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11 June 2008 7:42 AM, PDT | From syfyportal.com | See recent syfyportal news

David Gerrold was just a college student when he saw the series premiere of "Star Trek" on NBC in September 1966, but he knew he had to be a part of it. He immediately sent some story ideas to Gene Roddenberry, and call it naivety or just plain overconfidence, Gerrold knew he would end up on the show's writing staff. One of Gerrold's ideas that caught the eye of both Roddenberry and producer Gene L. Coon was one of a bunch of furry creatures causing problems for the Enterprise crew. Coon was especially fond of it, and decided it would be perfect for an episode. That episode would become the famous "Trouble With Tribbles" episode that made purring furballs who like to eat and reproduce a true icon. "I never doubted that I was going to sell it," Gerrold told Michael Hinman during a recent ...

17 April 2008 10:30 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Hazel Court, an actress who made a career out of appearances in horror flicks in the 1950s and '60s, died Tuesday of a heart attack near Lake Tahoe, Ca at age 82. The English-born actress was perhaps best known for her role in Roger Corman's 1963 film The Raven, based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem, that also starred horror-film regulars Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. In its obituary, the Associated Press observed that Corman directed her in five horror films. "Like other 'scream queens' of the era," the obituary noted, "Court often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths for her roles."

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2 articles from 2008