Home News IN BRIEF The Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart joined 400 graduating students of the University of Huddersfield yesterday, where he was conferred with the title, professor of performing arts Guzelian...
ON ADS Men had always believed they could make first-class babies until they croaked it. They'd cite 'Star Trek' Scotty James Doohan or Des O'Connor, who were both fertilising in their 70s and beyond, and ignore the rest. Leave aside the question of equipment failure - crucial...
At least Eddie Murphy isn't knocking about in a fat suit in his latest comedy, Meet Dave. But there's not much else to recommend in this banal fish-out-of-water comedy. The lackluster title hints at the dull, witless and hackneyed story. Murphy plays the captain of a...
BREST, France AP -- Here's what victory will look like for Tour de France organizers: The riders reach the finish line in three weeks with no doping scandals. Cycling's most prestigious race begins today, trying to shake its history of drugs and cheating. The turmoil has left...
Deseret News film critic Jeff Vice and I agree on just about everything, as frightening as that may be at least for Jeff. There are, however, three notable exceptions: 1. The 1984 movie "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai." Jeff thinks it's great; I think its a big,...
Director of journeyman versatility The film and television director Joseph Pevney had an immensely varied career. First a child performer in vaudeville, he became involved in the left-wing Group Theatre in the Thirties and Forties. In Hollywood, he was an actor before becoming a prolific director at...
A woman was 'abducted', a helicopter 'attacked'. What exactly is going on? If you still live with your parents, wear a zip-up cardigan over your collar and tie, have enamel badges in your lapel and don't get out much because you're too busy curating your collection of...
Strategic Healthcare Programs , LLCSHP, the recognized industry leader in real-time data capture andanalysis for homecare, extends the power of dynamic data to its full rangeof reports and benchmarks. The heavily-guarded initiative, named VulcanView™ for its reference to the Star Trek characters that rely on reason andlogic to make decisions...
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Former Star Trek actor George Takei was among the first to get a wedding license Tuesday. He and partner Brad Altman, together for 21 years, plan a ceremony in September. Takei played Sulu, the helmsman of the Enterprise. Walter Koenig, the actor...
He came from Hollywood to revive the Old Vic and embraced British culture to such an extent that he once turned up at a Labour Party conference. Now, Kevin Spacey has joined forces with another British institution, Oxford University. Following in the footsteps of the author Martin...
Compton-based Winplus, a manufacturer of car accessories such as sunshades and seat covers, is taking a stab at developing a technology product to meet a need created by a new law. On July 1, it becomes illegal to hold and talk on a cell phone while driving in...
THE Scottish Premier League season of 2007-2008 will be largely remembered for what might have been despite Celtic's record equalling third straight title under Gordon Strachan. Rangers' 19-match trek to the UEFA Cup Final captured the imagination as Celtic had done five years earlier, with sadly...
STAR Trek fans in Dublin are to boldly go where no man has gone before - and tell the universe that Mr Spock is Irish. And they plan to cling on to to their bizarre belief by directing doubters to a well-known painting, which they say...
When I picked up my first barbell in the late 1960s, the mention of the phrase digital platform would have engendered thoughts of a gesture executed by the middle finger. Today, as I sit before a Mac 24" monitor that can send me zooming through cyberspace in the blink of...
Stephen Hawking; a biography. (reprint, 2005) Larsen, Kristine. Prometheus Books 2007 215 pages $16.95 Paperback QC16 Hawking is famous as much for having Lou Gehrig's disease, his bestseller A Brief History of Time, and...
After you work in this business long enough, you start to see happy people everywhere. They even start to look familiar. Before you know it, the woman with stress incontinence shows up in an ad for a gated community. Use of patients in pharma ads is so ubiquitous that when...
Composer of the 'Star Trek' theme Alexander Courage worked in film and television through five decades, but his best-known work was the theme tune to Star Trek. The astonishingly protean orchestrator could equally be said to be the distinctive "voice" of MGM musicals, as well as of...
PALM DESERT, Calif. AP -- Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-loved episodes of the original "Star Trek" television series, has died. He was 96. Pevney died May 18 at his home in Palm Desert, said his wife, Margo. Pevney directed 14 episodes...
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