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William Shatner

movie-related flash-fiction freebie: “Disney Dystopia”

Mon, Sep 02, 2019
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“Hey, so you wanna go to the disneys tonight?”

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Doctor Who thing: fans need to leave John Simm alooooooone!

Fri, May 31, 2013
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Look, actors don’t owe fans anything at all beyond their work. It’s hardly ever cool to approach a celeb in public. Why would you want to annoy someone you profess to like?

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feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)

Wed, May 08, 2013
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A Star Trek for our times. Very much for our times. Which means there’s little hope to be found here…

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QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…

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you won’t be able to unsee this horrifying and yet mesmerizing 1980s Hobbit book art (and other adventures in social networking)

Tue, Jan 29, 2013
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Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Doctor Who thing of the day: William Shatner as the Master?

Fri, Dec 21, 2012
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If not Shatner, who would make a good Master? Besides Benedict Cumberbatch, obviously…

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watch it: William Shatner’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Tue, Nov 29, 2011
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Holy Shatner.

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Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links

Sun, Mar 06, 2011
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Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…

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the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Trek Stars Go West’

Tue, Dec 07, 2010
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When Gene Roddenberry tried to explain to NBC execs that his new show Star Trek would be “Wagon Train to the stars,” he had some evidence to back himself up…

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question of the day: Who is your favorite hammy actor?

Fri, Nov 26, 2010
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Let’s just call it a given that William Shatner is probably at the tops of many a list. Who else? Al Pacino? John Malkovich? Jim Carrey? Are there any actresses who could be called hammy?

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