Musk pays for Shatner, LeBron and King blue ticks
After legacy blue verification checkmarks are removed from Twitter, Musk says he is personally paying the $8 a month fee for William Shatner, LeBron James & Stephen King. King had previously said that he would not pay for the verification. After the author tweeted he has been subscribed, despite not giving his phone number, Musk replies:
You’re welcome namaste
You’re welcome namaste 🙏
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2023
Just Shatner, LeBron and King
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 21, 2023
Proposes pipeline
Shatner proposes a water pipeline from the Pacific Northwest to California to solve the drought.
California’s in the midst of a 4-year-old drought. They tell us there’s a year’s supply of water left. If it doesn’t rain next year, what do 20 million people in the breadbasket of the world do? In a place that’s the fifth-largest GDP — if California were a country, it’d be fifth in line — we’re about to be arid! What do you do about it?..So I’m starting a Kickstarter campaign. I want $30 billion … to build a pipeline like the Alaska pipeline. Say, from Seattle — a place where there’s a lot of water. There’s too much water. How bad would it be to get a large, 4-foot pipeline, keep it above ground — because if it leaks, you’re irrigating!
Will miss funeral
Shatner tweets his regret that he will miss Nimoy’s funeral due to a prior commitment.
I am currently in FL as I agreed to appear at the Red Cross Ball tonight. Leonard's funeral is tomorrow. I can't make it back in time.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) February 28, 2015
I feel really awful. Here I am doing charity work and one of my dearest friends is being buried.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) February 28, 2015
‘I loved him like a brother’
Shatner posts a tribute to Nimoy on his Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/williamshatner/posts/10153115084686737:0
Confirms Star Trek 3 rumors
0 CommentsShatner confirms that he has been contacted by producer J.J. Abrams about a role in the upcoming Star Trek 3 film. The film is expected to release in theaters in 2016. Shatner at an appearance at Wizard World Nashville:
So the news is out that they have an idea that they want Leonard and myself�they might want Leonard and myself in it. But I would love to do it. But how do you get me fifty years later into the movie? I mean how do you rationalize it. I know it’s science fiction, but even I couldn’t come up with an idea. So that’s the news on that.
Mentions ‘ill-conceived’
In a five-section report Shatner reviews Mentions against the Facebook Pages Apps, comparing feeds, insights, posts and notifications. Shatner notes that Mentions forces him to follow a another celebrity. When the app suggests he follow George Takei he rolls his eyes and follows Robert Downey Jr. instead.
If this app is for celebrities, then why force them to follow another celebrity in order to set up this app?
He concludes:
I’m not quite sure why Facebook released this app. It seems to be ill conceived. I will probably use it to post to my Facebook when I’m on my phone but it doesn’t allow for mail or groups. I will continue to use my regular Facebook App as well as the Pages app.
Talk is Jericho interview
Shatner is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss wrestling, UFOs and compliments Jericho’s discipline as a wrestler.
I was curious about you. The effort and discipline that it takes to be an athlete and stay in shape. To overcome being hurt. There’s a whole area to being an athlete and then being a performer.
Elle Magazine interview
Shatner gives interview to Elle about any advice he would like to give his younger self if he could.
I’m gonna reveal something to you that’s going to come as a shock: If you’re a stupid young man, you’re usually a stupid old man. Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.
Emmy nomination
Shatner is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Denny Crane on Boston Legal.
What a fitting tribute to a unique show. The Emmy would enter a pantheon to memorialize a wonderful television event. My best, Bill
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 16, 2009
William Shatner interview
Shatner is interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about how he forgets he is in front of the camera, how he saves a child from drowning and his stunt move he had to do with a wrestler.
I say ‘ You alright?’ then I realize not only is the kid drowning but the father is drowning. So now I have to make a decision.
Shatner, Nimoy interview
Shatner & Nimoy are interviewed by Hall on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about how Trekkies prefer to be called Trekkers, and about the 25th anniversary tour. Nimoy:
We did three cities it went extremely well, and it was videotaped, and we’re doing six more cities.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E
Nimoy and Shatner guest star in The Man From U.N.C.L.E episode, The Project Strigas Affair. In the episode, Shatner plays a pest control business owner that U.N.C.L.E recruits for their mission and Nimoy a Russian aide-de-camp. They only appear in two scenes. In the first, Shatner drunkenly throws his arm around Nimoy’s shouldes and in the second, Nimoy points a gun at Shatner.
