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Leslie Parrish, Daisy Mae in Li’l Abner and Jocelyn Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate, Dies at 90
entertainment2 days ago

Leslie Parrish, Daisy Mae in Li’l Abner and Jocelyn Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate, Dies at 90

Leslie Parrish, the actress who played Daisy Mae in the Li’l Abner film and Jocelyn Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate, has died at age 90 in Washington state, with THR reporting the death occurred last year. Her career spanned film and television, including appearances on Batman and Star Trek, and she later became an antiwar activist and conservationist who worked with Richard Bach on environmental causes and produced Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

SNW Season 4 Debut Skips Nielsen Top 10, Underscoring Trek’s Streaming Gap
entertainment4 days ago

SNW Season 4 Debut Skips Nielsen Top 10, Underscoring Trek’s Streaming Gap

Strange New Worlds Season 4 debuted July 23, 2026, but Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 for original streaming shows didn’t include the episode, marking a weaker start than Season 3. Paramount data shows SNW sometimes lands in Top 10 on Paramount+ and Prime Video, but it generally drops off after premiere weeks. The series is set to end with Season 5 in 2027, with Paramount eyeing future Trek projects (including discussions around a Star Trek: Year One spinoff) despite mixed fan reception and criticisms of recent storytelling choices.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Delivers a Henson-Approved Puppet-Powered Episode
television5 days ago

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Delivers a Henson-Approved Puppet-Powered Episode

Variety explains how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds pulled off a madcap puppet episode (Level Five Transporter Accident) in which the Enterprise crew becomes puppets built with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The production involved extensive 3D puppet designs, hidden puppeteers, and complex rigging to pull off stunt work, including combat with Orion pirates. Teased at Comic-Con 2025 and directed by Jordan Canning, the episode also sticks to emotional beats for Spock and culminates as a dream sequence, with Ethan Peck and the team detailing the challenges and creative solutions behind the puppeteer-heavy shoot.

Puppets Save the Day: Strange New Worlds' Muppet-Style Level-Five Transporter Accident
entertainment5 days ago

Puppets Save the Day: Strange New Worlds' Muppet-Style Level-Five Transporter Accident

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds goes full Muppet in Level-Five Transporter Accident, a Jim Henson Company collaboration that turns the Enterprise crew into felt-folk for a wildly funny, surprisingly character-driven outing. While the premise stretches canon, the puppet hijinks deliver big laughs and strong moments for Spock and T’Pring, making this one of the brightest, most entertaining Trek episodes in years and a must-watch on Paramount+.

9/11 Forces Star Trek Elite Force 2 to Rework Its Opening
games8 days ago

9/11 Forces Star Trek Elite Force 2 to Rework Its Opening

Star Trek Elite Force 2’s opening and initial storyline were reworked after the 9/11 attacks, with a planned Starfleet Academy attack—including a shuttle crashing into a building—deemed inappropriate in the wake of the attacks; Rockstar similarly adjusted GTA III’s content and US cover art around the same time; despite these edits, Elite Force 2 remains a cult favorite.

Hangover-Style Havoc: Starfleet Vacation Fails in Strange New Worlds
entertainment19 days ago

Hangover-Style Havoc: Starfleet Vacation Fails in Strange New Worlds

Space.com reviews Strange New Worlds Season 4’s 'Human Best Friend,' arguing the Enterprise crew’s attempt at shore leave devolves into chaotic, Hangover‑style misadventures. The piece threads through Trek’s history of ill‑fated vacations—from Shore Leave to Captain’s Holiday to Risa—showing that even in Star Trek, taking time off rarely brings rest, with memory gaps, mind-reading tech, and planetary hijinks driving the chaos.

Brick by Brick: Lego Dials Up Immersive Comic-Con Activation Lineup
entertainment1 month ago

Brick by Brick: Lego Dials Up Immersive Comic-Con Activation Lineup

Lego is expanding its Comic-Con presence with an immersive Smart Play experience featuring two activations: Destination Mos Eisley from Star Wars and a life-sized Pokémon Lab, plus public reveals including the Lego Icons Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 Bridge (Sept. 1), a Donkey Kong Arcade set (Aug. 1) and upcoming Shrek minifigures (Sept. 1, 2027). The Mos Eisley setup includes a photo-friendly Creature Cantina, a Greedo encounter, and a Dewback photo op; the Pokémon scene brings giant builds and a game of “Hide and Pikachu” as fans interact with oversized bricks.

Strange New Worlds S4 Preview Images Hint at Horror, Puppets, and Disaster
entertainment1 month ago

Strange New Worlds S4 Preview Images Hint at Horror, Puppets, and Disaster

TrekMovie has organized and released official image stills for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, pairing them with early review context to tease the rest of the season. The batch covers episodes 2 and 3—described as horror and a romp respectively—notes that Ep. 4 has no images yet, and lists Ep. 5 as puppets and Ep. 6 as a disaster-movie setup, with limited images for Ep. 7 and 8 and none yet for Ep. 9 and 10 as the nine remaining episodes roll out after the premiere Valles Marineris.

Dinosaurs, Martians, and a belt-bending blast open Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S4
entertainment1 month ago

Dinosaurs, Martians, and a belt-bending blast open Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S4

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 kicks off with a pulpy, time-warping mission: the Enterprise travels 65 million years into a Martian past where humans encounter dinosaurs and a Dol’Drm war on a fifth planet that sits where the asteroid belt should be. Cassell steals antimatter to wipe out the Dol’Drm, but the explosion reshapes Mars’ orbit and seeds the belt—an origin-story twist Spock ties to Olbers’ belt theory—raising existential questions about interfering with history. Pike ultimately chooses to let the Martians' assault proceed, suggesting humanity’s existence may hinge on this offbeat voyage. Dinosaurs, Martians and an origin-story twist make it a gleefully bold opener.

Strange New Worlds Dares Time-Travel in Valles Marineris
entertainment1 month ago

Strange New Worlds Dares Time-Travel in Valles Marineris

In the Season 4 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Pike and the Enterprise chase a time-bending crisis that drops them into Earth’s dinosaur era and Mars’ distant past/future, forcing a moral choice that reshapes the fate of both worlds. Una earns a promotion as the crew balances classic Trek vibes with bold visuals and character development, setting up intriguing directions for the season.

Strange New Worlds S4 Tease: Pike Faces a Hostile Ship in New Clip
entertainment1 month ago

Strange New Worlds S4 Tease: Pike Faces a Hostile Ship in New Clip

TrekMovie highlights a new clip from Strange New Worlds Season 4 premiere “Valles Marineris,” in which Captain Pike negotiates with a hostile alien ship, plus a separate teaser with Pike, M’Benga, and La’an on horseback. The episode premieres July 23 on Paramount+, and Anson Mount discusses Pike’s evolving arc and the show’s genre experimentation. A Season 4 trailer and Paramount+’s 20-minute best-moments video from Season 3 were also released.