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Rick Berman and the late Michael Piller didn't have to look far to find inspiration for another Star Trek series. Saddam Hussein had set oil wells in Kuwait on fire as he withdrew as part of Operation Desert Storm, and both the allied American forces along with the Kuwaiti people were left to pic ...

Like Star Trek and Star Wars fans needed something else to fight over? The Star Wars franchise, now under the ownership of the Walt Disney Co., is gearing up to make movies once again. And one person they had their eye on? A man who helped resurrect another popular science-fiction franchise, J.J. ...

We live in a technological society that many say was inspired by the classic show "Star Trek." Cell phones, tablet computers, portable data storage, medical scanners, computers that can talk ... you name it, and "Star Trek" has addressed it one way or the other. Yet none of those devices really s ...

"Game of Thrones" already has a solid season season on HBO, nearly doubling the audience it had for the first season. And the quality shone through as well, especially when it came to the 2012 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards. The HBO fantasy drama picked up nine nominations, including Best Series/Tel ...

As admirers and haters continue to remember the late Steve Jobs, a new book written by Walter Isaacson, provides more detail about how the late co-founder of Apple Inc. was able to achieve the impossible with his employees. One of Jobs' most important assets was his ability to distort reality, co ...

Roddenberry Entertainment, the company originally founded by "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and now owned by his son Eugene Roddenberry, has partnered up with two different online outlets to bring Star Trek and the Roddenberry Philosophy to a new level. In its first deal, Roddenberry joined ...

Loyal fans who can’t wait until next month's release of “Star Trek: Into Darkness” will have a chance to see one of the beloved episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” on the big screen for one night only. "The Best of Both Worlds" comprising the third season finale and the fourth ...

What's bigger than a flower pot from "The Wizard of Oz," a costume worn by Christopher Reeve in "Superman IV" and a night shirt that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe? Capt. Kirk's phaser rifle that was so big, he only used it in one episode. The rifle, used by William Shatner in the second "Sta ...

Malachi Throne, the man who played Commodore Jose Mendez in the original "Star Trek" episodes "The Menagerie" died last week following complications of lung cancer. He was 84. Throne, who had already established himself as a character actor when he appeared on the original science-fiction seri ...

By the time fans were introduced to his character of Capt. Christopher Pike, the original commander of the USS Enterprise was confined to a wheelchair, only able to communicate through a single light. But Jeffrey Hunter was a pioneer in terms of what would become television and movie history, ta ...