Happy Birthday William Shatner – He is 80 Today!

A great milestone has been achieved today… at least for William Shatner.

Captain Kirk celebrated his 80th birthday today and says he is still loving life. Way to go Bill!

While best known for his groundbreaking role as Star Treks Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, Shatner can be seen today on the CBS sitcom “Shit My Dad Says”.

But a lot of the younger folks may not realize that Shatner has been around for a long long time, starting his career in 1951 playing a crook in the movie “The Butler’s Night Off” and as a guest on the “Howdy Doody Show” as Ranger Bob.

Feel old yet?

Shatner also appeared on “77 Sunset Strip”, “The Defenders”, “Dr. Kildare”, “Ironside”, “Barbary Coast”, “T.J. Hooker”, “A Twist in the Tale”, “3rd Rock From The Sun”, “The Practice”, and “Boston Legal”.

He also made numerous guest appearances on familiar shows like “Mission Impossible”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “Twilight Zone”, “Route 66”, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”, “The Big Valley”, “Gunsmoke”, “Hawaii Five-o”, “Marcus Welby M.D”, “Barnaby Jones”, “Mannix”, “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “Police Squad!”, “Columbo”, and countless other television shows and movies.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ? – Wow, that does make me feel kind of old…

Happy Birthday William Shatner! Live long and prosper.

Release Dates

A tentative schedule for a new Batman movie, the follow-up to The Dark Knight, has been released: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2747&p=.htm

Also slated for 2012 release: The Avengers and the sequel to Star Trek.

Meanwhile, The Green Hornet will now be available in 3D and will be released next year: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2734&p=.htm

Oscar Update 2

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Star Trek (2009) - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: The New Tenants (2009) - Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Music by Prudence (2010) - Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Logorama (2009) - Nicolas Schmerkin

Growing Pains Actor Andrew Koenig Found Dead In Vancouver After Suicide

Actor Andrew Koenig has been found and the news is not good.

The "Growing Pains" actor was found dead in a Vancouver park after committing suicide. His body was found in a wooded area near Stanley Park.

His parents held an emotional news conference yesterday saying, "Andrew took his own life." Andrew's father, Walter Koenig, played Chekov on the original "Star Trek" television series.

Officials say foul play has been ruled out, and the family did not believe drugs were involved saying depression was most likely the motivator and said, "He obviously was in a lot of pain".

They said Andrew, 41, had been depressed, and had given away his belongings and had stopped taking his medication and taking phone calls. They pleaded with others who suffer from depression to reach out and seek help.

Walter said at a press conference:

"If you are one of those people who can't handle it any more, know people are out there who really care before you make that final decision, talk to somebody."

In addition to his run on Growing Pains, Andrew Koenig also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, My Two Dads, G.I. Joe, and the movies NonSense, InAlienable and The Theory of Everything.

Watch Video Of Walter Koenig Press Conference



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Growing Pains Actor Andrew Koenig Still Missing

In what has turned out to be one of the most coordinated internet search parties ever mounted, news out of Vancouver is still not good.

Andrew Koenig who appeared as Boner on the hit sitcom "Growing Pains" is still missing.

Koenig, 41, was due to arrive in L.A. on February 14 after visiting Vancouver Canada.

Andrew is the son of famous Star Trek Actor Walter Koenig who played Chekov on the series. Walter and his wife told the press they received an email from their son on the 16th and grew concerned.

His parents say Andrew may be suffering from depression and somewhere near the Vancouver area and that they did not feel drugs were an issue with their son.

They are asking anyone with any information to contact their local police department.

In addition to his role as Richard Boner on "Growing Pains" during the 1980's, Koenig also wrote and directed "Good Boy" (2003) and "Women In A Green Dress" in 2004.

His first television appearance was as a young boy on the popular police show "Adam 12" before taking roles on "My Sister Sam", "21 Jump Street", "My Two Dads", "G.I. Joe", and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".
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US Top 10

10) THE BLIND SIDE - $184,387,000

9) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $196,573,705

8) Monsters Vs. Aliens - $198,351,526

7) AVATAR - $212,268,000

6) Star Trek - $257,730,019

5) The Hangover - $277,322,503

4) The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $280,924,000

3) UP - $293,004,164

2) HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - $301,959,197

1) TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN - $402,111,870

The only one I haven't seen is The Hangover... would probably do so this weekend...

Of the 10, or 9, I'd say my favorite would be Up, followed by Star Trek, Avatar and The Blind Side. The least favorite would be Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I hope they won't make a third one. Come on people! It's called Transformers, not Sam Witwicky's Movie with Big Robots. Get a clue and focus back on the robots please...

http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/celebrities/gallery/2284/top-10-box-office-movies-of-2009#photo0

National Board of Review

The second critics awards (after The Gotham Awards), The National Board of Review, have revealed the winners...

For the past two years, the winner of the NBR’s best picture award winner has gone on to win the top Academy Award. Last year, Clint Eastwood, Anne Hathaway, Josh Brolin and Penelope Cruz took acting honors, the latter three of which went on to Oscar nominations. Cruz was the only double winner.

Here are the partial list of winners:

Best Film: Up In The Air

Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

Best Animated Feature: Up

Best Ensemble Cast: It’s Complicated

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Top Eleven Films (In alphabetical order):

An Education

(500) Days Of Summer

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Invictus

The Messenger

A Serious Man

Star Trek

Up

Up In The Air

Where The Wild Things Are

For the full list of winners, go here -> http://www.indiewire.com/article/2009_national_board_of_review_winners/



More info: http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/ & http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=15757

Ricardo Montalban Dies At Age 88

Ricardo Montalban, best known for his role as Mr. Roarke on televisions "Fantasy Island," has died. He was 88.

He died Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications related to old age, said his son-in-law, Gilbert Smith.

In addition to his famous line "Welcome to Fantasy Island", the Mexican born actor also starred as Khan Noonien Singh in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), and was a commercial spokesman for Chrysler where he touted the "soft Corinthian leather" of the Chrysler Cordoba.

In later years, he lent his distinctive voice to several projects including "Family Guy", "Kim Possible" and the feature film "The Ant Bully"
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