Joan Collins-related stories
Posted Mar 16th 2009 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
Harlan Ellison is a great writer and also one guy you don't want to piss off.
He wrote the classic
Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever" (often called by best episode of the original series by fans and non-fans alike), and
now he's suing CBS-Paramount over what they have done with the story since he got paid for writing it in 1967. He got paid for the script and got residuals, but in the years after the episode aired the studio has not only published a sequel trilogy with Pocket Books based on the episode, they even had a "Guardian of Forever" talking Hallmark Christmas ornament that said Ellison's lines from his script, so he wants his money.
Continue reading Harlan Ellison suing Paramount over Star Trek stuff
Posted Jul 14th 2008 3:45PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Retro Squad, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
This article could easily have been called "James T. Kirk's Top Five Loves", one of which would undoubtedly be the Enterprise, or "James T. Kirk's Top Five Seductions", but those titles didn't quite convey the connotation I was looking for. As everybody who ever watched
Trek Classic knows, the good captain had his fair share of women, getting involved with a different one once every three episodes or so.
The man oozed excess testosterone, which might have explained his hair loss later on. You'd think the 23rd century would learn to regrow it better. Then came the 24th century look when baldness was "in". But I digress. It was also his self-confidence that made him without question a chick magnet. This aspect of the character undoubtedly appealed to the uber-nerds who watched
Star Trek then and now.
Continue reading Captain Kirk's top five women
Posted Jul 15th 2007 2:02PM by Michael Maloney
Filed under: NBC, Programming, TCA Press Tour
Friday's TCA, which continued cable TV presentations, felt like three days rolled into one.
Just how jam-packed and eclectic are the programs and announcements that were made?
Here's a sample: Dynasty diva Joan Collins is checking into BBC America's Hotel Babylon, Richard Dreyfus (Jaws) is not afraid to get back into the water as host of The Discovery Channel's Ocean of Fear: The Worst Shark Attack Ever and Jonny Fairplay (Survivor) of CMT's Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull-Riding Challenge sadly announced that his beloved grandmother passed away two weeks ago.
Continue reading MTV Networks, BBC America, Discovery and more - TCA Report
Posted Jan 22nd 2007 7:04PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities
There's a quality I really admire in older women. It's the "I no longer give a crap what you think of me" quality. They've seen it all, done it all, been there and back and have no reason not to speak their minds. It's so damn refreshing in a world of publicists and politesse to hear some old curmudgeon honestly and blithely offer their withering assessment of the world.
The now 80 year-old Charlotte Rae, television's Mrs. Garrett of
Facts of Life fame, gave a mouthful to reporters on the red carpet of the LA premiere of
Joan Collins and Linda Evans' theatrical turn in Legends. When asked about Collins, Rae responded, "Joan Collins is a bitch! There's no doubt about it. Everyone says she's an extremely difficult person."
The Insider sprung the tape of Rae's remarks on Collins in a backstage interview. Collins reply: "Who is this cow!" I don't know what it is about these catty old broads, but I love them.
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After Elton]
Posted Nov 25th 2006 3:28PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities
The bitches are back.
Dynasty's Krystle Carrington and Alexis Carrington Colby have been
reunited for a nightly cat fight in the touring production of playwright James Kirkwood's
Legends. The production has settled down for a two-week stint in Washington DC, but you can expect to see it on the road over the next several months.
Former 80s primetime soap stars Evans and Collins star as aging movie star rivals clinging to what remains of their fading glamor. The play, itself, is notoriously lousy. Carol Channing and Mary Martin starred in a mid-80s tour of the show, which was more famous for the backstage rather than on-stage drama. None of that really matters though.
Continue reading Cat fight tonight! Joan Collins and Linda Evans reunite
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