Star Trek Coins From Australia?!

Captain  Kirk Commemorative Coin

By crackey, the Aussies and Polynesians are going Star Trek wild. The Perth Mint is creating a whole set of commemorative coins, one of which has good ol' Captain Kirk on the face and a figure of The Enterprise on the other side."Issued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu". 

I might have been tempted to buy one, but it's that damned 3rd-season publicity picture, bad rug-day, pudgy-cheeked, pot-bellied Shatner grins and poses....really bad.You can even see that he's not in the mood for a photo. ah, but then maybe in Australia and Tuvalu, this is manly? 

Here's a link to a recent story about it:

Space.com's Article on the Coins

I have to say that a lighted box might be really cool.
I dunno. 

Captain Kirk Pulled Over for DWI in New Zealand!

Are We Watching Chris Pine Too Closely?

UK: Daily Mail reports that Chris Pine was pulled over for drunk driving upon leaving an after hours party.
Daily Mail Article on Pine

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Posted on Wikipedia by MyCanon.

Seriously? It's not like Chris was falling all over. He was walkin' and talkin' straight, and was polite as all out. You might have thought that a policeman would have said, "OMGD. I've pulled over Captain Kirk!" and let Chris go on his merry way, but no.
Could this have something to do with the new "devil-may-dare" attitude of the newly-conceived Captain Kirk? The one that drinks and carouses? One might think twice, and realize the Kirk is an imagined character, and Chris is an actor. Nope. Maybe those New Zealanders are getting cranky about all the actors flooding their fair island.

Sure, the staff at the Blue Pub warned patrons about the possible DWI trap, and that cars had been arranged, but Chris left on his own. Pshaw, he'd only been drinking beer.

Oh well. Naturally it's all over the web now, and Chris has gotten his first demerit.
Doesn't this reek of watching our good Captain a little too closely? Jeepers, who was the one who leaked this one to the press, and how much did they earn from it?
Now, if he was traveling at light-speed with four blue-skinned women in the car, that would be a real story.

Shatner's Follies

Shatner's Follies: What They Forgot To Report

I'm always amazed by the depths to which entertainment magazines on the web will dive to when they decide that they need a little garbage to air in order to boost readership: Metro.co.uk recently published the usual train wreck article at William Shatner's expense.
Metro's Sad Attempt To Boost Readership

It's no secret that William Shatner suffered financially after Star Trek. No significant royalties were forthcoming because he had been paid on a "per-episode" contract, and Star Trek had not been sold into syndication yet. He'd recently closed on a brand new home for his family, and he was fighting a losing battle in a separation from his wife soon after.

Shatner freely admitted his disastrous plunge into depression. The divorce left him virtually penniless. He spent most of his time traveling in a pickup truck and drinking.
The camper perched on the flatbed of the truck wasn't roomy - just enough space for him and his dog, Morgan. Opening the door resulted in a shower of beer cans in the morning. Quite often he was "recognized", as Shatner occasionally mentions in his various books.
A More Humorus Quote via a Review by Bobby Matherne

It was a time of nomadic travel, doing what Shatner had started out in and excelled at: live theatre. It's hard to find references of his work at that time.Shatner referrs to it as "The Lost Years", but snippets of it can be found if you look hard enough on the Internet:

   More information on Shatner's work in Summer Stock should be available as time goes on. It's be exciting to see if someone has video of his performances - it existed back then, but tapes suffer due to age. One would hope that when discovered, they can be saved. Please post if you know of any informative links.