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From The National Enquirer...
Shatner Dead Wife's Bro Rips Bill Book
Published on: 06/14/2008
For the first time since the tragic drowning of William Shatner's third wife, Nerine, her family is asking tough questions aloud if the Star Trek actor's negligence led to her death.
William Kidd, Nerine's brother, says his family had remained silent but now he's ready to speak out because they're fed up that Shatner's exploiting her death to sell his recently released memoirs.
Kidd claims that Shatner's autobio Up Till Now is riddled with discrepancies about the fateful night of August 9, 1999 when the thesp found Nerine's lifeless body in the pool at their Studio City home.
"We'll probably never know the truth," Kidd told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.
Shatner claims to have called 911 before diving in and trying to save her.
"The natural reaction of a loving husband would be to start CPR," Kidd said.
"But Shatner didn't do that -- and he hosted Rescue 911 for years!"
For the full story and exclusive interview - pick up THE ENQUIRER - on sale now!
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/bill_sh ... rity/65008
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From Books Blog at GuideLive.comp...
William Shatner: The rest of the story...
By Michael Merschel / 6:22 AM Sun, Jun 15, 2008
It's a small blog world after all.
While I was waiting to board Jackie Collins' massive tour bus for my interview with William Shatner ...
(pausing for a moment while I reflect on how many times in one's life one gets to type a sentence like that.)
... where was I? Oh, yeah. I was waiting because, I was told, "someone from AOL" was interviewing him ahead of me. I did not pay her much attention because, frankly, I was focused on doing my own interview.
Apparently, the person ahead of me was actually Book Maven Bethanne Patrick. And she brought her video camera, so you can see William Shatner answer some of the same questions I asked. (In the spirit of provoking the kind of friendly debate that makes the blogosphere what it is, you may also ask: Is she answering accurately when he asks, "Is this for broadcast?")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9QL13d-Olw
Having watched that interview, and then reflecting on my own time with him, I have to say, in all seriousness, it must be a lot of work to be the Shat. And I appreciate that he made time for me -- and, by extension, the rest of Dallas. It's been entertaining.
http://booksblog.guidelive.com/archives ... of-th.html
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| TRexx wrote: | From The National Enquirer...
Shatner Dead Wife's Bro Rips Bill Book
Published on: 06/14/2008
For the first time since the tragic drowning of William Shatner's third wife, Nerine, her family is asking tough questions aloud if the Star Trek actor's negligence led to her death.
William Kidd, Nerine's brother, says his family had remained silent but now he's ready to speak out because they're fed up that Shatner's exploiting her death to sell his recently released memoirs.
Kidd claims that Shatner's autobio Up Till Now is riddled with discrepancies about the fateful night of August 9, 1999 when the thesp found Nerine's lifeless body in the pool at their Studio City home.
"We'll probably never know the truth," Kidd told The ENQUIRER in an exclusive interview.
Shatner claims to have called 911 before diving in and trying to save her.
"The natural reaction of a loving husband would be to start CPR," Kidd said.
"But Shatner didn't do that -- and he hosted Rescue 911 for years!"
For the full story and exclusive interview - pick up THE ENQUIRER - on sale now!
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/bill_sh ... rity/65008
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My guess would be that he's devastated by his sister's death, bitter because he wants to pin her death on Bill a solid viable excuse and is not willing to take away those rose-colored glasses he wears for his sister, extremely in denial that she wasn't all there, that he's wanting a bit of attention thrown at him because of the book being available now.
I asked my husband what would his instinct be if he saw someone like that in a pool. Call 911 or jump in. He said people's reactions vary and that he probably would reach for his phone. Phones are on everyone these days and people are taught at an early age to phone 911 in case of emergencies. People panic and do certain things, make certain judgement calls. She was already gone. Whether Bill had jumped in and tried to revive her or phone first wouldn't have mattered. She was already gone. Second guessing at this point is useless.  |
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From BBC News...
Put your questions to William Shatner
William Shatner has been working as an actor for more than half a century
Page last updated at 09:58 GMT, Monday, 16 June 2008 10:58 UK
Actor William Shatner has become one of the world's most well-known entertainers after almost 60 years in showbusiness.
Most famous for his role as Captain James T Kirk in the Star Trek TV series and seven spin-off films, he also starred in police drama TJ Hooker and has released several albums.
Throughout his career, he has worked with an extraordinary range of actors, including Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Sandra Bullock, Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro.
He currently plays bombastic lawyer Denny Crane in Boston Legal -- a role which recently won him an Emmy and Golden Globe.
Shatner will answer some of your questions as he promotes his autobiography Up Till Now, which is out now.
If you would like to ask William Shatner a question please use the form [link] below. We will pick a selection of the best to put to him later this week.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7456401.stm
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From Coast to Coast...
The William Shatner Interview
Original bradcast June 12, 2008
Actor William Shatner shares stories from his remarkable career including his roles in Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and Boston Legal. He got his start doing radio plays in his native Canada, before moving on to acting for the stage in New York.
Later, as he was in a failing TV series opposite Bonanza, he got a call from Gene Roddenberry to take a look at a pilot for Star Trek. The series in which he played Capt. James Kirk, ran for three years on NBC, but it was not a huge ratings success -- it was only in subsequent years during syndication that the show took off, he recounted. Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, has remained a close friend throughout his life, helping him get through the loss of his wife Nerine, said Shatner. He recalled the classic Trouble with Tribbles episode: "I certainly remember being buried in these little furry balls," as the stage crew through the balls at him, while silently laughing.
His serio-comic style as the Priceline pitchman may have inspired David Kelley to create the character of Denny Crane for him in The Practice/Boston Legal, said Shatner. He also discussed his singing endeavors -- using his classical training, he acts out the song.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2008/06/12.html
AUDIO playback time = 10 minutes per clip
Clip 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EjoI9vuBE
Clip 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R59A91GghSw
Clip 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB4Aqli88hA
Clip 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuqOduvGoBo
Clip 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkG1LAZ_FBA
Clip 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcC4eIC1dzg
Clip 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjYLYqc4RQs
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From Savannah Lee - A Writer's Blog...
And I will brook no argument
Posted on June 17, 2008 8:34 AM
It would appear that people are beginning, slowly, haltingly, to realize that William Shatner won his Emmys for a reason.
The standard line used to be that Shatner 'couldn't act.' If you thought otherwise, you were wise to keep it to yourself.
My dad taught acting. Sometimes did it himself.
So I grew up with it all. "Play against the dominant emotion." "Interiorize." "You're never talking to the other character, you're always talking to the audience." A thousand other teachings that wouldn't even make sense for me to repeat because they were in the moment. ("Turn just a little bit. There. Yes.") I know what those teachings are aiming at, the liberation, the moment when an actor is most in control and most in abandon. And I know that moment when I see it. I grew up watching actors work, from amateurs to students to professionals.
I know my shit here.
And I never for one minute questioned William Shatner's chops when I first started watching Star Trek in reruns as a child.
The article above says "This is not a man known for subtlety, but he should be." I about had an aneurysm. That one gets the "no shit" of the ages. Does anyone remember that bit of business in Wrath of Khan where he realizes his glasses are cracked, and tosses them aside? Hel...LOOOOO. He underplayed that thing to the point of throwing it away, and it's only the central defining moment of the entire film. (One of the great crimes of Americans towards their own movies is they think only Frenchmen make the kind of film where its whole meaning is that the glasses are cracked. Yeah, no, we do that too. It's just we do it in science fiction movies with explosions.)
And one of the great crimes of Americans towards their own actors (and yes, I know Shatner is Canadian, eh) is to squelch and suppress our operatic talents, seeking to deny them their full range, their size, their scope...the room they need to move, the scale they need to do their full work. Which, thank you, includes subtlety. Much more so than the tinny little talents who merely condense.
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The people who thought Shatner couldn't act either weren't paying attention, didn't understand what they were looking at -- or were embarrassed and ashamed that a guy in a space uniform could make them feel.
Now that he's put on a suit and started playing a lawyer, it's somehow more okay to see what we see when we watch him.
Well, that's fine. My hat is off to the king of the American third act. Lord knows we need one now.
http://savannahspage.com/2008/06/and_i_ ... ent_1.html
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From Macleans Magazine Blog...
an open letter to william shatner about poo
William Shatner in Canadian and UK TV ads for All-Bran cereal
By Scott Feschuk, June 19th, 2008 at 5:33 am
Dear William Shatner:
You can stop now. I get it. You can stop appearing on my television and in my newspapers to remind me that All-Bran makes people go poop.
Perhaps I am alone in this. Maybe I'm the only one. But I have grown slightly weary of your cheeky, enthusiastic odes to the excretory process.
I admit it: it was kind of cute at first -- your passionate, semi-witty extolling of the cereal's mighty poop-releasing power. "Kellogg's All-Bran," you'd say to the camera. "It makes you crap." Or something like that. Point is: you portrayed the toilet as Eden, utopia, a porcelain nirvana. And you said to poop-challenged people in their fifties and in their sixties and in their abdominal discomfort -- I can get you there. All-Bran can get you there!
Don't get me wrong, Bill. Pooping is great. It beats exploding, hands down.
And I grasp the scope of the challenge facing Kellogg's. The company is attempting to market and sell the first cereal to answer the question: "Hey, I wonder what hamster food pellets taste like?" (Spoiler alert: Not that great.)
So what do they do? They take a look at the nutritional information on the box and realize there's enough fibre in there to loosen up an elephant or a DeLuise. And they call you, Bill. They call you with the irresistible offer to become a spokesman for human feces.
Hi, I'm Bill Shatner. Poo = good.
But it's been years now. Years. First there were the TV ads touting the All-Bran Two Week Challenge to "promote regularity." Then I opened the paper to find you smiling smugly above the words "Hooray for Number Two!" Now it's more TV ads, these ones touting All-Bran snack bars -- which are apparently great for snacking, if you can remember to forget to remember why you're snacking on them. WHICH YOU NEVER CAN!
What's next? All-Bran gum? Mmmmm, you can really taste the psyllium seed husk!
Enough already, William Shatner: We're trying to eat here. But not that. We're not going to eat that.
P.S. I'm not saying you're obsessed, Bill, but when Sulu got married this week what did you send him? A colon?
P.P.S. Wait... Shat-ner. I get it!
http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/06/19/an-o ... about-poo/
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I read, recently, about Shatner's call to 911.
Asked why he didn't try to dive in... he remembered the water being still... not a ripple or wave. He knew instinctively by the stillness of the water, that it was too late.
Water, when disturbed, will have waves that last a long time before it becomes calm again.
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From WPRI Eyewitness News...
Celebrities to design Hasbro's "My Little Ponies"
Updated: June 19, 2008 03:52 PM
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The stars of the TV drama Boston Legal are taking a break from the lives of their oversexed, ego-driven characters to channel sunshine and rainbows.
William Shatner, James Spader, and Candace Bergen are among the celebrities and artists who've agreed to design "My Little Ponies," the plastic toy that has captivated girly girls since the 1980s.
Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. will auction the special ponies for the Give Kids The World Village charity as part of a celebration of the toy's 25th anniversary. The pastel-colored ponies -- with names like "Rainbow Dash" and "Daybreak" -- usually sport decorations on their hind quarters, often of hearts, balloons or stars.
The celebrities and artists were given blank, 18-inch versions of the usual 4-inch-tall ponies to decorate, Hasbro spokesman Dan Benkwitt said. Other designers include Grammy-winning singer LeAnn Rimes, 1980s teen idol Deborah Gibson and actor Danny Aiello, known for his roles in Moonstruck and Do the Right Thing.
Artists designing ponies include illustrator Catalina Estrada from Spain, New York graffiti artist-turned-designer Claw Money, and Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno. A pony designed by Estrada was expected to be unveiled at a collectors' "My Little Pony Fair" this weekend in Providence, Benkwitt said.
The others will be unveiled during a gallery event in Manhattan in September, when they also will be auctioned. Benkwitt said Bergen and Aiello agreed to design ponies because of their support of Give Kids The World, a charity that provides vacations at central Florida theme parks for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Bergen then got the cast members of Boston Legal involved.
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From Washington Blade...
In logical step, Takei to marry in California
Star Trek colleagues -- except Shatner -- will play key roles in Sept. ceremony
Chris Johnson, Friday, June 20, 2008
Diversity is going to be the theme when George Takei, famed for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, marries longtime partner Brad Altman this fall.
But one former Star Trek cast member who is not on the short list of invitees is William Shatner.
Brad Altman said the Democracy Forum has only enough seats for about 200 people, and so the couple is busy going through a list of more than 3,000 people to determine who will ultimately be invited to the wedding.
"The people that are going to be invited to our wedding ceremony are relatives and truly close personal friends," Altman said. "We’re not trying to create a story with the William Shatner invitation. It’s just going to be too many people at our wedding."
Shatner was quoted in the Associated Press as saying that he wishes "the happy couple all the best" and that Takei "deserves a moment of happiness."
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From the Huddersfield Daily Examiner...
Captain Charm
Elizabeth & Bill
Jun 20 2008 by Andrew Baldwin, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
AS Captain James T Kirk, William Shatner has long been a cult figure attracting legions of Trekkies who chart his every move.
Of course he has moved on to do other successful shows including TJ Hooker in the 1980s and more recently Boston Legal, as oddball attorney Denny Crane.
Shatner's autobiography, Up Till Now, is a humorous, self-deprecating look at his career, featuring some hilarious anecdotes from his early days as a classical Shakespearean actor.
Shatner, now aged 77 and still not slowing down, tells his life story in a charming and sometimes touching way.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-e ... -21109147/
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From the Press Republican...
Star Trek Luna returns
Former character appears in Port Henry production 'Enemy Starfleet"
 
Barbara Luna appeared as Marlena on the original Star Trek series episode "Mirror, Mirror."
By Lohr McKinstry, Staff Writer, Published June 20, 2008 11:45 pm
PORT HENRY -- Barbara Luna's character fell into the arms of starship Capt. James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series.
This week, Luna gets to fall into Kirk's arms again, only this time he's played not by William Shatner but by Ticonderoga resident James Cawley.
A Los Angeles resident, Luna is in Port Henry this week appearing in the most recent Star Trek Phase II fan production, "Enemy Starfleet."
"The starship bridge that James built here is like stepping into a time warp," she said. "I've been on the original bridge. You can't tell the difference. I love this."
CLASSIC EPISODE
Luna has long been revered by Star Trek fans for her role as Marlena Moreau, Kirk's girlfriend in the acclaimed 1967 episode "Mirror, Mirror."
She said she enjoyed working with Shatner on the original series and has remained friends with him.
"Shatner was in his day then. He'd say 'hello,' and you laughed. He's a sweet guy."
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Luna said when she shot "Mirror, Mirror" she came down with strep throat just before her big love scene with Shatner.
"I came in, and they said I was very contagious. Gene [Roddenberry] came and said they were shutting down production. We hadn't shot the kissing scenes."
When she recovered, she went back and finished her work with Shatner.
"By the way, he is a good kisser. For some reason, we had to do a lot of takes of that scene."
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From Iotum via SaundersBlog.com...
Iotum boldly goes: Join William Shatner this Thursday
This entry was posted on Saturday, June 21st, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I'm pretty excited about this one. Next week we've got a pretty special event happening to promote the use of iotum's conference calling system. William Shatner is going to make a 90 minute appearance, 45 minutes of which will be an interview conducted by Alan Hunkin and 45 minutes of which will be audience participation.
The focus of the first part interview is Shatner's new book -- his autobiography titled Up Till Now. It ought to be fascinating. William Shatner is perhaps best known for his role as Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk, but he has literally played thousands of roles from Shakespeare, to film appearances in classics like Judgment at Nuremberg, and of course television. Fans of Boston Legal will know him as Denny Crane, but who can forget T.J. Hooker, or his appearance on The Twilight Zone?
Join us on the evening of Thursday June 26 at 6:30 PDT or 9:30 EDT. This promises to be a fun event! Click [here] to register. Space is limited!
http://saunderslog.com/2008/06/21/iotum ... -thursday/
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