The Glasnevin native will be honoured by the Irish Academy for his services to film and television. Colm Meaney has been revealed as the latest recipient of the Irish Film & Television Academy’s (IFTA) Lifetime Achievement Award in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre next month. According to Variety, the award ceremony on February 14 will […]

1 year ago

“Annie, you left us way too soon.” Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the TV series 24 and most recently for staring as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard, has died. She was 45. Wersching died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist […]

3 years ago

The “trailblazing” actress played Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series and its film sequels. Tributes are pouring in to honour Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols following her death at the age of 89. Her son Kyle Johnson confirmed in a statement that she passed away from natural causes. “Her light, however, like the […]

3 years ago

He will boldly go as part of Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin’s latest mission. Star Trek star William Shatner is set to really blast off into space on Wednesday (13 October), becoming the oldest ever astronaut. The 90-year-old, who played James T. Kirk in the long-running space-set franchise, will boldly go into space onboard Jeff […]

4 years ago

Fans of The Next Generation will be very happy with these returning characters. The first season of Star Trek: Picard debuted in January 2020, with fans of the franchise very happy to see the return of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), even if the plot did kind of lose its way towards the end. The popularity […]

4 years ago

Here are JOE’s thoughts on the new show’s first three episodes. It has been 18 years since Captain Picard and his crew had their last big screen adventure, in the critically-damned Star Trek: Nemesis. Since then, the world has moved on, both in terms of Star Trek – we’ve had those new movies that rewrote […]

6 years ago