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Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart reportedly paid tribute to one of his former school teachers as he was knighted by the Queen.

The veteran star, 69, who received his knighthood for his services to drama at Buckingham Palace earlier today, said he owed “literally everything” to the English teacher, who first encouraged him to get into acting.

Sir Patrick said: “Although many people in my life have had a great influence on me, without this man none of it would have happened.”

He added that his knighthood, which was announced in the New Year Honours List, had been an “unlooked-for honour”.

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Star Trek star Chris Pine and actress Olivia Munn have broken off their relationship.

People magazine reports Pine and Munn appeared to steer clear of each other at the New York Times Style Magazine Golden Globes cocktail party.

The glittering bash took place at the iconic Chateau Marmont penthouse in West Hollywood. But the pair kept their distance. The Hollywood bible reports a source said they had split.

Munn and Pine, 29, were spotted at The Woods in Los Angeles keeping an intimate profile at the bar.

Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart will be knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, according to sources at Buckingham Palace.

Stewart played Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a number of Star Trek films, including Star Trek: Generations.

“It’s a fantastic accolade for a fantastic actor,” said an unidentified observer of the honour that marks a 50-year career achievement.

“He is a man at the very top of his trade who has mastered both popular TV and classic roles,” the observer said.

Stewart, 69, wanted to be a reporter but started acting in a small drama group. He was born in Mirfield, England. He had roles in Dune, Masterminds and the X-Men series, among others.

Artists have given Star Trek’s Enterprise stunning sci-fi makeovers.

The one-of-a-kind models are being sold off as part of an auction of props and collectibles from the JJ Abrams blockbuster and are expected to sell for more than $2,500 each.

New York artist Will Lemon III gave the Enterprise a renaissance look, while Polish artist Olka Osadzinska gave the Enterprise a wild tiger appearance.

The Afro-Punks gave it a modern rock poster feel, while Italian graphic designer Turbokrapfen gave the Enterprise a Pop Art look. California artist Amanda Visell created an Enterprise “inspired by the playful and inclusive nature of Star Trek”.

Funds raised in the Las Vegas sale by Julien’s Auctions will benefit Children’s Defense Fund and Student Veterans of America.

Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels wanted to quit his role as C-3PO on the first day of filming.

He said the uncomfortable costume made him want to quit from day one as he filmed scenes in the hot Tunisian desert.

He said: “I wanted to resign after the first day. It was so uncomfortable, it was so hot and I was all cut and scratched from the inside of the suit. Then the next day I would get back in and it cut and scratched me in all the same places. It was not much fun.

“Eventually, we cut the edges off, filed bits down, blocked off the sharp points and my wounds healed.”

Daniels added: “Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison [Ford] and me, we were all thinking the film was rubbish. It was only [the director] George Lucas who was there every day to make this wonderful vision of his.”

Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto is reportedly to star in a romantic dramedy Whirligig.

Quinto, who played the role of Dr Spock in the sci-fi movie that was released earlier this year, would play the lead role in the Canadian indie movie, which is scheduled to start shooting early next year

Whirligig is about a man who befriends a woman’s adopted son in an attempt to get closer to her.

Chaz Thorne will direct the movie, which is based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, who created the Canadian supernatural series The Listener.

Quinto, 32, is best-known for his role as evil villain Sylar in the sci-fi series Heroes and it is claimed he is considering what his first post-Star Trek role will be.

Star Trek hunk Chris Pine is the new Jack Ryan.

Pine takes over the role of the all-action CIA analyst made famous by Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Alec Baldwin.

“With Chris in this role, we’ve taken our first step in creating a re-boot that lives up to the successful lineage of the franchise,” said Adam Goodman, Paramount Film Group president.

Baldwin played the role in 1990’s Hunt for Red October; Ford in 1992’s Patriot Games and 1994’s Clear and Present Danger; while Affleck starred in 2002’s The Sum of All Fears.

A script for Pine’s incarnation is still being worked on.

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Star Trek actor George Takei and partner Brad Altman will be the first same-sex celebrity couple to appear on US show Newlywed Game.

The Game Show Network is making history by having same-sex couples and it is also producing new Celebrity Newlywed Game episodes, which will feature Takei – who played Sulu in the original Star Trek series – and partner Altman, who married a year ago.

The network reportedly approached chat show host Ellen DeGeneres and girlfriend Portia de Rossi first to appear on the show, but they turned it down as they had already done their own version on DeGeneres’ show last year.

Other celebrity couples said to be taking part include America’s Next Top Model winner Adrienne Curry and Brady Bunch star Christopher Knight, and Bachelor star Bob Guiney and All My Children actress Rebecca Budig.

The Takei episode will air in November, hosted by Carnie Wilson, according to reports.

Star Trek actress Zoe Saldana hopes director JJ Abrams gives her more action scenes in the movie’s sequel.

Saldana, 31, played Uhura in the hit movie when it was released earlier this year.

However, the actress admitted she hope the film’s sequel lets her kick some butt. She told website SciFi Squad: “In Star Trek, I had so much fun, but the boys got all the action!

“JJ [Abrams] promised me that in the sequel, she will have at least one little fight. I mean, just [let me] kick a guy in the groin or something!”

Sci-fi fans can now smell out of this world with a new range of Star Trek aftershaves and perfumes.

One of the scents is called Tiberius, taken from the middle name of William Shatner’s captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise.

Its manufacturers Genki Wear say that the fragrance has a ‘casual yet commanding’ smell of citron, black pepper, cedar, vanilla, white musk and sandalwood.

“Tiberius Cologne for men is difficult to define and impossible to refuse. In any universe,” the firm claims.

A second fragrance is the Red Shirt Cologne, which comes with the slogan ‘Smell like the future, because tomorrow may never come.’

Female Trekkies can also enjoy the Ponn Farr scent, named after the Vulcan mating cycle.

The products sell online for $49.

Star Trek star Chris Pine has revealed that he could not understand why the famous film has appealed to so many people, as he was never a fan of the original sci-fi series.

Chris, 28, plays the role of Captain James T Kirk in the blockbuster sci-fi film, which was released earlier this year.

Asked about the appeal of Star Trek, Chris said: “Not being a fan, I didn’t understand why it was so appealing.

“But it’s an optimistic series. It’s different to The Dark Knight or Watchmen, it’s not dark and gritty… it’s bright and funny…

“How can people not respond to that? I think it’s pure, wonderful entertainment with a real sub-current of great ideas. I loved The Dark Knight, but this is a different species of film.”

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Star Trek actor Simon Pegg has said he wants to come back as a woman in another life.

Simon, 39, who plays Scotty in the new sci-fi flick, was asked what gender he would like to be if he could return in another life and he said: "Female."

He added to British magazine Psychologies: "And with a pre-existing knowledge of being a man I’d be the most powerful woman on Earth.

"I’d also get to do something genuinely creative for the first time."

He added: "I think men are such neurotic, dangerous creatures because deep down they know they’re only there to facilitate something else.

"Women are here to do the important work, and men are a bit p****d off about it."

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Actor Eric Bana once feared for his life when he drove through gang-land territory in Washington, D.C, he has revealed.

The Star Trek actor, 44, told how he drove around the US for six months when he was 22 in a 1979 Mustang.

He said: “It sounded like a great idea at the time, but after 10 days straight without talking to anybody, you start to think: ‘What the f**k am I doing here?”

He added to Details magazine: “I’d be pulling up to street corners, and there were gangs right there, and I’m in this little Mustang by myself. I thought: ‘I am f**king dead.”

Eric added: “I was running red lights, hoping the cops would pull me over.”

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Mexico’s swine flu has become infamous for scaring even the toughest away including Hugh Jackman and the latest casualty—Star Trek. Representatives from Paramount Studio confirmed the postponement of Star Trek’s scheduled film release in Mexico no thanks to the swine flu. Apparently, while Star Trek has vowed to conquer the universe and beyond it has decided not to go where the swine fly has gone.

Studio sources said they have not yet determined a specific date for the Mexican opening of Star Trek which will open worldwide on May 8. The opening of “Angels and Demon” which stars Tom Hanks will push through worldwide on May 15 but not in Mexico no thanks again to the swine flu.

Original Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy said he got “emotional” filming scenes for the new $150million remake of the film.

Nimoy, 78, is reprising his role as Spock in the latest flick in a time-travel plot alongside the new Spock, played by Heroes star Zachary Quinto.

Nimoy also said he got ‘choked-up’ thinking about his old co-stars such as James Doohan and DeForrest Kelly, who have now passed away.

He said: “Yes, I did get emotional and I was crying at times but I’m at a much more peaceful place in my life too right now, and that feels good.”

But the new film’s director, JJ Abrams, had to persuade him to return to the film with the new generation of actors.

He said, according to RadarOnline: “I did have some reservations about doing the film, but when I read the script and met the director, I agreed with the direction they had decided to take.”

Nimoy added: “JJ Abrams is a unique in that he can do both the large-scale moments and the personal moments also, and that’s very rare in cinema.”

He added: “I believe that this new Star Trek mirrors what is going on in society today and has a very positive message in that if people work together, they can solve problems much better.”

Source: Splash News