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William Shatner, Sierra Club Fight Global Warming
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 , Tagged Global Warming
LOS ANGELES - Fresh from his latest EMMY Award nomination, television and film actor William Shatner teams up with Sierra Club to raise awareness of global warming. Shatner is joining with the nation's oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization and speaking out for Sierra Club's 2% Solution Campaign to demonstrate the need to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050. "We need to take action now," says Shatner. "We don't need to change everything in one day, but there are changes we can make today that will add up to big differences tomorrow. That is what the 2% Solution is about -- getting started."
The 2% Solution Campaign is an initiative that gives people the tools they need to accomplish the goal scientists have set for stabilizing the climate, and that means cutting our carbon emissions the major cause of global warming 80 percent by 2050, or 2 percent a year.
"We are grateful to have William Shatner join with us in this fight." said Carl Pope, Sierra Club's Executive Director. "A star with his high profile and longtime popularity can help us reach many and motivate many more Americans. He will be a powerful ally."
Shatner has created a series of three Public Service Announcements (PSA's) for the campaign each focusing on a positive message of how together we have historically achieved remarkable results for the environment -- and how that can-do spirit and focus can be used to fix climate change too.
Each segment looks at a past environmental success a milestone victory that at the time seemed impossible to imagine and uses it as an example for how we can once again achieve great things if we dedicate ourselves. The PSA's focus on the successful rehabilitation of the once-endangered bald eagle, the restoration of Ohio's once-burning Cuyahoga River and the successful protection of the blue whale, which scientists once believed to be extinct.
The campaign and the Sierra Club's web site www.sierraclub.org/TwoPercent aim to provide people the information they need to get started. The site offers encouragement and some simple practical steps that can significantly reduce an individual's carbon footprint an average of 2% each year starting now.
http://prismwebcastnews.com/2008/07/30/ ... l-warming/
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From Chris-Pine.org...
Comic-Con '08: Chris Pine Talks Quantum Quest and More
William Shatner (as Kirk) and Chris Pine
July 28, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Quantum Quest, a new animated 3D film that blends science and science and science fiction, sports an voice cast including a number of Trek stars such as Bob Picardo, Brent Spiner, and both Kirks, Chris Pine and William Shatner. At a panel at Comic-Con '08 on Thursday, Pine 'appeared' in a taped video to talk about the film, and he also talked about the new Star Trek movie... and Shatner!
Quantum Quest, written and co-directed by Harry Kloor (who also wrote some Star Trek: Voyager episodes), is part educational tool and part entertainment and was initiated by JPL and NASA. It tells the story of Dave (voiced by Chris Pine), a photon who leaves the Sun on a quest to save his fellow photons from being annihilated by The Voice (voiced by Mark Hamill) and his anti-matter forces lead by Admiral Fear (Samuel L. Jackson). The Core (voiced by Shatner), and his team including characters voiced by Bob Picardo, Brent Spiner and others, lives in the Sun and leads the fight against The Void.
Pine stated that making the film "was a blast" and that he has always wanted to do voice work. He also noted how in making the film he has learned a lot about science, and photons and neutrinos, something that the film tries to impart to the audience.
During his taped comments, Pine discussed the new Star Trek movie and his predecessor:
| Pine on Star Trek wrote: | | I will be playing James T. Kirk in the new Star Trek that comes out in May of next year. I really hope it is received well and will do well. All I can say is that we did our best and we had a lot of fun and will give people a good two hours in an air-conditioned dark room. |
| Pine on phasers wrote: | | Phasers are pretty rad. The phaser -- we had big discussions about this on the movie -- the phaser is really not modern warfare technology. Modern guns are supposed to have a heft to it. Phasers are great because they are light and they are very mobile, but they don't have the grit, like you wouldn't see John Wayne carrying around a phaser. |
NOTE: It isn't clear if he was speaking about phasers in general, or specifically about the ones in the new Star Trek movie.
| Pine on Shatner wrote: | | The interesting trivia is that William Shatner, the O.G. original James T. Kirk, is playing The Core in movie and I have a small scene in the beginning where The Core kind of surprises me, and The Core is essentially God. So Bill, Mr. Shatner, hello. |
So there will be a space-based sci-fi movie with Chris Pine and William Shatner next year. The voices of the two Kirks, with the help of The Doctor and Data, will face off against Luke Skywalker and Mace Windu in September 2009.
Much more information on the film is available at QQTheMovie.com.
http://chris-pine.org/2008/07/28/comic- ... e/#more-92
Dave the Photon (left, voiced by Pine), and The Core (right, voiced by Shatner)
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Shatner's wonderful role
Shelly Fralic (sfralic@vancouversun.com) Vancouver Sun, July 29, 2008
In television, as in life, the memorable characters stay with us forever, their delightful idiosyncrasies ingrained in the part of our brain that stores the quirky stuff.
The truly great characters of the small screen, for instance, include ribald Karen Walker of Will & Grace, neurotic George Costanza on Seinfeld, brazen Patsy Stone from Absolutely Fabulous, and the frenetic Dust Bunnies that live under The Big Comfy Couch.
But there is one character that stands above the rest, by far the best work of fiction created by a scriptwriter since television became a universal North American household appliance in the 1950s and forever changed the cultural landscape.
That would be Denny Crane, the skirt-chasing, politically incorrect, stogie-puffing tough but tender lawyer on Boston Legal.
It's Friday last, early in the afternoon, and William Shatner has just left the Los Angeles set of Boston Legal and is heading home, chatting on his Blutooth headset as he navigates through traffic.
At 77, and in custody of a movie, theatre and television acting resumé that lays claim to more than a few memorable characters, including iconic Capt. James T. Kirk of Star Trek, Shakespeare's Henry V and crime-buster Sgt. T.J. Hooker, the Canadian-born Shatner couldn't agree more about the thespian treat that has been his four-year run as the mercurial Denny Crane.
"It's a wonderful role, and it was written just for me," says Shatner, explaining that when series creator and writer David Kelley first introduced Denny Crane in his other legal drama, The Practice, he tailored the part specifically for Shatner.
"It's unusual that the writer and creator can do that, but he had no one else he needed to check with. So, together, we invented the character."
Denny Crane is a senior founding partner of Boston law firm Crane, Poole and Schmidt, an endearing blowhard who spends more time making mischief than practising law.
He's a physical fireplug with a fondness for fine spirits and frisky women, among them his law partner Shirley Schmidt, and the dwarf daughter of a former girlfriend.
He also harbours a proud affection for firearms and fishing, red meat, the republic of America, and the men and women who protect it.
And while he's somewhat past his jurisprudence prime, he thrives on his reputation as the firm's rainmaker, having never lost a case.
As Crane, Shatner literally busts out of his tailored suits, stealing every scene.
Boston Legal first aired in the autumn of 2004, and is now shooting its final season for a fall kickoff, with three one-hour episodes completed and 10 more to go.
It will, says Shatner, be a bittersweet farewell when the set shuts down.
"We've had a great time. It's a great cast, you know. James Spader, Candice Bergen, John Larroquette ... they're not only great actors, but they are themselves wonderful human beings and I'm going to miss them terribly."
He will also miss the show's famed balcony scene, which takes up the last few minutes of every episode and finds Crane and James Spader's character, the urbane, bombastic Alan Shore, candidly discussing love, life and the law on the grand balcony outside of Crane's office.
Crane and Shore are the perfect love match, sparring and reconciling, laughing and pouting, silly and philosophical, honest and true, to each other, and themselves.
Those few pages of script are among the best written scenes on television, and the conversations Kelley creates between the two best friends and confidants is at times so intimate and powerful that one feels like an eavesdropper.
The Boston Legal balcony scene has become a television classic, and Shatner knows he has been part of something special.
"Learning them is a chore," he laughs, "but they're a pleasure to play. The words are just so wonderful."
As is Kelley's skilful treatment of Crane's increasing dementia, which the character refers to as "the mad cow," and which is written with realism and not a little humour.
In his just-released autobiography Up Till Now, Shatner devotes a good chunk to the Boston Legal role, and how it invigorated his rather eclectic, and sometimes ridiculed, career.
The book itself is an engaging self-effacing memoir that tracks Shatner's career from his early childhood in Montreal, his studies at McGill, his work at the CBC in Toronto, a stint at the Stratford Festival and a long list of career credits that includes more than 50 movies, nearly 100 television shows, two record albums, dozens of fiction and non-fiction books, and work as a spokesman for, among other products, Priceline and Bran Flakes.
But it's his portrayal of Denny Crane that has earned Shatner two Emmys and a Golden Globe, and a whole new respect as an actor.
Shatner, still managing the new Blutooth ("I'm absolutely illiterate about technology"), says he's nowhere near ready to retire, and is looking forward to what comes next, including an upcoming talk show called Shatner's Raw Nerve on A&E, perhaps another book, more time on his Kentucky horse ranch, financing a new movie, an animated film, and maybe even exploring his spiritual side.
He's married to fourth wife Elizabeth, has three grown daughters and grandchildren, so there is much to do.
"There's everything in front of me. I feel as though I've barely scratched the surface of life."
But he says there will always be a place in his heart for Denny Crane.
"I'm beginning already to have a sense of nostalgia," he says. "And not doing a balcony scene every now and then will be bittersweet."
In Up Till Now, Shatner defines the Denny Crane character as "an actor's amusement park."
What a treat to have been along for the ride.
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Trek's Pine Talks Kirk
By Patrick Lee and Staci Layne Wilson, 12:00 AM, 30-JULY-08
Chris Pine, who takes on the iconic role of James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek reboot movie, revealed to SCI FI Wire a bit of his character's arc -- and added that he has a bit of a familial connection to the original Kirk, William Shatner.
"I think people will be surprised" with Abrams' film, Pine said in an interview on July 29 in Beverly Hills, Calif., while promoting the film Bottle Shock. "I think what J.J. has created -- and what we've been a part of -- is really the birth of these characters. ... Not only their individual journeys and how they all meet, [but also] the forging of those relationships and how it carries on to the five-year mission."
Pine added that Abrams and writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci "infuse these characters with as much humanity as possible, so not only are you getting the big effects you would expect from a blockbuster, but also something of a character movie, which I think is difficult to do, and I think we've done extremely well."
Pine also praised co-star Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock. "People will be blown away," Pine said. "Zach is great. Between him and Karl Urban and the rest of the cast, ... they've really captured who these characters are."
Pine added that he got Shatner's blessing before taking the role. "I wrote him a letter in the beginning of the process and introduced myself, and said hello, just to make a connection, because I didn't know him at all," Pine said. "And he was very nice, and he was very gracious and sent me a letter back, and that's the only contact we've had. ... Except my father [Robert Pine] -- in the first week I got the Star Trek project -- did a Priceline commercial with William Shatner, so there was multi-generational contact with Mr. Shatner."
Star Trek is slated to open May 8, 2009.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.ph ... p;id=58172
Trivia: William Shatner co-starred with Chris' father, Robert Pine, in Incident on a Dark Street (1973).
Robert Pine had Star Trek guest appearances as Vulcan captain Tavin in ENT "Fusion" and as Akritirian ambassador Liria in VOY "The Chute."
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Via Movies Online (Canada)...
Chris Pine Interview, Star Trek
MoviesOnline: "Did you try in any way to emulate William Shatner?"
Chris Pine: "I think what J.J. [Abrams] set forth in the beginning of the whole thing was to pay tribute to what was done before and to respect what these men had already given us in terms of creating their characters and then to bring our own unique take on it, and I think that opened up just a myriad possibilities. I never felt particularly -- I don't know about Zack [Quinto] but I'm sure he would say the same thing -- I never felt encumbered.
"I only felt thank god we were given such a great foundation for these characters because I don't really have to do that much different from what they've given us, and then J.J. being the kind of wonderful, positive creative force that he is kind of let us do whatever we wanted. What Mr. Shatner did was very specific and very unique to him, and all I did was try to do justice to what he did and what was done before, but to try to do [emulate] Shatner would not have been smart."
See the complete interview at MoviesOnline.ca...
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_15253.html
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From EntertainmentToday.net...
Familiar Faces On TV This Fall
Celebrities Popping Up In New Shows
William and Elizabeth Shatner
Written by Frank Barron, Saturday, August 02, 2008
There are a lot of familiar faces popping up on the TV channels.
Star Trek's iconic Captain Kirk, William Shatner is venturing into another frontier -- taking on hosting duties for a new talk show called Shatner's Raw Nerve.
The show on cable's Bio Channel (premiering August 19) will have Shatner interviewing an assorted bunch of Hollywood notables. Among his first crop of guests will be his former Star Trek castmate and good friend Leonard Nimoy, plus Valerie Bertinelli, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, the very outspoken Judge Judy, and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The gimmick for Shatner's Raw Nerve is that in each episode, Shatner will attempt to probe his guest's most sensitive subjects. Part of the fun will be waiting for the "raw nerve" to emerge and reveal another side of the celebrities. It will be interesting to see how some of the stars handle it.
Shatner calls it "edgy, off-beat and fun," and says he'll go from satirical to the serious to the sublime as he interviews his guests. He hopes to create unexpected moments with the most intriguing people.
Fans of Boston Legal don't have to worry, Shatner will also be back this season on the ABC series to further explore his Denny Crane character's battle with "mad cow."
http://www.entertainmenttoday.net/content/view/665/29/
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From the Winnipeg Free Press...
To bravely go where Shatner has gone
Updated: August 3 at 12:25 AM CDT
Up Till Now: The Autobiography
By William Shatner, with David Fisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 358 pages, $29
Reviewed by Bill Rambo
He's been. Everywhere.
On television since 1951, he's been a star, and a bit player. He's played a big head and a big lawyer.
He's advertised products and services from the Commodore VIC-20 computer to Priceline and All Bran. He has promoted himself.
He's acted in films as diverse as The Brothers Karamazov and Miss Congeniality. He starred on Broadway and in the only movie ever written in Esperanto.
He's had a musical career, too, in some people's opinion. His, for instance.
He also took that slight detour into outerspace storytelling -- and merchandising -- set in the future.
William Shatner has gone where no man has gone before. In his mostly light-hearted, enjoyable autobiography, he boldly chronicles a lot of how it happened, up till now.
Shatner grew up in Montreal, son of a successful, hard-working garment-maker. His father's main reaction to his desire to be an actor was that there would always be a job waiting for his son in the garment trade.
"The only thing he asked of me was that I not become a 'hanger-on'... a man who couldn't earn his own keep."
Shatner always wanted to entertain people. Often that meant something out of the ordinary. There was the kid who went home from summer camp traumatized by his dramatic rendition of The Tell-tale Heart.
Or the crowd who watched Shatner fill in for Christopher Plummer as Henry V at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
There are audiences who applaud his TV characters on Boston Legal and Third Rock from the Sun. Far out in space are those who appreciate spoken-word versions pop classics like Rocket Man. Also, generations of Trekkies.
Early on, Shatner says, he "lived every day with the feeling that this job might be the last job I'd ever get; that after this job my career might be over. Fortunately, that feeling has lasted only 60 years."
As such, he steers clear of getting too precise about his age. (He's 67, according to most credible sources.)
Up Till Now is generally sketchy about dates, and it skips around in time a lot, with little reference to years.
That's a drawback for a scholarly biography, perhaps, but it contributes to the informality of this project.
One of the reader's problems will be to figure out how much of these recollections are serious, and how much should be taken with a grain -- or a mine -- of salt.
As the star of a TV show that became a cult classic, then a pop-culture phenomenon, Shatner has perfected the ability to make fun of himself.
Up Till Now shows his realization that it would be hard for him to be anyone but Captain Kirk.
"All the extraordinary opportunities I've been given since that time can be traced directly to that series," he writes. "So if I hadn't done Star Trek, none of the things that followed would have happened, therefore you wouldn't be reading this book."
Shatner is breezy and unpretentious about himself and his career, and he tells some funny jokes. Only one chapter focuses specifically on Star Trek. He covered that material more fully in his 1993 masterpiece, Star Trek Memories.
But Shatner also deals with difficult issues. He's been divorced twice, and his third wife died tragically, a victim of alcoholism.
He sometimes changes gears awkwardly between his flippant examination of his good fortune and exploration of more serious episodes and causes about which he is passionate, not just being paid.
Readers who look here for deep philosophy and life lessons are likely to be disappointed. Those who wish to spend some time with a personable man who is willing to make fun of himself will find what they are looking for.
Who knows? Up Till Now may not be the final frontier.
Bill Rambo is a teacher in Landmark and a fan of the original Star Trek.
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From the Vancouver Courier...
Shatner... opens... up... and... gets... personal
Carolyn Cooke, Vancouver Courier / Friday, August 08, 2008
Who doesn't know William Shatner? He's had remarkable longevity as an actor, from the early days of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in his youth to the early experiments of television years later, to movies, playing notable roles such as Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise to the tough-talking cop T.J. Hooker to Denny Crane, the outrageous attorney on Boston Legal.
In between he has written, produced, dabbled in music, appeared on countless TV game shows and more.
But Shatner is perhaps best known for his self-parodies, and not just on SNL.
There's no doubt the man has a sense of humour, and it comes through in his autobiography, Up Till Now, written with David Fisher. In fact, he states early on that serious passages will be noted as such.
Shatner, one of Canada's best known imports to the States, lays his whole life out for readers, including his early years in Montreal, his marriages, divorces, the tragic death of his third wife, an alcoholic, to the animosity toward him from other cast members of Star Trek.
He covers his disappointment in dating women who couldn't separate him from his space hero role and the time he bottomed out after his first divorce, living in a camper in the corner of a theatre parking lot because he was flat broke and homeless.
While even the most casual pop cultural fans will be familiar with many of Shatner's endeavours, it's still quite a treat to see the world through his eyes and stories as he struggles to make it in one of the toughest businesses out there, and come to terms with the even more difficult challenges of having a balanced life and making sense of it all.
There are parts of the book where it's clear Shatner feels the need to defend his ambition, creativity and art -- notably The Invisible Man, but I won't ruin the surprise for the uninitiated. But, like many such things, even this much reviled record eventually found a following who appreciated the creator's vision.
Up Till Now, though written with a professional writer, reads like having Shatner sit on the couch next to you, regaling you with endless stories and jokes as he meanders through the ups and downs of his life.
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From Recipe Zaar...
William Shatner Banana Nut Bread
Aug 8, 2008
This is a recipe I found at TV guide live, under celebrity chefs. It is so good, I usually make it into muffins rather than a loaf as it is easier to grab and eat that way. Hope you enjoy! Also, the ingredients are all very healthy.
12 - 15 muffins (change servings and units)
Ingredients
2/3 cup honey
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon yogurt
3 bananas
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup wheat bran
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup nuts
Directions
1: Cream together honey, butter, eggs and yogourt.
2: Mash bananas well with fork, stir in 1/2 tsp (2ml) baking soda and set aside.
3: Mix together flour, bran, salt and remaining mixture. Add bananas, mix thoroughly.
4: Stir in nuts. Pour into buttered 9x5 in (2litre) loaf pan.
5: Bake in 350F (180C) oven for 1 hour or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
6: Remove from pan and cool on rack. Makes 1 loaf.
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From the New York Post...
Where No Mind Has Gone Before
By Richard Johnson, August 10, 2008
William Shatner should brush up on Mr. Spock's family at warp speed. "I can't think of a single instance where he remembered who I was when our paths crossed," Leonard Nimoy's son, Adam Nimoy, 51, writes in his memoir, My Incredibly Wonderful, Miserable Life. "And so, when I see him, I usually go up to him and shake his hand vigorously and say, 'Mr. Shatner, I'm one of your biggest fans.' . . . Bill will look at me like he thinks he should know me from somewhere but he just can't place the face. That's when I'll put him out of his misery, and introduce myself."
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From the Orlando Sentinel Blog...
Emmys' plan to "look mahvelous"? William Shatner, Helen Mirren, Hedi Klum, Donald Trump to recite famous TV lines
posted by halboedeker on Aug 11, 2008 4:57:41 PM
To mark 60 years of television history, the Emmy telecast will enlist celebrities to recite well-known lines.
Those lines range from "you look mahvelous" to "live long and prosper" to "good night, John Boy."
Those doing the honors are Emmy-winners Kelsey Grammer, Ricky Gervais, Helen Mirren, Doris Roberts, James Spader, William Shatner, and Jeremy Piven. The list of speakers also includes Donald Trump, Heidi Klum, Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, and Denis Leary.
The Emmy telecast will be Sept. 21 on ABC.
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From Variety.com ...
Creeps, Crooks Corner the Category
By Robert Abele - Tue., Aug. 12, 2008, 2:02pm PT
The Emmy inroads that networks AMC and FX made this year are fully apparent in this category. Original basic cable nabbed its first-ever supporting actor nominations, meaning the infusion of fresh blood could spell victory for Mad Men or Damages.
That said, it's a gallery of tainted creeps on view -- sleazy businessmen, corrupt lawyers, a devious antihero -- so voters will be responding to shades of darkness rather than heart-tugging qualities.
The only mostly lovable rogue, really, is William Shatner on Boston Legal, but it's his fourth year running as a nominee, and he won for the show's first year, which means he might have an uphill battle to score again. This is a tough category to win twice in.
The other returnee to the category is Michael Emerson, whose manipulative, desperate island protector Ben on Lost has become the show's narrative linchpin, which might help his cause with voters who are addicted to the skein.
All eyes, though, will be on the cable invaders. Ted Danson will be looking for his first dramatic Emmy for playing the billionaire target of the seasonlong class-action lawsuit on Damages, a performance that tested the sitcom icon and showed new depths in the veteran.
The last two nominees qualify as "Hey, that guy" character types making the breakthrough into Emmy notoriety: Zeljko Ivanek (Oz, 24, Homicide) as Danson's Southern attorney Ray Fiske on Damages and John Slattery (Desperate Housewives, Ed) as the drink-loving, chain-smoking, womanizing boss Roger Sterling on Mad Men.
WILLIAM SHATNER
Show: Boston Legal
Emmy pedigree: Two wins plus three other noms
Best scene: Denny wants to try a murder case without Alan's help, and after being initially flustered, pulls out a victory with a wonderful closing speech.
Why he might win: Denny Crane is a popular character, and with ABC announcing the end of the show next year, voters may see fit to reward Shatner again.
Maybe not: Shatner's a prior winner, and repeats in this category are rare, the last one being Ray Walston's back-to-back awards for Picket Fences in the '90s.
See the complete article at Variety.com
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Posted: Aug 14, 2008 - 12:05 AM
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Via MarketWatch.com ...
Elite Men of Hollywood Slip Into Auri Footwear
Major Celebrities to Wear Newest Men's Fashion Statement On Red Carpet to Help Raise Money for Charity
Last update: 3:49 p.m. EDT Aug. 13, 2008
HOLLYWOOD, Aug 13, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Auri Footwear, the hip, Southern-California based design house of stylish men's footwear, has partnered with Stars For A Cause, "Entertainment Tonight" and Hollywood's top male celebrities to kick off a year-long campaign in which entertainment's "A" list men will have the opportunity to design their own Auri Footwear shoes, wear them to major red carpet events, then have them auctioned off to raise money for charity by world renowned auction house Bonhams and Butterfields.
ET, the world's largest syndicated and most watched entertainment news program, will be televising this year-long red carpet star-studded fundraiser.
"We are so proud to have been selected to be a major part of such an exciting and positive campaign," said Ori Rosenbaum, president of Auri Footwear.
The Stars For A Cause campaign invites major celebrities to design their own custom shoes in partnership with Auri Footwear. They can select from an array of exotic materials and Auri's current collection of ultra chic patterns, including a classic wingtip called "Player," a stylish cap toe called "Casanova," a sleek slip- on called "Lothario," and an amazing Chelsea boot called "Gigolo." The custom footwear is made-to-order and delivered to the celebrity ready-to-wear for his various red carpet appearances throughout the year.
At the end of the awards season, the Stars For A Cause celebrity-designed footwear will then board Queen Mary 2 for its April 26, 2009 Transatlantic Crossing from New York to Southampton, England where it will be displayed at a prestigious location for a VIP reception and viewing by the public. Finally, the one-of-a-kind footwear will be showcased at gala events in New York and Los Angeles hosted by Bonhams and Butterfields preceding its worldwide Internet auction on Thursday, May 28th 2009.
The special celebrity-designed shoes will utilize a solid piece of CNC machined alloy that creates the main backbone of Auri Footwear's patented new design technology. It is then sterling silver plated, and diamonds are layered into the component as well. This exposed mechanical chassis is topped off by exquisite Italian leather uppers with sheep skin lined interiors and, as with all Auri Footwear, utilizes Outlast temperature regulating materials originally developed for NASA and used in space suites to create even more comfort.
"No one has ever seen this level of performance technology, fused with both contemporary and classic men's footwear styles," stated Rosenbaum. "I think when the public sees their favorite stars wearing these very unique and recognizable shoes on all of the major red carpet events in the coming year, it will create some serious buzz about both the cause and this brand."
Stars that have already requested the SFAC/Auri custom footwear design kits include Kevin Spacey, Charlie Sheen, Jon Stewart, William Shatner, Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel, Bill Maher, Denis Leary, Kevin Dillon, Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, Jim Carey, Tim Allen, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Pierce Brosnan, Orlando Bloom, Sasha Baron Cohen, Jack Black, Bow Wow, Ludacris, Zach Braff, Collin Farrell, George Lucas, Leonardo Dicaprio, Wentworth Miller, Jude Law, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Ben Stiller. Dozens more are expected throughout the awards season, and Auri Footwear will be seen on the stars and on the red carpet starting with the 60th Prime Time Emmy Awards (September 21, 2008), The American Music Awards (November 23, 2008), The Golden Globe Awards (January 11, 2009), The Screen Actors Guild Awards (January 25, 2009), The 51st Grammy Awards (February 8, 2009), The 81st Academy Awards (February 22, 2009) and concluding with the Academy of Country Music Awards (May 17, 2009).
For more information, please visit www.aurifootwear.com.
About Auri Footwear Inc.
Auri Footwear was created to fill the gap between cutting edge technology and fashionable, edgy men's styles. Auri Footwear was founded in 2007 on the principles and beliefs that "you get out what you put in." The entire team believes in doing well for community and mankind. They are committed to making the brands recognition beyond the excellent and next level products they develop. The complete line includes boots, sports fusion, sandals and dress shoes. Auri footwear is crafted using premium Italian full grain leathers and exclusive zoned linings developed for NASA incorporating like Outlast(r) for temperature regulation, Drylex(r) to wick moisture away from the foot and other patent-pending designs. For more information, please visit www.aurifootwear.com or call 949-793-4045.
This news release was distributed by PrimeNewswire, www.primenewswire.com
SOURCE: Auri Footwear Inc.
Stacey Doss Doherty PR
949-285-2362
stacey@sddpr.com
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/e ... ;dist=hppr
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Posted: Aug 16, 2008 - 03:38 AM
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Via Reuters.com ...
William Shatner signs off on new video autographs
By Alex Dobuzinskis - Thu Aug 14, 7:50 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to a fan while signing an autograph, but Star Trek's Captain Kirk wasn't very happy.
"I can't do this, this is crazy," Shatner said.
The message on screen -- which was submitted by the fan -- was just too odd. But as an investor and partner in Live Autographs, a new video service in which celebrities appear on camera to deliver a personalized greeting as they sign an autograph, Shatner had to say something.
"Are you nuts? You want me to say, 'When I'm smoking and sipping whiskey with Allen' -- who's Allen? -- 'I'm secretly thinking of you and your dog?'
"I can't say that," Shatner added, glaring into the camera, his words dripping the trademark irony he has summoned in countless TV performances, including his Emmy-winning role as Denny Crane on the ABC courtroom drama Boston Legal.
And with that, and his signature, it was over -- costing the fan $149 and Shatner a bit of improvisation.
In the latest twist to the age-old practice of handing out celebrity signatures, customers of Live Autographs get not just a signed photograph, book or napkin; they receive a customized video clip with a short personal message from the star.
Other celebrities who have agreed to participate include auto racer Danica Patrick and actress Carmen Electra.
Rough estimates place the value of autographs bought and sold in the United States at $2 billion a year, said Steven Cyrkin, editor and publisher of Autograph magazine. The firm Julien's Auctions last year sold an autographed Marilyn Monroe picture for $18,000.
But with the incidence of fraudulent autographs on the rise, Live Autographs bills itself as a service that helps authenticate the celebrity signature.
Shatner, 77, launched the business on Wednesday, signing pictures, mugs and even a toy "communicator" from Star Trek, the 1960s TV space adventure that made Shatner a star.
Before starting the taped autograph session, Shatner -- whose signature is in high demand from Star Trek fans -- told Reuters about all the things he has signed at live events.
"Bras and panties and rear ends -- that's true -- and babies and marriage certificates and checks," he joked.
Shatner has had a sometimes contentious relationship with Star Trek devotees, poking fun at fans in a 1986 Saturday Night Live skit in which he told a rabid "Trekkie" to "get a life."
Responding on tape to a written query from a Live Autographs customer asking if he would rather captain a starship or be an entertainer, Shatner replied curtly: "I can't even understand your question, but I want you to understand -- I'm an actor."
But for others, Shatner was more amiable. In one video, he recorded a wedding announcement for the parents of a couple who secretly got engaged at a Star Trek convention.
Many of the autographs were bought as gifts.
"Someone's going to wake up tomorrow morning and on the TV is going to have Shatner saying, 'Hey Johnny, happy birthday.' And they're going to get the shock of their lives," said Live Autographs Chief Executive Officer Rob Dwek.
http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNe ... 3120080814
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