Category: William Shatner

Elon Musk Is ‘Personally’ Paying Twitter Blue for Some Users

Elon Musk said he’s personally paying the legacy blue checkmarks for a few celebrities who previously complained about buying the premium service championed by the new Twitter owner. On April 20, Musk kept true to his longtime promise, and celebrities, and many others who’d been verified for free but declined to sign up for Twitter’s Blue…


Lessons From ‘The Twilight Zone’: Overcoming Addiction in ‘Nick of Time’

Even a casual “Twilight Zone” viewer may recognize the now iconic Mystic Seer fortune-telling box from the episode “Nick of Time.” Its signature winking bobble-head “seer” atop a common table napkin dispenser has grinned through black and white television screens since 1960. The sly, toy figure that grants a brief glimpse into the future personifies…


Shatner Marvels at Blue Origin Flight Frenzy, ‘Finite’ Earth

LOS ANGELES—William Shatner’s durable role as an avatar of space’s promise drew a frenzy of attention when fiction became fact with his rocket ride. The “Star Trek” actor says he was as surprised by it as he was gratified by the 10-minute, suborbital jaunt made possible by billionaire Jeff Bezos. The experience is the subject…


William Shatner Moved to Tears After Trip to Space: ‘I Hope I Never Recover From This’

By Emily Rella Life has officially imitated art as Star Trek star William Shatner launched into space alongside Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on Oct. 13. Shatner and Bezos were joined by Glen de Vries and Chris Boshuizen, both paying space tourism customers, and Audrey Powers, who serves as Blue Origin’s vice president of mission…


William Shatner Age 90 Becomes Oldest Person to Enter Space

Star Trek hero William Shatner became the world’s oldest person to travel to space on Wednesday as he reached the “final frontier” alongside a crew from Blue Origin. The four-person team launched from remote Van Horn, Texas, on board the Jeff Bezos-funded spacecraft. The brief flight allowed the Hollywood science fiction star to make his…


William Shatner, 90, Becomes Oldest Person to Enter Space

Star Trek hero William Shatner became the world’s oldest person to travel to space on Wednesday as he reached the “final frontier” alongside a crew from Blue Origin. The four-person team launched from remote Van Horn, Texas, on board the Jeff Bezos-funded spacecraft. The brief flight allowed the Hollywood science fiction star to make his…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Oct. 13)

The consumer price index is back at its highest reading since 2008. Prices for essentials like food and energy are up significantly, so will the government still move forward with its massive spending plans? President Biden holds a meeting on supply chain issues, which are putting Christmas at risk. Experts tell us his plan does…


William Shatner, Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk, Blasts Into Space

VAN HORN, Texas—Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company. The “Star Trek” hero became the oldest person to ride a rocket, eclipsing the previous record—set by a passenger on…


LIVE: Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) Blasting Into Space

Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space company confirmed that “Star Trek” actor William Shatner will fly on board the company’s New Shepard launch vehicle as part of a four-person crew, which is expected to launch on October 12. Blue Origin’s New Shepard’s 18th mission, NS-18, is expected to lift off carrying four astronauts to space and back,…


With ‘Captain Kirk’ Aboard, Blue Origin to Return to ‘Space, the Final Frontier’

VAN HORN, Texas—Three months after billionaire U.S. businessman Jeff Bezos soared into space aboard a rocketship built by his Blue Origin company, the craft is set on Wednesday to take another all-civilian crew on a suborbital ride, this time with “Star Trek” actor William Shatner in the lead role. As one of four passengers selected…