Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star trek. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Simon Pegg is live in Texas today for his book signing

Simon Pegg is attending his book signing of 'Nerd do well' in Texas today, so grab your copy and get in line to meet the star!

He's also in LA on the 17th, so don't miss out!


About the book - The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek.

Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: actor, comedian, writer and self-proclaimed supergeek Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having landed on the U.S. movie scene in the surprise cult hit Shaun of the Dead, his enduring appeal and rise to movie star with a dedicated following has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronic, but mostly just plain great.

From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with science fiction, his enduring friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up comedy which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his twelve-year-old classmates, Simon has always had a severe and dangerous case of the funnies.

Whether recounting his experience working as a lifeguard at the city pool, going to Comic-Con for the first time and confessing to Carrie Fisher that he used to kiss her picture every night before he went to sleep, or meeting and working with heroes that include Peter Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Quentin Tarantino, Pegg offers a hilarious look at the journey to becoming an international superstar, dotted with a cast of memorable characters, and you're rooting for him all the way.

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Star Trek 45th Anniversary Convention honoring Gene Roddenberry Live in San Francisco with Leonard Nimoy

Star Trek fans will be out en-masse to this monumental occasion, honoring creator Gene Roddenberry by celebrating 45 years of Star Trek with a special guest appearance from the legendary Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy.

For full details of event and ticket information please see: http://myworldevents.com/usa/star_trek_convention.html

Other guests scheduled to appear include Grace Lee Whitney, Nana Visitor and Connor Trinneer and there's also a fantastic opportunity to join Leonard Nimoy at his Photography Seminar, autograph and photo sessions, parties, costumes and competition, Trekkers will definitely not want to miss this event!

About Star Trek - Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise. The original Star Trek is an American television series, created by Gene Roddenberry, and followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of an exploration vessel of a 23rd century galactic "United Federation of Planets" - the Starship Enterprise.

This series debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons, after an initial pilot film “The Cage” with a mostly different cast was rejected by Paramount, though this pilot is now routinely packaged with the original series. Following the release of other series in the franchise, the Kirk-led series was retroactively referred to as "Star Trek: The Original Series". These adventures were continued by the short-lived Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. Four more television series were eventually produced, based in the same universe but following other characters: Star Trek: The Next Generation, following the crew of a new Starship Enterprise set a century after the original series; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, set contemporaneously with The Next Generation; and Star Trek: Enterprise, set before the original series, in the early days of human interstellar travel. Four additional feature films were produced, following the crew of The Next Generation, and most recently a 2009 movie reboot of the franchise featuring a young crew of the original Enterprise set in an alternate timeline.

Thursday, 5 August 2010

Star Trek Convention 2010 in Las Vegas


A key event for Star Trek devotees the world over, the Star Trek Convention for 2010 is taking place as the Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This webcam view comes live directly from Las Vegas.

In 1967, science fiction editor Arthur W. Saha applied the term "trekkies" when he saw a few fans of the first season of Star Trek wearing pointy ears at the 25th World Science Fiction Convention, on the day Gene Roddenberry showed a print of "Amok Time" to the convention. Saha used the term in an interview with Pete Hamill that Hamill was conducting for TV Guide concerning the phenomenon of science fiction.

The Trekkie phenomenon did not catch on with general public consciousness until years after the show was cancelled in 1969. The show began syndication in reruns during the early 1970s and the first fan convention devoted to Star Trek opened in 1972 in New York.

Star Trek conventions are organized gatherings of Star Trek fans. The larger ones usually have stars and production staff speak or at least sign autographs. It is also common for there to be booths where vendors will sell Trek-related merchandise or collectors will sell and trade. Most of the formerly Trek-only conventions of the mid '90s have now expanded to include other sci-fi and fantasy series.


This webcam view comes live directly from Las Vegas http://www.myworldwebcams.com/usa/nevada/las_vegas_strip_webcam.html