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From the Washington Times...
Star Trek Star Delivers Morsels
Reviewed By Christian Toto, Sunday, July 6, 2008
At first blush, William Shatner's life seems such an open book even the casual Star Trek fan could scribble a decent biography of him. Who can't recite his rise to fame as the captain of the fictional Enterprise all the way to his career redemption in the form of Boston Legal's Denny Crane?
But readers of Mr. Shatner's Up Till Now will discover there's plenty we still don't know about the ubiquitous actor.
From his Jewish-Canadian roots to his early struggles to pay the rent, Up Till Now offers a fresh peek at the man who would be Capt. James T. Kirk -- for a while.
The prolific actor may still work nonstop, but he can't keep up the confessional pace needed for an autobiography. By the time he recalls how Star Trek affected his life, and our culture, it's clear he's become uninterested in continuous self-reflection.
Instead, he keeps up the breezy prose, throwing in the occasional anecdote and corny aside to keep our attention. And then there's the steady stream of plugs. The book's conversational tone allows Mr. Shatner, the author, to mention his own Web site and various projects he's completed in recent years.
It might have sounded comical in the planning stages, but it only reinforces what critics once considered the actor's Achilles' heel -- the shallowness of all things Shatner.
The book's earliest chapters are the best, if simply because the stories feel heartfelt, the attention to detail is impressive and anyone can relate to the actor's struggles.
Mr. Shatner begins with a hokey but homespun story of why he wanted to act in the first place. He found himself on stage as a young boy and his simplistic performance brought the house down. That's all it took, even though his hardworking pappy preferred he take over the family's clothing business.
He learned his craft on the stage, but quickly found himself smack dab in the middle of television's Golden Age. He was just right for that era. He worked cheap and was always available, he says.
The early chapters teem with riotous anecdotes, like the time a drunken Lon Chaney Jr. read through his stage directions during a live telecast rather than actually perform them.
Mr. Shatner describes his work ethic in one tight paragraph. It helps explain how he managed to evolve from science fiction icon to afterthought to Emmy winner:
"I've subscribed to the notion that work makes more work -- the more producers and directors see you work the more chance there is they will offer you more work."
Having talent helps, too, and the public belatedly acknowledged that Mr. Shatner did, indeed, have a heaping helping of it.
His acting career began with a more earnest approach.
"I couldn't imagine the audience accepting an actor in a dramatic role after they'd seen him selling cigarettes or laundry detergent," he writes.
Economics drove his change of heart. He worked constantly, something his father helped instill in him, but Mr. Shatner couldn't build enough of a nest egg for his own comfort level. It took a science fiction series to alleviate his money woes.
Up until that point in the mid-'60s, every other project seemed likely to make him a star. But the next television project or film would either collapse or under-perform, leaving him wanting for more work.
Even Star Trek kept him employed for only three years, although its afterlife would sustain him for decades.
Trekkers may be surprised at how little time Up Till Now devotes to Star Trek, and much of it rehashes the show's obvious impact on popular culture. We could glean that from 100 other books, but what was it like shooting the series? How did it feel emoting with a rubber mask or fake rock?
Mr. Shatner mostly focuses on his co-star Leonard Nimoy's contractual battles and intermittent alcoholism. The author also shares his disdain for show creator Gene Roddenberry's niggardly ways. And Mr. Shatner's terse apology for alienating the Star Trek cast members without pointy ears sounds like it was ripped from a publicist's out box.
Up Till Now does deliver a few catty morsels, like when the author calls out Lorne Greene's acting chops, but he spends too much time and ink on T.J. Hooker, the negligible cop series that kept the actor in the public eye.
Mr. Shatner drops his guard, and his folksy humor, to recall the pain surrounding the death of his third wife, Nerine, who drowned in their swimming pool. He prefaces the tragedy with intimate details about her drinking problem and his inability to help her conquer it. It's a somber chapter, and a rather good one, too. Since much of the book involves product plugs and self-deprecating stabs, the respite and emotional release of these pages yields powerful returns.
With refreshing frankness, the book also addresses his failed attempt to direct a Star Trek sequel. Hearing Mr. Shatner recall his original vision for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and how it got sabotaged by studio input and budgetary restraints is a cautionary tale for any wannabe filmmaker.
Mr. Shatner has spent his 70s with a new wife and newfound respect from his peers. Boston Legal's Denny Crane gives him the richest television character since he first pointed a phaser at actors wearing rubber suits. The part even earned him an Emmy award.
A 77-year-old man writing an autobiography with a title that hints his career has plenty more life in it is a gutsy move. But never count out Mr. Shatner, the greatest pop reinventor since Madonna hit the scene. It's his memoirist skills that could use a little work.
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From the Macleans Canada Blog...
I Go Flying So High, When I'm Stoned
By Jaime Weinman | July 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I love William Shatner's "musical" performances. I was happy to see him devote some pages in his autobiography to his famous "Rocket Man" rendition. He's very coy about whether or not he seriously thought this was a good performance, but he accurately sums up the audience's reaction: they were stunned, wondering if he'd lost his mind. Shatner is a complete ham, and the good side of being a ham is that he gives his all, no matter what he's doing. That's why his insane talk-singing is so mesmerizing: like the audience for "Rocket Man," we're constantly wondering if he's serious, if he will at any point betray any knowledge that this is ridiculous. He never does. Not for a second.
All this is prelude to a great time-filler clip, Shatner in his '70s prime -- his prime as a has-been, I mean, when Star Trek hadn't been revived for the movies yet and he was doing some very strange projects -- "singing" the song "Taxi" by Harry Chapin. It's a long song and you keep thinking he's going to crack at some point, show some hint of ironic self-knowledge, but he. Never. Does. I'd like to think that he really, really believes he's a great singer, but the point is, even if he doesn't believe that, he never lets on.
http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/07/08/i-go ... im-stoned/
"Another man might've been angry. Another man might've been hurt. But another man would never have let her go..."
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From the Futon Critic...
Bio Channel Premieres New Original Talk Show Shatner's Raw Nerve Hosted by William Shatner
Legendary actor will dig up some celebrity dirt with Leonard Nimoy among one of the first guests
Released by Bio 07.09.08 - 06:48 AM
[NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]
Debuting Tuesday, August 19 At 10Pm Et/Pt
Los Angeles, CA July 9, 2008 - From Star Trek to TJ Hooker to Boston Legal, Emmy-Award winner William Shatner is one of America's most beloved and versatile stars and is well known as a sharp intellect and a witty raconteur. In the original Bio Channel series, Shatner's Raw Nerve, premiering Tuesday, August 19 at 10PM ET/PT, Shatner continues to evolve his career as he headlines his own edgy and off-beat celebrity interview series, showcasing his unique sensibility, from the satirical to the serious to the sublime. The show will capture America's most intriguing people at their most unexpected.
In each episode of Shatner's Raw Nerve, Shatner will attempt to probe his guest's most fascinating and sensitive subjects and touch upon a "Raw Nerve." Part of the fun will be waiting for the "Raw Nerve" moments that you know will be coming. Shatner will explore life's most intriguing questions, and unearth stories that are most surprising, revealing, funny, touching or bizarre. The show will be unpredictable, allowing Shatner to work his magic on each guest in his own unique way.
Guests will include an array of fascinating figures from the pop culture universe such as John Voight, Jimmy Kimmel, Judge Judy, Jenna Jameson, Leonard Nimoy, Kelsey Grammer, Valerie Bertinelli and much, much more.
Shatner's Raw Nerve is produced by Scott Sternberg Productions with Scott Sternberg as executive producer. Executive producers for Bio Channel are Robert Sharenow and Michael Morrison.
About Bio Channel
At Bio, we prove that the truth about people is always more entertaining than fiction. Bio is about real people and their real lives: up close and personal, gritty and provocative, always unfiltered. Bio original series uncover the real drama in people stories: everyday situations with a twist; celebrities going off-script; people-centric crime stories and paranormal events. In addition to being the exclusive home to the Emmy-Award winning Biography series, the dynamic blend of original and acquired series on Bio includes Final 24, Psychic Investigators and the upcoming William Shatner hosted talk show, Shatner's Raw Nerve. The 24-hour network is now available in more than 47 million households. The Bio web site is located at www.bio.com.
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From the New York Post...
Back On Trek
Shatner Spent More Time Deciding On New Car Than On Taking Kirk Role
By Linda Stasi, TV Critic.
Last updated: 7:28 am July 15, 2008; Posted: 4:10 am, July 15, 2008
THE question stopped him cold for a moment.
I was talking on the phone with William Shatner, actor, author and professional wiseass about his new autobiography, Up Till Now, when the elephant in the living room moment had arrived -- time to address the death of his late wife, Nerine.
The death that forced him to broker a deal with The National Enquirer to keep them from basically accusing him of murder.
"If the book only had one chapter, which one would it be?" I asked, hoping to ease him into it.
It was, in fairness, a trick question, because the breezy, sometimes hilarious book takes such a giant detour in Chapter 9 and turns so deadly serious, harrowing and tragic, the answer was unavoidable.
"The chapter on my wife, Nerine," he said, dropping his funny, wiseass actor patois suddenly.
It's all there: the details of what happened in their magical life together before it was killed off by the horrors of substance abuse, which ended when Shatner found her floating dead in the backyard pool. It was a day when she'd asked him not to leave her.
"It was the most difficult chapter," he added softly. "I didn't want to demean her, and yet I wanted to tell the truth as best as I was able." His account of living with a woman he loved desperately but who couldn't stop destroying herself is heartbreaking.
Why write it at all?
"For my children. My three daughters and five grandkids," he said. "They didn't know the real story."
In other parts of the book, which Shatner wrote with David Fisher, the actor flits around in ways both hilarious and serious, detailing life and career highs, lows and in-betweens. In addition to stories from his real life, they are plenty of stories from his surreal life on Star Trek.
I asked why he often seemed ambivalent about the show, or at least the Captain Kirk role that launched his career like a starship.
"No! Nothing much to be ambivalent about," he swears. "It was a kick to do. A joy. Really."
Yes, but back in the day when Scotty was beaming him up, he must have had mixed emotions, no?
"You know, we think very little about the decisions we make in our life," he said. "We spend more time deciding on a car!
"But the celebrity, the opportunities it brought me. . ." he said, without really finishing the sentence.
Had he thought about it, maybe we wouldn't all have had Jim Kirk, and Shatner wouldn't have been able to admit that, yes, he was jealous of -- are you ready? -- Leonard Nimoy! He went so far as to stop a photo shoot for a magazine story that was to only feature Nimoy.
But time has softened Shatner -- and hardened him up at the same time. He still can't turn down a job.
Next up for him is a talk show on the Biography Channel called Shatner's Raw Nerve, which premieres next month.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07152008/tv ... 120016.htm
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From ROK Comics...
Shatner on Your Mobile...
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Thanks to a deal between ROK Media (publishers of ROK Comics) and top Hollywood photographer Sue Schneider, you can now buy wallpapers featuring some top SF TV and film stars -- along with other celebrities -- for your mobile.
Mobile service Fonepark is offering a number of 'wallpapers' for mobile featuring the likes of William Shatner, Jeri Ryan, Robert Picardo and many others, along with TV theme ring tones and more.
More SF celebrities will be added to the service in coming months.
Fonepark is also set to add wallpapers by top comics artists already creating comics for mobile, complementing existing comics and magazine-sourced imagery from titles such as Look and Learn and The Bible Story.
http://rokcomics.blogspot.com/2008/07/s ... obile.html
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Via the Silent Running blog...
Q: The Podcast
Live From Montreal! (Thursday June 26, 2008)
Q podcast host Jian Ghomeshi
Via Silent Running blog - July 16th, 2008
Seventy-seven years old. Our old mate Captain William Shatner has written his autobiography, only the first actually which is a minor surprise. After this Q interview I would be interested in actually reading it.
I like the Q podcast. Tuned into this radio show while I was living in Canada, so now I download the shows of interest. The Shatner interview has been sitting on my mp3 player for about a week now waiting to be played. Shatner is himself, by the way, a Canadian.
Highly interesting, a very candid and personal interview about the man's life which includes, of course a bit about Star Trek. Jian Ghomeshi (our Indian Canadian radio host) is at his best here. I've heard him interview lots of people but he's never been so insightful and gentle.
Listen if it interests you. I didn't expect to get reflections on pain and loss and loneliness. Death. But there it is.
And, finally I found out what that "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" cover was all about!
Download Podcast [mp3] - Skip to 20 minutes into the podcast.
http://silentrunning.tv/?p=3055
(Bill's interview is about 20 minutes in duration)
 Audio playback time = 60 minutes
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From iF Magazine...
Breaking News: THE TRUTH ABOUT 'BOSTON LEGAL'S' 13-EPISODE FINAL SEASON
ABC's Entertainment President gives the scoop on David E. Kelley's wrap-up of the James Spader/William Shatner legal drama
By CARL CORTEZ, Contributing Editor / Published 7/16/2008
LOCATION: Boston
THE SKINNY: While BOSTON LEGAL continues to be creatively one of ABC's most interesting series, the writing on the wall that its time was over was certainly clear and due to the writer's strike, the series never got the chance to end properly.
Hence, creator David E. Kelley was given a last-minute reprieve and will complete 13 final episodes for its fifth and final season according to ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson.
"We really felt like it didn't get its due on its way out this year," says McPherson. "And the opportunity to give it really a final 13, he was really excited about it. He committed to really writing those, which, for us, was really important because he's kind of transitioned his life a little bit. So it's great to have the show back."
As for 13 episodes, versus a full season pick-up, McPherson says it all came down to David Kelley.
"David felt he had 13 episodes left in him," says McPherson. "He really wanted to end it. he really wanted to do some things with our two core characters [played by James Spader and William Shatner]. It was really his decision."
That said, much like last year's announcement of a LOST end game, McPherson enjoys knowing when one of the network's signature shows are ending.
"I really like being able to know when shows are going out," says McPherson. "As big a decision as LOST was a couple years out, it's really good to know, as opposed to, you know, with SCRUBS, 'is it on again? Is it going to not be on?' Let's let these creators, who have created unbelievably compelling characters and iconic pieces of television end it with dignity and integrity. We can market it as such. For us, it's an advantage. We really appreciate David signing up and getting excited about these final 13. We're talking about how to really sell them as this kind of final crescendo for what we believe has been a terrific series."
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From Hello Magazine Canada...
Howie, Sandra, and William lead Canadian hopes for Emmy glory
17 July 2008
Deal Or No Deal's Howie Mandel is celebrating after receiving his first-ever Emmy nomination on Thursday morning. The energetic A-lister was nominated in the inaugural category of outstanding reality host for his hit game show.
Also making Canada proud at the 2008 award nominations was Ottawa-born Sandra Oh, who is in the running for supporting actress in a drama series for Grey's Anatomy. Meanwhile, Montreal-born William Shatner will be vying for supporting actor in a drama series for his role on quirky law show Boston Legal.
Other Canadian hopefuls this year include funnyman Will Arnett, who received a nod for guest actor in a comedy series for his appearance on 30 Rock.
Paul Giamatti's HBO historical miniseries John Adams grabbed the most nominations this year with 23 in all. And nabbing the most nods of any drama series was Mad Men, with 16 in total, including best drama series.
The show, set in the world of 1960s advertising, will compete against brunette beauty Evangeline Lilly's much-loved Lost and William Shatner's Boston Legal in the best drama series category.
The results of the 60th annual Emmy Awards will be announced from LA's Nokia Theatre on September 21.[/size]
http://www.hellomagazine.ca/news/200807 ... william/1/
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From StarPulse.com...
William Shatner: A Man Of Many Talents
Story by Kris King, Starpulse contributing writer : 2008-07-17 12:25:32
William Alan Shatner is a man of many talents. With over fifty years of acting experience, he is a critically acclaimed musician and author, and at seventy-seven he revels in his status as a titan of popular culture. Just one glimpse of the man's face brings on a deluge of images and names: Captain James Tiberius Kirk; long... dramatic... pauses; Priceline.com -- the list could go on for pages. Below you will find the career of William Shatner broken down into a few categories, starting from his humble beginnings in the 1950s all the way through to the man we have today.
Early career
Despite Shatner's somewhat scattershot career, the man has a legitimate theatrical background. His acting career began on the Shakespearean stage of all places, and Shatner worked a number of plays like The Merchant of Venice, and Henry V. He even went on to have starring rolls on Broadway. However, one role in Shatner's early career signified the types of jobs he would get for the next fifty years of his life: Ranger Bob on Canada's version of The Howdy Doody Show. Oh to see William Shatner dressed in 50s cowboy gear. Shatner's early work saw him on practically every show on television. He did episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and even The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Still, throughout the 50s and 60s Shatner never really landed any significant or lasting roles until a rather large opportunity arose.
Star Trek
Yes! The voyages of James T. Goddamn Kirk and the Starship Enterprise coming at your face! Unless you've somehow been living in a hole or been in a coma for forty years, Captain Kirk needs little introduction. It's unimaginable that anyone could take the helm of the Enterprise in the original series other than William Shatner. It feels almost unreal that show creator Gene Roddenberry originally considered giving the captain's chair to actor Jeffery Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike. Judging by the single episode with Pike as the captain, Shatner single-handedly saves the show from relentless dullness at the hands of Captain Pike. It's unimaginable to see another man fighting large men in lizard costumes with large pointed sticks. Kirk is the type of man born to lead, and he proves it every episode by contorting his words, screaming at the heavens, and making it with every lady in the galaxy. Shatner's Kirk is everything that Star Trek fans want to be: brash, successful, and, best of all, acne free. It was through the massive success of Star Trek, that Shatner rocketed into fame, and even at this early stage in his career Shatner earned his place canonized in the annals of TV history.
The History-Changing Captain James T. Kirk [YouTube VIDEO]
The Transformed Man
The Transformed Man might be the single greatest album released in 1968. Screw you "Beggar's Banquet." Hot off the success of Star Trek, Shatner decided to establish himself as a genuine Renaissance Man by releasing an album. The Transformed Man mixes dramatic Shakespearian readings with his now iconic spoken word renditions of pop songs. To this day, the album leaves critics baffled. Nobody seems able to tell whether Shatner takes himself seriously reading both Hamlet and Frank Sinatra in the same song of if he's simply f*cking with us. The album is either iconic in its corniness, or ingenious in its self-parody. The Transformed Man leaves an indelible mark on popular culture and defines William Shatner's career. Shatner's performance feels weird, cheeky, pompous and dumb all at the same time. It's honestly hard to tell just what the hell is going through this man's mind as he screams the words to "Mr. Tambourine Man." Figuring it out may be impossible. The album feels a bit like the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture of music; you get a million dollar reward if you solve it. Regardless of how you feel the album, it certainly shows Shatner's tendency for overstatement. MR. TAMBOURINE MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN.
The Transformed Man [YouTube VIDEO]
The 1970s
The 70s were definitely unkind to Shatner, especially considering his greatest contribution to the decade was his performance of "Rocket Man" during the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards. After NBC cancelled Star Trek in its third season, Shatner had a rough time getting through the next decade. In order to pay for his camper in the San Fernando Valley, Shatner turned to bit parts in other people's successful shows like Columbo or Kung Fu, and also made frequent appearances on shows like Celebrity Bowling. Bill managed to tread water fairly well until he had a slight incident on The $20,000 Pyramid that kind of got him banned:
The $20,000 Pyramid [YouTube VIDEO]
Way to keep your cool there, Mr. Shatner. For those of you that can't decipher what happened in that grainy, poorly transferred YouTube video, Shatner basically cost the contestant 20 thousand dollars by telling her the clue by accident. He then chucked his chair over the balcony and screamed a few times. I'm sure you could figure that last part out.
Star Trek Movies
Once again, Star Trek saved Shatner's career in the late 70s and sealed his fate as being forever being worshiped by people with severe social problems. Throughout the 80s and into the 90s, Star Trek dominated Shatner's movie career to both great and horrible ends. Here's a helpful tip from Star Trek fans: Stick to the even numbered movies. According to this theory, exactly half of the Star Trek motion pictures are relentless piles of crap. For every sci-fi classic like Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, or Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, you have one where the Voyager satellite becomes an omnipotent super-being to cancel it out. Shatner even tried his hand at directing for Star Trek V, which even the most dedicated of Trekkies call "The really shitty one where Kirk meets a God-alien or something stupid like that." Regardless of the dubious quality of some of the Star Trek films, Shatner dominates the screen with his bumptious swagger, and his acting makes screaming people's names in rage fun again.
T. J. Hooker
Fresh off of his rejuvenated career, Shatner stayed alive on television via T.J. Hooker, a cop show whose credit sequence speaks for itself:
T.J. Hooker [YouTube VIDEO]
Basically T.J. Hooker is Kirk except not in space. Whatever works.
Commercials
Shatner's confident charm makes him an astounding spokesperson. His work in commercials just goes to show that ol' Bill here will pitch for just about anything, even before most people knew the internet existed, much less Priceline.com. Here are just a few examples of some of the products Shatner has pushed over the years:
Commodore Vic-20 Computer: [YouTube VIDEO]
World of Warcraft: [YouTube VIDEO]
Boston Legal
Aside from being a phenomenal spokesperson for PriceLine, host of Rescue 911, kind of author of the kind of popular Sci-fi series Tek War, and co-star of American Psycho 2, Shatner never reached many remarkable heights in recent years. That is until The Practice and Boston Legal came around. Boston Legal may very well be the best thing that has ever happened to William Shatner. Aside from making Shatner a legitimate, respectable actor, the show also earned the man two Emmys and a Golden Globe. What planet is this? Considering Shatner plays an egotistical, pompous blowhard on the show, it's not surprising that the role comes naturally to the man we've all come to love.
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Via TVtechnology.com...
Library of American Broadcasting to Honor Giants
7.25.2008
William Shatner, Cokie Roberts, and longtime NBC boss Robert C. Wright are among 10 Giants of Broadcasting to be honored by the Library of American Broadcasting in New York Sept. 25.
Tim Russert, Jim McKay, and longtime CBS CEO Roger M. King will be posthumously honored.
Robert C. Wright was the longest-service head of NBC since David Sarnoff. He led the network's move into cable with CNBC and MSNBC. "He is credited with transforming NBC and maneuvering it through a key intersection of the technological, economic, political, social and cultural forces that helped shape U.S. television at the end of the 20th century," Library of American Broadcasting's resident scholar Douglas Gomery said. Wright and his wife founded Autism Speaks.
Born in Montreal, William Shatner has boldly gone where few have gone before, from the Canadian version of Howdy Doody to his present Emmy-winning performance as Denny Crane in ABC Television's Boston Legal. Most noted for his role as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, he's appeared in more than 50 films and 80 television efforts.
Jerry Lee's WBEB Philadelphia is an object of awe for its ability to compete as an independent FM station (soft rock/adult contemporary) in a major market, and remains one of the most successful in the country. He's been called a "lifetime optimist and longtime Philadelphian" and conceived the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology (located at the University of Pennsylvania), whose mission is "to produce major discoveries about the causes and prevention of crime, showing how to make a safer and more democratic world."
Cokie Roberts is senior news analyst for National Public Radio, for which she was congressional correspondent for more than 10 years. She was co-anchor of the ABC News Sunday morning broadcast, "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts" from 1996 to 2002, while also serving that network as chief congressional analyst. Her books include two bestsellers.
James H. Quello served as an FCC commissioner for more than 23 years and continues, at age 94, as a consultant to the government relations practice of Washington law firm Wiley Rein.
Bill Baker is president emeritus of New York's Thirteen/WNET and was a key launcher of the Discovery Channel and the Disney Channel, among others.
Lucy Jarvis broke the political barriers in Russia while producing the Emmy-award winning The Kremlin for NBC News, filmed in 1963 during the Cuban missile crisis. (President Kennedy is said to have joked: "I told Khrushchev if he got the missiles out of Cuba, I would get Lucy Jarvis out of the Kremlin.") She later produced China and The Forbidden City. She received six Emmys, a Peabody, a Radio-TV Critics Award and the French government's Chevaliere de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Newsman Charles Osgood will host the sixth annual awards ceremony at luncheon at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0093/t.14728.html
http://www.libraryofamericanbroadcasting.com/
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Via the Chicago Tribune...
CMU prof Randy Pausch, whose 'last lecture' on grappling with cancer became best-seller, dies
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press Writer, 2:50 PM CDT, July 25, 2008
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
Pausch died at his home in Chesapeake, Va., said Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal writer who co-wrote Pausch's book. Pausch and his family had moved there last fall to be closer to his wife's relatives.
Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. His popular last lecture at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007 garnered international attention and was viewed by millions on the Internet.
In it, Pausch celebrated living the life he had always dreamed of instead of concentrating on impending death.
"The lecture was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful," Pausch wrote on his Web site. "But rest assured; I'm hardly unique."
The book The Last Lecture leaped to the top of the nonfiction best-seller lists after its publication in April and remains there this week.
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Pausch was invited to appear as an extra in the upcoming Star Trek movie.
He had one line of dialogue, got to keep his costume, and donated his $217.06 paycheck to charity.
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Read the complete article at ChicagoTribune.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain ... 0730.story
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From The Female Perspective of Computer Science (29 May 2008)...
Randy Pausch: Dare I Call Him a Hero?
May 29, 2008
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One of my favorite stories was about how much [Pausch] admired Captain Kirk, and how he always dreamed of actually being Kirk. That didn't exactly come true, but something better happened. William Shatner visited Randy's virtual reality lab in the 90's when he (Shatner) was co-authoring a book about the now-realized technologies first imagined on Star Trek. Shatner was thrilled to find a virtual recreation of the bridge of the Enterprise, turbolift doors and all. Randy was so impressed that Shatner asked so many questions about it, completely willing to admit exactly what he didn't know, and not willing to leave until he understood it. I can only imagine how much it meant to Randy to receive a signed photo of Shatner as Kirk that read "I don't believe in the no-win scenario." Shatner had sent it when he learned of Randy's cancer.
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http://compscigail.blogspot.com/2008/05 ... -hero.html
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