Syndicated television re-launches a sci-fi legend with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 Star Trek: Discovery debuted on CBS on September 24, 2017. This new chapter in the venerable sci-fi saga premiered four days before the 30th anniversary of one of the most important American television shows...
Thirty years after Star Trek‘s second television series began, the majority of the cast delighted Star Trek Las Vegas convention attendees with funny stories and jokes during a 30th-anniversary celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The cast turned down having a moderator for the panel. Despite a...
Star Trek: The Next Generation hit the syndicated television airwaves back in September of 1987 with the series premiere “Encounter at Farpoint.” Now, thirty years after the show’s debut, most of the cast remain close friends with a love for each other that is clearly evident during their...
With last week’s announcement of Star Trek Bridge Crew, there came a trailer of Star Trek alumni playing the VR game. One of these alumni was The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton. In a follow up interview with CNET, Burton talked about video games and what they mean to...
William Shatner’s new web series, Brown Bag Wine Tasting, follows Shatner as he meets with guests and asks them to blindly taste wine and describe it in their own words. In the fourth episode of the series, he welcomed Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow star...
Prior to taking the stage at the Wizard World’s Chicago Comic Con on Sunday, LeVar Burton gathered his TNG co-stars along with William Shatner for what can only be described as the ultimate Star Trek selfie. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn and Brent...
On Wednesday, LeVar Burton’s goal to bring Reading Rainbow back, became a reality. A reality that is now also the most-successful Kickstarter campaign of all-time. With an original goal of $1M, the celebrity-backed Kickstarter crossed the finish line with just over $5.4M. Rewards ranged from a “thank you”...
Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton appeared on Canadian talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight on Tuesday. Burton, who played Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge on TNG for seven seasons, discussed Star Trek’s vision of equality, series’ creator Gene Roddenberry, and more. The equality shown in the original...
If you could sit down for lunch with LeVar Burton, who played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and four feature films, what would you ask him? By supporting LeVar’s cause, the AIDS Research Alliance on We-Care.com, you may win...
The folks over at TMZ recently caught up with TNG star LeVar Burton. Discussing Star Trek Into Darkness, Burton said he’s seen the film twice already and remarked that it was missing something very important — the vision of Gene Roddenberry. At the end of the movie I...
LeVar Burton, who played Geordi LaForge for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation, recently discussed the current direction of the Star Trek franchise — as it’s being handled by J.J. Abrams and the team at Bad Robot. (Abrams’ Star Trek) was a great movie, and he...
LeVar Burton, who played Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and four feature films, recently sat down to discuss his current relationship with the TNG cast, some light on his current projects, his use of Twitter, and if he thinks...
Reading Rainbow, which ran on PBS from 1983 until 2006, embraced the mission to inspire a love of reading among young children. For 26 years, the show was co-produced and hosted by Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton. Recently, Burton, former film, television producer Mark Wolfe and...
Last month, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Wil Wheaton and Michael Dorn appeared together on stage together as part of Phoenix Comic Con’s Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion. During the hour-long panel, the former cast mates discussed the audition process, meeting Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry,...
Star Trek fans from all corners of the galaxy gathered together last weekend for Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Conventionin Cherry Hill, New Jersey just outside Philadelphia. Several TNG actors were on hand, including Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and LeVar Burton to kick off the 25th...
Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention beams down to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, this weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The guest list includes such TNG actors as Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Suzie Plakson, Hallie Todd and Eric...
That’s right. The entire TNG EXPOsed panel from last weekend’s Calagary Comic and Entertainment Expo, featuring the reunited cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, is now available to watch for free online. TNG EXPOsed celebrated the 25th anniversary of the show, which debuted back in September of...
As we first reported on Sunday, the primary cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation were reunited and appeared on stage for the first official time in history on Saturday at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. The reunited cast members included Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes,...
Appearing together for the first time in almost a decade, the principle cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation reunited on Saturday at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The reunited cast included Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Miachel Dorn, Marina Sirtis, gates...
Surely, fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation will remember LeVar Burton’s character, Geordi La Forge, one of the show’s most influential and inspiring characters. A person born with blindness, by today’s standards, would’ve been excluded from so many opportunities due to this crippling disability. In accordance with...
Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Brent Spiner is back with the second season of his comedy web series, Fresh Hell. This season, Spiner is joined by his TNG co-star, LeVar Burton, when his character’s financial troubles continue and needs to borrow some money from his old friend. If...
Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention takes place May 4-6th, just outside Philadelphia, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Similar to this year’s Las Vegas convention, Creation is promoting their East Coast convention as a celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s 25th anniversary....
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