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Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
Jan 26 | A fan campaign to bring back Christopher Doohan for the next Star Trek film can be found here. Join the campaign !
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By GustavoLeao / 13:01, 7 January 2006 / General Genre/SciFi
The latest issue of TV Zone magazine, just out in the UK, features an interview with actress Michelle Forbes, who played Ensign Ro Laren in several episodes of STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION and Admiral Cain in the recent 'Pegasus' arc in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Here are a few excerpts from the interview.
"I tend to play a lot of authoritative, strong women, so initially this simply wasn't something I wanted to do." she said about the Cain role in GALACTICA "God bless them, through, for being so pursuant of me. The GALACTICA producers sent me a set of DVDs, because I had never seen the show, either...[GALACTICA] is amazingly good and well written. I shudder to think I almost lost out on working with those wonderful people and on such a powerful story."
"[Resurrection Ship is] a fine example of sophisticated storytelling and I was thoroughly impressed when I watched my copy of the episode."
The actress also talks about turning down the chance to become a regular cast member in STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE as the Bajoran officer Ro Laren (a role which later went to Nana Visitor as Major Kira Nerys), "there were all sorts of rumours about why I didn't take [the DS9 role] and that I was quite arrogant about the whole thing. It wasn't that at all. It was, again, about wanting variety in my career. If I'd gone on to do DS9 I might not have had the variety I've been lucky to have in my career."
"That's not to say I wasn't grateful for the opportunity; I genuinely was. However, I had to make a choice that felt right for me, which was a difficult one, especially as a young actor being offered a steady job."
More from Forbes can be found at The Great Link.
To read the full article, get the latest issue of TV Zone magazine at your local newsstand.
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