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"Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest edition in a space saga that reaches back a half-century, was, of course, a big hit at the box office this weekend.

Here's what you need to know about Star Trek Into Darkness , the second movie reboot to replace the original TV cast with fresh young actors in the exact same roles: it's karaoke, like buying tickets to see the Rolling Stones, then finding out they've passed the torch to a faceless, eager-to-please cover band.

"All My Children" and "One Life To Live" creator, Agnes Nixon , has announced changes to the writing staffs at both shows.

If scientists and officials at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California seem a little starstruck these days, there's a good reason: The lab's massive National Ignition Facility , or NIF, has something of a starring role in Star Trek Into Darkness, which opened nationwide last week.

Today, we'll beam aboard the Starship Enterprise to find out if director J.J. Abrams can seek out new life in his exciting reboot series with the big-screen sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness." The film's official synopsis explains that "after the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain ... (more)

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A treat for Star Trek fans. William Shatner will be meeting fans and hosting screenings of his film ''Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan'' Friday, May 24th and Sunday May 26th at Hollywood Blvd.

Burlesque clown princess and producer KiKi Maroon describes the KiKi Maroon's BurlyQ Lounge show, seen on Friday at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, as classy and sexy, dirty and funny." Okay, we're in.

Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest "Star Trek" movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing to the actor currently playing the role.

After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is.

Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." The Washington State Patrol chief says the Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River at Mount Vernon was caused by an oversize truck.

Let's face it: we haven't seen a truly great Star Trek film in decades. Even the 2009 reboot feels more like "Really Cool and Extremely Entertaining Science Fiction Action Film" instead of Star Trek .

"Doctor Who: Season 7.2," Grade B+: This second half of the seventh season features one of the biggest puzzles that Doctor Who has ever faced.

"The Big Bang Theory" showrunner Bill Prady, original "Star Trek" castmember Nichelle Nichols and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Chase Masterson also have endorsed "The Star Wolf." Leonard Nimoy and other big names in the sci-fi arena have endorsed a new project from original Stark Trek writers David Gerrold and DC Fontana and producer David C.

Stan Lee, founder of Marvel Entertainment Inc., poses next to a Spider-Man model in his office in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., in this file photo taken on Dec.

There's no telling what some senior executives will do to support the corporate culture - but a recently surfaced three-year-old video from a nuclear power plant shows executives going where perhaps no executives have gone before.

The starship Enterprise is well-known to viewers of the iconic Star Trek TV series and visitors to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, where the original model is on display in the gift shop.

Friday: Beware of giant slugs. In the first of a two-part series finale of Merlin, Morgana and Mordred use one of the creepy crawlers to rob our hero of his magic.

You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer.

You may not recognize Robert Taylor as anyone other than the title character he plays on the crime drama "Longmire." But he's no newcomer.