On the morning of January 23, 2024, actor Gary Graham, star of the "Alien Nation" TV series, the cult classic "Robot Jox," and multiple-time "Star Trek" supporting player, passed away at the age of 74. Graham had a prolific acting career, appearing in single episodes of many of the hottest TV shows of his day, including "Starsky & Hutch," "The Incredible Hulk," Knots Landing," "CHiPs," "T.J. Hooker," "Hunter," "M.A.N.T.I.S.," "Diagnosis Murder," "Ally McBeal," "Jag," and "Nip/Tuck." He had an easy demeanor, allowing him to play comedic affable characters just as well as intense, serious ones.
Trekkies likely know Graham best for playing Soval on "Star Trek: Enterprise." Soval was the snippy Vulcan ambassador who oversaw Earth's very, very slow transition from post-war ruin to a thriving society ready for space exploration. In the timeline of "Star Trek," humanity discovers warp-speed flight while the world is recovering from nuclear devastation. On the very first Earth warp flight,...
Trekkies likely know Graham best for playing Soval on "Star Trek: Enterprise." Soval was the snippy Vulcan ambassador who oversaw Earth's very, very slow transition from post-war ruin to a thriving society ready for space exploration. In the timeline of "Star Trek," humanity discovers warp-speed flight while the world is recovering from nuclear devastation. On the very first Earth warp flight,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
"Star Trek: Lower Decks" is an endlessly enteraining show because it delights in showing off the many, many parts of "Star Trek" lore that past franchise installments never had time to explore. Sometimes, that means revisiting a kooky planet, but other times, the show digs deep into the unexplored intricacies of Starfleet life. This week's episode, "Room For Growth," sees the Cerritos crew exploring some of the lesser-known parts of their own ship, poking fun at the seemingly endless configuration of specialized rooms that have appeared in "Star Trek" ship layouts of the past.
The adventure begins when Boimler (Jack Quaid), Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Tendi (Noel Wells), and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) discover that the Cerrito is having a room lottery, one that could land them some sweet, non-hallway digs where they don't have to worry about bedtime being interrupted by dramatic upper deck crew plotlines. When Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) floats by,...
The adventure begins when Boimler (Jack Quaid), Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Tendi (Noel Wells), and Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) discover that the Cerrito is having a room lottery, one that could land them some sweet, non-hallway digs where they don't have to worry about bedtime being interrupted by dramatic upper deck crew plotlines. When Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) floats by,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
A familiar face is returning to the Star Trek universe. Nickelodeon just announced that Kate Mulgrew will reprise her Star Trek: Voyager role for the upcoming animated TV show, Star Trek: Prodigy.
Mulgrew played Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001. The series also stars Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Jeri Ryan.
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Mulgrew played Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager from 1995 to 2001. The series also stars Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Jeri Ryan.
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- 10/9/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Is Captain Proton making a comeback? Recently, Star Trek: Voyagers stars Robert Duncan McNeill and Garrett Wang discussed possibly reviving their Upn TV show characters, TrekMovie reports.
McNeill and Wang played Tom Paris and Harry Kim, respectively, on Star Trek: Voyager. The sci-fi series ran on Upn from 1995 to 2001. The cast also included Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, and Jennifer Lien.
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McNeill and Wang played Tom Paris and Harry Kim, respectively, on Star Trek: Voyager. The sci-fi series ran on Upn from 1995 to 2001. The cast also included Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, and Jennifer Lien.
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- 5/5/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
1979: General Hospital's Laura wanted a job at the disco.
1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.
1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.
2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.
1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.
1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as...
1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.
1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.
2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.
1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.
1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as...
- 8/26/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited in the bell tower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor. Read "Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret Storm'" here.
After 20 years, CBS canceled the show with the final episode...
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited in the bell tower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor. Read "Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret Storm'" here.
After 20 years, CBS canceled the show with the final episode...
- 2/1/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1979: General Hospital's Laura wanted a job at the disco.
1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.
1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.
2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.
1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.
1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as Dave (David Ackroyd) told Pat (Beverly Penberthy) he had always been in love with Rachel.
1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.
1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.
2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.
1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.
1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as Dave (David Ackroyd) told Pat (Beverly Penberthy) he had always been in love with Rachel.
- 8/24/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
The woman who played Kes on "Star Trek: Voyager" has come crashing back down to Earth, courtesy of cops in Tennessee ... who keep busting her for driving when she shouldn't be. Law enforcement tells us Jennifer Lien was arrested March 2 for driving on a revoked license, which should have sounded very familiar to her. Cops hauled her in for the same exact thing earlier that week on Feb. 27! We're told Lien was pulled over, for the 2nd time,...
- 3/13/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor.
1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.
1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.
1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor.
- 2/2/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Star Trek: Voyager hit airwaves at a time when television was a very different beast, but even considering a world that didn’t demand ratings in the same way as today’s standards would suggest, there were some serious question marks as this one progressed.
The show was obviously buoyed by the general Star Trek fan base, as well as the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation (which ended just as this one was kicking off), and the relative success of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (which started two seasons before this), but it lasted through the first couple of formative seasons largely because it was the highest rated show on upstart Upn, which had this as one of its initial offerings.
Much as everything Star Trek is bound to win people over, to some degree or another, Voyager was a pretty goofy effort for the first couple of years,...
The show was obviously buoyed by the general Star Trek fan base, as well as the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation (which ended just as this one was kicking off), and the relative success of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (which started two seasons before this), but it lasted through the first couple of formative seasons largely because it was the highest rated show on upstart Upn, which had this as one of its initial offerings.
Much as everything Star Trek is bound to win people over, to some degree or another, Voyager was a pretty goofy effort for the first couple of years,...
- 6/14/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Jennifer Lien, best known for her role in Star Trek: Voyager as Kes, was arrested and charged for indecent exposure to a minor. Jennifer Lien Arrested On September 3, Lien, 41, was arrested in her home in Harriman, Tenn., after exposing herself to a neighbor and her children during a confrontation. Apparently the actress lifted […]
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- 9/16/2015
- by Elisabet Stenberg
- Uinterview
Jennifer Lien, best known for her role of Kes in Star Trek: Voyager, has been arrested and charged with indecent exposure to a child under the age of 13. The 41-year-old actress was arrested on Thursday, Sept 3 in her home in Harriman, Tenn., Wate reports, after a confrontation with a neighbor which resulted in the her lifting her top, dropping her pants and using vulgar language. Neighbor Carey Smith told the outlet that the actress had come over to her home to make comments on the way [...]...
- 9/16/2015
- Us Weekly
Jennifer Lien will live long and prosper behind bars for the time being. E! News has confirmed that the Star Trek: Voyager actress was arrested on Sept. 3 for indecent exposure, and has been held in custody at a Roane County jail with a $2,500 bond. Lien has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure in an incident that happened on Aug. 31 in Harriman, Tenn., where she allegedly exposed herself in front of several children. According to Variety, a neighbor of Lien's made a complaint to police after the actress had an outburst over a crying child. During her tirade, Lien exposed her breasts and butt. The neighbor stated that she had three children in the yard while this was...
- 9/16/2015
- E! Online
Jennifer Lien has been arrested for allegedly going where no “Star Trek: Voyager” cast member has gone before. Nor should they. Lien, who played Kes on the sci-fi series, was arrested at her Harriman, Tennessee, home on Sept. 3, on two counts of exposing herself to a child under the age of 13, ABC affiliate Wate said. Deputies from the Roane County Sheriff’s Office initially arrived at her home to deliver a detainer summons, however, they were informed by dispatch that there was an active warrant out on Lien for the exposure charges. Also Read: 'The Hobbit' Actor Manu Bennett Arrested for.
- 9/15/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
"Star Trek: Voyager" actress Jennifer Lien is behind bars after cops arrested her for allegedly exposing herself to 3 kids under 13. We've learned 2 weeks ago Lien was at her Tennessee home when she got in an argument with her neighbor outside her house. She was angry that a small child was crying over a cut foot. Lien allegedly exposed her breasts and rear end to the 3 neighbor kids. Cops took a report and Lien denied exposing herself.
- 9/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Tina Sloan (Theodora, Empire, Katherine, Venice; ex-Lillian, Guiding Light; ex-Patti, Search For Tomorrow; ex-Olivia, Another World; ex-Kate, Somerset) - 68
Vasili Bogazianos (ex-Benny, All My Children; ex-Al, The Young And The Restless; ex-Ozzie, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Mickey, The Edge Of Night) - 66
Brian Krause (ex-Matt, Another World) - 43
Jennifer Lien (ex-Hannah, Another World) - 37
Karl Girolamo (ex-Kevin, As The World Turns) - 25...
Vasili Bogazianos (ex-Benny, All My Children; ex-Al, The Young And The Restless; ex-Ozzie, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Mickey, The Edge Of Night) - 66
Brian Krause (ex-Matt, Another World) - 43
Jennifer Lien (ex-Hannah, Another World) - 37
Karl Girolamo (ex-Kevin, As The World Turns) - 25...
- 2/1/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
As if the subject matter wasn't controversial enough -- a family in crisis because of two brothers' involvement with a neo-Nazi gang -- New Line's "American History X" arrives with a creative imbroglio between tyro director Tony Kaye and the studio over final cut of the modestly budgeted project, with star Edward Norton also involved in the verbal fisticuffs.
Whether or not this is the best version of English commercial director and art provocateur Kaye's film of David McKenna's script is a moot point for the moment. Boxoffice prospects range from hot to cool, with maturer audiences in major markets more likely to risk exposure to hateful rhetoric, intense family dramatics, racial violence and a decidedly nonhappy ending.
The strong possibility of awards recognition for the challenging, often superlative performances of Norton and co-star Edward Furlong would help in the hinterlands and subsequent ancillary rollouts.
While a reported shorter version assembled by Kaye may actually have had more impact, there's no doubt that "American History X" will shock many with its antihero leads who hate minorities, think of them as inferior and threatening to society, use racial slurs with intent, and openly embrace the Nazi credo. Heavy stuff, to be sure, but the film often overdoes it to the point of numbing a viewer into submission.
Rather than scaring us into examining our own prejudices and beliefs, this journey to unpleasantville is too often manipulative and strains to maintain tension, demonizing the leads early on for any but the most unreceptive viewers. Like so much discourse and human noise in the world today, the heinous rants in the film against Jews and Rodney King are easy to dismiss. What's a little odd is the way Norton's character is so vague about his eventual dissociation with the skinheads and their intolerant ways, denying one the satisfaction of hearing him recant his former ideology and confess to his crimes of thought and deed.
Anne Dudley's heavy-handed, full-orchestra-and-chorus score is particularly cumbersome to a story set in hazy Venice Beach, Calif., but more troublesome is the often clunky exposition and nonlinear structure that connects a half-dozen or so standout scenes. If nothing else, Kaye succeeds in making Norton's imposing character Derek into an iconographic, not easily forgotten cinematic presence through the use of black-and-white photography in the most grueling scenes.
From a big swastika tattooed on his chest to the unusually nasty way he kills a black car thief, talented hoopster Derek is a slam-dunking menace to society and goes to prison for murder with a smile on his face. But when his loyal younger brother Danny (Furlong) refuses to testify against his idol, Derek serves only three years.
Both brothers were transformed by the death of their firefighter father -- killed in cold blood on the job -- into narrow-minded bigots, with pictures of Hitler tacked on their bedroom wall and such foul friends as hefty pug-ugly Seth (Ethan Suplee). Derek and Danny cohabitate with their couch-ridden mother (Beverly D'Angelo) and teenage sister (Jennifer Lien), who openly confront the brothers about their beliefs with little success but manage to tolerate them.
The school principal (Avery Brooks) appeals to Derek to help Danny -- who writes a school paper on "Mein Kampf" -- escape his older brother's fate, while well-organized neo-Nazi Cameron (Stacy Keach) comes between the brothers when reformed Derek returns from incarceration. Scarily believable, Fairuza Balk is used sparingly as Derek's rabid girlfriend, and Elliott Gould is appropriately subdued as a Jewish family friend who runs into the buzz saw of Derek's anti-Semitism.
Kaye also serves as the film's director of photography, and he sure knows how to craft disturbing images, but there's also a slickness in many of the sequences, such as an improbable skinhead victory on the basketball court that does not contrast well with the gritty verisimilitude of the family scenes.
AMERICAN HISTORY X
New Line Cinema
A Turman-Morrissey Co. production
Director: Tony Kaye
Screenwriter: David McKenna
Producer: John Morrissey
Executive producers: Lawrence Turman,
Steve Tisch, Kearie Peak, Bill Carraro
Director of photography: Tony Kaye
Production designer: Jon Gary Steele
Editors: Jerry Greenberg, Alan Heim
Costume designer: Doug Hall
Music: Anne Dudley
Casting: Valerie McCaffrey
Color/stereo
Cast:
Derek: Edward Norton
Danny: Edward Furlong
Doris: Beverly D'Angelo
Davin: Jennifer Lien
Seth: Ethan Suplee
Stacey: Fairuza Balk
Sweeney: Avery Brooks
Murray: Elliott Gould
Cameron: Stacy Keach
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Whether or not this is the best version of English commercial director and art provocateur Kaye's film of David McKenna's script is a moot point for the moment. Boxoffice prospects range from hot to cool, with maturer audiences in major markets more likely to risk exposure to hateful rhetoric, intense family dramatics, racial violence and a decidedly nonhappy ending.
The strong possibility of awards recognition for the challenging, often superlative performances of Norton and co-star Edward Furlong would help in the hinterlands and subsequent ancillary rollouts.
While a reported shorter version assembled by Kaye may actually have had more impact, there's no doubt that "American History X" will shock many with its antihero leads who hate minorities, think of them as inferior and threatening to society, use racial slurs with intent, and openly embrace the Nazi credo. Heavy stuff, to be sure, but the film often overdoes it to the point of numbing a viewer into submission.
Rather than scaring us into examining our own prejudices and beliefs, this journey to unpleasantville is too often manipulative and strains to maintain tension, demonizing the leads early on for any but the most unreceptive viewers. Like so much discourse and human noise in the world today, the heinous rants in the film against Jews and Rodney King are easy to dismiss. What's a little odd is the way Norton's character is so vague about his eventual dissociation with the skinheads and their intolerant ways, denying one the satisfaction of hearing him recant his former ideology and confess to his crimes of thought and deed.
Anne Dudley's heavy-handed, full-orchestra-and-chorus score is particularly cumbersome to a story set in hazy Venice Beach, Calif., but more troublesome is the often clunky exposition and nonlinear structure that connects a half-dozen or so standout scenes. If nothing else, Kaye succeeds in making Norton's imposing character Derek into an iconographic, not easily forgotten cinematic presence through the use of black-and-white photography in the most grueling scenes.
From a big swastika tattooed on his chest to the unusually nasty way he kills a black car thief, talented hoopster Derek is a slam-dunking menace to society and goes to prison for murder with a smile on his face. But when his loyal younger brother Danny (Furlong) refuses to testify against his idol, Derek serves only three years.
Both brothers were transformed by the death of their firefighter father -- killed in cold blood on the job -- into narrow-minded bigots, with pictures of Hitler tacked on their bedroom wall and such foul friends as hefty pug-ugly Seth (Ethan Suplee). Derek and Danny cohabitate with their couch-ridden mother (Beverly D'Angelo) and teenage sister (Jennifer Lien), who openly confront the brothers about their beliefs with little success but manage to tolerate them.
The school principal (Avery Brooks) appeals to Derek to help Danny -- who writes a school paper on "Mein Kampf" -- escape his older brother's fate, while well-organized neo-Nazi Cameron (Stacy Keach) comes between the brothers when reformed Derek returns from incarceration. Scarily believable, Fairuza Balk is used sparingly as Derek's rabid girlfriend, and Elliott Gould is appropriately subdued as a Jewish family friend who runs into the buzz saw of Derek's anti-Semitism.
Kaye also serves as the film's director of photography, and he sure knows how to craft disturbing images, but there's also a slickness in many of the sequences, such as an improbable skinhead victory on the basketball court that does not contrast well with the gritty verisimilitude of the family scenes.
AMERICAN HISTORY X
New Line Cinema
A Turman-Morrissey Co. production
Director: Tony Kaye
Screenwriter: David McKenna
Producer: John Morrissey
Executive producers: Lawrence Turman,
Steve Tisch, Kearie Peak, Bill Carraro
Director of photography: Tony Kaye
Production designer: Jon Gary Steele
Editors: Jerry Greenberg, Alan Heim
Costume designer: Doug Hall
Music: Anne Dudley
Casting: Valerie McCaffrey
Color/stereo
Cast:
Derek: Edward Norton
Danny: Edward Furlong
Doris: Beverly D'Angelo
Davin: Jennifer Lien
Seth: Ethan Suplee
Stacey: Fairuza Balk
Sweeney: Avery Brooks
Murray: Elliott Gould
Cameron: Stacy Keach
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/26/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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