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NEWS ABOUT: William Shatner

William Shatner stories: 10 news summaries
APOLOGIES dept.

 Shatner Reads the Real Levi 

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

Nov 6, 09 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • lawsuit • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Shatner 
 Poeticizes 
 Levi's Tweets 

William Shatner back on Conan for dramatic reading of Johnston's posts

Nov 5, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

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

 Shatner Graces 
 Conan With 
 More Palin 'Poetry' 

This time, drawn from her Twitter feed

Jul 30, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - After realizing Sarah Palin’s incoherent resignation address was not actually a speech but rather poetry, Conan O’Brien started investigating her Twitter feed. “Some people have found her tweets to be a little rambling, confusing, and off-topic,” O’Brien said on last night’s Tonight Show,... More »

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entertainment • NBC • comedy • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • poetry • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter

(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s farewell speech may have sounded like random meandering gibberish, but it was actually random meandering performance poetry, Conan O’Brien explained last night on NBC's Tonight Show. To celebrate her obvious gifts, he enlisted William Shatner for a Beat-style reading—and yes, it's as amazing as you... More »

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late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • poetry • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin

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

OPINION

Boston Legal, Creator Bow Out, But Not Quietly


Dec 8, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Tonight's final episode of Boston Legal marks a temporary end to creator David E. Kelley’s reign as “l'enfant terrible turned angry-older-guy of TV,” writes Lisa DeMoraes in the Washington Post. Kelley “has used his various prime-time series to prosecute cases against society's assorted ills—and sometimes,... More »

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television • James Spader • William Shatner • Boston Legal • TV series • cancelled • David E. Kelley

Kirk Blasts
Sulu for Wedding Snub

Shatner says Takei holds grudge: 'There
is a psychosis there'

Oct 22, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(AP) - William Shatner is setting his phaser to stun against his old Star Trek co-star George Takei. In a video posted on Shatner's Web site today, he lashed out at Takei for not inviting him to his wedding last month. The 77-year-old Kirk said Takei, who played Enterprise helmsman Sulu, apparently... More »

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gay marriage • Star Trek • William Shatner • George Takei

Sulu to Stun
Kirk With Wedding Snub

No space for Shatner
at Star Trek actor Takei's wedding

Jun 5, 08 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Captain Kirk won't be beaming down to join his Enterprise shipmates at Mr. Sulu's wedding, reports the New York Post. Actor George Takei, who's marrying his long-term boyfriend in September, plans to have Walter Koenig (Chekov) as best man and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) as matron of honor, and Spock (Leonard ... More »

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gay marriage • marriage • Star Trek • William Shatner • celebrity engagements • George Takei

I Am Not a
Kook But I Play One on TV

Shatner uninvited to reprise Capt. Kirk in new Trek flick

Oct 27, 07 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beam me up, Scotty...please?  When the gazillionth Star Trek movie goes into production, it will go there without the original Captain Kirk. While the latest movie incarnation of Star Trek will include the veteran Spock character, played by Leonard Nimoy, director J.J Abrams has passed on including William... More »

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Paramount • Star Trek • William Shatner • Leonard Nimoy • Boston Legal

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