Ryan Lambie Oct 19, 2017
Massive cost overruns, script rewrites and an angry Leonard Nimoy. Ryan charts the battle to make the original Star Trek movie...
After years in limbo, the rush to make a Star Trek movie suddely began in earnest on the 28th of March 1978. That day saw a lavish press conference arranged by Paramount president Michael Eisner, chairman Barry Diller and the entire cast of the original Star Trek series. Eisner announced to an assembled group of reporters that a film spin-off from the cult Trek TV show was finally going to be made. Its appropriately grand title - Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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The director, Eisner continued, would be Robert Wise - an industry veteran who was not only...
Massive cost overruns, script rewrites and an angry Leonard Nimoy. Ryan charts the battle to make the original Star Trek movie...
After years in limbo, the rush to make a Star Trek movie suddely began in earnest on the 28th of March 1978. That day saw a lavish press conference arranged by Paramount president Michael Eisner, chairman Barry Diller and the entire cast of the original Star Trek series. Eisner announced to an assembled group of reporters that a film spin-off from the cult Trek TV show was finally going to be made. Its appropriately grand title - Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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The director, Eisner continued, would be Robert Wise - an industry veteran who was not only...
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- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Photo on right by Dennis Clark/Splash News. Today saw the conviction of former Dhb Industries C.E.O. David Brooks, the millionaire military contractor who famously employed the services of 50 Cent, Aerosmith, the Eagles, Kenny G., and Tom Petty at his daughter’s 2005 bat mitzvah. A New York jury found Brooks guilty of lying about the financial state of his company, and convicted him of fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy, among other charges. Brooks also misused millions of company dollars to finance his lavish, Kenny G.-infused lifestyle. Of course, it’s comical that such extravagances come from a man named David Brooks, also the name of the New York Times columnist who literally wrote the book on conspicuous consumption. There are also other differences between David Brooks and David Brooks, many of which we’ve described for you below.
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- Vanity Fair
Lindsay Lohan's sleazebag dad, Michael Lohan, is in trouble again -- this time for allegedly threatening to kill his fiancée and himself when she tried to dump him. Michael was quietly arrested on April 6 for a phone threat cops said he placed to off-again, on-again gal pal Erin Muller, 34, on March 18. Lohan, 48, flipped out yesterday when he walked into Central Islip court and spotted Post reporter Kieran Crowley and photographer Dennis Clark. "Michael! Plan two!" shouted Lohan's lawyer, Anthony Grandinette, as his client fled. "Plan two" consisted of Lohan...
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- NYPost.com
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