Persis Khambatta — the bold model-actor who went bald for Star Trek

Raised by a single mother in mumbai, persis khambhatta went on to become miss india and make strides in hollywood..

New Delhi: Best known for going bald for her role in the highly successful sci-fi film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Persis Khambatta was a Mumbai-born model-turned-actor. She made waves in Hollywood and starred alongside prominent actors like Michael Caine, Michael Shatner and Sylvester Stallone.

On entering Hollywood, she once said , “Most of the actors I’ve worked with have been very helpful to me. I think it’s because I come from a foreign country and they’re very protective of me.”

Early modelling fame

Born into a middle-class Parsi family on 2 October 1948, Khambatta was raised by her mother after her father left them when she was two. “It was very hard. Our people [Parsis] stress family. I developed a sense of humor and something of a toughness of skin, but I suffered from being different,” she had said .

Scouted by a well-known Mumbai photographer at the age of 13, she landed a Rexona soap advertisement. At 17, she was named Miss India 1965 and then contested for Miss Universe title.

Khambatta gradually ventured into Bollywood, starring as a cabaret singer in K.A. Abbas’s Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1968), which won the National Award for cinematography. However, Khambatta felt increasingly frustrated with the industry’s lack of professionalism and left for London.

Stardom after Star Trek

Khambatta played small roles in two 1975 films — Ralph Nelson’s The Wilby Conspiracy and Michael Anderson’s Conduct Unbecoming before “a dollar ninety-nine investment” skyrocketed her career. In an interview , she revealed that wearing a bald cap that cost $1.99, during her audition with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, helped secure her the role of Lieutenant Ilia. She is particularly well known for having shaved her head for the film.

She played the character of Lieutenant Ilia, a Deltan navigator of the USS Enterprise, who released sexual pheromones irresistible to humans.

A year later, she co-starred in the cop thriller Night Hawks (1981) with superstar Sylvester Stallone. Around that time, she also married actor and stuntman Cliff Taylor weeks after they met, because she felt that “they were lovers in a past life”. They divorced two months later.

In 1980, she was the first Indian to present at the Oscars in Los Angeles. In a talk show five days before her death, she had revealed that she could have got numerous film roles had she agreed to act in the nude.

Pride of India

In 1997, Khambatta published an anthology called Pride of India , honouring former winners of the Miss India pageant and other icons of beauty. The title of the book, according to Khambhatta, was inspired by former prime minister Indira Gandhi calling her the “pride of India”.

The book was “a 90s rewind of the beauty business” and also featured Mother Teresa whose wrinkled face radiated beauty, said Khambatta.

“The earlier Indian queens were really beautiful but they lost out in the world contests because they had fuller hips. The starved, slim look is being cultivated only now,” she added .

However, the book was unsuccessful and received scathing reviews.

“At its worst, it is an expensive repetition. Most of all, Persis, we must thank you for reminding us all about yourself,” wrote one critic.

In 1980, Khambatta was severely injured in a car crash in Germany, which left a large scar on her head. Almost a decade later, the chain-smoker returned to Mumbai and underwent coronary bypass surgery, but eventually, died of a massive heart attack in 1998. She was just 49.

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very sad. i think she could have stayed in india. got married give up smoking and could have very well, alive and happy today.

Persis Khambatta was a wonderful creation. A modern day Mother/Nurturer- a goddess like Kali to those around her. Me included. This is a good article except for the “opinion” of a the review on her book which like her, we helped promote. The book was more in demand in the U.S. and Europe than in India . A second edition was on her mind and in the works when she died. Her death was more about FOUL PLAY than natural. Edward Lozzi & Associates Public Relations

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PERSIS KHAMBATTA, the former Miss India and international model, created cinematic history by appearing in 1979 as the first bald film heroine, in Star Trek: the Motion Picture, the hugely successful Hollywood science fiction film.

She was selected from among thousands of aspirants to play Lt Aliea, the alien navigator of the starship USS Enterprise. The bald pate of the 29-year-old, dark- haired, vivacious beauty from Bombay was flashed across posters world- wide, making her an instant celebrity.

Four years later she starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in Night Hawks and became the first Indian to present an award at the Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles. Earlier, at the Miss World contest in Miami in the mid- 1960s, where local newspapers referred to her as the "prettiest Indian girl to be seen in the US in many years", Khambatta was offered a role in a Bond film. But she turned it down as she had promised her mother that she would return home immune to Western allurements.

Soon after, she won the best fledgling actress award for her role as a swinging Sixties Bombay woman in the avant-garde Indian film Bombay rat ki bahoon mein ("Bombay by Night", 1969) But, tiring of Bollywood's lack of professionalism, Khambatta left for London, where she became a well-known model.

She bagged her first international film role in 1975 in The Wilby Conspiracy, acting opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier. In the same year, she also starred in Conduct Unbecoming, with Richard Attenborough, Michael York and Trevor Howard.

After acting in two little-known science fiction films - Warrior of the Lost World and Mega Force - in the late 1980s Khambatta returned to Bombay to work on Pride of India, a pictorial history featuring past Miss Indias since the Fifties.

Persis Khambatta was born into a middle-class Parsee home in Bombay in 1948; her tryst with fame began at the age of 14. A set of her pictures casually taken by a well-known Bombay photographer ended up as a successful campaign for a popular soap brand and eventually to Khambatta's becoming a model. She entered the Miss India contest in 1965 and won it.

She continued modelling before leaving for London and the United States for her career as international model and Hollywood star. In the United States, she used her film success to campaign hard for ethnic minority actors to play ethnic roles, which were being cornered by white men in dark make-up.

But, tiring of life in the West, she returned to Bombay in the early 1990s and, defying feminists who opposed beauty contests on the grounds that they merely flauted women as sex objects she laboriously produced Pride of India (1996), an anthology of former Miss Indias and other stunningly attractive Indian women who had participated in international beauty contests. Her book also featured Mother Teresa of Calcutta whose wrinkled face, Khambatta said, radiated beauty.

Though Khambatta complained bitterly about India, its filthiness, lack of civic sense and professionalism, she never severed her links with her beloved Bombay, always slipping back into the city and picking up the threads from her previous visit. A thorough professional and obsessively punctual, Khambatta was a private person. In her last television appearance, on a chat show five days ago, she claimed that she could have got innumerable film roles in Hollywood had she agreed to act in the nude. She also admitted to having a few affairs which, unfortunately, did not "work out" and translate into anything permanent.

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Persis Khambatta, actress and model: born Bombay October 1948; died Bombay 18 August 1998.

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The lady with the shaved head and other Indian characters in ‘Star Trek’

Persis khambatta remains the best-known indian face in the long-running television series..

Not too many Indians have boarded the USS Entreprise that roams the ends of the universe in the Star Trek series, but the few that have are Persis Khambatta, Kavi Raz and Lal Singh.

But that was a very long time ago.

The American science fiction franchise originally began as a television series in 1966 before being developed as a highly lucrative franchise of films, books and video games. There are so many over-laps since then that only time travel can unravel its own mammoth universe. The reboot began with Star Trek (2009). After Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the next edition, Star Trek Beyond, will be released in 2016. A fourth movie has been scheduled for 2019.

In a video clip promoting the upcoming Star Trek Beyond (2016) and the chance to appear in it, the absence of an actor of Indian origin makes the project look incomplete, but die-hard Indian fans could turn the tables and swell the ranks of local actors on the Star Trek roster.

The Indian-origin actor from Nairobi, Deep Roy, has appeared as Keenser in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Hyderabad-born actor Ravi Valleti got an uncredited part as a cadet standing at a trial in Star Trek (2009). Mumbai-born Nazneen Contractor appeared briefly in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) as Rima Harewood. Punjabi-born Harpreet Sandhu will be seen in Star Trek Beyond (2016) as a crew member. None of them seems to have a fleshed-out part, and their being Indian is incidental.

Among the few Indian actors who briefly appeared in the series and in a movie was the Parsi model and actor from Mumbai, Persis Khambatta. She played the bald Deltan navigator Lieutenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

Khambatta was initially thought to be of Italian or Spanish extraction. No one regarded her looks as Indian, even more so when producer Gene Roddenberry told her she would have to shave her head. She was determined to grab the part. This video documents the historic moment when she lost her curls. A nervous-looking Khambatta puts on a brave show of her acting skills – but the tears are ultimately unstoppable.

The movie was very successful, and Khambatta went on to become one of the few Indian actors to appear in both American films and television. She started her career in Hindi films as a cabaret dancer named Lily in director KA Abbas’s Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1967) after she won the Miss India crown. The role didn’t do much for her, and she headed West.

In 1975, Khambatta had bit roles in Conduct Unbecoming and The Wilby Conspiracy . After Star Trek , she became the first Indian to present an Academy Award in 1980, where she made a stunning appearance. (She died in Mumbai in 1998.)

One character that sounded Indian was Khan Noonien Singh, referred to as Khan in Star Trek: The Original Series in the episode titled Space Seed. But the role went to Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban. Khan’s origins were never discussed on the spaceship and only later, when author Greg Cox wrote three Star Trek novels, did it emerge that Khan came from a family of Sikhs in north India.

Khan is the title the character adopts after his admiration for Genghis Khan; his adoptive parents come from Chandigarh and are described as eugenic scientists. Khan’s un-turbaned wig tied into a man-bun didn’t come in the way of his villainy, and he featured prominently in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). It still did not occur to the makers to hire an Indian actor to play an Indian character.

Even in the reboot, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Benedict Cumberbatch was cast as Khan, which did not sit well with critics and fans alike.

Kavi Raz, a British actor with roots in Punjab, briefly popped up in the series. Raz had previously appeared in several American television shows, starting with a recurring role in St Elsewhere (1982) as Doctor Vijay Kochar, and parts in The A-Team, M*A*S*H, and Ugly Betty. Raz had a guest appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as an engineer named Singh. He appears in this video clip from the Lonely Among Us episode. His character is killed, ending Raz’s Star Trek sojourn.

Reginald Lal Singh, an Indian-origin actor from British Guiana, played Captain Nensi Chandra in the television episode Court Martial (1967), serving as a board member of a jury conducting the court martial of Captain James T Kirk. Singh can be seen at the extreme left of the panel in this video clip. He does not say a word, nor does he give the customary head nod. Still a long way off!

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Star Trek to Success: Persis Khambatta, the First Indian Woman to Stamp a Mark in Hollywood

She made hearts flutter as a fierce and breathtaking Deltan Starfleet officer on board the ‘USS Enterprise’, in the first instalment of the iconic American sci-fi film series - Star Trek.

L ong before modern-day actresses took to the international stage, it was a Mumbai born and bred, former Miss India who blazed the trail for Indian actors to venture into Hollywood.

She made hearts flutter as a fierce and breathtaking Deltan Starfleet officer on board the ‘USS Enterprise’, in the first instalment of the iconic American sci-fi film series – Star Trek.

This Parsi woman was none other than the ethereal, Persis Khambatta!

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In her role of the humanoid navigator Ilia for Star Trek, she challenged conventional beauty norms by rocking a bald look. Yes, and that too at a time when women with long tresses were considered the epitome of beauty, she shaved her head for the role and commanded limelight not just in India but in the international arena too.

And yet, Persis is lost in the pages that narrate stories of the most unrivalled Indian actresses of their times.

This is her story.

Persis was a child born in free India to a Parsi couple in the maximum city on 2 October 1948. She was only two years old when her father walked away from the family.

Her tryst with fame began at the age of 13. A well-known erstwhile Bombay photographer captured her in a set of candid pictures which were used for a successful campaign by popular soap brand Rexona. These marked her baby steps into the world of modelling.

At the tender age of 17, she walked the ramp for the celebrated Femina Miss India pageant which was in its second year. She wowed the judges and ardent viewers and emerged its winner.

The young beauty also moved on to become the third Indian woman to participate in the Miss Universe pageant in 1965. All of this while dressed in last-minute off-the-rack clothes!

With her newly-gained fame in India , she modelled for big names like the national carrier Air India, cosmetics brand－Revlon, and famous clothing line, Garden Vareli.

She made her Bollywood debut with K A Abbas’ avant-garde 1968 film Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein in the role of a cabaret dancer, Lilly, crooning the title track. Soon, she left for London to continue with her modelling career in Britain.

Her first brush with Hollywood came in 1975 when she played small roles in Conduct Unbecoming with Richard Attenborough, Michael York, and Trevor Howard and The Wilby Conspiracy opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier.

And yet, the break that catapulted her into fame came in the form of Lieutenant Ilia－the daunting character in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . She was then 29 years old. The truth of the matter is that Persis was initially signed to play the role for five years, as the intention was to create a new Star Trek television series. And though it meant she lost five years of work, she admitted that she was thrilled that the project became a movie instead, citing a greater impact on her career. The rest, as they say, is history.

It was the love, admiration, and respect that she had garnered through her work in the film that led her to become the first Indian to present an award at the Oscars in Los Angeles in 1980.

She also starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in Night Hawks the same year and later appeared in lesser-known science fiction films like Warrior of the Lost World and Mega Force . Though her acting career had begun a downward spiral, Persis never lost sight of the bigger goal.

Back in the US, she leveraged her Star Trek success to campaign for actors from ethnic minority to play ethnic roles, than having white people play roles with bronzed skin.

Painful challenges came in the form of a grave car crash in Germany, which left a huge scar on her head in 1980 and a coronary bypass surgery in 1983. In 1985, she returned to Bombay and appeared in a Hindi television series Shingora and a few cameos in Hollywood television series such as Mike Hammer and MacGyver .

In the 90s when different feminist schools of thought opposed the beauty contests that flaunted women as sex objects, she wrote and published a pictorial anthropology of former Miss India’s and Indian women who had participated in international beauty contests.

Persis’ last role was in the 1993 pilot episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman .

Five years later, she was rushed to the Marine Hospital in South Bombay when she complained of chest pains. On 18 August 1998, she suffered a heart attack and passed away at the age of 49.

To honour her legacy, the Persis Khambatta Memorial Award was instituted in 1999.

With a scholarship and trophy depicting her in her role in Star Trek, the award is given annually to the top graduating student of the National Institute of Fashion Technology . It was designed and funded by Sanjeev Chowdhury, former Vice-Consul of Canada at the Canadian Consulate in Mumbai, who was Persis’ best friend and the last to dine with her before her death.

With Persis’ passing, India lost a gem. And though she may have gone in flesh, the true force of nature and fierce spirit that she embodied will continue to inspire women for years to come!

Rest in peace, Dear Lieutenant Ilia. May you continue to shine in the vast universe with your bright light.

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Sabrina Scharf ( born 17 October 1943 ; age 80) is a former actress who played Miramanee in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode " The Paradise Syndrome ". She filmed her scenes between Thursday 13 June 1968 and Tuesday 18 June 1968 at Desilu Stage 10 and on location at the Franklin Reservoir .

Scharf was born Sandra Mae Trentman in Delphos, Ohio, and later moved to Tucson, Arizona with her mother. At age 15, she eloped with her algebra teacher, but the marriage was annulled after three years. After a short time studying pre-med at the University of Arizona, Scharf moved to New York City, where she became an assistant to an off-Broadway theatre group. Realizing that her true calling is acting, she attended lessons at the Neighborhood Playhouse. During a visit to California to see her mother, a talent scout asked her to meet their West Coast agents in Los Angeles, which began her Hollywood career.

She is best known for her role as Sarah in Easy Rider (1969, co-starring fellow Original Series guest stars Robert Walker and Michael Pataki ). Her other film credits include an uncredited appearance in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966, with Michael Strong , Phillip Pine , Victor Tayback , and George D. Wallace ) and a supporting role in Hells Angels on Wheels (1967).

In addition to Star Trek , Scharf guest-starred on over twenty other television series. In 1966, she appeared on both The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ; on the latter, she was directed by Jud Taylor . She then worked on an episode of Daniel Boone along with Jeffrey Hunter , who starred in Star Trek 's first pilot, " The Cage ".

Scharf portrayed China Hazard, the daughter of Nehemiah Persoff 's Major Hazard, in the 1968 episode of The Wild Wild West entitled "The Night of the Underground Terror". Jeff Corey also guest-starred in this episode as a colonel serving under Persoff's character. That same year, Scharf appeared in an episode of The Danny Thomas Hour , along with Robert Brown and Ricardo Montalban .

After Star Trek , Scharf made guest appearances on such television shows as I Dream of Jeannie (with Bill Quinn ), Hogan's Heroes (two episodes, including one directed by Marc Daniels and co-starring Barbara Babcock ), Gunsmoke , Mannix (two episodes: one with Richard Derr and Jill Ireland , the other with Charles Dierkop ), The Interns (directed by Marvin Chomsky ), Banacek (with George Murdock ), and The Streets of San Francisco (again working with Bill Quinn). She also appeared in three episodes of Hawaii Five-O , including a two-part with Roger C. Carmel . All three of these episodes were directed by Michael O'Herlihy , who later directed Scharf in a 1973 episode of The New Perry Mason with Byron Morrow and Kenneth Tobey .

She appeared in at least one made-for-TV movie, CBS ' Hunter (1973, featuring Bill Erwin , Steve Ihnat , John Schuck , Fritz Weaver and Jason Wingreen ). In 1975, Scharf guest-starred on two episodes of Harry O , on which Star Trek: Insurrection actor Anthony Zerbe was a regular. Her first episode was directed by John Newland ; her second co-starred fellow Original Series guest actor John Colicos .

Before retiring from acting in the mid-1970s, she became an anti-pollution activist, and in 1972, mounted a nearly-successful campaign to become California's first female State Senator, losing by only 700 out of more than 250,000 votes. Through her screenwriter husband, that experience inspired several episodes of the fourth season of the hit sitcom Maude . In 1989, she became an attorney, and, as of 2007, she was a real estate developer working in Los Angeles. She was married to Emmy Award-winning writer Bob Schiller ( The Flip Wilson Show , All in the Family ) from March 29, 1969 until his death on October 10, 2017; they had two children together.

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The first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds went into production last month in Canada, and now we are getting our first look at who will be joining Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One onboard the USS Enterprise.

Strange New Worlds adds five

On Friday Paramount+, the streaming home for the new Star Trek Universe announced five new cast members for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Babs Olusanmokun ( Black Mirror , Dune ), Christina Chong ( Tom and Jerry , Black Mirror ), Celia Rose Gooding ( Jagged Little Pill ), Jess Bush ( Skinford , Les Norton ) and Melissa Navia ( Dietland , Billions ) are all on board as series regulars.

They join Anson Mount as Captain Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock and Rebecca Romijn as Number One. Paramount+ has not yet revealed what roles the new actors are playing, but they did release a video featuring the full cast talking about starting production on the new show.

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Today’s announcement also included a new official synopsis for the series:

Star Trek: Strange New worlds is based on the years Captain Christopher Pike manned the helm of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The series will feature fan favorites from season two of Star Trek: Discovery , Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Number One and Ethan Peck as Science Officer Spock. The series will follow Captain Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

It was also revealed today that the series premiere was written by executive producer and co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman with the story by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Goldsman also directs the premiere episode. In a statement Goldsman said:

“In a career, there is never enough work that is pure joy. I feel that my friend Alex Kurtzman along with David Stapf at CBS Studios and Julie McNamara at Paramount+ have given me just that by letting me haunt the stock rooms of my favorite candy store and I am grateful. With a hell of a cast and undying love for the original series, we boldly go.”

The same statement quotes Goldsman’s co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers as well:

“I’m incredibly grateful to be working alongside Akiva and our brilliant, multi-faceted cast to help bring the adventures of the Starship Enterprise to new life. For someone who’s been dreaming of spaceships and alien worlds since I was little, this show is a dream come true.”

Ethan Peck as Spock, Anson Mount as Pike and Rebecca Romijn as Number One in season two of Star Trek: Discovery

New SNW cast

Paramount+ did not reveal any details about what roles the five new cast members will be playing, but we do know a bit about their acting experience. Babs Olusanmokun and Christina Chong have the most extensive credits and are listed first in the release, indicating they may have more prominent roles.

Babs Olusanmokun’s notable television credits include his roles in Netflix’s Black Mirror , Marvel’s The Defenders , HBO’s Emmy-winning miniseries The Night Of and History’s 2016 remake of the miniseries Roots . His film credits include the upcoming and highly anticipated Dune and Wrath of Man .

Babs Olusanmoku

Christina Chong can currently be seen in the live-action adaption of the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon, Tom and Jerry and in The CW’s Bulletproof . Chong’s other television credits include Black Mirror , Doctor Who , the BBC’s Ill Behaviour , the ABC event mini-series Of Kings and Prophets , the hit BBC series Line of Duty , SYFY’s Dominion , Halo: Nightfall and Fox’s event mini-series 24: Live Another Day . Film credits include Christmas Eve , opposite Sir Patrick Stewart, and Johnny English: Reborn .

Christina Chong

Celia Rose Gooding starred as Frankie Healy in Jagged Little Pill , a musical inspired by Alanis Morissette’s award-winning album, until the Broadway shutdown in 2021, and received a 2020 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her work. Past theater roles also include Urinetown and Fame .

Celia Rose Gooding

Jess Bush starred as Helen in the indie feature Skinford and appeared in the recurring guest role of Kendall in the Channel 10 series Playing for Keeps . Bush also played the role of Bella in the Australian series Halifax – Retribution . In addition, Bush went on to guest star on the ABC series Les Norton opposite Rebel Wilson and David Wenham.

Melissa Navia’s recent television credits include a recurring role on AMC’s critically acclaimed series Dietland and guest roles on Showtime’s Billions and Homeland . In March 2020, she made her Off-Broadway debut in the much-applauded Bundle of Sticks at INTAR Theatre.

Melissa Navia

The first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds began production on its first season last month in Toronto, Canada. It is expected to be 10 episodes long. A release date has not been set, but it will likely debut on Paramount+ in 2022.

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Renewed For Season 4; ‘Lower Decks’ To End With Season 5

This is very, very, very exciting! God, cast announcements are just so exciting to me for some reason. I can’t wait! Also cool that Christina Chong was Lorna Bucket on Doctor Who and now she’s on Star Trek. Very very very cool.

I’d love to see some of the big Who actors rock up. Capaldi as Robert April. Gomez as an antagonist. And probably the obvious one, Matt Smith as a Changeling.

Seriously, can you imagine Michelle Gomez as Osyraa? They could have drawn that out over seasons.

And I’d love to see some SpongeBob-Star Trek corporate synergy plus.

Mr. Krabs was in an Enterprise episode.

i wouldn’t rule it out, Paramount Plus is going to go promotionally crazy in the early years to come!

Pike should have a SpongeBob toy on his desk just like Mercer has got a Kermit doll… It would even fit his uniform and it’s better than fortune cookies :-)

The only other way I could imagine a SpongeBob tie-in would be a “Shore Leave” style simulation, with SpongeBob replacing the White Rabbit…

But a more “direct” crossover would be really strange. SpongeBob must be a fictional character within the Trek universe, such as Moriarty, Holmes or Cpt. Proton. They cannot meet him as a real creature! Pleaze…

Let the crossover happen. I’ve waited my whole life for this!

They already have three movies planned probably! That’s what Nick Meyer is pitching, SpongeBob Star Trek crossovers, the Enterprise crashes to Bikini Bottom. The potential is there….

Smith has already kind of been there, playing the humanoid form of Skynet in Terminator Genisys.

Capaldi was my pick for the Doctor, ironically enough.

I knew that her name was familiar, crossing the streams eh?

YESS!!! It`s a joy to see how Anson Mount glows like a child on Christmas Eve!!! Excited to see which characters those people will play – I already am a big fan of the voices of Babs and Jess <3

This all nice I suppose but just throwing it out there:Jason Isaac’s, from his Twitter, was in Toronto in quarantine about the same time SNW was going into production.

Discovery Season 4 is also filming right now.

They had an amazing chance for Lorca to be in season 3 and basically set up the character to appear but clearly didn’t happen. I hope we do see him again either in Discovery again or SNW. SNW would make the most sense obviously knowing what we know. But as we also know this is Star Trek and they found a way to set him up to appear last season as said on DIS so he can probably show on it again too.

It was such a perfeft set-up to show him in Season 3 that his absence is VERY suspicious. Almost like they were saving him for an even better reveal …

one can only hope. I loved Jason Isaacs as Lorca!

Or maybe they just didn’t have the budget to cast him or Isaac’s diary didn’t sync with the production schedule. It was disappointing not to see him and it did feel like a missed opportunity but I don’t think his absence precludes him from appearing again. I personally felt as though the Section 31 show was a better fit for bringing him back but if it happens to be on SNW I’d be delighted.

Let’s hope that Issacs never comes without 100 miles of any Star Trek production ever again.

Really hoping they write some good story here. C’mon, Kurtzman and Goldman. Make this one shine, please.

Hear, hear! Please, please, PLEASE don’t marr this show with some of the poor decisions seen across Discovery and Picard ( clumsy Voq/Klingon storyline, The “burn”, Picard-Golem, Stamets suddenlly feeling parental to Adira within the space of a few episodes, random crewmember never seen before shown as an established Discovery crewmember in the finale, etc )…

Of all your examples, only the last one would qualify as a poor decision.

I don’t know why people complain about Stamets and Adira when the exact same thing happened with Seven and the Borg children. Four episodes and she’s shedding tears when they leave.

People complain about Star Trek because that’s the only thing that gives them joy.

You need to grow up and learn to accept that people are going to have differing opinions from your own, and it doesn’t make them wrong.

They have to be wrong because Star Trek is always right :-) Even if it contradicts itself! Vulcan has no moon but it has many. The Klingons have no devil but they have one. Warp 10 is impossible but it works! Klingons have no foreheads and no hair unless they have both…

I can live with many many contradictions, a lot better than I can tolerate differing opinions about Trek. I cannot even tolerate my own divergent opinions…

Actually it was 5 episodes.

Those are only a few. There are many many more. Including the Stammets resurrection, the use of the MU, how they handled section 31… Capped by the granddaddy of all bad decisions… The Lorca MU “twist”.

This one is the one that looks to have the most potential. But there is very good reason to have doubts. I mean, LDX had massive potential and then all we got was a joyless fangasm. All we can do is HOPE that the staff crossover from SH shows is kept to a minimum here. Goldsman isn’t the automatic show/movie wrecker many see him as. He’s waffled between garbage and “decent”. Let’s hope this leans towards the “decent” end.

Fingers crossed….

Too bad there isn’t any information on the roles they play.

But if this is the entire main crew of the Enterprise, we’re definitely up for some whining. I like the fact there are more women on the bridge than guys as it compensates for the oversaturation of male characters on most previous shows, but not everybody will be happy… 5 ladies, 3 men, including the Big Three… I’m fine with it, but not everybody will be. It’s a shame we have to defend these decisions… But in our day and age, it happened to be my first thought… though being totally fine with it…

If the writing is good, none of that will matter. But I hear you.

Scroll down. The whining about those poor, underrepresented straight white males has begun….

I am both unsurprised and annoyed about such whining. Because that whining pointedly ignores a key point about Trek.

Anyone who has a problem with there being more women than men isn’t a Trek fan. It’s that simple.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say the fandom isn’t theirs. I think they’ve just missed the point entirely.

Rios, don’t gatekeep. The balance doesn’t matter to most of us, but none of us get to dictate who is a real fan or not.

But some grasp the point better than others, which is what he’s getting at.

Many fans grasp the point just fine. They just don’t agree with it.

Kinda weird to watch a show about the power of diversity just to sit and rage at it.

Is it still “diversity” when nearly everyone at the table is the same race or gender?

I’m not gatekeeping. Star Trek is all about acceptance and diversity. It’s been that way since TOS, one of the great social-justice shows of the 1960s, and it continued in TAS, the films, TNG and so on, as well as the books and the comics. Those who complain about those things supposedly being “added” to the modern shows don’t know Star Trek well AT ALL. If they did, they’d realize how ridiculous their outlook is. Actual fans don’t complain about Star Trek becoming about social justice and diversity since actual fans know it was always about that.

Actually, you are gatekeeping. In the Urban Dictionary, it is defined as, “when someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity.” There is only one qualification for being a fan and that is because the qualification comes in the definition of the word “fan” itself. “Fan” is derived from the word “fanatic,” which is as Merriam-Webster describes it, “a person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to some interest or activity.” That’s it, that’s all. A person is a Star Trek fan if they really like it, or some portion of it. And only they can know whether they like it or not. So, Rios, you don’t have the right, that is, the power, to determine whether any given person is a fan or not.

Gatekeeping should always happen when intolerance of diversity is being attempted.

So taking that statement to another topic… It’s OK to be racist sometimes as long as you are racist against a group YOU don’t like.

I support this site’s anti-gatekeeping policy.

However, your way of invoking Merriam-Webster is, itself, a form of the same beast, and thoroughly undermines the point that you were trying to make. It is very difficult to see how “a person who is extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to …” STAR TREK could be ignorant of, or oblivious to, its obvious social justice origins and the pervasiveness of it in the product, itself. If this aspect of the art of STAR TREK truly turns the poster off as much as they profess, then it is difficult to see how said art leaves the commenter extremely enthusiastic about and devoted to STAR TREK as you insist your chosen arbiter, Merriam-Webster, requires?

Myself? I would have gone with the more authoritative, and less extreme, OED:

“fan * n. a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular … art form…”

Under that definition, it is absurd for one fan to tell another that their interest or admiration isn’t “strong” enough.

It sounds like you are saying that you think keeping a reign on gatekeeping is a good thing. But some forms of gatekeeping (particularly when dealing with a subject or idea you agree with) are OK and should be allowed.

I would say that if one is to reign in gatekeeping then it is disingenuous to let some forms go and others not. Now it’s less about gatekeeping and more about not wanting opinions out there the one in charge personally disagrees with. Which is on the same level as book burning, IMHO. Cherry picking like that never leads to anything good.

No, I was just pointing out that Kriss Webb’s attempt to use MW to redefine fans as fanatics was logically inconsistent with the inclusive point he was trying to make. At no time, did I attempt to tell him or anyone they are not a fan or their “fan” qi wasn’t strong enough.

Well, Kriss Webb is correct in that “fan” does indeed come from the term “fanatic”. Over time the usage of the term has separated from “fanatic” in that fanatic is generally much more extreme than a mere “fan”. But much of that is subjective.

I did not specifically accuse you of essentially defining what a trek fan is. I was merely addressing what appeared to be an inconsistency in how you claimed you would apply the concept of “gatekeeping”.

Meriam-Webster is cool and all, but he clearly had a point about social justice and diversity you’re dancing around here.

Hey Rios, sorry for the late reply, but I live way in the Far East. I appreciate your reply and agree with everything you said. I personally believe (or would like to) that Trek is ultimately centrist and not on either extreme. It illustrates a world most of us wish for.

First thing that I noticed. And, I LOVE IT!

It’s NOT that simple, unfortunately. I think there’s plenty of evidence that people like the ones you mention absolutely are Trek fans.

Specifically, they’re Trek fans who have somehow managed to learn nothing from it. Or, if not nothing, then the wrong things.

So what you pick up from a form of art is the “right” way to look at it. And what someone else picks up from that same art is the “wrong” way to look at it.

I see…

I think this is what is called “gatekeeping”.

“If (this thing) then you are not a fan.”

As if any fan of a thing is the arbiter of what constitutes a fan of said thing.

Yeah, some folks can be a real drag.

There is actually a rumored casting list from Trek Central on Youtube that cited some of the roles. I actually posted it but it was erased, because I guess it was only rumors. But it did cite some specifics.

A black male character in his 40s would play the doctor.

A young woman would play a vet.

Another woman in her 20s or 30s would be the head of security.

A black woman in her 20s would be a linguistics officer.

Again, you have to take it all with a grain of salt for now, but I remember that Picard casting list everyone doubted that was floating around the internet and it ended up being 90% right. The only differences were the names and we didn’t have a full time EMH character, but that was probably changed for the Rios actor to play him and the others. And the names usually are just substitutes, so why I didn’t bother including them here.

Jess Bush has a bit of a look of Yeoman Colt from The Cage. I could see her playing the same character perhaps promoted to a more senior role.

I’m just disappointed that there isn’t anyone to play Dr. Boyce.

There isn’t anybody announced to play Boyce but that doesn’t mean he’s not there. I’m totally onboard with the need to diversify the cast both from a representation point of view and for the greater storytelling potential it affords but as I’ve said elsewhere in the thread it would still be nice to see some nods to the shows legacy. Boyce wasn’t in The Cage much but his role was memorable so I’m definitely in the camp that hopes to see him, I just don’t think it’s essential that he’s a main character. It’s pretty much standard operating procedure now for CBS to feed us news and casting information in drips and drabs so I’ve got no doubt that there’s big announcements yet to come and hopefully Boyce is one of them. Regardless of whether or not he’s still CMO in the shows timeline there’s still room for the character to make an appearance and the more episodic approach that they’re taking with SNW only makes it more likely that we’ll eventually see him in my opinion.

Me too. Was really hoping to see Bryce and Colt in there.

So does this possibly indicate that Celia Rose Gooding may be playing Ensign Uhura?

That’s what I’ve suggested as well further down the thread. Obviously age wise she matches up with the character description of a twenty something linguistic specialist and she’s an accomplished Broadway musical actress which might come in handy for playing a character who is known to enjoy singing.

Fingers crossed! ;)

Honestly I really hope not. I’d like to keep TOS characters to a minimum.

To me, the only TOS character I think makes sense to include would be a Lt. Scott on the engineering staff. My thinking is that is affinity for the Enterprise suggests being on that ship for quite some time. I think he was the oldest among them anyway.

@Thanks Tiger2! So maybe that black male doctor is M’Benga after all?

If the black woman is a young Uhura I’d really love that too.

Who is the “vet” and who is the head of security?

I don’t know why they need a vet aboard, maybe she is a exo-biologist of sorts, someone like Carol Marcus or Dr Dehner? Jess Bush??? But Yeoman Colt is also a good guess…

Head of security… Melissa Navia looks like a VERY strong woman to me. Interesting enough: Tasha Hernandez was the original cast sheet name Tasha Yar when Marina Sirtis auditioned for the role. Maybe Navia will play a security chief called Hernandez?

That’s what I thought, too: Macha Hernandez.

Sorry. You’re right. It was Macha Hernandez, not Tasha. But they definitely have a thing for bring old ideas finally to life. I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens here, too… The entire series is basically going back to a 1964 premise. Including an unrealized 1986 TNG character would perfectly fit for me as TNG had always been a TOS revival before becoming its own thing…

There still is an unrealized vulcan character from an unrealized 1977 Star Trek TV-series. ;-) Maybe they could bring him up too.

That would be Xon, he is mentioned and declared as being irrelevant in starfleet history by history buff Mariner in Lower Decks. So I guess Xon is burnt since Lower Decks is canon.

M’Benga would be nice to see, for sure.

However, given that McCoy would be named CMO under Kirk would then suggest that M’Benga was passed over for the job in favor of Kirk’s friend. Which I don’t think is a good look. So probably better to not use the character.

When you say “vet” do you mean that as “Veterinarian”? I sorta felt like the ships doctor pretty much had to be that too. Or did you mean a “veteran” as in a “veteran of the space service”?

“5 ladies, 3 men, including the Big Three… I’m fine with it, but not everybody will be”

Jeepers, so why bring it up as a negative if you’re “totally fine with it?”

It’s like saying in 1966, “Uhura is played by a black woman… I’m fine with it, but not everybody will be” – or Sisko in 1993, or Janeway in 1995, or etc. etc.

Jack, I’m ABSOLUTELY fine with it. and I did NOT bring up the casting choice as a negative. However, what I did was anticipating the gross reactions it’ll provoke yet again after all that DSC had been going through… I definitely dislike those opinions because I strongly feel in favor of diversity…

But you’re right… Bringing it up in the first place could contribute to that needless debate. It’s a paradox.

‘But you’re right… Bringing it up in the first place could contribute to that needless debate. It’s a paradox.’

I’m sure that wasn’t your intent Garth Lorca and I’ve seen far more provocative posts than your original comment but since you’ve raised the question I’ll add my two cents. I don’t think it is a paradox, there’s nothing wrong at all with celebrating diversity and it certainly should not be discouraged. Likewise if fans are promoting views that are counter to equality then in my opinion they should be challenged. What I don’t think is helpful is making incendiary comments.

Like I said I don’t think this was your intent so I’m not singling out your comment here, rather I’m talking about a common behaviour we see more and more in the comments section here and widely across the internet. Somebody will come into an article and instead of just highlighting a positive they’ll focus on the anticipated negative reaction of a subsection of the fans. When somebody is doing this consistently across a wide range of subjects it becomes clear that they’re more interested in fighting and virtue signalling than building bridges and finding common ground.

Just to reiterate I’m not directing these charges at you Garth, you’re a good poster, I’m commenting on a wider behaviour that I think does more harm than good. So continue to celebrate the diverse casting choices but instead of following it with a grenade highlight a positive of why this is a good thing. I’m not just talking about the big issues either because whether it’s political or just preemptively attacking fans for not liking a show or being a Kurtzman hater or whatever the end result is still the same – every topic turns into a fight and we have an environment that’s not very welcoming to new fans who visit the page to discuss trek as well inviting the types of negative comments that the instigators claim to detest.

The show that needs more diversity is Picard. RoboPicard should be recast as anyone from any other race but white and they should kill off and replace everyone except Worf and Geordie, would really improve the show.

I think it foolish to compensate for history. That never helps anything. It’s like an umpire making a mistake so the two innings later he decides to make another bad call the other way. As if that “makes up” for the bad one. Wrong. All it does is it means yet another bad call was made. Worse, the 2nd one was not a mistake but INTENTIONAL. The best way to deal with a mistake is not to make yet another mistake but rather work to never make that mistake again.

If the gender of the characters was tilted this way because they were the best actors they could get for the roles or some other professional or plot driven reason then fine. But if they were chosen specifically to “compensate” for other shows having more males than females in the cast, then they made a tremendous mistake. One that will probably lead to the show being terrible, to be honest. More often than not when that is the reason the end product isn’t very good.

But as Danpine said, IF the shows are well written and the plotting is taut and well thought out… None of it will matter.

Wonderful news, now we just need that release date. :)

Jeffrey Combs as Dr Phillip Boyce is missing !

That’s because it would be a bad casting decision.

I believe the black actor is playing the doctor IF the casting rumors are right:

https://youtu.be/WNPeTg39Ljk?t=360

Why not M’Benga?

Because it would be odd for M’Benga to have been demoted by the time the Kirk era rolled around, wouldn’t it?

It would be odd but it’s not impossible. A demotion may have many reasons, it might be a personal choice of his. A colleague of mine had already been vice headmaster at our school but he became ill and “demoted” himself to being part-timer and simple teacher again…

You’re not wrong, but I just don’t see this being a thing. Plus, hey, maybe there could be two doctors of African descent in this era of Star Trek instead of just one.

Plus, hey, maybe there could be two doctors of African descent in this era of Star Trek instead of just one.

Good point ;-) I guess that’s the problem with prequels (or even sequels) that are set close to a previous show: People expect previously established characters to return which often makes the universe seem awfully small.

Well the doctor wouldn’t necessarily have to be the CMO, they could take a Culber approach again so it’s feasible it could be M’Benga but I don’t think it would be a good idea. In the case of Culber there’s a journey in that we all know the character is going to grow and become more by the end of the show. What’s the journey for M’Benga if we know that he’s just going to be playing second fiddle to McCoy? Obviously I realise a person is more than just their career but even so it just feels to me as though we’d be limiting the impact of this character. Also the actor is clearly too old to be playing the role. Are we seriously expected to believe that a man in his 40’s can play a significantly younger version of character that based on the original actor playing him we have to assume was under 30? There’s room for the M’Benga’s and Kyle’s of TOS to get some screen time but they don’t need to be main characters and yeah I guess I need to chastise myself as well for falling into that trap given that I’ve already fantasy cast one of the actresses as Uhura and another as Colt in this thread lol.

I thought the films established that, while not as extreme as the evolved Vulcans, 23rd century humans don’t age as fast as we primitives do?

Certainly TNG established this as we saw one hundred and thirty odd year old McCoy in Encounter at Farpoint and the character of Picard was deliberately aged significantly beyond Sir Patrick Stewart’s age specifically to make this point. However, even if we were to assume that M’Benga was older than the 27 year old actor that played him when the character debuted in season 2 of TOS I still think it stretches credibility to have 35+ year old play him in stories that precede his previous appearances by approximately a decade. If they want to include M’Benga then that would be great but why not cast a more age appropriate actor for that role and allow Babs Olusamokun to create a brand new character that we can welcome into the Star Trek mythos?

Why a demotion? It just could be he started off his career in Terran based medicine and something eventually happens with him and Spock on Pike’s ship that eventually leads him to become the Vulcan specialist he is on Kirk’s?

That’s a terrible idea.

Why? Because you can prove M’Benga was not raised and educated on Earth but is Michael’s other “Vulcan” step-brother?

Wow. Now THAT’S a terrible idea.

Not demoted. Just passed over for CMO in favor of the new Captain’s friend.

As I said above, not a good look.

My understanding was a CMO has to be a general practitioner. If M’Benga chose to be a Vulcan specialist, as he was presented to be, there’s no bad look to it. He took himself out of contention by the choice he made. Happens in medicine quite frequently.

I’m sure McCoy had his own specialty. Most do. That I suppose is reasonable but still… The optics don’t look good from the outside looking in.

Too young to be playing Boyce, though.

Boyce could just be retired. No reason any of the characters from the Cage have to be around.

Transfers happen. I’d rather they create new characters and give the writers and actors more room to be themselves.

The fact we never saw or even got references of the other characters from The Cage on Discovery was probably a sign none of them would be on the new show. It doesn’t mean they won’t pop up but I been saying since the Combs/Boyce idea that I wouldn’t be shocked the character was just never part of the show. He was in the episode for about ten minutes and already in his sixties. Maybe he just retired by the time they ran into Discovery.

I’d still like to see Boyce though, I think it would just be a nice nod to continuity. If the casting rumours are true and Babs Olusanmoku is playing the main doctor it doesn’t necessarily follow that he will be the CMO. We’ve seen them take this approach with Culber on Discovery and even Geordi and Worf started as junior officers on TNG.

Obviously we could still see Boyce. And this doesn’t have to be the entire main cast either. They don’t all have to be the main cast at all, so yeah, we may get some more casting news and surprises.

I don’t care either way, but even if Boyce is not there, I’m more then sure he will be referenced or even pop up if the character is not on the show permanently.

I agree, Boyce being being on the show will neither make or break the show. Pike, Spock and Number one are the only ones that were essential. I just think it would be a nice touch for the fans if Boyce got to hand off to the new Doc so to speak.

Also if that casting report that you’ve linked to is accurate then I think that Celia Rose Gooding will be playing Uhura. It’s not just that it states that there will be a black female linguistic officer in her 20’s but singing was a big part of Uhura’s character and this particular actress is best known for appearing in Broadway musicals.

Yeah, I think it is a good chance we will get a new Uhura too. Yes I know everyone wants to be cautious and a young black woman linguistics officer doesn’t mean it’s Uhura, but, you can’t ignore the idea of it either obviously. Again if the casting list is true.

But I was also convinced Adira would end up being Dax though when we learned a Trill was showing up on Discovery, so I won’t make too much noise on it yet. ;)

To me though, why not just do it? To be honest, I see SNW as an open door to include how many TOS characters they want just like Picard is basically an open door to include as many TNG era characters as it wants and why Seven is there now.

Neither HAVE to do it, but let’s just be real, it’s what fans wants anyway. It’s a big reason why so many even want a Pike show, because now we can see Spock meeting Bones for the first time or a young Scotty as a junior engineer joining the ship. You don’t have to go overboard but one more additional TOS character there with Spock would be great IMO. And they can flesh out his and Uhura’s relationship as TOS started out doing, but then dropped it for some reason.

Lol yeah we all ended up with egg on our faces over Dax although I still think we’ll eventually see that character again on Discovery. In terms of Kirk’s bridge crew appearing on SNW my one reservation is that Spock was so isolated in the Menagerie when he defied Starfleet’s orders to help Pike. If half the bridge crew served under him you’d have expected them to have rallied round and helped Spock help Pike even if they weren’t privy to everything that had happened on Talos IV. So I kind of think they shouldn’t go too overboard bringing in TOS characters but at the same time I’d be disappointed if we didn’t see any. The clues do seem really strong for Uhura though and I think of all the TOS characters she would perhaps be the most fitting as it would really allow her to shine in ways that would have been impossible in the 1960’s.

I agree with that of course. That’s why I don’t think most should show up. And of course they can still appear on the show just not be on the ship itself. So there are many ways you can introduce them at least. But I think 1 or 2 actually serving on the ship would be fine.

As far as the Mangerie and how Spock reacted, I agree, but I always think how odd it is only Spock seem to have feelings about it (no pun intended ;)) and literally no one else on the entire ship of 400 people. That never made any sense either. Are we to believe out of the entire ship, Spock was the only holdover from Pike’s crew? And took place a year after Kirk showed up? And as you said no one rallied behind Spock or believed in what he was doing? So I don’t think about that too much. I just rewatched those episodes two weeks ago and it did seem odd knowing what we know today.

And we know ships don’t really have complete crew change overs every time a new captain shows up. In fact, we rarely seen anyone leave when a new captain takes over, but most of those were temporary.

I know what you mean Tiger2, I love watching the old episodes but there are aspects that clearly have dated and do feel jarring that you either have to out and ignore (like some of the archaic sexist dialogue of TOS) or invent your own head canon to reconcile. I agree there are lots of different ways you could bring in legacy characters without them necessarily being on the ship. That being said your suggestion that many of the crew would have carried over between Captains is valid.

Ultimately this has not been addressed in canon so I concede that the writers have a hell of a lot of freedom here and I’m a great believer that creatives should not be restricted by fanon! So yeah if they do decide to go that route and bring in lots of TOS characters I’ll still still be onboard for the ride and so long as they’re cast and written well I’ll probably love it too.

I still think it would be wise to hold back some TOS characters though. Not so much from a canon or story point of view but now that the TV and movie side are all under the same roof again it’s entirely possible that we’ll see one or more of the TV shows evolve into a movie franchise so it could be wise to leave a spot or two on the bridge (like say Kirk) free to be occupied by a more recognisable movie star.

I have said this before about TOS, but it has felt really dated to me in the last decade or so. Out of all the old shows, TOS-ENT, this is oddly the only one I have real trouble watching regularly now, which I still do, just nowhere on the level of the others. Oddly I’m watching the entire show from the beginning as I mentioned somewhere else here and I’m am enjoying it for sure. There are are some episodes I haven’t watched in over a decade easily and the really good ones are still great. TOS will always have a special place in my heart, but it just feels sooooo dated now and so many goofy things in the writing and production the other shows could never get away with. It’s why it’s no longer in my top 3 shows (but still in my top 5).

But yes, I obviously love the characters to death and really want to see them pop up in other shows and movies. But you also know I’m not begging for a TOS reboot show either. SNW is a nice compromise to maybe see them again (at least Spock) and see a new angle of them at the same time. And it just doesn’t feel so forced like it would have on Discovery because we know eventually they will show up on the ship. But I agree with you, it’s not necessary either. I don’t think we need to even see anyone the first few seasons. We can see some of them farther down the line after the new crew is more developed. The irony in that sentence is I was sort of against Spock and Pike showing up so soon in DIS because I thought those characters should just be on their own for awhile. Well, to give them credit, now DIscovery is REALLY on its own lol. So it worked out. ;)

But I do really really hope Uhura is there at least! ;)

‘The irony in that sentence is I was sort of against Spock and Pike showing up so soon in DIS because I thought those characters should just be on their own for awhile.’

And the other irony is that I was very much pro bringing in Spock and Pike, in fact I was probably one of about 3 people on the planet (that wasn’t part of the production) who thought making Burnham Sarek’s ward was actually a decent idea! I’m clearly the type of person that fan service was invented for so whilst I say it’s not necessary to introduce too many TOS characters I’m unlikely to object much if/when they do show up.

I get what you’re saying about TOS and I think you’re right. I mean don’t get me wrong the original was obviously a progressive show but it’s clear that Roddenberry and the rest of the writers had to compromise and make concessions to the studio in order to get certain things on screen and this is painfully obvious in some of the dialogue that ended up in the final product. It’s clear that the writers on TNG and to varying degrees all of the Berman era Trek had to make similar compromises but apart from a few obvious exceptions (Code of Honour!!) the dialogue isn’t so jarring and still holds up well.

Where I think the TNG era shows did fail is that they didn’t really push on any boundaries. The TNG shows were very successful in espousing values that still resonate greatly with liberally minded people like ourselves but they were still a little conservative in terms of actual onscreen representation. It’s a travesty really that it took until 2017 for a franchise known for promoting equality to introduce characters that represented the LGBT community.

Like I say the Berman shows really do still resonate for me but I do believe that maybe a little bit of a lack of courage in the 80’s and particularly the 90’s to increase representation answers a big question that’s been popping up elsewhere in this thread ie how can somebody be a fan of Trek and still be opposed to the new shows being more inclusive? There’s no real cognitive dissonance here, it’s just that the Berman era series (with maybe the exception of DS9) we’re just really accessible. At their core they have a very appealing message but the conservative approach to onscreen representation makes it very easy to ignore.

My head canon (and I think I’ve mentioned this before) is that Kirk was able to pick his command crew. I like to think that he and McCoy knew each other already and he selected him to be his CMO. I suspected that Scotty was already there, perhaps the #2 in the engine room by then and perhaps the previous chief retired or moved on and Scott was the best choice. The others perhaps were there already or he brought one or two over with him like Sulu or Uhura. But that is how I saw it. Although we know that Rand was assigned and he had no say in it. Per a line from the first season…. LOL

No, no. She would not be the most fitting. This actress is being presented as if she is playing a main character. If it is Uhura then that just doesn’t make sense. If any of the Kirk crew show up they would HAVE to be minions of some kind.

Scotty makes the most sense as I have already explained in two other posts. And he still wouldn’t be a main character. Only a recurring one.

I’m not sure where your evaluation is coming from? It is quite a rare thing be able to predict from one pilot, such as THE CAGE, which characters will or will not rise from the narrative to come to become series regulars or the settings in which they will be spotlighted.

It’s a big ship with a more modern, dare we say “bigger”, production. What would be gained by trying to confine its tales’ ship settings to the limitations of the 1960’s original series?

Not really sure what you are getting at here. I was merely claiming that the most reasonable TOS member to appear on SNW would be Scotty. And I gave my reasons for that a couple of times already. I also gave the reasons supporting why having Uhura or any of the other TOS bridge crew as regulars on SNW was not a good idea. None of which had anything to do with the size of the production of what characters we saw in “The Cage”.

I did already reply to you ML31 but for some reason the comment never got approved. Anyway, I agree with you that they should show some restraint in bringing in TOS characters but I disagree that Scotty is the only one that makes sense. As far as I’m aware there’s nothing preventing the majority of character from serving on the ship with the exception of Kirk and Chekov. Like I sayI don’t think they should overdo it but if they were to include one of the main TOS characters then they people pretty much have a free hand in terms of which to include. The reason I bring up Uhura is because there’s some evidence to suggest this is a possibility and my rationale for saying she’s the most fitting is that she got so little to do in TOS – she basically just answered the phone!

My rationale had less to do with how much the characters were used on TOS and more like reasoning out their potential past. I would find it a little sad if after 10 years Uhura is still sitting in the same station opening hailing frequencies. But that does not preclude the possibility any other (apart from Chekov of course) character serving with Pike. I just think it more likely if there are they are far lower in the food chain at that time and it would seem unlikely for any of them to be a regular character on the show.

I agree with what you’re saying although there’s an argument for that already happening in the movies! Of course if the character descriptions that Tiger2 linked to are accurate then then if it is Uhura she probably isn’t sitting in that chair yet as it only states that she’s a linguistic officer. Obviously by the time of TOS she’s a department head but I suspect that this role will be a more junior position and that she’ll have an arc similar to the JJ movies but played out over a longer period in which her skills as a linguist regularly see her taking on prominent roles in missions before eventually becoming the head of communications.

I can of course see them making her Uhura. But I honestly don’t like that idea. The officers on Kirk’s bridge would be 10 or so years younger than they were on TOS. And it makes sense that one maybe two of them were there from the Pike days. But too many I think would be a mistake. And to me, too many means more than one. And that one character should be a background character. If she is playing Uhura I would find it a little sad that after 10+ years she is STILL sitting there opening hailing frequencies.

I still think the idea of Lt. Scott is the best choice. A subordinate. It ties with his love for the Enterprise. He’s the oldest of the Kirk characters. And he doesn’t need to be a main character.

With a ship that can hold 400 crew, how do you argue that only a mere handful could possibly crossover? On Kirk’s ship, it seemed pretty clear the vast majority were recruited by him, and it was the exception when regulations straddled him with crew members he felt he could do without.

But it would be quite a thing to promote the concept that Kirk found the vast majority of Pike’s crew wanting in building his crew’s roster.

I get the feeling you are not understanding.

At this point, 10 years before TOS, should Uhura (for exampe) be on the ship it does not make sense that she would be a main character on this show. It makes more sense that she would be a young fresh faced kid most likely on her first assigned ship. It would be unlikely she would be a member of the bridge crew so soon and even more unlikely that if she was then 10 years later she would still be at the exact same station. Sure, she could be a part of the crew but to be a main character is a bit of an unbelievable stretch. At best an Uhura or Sulu or Scotty would be a recurring character. And I’m assuming this cast are part of the main cast so it seems unlikely to me that she is playing Uhura. If she is then I don’t think this production team really thought this situation through very well.

Curious if it will be as dumb and boring as Discovery with a pile of PC undertones.

Yeah you can buzz off :) Star Trek has been PC since the 60s.

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Time for the original USS Enterprise to fly once more. Looking forward to the roles these series regulars will play.

Agreed. Wonder how many of them will be playing non-humans.

It looks like they’re going for too many characters again. In a 26 episode season you could handle 7-9 (if DS9 more, with strong supporting characters) In the current 13 or so episode format 5-6 is enough. They already had Pike, Number One, and Spock. Colt, Boyce, and Tyler would’ve been enough. Maybe rotate them out on a seasonal basis

I’m about focus and depth. I’d rather a few well drawn characters than many shallow ones.

If it’s going to be a 10-episode season then they might follow a similar pattern as TOS:

The ‘big three’ will feature prominently in every episode, with the others getting to share the spotlight in select episodes… just like Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov etc.

That way, whenever they are being featured prominently in an episode, each of the characters will get a good bit of development time….

….rather than them trying to squeeze them all into every episode, but in a limited/reduced capacity.

Over the course of (hopefully many) seasons, I’m hoping that we will get to know all of these characters (those who survive!) really well, and consider them all to be well-developed.

I guess time will tell…

10 episodes just doesn’t feel like it is enough. At all. If you are telling a long story arc then those 10 may be just fine. But if you are going for episodic with a couple of two parters thrown in it feels cut short.

But then, to be fair, every short season series that is more episodic than season long story feels that way to me as well. This is particularly true with comedies. I’m just not a fan of short season shows. It still feels very lazy.

Obviously don’t know for certain that it will be 10 episodes (was just going from what the article says) but that seems like a good estimate, based on the recent show lengths. Might get a couple of additional episodes, but that’s likely to be it.

I do see your point, in relation to an episodic format. The series will likely feel like it’s just getting going when it will suddenly disappear from our screens for around 10-12 months (possibly longer).

Still, it is what it is, and I’d much rather have 10 than none ;)

Hopefully there’ll be plenty of good stories during the run, and some good character development that they can then build on in S2.

I would say you are not wrong. :)

But another thing is that to me if you are going with a short season then there is absolutely no reason to wait 12 or more months before the next season is available. There were a couple of shows I watched a number of years ago that were gone so long I literally not only forgot how the previous season ended but completely forgot about the show until it appeared on my DVR!

Yes. That was the beauty of the 26-episode seasons. They would be on air for half a year, and whenever a season finished it would never be more than 6 months from the next one starting up.

I don’t really know much about the production process, but would guess the best part of 5/6 months for filming and then at least a couple more for full editing etc. Then there’s scheduling and promotion to consider….I guess CBS could probably get something out in about 10 months if they were really determined to.

That said, I don’t mind waiting for a show I really enjoy. Especially if those last few months are the difference in delivering a great show (rather than just a good one). Though I agree, ideally that wait should not exceed 12 months.

Hopefully, with enough other shows in production, there will be sufficient to keep us going during SNW’s off-season. And hopefully SNW will be memorable enough that we remember how S1 finished :)

Once again Star Trek completely ignores the existence of South Asians.

Considering India will soon be the most populous country in the entire world its just bloody ridiculous.

We definitely need Indian, Pakistani, and similar Asians, but let’s not forget to give Christina Chong her credit as a half-Chinese South-East Asian in the show. China is currently the most populous nation. With the current rise in South-East Asian racism, it’s good to have representation.

All true. But it doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. I dunno how many of you have seen Hari Kondabolu’s fun documentary The Problem with Apu , but it’s like, besides white actors doing brownface for ‘comical accent reasons’ (lookin’ at you, Fisher Stevens and Peter Sellers), most Indians in Western pop culture end up playing either Arab terrorists, or emasculated comic relief. Like dudes, get some spicy snacks and watch some classic Amitabh Bachchan films from the 70s and 80s.

I agree. Just about every character we’ve had so far who has been hinted may be if Indian descent has been, well, not.

Agreed. The whole point of Roddenberry’s casting was, supposedly, to represent the world.

We got an SE Asian actor in a distress call in Trek VI – and that’s mostly been it (was there a TNG engineer, briefly?).

It would also be nice to see an indigenous character played by an indigenous actor.

(inhales) khaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn! (cough)

But srsly. I mean, Noonien Soong was in theory of Indian descent, but I suppose intermixed over generations so just the name remained. I have friends who look as Irish as anything but whose family names are Indian and Japanese, so that’s always a possibility.

The cameo from famous Indian tennis star Vijay Amritraj as the captain of the Saratoga in Star Trek IV. (You’d also remember him as Vijay from 1983’s Bond film, Octopussy. )

And we had Disposable Engineer Mr. Singh in S1 of TNG, killed by an energy cloud in ‘Lonely Among Us’.

We did have Susan Diol (half-Indian) as Carmen Davila – who wasn’t established as being of any particular ethnicity, but that could be construed as a Portuguese name, which are common of Indians from the former Portuguese colony of Goa on India’s west coast.

And one (non-speaking) Indian woman among the abductees in Voyager’s “The 37s”.

Wasn’t there a South Asian woman manning the helm in one episode of TOS?

Yes, Lt. Radha in That Which Survives played by actress Naomi Pollack.

Likewise, I’m sure they will go heavy on an American crew. I get that it’s a U.S. franchise, but it does really well internationally. Americans only represent 4% of the world’s population, yet nearly all of the human crew on Discovery was American for some reason. I’d love to see more Asian representation too.

“The Menagerie” has long been my favorite episode(s) of TOS. It will be very fascinating indeed to explore the “Captain Pike” years, and Anson Mount has already proven that he is just the actor for the job! Not to mention that interesting ensemble cast…

I’m SO excited for this one! I watch Discovery and Picard, and I like them okay, but my heart belongs to TOS. I just hope they don’t mess up Spock!

Did you like how Spock was handled in Discovery season 2 and the Short Treks that he was in? Presumably he will be portrayed the same way in the series as the same actor and creative people are handling him.

In those shows, they were trying to move him from the smiling Spock we saw in “The Cage” to the Spock we saw in TOS, so he was portrayed differently then than I hope he will be now.

Will definitely be interesting to see how the character of Spock develops over the course of the season, and the series as a whole.

With only 10 episodes will there even be time for that?

Well, I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I do expect Spock to get quite a lot of the 7+ hrs worth of screen time that S1 is likely to consist of (assuming 45 mins per episode).

Plenty of time to at least start a good character arc, which additional seasons can then build on.

I’m rewatching the entire franchise for its 55th anniversary and literally now rewatching all of TOS and currently on season 1. I haven’t rewatched TOS in its entirety in over 20 years now. So it’s amazing how much he does smile on that show. At least the first dozen episodes or so, you see him give a little grin at least. But it looks like after those it is basically the Spock everyone knows.

But it will give Peck plenty of room to see Spock just be a bit more emotional. I wouldn’t have a problem with that….just as long as he’s not crying every time like Quinto’s Spock. ;)

Yup, I would advise viewers to be prepared to see Spock as someone still experimenting with his emotions. Someone who still yells out commands like “check the circuit” and “she’ll blow soon!!”, uses sarcasm to talk to Bailey, gets creepy with Yeoman Rand about the imposter and smiles at the Captain when he says, “Ah yes, one of your earth emotions”. I don’t expect him to be getting pleasure from singing plants, but not far from it. Also remember, Spock did have some sort of pre-TOS relationship with Leila the scientist! In other words, Spock is not going to be the rigid and emotionless first officer from TOS S2 and S3 – I hope that doesn’t bother anyone. I also think Ethan Peck is excited to play him with some emotion and a character he can make his own and someone who will eventually evolve into Nimoy’s Spock..

Question… Are you watching the in production order or by airdate? Airdate is a bit of a missmash I think.

But that was part of the problem. The saw one tiny bit, from a pilot episode that was never meant to be seen by anyone that was only seen because of a budgetary issue, of a character who’s characteristics had yet to be formed, by an actor who did it because he said that is what the director told him to do.

It was something that should have been treated as such and not dealt with like it was some sort of deep character thing that had to be dealt with. If they do that why not deal with Spock being unware of the emotion of irritation as we saw in the 2nd pilot? Yes Spock had growth but latching onto that meaningless smile in The Cage was not a good hill to die on.

There was a report on the new characters being cast – now we have to figure who’s who. I think Babs Olusanmoku is playing the current CMO of the Enterprise.

I hope that they show a live-action Arex in this series, either as a semi-regular or a guest appearance.

Was thinking the same!

This would be over a decade before he joined the Enterprise crew. I wouldn’t expect to see him.

That cast looks diverse, but I still think it’s a missed opportunity. It still looks representative of countries that have been depicted before (obviously some may be playing non-humans). Why not Maori, Native Australian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Mongolian, South American, for example?

One of the actors is Columbian-American, I believe. Perhaps that will be reflected in the character.

Colombians are already American.

Tezna, I’m Canadian and while I see myself as North American or from the Americas, I don’t see myself as American.

Our cousins south of the 49th parallel have put to much into that identity for it ever to be a comfortable fit.

But perhaps those in Latin America might feel differently.

“Latin Americans” have, in the past, and continue to feel offended in the present to the United States, johnny-come-latelies, usurping the designation solely for themselves. To the point, that they have some very unintentionally funny debates on what to call us. Last I heard they circled around what roughly translates to “United Statians.”

Any word on Mr. Jeffrey Combs ( Weyoum [DS9] and Shran [ENT] ) as Dr. Phillip Boyce? Thank you for your time. Have a great weekend, everyone. Stay safe and stay healthy.

I’m ready for this.

Certainly not the cast that was on Pike’s Enterprise when we saw it. Also, again as with all new Star Trek almost all women, which again is very inconsistent with the Pike Enterprise we saw. I really hope they get this right.

I don’t really want to start a thing, but Star Trek as a franchise has revised its take on the role of women in Star Fleet to keep up with the times.

The cast we saw on The Cage was years before when we saw them on Discovery. Some may have gotten transferred, killed, retired etc. It was one episode from literally over 50 years ago, they shouldn’t be held to those characters when they can come up with something more interesting and diverse today.

Not to mention that The Cage female officers on the bridge in an era where the network wasn’t ready for it.

Onwards…

Yeah that line Pike gives in the pilot about not feeling too comfortable about having a female on the bridge just feels so antiquated now and that was supposed to be centuries into the future lol. But it was probably there to mirror how others felt about it at the time.

I get that Trek, in the 60’s, that the responsibility that would have come with Bridge status had to be implied, which is why those horrendous lines exist. Superior breeding stock, never getting used to women on the bridge (which implies women in authority was something for….the distant future). What I don’t get is the incessant pining for that kind of objectified representation now . It’s not going to happen, just stop complaining about it.

Yeah it was a TV show still made in the 60s, it is what it is given the time.

I don’t get people’s hang ups with having more women characters today though….on any show. Don’t they literally represent half of the planet today??? And white people are not the dominant race on the globe either.

Yes I am a minority so I guess I see it differently but I’m also a guy and don’t have a single issue with just seeing more women characters. It has never once phased me on any show, especially Star Trek. I still remember how shocked I was reading people had issues with having a woman captain on Voyager and that was 25 years ago now. What’s more shocking 25 years later people still seem to have an issue with it. Just so odd to me.

I believe, even back then, women outnumber men. I believe it’s currenly 51% to our measely 49%. I think acturarians attribute the difference to near universal willingness of the world’s nations to only send males into potentially deadly combat/conflict.

True but that % doesn’t mean that every job, every interest, every endeavor humans do is going to end up being in that ratio. Men just tend to naturally gravitate towards certain things than women. This is NOT an absolute of course. The key is equality of opportunity but that equality of opportunity never leads to equality of outcome.

One thing a person learns from casino gambling, is the house always manipulates the outcome so that it can continue to make a profit. There’s no viable capitalistic business model if the players are given a true equal opportunity to best the house.

If the recent bank bailouts, GAMESTOP stockmarket freeze, etc. prove anything about capitalism, it is if there is no equal opportunity for the 1% who amassed most of the world’s wealth under the old unequal rules to lose, equal opportunity is just an illusion to quell the rabble lest they resort to methods that genuinely cause this wealthy elite to lose commensurate with how they and their ancestors amassed and held onto their wealth in the first place.

I think I see your point but it feels a bit extreme and conspiracy-ish. Also kinda off topic.

Given that Number One was a woman on the bridge, I consider it a miracle that they settled on “women” and not “girls on the bridge.”

Sadly, there is still a percentage of the population who pines for the way things were decades ago. Women were quite honestly 2nd class citizens for most of the 20th century. Terms like “barefoot and pregnant” and “crazy women driver” were heard all the time. As a male I am embarrassed to say, even though they are a small minority, I think there are still maybe millions of men here in North America who would like to see a return to a patriarchal society where women play a primarily subserviant role to men. For the most part, Star Trek has always tried to be forward thinking on many levels including gender politics, and I expect them to continue to be just that.

totally agree.

Have you ever worked somewhere where the employees didn’t have an exact 50/50 gender split?

As others have pointed out, The Cage was a single episode set several years earlier where we saw roughly 20 crewmembers out of 400. It’ll be fine.

I work with a bunch of engineers. There is one female in my group. But we do have 3 Caucasians, two Vietnamese, two Latinos, one Indian, two Filipinos, one Chinese. No, the gender imbalance is certainly NOT intentional. It’s just the way things have come out. There was a time 5 years ago where there was ONE Caucasian in our group. Just sayin’.

So much back story is unestablished. They could easily work the original characters in as they please.

Definitely want to see Spock meet Bones for the first time.

Saw that in Trek 09. Urban and Quinto did a great job with it.

Yeah, but we’re talking about the prime universe.

Oh man, they have a chance to show McCoy and his wife/daughter!!!

I’m so happy to see that all of the new cast members are women and/or POC!

Yeah, the biggest irony of The Cage at the time, given Star Trek being famous for its diversity later, is that everyone was white. It’s no way that would fly today nor should it. And it’s nice to see more women characters as well.

Now it doesn’t mean they will all be main characters. I remember they announced all these characters for Discovery before it started like Detmer and Commander Landry and they ended up being more background characters or literally killed off after a few episodes, so I won’t over think it too much now.

But I like the makeup so far at least!

Tiger2, I was taking this more like the main cast announcement for Picard.

I think we’ll see all of them, and since this isn’t a serial, we can’t assume any are the seasonal guest star or seasonal big bad.

Sure it could be. I just mean until they tell us who they are actually playing it’s hard to say.

But I would say Discovery is probably the outlier too since it was really the first show where they were killing off main cast members left and right lol. Even by the end of first season, 3 main characters were killed off: Gerogiou, Culber and Lorca. Yes one showed up again as their MU counterpart and Culber, um, yeah, but it really is the first and still only show where no one felt safe outside of Burnham.

To put it in perspective, TNG ran for 15 years when you count the films and only 2 main characters died, Tasha Yar and Data…15 years apart at that. .).

True but even then BOTH of them were “brought back to life” so to speak.

I think an argument could be made that Jose’ Tyler, with his Brazilian mother, was a crewmember of color? But with the cutting for the 2-part episode, doubtful any of that made it on screen – and I’m not sure any of it made it in any of the various edits of THE CAGE, itself. There may have been a glimpse when the Talosians downloaded the ship’s database, but that’s just speculation on my part

A white Brazlian as a POC? How is that? And since, as I understand, POC is mainly a political term for people who see themselves discriminated against, should such a term cease to exist in Star Trek’s utopian future?

Because your are making the common mistake of believing that white supremacy is/was rational and in that, mistakenly believed rationality solely about the color of one’s pelt. It’s not.

Codified in the segregated states’ laws of the US’ is the one 32ndth rule where if you have any “non-white” ancestor within 32 generations back, then you are a person of color. And, of course, being irrationally inconsistent, the converse of having a “white” ancestor within 32 generations doesn’t make Tyler, white, so he doesn’t get to drink from the ‘whites only’ fountain.

In this, people of color were routinely denied access to “whites only” facilities. When the losing CSA fled to Brazil to attempt to reestablish itself there, it brought many of these established and nascent racist concepts with them.

Re: POC is mainly a political term

According to the OED, “person of color” was first recorded at the end of the 18th century and is not a political term. It’s initial usage was a reference to people of mixed African ancestry with pale skin tone. It has expanded to encompass all those considered non-white, i.e. not of European parentage.

José Tyler was just another alien spy but we haven’t found out yet. Tylers always are surgically altered alien spies. It’s what they do…Ash was a Klingon, Janel was a Krill… I’m sure José wasn’t Brazilian… He is a POC, but they failed to recreate the right shades…

Re:…failed to recreate the right shades…

Is that something akin to Khan bronzing or bleaching his skin tone to hide his true origins/identity?

Very nice. We all have our own triggers for joy. My happiness doesn’t rise or fall based on casting decisions for a TV show. It comes from my family, friends, and accomplishments.

It looks like TM erased my post. I’m not sure why when all it showed was a rumored casting list which literally paralleled the cast we have now citing one black male and the rest all women characters. Obviously it could still be wrong, but there is now some merit to it at least.

Anyway, it also listed what some of the roles and cited the doctor, head security officer, a vet and a linguistics officer (and was stated to be played by a young black woman). So we’ll see!

Maybe the rumor is going to be an upcoming announcement. :P

“Less flash, more substance”

Trek in recent years has been marred by being overly visual effects heavy, with a lackluster story. Please for the love of Christ, reverse this for Strange New Worlds. Also would love it if they could do some retro-retcons to the interior of the ship, to bring it closer in line with TOS. Not necessarily made of cardboard, but updated like they did with the bridge. Please no more “Discovery recolored corridors” or CGI Engineering. And lose the rollercoaster turbo “shafts”.

Don’t care who these actors are or what they’ve done, if they can tell a good story, and keep the visual effects less “effects heavy”. Also wouldn’t hurt them one bit to brighten up the scenes in space a bit. I want to be able to see the ships.

The reason why the corridors on Enterprise looked like “Discovery recolored corridors” was that they very likely were slightly redressed corridor sets from Discovery. Strange New Worlds is shot in a completely different studio now so it’s unlikely they will continue to use Discovery sets for Enterprise. Still, it’s possible that they will build the new corridor sets to look like what was established on Discovery season 2. I’m not sure if going with a CGI Engineering would be a good idea from a budget perspective. At least if they plan to show Engineering regularly. I don’t think we’ve seen Main Engineering on Discovery after three full seasons, but then again we also haven’t seen a Chief Engineer on that ship (unless it’s supposed to be Tig Notaro’s character). If Strange New Worlds is about going returning to more classic Trek they may also bring back the Chief Engineer as a series regular which would suggest that we would also spend more time in Engineering.

The bridge was well done, and I’d love to see other familiar locations from the original shows retconned as well. 100% with you on the turbolifts. God I hate how they turned it into a vast interior rollercoaster. The Motion Picture sets were beautiful for their time, so something along that theme would be refreshing to see.

Couldn’t agree more, Mike.

Technically, Discovery (and Picard for that matter) was well made. Where those shows failed was in character, writing and plotting.

And would very much like to see the Enterprise evoke the feel of The Cage version. And before people jump all over this, like you I’m not talking about an EXACT duplicate. Just something that is good looking for modern TV yet still evokes the look and feel of the original. It can be done. Their uniform update accomplished this. Do the same with the set design.

And if only one thing then please for the love of god, no more tubolift roller coasters!

I have some mixed feelings. Bit of a glass half-full feeling.

There are a couple of the bridge crew that we saw in the Discovery S2 finale that I’d like to see back. Perhaps they will still appear as secondary cast.

I agree that even more diversity (South Asians, Indigenous, Middle Eastern, non-Anglo Europeans) would strengthen the franchise generally.

At least they have the East Asian guy on Discovery who gets to say 9 words per season; but they do let him chuckle and grin periodically.

Yes. I would like to see them as well. They all looked great for this show, hope they also add them to SNW.

Would it still strengthen the franchise if the product was terrible? What if there was no diversity but the product was great? Wouldn’t that actually strengthen the franchise more? Not because of the lack of diversity of course but by the quality of the final product. (yes, of course the best situation would be to have a great product with a good diverse mix. Just trying to make a point here)

I mean, Discovery has diversity coming out of its ears. Yet that show doesn’t strengthen the franchise one bit. In fact, many think the show is so very bad it hurts the franchise. Therefore I think it safe to conclude that diversity alone doesn’t strengthen the franchise one tiny bit.

They say that the best Star Trek episodes are both written and directed by Akiva Goldsman. Set phasers to fun.

I see what you did there ;-).

So, Vice Admiral Nakamura is really Akiva Goldsman?

I look forward to three seasons of trying to learn their characters’ names. ;-)

Yes. If after three seasons few know the names of the secondary characters then SNW would have been Discovery-ed.

Looks great!!!! I do think then need Boyce and Colt though but suppose can have them sign off with new transfers. Maybe have Boyce die first episode, have Pike have to come to terms. Surprised they don’t want Jose Tyler. Love the thought of a young cadet/ensign Uhura. For more diversity add an Indian Chief Engineer! My worry – that they take the frontier of TOS and have Pike phone home to Starfleet command to get the answers in 2 seconds that he can go play holodeck. This is Wagon Train to the Stars and Horatio Hornblower in space not TNG.

“My worry – that they take the frontier of TOS and have Pike phone home to Starfleet command to get the answers in 2 seconds that he can go play holodeck.”

Dude they did that in the Kelvin movies lol….and remember who help write those. ;)

And the irony is that in TNG we actually saw the Enterprise take a day to get a message from Starfleet from Klingon or Romulan territory. But yet in the Kelvin movies, an entire century before, Kirk is talking to Scotty from the neutral zone to a bar in San Francisco like they were talking to each other in different cities.

In other words….don’t hold your breath. ;)

The speed of communication in JJ anything is flat out brain-numbing. It’s like these people don’t appreciate tension!

Clearly they did all of that for time since the entire movie only took place in a few days and had to (no pun intended ;)) speed along the plot. But it just made things feel really small in the process.

“Dude they did that in the Kelvin movies lol….and remember who help write those. ;)”

You are right and that’s totally my worry. I get asked why I repeat the obvious again and again… because it’s unfortunately obvious it is not obvious to those making these films.

It was like Enterprise – Concept – A prequel that you can do SpaceX in space (before SpaceX was even cool). We can have more drama. No radioing home for help. No phasers on stun. No transporters. First contacts gone wrong. Privative ships that can leave us stranded. Klingons trying to kill us, Romulans trying to conquer us, Vulcan’s think we are illogical, Andorians think we are emotional pushovers. Implementation 1 hour in: Transporters, phasers on stun, phone home, warp to the Klingon homeworld is like a holiday trip, peace with Klingons, first contact has everyone loving us. WTF?!?!?!

Watch Balance of Terror – see how Kirk single handedly has to make the call to violate the neutral zone both potentially starting and/or stopping a galactic war with either choice he makes and no Starfleet Command to make the choice for him… that’s drama. That’s Wagon Train to the Stars.

Then they make a TNG lite and wonder why they lost their audience. DS9 is good, let’s make Voyager. TNG lite, everyone stops watching. O Enterprise looks good then we all watch, then they turn it into TNG lite and we stop watching. Then ST:2009, people watch again. Then they make it TNG and everyone stops. Pike comes along, everyone loves it , then they make TNG again again and lose the audience. STOP IT.

Send all those TNG writers to the comedy series where they belong. Get some new writers who get TOS. Preferably under a Nick Meyer or whoever wrote Firefly that will go Tony Soprano on “Wagon Train to the Stars. Horatio Hornblower in space. SpaceX in space. Final frontier. FRONTIER OK!?!?!?”

No matter how many times you moan about it, TNG is a very beloved show and still highly watched today by both old and new fans. Get over it! It’s been over 30 years.

No one stop watching because they make ‘TNG again’. Not everyone cares about the same thing as you do. I never cared and I been watching Star Trek probably longer than you have. ;)

Trust me, I think I, like a lot of the audience, is over it. Thus the excitement over SNW

And TNG is still very very popular today but it’s been off the air for over 25 years now. SNW is actually new. And guess what you can like more than one show at a time. Most fans do, at least the hardcore ones like myself.

Or if you want to keep the TNG connection… Have the computer solve their problems. LOL!

I wonder if they kept the Engineering Cadet played Amrit Kaur from the short trek Ask Not

I’ll be disappointed if they didn’t.

It depends whether they will have regular background characters as on Discovery or if they are going for a TOS/TNG background player of the week thing.

In terms of the way the tax credits scoring system works, they get points for Canadians acting, and higher up the call sheet. So, we may see some regulars.

However, Canadians in behind the scenes leadership roles also count, and with COVID even more of the directors are likely to be Canadian this season (or Americans already working in Canada for other series).

Almost makes me want to renew by CBS All Access Paramount + subscription.

But I think I will wait until the end of S1 and binge it so I don’t waste my $$$.

Casting looks great! But Goldsman and Kurtzman, um, I could be optimistic but isn’t that the definition of insanity?

And as much as I would like to see Jesse Plemmons as Jose Tyler and John Glover as Bones Boyce, I think that ship has sailed. It is good to see the diversity and many more female roles.

(And as tempted as I am to say “THE WOMEN!”, I won’t.) >;>}

Why Jesse Plemmons for a Latino character?

Latino name, sort of; Latino character, no. Not from the evidence presented in “The Cage,” at least.

I am going based on resemblance. Jesse Plemmons somewhat resembles Peter Duryea, the actor who played Jose Tyler. Jose Tyler was blond haired with a Boston astronomer father and Brazilian mother.

Mr Peck, you’re absolutely wrong…705? On a scale from 1 to 10, this would be a 1701 :-)

The real question is, what are they going to make the Klingons look like? The classic TOS look, or something more Discovery style? Very excited about the cast, and I’m sure there is much more to come with casting announcements.

Based on what we saw in TOS, TMP, Enterprise and Discovery, it could conceivably be all of the above and more!

Always have a Brit in the cast of a ‘trek’ show

As a Brit I have to admit that I like that!

Voy let the side down in that regard

The real question is: what will be their jobs?

If all my other guesses are correct (black doctor, possibly M’Benga – black communications officer, possibly Uhura – Navia as chief of security, possibly Macha Hernandez – Jess Bush as “vet”, possibly exobiologist Carol Marcus), Christina Chong could helm the engineering department… But if Chong is the vet, Jess Bush may be head of engineering…

Alice Eve was British, Bibi Besch European… so Jess Bush could be Carol Marcus… and Chong would be Chief Engineer… She may even play an alien. Apart from Spock there is none aboard yet, so her not appearing in the cast sheet may indicate that…

I also think it would be a good idea to include Carol Marcus for casual moviegoers. It’s a character viewers of the KT trilogy are already familiar with. She looks a lot like a young Bibi Besch and like Alice Eve she is British.

Chong on the other hand – if Navia is the security chief – may be the one role not yet revealed. There is a spot for another alien as most Star Trek shows (not counting TOS) had at least two alien characters. She could play an Andorian or Orion or some completely new species.

Maybe there will be no main cast chief engineer first, like on TNG S1 or DSC, because a young Scotty may take that position later on.

Who knows… but it’s exciting to speculate…

Celia Gooding isn’t just black, she has got Nichelle Nichols’ voice!

Isn’t Jess Bush Australian?

M’Benga would be brilliant!!!! Also having Carol Marcus on board.

Bibi Besch was Austrian that means Christoph Waltz could play Alexander Marcus :P

Wish there was a Canadian in the main cast.

TOS had two.

Yeah, but none of them played a Canadian :-)

That’s another discussion Garth Lorca. That is, too many characters are supposedly from the United States when it doesn’t exist as a separate country after WW3. If there is world government, why are some Federation ships not only mostly human, but mostly American?

It’s nice to have Alison Pill in Picard, but it’s also nice to see Canadians getting main cast roles and while working in Canada.

Especially as Toronto is recognized by the UN as one of the most diverse major cities in the world. More than half the population is BIPOC, and the pool of actors is diverse too.

Other series, including the Expanse, have cast diverse Canadian actors in major roles to great success, without their having already been prominent in American productions. In fact, the diverse talent pool is viewed as one of the selling points for working in Toronto by other production companies. Seems to be a blind spot for Secret Hideout.

It doesn’t exist in Star Trek? I never got that. Kirk was still born in Iowa. Janeway is from Indiana. Riker is from Alaska. Even though a world organization was implied there was no reason to think that Britain, the USA, Japan, etc wouldn’t still exist.

My fingers are crossed for Amrit Kaur, liked her a lot in Short Treks

I am very surprised to see that Samora Smallwood was not announced as part of the series regular cast. She played the Enterprise’s navigator, Lt. Amin and was briefly seen in one of the Short Treks w/ Spock and Number One trapped in the turbolift. That’s too bad. She’s a terrific actress.

Maybe she will return but in a role similar to the bridge crew on Discovery. Even though they’ve been in almost every episode they are not listed as series regulars in the opening credits.

Is it just me or have they really done a terrific job on the VOICE casting?

I’ve always been impressed with Ethan Peck’s Spock voice (so much more accurate than Quinto)…

Given that my guesses are right, the other cast members sound also spot-on…

Celia Gooding … Nichelle Nichols.

Jess Bush … Bibi Besch

Rebecca Romjin… Majel Barret (she sounds so familiar as “she” has been the computer vpoice for decades

Melissa Navia… Denise Crosby (she’s not playing Tasha, but maybe doing her job)

All of them SOUND so familiar…

In addition: I’m having an even crazier theory who the black doctor could be. I’ve previously routed for M’Benga… but what if Clark Terrell had been a doctor before becoming captain of the Reliant? He was an old friend of Bones…

Yeah, Babs Olusanmoku does look nothing like M’Benga at all but there is more than just a tiny little resemblence to Paul Winfield…

Doctor Terrell, I love the sound of that. According to the original TWOK script, he was an old friend of Bones. Maybe they met during their medical studies. There are some off-canon appearances indicating a different background as a helmsman but if novels and comics were canon, Data would be still alive and well in B-4s body. So it is totally possible Terrell had been a doctor…

I hope SNW adds something new. Many of the preceding series found their own niche as they were tonally different: TOS – the Age of Sail and exploration; TNG – diplomacy and compromise; DS9 – war; VOY – being lost; ENT – hope and building a new world. A good place to start may be the reason for the Constitution Class project. SNW should not, IMHO, retread the ground of TOS.

What if every one of them is playing an alien character?

As a thought exercise, I’ve put myself in the shoes of Abrams, Kurtzman and even the infamous Braga/Berman duo. And it’s surprisingly easy to be tempted to spite certain fans. It’s like they do the minimum amount of research, and do the exact opposite of what’s expected. Some say they seem to be fully aware of what they’re doing though, and that’s pretty insidious.

It’s just a pattern I keep noticing. Whenever there’s a large shake-up in the Trek continuity, I somehow find myself exploring and kinda defending the other side, playing Devil’s advocate. Does that make me less of a *fan*? Did I finally sell out or am I finally reaching my breaking point? Fandom noise can really test your patience, maybe it’s no longer fun for me. And personally, some aspects of the senior fanbois have become a bit of a chore. Double checking the most obscure sources, constantly looking over your shoulder, enraged purists up in arms. Canon this, research that, committing the occasional Trekkie rights violation, verifying data like a madman. It can really get to your creative psyche. Tread carefully indeed…

Every fandom of an aging genre franchise is divided these days because everyone has his or her own headcanon, expectations, tastes, favourites and dislikes. There is no way they would ever be able to please everyone or even a majority of fans.

There is a pattern I keep noticing though. Whenever there is a new show or movje series, it instantly becomes the most hated one, redeeming its predecessors. People used to hate VOY and ENT and the entire late B&B era. Now after the KT movies, DSC and PIC, those old shows are more popular than ever, Berman has been a loyal allumni for decades still celebrating with his TNG family and Braga co-produces The Orville, purist Trekkies’ most beloved show.

Same with the “infamous” PT trilogy of Star Wars. It used to be loathed by millions, now it is fully acknowledged classic SW, with the ST taking the blame for being so bad…

But there is one thing we can be absolutely certain about: come the next Trek show and PIC will be redeemed… I hope SNW will break that vicious circle just like The Mandalorian did for SW… provisionally…

Deviate even slightly from the formula or what is comfortable and the fans won’t like it, do what they expect and be damned for not being original enough. Its almost like people want the same meal served up over and over, or the same television show recycled, or same movie remade.

Seeing that shot of the bridge just makes me wish again that they would update their design style to something more believable instead of the “accent light in your face everywhere you look” aesthetic. It is perfectly fine to have big sections of plain wall on the bridge without a static light embedded in it. I just can’t believe that style would ever be a thing in a real and functional environment, no matter how futuristic it should be.

JMS said the same thing about touch screens and even flat screens in the mid 90s when he created Babylon 5 with traditional tube screens… It didn’t even take a decade to prove him wrong.

Too many women. Male trek fans will be frightened.

Nope, I’m scared of real women but I’ve always been fond of my Trek ladies. They are a perfect compensation for what’s lacking in real life and now there is plenty… :-)

nice cast! But with the same people at the helm that did DSC I do not have my hopes high, sadly. I had hoped for a new fresh start with new writers and new ideas.

I know nothing about Jess Bush. But, just based on the picture, I’m hoping she’s playing Yeoman Colt. Actually, for that matter, I’m just hoping in this series that -anybody- is playing Yeoman Colt. (And it would be kinda cool to quickly to cast Laurel Goodwin as a guest star early on!)

I hope Jess Bush plays Carol Marcus. She’s got that vibe. In the cast sheet, they are talking about a “vet”… I can hardly imagine an animal doctor aboard… but a xeno-/exobiologist specializing on “something you can transplant”… On the other hand, she’s a molecular biologist later on in her life and doesn’t really like Starfleet in this timeline… I don’t know. I’m not sure but I think she’s her… My guts tell me that they want her on that show because she’s already a thing with casual moviegoers who saw that character in STID…

Nice. But I’m more interested in the characters than the actors.

I’m waiting for the inevitable recasting of Shatner’s Captain Kirk for the Discovery universe. Or Discovery timeline or however you want to phrase it.

Prime Timeline

Sad it looks like a 10 episode season (which I guess is pretty standard for CBSAA/Paramount+. I was hoping they’d give it 13 like they have for the majority of Star Trek Discovery’s season runs to date.

As far as I remember Anson Mount voiced some reservations after season 2 of Discovery about how long it took to shoot the show. So he may have lobbied for a shorter season for Strange New Worlds. Also, with COVID still going strong even getting those 10 episodes into the can will be difficult, I guess.

Seems pretty underwhelming.

Will they be treated as though as they are essentially extras, like the Discovery supporting cast?

And why don’t they have more Asians in the cast? Hoshi, aside from 2009 Sulu, is the most recent prominent Asian character.

The name may not tell it but Georgiou was a pretty prominent Asian character on Discovery. The actor playing Gen Rhys on Discovery has Sino-Mauritian roots.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C., Right Now

The food scene in and around the nation’s capital is vibrant these days, with Italian, Ethiopian, Salvadoran and more. Comments are open.

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By Korsha Wilson , Brett Anderson , Melissa Clark , Tanya Sichynsky and Nikita Richardson

Published April 29, 2024 Updated April 30, 2024

In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free dishes.

2Fifty Barbecue

Riverdale Park | Barbecue, Salvadoran

Various smoked meats and side dishes sit on a metal serving tray.

As at any good barbecue restaurant, the smell of wood smoke announces 2Fifty Barbecue before you enter the doors to the casual dining room. The owners, Debby Portillo and Fernando González, moved from El Salvador to Maryland with a custom smoker in 2018, selling plates of barbecue at farmers’ markets before opening this location and one in Washington, D.C., proper. Fans order ahead for plates of tangy, South American-inflected Texas barbecue that often sells out before the day is through. Don’t miss the tender prime brisket, smoky ribs or chicken quarters, all with a side of craveable macaroni and cheese. It’s a perfect spread to take to nearby Riverdale Park on a nice day. KORSHA WILSON

4700 Riverdale Road, Riverdale Park, Md.; 240-764-8763; 2fiftybbq.com

Navy Yard | Mediterranean, Middle Eastern

Albi , which means “heart” in Arabic, is the chef Michael Rafidi’s love letter to the foods of his Palestinian American childhood. The kitchen is dominated by a coal-fire hearth, which sends fragrant wafts of smoke out to the dining room alongside Mr. Rafidi’s inspired takes on Levantine classics such as hummus (topped with crab and charred ramps), kebabs (skewered morsels of date-glazed duck and foie gras) and grape leaves (stuffed with rockfish, green tomato and preserved lemon). The passion of the place is also on display in the wine list. Packed with classic gems and deep cuts from all over the world (with particular emphasis on the Middle East), the charming wine list has sections, like “#Unapologeticallyclassicwhitewines,” and “‘Donnie Darko’ Reds,” that make even the biggest wine snobs crack a smile. MELISSA CLARK

1346 Fourth St. SE, Washington, D.C.; 202-921-9592; albidc.com

Petworth | African Diasporic

Built around a conceptual, highly personal menu, Almeda has just 18 seats. If that sounds like a lot of restaurants in D.C., think again. The chef and owner Danielle Harris channels the cooking of the African diaspora in a unique, intimate neighborhood restaurant where you could reasonably imagine becoming a regular. Go with an appetite to sample the full menu, including tostone doubles, shrimp aguachile seasoned with Old Bay, jollof risotto and the whole chicken, which is smoked, roasted and then fried. They are dishes you’ll recall when it’s comfort you crave. BRETT ANDERSON

828 Upshur Street NW, Washington, D.C.; no phone; almedarestaurant.com

Mount Vernon Square | Thai

If there is ever a silver lining to a restaurant closing, as 14th Street’s beloved Baan Thai did in 2019, it is the chance that it might one day return in a fresher but familiar form. Enter Baan Siam, a pandemic baby now approaching its fourth birthday. Don’t bother flipping through the chef Jeeraporn Poksupthong’s multi-page menu in search of pad kee mao or pad see ew — you won’t find them here. Instead, revel in the Northern Thai dishes she built a following around at her old Logan Circle spot and now expertly prepares in the sprawling kitchen of her Mount Vernon Square restaurant, like the exemplary khao soi, a curry in the brightest shade of marigold, teeming with fall-of-the-bone chicken and crowned with a Medusa-esque tangle of fried egg noodles. Those seeking the balance of sweet, sour and fiery flavors that is a hallmark of Thai cooking will find it abundant in dishes like the green mango salad strewed with peanuts and a sprightly salad of fried lotus root and plump grilled shrimp. TANYA SICHYNSKY

425 I Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-588-5889; baansiamdc.com

Arlington | Uyghur

You can add Bostan’s chicken and lamb skewers to the list of great kebabs out there: juicy, hot-from-the-coals, heady with cumin. But what makes these kebabs truly special is everything you order to go along with them, dishes like saozi, supple flat noodles in a tart, red-tinted broth; rangpiza, a cold noodle dish sparked with chili oil; and the beef-and-onion stuffed flatbread called goshan. The owners, Mirzat Salam and Zulhayat Omer, started serving traditional Uyghur cuisine in this Arlington, Va., strip-mall after coming to the United States in 2019, where they ultimately joined the waves of immigrants fleeing war and persecution granted asylum in Northern Virginia over the decades. Bostan is one of a handful of Uyghur restaurants in the area; a second location opened in Herndon late last year. BRETT ANDERSON

3911 Langston Boulevard, Arlington, Va.; 703-527-2026; bostanuyghurcuisine.com

14th Street Corridor| Bistro

Bresca, the chef and owner Ryan Ratino’s tribute to Parisian neo-bistros, is the rare restaurant where avant-garde, technique-heavy dishes are approachable and fun. Slices of kanpachi crudo are fanned in a semicircle like a perpetual Tilt-a-Whirl, while an amuse bouche that resembles a whole black truffle is actually a charcoal-dusted gougère stuffed with truffle-scented Mornay sauce. Even the cocktails show up in whimsical vessels like the Bee’s Knees served in a glass bee adorned with a fresh sprig of baby’s breath. Diners can order à la carte or from a prix fixe menu — or go all out and splurge on a tasting menu at Jônt , Bresca’s spendy upstairs sibling. KORSHA WILSON

1906 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-518-7926; brescadc.com

Casa Teresa

Downtown D.C. | Spanish

Rubén García was a longtime top lieutenant of the Spanish American chef José Andrés, the person most responsible for bringing high quality tapas and Spanish-influenced molecular gastronomy to the Washington area. Casa Teresa, the first restaurant Mr. García opened after striking out on his own last year, raises the bar yet again. The menu is filled mainly with traditional Spanish dishes, but they are treated with a level of technical proficiency and whimsy not normally afforded pa amb tomàquet, croquetas de jamón or Basque cheesecake. This cooking will make you fall in love with Spanish food all over again. Take time to peruse the wine director Sarah Vanags’s Spanish drinks selection, which focuses on women winemakers. BRETT ANDERSON

919 19th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-856-7979; teresadc.com

Silver Spring | Mid Atlantic

Open since 1945 on Georgia Avenue, Crisfield is a master class in no-frills Mid Atlantic dishes like seafood bisque, broiled fish platters and crab cakes with no filler. The interior of the restaurant hasn’t changed much over the years, but the neighborhood around it has, making a visit feel like stepping back in time, where this style of dining was the norm for the area. It’s a perfect destination for a platter of fried seafood with juicy, lightly battered shrimp, scallops and perch. KORSHA WILSON

8012 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Md; 301-589-1306; facebook.com/crisfieldseafoodrestaurant/

Falls Church | New American

Yuan and Carey Tang, the husband and wife team behind Ellie Bird, cut their teeth working in fine-dining restaurants in Washington, D.C., where they opened their critically acclaimed tasting-menu restaurant Rooster & Owl . Their second project, in the affluent bedroom community of Falls Church, where the couple grew up, is decidedly homier. There, they’re proving that suburbanites are as hungry for imaginative cooking as any city denizen. Think Vietnamese French onion soup with braised oxtail, cacio e pepe crossed with elotes, and fried oyster larb gai. It’s well worth the short trip outside the District. NIKITA RICHARDSON

125 Founder’s Avenue, Falls Church, Va.; 703-454-8894; elliebirdva.com

H Street Corridor | Ethiopian

D.C. has long had an abundance of Ethiopian restaurants — and everyone has their favorite — but Ethiopic on a bustling section of H Street is one of the most modern examples of just how much Ethiopian cuisine is a key part of local dining. The owners Samuel Ergete and Meseret Bekele opened the glossy dining room in 2010 and it has since become a staple in the area, a place to meet friends for a meal of classics like doro wat, tibs and timatim salad on springy, tangy injera bread, alongside glasses of honey wine. KORSHA WILSON

401 H Street NE, Washington D.C.; 202-675-2066; ethiopicrestaurant.com

Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly

Rockville | Filipino

Kuya Ja’s specialty is in its name: pork belly that condenses the appeal of Filipino-style whole roast pig into a rolled roast redolent of lemongrass and garlic, with skin too crisp to break with just one whack of your fork. The pork belly is available with atchara (basically spicy Filipino papaya kraut, if you’re unfamiliar) in a sandwich, on a bed of rice or in combination with another of the co-owner and chef Javier Fernandez’s meats, which you should not ignore. The lechon may be what first brought crowds to Kuya Ja’s, but there are plenty more reasons to trek to this fast-casual strip mall storefront in suburban Maryland, including desserts from Gwenie’s Pastries , run by Stella Fernandez, Mr. Fernandez’s sister. BRETT ANDERSON

5268-H Nicholson Lane, Rockville, Md.; 240-669-4383; kuyajas.com

Adams Morgan | Afghan

This homey Afghan restaurant is more than just a great place to eat tender beef kofta stewed with root vegetables and flatbreads stuffed with onions and leeks spiked with cilantro, it’s also a taste of home for the chef Shamim Popal. Ms. Popal fled Afghanistan and came to Washington, D.C., in 1987. Here, she is making the dishes she remembers from her upbringing. The Popal family also operate the excellent Lutèce in Georgetown and the new Pascual on Capitol Hill, but Lapis feels like their family home. KORSHA WILSON

1847 Columbia Road NW, Washington D.C.; 202-299-9630; lapisdc.com

H Street Corridor | Cambodian, Taiwanese

Entering the sleek space at Maketto offers a bit of a choose-your-own-adventure: the dining can serve as an all-day cafe, a great option for group dinners or business lunches, and single diners sometimes even open their laptops to work while enjoying a coffee. On warm evenings, the back patio feels like a dinner party. The menu offers delicious and surprising mash-ups of Cambodian and Taiwanese cuisines like Gruyère dumplings with hearty Chinese chili, wok-charred lo mein noodles with roasted pork and satisfying baos. KORSHA WILSON

1351 H Street NE, Washington, D.C.; 202-838-9972; maketto1351.com

Fairfax | Chinese

Peter Chang is one of the region’s most celebrated chef-restaurateurs. Mama Chang is a testament to the fact that he did not achieve this status alone. The menu pays tribute to Mr. Chang’s main sources of support and inspiration: Ronger Wang, his mother, and Lisa Chang, his wife and business partner, who is also an accomplished chef. Since opening in 2019, the restaurant has introduced dishes, many inspired by the home cooking of Mr. Chang’s native Hubei province, that have gone onto the menus at the Chang family’s 16 other restaurants in the area. Standouts include fish ball and lamb soup, lychee pepper chicken and a stew filled with sweet potato noodles, sour cabbage and pork. Eating this dazzling food at this elegant Northern Virginia restaurant, lined with comfortable booths and blond wood surfaces, feels like an occasion. BRETT ANDERSON

3251 Blenheim Boulevard, Suite 101, Fairfax, Va.; 703-268-5556; mamachangva.com

Shaw | Latin American, Vegan, Tasting Menu

In Mita ’s hushed, gray-hued dining room, warmly accented in tonal browns, the Latin American, vegetable-based cuisine of Miguel Guerra and Tatiana Mora arrives in neon bursts, with bold flavors to match. Orbs of vibrant watermelon form a jewel-toned mosaic with fermented carrots and cilantro; marinated orange-fleshed squash and a ruffle of crispy kale are liberally but carefully drizzled with pungent mole. For dessert, a cherry blossom-themed confection in dazzling pink jubilantly mixes rhubarb with strawberry and yuzu. If you’re vegan-curious or even vegan-resistant, Mita’s tasting menu will win you over. This is plant-based cuisine in fireworks mode: playful, incandescent and instantly appealing. MELISSA CLARK

804 V Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-929-7792; mitadc.com

Oyster Oyster

Shaw | Tasting Menu

Many restaurants take sustainability seriously, but few are as rigorous as Oyster Oyster . The chef Rob Rubba’s ever-changing, hyperlocal tasting menu celebrates both fungi and bivalves, exemplars of sustainable foodways that in his hands are also thoroughly delicious. Mushrooms play the bigger role, whether roasted and topped with verdant spring onions or simmered in a dusky, woodsy stew thickened with potatoes. Oysters, which get a pass on an otherwise plant-based menu since their cultivation is beneficial to the ocean, sometimes appear coyly, hidden under gossamer sheets of radish with herb oil, and other times overtly, layered with watermelon and crunchy peanuts. Even the candle holders are crafted from recuperated oyster shells, and whatever is left in your water glass goes to grateful plants, like a tip for nature itself. MELISSA CLARK

1440 Eighth Street NW, Washington, D.C.; no phone; oysteroysterdc.com

Pineapple and Pearls

Capitol Hill | New American, Global, Tasting Menu

You might groan at the email reminding you that there’s no dress code but “most people dress fancy” a few days before your reservation at Pineapple & Pearls. But upon entering the velvety, chandeliered dining room, you understand that the rules aren’t to dampen the fun, but to enhance it. Once you’re seated, the evening is a celebratory, all-out affair where caviar flows freely and a parade of dishes mix and match influences from all over the globe. French bouillabaisse meets Brazilian moqueca in a course featuring lobster and a rich fish broth. A pasta course inspired by Cheez-Its is deliciously punchy (seriously), and a sundae dessert course comes with caviar and gummy bears arranged like multicolored soldiers. It’s dizzying and fun, and like any good party, ends with a parting gift: a Wagyu cheeseburger to help nurse your hangover. KORSHA WILSON

715 Eighth Street SE, Washington, D.C.; 202-595-7375; pineappleandpearls.com

Pupuseria Mamá Emilia

Rockville, Md. | Salvadoran

Salvadoran food is tightly knit into the fabric of the local culture. Elsy Claros — whose mother, Emilia Cruz Lopez, ran a pupuseria in El Salvador — played a role in spreading the cuisine across the metro area, with the pupuserias she opened with her sisters. Mamá Emilia ups the ante. Ms. Claros opened the restaurant with the help of her daughter, Ericka, in 2022. There are traditional pupusas, oozing cheese, frijoles and chicharrón. But there are also pupusas with fillings that include shrimp, mint and kale. There are nearly 30 different styles, all served hot and freshly blistered, starting at breakfast, when you’d be well served ordering the signature item with eggs, in a red sauce that rivals the best enchilada gravy. BRETT ANDERSON

785 Rockville Pike, Suite H, Rockville, Md. 20852; 301-605-7063; facebook.com/PupuseriaMamaEmilia/

Penn Quarter and West End | Indian

A lot of restaurants are worse for wear after nearly two decades in business, but Rasika, chef Vikram Sunderam’s, game-changing, fine-dining Indian restaurant that opened in 2005, still purrs with a full dining room most nights. Devotees of Mr. Sunderam’s cooking visit the West End location or the original in Penn Quarter near the National Mall for crispy fried spinach with sweet yogurt in the palak chaat or the buttery black cod (which are both classic D.C. dishes at this point), but the selection of naans and meat dishes like the chile-heavy lamb roganjosh are also spectacular. KORSHA WILSON

633 D Street NW; 202-637-1222; and 1190 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-466-2500; rasikarestaurant.com

Reveler’s Hour

Adams Morgan| Italian American

Perhaps you are one of those people who believes an urban neighborhood is incomplete without a contemporary Italian American trattoria where the food is exceptional but the setting and prices (at least by current big-city standards) make it suitable for all occasions. Reveler’s Hour serves this role in Adams Morgan. The frequently changing menu is filled with pleasantly familiar, subtly erudite dishes. There is a Caesar salad, though it could be made with escarole or kohlrabi, and if you go hungry for chicken, hope that it’s fried and drizzled with saffron hot honey. The ricotta cavatelli Bolognese arrives with a healthy shaving of two-year aged Parmesan, while the caramelized onion-Gruyère arancini is accompanied with the smart suggestion to pair it with amontillado sherry. This is food worthy of admiration, but humble enough to recede into the background of a night to remember. BRETT ANDERSON

1775 Columbia Road NW, Washington, D.C.; no phone; revelershour.com

U Street | Modern Caribbean

Near the nightlife of the U Street corridor, this trendy restaurant is evidence of a younger, newer D.C. dining crowd that wants easygoing and delicious. The menu plays the hits of Trinidadian cuisine with dishes like tender roti, dense cassava dumplings, spiced aloo and chaat pies with slightly sweet fried bread, but also offers modern takes on Caribbean ingredients like the delicate and evergreen-colored callaloo soup garnished with lump crab meat. The atmosphere is fun and service is friendly making it a great spot to enjoy happy hour or a casual dinner. KORSHA WILSON

2017 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-695-8620; stjames-dc.com

Shaw | Mid Atlantic, Tasting Menu

Mid Atlantic cuisine sits at the intersection of the North and South, drawing on ingredients from the Chesapeake Bay and recipes created along its vast watershed. Jeremiah Langhorne, the chef and co-owner of the Dabney, gives this regional style of cooking the tasting menu treatment. The results — pork crépinette in a mustard green casing, bluefin tartar wrapped in nasturtium leaves, aged tilefish served in a hail of pumpernickel crumbs and benne seeds — are playfully creative, but earthier in their appeal than what’s found at other high-priced options permeating D.C. It’s also hard not to be entranced in this transporting dining room in the Blagden Alley historic district, dominated by the open kitchen’s blazing hearth. BRETT ANDERSON

122 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-240-2660; thedabney.com

The Duck & the Peach

Capitol Hill | New American

Opened in 2020, the Duck and the Peach’s sparse dining room in the shadow of Eastern Market calls attention to the star of the show (and the menu): a large, spinning rotisserie that looms in the open kitchen. The owner, Hollis Wells Silverman, and the chef, Katarina Petonito, serve excellent dishes using seasonal local produce, turning it into straightforward dishes with California influences. Tilefish is roasted and served with asparagus and a cream sauce, lemon risotto is topped with grilled local baby onions and the namesake dish, the rotisserie duck is showered with dressed local greens. It’s a modern take on Mid Atlantic cuisine that shows how much the region has to offer beyond its storied seafood. KORSHA WILSON

300 Seventh Street SE, Washington, D.C.; 202-431-1913; duckandpeachdc.com

Columbia Heights | Laotian

Seng Luangrath spurred a D.C. renaissance in the herbal, funky, often spicy cooking of her native Laos when she opened Thip Khao in 2014. The stylishly casual cafe struck a chord with dishes like nam khao, a crispy coconut-rice salad with fermented pork, the slightly sweet beef jerky called sin, and red goat curry famous for its furnace-blast heat. The cocktails, which also draw on Laotian ingredients, are alone worth a visit, but they’re also smartly designed to complement the food. Ms. Luangrath has opened a number of well-liked Lao restaurants in the metro area, including two locations of Padaek in Northern Virginia, both worth seeking out. BRETT ANDERSON

3462 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.; 202-387-5426; thipkhao.com

Z&Z Manoushe Bakery

Rockville | Levantine

The crust of Z&Z’s classic manoushe, covered in a forest green slick of olive oil and za’atar, is both tantalizingly chewy and thoroughly crisp, from the edge to the tip of each triangle-cut slice. If the quality and complexity brings to mind artisan pizza, you’re not alone. While the owners, Danny and Johnny Dubbaneh, are quick to point out Levantine flatbreads predate pizza, the brothers’ family-run business does operate a little like a pizzeria, with the many variations on its signature item — don’t miss the manoushe topped with tomatoes, cucumbers and toum — ordered to-go in cardboard takeout boxes. The cozy, four-table bakery is a step up from Z&Z’s farmers’ market beginnings, but it still belies the regional demand the Dubbanehs have helped to create for manoushe, with Z&Z products now available in grocery stores across the Mid Atlantic. BRETT ANDERSON

1111 Nelson Street, Rockville, Md., 301-296-4178; zandzdc.com

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‘The Idea Of You’ Red Carpet Premiere Photos At SXSW

Reid Scott, Ella Rubin, Nicholas Galitzine, Anne Hathaway and Michael Showalter at the ‘The Idea of You’ premiere

Anne Hathaway at the ‘The Idea of You’ premiere

Nicholas Galitzine

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Nicholas Galitzine and Anne Hathaway at the ‘The Idea of You’ premiere

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine at the ‘The Idea of You’ premiere as part of SXSW 2024

Skyler Gisondo

SXSW Film & TV Awards – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Tracie Laymon wins the Narrative Feature Competition for “Bob Trevino Likes It” at the SXSW Film & TV Awards

Fatima Wardy and Joey Hunt win the Texas Shorts Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Hair Care”

Lihana Torres and Carla Sospedra win the Special Jury Award for Performance for “Mamifera”

Jamie Perera, Rebecca Wolff, Mark Oosterveen, Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, Julia Ton and Jen Cohn win the Documentary Feature Competition for “Grand Theft Hamlet”

Carina Mia and Alex Simmons win the Special Jury Award for Bravery and Empathy for “We Can Be Heroes”

Kate Dumke wins the SXSW Best of Texas Award for “Preconceived”

Aaron Santiago, Marc Da Costa, Matthew Niederhauser and Kathryn McCawley win the XR Experience Competition for “The Golden Key”

Anna Firbank, Sarah Ticho and Niki Smit win the XR Experience Competition Special Jury Award for “Soul Paint”

Ward Kamel wins the Poster Design Competition Special Jury Award for “If I Die in America”

Bobby Emefiele, Anthony Saxe and Jarrett Milton win the Narrative Short Competition presented by You42 for “Dissolution”

Megan Catalfano, Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz and Alex Morsanutto win the Narrative Short Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Trapped”

David Gauvey Herbert wins the Documentary Short Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Frank”

Nina Gantz wins the Animated Shorts Competition presented by You42 for “Wander to Wonder”

Eros Vlahos and Masha Thorpe win the Midnight Shorts Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Meat Puppet”

Phoebe Hart wins the Animated Shorts Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Bug Diner”

Rodrigue Huart wins the Midnight Shorts Competition presented by You42 for “Transylvanie”

Joseph Nicolosi and Nathan Smith win the Music Video Competition Special Jury Award for Technical Wizardry presented by You42 for “The Burning Hell – ‘All I Need’ ”

Cécile Cournelle wins the Music Video Competition presented by You42 for “Célen – ‘Mom told you so’ ”

Ariel Ortiz, Sarah Nimeh, Zachary Clark and Jeff Walker win the Texas Shorts Competition presented by You42 for “Jedo’s Dead”

Fatima Wardy wins the Texas Shorts Competition Special Jury Award presented by You42 for “Hair Care”

Kenzie Packer, Aidan Erbter, Jack Gacek, Alex Gehrlein, Clint Pang, Brett Morrow, Sam Song Li and Matt Walton win the Independent TV Pilot Competition for “Marvin Is Sorry”

Zeke Nicholson wins the Independent TV Pilot Competition Special Jury Award for “Halfrican American”

“Música” – Premiere – Red Carpet – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Steven Bello, Robbie Chernow, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso, Marianna Mancuso, Miles Coreas, Dan Lagana, Mary Viola and McG at the premiere of “Música” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 13

Camila Mendes at the premiere of “Música”

Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso

“Música” – Premiere – Q&A – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Francesca Reale, Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso and Maria Mancuso at the premiere of “Música” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 13

Céline Roustan, Francesca Reale, Camila Mendes, Rudy Mancuso and Maria Mancuso at the premiere of “Música” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 13

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Omni Loop” World Premiere

Mary-Louise Parker attends the ‘Omni Loop’ world premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at The State Theatre on March 13

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Day 6

(L-R) Bernardo Britto, Mary-Louise Parker and Hannah Pearl Utt

Cheyenne Cage, Patrick Donovan, Ben Cohen, Hannah Pearl Utt, Bernardo Britto, Mary-Louise Parker, Ava Benjamin Shorr and Steven Maier attend the World Premiere of “Omni Loop”

“Immaculate” – Premiere – Red Carpet- SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Sydney Sweeney at the premiere of “Immaculate” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 12

“Immaculate” – Premiere – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Michael Mohan, Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco and Álvaro Morte at the premiere of “Immaculate” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 12

“Immaculate” – Premiere – Q&A – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Sydney Sweeney

Michael Mohan and Sydney Sweeney

Michael Mohan, Sydney Sweeney, Andrew Lobel, Alvaro Morte and Benedetta Porcaroli at the premiere of “Immaculate”

“The Fall Guy” – Premiere – Q&A – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling and Stephanie Hsu at the premiere of “The Fall Guy” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 12

Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling and Stephanie Hsu

Claudette Godfrey, David Leitch, Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Stephanie Hsu, Winston Duke, Hannah Waddingham, Drew Pearce, Guymon Casady and Kelly McCormick

“The Fall Guy” – Premiere – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Hannah Waddingham at the premiere of “The Fall Guy” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 12

Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham, Kelly McCormick and David Leitch

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt

Winston Duke, Ryan Gosling and Hannah Waddingham

“The Fall Guy” – Premiere – Red Carpet – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Ryan Gosling at the premiere of “The Fall Guy” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 12

Emily Blunt

Ryan Gosling

Hannah Waddingham

Dominic Lewis

Stephanie Hsu

Winston Duke

Guymon Casady

Drew Pearce

Featured Session: A Conversation with Sydney Sweeney – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Perri Nemiroff and Sydney Sweeney at Featured Session: A Conversation with Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney at Featured Session: A Conversation with Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney and Perri Nemiroff at Featured Session: A Conversation with Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney and Perri Nemiroff

v on March 12, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

The Lionsgate Motion Picture Group’s Head of Inclusive Content Kamala Avila-Salmon speaks on the SXSW panel “Diversity, AI, and the Future of Hollywood” on March 12, 2024 in Austin, TX.

Rebecca Finlay, Kamala Avila-Salmon, Evan Shapiro, H Schuster

H Schuster, Kamala Avila-Salmon, Evan Shapiro, Rebecca Finlay

“Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie” – Premiere – Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong at the premiere of “Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie”

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie” Wolrd Premiere

Tommy Chong is seen at the ‘Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie’ world premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at The Paramount Theatre on March 12

Keynote: Daniels: How We Pulled Off Everything Everywhere All at Once – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert at the Keynote: Daniels: How We Pulled Off Everything Everywhere All at Once as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 12

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan at the Keynote: Daniels: How We Pulled Off Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan

“A Nice Indian Boy” – Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Zarna Garg, Karan Soni and Sunita Mani at the premiere of “A Nice Indian Boy”

“Diane Warren: Relentless” – Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Diane Warren at the premiere of “Diane Warren: Relentless” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 12

Frances Fisher, Risa Shapiro, Diane Warren, Bess Kargman and Cindy Wiener

Frances Fisher and Diane Warren

Matthew Cherchio, Kat Nguyen, guest, Justin Lacob, Rhonda Resnick, Cindy Wiener, Diane Warren, Bess Kargman, Michele Farinola, guest, Peggy Drexler, Frances Fisher, Todd Garner, Risa Shapiro, Dava Whisenant, Erin Dowgiert, Katherine Drexler and guest at the premiere of “Diane Warren: Relentless” as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the ZACH Theatre on March 12

World Premiere of “The Gutter” at SXSW – Day 5

Paul Scheer, Paul Reiser, D’Arcy Carden, Susan Sarandon, Shameik Moore and Terrell Battle

Paul Reiser and Susan Sarandon

D’Arcy Carden, Paul Reiser, Susan Sarandon and Shameik Moore

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon attends the World Premiere of “The Gutter” during 2024 SXSW Conference And Festival at The Paramount Theatre on March 12

Susan Sarandon (L) and D’Arcy Carden

Paul Reiser

Yassir Lester

Shameik Moore

Paul Scheer

Featured Session: Monkey Man: A Conversation with Director and Star Dev Patel – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Jacqueline Coley and Dev Patel at the Monkey Man: A Conversation with Director and Star Dev Patel as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 12

Dev Patel at the Monkey Man: A Conversation with Director and Star Dev Patel as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 12

Jacqueline Coley and Dev Patel

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Monkey Man” World Premiere

(L-R) Jordan Peele and Dev Patel attend the ‘Monkey Man’ world premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at The Paramount Theatre on March 11

Universal Pictures Presents The SXSW Premiere Of “Monkey Man”

(L-R) Pitobash, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vipin Sharma, Dev Patel and Sharlto Copley attend as Universal Pictures presents the SXSW premiere of “Monkey Man” at The Paramount Theater on March 11

Jordan Peele speaks on stage as Universal Pictures presents the SXSW premiere of “Monkey Man” at The Paramount Theater on March 11

Dev Patel speaks on stage as Universal Pictures presents the SXSW premiere of “Monkey Man”

“Star Trek: Discovery” | Premiere At SXSW

Trevor Roth, Blu del Barrio, Aaron Baiers, Michelle Paradise, Sonequa Martin-Green, Adam Vary, Doug Jones, Alex Kurtzman, David Ajala, Mary Wiseman and Wilson Cruz attend the “Star Trek: Discovery” final season premiere during the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival at Stateside Theater on March 11

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Day 4

Walton Goggins attends the premiere of “The Uninvited” during the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival at The Stateside Theatre on March 11

Featured Session: KISS MY GRASS: Why Women of Color Deserve Better In Weed – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Rosario Dawson at the Featured Session: KISS MY GRASS: Why Women of Color Deserve Better In Weed as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 11

Hope Wiseman, Mary Pryor, Rosario Dawson, Hilary L. Yu and Whitney Beatty at the Featured Session: KISS MY GRASS: Why Women of Color Deserve Better In Weed as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 11

‘Arcadian’ – Premiere – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Nicolas Cage, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Jaeden Martell and Benjamin Brewer at the ‘Arcadian’ premiere

Braxton Pope, Michael Nilon, Nicolas Cage, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall, Jaeden Martell Benjamin Brewer, David M. Wulf and Kylie Rohead at the ‘Arcadian’ premiere

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Arcadian” World Premiere

Nicholas Cage attends the ‘Arcadian’ World Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at The Paramount Theatre on March 11

‘Arcadian’ – Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Nicholas Cage

Maxwell Jenkins

Benjamin Brewer

Jaeden Martell

Arianne Fraser

Delphine Perrier

“Star Trek: Discovery” Cast Surprise & Delight At Paramount+ The Lodge At SXSX

Sonequa Martin-Green

David Ajala, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones and Blu del Barrio attend the Paramount+ The Lodge during 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival at Clive Bar on March 11

Featured Session: Live Podcast Episode of Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Jane Schoenbrun, Daniel Noah and Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood, Jane Schoenbrun and Daniel Noah at Featured Session: Live Podcast Episode of Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention center on March 11

Elijah Wood and Jane Schoenbrun at Featured Session: Live Podcast Episode of Visitations with Elijah Wood & Daniel Noah

Featured Session: Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real On Mental Health – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Selena Gomez at the Featured Session: Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real On Mental Health as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 10

Mandy Teefey, Dr. Jessica Stern, Selena Gomez, Solomon Thomas, Dr. Corey Yeager at the Featured Session: Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real On Mental Health as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 10

“Magpie” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Daisy Ridley, Kate Solomon, Sam Yates, Tom Bateman, Matilda Lutz and Shazad Latif

Daisy Ridley, Kate Solomon, Sam Yates, Tom Bateman, Matilda Lutz and Shazad Latif at the “Magpie” Premiere

Featured Session: Women Who Embody Revolution Through Storytelling – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Rosario Dawson, Gingger Shankar, Tara Houska & Justin Winters at the Featured Session: Women Who Embody Revolution Through Storytelling as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 10

Daisy Ridley

Daisy Ridley and Sam Yates

“Bob Trevino Likes It” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo at the “Bob Trevino Likes It” Premiere

Teri Laymon, French Stewart, Debra Stipe, Ashlyn Moore, Tracie Laymon, Phil Elam, Ted Welch, John Leguizamo and Barbie Ferreira

Felipe Dieppa, John Leguizamo, Heather Denton, Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Edgar Rosa, Barbie Ferreira

Felipe Dieppa, Bob Trevino, John Leguizamo, Heather Denton, John Rosario, French Stewart, Tracie Laymon, Sean Mullin, Sydney Marquez, Edgar Rosa, Jacques Brautbar, Anisha Acharya, Brian Berger and Kate Geller at the “Bob Trevino Likes It” Premiere

John Rosario and Tracie Laymon

“My Dead Friend Zoe” Premiere – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Drew Rausch, Jamie Castro, Zeke Alton, Sandra Lee, Alicia Borja, Gloria Reuben, Melisa Lopez, Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Richard Milanesi, Sonequa Martin- Green, Larry Freeman, Natalie Morales, James Bane, Thom Tran, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Paul Scanlan and Rich Paul at the “My Dead Friend Zoe” Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 9

“My Dead Friend Zoe” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Utkarsh Ambudkar, Sonequa Martin-Green and Gloria Reuben at the “My Dead Friend Zoe” Premiere

Natalie Morales at the “My Dead Friend Zoe” Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 9, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Day 2 – World Premiere of “My Dead Friend Zoe”

Natalie Morales

Gloria Reuben

Utkarsh Ambudkar

“We Strangers” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Mischa Reddy, Paul Adelstein, Anu Valia and Kara Young at the “We Strangers” Premiere

Featured Session: Conan O’Brien Must Go – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Nick Kroll and Conan O’Brien at Featured Session: Conan O’Brien Must Go as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 9, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Day 2

Conan O’Brien (L) and Nick Kroll speak onstage during the featured session “Conan O’Brien Must Go”

Nick Kroll speaks onstage during the featured session “Conan O’Brien Must Go”

Jean Smart (L) and Hannah Einbinder attend the season 3 premiere of HBO’s “Hacks” at The Paramount Theatre during the South By Southwest Conference and Festival on March 09

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Hacks” Season 3 Premiere

Jean Smart attends the ‘Hacks’ season 3 premiere as part of the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival at The Paramount Theatre on March 09

Hannah Einbinder

(L-R) Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky, and Paul W. Downs

3 Body Problem World Premiere at SXSW

(L-R) Alexander Woo, David Benioff, and D. B. Weiss attend the 3 Body Problem World Premiere

(L-R) Liam Cunningham, John Bradley, Derek Tsang, Alexander Woo, Eiza González, D. B. Weiss, Jovan Adepo, David Benioff, Alex Sharp, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, Zine Tseng, and Benedict Wong attend the 3 Body Problem World Premiere at SXSW on March 08

(L-R) David Benioff, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, John Bradley, Zine Tseng, Rosalind Chao, Alexander Woo, Jess Hong, Jovan Adepo, Alex Sharp, D. B. Weiss, Derek Tsang, and Benedict Wong attend the 3 Body Problem World Premiere at SXSW on March 08

(L-R) Alexander Woo, D. B. Weiss, Rosalind Chao, Jovan Adepo, Eiza González, Alex Sharp, Jess Hong, John Bradley, Zine Tseng, Benedict Wong, and Liam Cunningham attend the 3 Body Problem World Premiere at SXSW on March 08

Head of Amazon MGM Studios Jennifer Salke, Jake Gyllenhaal & Sue Kroll, Head of Marketing, Amazon MGM Studio

Austin Post, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lukas Gage, Head of Amazon MGM Studios Jennifer Salke & Connor McGregor

“Road House” World Premiere At SXSW

Jake Gyllenhaal speaks onstage during the “Road House” World Premiere during SXSW at The Paramount Theater

(L-R) Lukas Gage, Daniela Melchior and Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal and JD Pardo speak onstage during the “Road House” World Premiere

(L-R) Jean Catfish, Dominique Columbus, Conor McGregor, Post Malone, Jessica Williams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, JD Pardo and Lukas Gage attend the “Road House” World Premiere during SXSW at The Paramount Theater

“Road House” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Conor McGregor and Jake Gyllenhaal at the Road House movie premiere at SXSW

Conor McGregor and Jake Gyllenhaal at the “Road House” Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Paramount Theatre on March 8

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Day 1

Conor McGregor (L) and Catfish

(L-R) Jean Catfish, Daniela Melchior and Lukas Gage attend the “Road House” World Premiere

(L-R) Post Malone and Conor McGregor attend the “Road House” World Premiere

(L-R) Jessica Williams and Post Malone attend the “Road House” World Premiere during SXSW

Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor

Jake Gyllenhaal

Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor and Catfish Jean

Catfish Jean

Jessica Williams

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – “Road House” World Premiere

Dominique Columbus

Daniela Melchior

Alison Winter

“Stormy” Premiere – Arrivals – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Stormy Daniels at the “Stormy” Premiere as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Stateside Theatre on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Stormy Daniels and Judd Apatow

Sarah Gibson and Stormy Daniels

Judd Apatow, Erin Lee Carr, Sarah Gibson, and Sara Bernstein at the “Stormy” Premiere

Lukas Gage and Judd Apatow

Sarah Gibson, Erin Lee Carr and Judd Apatow

“Sing Sing” Premiere – Green Room – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Sean “Dino” Johnson, Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, Paul Raci, Coleman Domingo, John “Divine G” Whitfield and Greg Kweader at the “Sing Sing” Premiere

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, Sean San José, Monique Walton, Paul Raci, Brent Buell, John “Divine G” Whitfield, Coleman Domingo, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, Sean “Dino” Johnson, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler at the “Sing Sing” Premiere

Featured Session: State Of Being: How To Care in 2024 with Ilana Glazer, Danny Brown, State & Local Politicians, and the ACLU – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Vanessa Fuentes, James Talarico, Danny Brown, Ilana Glazer and Jessica Weitz at Featured Session: State Of Being: How To Care in 2024 with Ilana Glazer, Danny Brown, State & Local Politicians, and the ACLU as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Deadline Studio at SXSW Film Television Festival – Day 1

Walton Goggins at the Deadline Studio at SXSW Film & Television Festival held at the Thompson Austin on March 8

Walton Goggins and Aaron Moten

Gloria Rueben

Todd Howard, Walton Goggins, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Jonathan Nolan, Aaron Moten at the Deadline Studio at SXSW Film & Television Festival held

Aaron Moten

Walton Goggins at the Deadline Studio

Prime Video’s SXSW activation in Austin celebrating their Original Series ‘Fallout’

(2nd L-R) Graham Wagner, Walton Goggins, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Jonathan Nolan, Todd Howard and Aaron Moten attend Prime Video’s SXSW activation in Austin celebrating their Original Series ‘Fallout’ at Hotel San Jose

(L-R) Walton Goggins, Todd Howard, Aaron Moten and Jonathan Nolan

Keynote: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

Katie Couric, Errin Haines, Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, Nancy Wang Yuen and Brooke Shields at Keynote: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the JW Marriott Austin on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

2024 SXSW Conference And Festival – Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, attends the “Keynote: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen,” during the SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals at the Austin Convention Center on March 8

Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex at Keynote: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the JW Marriott Austin on March 8

L-R) Errin Haines, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields, and Nancy Wang Yuen speak onstage during the “Keynote: Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen”

(L-R) Errin Haines, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields and Nancy Wang Yuen speak onstage during the Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen panel during the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festival

Vox Media Podcast Stage @ SXSW Presented by Atlassian – Day 1

Judd Apatow at Vox Media Podcast Stage Presented by Atlassian at SXSW on March 8, 2024 in Austin

Jesse David Fox and Judd Apatow at Vox Media Podcast Stage Presented by Atlassian at SXSW on March 8

Trevor Noah and Esther Perel at Vox Media Podcast Stage Presented by Atlassian at SXSW on March 08

Esther Perel and Trevor Noah at Vox Media Podcast Stage Presented by Atlassian at SXSW on March 08

Featured Session: Julie Bowen & Baby2Baby On Leveraging Celebrities For Impact – Conference – SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals

(L-R) Kelly Sawyer Patricofm, Julie Bowen, and Norah Weinstein at Featured Session: Julie Bowen & Baby2Baby On Leveraging Celebrities For Impact as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

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Julie Bowen at Featured Session: Julie Bowen & Baby2Baby On Leveraging Celebrities For Impact as part of SXSW 2024 Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center on March 8, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

“Fallout” SXSW Activation Event

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Jonathan Nolan (L) and Sue Kroll

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Guests attend the “Fallout” @ SXSW party

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The Lovely Ladies of Star Trek

Actresses who appeared on the original Star Trek television series.

1. Nichelle Nichols

Actress | Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols was one of 10 children born to parents Lishia and Samuel Nichols in Robbins, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. She was a singer and dancer before turning to acting and finding fame in her groundbreaking role of Lt. Nyota Uhura in the Star Trek (1966) series. As long as she could remember,...

Lieutenant Uhura

2. Majel Barrett

Actress | Star Trek: First Contact

Majel Barrett (born Majel Leigh Hudec) was an American actress, known for her long association with Star Trek. She had multiple Star Trek-related roles, though she is mostly remembered for her roles as Nurse Christine Chapel in Star Trek, The Original Series (1966-1969) and as Lwaxana Troi in Star ...

Nurse Christine Chapel, Number One (The Cage & The Menagerie)

3. Susan Oliver

A fascinating aura of mystery seemed to surround the characters portrayed by blue-eyed blonde actress Susan Oliver, whose trademark high cheekbones, rosebud lips and heart-shaped face kept audiences intrigued for nearly three decades. She left a fine legacy of work in theater, motion pictures and ...

Vina (The Cage & The Menagerie)

4. Laurel Goodwin

Actress | Girls! Girls! Girls!

Born in 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, Laurel Goodwin was a child model, and made her film debut in Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) opposite Elvis. She only made a few more movies, but appeared in many TV series; and she was in the "pilot" (Star Trek: The Cage, 1965, which has an actual copyright date of ...

Yeoman Colt (The Cage & The Menagerie)

5. Sally Kellerman

Actress | MASH

Sally Kellerman arrived quite young on the late 1950s film and television scene with a fresh and distinctively weird, misfit presence. It is this same uniqueness that continued to make her such an attractively offbeat performer. The willowy, swan-necked, flaxen-haired actress shot to film comedy ...

Dr. Elizabeth Dehner (Where No Man Has Gone Before)

6. Andrea Dromm

Radiant California blonde model and brief 1960s pop culture item Andrea Dromm had a mere two-movie run in the 1960s before she deliberately phased out her film career out. Born on February 8, 1941, to a well-to-do family (her father was an engineer), she was raised for a time on Long Island (...

Yeoman Smith (Where No Man Has Gone Before)

7. Grace Lee Whitney

Actress | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Grace Lee Whitney was a versatile actress and vocalist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beginning as a "girl singer" on Detroit's WJR radio, she soon opened in nightclubs for Billie Holiday and Buddy Rich , and toured with the Spike Jones and Fred Waring Bands. Grace debuted on Broadway in "Top Banana",...

Yeoman Janice Rand

8. Karen Steele

Actress | Marty

Karen Steele was born on March 20, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii. A former cover girl and model, she was one of the most strikingly beautiful actresses to ever work in film and television. She went to the University of Hawaii and to Rollins College in Florida before gracing our film screens with her ...

Eve McHuron (Mudd's Women)

9. Susan Denberg

Actress | Frankenstein Created Woman

After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression ...

Magda Kovas (Mudd's Women)

10. Maggie Thrett

Maggie Thrett was born on November 18, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Dimension 5 (1966) and McCloud (1970). She was married to Donnelly Rhodes and Alex ?. She died on December 18, 2022 in Long Island, New York, USA.

Ruth Bonaventure (Mudd's Women)

11. Jeanne Bal

Jeanne Bal was born on May 3, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Perry Mason (1957) and Thriller (1960). She was married to Edward Richard Lee and Ross Bowman . She died on April 30, 1996 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

Nancy Crater #1 (The Man Trap)

12. Francine Pyne

Francine Pyne was born on January 9, 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), It Takes a Thief (1968) and A House Is Not a Home (1964). She died on August 15, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nancy Crater #2 (The Man Trap)

13. Pat McNulty

Actress | The House of God

Pat McNulty was born on October 16, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and editor, known for The House of God (1984), Star Trek (1966) and The Detectives (1959). She was married to Don Dorrell . She died on September 4, 2023.

Yeoman Tina Lawton (Charlie X)

14. Barbara Baldavin

Barbara Baldavin was born on October 18, 1938 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress and casting director, known for Star Trek (1966), Skeeter (1993) and Mannix (1967). She was married to Joseph D'Agosta . She died on March 31, 2024 in Manhattan Beach, California, USA.

Angela Martine (Balance Of Terror, Shore Leave, Turnabout Intruder)

15. Sherry Jackson

Actress | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

Gorgeous, brown-eyed, chestnut-maned Sherry Jackson began her promising career as a pig-tailed, pleasant-looking child actress. Born in Idaho on February 15, 1942, she was the only daughter of four children born to Maurita Kathleen Gilbert and Curtis Loys Jackson, Sr. Her father died when she was 6...

Andrea (What Are Little Girls Made Of?)

16. Marianna Hill

Actress | High Plains Drifter

A familiar character actress, Marianna Hill is the daughter of a building contractor. From her native southern California, her family moved around frequently, including to Canada, Spain and Great Britain. As a result, she became familiar with different accents and dialects, whether a French accent ...

Dr. Helen Noel (Dagger Of The Mind)

17. Susanne Wasson

Susanne Wasson was born on September 19, 1942 in Searcy, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Hart to Hart (1979) and Rain Without Thunder (1992).

Lethe (Dagger Of The Mind)

18. Kim Darby

Actress | True Grit

The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse . At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr 's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, ...

Miri (Miri)

19. Barbara Anderson

Actress | Ironside

Beautiful green-eyed Barbara Jeanne Anderson is best remembered on screen as the socialite- turned San Francisco police Officer Eve Whitfield in the first four seasons of the NBC police drama Ironside (1967), starring Raymond Burr . She was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of an enlisted ...

Lenore Karidian (The Conscience Of The King)

20. Natalie Norwick

Actress | 87th Precinct

Natalie Norwick was born on May 28, 1923 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for 87th Precinct (1961), Star Trek (1966) and 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956). She was married to William Sargent and Bernard Robertson. She died on December 20, 2007 in Broward, Florida, USA.

Martha Leighton (The Conscience Of The King)

21. Phyllis Douglas

Born Phyllis Callow in Hollywood -- to Ridgeway Callow , a native of the Isle of Man (UK), and his wife, Peggy Watts , a Ziegfeld Girl and socialite -- at age two Phyllis Douglas played the baby "Bonnie Blue Butler" in Gone with the Wind (1939). Her father, who had served in the RAF, was hired by ...

Yeoman Mears (The Galileo Seven), Girl #2 (The Way To Eden)

22. Joan Marshall

Actress | Homicidal

Born on June 9, 1931 in Chicago, Joan Marshall attended St. Clement's School. Looking far more mature than her age would indicate, when she was just 14 years old she auditioned for, and was hired, as a showgirl at Chicago's Chez Paree, one of the country's foremost nightclubs in the 1940s and 1950s...

Lieutenant Areel Shaw (Court-Martial)

23. Julie Parrish

Actress | Mannix

Julie Parrish was born on October 21, 1940 in Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Mannix (1967), Fireball 500 (1966) and Return to Peyton Place (1972). She died on October 1, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Miss Piper (The Menagerie)

24. Shirley Bonne

Actress | My Sister Eileen

Shirley Bonne was born on May 22, 1934 in Inglewood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for My Sister Eileen (1960), The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and Star Trek (1966).

Ruth (Shore Leave)

25. Emily Banks

Actress | Live a Little, Love a Little

American actress Emily Ann Banks was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but spent much of her childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her father served in the military (he later found work as a graphic artist). After high school, Emily graduated from Simmons University in Boston and then embarked on a...

Yeoman Tonia Barrows (Shore Leave)

26. Venita Wolf

Venita Wolf was born on September 1, 1945 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Catalina Caper (1967) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). She was married to Skip Taylor. She died on November 22, 2014 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.

Yeoman Teresa Ross (The Squire Of Gothos)

27. Janet MacLachlan

Actress | The Thirteenth Floor

Janet MacLachlan was born on August 27, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Thirteenth Floor (1999), Tick, Tick, Tick (1970) and Tightrope (1984). She died on October 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lieutenant Charlene Masters (The Alternative Factor)

28. Brioni Farrell

Brioni Farrell was born on February 12, 1940 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress and executive, known for Star Trek (1966), General Hospital (1963) and Fantasy Island (1977). She was married to Eugene Robert Glazer . She died on August 8, 2018 in California, USA.

Tula (The Return Of The Archons)

29. Barbara Babcock

Actress | Far and Away

Blue-eyed, red-haired American character actress, often seen as resolute, strong-willed women. Though born in Kansas, Barbara Babcock spent much of her early childhood in Japan, where her father, U.S. Army Major General Conrad Stanton Babcock Jr., was posted (he was also a noted equestrian, who ...

Mea 3 (A Taste Of Armageddon), Philana (Plato's Stepchildren)

30. Miko Mayama

Miko Mayama was born on August 15, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), That Man Bolt (1973) and The Hawaiians (1970).

Yeoman Tamura (A Taste Of Armageddon)

31. Madlyn Rhue

Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

American character actress Madlyn Rhue was one of television's most prolific actresses and has starred in everything from sitcoms to soap operas to drama series and films for nearly 40 years. Her beautiful looks, natural red hair and brown eyes got her the attention of television producers and she ...

Lieutenant Marla McGivers (Space Seed)

32. Jill Ireland

Actress | Hard Times

Jill Ireland was a British-American actress best known for her appearance as "Leila Kalomi," the only woman Mr. Spock ever loved (in the Star Trek (1966) episode, Star Trek: This Side of Paradise (1967)) and for her many supporting roles in the movies of Charles Bronson . She is also known for her ...

Leila Kalomi (This Side Of Paradise)

33. Joan Collins

Actress | Dynasty

Joan Collins is an English actress from Paddington, London. She is most famous for playing the role of vengeful schemer Alexis Carrington Colby in the soap opera "Dynasty" (1981-1989). In 1997, She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama. In 2015, She...

Edith Keeler (The City On The Edge Of Forever)

34. Joan Swift

Joan Swift was born on May 11, 1933 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Brainstorm (1965) and I Spy (1965). She was married to Clancy. She died on June 26, 2016 in Concord, California, USA.

Aurelan Kirk (Operation: Annihilate!)

35. Maurishka

Maurishka Tagliaferro (born July 1941; age 80) is an actress who appeared as "Yeoman Zahra" in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Operation -- Annihilate!", credited only as Maurishka. She filmed her scenes on Wednesday 15 February 1967 on location at the TRW Space and Defense...

Yeoman Zahra Jamal (Operation: Annihilate!)

36. Antoinette Bower

Actress | Die Sister, Die!

Antoinette Bower's first job on leaving school in London was as a Field Language Supervisor for the International Refugee Organization in Germany, an experience which very much influenced her view of the world. Shortly after IRO was discontinued, she joined her family in Canada and found work as a ...

Sylvia (Catspaw)

37. Elinor Donahue

Actress | Pretty Woman

Tap dancing at the age of 16 months, pert and pretty Elinor Donahue has been entertaining audiences for six decades. Born Mary Eleanor Donahue in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1937, she appeared as a radio singer and vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler, then was picked up by Universal Studios...

Commissioner Nancy Hedford (Metamorphosis)

38. Julie Newmar

Actress | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Julia Chalene Newmeyer was born on August 16, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, the eldest of three children. Her father, Don, was a one-time professional football player (LA Buccaneers, 1926), her mother, Helene Jesmer , was a star of the Follies of 1920 and later became a fashion designer under ...

Eleen (Friday's Child)

39. Leslie Parrish

Actress | The Manchurian Candidate

She started as a model, and in 1955 became an actress. She acted under her birth name, Marjorie Hellen, until 1959. Afterwards she was known as Leslie Parrish. She appeared in more than 100 TV shows. She is known as one of the first women producers. She's always had a passion for music. She was ...

Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas (Who Mourns For Adonais?)

40. Arlene Martel

Arlene Martel was likely best-known (if not by name) to Star Trek (1966) fans, and possibly most television viewers of a certain age, as Spock's treacherous Vulcan betrothed, T'Pring, in the episode, Star Trek: Amok Time (1967). Born Arline Greta Sax to Austrian Jewish immigrants on April 14, 1936 ...

T'Pring (Amok Time)

41. Elizabeth Rogers

Actress | The Towering Inferno

Elizabeth Rogers was born on May 18, 1934 in Austin, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Towering Inferno (1974), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Star Trek (1966). She was married to Erik L. Nelson . She died on November 6, 2004 in Tarzana, California, USA.

Lieutenant Palmer (The Doomsday Machine, The Way To Eden)

42. Pilar Seurat

Actress | Adventures in Paradise

Born Rita Hernandez in Manila, Philippines, Pilar Seurat moved to Los Angeles in her childhood and started out as a dancer in Ken Murray 's "Blackouts" troupe. In the late 1950s she started her acting career in several guest TV appearances, and was often considered at the top of the list whenever a ...

Sybo (Wolf In The Fold)

43. Judith McConnell

Actress | The Purge: Anarchy

Judith McConnell was born on April 6, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Weather Man (2005) and Santa Barbara (1984).

Yeoman Tankris (Wolf In The Fold)

44. Virginia Aldridge

Writer | The Twilight Zone

Virginia Aldridge was born on September 1, 1938 in the USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Twilight Zone (1985), Knight Rider (1982) and Star Trek (1966). She was previously married to Richard Hartunian .

Lieutenant Karen Tracey (Wolf In The Fold)

45. Tanya Lemani

Tanya Lemani was born on March 17, 1945 in Iran. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Big Daddy (1969) and Warriors of Stone .

Kara (Wolf In The Fold)

46. Shari Nims

Shari Nims is known for Star Trek (1966) and Easy Come, Easy Go (1967).

Sayana (The Apple)

47. Celeste Yarnall

Celeste Yarnall is an amazing woman of many talents who has been very successful in a diverse number of fields. There appears to be nothing she cannot do when she puts her mind to it. Apart from her initial career as model, spokesperson and actress, Celeste has also managed several talented ...

Yeoman Martha Landon (The Apple)

48. BarBara Luna

Actress | One Life to Live

Barbara Ann Luna was born in Manhattan and virtually grew up on Broadway. Her Italian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese and Filipino background has led her to portray a variety of roles. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II cast her in the Broadway hit musical "South Pacific", as Ngana, which was...

Lieutenant Marlena Moreau (Mirror, Mirror)

49. Sarah Marshall

Actress | Dave

Sarah Marshall was born on May 25, 1933 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dave (1993), The Long, Hot Summer (1958) and Star Trek (1966). She was married to Karl Held and Mel Bourne . She died on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dr. Janet Wallace (The Deadly Years)

50. Beverly Washburn

Actress | Old Yeller

Beverly Washburn was born on November 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Old Yeller (1957), Star Trek (1966) and When the World Came to San Francisco (2015). She is married to Michael Radell.

Lieutenant Arlene Galway (The Deadly Years)

51. Carolyn Nelson

Actress | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Carolyn Nelson is known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Star Trek (1966) and It Takes a Thief (1968). She was previously married to Joseph Sargent .

Yeoman Doris Atkins (The Deadly Years)

52. Alyce Andrece

Alyce Andrece was born on September 5, 1936 in Thornton, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) and Occasional Wife (1966). She died on May 14, 2005 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

Alice series (I, Mudd)

53. Rhae Andrece

Rhae Andrece was born on September 5, 1936 in Thornton, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970) and Occasional Wife (1966). She died on March 2, 2009 in Northridge, California, USA.

54. Colleen Thornton

Sister of Maureen Thornton

Barbara series (I, Mudd)

55. Maureen Thornton

Actress | Pilgrim's Progress

Maureen Thornton is known for Pilgrim's Progress (1978), The Silence of Robert Raskin (2002) and Barlow (1971).

56. Starr Wilson

Presently working on musical book for presentation in 2010.

Maisie series (I, Mudd)

57. Tamara Wilson

Twin sister of Starr Wilson .

58. Lois Jewell

Lois Jewell was born on October 8, 1938 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966) and The Flying Nun (1967). She died on December 20, 2014 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Drusilla (Bread And Circuses)

59. Jane Wyatt

Actress | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Born in Campgaw, New Jersey, Jane Waddington Wyatt came from a New York family of social distinction (her father was a Wall Street investment banker and her mother was a drama critic). Jane was raised from the age of three months in New York City and attended the fashionable Chapin School and later...

Amanda (Journey To Babel)

60. Nancy Kovack

Actress | Jason and the Argonauts

A native of Flint, Michigan, Nancy Kovack was a student at the University of Michigan at 15, a radio deejay at 16, a college graduate at 19 and the holder of eight beauty titles by 20. Her professional acting career began on television in New York, first as one of Jackie Gleason 's "Glea Girls" and ...

Nona (A Private Little War)

61. Angelique Pettyjohn

Actress | Repo Man

Born Dorothy Lee Perrins in Los Angeles, California on March 11, 1943, Angelique Pettyjohn began modeling at a very young age. She also took advantage of her living in the locus of "American Dreams" by studying acting. Pettyjohn made her movie debut at age 21, under the name "Angelique", in the ...

Shahna (The Gamesters Of Triskelion)

62. Jane Ross

Jane Ross was born on January 9, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960) and Light Fantastic (1964). She was married to Lorin E. Price . She died on June 27, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Tamoon (The Gamesters Of Triskelion)

63. Victoria George

Victoria George is known for Star Trek (1966), El Dorado (1966) and The Green Hornet (1966).

Ensign Jana Haines (The Gamesters Of Triskelion)

64. Barbara Bouchet

Actress | Gangs of New York

Stunningly beautiful and charismatic blonde Barbara Bouchet was born Barbel Goutscherola on August 15th, 1943 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, known as Reichenberg, during the German occupation. Her father, Fritz, was a war photographer. Her family was forced to leave the country when Barbara was a ...

Kelinda (By Any Other Name)

65. Lezlie Dalton

Lezlie Dalton was born on August 12, 1944 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Guiding Light (1952) and Search for Tomorrow (1951).

Drea (By Any Other Name)

66. Julie Cobb

Julie Cobb was born into a theatrical family. Her mother, Helen Beverley , was a renowned Yiddish stage and film actress, and her father was famed award-winning actor Lee J. Cobb . Her grandparents on her mother's side were also performers and theater owners. Involved in theater at Beverly Hills High...

Yeoman Leslie Thompson (By Any Other Name)

67. Diana Muldaur

Actress | McCloud

Diana Muldaur is known for L.A. Law (1986), Star Trek: The Next Generation, McCloud, Born Free, The Other and McQ. In the eighties, Diana became the president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the academy handing out the Emmy awards). Diana's L.A. Law character, Rosalind Shays, was a ...

Dr. Anne Mulhall (Return To Tomorrow), Dr. Miranda Jones (Is There In Truth No Beauty?)

68. Valora Noland

Valora Noland was born Valor Baum in Seattle, Washington, Dec. 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor. Her parents moved to Santa Cruz, California, in 1943, and that is where she grew up. Following graduation from Santa Cruz High School, Valora attended the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts ...

Daras (Patterns Of Force)

69. Irene Kelly

Irene Kelly is known for Star Trek (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Quincy M.E. (1976).

Sirah (The Omega Glory)

70. Teri Garr

Actress | Tootsie

Teri Garr can claim a career in show business by birthright. She was the daughter of Eddie Garr , a Broadway stage and film actor, and Phyllis Garr , a dancer. While she was still an infant, her family moved from Hollywood to New Jersey but, after the death of her father when she was 11, the family ...

Roberta Lincoln (Assignment: Earth)

71. Victoria Vetri

Actress | Rosemary's Baby

Born Victoria Vetri (but also known as Angela Dorian) to Italian parents (her mother was from Rome, her father Sicily) and grew up in Los Angeles. She studied art at Los Angeles City College in the 60s before embarking on her movie-television career. Thanks to her beautiful, exotic looks she was ...

Isis (Assignment: Earth)

72. Bonnie Beecher

Actress | Burke's Law

Bonnie Beecher was born on April 25, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for Burke's Law (1963), Star Trek (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). She has been married to Wavy Gravy since 1965. They have one child.

Sylvia (Spectre Of The Gun)

73. France Nuyen

Actress | Battle for the Planet of the Apes

France Nuyen was born on July 31, 1939 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is an actress, known for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), The Joy Luck Club (1993) and South Pacific (1958). She was previously married to Robert Culp and Dr. Thomas Gaspar Morell.

Elaan (Elaan Of Troyius)

74. Sabrina Scharf

Actress | Easy Rider

Sandra Mae Trentman, known as Sandy, was a typical small-town girl. She was in grade school when her parents divorced. It was during her seventh-grade year when her mother decided that a change was needed and they left Delphos, Ohio, and headed first to Van Wert, Ohio, for two years and then out ...

Miramanee (The Paradise Syndrome)

75. Joanne Linville

Joanne Linville made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as Studio One (1948), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had regular ...

Romulan Commander (The Enterprise Incident)

76. Marj Dusay

Actress | All My Children

Marj Dusay was born on February 20, 1936 in Hays, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for All My Children (1970), Guiding Light (1952) and Star Trek (1966). She was married to Thomas Allen Perine Jr. and John Murray Dusay. She died on January 28, 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

Kara (Spock's Brain)

77. Sheila Leighton

Sheila Leighton was born on October 22, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Get Smart (1965) and The Green Hornet (1966).

Luma (Spock's Brain)

78. Kathryn Hays

Actress | As the World Turns

American actress Kathryn Hays became best known for her 38-year long stint as the fiery matriarch Kim Sullivan Hughes, one of the most prominent characters on the daytime soap As the World Turns (1956). She was born Kay Piper in Princeton and grew up Joliet, Illinois. After junior college, she ...

Gem (The Empath)

79. Katherine Woodville

Katherine Woodville was born on March 12, 1938 in Ewell, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960). She was married to Edward Albert , Jerrold Freedman , Patrick Macnee and Michael Julian Anderson Wenn. She died on ...

Natira (For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky)

80. Susan Howard

Actress | Dallas

Susan Howard, best known for her eight years as Donna Krebbs in the prime-time soap opera, Dallas (1978) was born Jeri Lynn Mooney in Marshall, Texas. "I grew up with my father telling me that I was talented and beautiful and wonderful. I respected and loved my father, so I believed him - until I ...

Mara (Day of the Dove)

81. Kathie Browne

Kathie Browne was born Jacqueline Sue Browne on September 19, 1930 in San Luis Obispo, California. She got her break in TV after appearing in a Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams 's play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", making her TV debut in 1957 in The Gray Ghost (1957), The Sheriff of Cochise ...

Deela (Wink of an Eye)

82. Lee Meriwether

Actress | Batman: The Movie

Today, sexy Lee Meriwether is best remembered for her roles in a few science fiction/fantasy cult productions made between 1966 and 1969. Batman: The Movie (1966), Star Trek (1966), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Land of the Giants (1968). Firstly Batman: The Movie (1966), in which she played both evil ...

Losira (That Which Survives)

83. Naomi Newman

Naomi Z. Newman (born December 24, 1930) is a co-founder of A Traveling Jewish Theatre, where she worked as playwright, director and actress for 34 years, winning awards in each field. Before that she sang on the concert-stage, acted in television and had a psychotherapy practice. In the late 1970s...

Lieutenant Rahda (That Which Survives)

84. Yvonne Craig

Actress | Batgirl

Yvonne Joyce Craig was born on May 16, 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois. As a young teenager, Yvonne showed such promise as a dancer that she was accepted to Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her training progressed until she left the company in 1957 over a disagreement on casting changes. She ...

Marta (Whom Gods Destroy)

85. Sharon Acker

Actress | Happy Birthday to Me

Although she was presented in 1969 the first Film Star of Tomorrow by The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Canada, the status of Sharon Acker as a star never materialized. Not that she was inactive, quite the opposite, but she worked almost only for TV and appeared only in a few undistinguished movies....

Odona (The Mark of Gideon)

86. Jan Shutan

Jan Shutan is best remembered as Lieutenant Mira Romaine, an officer on the starship Enterprise, whose mind is invaded by non-corporeal life forms in Star Trek: The Lights of Zetar (1969). Aside from this iconic role, her face might also be familiar for her many TV commercials. She started with ads...

Lieutenant Mira Romaine (The Lights of Zetar)

87. Diana Ewing

Actress | The Way We Were

Diana Ewing was born on January 4, 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress, known for The Way We Were (1973), Star Trek (1966) and Mission: Impossible (1966).

Droxine (The Cloudminders)

88. Charlene Polite

Born in Ohio, Charlene graduated from Youngstown University, in the mid-1960s, where she married her first husband, poet Frank Polite. Following graduation, she acted in regional theater, including the Pittsburgh (PA) Playhouse, where she had a post-graduate scholarship. Later, she moved to San ...

Vanna (The Cloudminders)

89. Mary Linda Rapelye

Actress | In Cold Blood

Ever since this beauty was five years old she knew she wanted to act. It's the story of this adventurous pioneer girl who in a Frontier Pageant, at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City jumped off the stage, and into her Daddy's arms in front of a crowd of 10,000 people. When she was young her ...

Irina Galliulin (The Way to Eden)

90. Deborah Downey

Born in Indiana, Deborah Downey moved with her family to California when she was 4 years old. She spent her early years in California and returned to Indiana at age 13. Within a year of returning to Indiana, she was singing on stage with some of the best musicians of the 1960s. Downey began her ...

Mavig (The Way to Eden)

91. Louise Sorel

Actress | Days of Our Lives

A flashy, aggressive, cold and calculating villainess and eternally hopeless meddler on a number of daytime soap operas, Louise Sorel has given her opulent, show-stopping characters major doses of humor and grit that have allowed her to become one of daytime's more popular figures for over six ...

Rayna Kapec (Requiem for Methuselah)

92. Carol Daniels

Stunts | The Blues Brothers

Carol Daniels was born on October 7, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Anaconda (1997) and Star Trek (1966).

Zora (The Savage Curtain)

93. Mariette Hartley

Actress | The Incredible Hulk

Mariette Hartley was born Mary Loretta, a name she dislikes, in Weston, Connecticut. She was raised in accordance with the principles espoused by her behavioral psychologist grandfather, John B. Watson, who believed that children should never be held or cuddled. She says that the lack of warmth at ...

Zarabeth (All Our Yesterdays)

94. Anna Karen

Anna Karen was born on September 20, 1914 in New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), Shadow of the Cloak (1951) and One Step Beyond (1959). She was married to Jeff Morrow . She died on July 1, 2009 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

Sarpeidon Mort (All Our Yesterdays)

95. Sandra Smith

Sandra Smith was born on June 27, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), The Interns (1970) and Mannix (1967). She was previously married to Billy James and Steve Reeves .

Dr. Janice Lester (Turnabout Intruder)

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