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Nerine Shatner Friendly House

This non profit organization is one of the nation's first residential homes for women recovering from alcohol and substance abuse.

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For the past eleven years, William Shatner has spearheaded the HCHS which features some of the best western reining riders in the country while simultaneously raising money for charity.

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From the International Herald-Tribute...


Shatner: Conquering New Frontiers


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The Associated Press, Published: June 6, 2008. (Page 1 of 2)


STUDIO CITY, California: The SUV pulls to an abrupt stop on Ventura Boulevard. In the middle of the westbound lane is a man in a loud shirt, his body coiled with energy, darting across traffic toward a strip mall.

It's lunchtime. Good sushi is across the street. And a guy like William Shatner is not about to be stopped by something as mundane as traffic.

Why did William Shatner cross the road? Why has he ever? To get to the other side. To see what's out there. To find out stuff and inhale the universe in his singular Shatnerian way. It's the story of his life -- and the lives of the characters he has breathed, spoken and shouted into existence over a 50-year performing career.

It's the story of Boston Legal bombast Denny Crane, racing to experience all life's pleasures before Alzheimer's drags him toward darkness. It's the story of the Priceline Negotiator, that discount-travel maniac who barnstorms across the planet to get us better deals. It's the story of James T. Kirk, the wise and womanizing starship captain who led a crew of 23rd-century explorers across interstellar backroads.

And it's the story of Shatner himself -- a man governed by his passions and interests, a man who crosses new roads every day, gleefully ignoring those who dismiss him and conquering frontiers he never dreamed possible. A cultural phenomenon who, despite tales of his galactic ego, seems strikingly down to Earth as he shapes and basks in the third golden age of his career.

"I'm trying to fill the cracks in the bricks that have been written. I'm the mortar," he says. "That's what an actor should be doing."

Yes, he's been pilloried over the years -- perhaps justifiably here and there -- for his roundhouse method-actor style, for his apparent obliviousness of his own over-the-topitude, for his primal, all-encompassing Shatnerness.

But being snide about William Shatner is so 1997. He is 77 now, post-post ironic, doing precisely what he wants to -- and, finally, no longer terrified about making a living.
"Live life like you're gonna die, because you're gonna," he sang a few years ago.

After the brutally honest 2004 album Has Been with Ben Folds, after the Emmy in 2004 and the second Emmy in 2005 and the new autobiography this spring, if you're still stuck parodying Shatner's staccato delivery and making T.J. Hooker toupee cracks, the joke, friend, is on you.

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"Lemurs," William Shatner is explaining through mouthfuls of sushi, "are primitive animals of many varieties."

You name the subject, he's fascinated. Global warming. Asian soap operas. The sentience of fish. Afghan politics. The turkeys he deep-fries in a "multimedia show" every Thanksgiving. And his timeless loves -- his wife Elizabeth, his three daughters and his racehorses.

To sit and talk with Shatner over a meal is its own multimedia show. You start by marveling about the familiar voice you're hearing. By and by, you begin paying attention to what he's saying, which is a theme park of topics. This is a guy who, in his new autobiography Up Till Now, rhapsodizes about a gas station where he found
"the finest tire air I've ever encountered."

He has a conversational style -- a cognitive style, even -- of starting slowly, navigating his way into a topic and, in the course of a single sentence, transforming from cool introspection to full-on oratory.

This much-scorned, steam-gaining delivery is the product of a man thinking something through and finding conviction along the way. With Captain Kirk, it went like this: "Risk -- RISK is our business. THAT'S what this starship is all about. That's why we're a-BOARD her!"

With Shatner, it goes like this:
"We can't wait for something dire to happen before this democracy decides to gird up and FIGHT global warming. We're on ... a collision course ... with HIStory!" (This is followed quickly by, "Shall we order something else?")

Joining us for lunch is Brett Keller, chief marketing officer at Priceline.com, where Shatner has been frontman for a decade, urging people to name their own price. Both sides have benefited: Priceline got an iconic figure, and Shatner got a forum upon which to surf back into the collective consciousness.

In the latest Priceline ads, Shatner bursts forth as the Priceline Negotiator, a mashup of James Bond and Ron Popeil who will do anything to help people broker better deals.

"You're a celebrity (and) you're asked to do a 30-second television spot. It's not the most glamorous thing in the world. But he dives in," Keller says. "You either love him or you hate him, and I think most people love him."



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He has always favored unusual paths. You don't make an entire horror movie in Esperanto (Incubus, 1964) otherwise. You don't open an equestrian camp to help disabled Israeli and Arab children get along. And you certainly don't serenade George Lucas by dancing with stormtroopers while singing a personalized version of "My Way."

Let's even put this on the table: William Shatner is vulnerable.

Stop smirking. Do you have the guts to get out there and whisper gently to the public about the night you found your wife dead in your swimming pool? Do you possess the chops to portray a lawyer who's slowly losing his mind? Would you record a dramatic reading of Exodus backed by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra while knowing you'll be heckled by guys who, 40 years later, are still maligning your version of "Mr. Tambourine Man"?

With these choices, Shatner has carved himself a unique place in the culture. Hate him or love him, rarely has an entertainer straddled giggles and glory so adeptly. And rarely does a performer have three distinct careers, each building on the last:

_Shatner No. 1: I'm a Very Serious Actor. This one played tortured men in two Twilight Zone installments, portrayed a slick racist in 1962's The Intruder and created the role of the iconic Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek.

_Shatner No. 2: I Laugh At Myself And You Can Too. There were hints of this Shatner earlier, but he really jumped into self-parody in a 1997 film called Free Enterprise, in which he played a heightened version of himself. Then came his appearance as the alien leader on Third Rock From The Sun and his first Priceline ads, which cast him as a zeitgeisty, lounge-lizard joker.

_Shatner No. 3: We Laughed Until We Cried, the most sophisticated Shatner of all.

For years, it was assumed that Shatner equaled Kirk. Then came Denny Crane, a Boston law firm's fading rainmaker. Denny is loudmouthed, sexist, self-obsessed and terrified at what age is stealing. Only his much younger colleague, Alan Shore, understands the panic behind the bluster.

This Shatner combined the serious and the comic in the most unusual way.
"I've obviously had those instruments at my call," he says, "but the opportunity to use them wasn't there."

As he was winning Emmys, Shatner ventured back into the admittedly narrow niche of spoken-word singing -- a pantheon in which he had been roundly denounced -- and paired up with Folds for the audaciously named Has Been. He joined musical stalwarts like Henry Rollins and Joe Jackson to sing -- and sometimes write -- a concept album about age and regret. People, skeptical people, called it honest and moving.

Something's going on with Shatner, some odd alchemy. He's mined a vein of cultural coal that transcends ubiquity. He's been pitchman, legend, action figure, in-joke, cover boy, game-show host, cultural signpost, embodiment of a bright future.

"Shatner is THE epitome of the post-ironic, 21st-century American cultural attitude," says Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University television and pop-culture historian.

Or put it another way. One of Shatner's daughters and her husband like to play a game: Get through an entire day without seeing an image of Dad somewhere in public and you win.

Usually, no one does.

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Midmorning on the Boston Legal set, where Denny Crane is proposing marriage to a sexy Montana cattle rancher.

With each take, more dimensions emerge in Shatner's performance. He lends personality to Denny's nose, eyes, lips as he tries to release the ache of a fading giant trying to get the girl. By the final take, the scene is heart-wrenching.

The mutual devotion between Denny and James Spader's Alan Shore is extraordinary. Rare is the honest male TV friendship; most buddy scenes are dispatched with testosterone and awkwardness. But Denny and Alan are like lovers without the attraction; they work to understand each other -- not unlike another deep friendship, that of Kirk and Spock.

"It's a friendship based entirely on communication and empathy," Shatner says.

Why does Denny Crane work so well? Some of it is David E. Kelley's writing, but some is sheer Shatnerness.

"He brings to the moment everything you know about him," says David Fisher, who collaborated with Shatner on the new autobiography. "We know what he's been through. We know the ridicule he's received, we know the plaudits he's received. He's been part of our lives for so long."

Shatner as Kirk may be a memory. The character died in 1994's Star Trek Generations and will be played in next year's J.J. Abrams reboot by the young actor Chris Pine. Other than that, all things seem possible.

"I have all of the hungers and passions and desires of when I was 20," Shatner says. "There's nothing I can't do."

After all this time, he lives life like he's gonna die, because he's gonna. But when the time finally comes to take that trip, don't be surprised if William Shatner tries to name his own price.



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Shatner the Quotable

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By The Associated Press Sun Jun 8, 12:00 AM ET


Some of the interesting stuff William Shatner had to say during his interview with The Associated Press:

On a recent Boston Legal scene that focused on Denny Crane's friendship with Alan Shore:

"An actor can do one of two things. You can face out front, listen and be listening and in your own thoughts. ... Or you can be fixated on the person -- listening, watching. That throws the ball on the person talking. If you're focused on them, then the audience is focused on them. I chose to listen locked on what he was saying, and when he said to me, 'Can I tell you what I love about you?' I chose to be very emotional and said, 'Tell me' as though I were in love with him. And as I was doing this, I recognized the possibility of people mistaking that for homosexual love, as against somebody interested in the generic word love and not carrying an idea of sexuality."

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On Shatner's relationship with Priceline.com:

"The evolution of the marketing campaign to this moment now -- this character, the Negotiator, now no longer is Shatner playing a guitar and singing a song and therefore you say, 'Isn't he funny' or 'Isn't that terrible.' You say, 'That's this figure from Priceline who's our ombudsman. He's trying to get us a better price.' And I'm losing the identity of Shatner and becoming the frontispiece for the company."

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On the original "Star Trek" series:

"The actors were wonderful. And I didn't care about the sets or anything like that or the cheesy spaceship. ... I think that's what happens in Star Trek. Your eye goes past all the faults because you're concentrated on the actors and the plot."

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On acting:

"I'm trying to fill the cracks in the bricks that have been written. I'm the mortar. We're all alive, the four of us at this table, if you were to film us, you would see our faces just in conversation are filled. They are shifting and changing with our inner emotions, and we're not even talking about emotional things. That's what the actor should be doing."

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On the William and Elizabeth Shatner Therapeutic Riding Program, which puts Israeli and Arab children together in an equestrian setting:

"One of the conditions for them to get our money is that the riding center must be open to kids from all nations. And in some small way, half a dozen kids will see that the other people don't have horns, that they are not demons."


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From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review...


Emmy award-winning Andersonville Trial is on DVD


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By David Inman, THE COURIER-JOURNAL, Monday, June 9, 2008


Q: In the late 1960s, I remember a TV production that was a dramatization of the trial of a prison camp commander during the Civil War. I haven't seen it since. Can you tell me the title and if it's on DVD?

A: Sounds like The Andersonville Trial, a PBS production that won a bunch of Emmy Awards in 1970. The cast includes William Shatner, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen, Cameron Mitchell, Jack Cassidy and Buddy Ebsen. It's on DVD.



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From the Boston Globe...


New releases: TekWar


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By Stephanie Schorow, Globe Correspondent - June 9, 2008


TekWar, Complete TV series

In the years between Captain Kirk's histrionics and Denny Crane's buffoonery, William Shatner lent his name to a series of science-fiction novels centered on Tek, an addictive, mind-altering drug. The TekWar novels were turned into several films and into the 1994-1996 TV series starring Greg Evigan and, of course, the Big Head himself. The TV shows (although not the movies) have been collected into this three-DVD set.



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From PublishersWeekly.com...


BookExpo 2008: William Shatner

Added: June 09, 2008

Bethanne Patrick, the Book Maven of Publishers Weekly, interviews William Shatner regarding his new autobiography Up Till Now, at BEA 2008.


Video playback time = 10 minutes.

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From The Cape Breton Post...


Why William Shatner Can Save Gaelic


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William Shatner in The Third Walker (1978)

By Ken Chisholm, The Cape Breton Post, Last updated at 8:17 AM on 11/06/08



William Shatner stands alone in cinematic history as having acted in two films that featured two different artificial languages: Incubus, which used Esperanto, and Star Trek: The Search for Spock, that introduced Klingon (And let us pause for a second and consider how un-endangered Gaelic would be if Kiingons spoke Gaelic). So, Shatner is used to promoting non-mainstream languages. He has cool appeal and recognition that cuts across generations and he has already made a movie in Cape Breton (The Third Walker). A Gaelic language film set in Cape Breton with William Shatner on its own might put Gaelic in the mouths of Terrans everywhere.

And I would bet real money that somebody somewhere has already rendered into Gaelic the phrase, "Beam me up, Scotty."



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From ZDNet.co.uk...


Boldly going to IBM Rational 2008


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Adrian Bridgwater, ZDNet.co.uk, Published: 11 Jun 2008 15:40 BST


During his presentations at the IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2008 in Orlando, Florida in June, prominent coding guru and IBM fellow Grady Booch said this year's event had drawn a more interesting and diverse mix of attendees than ever before. This could be described as a bit of an understatement, given that one attendee and guest speaker was a former star-ship captain.

Intergalactic adventurers aside, IBM would normally expect to attract more system-level engineers to this kind of show, according to Booch. But the attendee list showed that a variety of software engineers had shown up, from hard-core programmers to database administrators, and even web developers, he said. The event attracted around 3,500 developers trying to keep up with around 300 sessions and tutorials across technology 14 tracks, according to IBM.

On hand to add some light relief to the proceedings was William Shatner (pictured) whose alter-ego, Star Trek's Captain James T Kirk, knew a thing or two about tech work under pressure, or at least how to delegate it to ship's engineer Scotty. Obviously reading from a script, Shatner told an amused (and bemused) audience:
"IBM Rational software is important, a huge number of software projects fail and the role of collaboration has never been more important."

IBM has announced a group of new products at the show for its Eclipse-based team collaboration platform Jazz, which it said will aid integration among geographically distributed software development teams. Principal among the new releases is Rational Team Concert, which IBM said has been built to incorporate social networking and Web 2.0 technologies to help monitor version control and project health.

ZDNet.co.uk caught up with some of the attendees at the show to get their thoughts on the conference and IBM's wider software development strategy. (Some attendees chose not to have their picture taken.)



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William Shatner's Latest Work


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Recorded: 12 June 2008, Location: Los Angeles, United States


William Shatner releases his new book Up Till Now, new talk show Raw Nerve, and Gonzo Ballet for Milwalkee Ballet Company. When does he sleep?!


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From St. Louis Today...


'Extraordinary Animals'


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By Gail Pennington, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 06/13/2008



SPOTLIGHT

'Extraordinary Animals'

8:30 p.m. on Animal Planet

William Shatner narrates a new series showcasing animals that, if you can believe it, do extraordinary things.


First up: "Pachyderm Picasso," featuring Hong, a 6-year-old elephant in Thailand with a talent for painting.

Later episodes will spotlight Rio, supposedly smarter than the average sea lion, and Azy, an orangutan who speaks via symbols.



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92Y Podcast: William Shatner


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[AUDIO playback time = 8 minutes]

Friday, June 13, 2008

On the eve of the publication of his memoir, Up Till Now: The Autobiography, William Shatner (Star Trek and Boston Legal) appeared at the Y to share stories with Budd Mishkin about his career and life, on stage and off. In the clip above, he talks about an early role in Henry V, rehearsing in the bathroom and kidney stones.

You can also download the MP3. [4 MB]
[Right-click link and select "Save Target As:" or equivalent to download.]


The full program will be broadcast on the weekly From New York's 92nd Street Y program this Saturday at 7, 8 and 9AM ET on the SIRIUS STARS Channel. If you're not a subscriber, go to www.sirius.com/freetrial for a 3 day free trial.



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From the Dallas News...


William Shatner's new autobiography, Up Till Now, is a Fun Read


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RIC FRANCIS/The Associated Press: William Shatner takes a break in his Los Angeles office. He's an actor, a pitchman, a recording artist and an author, but he'd rather be riding horses.

By MICHAEL MERSCHEL / The Dallas Morning News / 12:00 AM CDT on Saturday, June 14, 2008



LOS ANGELES -- William Shatner is a man in a hurry.

He has just signed an astounding 260 books in 25 minutes, leaving the assembled publicists slack-jawed with awe. Having agreed to an interview about his new autobiography, he is planted inside Jackie Collins' cavernous tour bus, the quietest available spot on the busy floor of the recent Book Expo America.

"Let's get this done," he says, to kick things off.

If he's rushed, it's understandable. For one thing, promoting Up Till Now today has interrupted a day on horseback with his wife.

For another, Up Till Now (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.95) is that rare celebrity autobiography that's as entertaining as it is reflective, a genuinely fun read. He bristles at the suggestion that anyone should have expected less.

"Well, I wrote my book because I was asked to, and I'm busy," he says. "And I thought, 'I have to very carefully delineate my time.' " But he decided, "This is a good opportunity to write something that was in effect a legacy for my children and grandchildren and give them a taste of what my life was about."

And what a life the 77-year-old has had. He grew up Jewish in a Catholic section of Montreal, where he earned the nickname "Toughie." He rose from the Canadian National Repertory Theater to Broadway to Hollywood and some of the most memorable roles in TV history. Along the way he has paddled a canoe from Montreal to New York, been fondled by Koko the gorilla, killed a bear with an arrow, and arranged to sell his kidney stone for $75,000 for charity.

Mr. Shatner says he dictated stories
"that I saw as tiny mirrors of incidences in my life" to co-writer David Fisher, who did the book's first draft. On the second draft the actor "tried to find some meaning behind the series of incidences."

What kind of meaning? He says he became aware of the ripple effect of small choices one makes. He writes in the book, for example, how his decision to record the 1968 album The Transformed Man, with its unearthly version of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," became the favorite of an advertising copywriter decades later. That led to his commercials for Priceline.com and his 2004 album Has Been,
"which I look at with great pride." It was staged by the Milwaukee Ballet, which he shot as a documentary, Gonzo Ballet.

His life, or at least his book, is like that.

Lesson learned

"I became aware of these unconscious decisions you make all your life, which lead to very conscious results," he says. "The lesson I've tried to learn from looking at my life was trying to be more conscious of spending the time with you instead of my wife on horseback."

Really, Mr. Shatner, we're sorry.

"Not at all," he says, smiling. "You'd think if there's anybody, Dallas would understand."

The need to be working constantly is also a thread in the book. For much of his career, he had a simple definition for success: having $1,800 in the bank. Is that what drives him to take on so many projects?

"Well, I think that's gone. This isn't my bus," he says, looking around Ms. Collins' studio apartment on wheels. "But I could buy it, I suppose."

But if his track record indicates he'll rarely say no to a project, he doesn't see himself as a hustler.

"The way I see it, from my point of view, it isn't hustling. It's, the opportunity is there. And why not avail oneself of it? Like a guy says, 'Would you like to write a book?' And I say, 'OK, I'll write the book.' A guy says, 'I'd like to give you a lot of money if you'll stand with me and have a picture taken.' Click, it's over. A lot of money goes to some kids who could use it. Well, I'm not hustling for that." (Although in this case, Mr. Shatner was researching the offer to make sure it wouldn't damage his reputation.)

"But if I'm passing a kidney stone, and the guy's going to throw it out, and someone wants to buy it, I'll bargain with him for how much it's worth, and give the money to charity. I'm not hustling."

Although his book is poignant at times -- he writes openly about his failings as a husband with his first two wives and extensively about the alcoholism and drowning death of his third -- the book is punctuated with great storytelling. And certainly, as many have written, he has an ability to laugh at himself. And have fun. And that's the point, he says.

"I don't have much time left," he says. "So if I'm hustling at all it's because ... It's the football hustle. 'Let's move at a double pace because the yards are giving out. Double time now because there isn't that much time.' You may interpret it as a hustle. I'm thinking, 'Let's get some stuff -- let's get it all done.' "

One thing he does not have time for: elaborating on the ill will expressed toward him by other Star Trek cast members, for example

In Up Till Now, Mr. Shatner acknowledges having been self-absorbed as he was playing Captain Kirk. But without mentioning anyone by name, he says that part of the book is
"getting more attention than it deserves," and any problem anyone has with his behavior in that long-ago era is theirs, not his.

Cherished friend

"I don't know what's the matter with somebody who holds a grudge for 40 years," he says. "I don't even know what the grudge is about. It certainly hasn't occupied my time. My reverence is the fact that I have a great friend in Leonard Nimoy that started there. And I cherish that more than most things."

And with that, it's time to head back to his wife, Elizabeth, and his horses, whom they are preparing for an arena competition the next day.

"So I was on two horses this morning, came down here, and I'm gonna go back there right now and get on some more," he says.

Sounds like time well spent.



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From the Toledo Blade...


Faith Notes

By David Yonke, Blade Religion Editor / Article published Saturday, June 14, 2008

He's starred in Star Trek and Boston Legal, now William Shatner stands on the bridge between the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and an audience of 3,000 as he quotes the Bible in Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts, newly released by the Jewish Music Group.

The Shakespearean-trained actor and pop culture star read the Old Testament text with typical dramatic flair in this live recording made in Little Rock in April, 2005.

"I was the fulcrum between the 350 voices of the singers, the 75-odd instruments in the orchestra, and the several thousand people out front. I was the conduit. I was the meeting place. It was a glorious evening for all," Shatner said in the liner notes.


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