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Archive of American Television Trek Interviews

yesterdayGenres / Sci Fi : TrekToday

Some interesting interviews from Star Trek actors and people associated with the show can now be seen at the Archive of American Television website. The interviews, other than one with LeVar Burton, are from the original series. Included are regulars Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, LeVar Burton, Nichelle Nichols, and George Takei; as well as guest [...]

LeVar Burton Teaches Colbert & Carey Mulligan About 'Gatsby'

Stephen Colbert probably shouldn't have dedicated an entire episode of "The Colbert Report" to the book "The Great Gatsby," considering he's never read the book....

Star Trek, Reading Rainbow, The White House: LeVar Burton Sounds Off

It’s been nearly 20 years since Star Trek: The Next Generation went off the air, but fan enthusiasm for the series shows no sign of slowing down — and the same could be said for some of its stars. With the third season of TNG debuting on Blu-ray (Apr. Show More Summary

Your Stupid Laugh Of The Day: Reading Rainbow Bloopers!

At the end of this very long, slow news day, please to enjoy thirty seconds of Levar Burton getting head-butted by baby animals on the blooper reel for Reading Rainbow. More » Your Stupid Laugh Of The Day: Reading Rainbow Bloopers! is a post from Crushable - Entertainment, Hot Guys, Movies and Celebrity News.

Wired Space Photo of the Day: Butterfly in the Sky

Butterfly in the sky I can go twice as high Take a look It's in a book A Reading Rainbow.... (this is a portion of a song from a Television program for children...starring Levar Burton of STNG fame)

3 Awesome And Inspiring Inventions From The White House Science Fair

4 weeks agoTechnology : TechCrunch

I love that POTUS has invited these scholars here and treating them like NCAA Champs!!!— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 22, 2013 The nation’s premier young brainiacs were honored today at the annual White House Science Fair. Every...Show More Summary

Bill Nye, LeVar Burton in first White House Vine

4 weeks agoTechnology / Gadgets : Crave

Who needs a Reading Rainbow when you've got six seconds of rough cut footage? (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you get when you combine some celebrities with serious nerd cred and a few incomplete sentences? The first official...Show More Summary

LeVar Burton, CliffyB Among Winners of Google Glass Contest

Soulja Boy and Newt Gingrich might not have much in common but they…

Rebecca Returns

Last night I dreamt they made a film about Manderley again. Related posts: Wiesel Returns Reward Night author Elie Wiesel is returning a Hungarian prize he... Reading Rainbow returns! LeVar Burton is relaunching Reading Rainbow! Though in a new... Walter White Returns Get ready for the return of Breaking Bad by reading...

Well Done | What is Good Luck? | Not Close Enough

2 months agoIndustries / Media : FishbowlNY

UnBeige: We don’t get to say this often, but the post office’s new stamps look great. GalleyCat: LeVar Burton wants to host Jeopardy! Too bad Alex Trebek will be directing the show until he’s 123. SocialTimes: Google is offering same day delivery! If you live in the Bay Area. Sorry. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

Should LeVar Burton Host Jeopardy?

2 months agoMedia / Publishing : GalleyCat

My dream job…! The new host of #Jeapardy #bydhttmwfi #notevenkidding — LeVar Burton (@levarburton) March 27, 2013 Reading Rainbow host, actor and book app creator LeVar Burton recently tweeted that hosting the quiz show Jeopardy would...Show More Summary

Watch: Star Trek: TNG Mini-Reunion Panel At MegaCon 2013

2 months agoGenres / Sci Fi : TrekMovie.com

Another weekend and another convention with a Star Trek: The Next Generation cast reunion (or mini-reunion). Over this last weekend four TNG stars (Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn and Denise Crosby) held a panel at the MegaCon in Orlando, FL. The whole panel is available online. Watch it below.      TNG Cast at [...]

LeVar Burton On How Interstellar Human Travel Could Become A Reality [TCTV]

2 months agoTechnology : TechCrunch

We all know that LeVar Burton has famously played a space traveler in the hugely successful Star Trek: The Next Generation series, but nowadays he is spreading the word that human travel beyond our solar system may actually become aShow More Summary

Watch: LeVar Burton & Patrick Stewart Kiss + More From Star Trek: TNG Reunion in Toronto

2 months agoGenres / Sci Fi : TrekMovie.com

Last night Star Trek: The Next Generation stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden reunited on stage at Toronto Comic-Con. Highlights of the event can be seen online including Stewart and Burton kissing and Frakes and Stewart trading impressions of each other’s TNG characters. Watch the highlights below. [...]

Sequel Bits: ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, ‘Transformers 4?, ‘The Muppets… Again!’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, ‘Machete Kills’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Alice in Wonderland 2?

2 months agoEntertainment / Film : SlashFilm

LeVar Burton has some issues with J.J. Abrams‘ attitude toward the Star Trek franchise, and no, it doesn’t have anything to do with that Star Wars gig. Also after the jump: Producer Joe Roth talks a bit about Alice in Wonderland 2 Transformers 4 will be darker and grittier, says Mark Wahlberg Benedict Cumberbatch‘s John [...]

Oh Snap! LeVar Burton Calls Bull$#!% on J.J. Abrams

3 months agoOdd : Nerd Bastards

Not for the first time, the artist formally known as Geordi LaForge shares some sour grapes about the J.J. Abrams-led reboot of the Star Trek franchise. Last year, LeVar Burton said that there wasn’t enough reverence for Star Trek: The Next Generation in Abrams’ 2009 film, and now Burton thinks that Abrams is trying to [...]

Burton Disturbed By Trek Comments

3 months agoGenres / Sci Fi : TrekToday

Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s LeVar Burton is not happy with what he has heard lately from some working with J.J. Abrams. The actor feels that the comments are disrespectful of Star Trek that came before Abrams’s two Trek movies. “Star Trek (2009) was a great movie, and he brought a whole new generation to [...]

Fanta in "Roots": 'Memba Her?!

3 months agoPop Culture / Celebrity : TMZ.com

Renn Woods played LeVar Burton's love interest Fanta in the '70s television miniseries "Roots." Guess what she looks like now!

10 Awesome Things That Happened at the Star Trek Reunion

The cast and crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation reunited for a 25th anniversary celebration. Here's how it all went down. More About: Levar Burton, reunion, Star Trek, television

LeVar Burton just won the 'If I had Glass' competition

Ladies and gentlemen, LeVar Burton just won the Internet. (We've lost track how many times now.) The "Roots," "Reading Rainbow" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" actor and host -- and basically all-around nerd badass -- just threw...Show More Summary

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