'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others || 'Pushing Daisies' was honored with an award from the Casting Society of America, winning an Artios Awards, the Hollywood Reporter says || James Cromwell, who played Zefram Cochrane in 1996's 'Star Trek: First Contact,' broke his collarbone in a fall off his bicycle last weekend, Yahoo! News reports. He's expected to fully recover. || ABC's 'Lost' will return to Wednesday nights starting Jan. 21. A clip show will run at 8 followed by a two-hour premiere. || All of the Star Trek movies could be coming to Blu-Ray as early as next year, Digital Bits says. Paramount had supported HD-DVD, but has conceded defeat to Blu-Ray, and is now moving to the format || SciFi Channel's 'Warehouse 13' has completed its creative staff with the likes of Jack Kenny, David Simkins, Drew Greenberg, Stephen Scaia, and others ||

CBS, Roddenberry Competing On Capt. Kirk's Chair?

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By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: SyFy Portal
Aug-14-2008

It swivels, it lights up, it has sounds effects.

If it wasn't in a Seattle science-fiction museum, one would think that the chair used by Capt. Kirk in the original "Star Trek" Series was almost real. But it's not ... it's a full-size replica being offered by CBS Consumer Products through Diamond Select Toys and other retail outlets, according to SciFi Wire.

It's something almost any fan would want ... except for one thing: CBS wasn't exactly first to take the captain's chair route.

Roddenberry.com has built its own replica of Kirk's chair from the original series, based entirely on the original construction plans used in the series. It's not clear whether or not the chair will be produced and sold by Roddenberry.com, which is run by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's son, Eugene W. Roddenberry, but one chair that was built was on display at both Comic-Con International in San Diego last month, and last weekend at the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.

Competing with the major corporation that holds all the traditional marketing rights to Star Trek is nothing new for Roddenberry as CBS offers similar replicas to what Roddenberry himself offers at the Web site. But taking on a full replica of the captain's chair is something new for both sides as marketing is geared up for the upcoming movie in 2009.

The chair being offered by CBS is being marketed for $2,000, SciFi Wire says, while Roddenberry his giving his chair away to a lucky member of the Roddenberry.com mailing list. Roddenberry has been accepting entries for his chair for the last couple months, and even talked about the contest during a special broadcast of SyFy Radio last month.

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