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The final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks premieres on October 24, marking the end of Mariner and Boimler's voyages. Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid's real-life friendship mirrors the sibling bond of their characters on the show. Even after Lower Decks concludes, Tawny and Jack's friendship will endure beyond the Paramount+ series.

Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid became the best friends their Star Trek: Lower Decks Lieutenants, Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler, are in Star Trek's animated comedy. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 premieres October 24, which marks Lower Decks' final season on Paramount+. Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 is the end of Mariner, Boimler, and the USS Cerritos's voyages (for now), but Tawny's friendship with Jack will endure after Lower Decks concludes its run on Paramount+.

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Screen Rant was at Stlv: Trek to Vegas for Star Trek: Lower Decks' panel featuring Tawny Newsome,...

Tawny Newsome's comedic mind will shine in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and her upcoming live-action comedy series. She brings a fresh blend of tones to Star Trek, showcasing her versatility and creativity in the writers' room. Co-creating a Star Trek comedy with Justin Simien is a dream come true for Tawny, promising even more laughs to come.

Tawny Newsome is about to put her stamp on Star Trek with her work on Star Trek's next two series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and Star Trek's first-ever live-action half-hour comedy. Newsome voices Lt. Beckett Mariner on Star Trek: Lower Decks, which is about to enter its fifth and final season on Paramount+. Tawny's sharp comedic mind and versatility nabbed her a spot in the writers' room of Starfleet Academy, with Star Trek executive producer and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman praising Newsome as "a stone-cold assassin" at San Diego Comic-Con.

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2

Star Trek: Prodigy introduces Gillian, a humpback whale, as a legacy character from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Gillian is named after Dr. Gillian Taylor and is the USS Voyager-a's navigation whale in Cetacean Ops. Gillian is descended from George and Gracie, the whales from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, confirmed by co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke.

Star Trek: Prodigy's new humpback whale, Gillian, is a legacy character descended from Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Gillian is the USS Voyager-a's navigation whale who resides in the Lamarr Class starship's Cetacean Ops. Gillian is named for Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks), a whale biologist from 1986 who traveled to the 23rd century with Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the USS Enterprise to care for the two humpback whales Kirk brought back to the future,...

Star Trek: Prodigy references Star Trek IV with a whale named Gillian, who helps translate a communication problem. Dr. Gillian Taylor's impact on the future humpback whale population is acknowledged, leading to the existence of Starfleet's cetacean ops division. Animated Star Trek series allow for the inclusion of cetacean operations departments, as seen in Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, episode 5, "Observer's Paradox"

A reference to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, affectionately referred to as "the one with the whales", appears in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, episode 5, "Observer's Paradox". In Star Trek IV, Starfleet fails to communicate with an alien probe inadvertently destroying Earth, so Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock suggests going back in time to retrieve two members of the species the probe wants to speak to: extinct humpback whales. Once Spock and Admiral James T. Kirk...

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a hot project with big names like Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti joining the cast. Felicia Day and Bonnie Gordon are eager and asking to be part of the exciting new Star Trek series. The series promises to explore the journey of young cadets as they strive to become Starfleet officers, facing challenges along the way.

Star Trek's next series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is such a hot project that actors are begging to be cast in it. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Starfleet Academy begins production in fall 2024, with Kurtzman directing the series premiere. Starfleet Academy made headlines by casting Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter as the series lead, and they followed that coup by tapping Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti for a recurring role as the show's main villain.

After learning that Paul Giamatti joined Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's cast,...

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 premieres July 1st on Netflix, exciting fans who love Admiral Kathryn Janeway and the USS Protostar crew. The animated series was originally canceled but a fan campaign secured Netflix as the new home for all 20 season 1 episodes. It's unknown if all 20 season 2 episodes will drop at once, but the official release date announcement has fans eagerly anticipating the next chapter.

Star Trek: Prodigy season 2's release date has finally been announced for July 2024. Created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, Star Trek: Prodigy originally streamed on Paramount+ until the all ages CGI animated series was canceled. A dedicated fan campaign secured Netflix as Star Trek: Prodigy's new streamiming home. All 20 season 1 episodes premiered on Netlfix on Christmas day 2023, and fans have been eagerly anticipating the official drop of Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 on Netflix.

Netflix has officially listed Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, which will premiere on July 1st.

Star Trek luminaries like William Shatner and Mike McMahan react joyfully to the Peabody recognition. The Peabody Institutional Award honors the Star Trek franchise's storytelling and dedicated fan base. Various industry professionals express gratitude and excitement for being part of the Star Trek universe.

Star Trek executive producers, creatives, and actors, including William Shatner, reacted on social media to Star Trek receiving the Peabody Institutional Award. The entire Star Trek franchise was honored with the Peabody for "its enduring dedication to storytelling that projects the best of humanity into the distant future," The prestigious Peabody Institutional Award not only recognizes the numerous artists who contributed to Star Trek in front of and behind the camera, but the fans as well, for "helping to invent a model of fandom that has since taken over the world."

On X, several Star Trek luminaries shared their reactions to the franchise receiving the Peabody Institutional Award,...

Kenneth Mitchell's fellow Star Trek actors mourn his death on social media, remembering his talent and courage. Star Trek family members, including Michelle Paradise and Anson Mount, pay tribute to Kenneth Mitchell's legacy. William Shatner and Robert Picardo express sadness over the loss, highlighting Kenneth Mitchell's positive outlook on life.

Kenneth Mitchell's fellow Star Trek actors shared their emotional and poignant reactions to his death on social media. Mitchell sadly died at 49 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Als), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, which he has been battling since 2019. The Canadian actor played multiple roles in Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1-3, including Klingons Kol, Kol-Sha, Tenavik, and Minister Aurellio. Kenneth's wife Susan and his children, Lilah and Kallum, have set up a GoFundMe.

Several members of the Star Trek family took to Twitter/X to share their grief at Kenneth Mitchell's passing, including those who worked with Mitchell...

Virtual Trek Con 5 is an online convention that brings the Star Trek convention experience to fans on YouTube for free in February. The event features several days of events, games, live panels, and the 3rd annual LLAPy Awards, the only Star Trek awards show voted on by fans. The convention includes appearances from major Star Trek names such as Jonathan Frakes, Walter Koenig, Nana Visitor, and Denise Crosby, among others.

Virtual Trek Con 5, Star Trek's biggest online convention from the minds behind The 7th Rule podcast, is back in February with huge events and Star Trek guest stars. Star Trek conventions take place all over the world each year, with the biggest being August's annual Creation convention in Las Vegas, dubbed Stlv: Trek 2 Vegas this year. However, The 7th Rule's producers and co-hosts Cirroc Lofton of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Ryan T. Husk, with Malissa Longo and their team,...

TrekTalks 3 is a live-streamed telethon to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition, with Star Trek actors and writers joining the lineup. Last year's TrekTalks raised an impressive $107,000 for the Hollywood Food Coalition. Jeri Ryan, Michael Dorn, Doug Jones, and Brannon Braga will be part of the 2024 TrekTalks telethon.

Three of Star Trek's most iconic actors, as well as one of Star Trek's most successful writers/executive producers, are joining the amazing TrekTalks 3 lineup. The third annual TrekTalks is a live-streamed telethon to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition, brought to you by Roddenberry Entertainment, TrekGeeks, and TrekMovie.com. Taking donations from fans and viewers, TrekTalks 3's mission is to feed and serve the immediate needs of the hungry every day of the year so that they can build better lives. Star Trek: Enterprise's John Billingsley and Star Trek: Prodigy's Bonnie Gordon are co-hosting the live event featuring over 60 Star Trek celebrity guests.

The 2024 LLAPy Awards, Star Trek's only fan-created awards show, will be back in 2024, and voting is still open. The awards will be part of the free five-day virtual Star Trek event, Virtual Trek Con 5, airing in February 2024. The awards show aims to be all-inclusive, featuring appearances by current and legacy Star Trek actors, and fans get to decide the winners by voting.

Star Trek's only awards show created and voted on by fans is coming back in 2024 - and voting is still open. Created by the team behind The 7th Rule podcast hosted by Cirroc Lofton and Ryan T. Husk, Virtual Trek Con's 2024 LLAPy Awards are free to watch and will air live on YouTube on Sunday, February 18th starting at 5pm Pst/8pm Est. The 2024 LLAPy Awards are part of the free five-day virtual Star Trek event, Virtual Trek Con 5, airing February 15-19, 2024 on the Virtual Trek Con YouTube.

Bonnie Gordon continues the legacy of Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as the voice of the USS Protostar's computer in Star Trek: Prodigy. Gordon's casting in Star Trek: Prodigy came after providing scratch vocals for other characters, and she voiced a total of nine separate roles in the first season. Star Trek: Prodigy was saved by fans and will return for a second season in 2024, with Bonnie Gordon likely reprising her role as a computer voice.

Bonnie Gordon voices the USS Protostar's computer in Star Trek: Prodigy. The American actor and parody nerd music singer has voiced other roles on the 3D animated children's series, including crew members and other ship computers, but stars as the computer's voice on the 24th century's USS Protostar. The role picks up a Star Trek legacy initially played by Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, who - among other roles - voiced the ship's computer in Star Trek: The Original Series,...

Key takeaways: Star Trek: very Short Treks is a collection of animated films celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. The episodes are a mix of comedic highs and lows, with reactions from fans ranging from appreciation to disdain. The biggest draw of the series is the all-star cast of current and legacy actors voicing the characters, including Ethan Peck, Doug Jones, Celia Rose Gooding, Noël Wells, and George Takei.

Star Trek's series of animated films, Star Trek: very Short Treks, were a mixed bag of comedic highs and lows. Created by Casper Kelly (Adult Swim), very Short Treks celebrates the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. The five very Short Treks episodes, which are decidedly not part of Star Trek canon, are animated in Filmation's style from the 1970s, with some modern animation from Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy worked in.

Commander Trip Tucker makes a long-awaited comeback in the best episode of Star Trek: very Short Treks to date, joined by legacy characters from every other Star Trek series. This fourth installment starts with Commander Trip Tucker aboard Star Trek: Enterprise's Nx-01 and turns into a fast-paced and entertaining holographic adventure. Connor Trinneer's return as Trip Tucker is accompanied by an all-star voice cast, including Jonathan Frakes, Armin Shimerman, Noël Wells, and George Takei, among others, creating a fun 2-minute celebration of Star Trek's 50th anniversary.

Star Trek: Enterprise's Commander Trip Tucker (Connor Trinneer) finally makes his long-awaited comeback, and it turns out to be part of an even bigger Star Trek reunion. The result is the best episode of Star Trek: very Short Treks to date. Written by Star Trek: Prodigy executive producer Aaron J. Waltke, very Short Treks episode 4, "Holograms All The Way Down,...

"Holiday Party," the second episode of Star Trek: very Short Treks, features a hilarious misunderstanding by Lt. Spock at a holiday party on the USS Enterprise. The appearance of Saru in this episode is a bit odd, considering the events shown were witnessed by the USS Shenzhou in Star Trek: Discovery. Despite some inconsistencies, it's enjoyable to see Bruce Horak back as Lieutenant Hemmer and spending time with Uhura in the timeframe of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1.

Lieutenant Hemmer (Bruce Horak) returns in Star Trek: very Short Treks, which is also the weirdest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds yet. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series, Casper Kelly (Adult Swim) created 5 comedic shorts called Star Trek: very Short Treks in the Tas animation style. Featuring an all-star cast of legacy and current Star Trek actors, very Short Treks is decidedly non-canon,...

A group of Star Trek fans have banded together to try and save the recently canceled Star Trek: Prodigy, which was axed by Paramount+ ahead of its planned second-season return.

After gathering 33,000 signatures in a petition on Change.org and raising money via GoFundMe, the fans contracted a plane to fly a “Save Star Trek Prodigy” banner over the Los Angeles offices Amazon, Hulu and Apple — including circling for 10 minutes over the Netflix offices on Sunset Boulevard.

Co-showrunners Dan and Kevin Hageman took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to praise the effort: “This is incredible. We owe these Trek fans a pint and our lifetime devotion. Blessed to have people like all of you in our stratosphere.” Fans also joined co-executive producer Aaron Waltke and voice actress Bonnie Gordon outside of the Netflix building.

This is incredible. We owe these Trek fans a pint and our lifetime devotion. Blessed...

Kate Mulgrew, who plays Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Prodigy, has commented on the cancelation of the animated series by Paramount+. Following the announcement that Paramount+ has cut multiple series, including Prodigy, the streaming service deleted all 20 season 1 episodes on Monday, June 26, 2023. In addition, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor Bruce Horak also chimed in about the end of Star Trek: Prodigy on Paramount+.

On Twitter, Kate Mulgrew made her first public comment about Star Trek: Prodigy's cancelation. Mulgrew responded to a Tweet from Prodigy's creators and executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman about their panel at the upcoming Star Trek Las Vegas convention, and she shares very Janeway-like inspiring words. Read her Tweet below:

I will be joining this panel, as there is much to discuss with the @brothershageman. Many thanks to our cast and crew, and to our fans for your ongoing support. We still have only just begun.

When Star Trek: Picard returns for season 3, there will be a new voice for Starfleet's 25th-century computers, which is an inevitable change. Picard season 3 reunites the complete cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation for one more mission to save the galaxy. The adventure begins when Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) sends her old friend, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), a coded message on his old USS Enterprise-d communicator pin.

Star Trek's computers, which are voice-activated and speak to the user, predicted today's Amazon Alexa and other interactive devices. Since Star Trek: The Original Series, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was the voice of the Starship Enterprise's computer. Majel expanded her role to become the voice of Starfleet's computers in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. The "First Lady of Star Trek's" final performance as a Starfleet computer voice before her death was in J.

Jeff Goldblum gave renewed meaning to the oft-used phrase “intimate concert” on Wednesday night during his jazz comedy show at The Sun Rose in West Hollywood.

Before Goldblum was joined on stage by the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, with whom he has released two jazz albums, the “Jurassic World Dominion” star kicked off the show solo by getting to know his audience. But this wasn’t your average pre-concert Q&a or call-and-response game. Goldblum went down a list of attendees’ names and held personal conversations with a good portion of the cozy 100-person room. Many were called at random, but Goldblum did find a few friends in the venue — including “Russian Doll” actor Charlie Barnett and TV host Naz Perez — and chatted about everything from upcoming weddings and microdosing to his recent trip to Italy to walk in Prada’s fashion show.

“You like the jazz music? Well, we’re gonna play some,...

Susan G. Komen Chicago is gearing up for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and its 20th Anniversary, and this year it plans to go big.

Leading up to the non-profit’s Ignite the Fight Gala presented by Wintrust, Komen Chicago will turn the city pink with a bridge lighting and a day full of festivities.

Hosted by Mario Lopez, Emmy-winning host of “Extra,” the Ignite the Fight Gala presented by Wintrust on Oct. 21 is the anchor of the festivities, and those interested in celebrating beyond the “main event” can take part in a Rosé 3K Wine Walk with City Winery Chicago Riverwalk as well as the Raising the Bar Gala After Party hosted by Indistry TV at The Virgin Hotel Chicago. The events will celebrate the profound impact that Komen Chicago has made throughout the city over the past 20 years, and will raise funds to enable the organization to continue funding...

Susan G. Komen Chicago will hold its Ignite the Fight Gala presented by Wintrust on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Westin River North, celebrating 20 years of funding global research and providing critical breast health services for the underserved in the Chicago area.

Komen Chicago will hold its Ignite the Fight Gala presented by Wintrust on Oct. 21

The anniversary celebration will feature Mario Lopez, Emmy-winning host of “Extra,” as the Celebrity More than Pink Ambassador, as well as 20 More Than Pink Heroes, who will be honored for their exceptional compassion, bravery and leadership in the fight against breast cancer.

The Gala will kick off with the Dearborn Street and Clark Street bridges over the Chicago River being illuminated in pink. The lighting ceremony, led by Ed Wehmer, president and CEO of Wintrust, will celebrate extraordinary people who have “bridged the gap,” by fighting to even the playing field for those who lack resources.