Archive for November, 2007
Starring as Spock’s mom… Winona Ryder?
Production on Star Trek began earlier this week, so this is probably the last bit of casting news we'll see... well, until the sequel(s): "Star Trek" is beaming up Winona Ryder. Paramount Pictures and director JJ Abrams have set Ryder to play the Vulcan mother of a young Spock (Zachary Quinto). Scripted by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, [...]
Coal Week
Glenn Beck is alright... "If NBC was really concerned with the environment the best thing they could do is... maybe stop broadcasting."
Reason #51 to watch Mythbusters
(Kari Byron is reasons 1-50) Mythbusters is not only educational and highly entertaining, but it could also save your life: Schoolboy Julian's lifesaving MythBuster moment "I jumped down on to the tracks, lifted him off the ground and put him on my shoulder - he was heavy but there was enough adrenaline rushing through to help me," said [...]
Big boots to fill
Owen Garriott had quite an eventful career... in 1965 he was one of the six Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA. He'd have to wait a while for his first space flight, the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, but they set a new world record for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double the previous record. He will soon have another honor to add to [...]
The Moon in HD
There have been a lot of space-related stories over the past couple of weeks. Discovery's mission to the International Space Station was one of NASA's biggest success stories in the past few years, certainly their biggest feel-good moment since the loss of Columbia. They returned safely to Earth just a couple hours ago. The new race to the Moon [...]
Costner update
Because I'm sure you wanted to know the latest. Kevin Costner and his band "Modern West" are still going strong... Kevin Costner and Modern West to celebrate Tampa Bay's new name and uniforms: ST. PETERSBURG -- Hollywood's Kevin Costner and his band Modern West will perform at Straub Park in downtown St. Petersburg on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 [...]
