acting • Patrick Stewart • Waiting for Godot

INTERViEW


 Shatner: Conan 
 'Holds Me Close'


Actor dishes on relationship with O'Brien, still hasn't seen Star Trek

Aug 10, 09 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - William Shatner’s beat-poetry homages to Sarah Palin on Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show have become viral-video hits. Time magazine caught up with the actor and Priceline pitchman to find out about his off-camera relationship with O’Brien, Star Trek, and more:
  • “It's great,” Shatner reports.
... More »

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Conan O'Brien • Star Trek • William Shatner • viral video • Sarah Palin • JJ Abrams

analysis

 What Hollywood 
 Learned This Summer 


Jul 9, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood is in the middle of an illuminating summer. The season started strong, with Star Trek, The Hangover, and Up, before things seriously cooled off, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some big releases await, but here are some of the lessons learned so far:
  • Playability has eclipsed
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entertainment • box office • Eddie Murphy • Star Trek • Will Ferrell • movies • Terminator Salvation • summer movies • The Hangover • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

 This Summer's Top Trailers 


Jul 8, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer may not always yield the best movies, but it never fails to deliver the year’s best trailers. Wired celebrates this sacred art by picking out the trailers that managed to throw the most hype onto the screen in 3 minutes or less. We’ve helpfully compiled them in... More »

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Star Trek • movie trailer • action movie • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Bruno • summer movies • The Hangover • District 9 • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen • 2012

OPINION

 Religious Right 
 Sets Phasers to 
 'Stun Obama' 

Coalition takes a page from Enterprise's book

Jul 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The religious right is going Star Trek, Dana Milbank writes for the Washington Post. “Individual, national, multi-ethnic and transgenerational organizations” have joined forces to create the Freedom Federation to promote “faith, moral values, and freedom” and equality, says the organization’s statement. But rather than targeting Nero the... More »

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religious right • faith • Christian conservatives • Star Trek • conservatives • Obama administration • President Obama • Freedom Federation

box office roundup


 Transformers 
 Sequel Stuns 
 Box Office 

Michael Bay robot-romp could be biggest movie of 2009

Jun 28, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen nearly toppled the 5-day opening record by earning $201.2 million since Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Dark Knight remains unbeaten at $203.8 million, but Transformers still crushed the weekend competition with a $112 million gross. Filling out the... More »

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Michael Bay • film • Transformers • box office • The Dark Knight • Star Trek • movies

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Up Staves Off Hangover 


Jun 7, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Up kept soaring this weekend with $44.2 million, just above Hangover’s $43.3 million debut, USA Today reports. Execs at both films’ studios are pleased with the higher-than-expected results, but Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost didn’t fare so well, opening to just $19.5 million.... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Star Trek

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Up Hits Box Office Heights 


May 31, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pixar’s Up floated to the top of the box office this weekend with $68.2 million, USA Today reports. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian came in second with $25.5 million. Though critics loved it, Drag Me to Hell debuted to just $16.8 million, while... More »

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entertainment • film • Pixar • box office • Star Trek • Terminator Salvation

 Winona Still Remembers 
 Pain of Depp Breakup 

She's back after 7 years off screen

May 27, 09 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Winona Ryder says she's getting her act together at the age of 37, but she still vividly remembers being thrown for a loop after her teenage breakup with Johnny Depp. In an interview with the UK edition of Elle, as reported by People, Ryder says the breakup occurred at the... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Johnny Depp • gossip • Star Trek • Winona Ryder • celebrity breakup

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Stiller's Museum 
 Beats Terminator 


May 24, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even the Terminator couldn’t beat Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which banked $53.5 million this weekend, Reuters reports. Terminator Salvation finished second with $43.0 million—but did haul in a $56.4 million 4-day total after opening Thursday. Star Trek ($22 million),... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Ben Stiller • Star Trek • Terminator Salvation • Angels & Demons

 IMAX Dismisses 
 Gripes About 
 Screen Size 

Company focuses on digital quality, cheaper installation

May 20, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - IMAX execs are shrugging off a recent burst of complaints that most of its screens aren't as huge as customers expect, according to the Hollywood Reporter. After a Parks and Recreation actor twittered indignantly that the screen in the theater where he saw the IMAX version of Star Trek was... More »

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entertainment • Star Trek • movie theaters • IMAX • films • summer movies

interview

 Obama Loves 
 Star Trek, 
 Not Cheney 


May 17, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Often compared to Spock, President Obama recently took time out to see the new Star Trek blockbuster—and liked it. “Star Trek was ahead of its time,” he said in a wide-ranging interview with Newsweek. Turning to Dick Cheney, Obama said the VP's arguments for torture and unilateral... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Dick Cheney • US troops • Star Trek • Spock

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Angels & Demons 
 Blessed With $48M Win 


May 17, 09 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angels & Demons ascended to the box office heavens this weekend with a $48 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. That’s well behind The Da Vince Code’s $77.1 million opening in 2006, due in part to Star Trek’s strong second-weekend haul of $43 million. Wolverine came in... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Star Trek • Wolverine • Da Vinci Code • Entertainment Weekly • Angels & Demons • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Best. Bromance. Ever. 


May 13, 09 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some people may see Star Trek for the action. Some go for the bromance. In Star Trek II, when Spock used his dying breath to tell Kirk, “I have been and always shall be your friend,” it cemented them as the greatest bromance ever. But not all... More »

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Tom Cruise • Star Wars • Star Trek • M*A*S*H • Anthony Edwards • Kelly McGillis • Top Gun • Jay-ZTV • bromance • Shawshank Redemption • Alan Alda

OPINION

 Original Trek Still The Best 


May 13, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been a long time since James Kirk set out on his 5-year mission, and those early voyages may look cheesy, low-budget, or even sexist now. But “the original Star Trek still has a passion and vitality,” writes Andrew O’Hehir of Salon. “It stands... More »

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entertainment • television • science fiction • Star Trek • William Shatner • Leonard Nimoy • syndication • Gene Roddenberry

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

Star Trek Boldly Goes
for Box Office Win


May 10, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Trek set phasers for box office “kill” this weekend with a $76.5 million debut, Entertainment Weekly reports. Falling short of Wolverine’s $85.1 million opener last week, the take still exceeds expectations and bodes well for a franchise that needs a boost. Wolverine dropped a hefty... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Star Trek • Wolverine • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • Jay-ZTV

MOVIE REVIEW

 Trek Lives Well, Should Prosper 

Abrams' bold reinvention of franchise will please both longtime fans and newbies

May 8, 09 7:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - JJ Abrams has boldly pulled off the almost impossible with his stellar reinvention of Star Trek and made a movie that will wow both newcomers and hardcore Trekkies, critics say.
  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: The prequel "is more exciting than the last four ST pictures put together,
... More »

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entertainment • movie review • science fiction • Star Trek • movies • John Cho • JJ Abrams

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