HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY WILLIAM SHATNER

 

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William Shatner, best known for his role as Captain Kirk in the original "Star Trek" but went on to other TV and movie roles, turns 90 today.

The New York Post reported:

"Right now, he’s promoting his new comedy film called “Senior Moment,” out Friday, in which he plays Victor, a Palm Springs, California, hotshot who defiantly refuses to show his age. (Smart casting.) In the film, the “Star Trek” actor romances Jean Smart, who is 21 years his junior.

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"The actor is also a prolific recording artist who’s finally gaining some acclaim for his strange blend of spoken word and song.

He worked with Ben Folds on his deeply personal 2004 album “Has Been” (Pitchfork called it “confusing, enthralling, sincere, profound”), and in October he dropped “William Shatner — The Blues,” which remarkably reached No. 1 on the Billboard blues chart.

He told The Post he’ll soon release a new album, his 13th, which is a collaboration with a New York poet." 

He is still working and in the video below talks of and audience of 3500 the day the lockdown went into effect and the future.

INTERESTING FIND: STAR TREK STREETLIGHTS

Streetlights shaped like Star Trek ships in a town called Vulcan from r/mildlyinteresting

If you are a fan of "Star Trek" you might want to make a trek of your own to see the e Star Trek street lights are installed in Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.

The Vulcan Advocate stated in an article:
  

"Town of Vulcan public works staff are installing 43 new decorative LED street light standards on Centre Street and Second Avenue, and by the pool. Last year council approved a motion for the Town to spend up to $227,136.60 on the project, with half of the money coming from Federal Gas Tax funding and half from the Street Light Capital Reserve."