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DATE: September 27, 1998
ISSUE: 15
VOLUME: 4
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Howdy everyone!
Well this month's issue is mostly a summary of odd new tidbits from here and there. I've been really busy traveling & dealing with the start of a new semester so no special features this time--sorry! Next month, believe it or not, will be the fourth anniversary of "On the Jazz", so I'd love to see a few submissions from list members to help celebrate. Do you have any suggestions for features to add starting in Volume 5 of the newsletter? Please let me know!
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dirk Benedict upcoming convention appearance
Contacting fX Network
Upcoming Alien Voices presentation
Dwight autograph card in new Star Trek Set
Stephen J. Cannell's On-Line Writing Seminar/New novel
VCR WATCH
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
DIRK BENEDICT UPCOMING CONVENTION APPEARANCE: Dirk did NOT appear at the Battlestar Galactica Reunion Convention in LA this month (though I would still like to receive a convention report or two for this newsletter from anyone here who attended). However, he WILL be appearing at the following convention in Florida shortly:
>Vulkon St Petersburg will be held October 2-4 at the St
>Petersburg Bayfront Hilton.
>
>Our guests ar Marina Sirtis with the latest scoop on
>Star Trek Insurrection and also celebrating Battlestar
>Galactica's 20th Anniversary:
>
>Anne Lockhart (Lt Sheba), Herb Jefferson Jr (Lt Boomer)
>and just added, Dirk Benedict (Lt Starbuck) and also from
>The A-Team (Face).
>
>Vulkon continues to have the follows activities, Q&A,
>autographs, costume contest, panels, Saturday night dance,
>model contest, and a large dealers room.
>
>Prices are $20 per day, reserved seating $10 extra per
>day or weekend.
>
>For more information, check our website at:
>www.scifinetwork.com/startrek
Again, I would love some convention reports from anyone planning to attend!
Dirk/Galactica fans should also make sure to check out the October (#255) issue of Starlog magazine as it features an extensive feature on the series and the stars.
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CONTACTING fX NETWORK: A number of people have emailed me since fX took The A-Team off the air, wondering how to get in touch with the network. Here is the info I have, thanks to some industrious list members:
>I have an old address for Personal FX. It's
>
>P.O. box 825
>Madison Square Garden
>New York, NY 10159-0825
>On the main [web]page for FX (the regular one,
>not the movie one) is a place to click on to
>email FX. It's a form page to fill out, and the
>addy for the page is:
>
>http://www.fxnetworks.com/htmls/_a_em_2.html
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UPCOMING ALIEN VOICES PRESENTATION: From the Alien Voices homepage (www.alienvoices.com), comes the following announcement:
> Alien Voices will perform their Halloween Trilogy of "The
> Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe; "The Canterville
> Ghost" by Oscar Wilde; and "The Mark of the Beast" by
> Rudyard Kipling. It will air on the Sci-Fi Channel on
> October 25th, 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m., Central Standard Time!
As I recall this was the taping our "jazzer" Sonja happened to catch while in L.A. and it *does* feature Dwight prominently in at least one of the three pieces--so don't forget to set your vcrs!
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DWIGHT AUTOGRAPH CARD IN NEW STAR TREK SET: There is a new collectible card set coming out called "Star Trek Voyager: Profiles" and one of the chase cards is a limited number of Barclay cards signed by Dwight. Twenty different actors are doing auto cards for this set, and one of those twenty is supposed to be in each box (that's box, not packet!) of cards. But I don't know how many cards in total Dwight has signed. Nevertheless, for a die-hard Dwight collector these cards ought to become very rare items indeed!
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STEPHEN J. CANNELL 1998 ON-LINE WRITING SEMINAR/NEW NOVEL: In case anyone is interested, I'm passing along the following announcement from the Writers Write webpage (http://www.writerswrite.com/seminar/):
Stephen J. Cannell and Writers Write(r) have joined forces to present the Stephen J. Cannell Online Writing Seminar. Stephen J. Cannell, Emmy award-winning producer/creator of over 35 television shows including The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Commish, Wiseguy, Greatest American Hero, Hunter and Silk Stalkings and bestselling author of The Plan, Final Victim, King Con, and the exciting new action thriller, Riding the Snake, will be conducting this exciting new online writing seminar here on writerswrite.com, the Internet's largest website for writers and the creator/publisher of The Internet Writing JournalTM. The Seminar will include a downloadable lecture, teleplays from some of Mr. Cannell's hit television shows, plus a live question and answer session which will last approximately 3 hours. The cost to each participant will be $55. After registering, participants will be issued a password which will allow them to download the materials after October 5, and to enter the live session on Saturday, October 24.
As one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific writers of novels, motion picture screenplays and teleplays, Stephen J. Cannell hopes to bring his unique and energetic perspective to writers all over the world, helping to make their dreams become a reality.
You may register by Credit Card (MasterCard, Visa or American Express) or by Money Order. Online Credit Card Registration is available using our secure server.
Highlights of the 1998 Online Writing Seminar.
Live, 3-hour Question & Answer Session with Stephen J. Cannell Online Using Eshare Live Chat Technology. Downloadable Teleplays from four o Stephen's Hit Television Shows: The A-Team, Greatest American Hero, Rockford Files and Wiseguy. Downloadable Writing Exercises Downloadable Lecture. Giveaways of Stephen's hot new political thriller,
Riding the Snake (William Morrow, October, 1998).
Be sure to bookmark this webpage for further details and updates on this exciting event. We look forward to seeing you at the Seminar!
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And here is some more information on Mr. Cannell's latest novel, which went on sale September 23rd:
>From Kirkus Reviews
She's a cop under a cloud; he's a country club wastrel. Together, believe it or not, they subdue a ferocious cabal of international gangsters. Not just any ferocious cabal. This is the Triad, for heaven's sake. Chinese in origin, it deals in drugs, prostitution, and general wickedness, while featuring a blend of gratuitous cruelty and untrammeled ruthlessness the Mafia can only aspire to. Wheeler Cassidy (the wastrel) discovers that his kid brother Prescott, the family's shining star, has in some way become Triad-connected--and then Triad-eliminated, when he attempts to break the connection. How to explain this? What could a rich, eminently successful young lawyer have in common with evil incarnate? To Wheeler, the LAPD appears somewhat detached in its efforts to shed light on the murkiness surrounding Prescott's death--except, that is, for Detective Tanisha Williams, who's interested, all right. Black, gorgeous, but distrusted by the brass for reasons more racial than rational, she sees the mysterious murder as an opportunity to get her career back on track. And Wheeler sees it as a chance to get his life back on track. Despite initial antipathy, the two hook up. The Triad trail leads them to Hong Kong, where events further diminish barriers of color and class. Bullets fly, colleagues die, and mutual dependency grows apace. Back in L.A., Wheeler and Tanisha net their super-villain only to find themselves faced with a nuclear bomb threat. Not to worry. By this time they"re thoroughly gone on each other, and love conquers all even nuclear bomb threats. Before this fourth novel (King Con, 1997, etc.), Cannell created TV's The Rockford Files--wry, fresh, understated, and character-driven. His fiction cries out for the same qualities. (Author tour) -- Copyright (c)1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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VCR WATCH
DIRK BENEDICT
Charlie's Angels
Friday, October 2, 1998 - 6:00 AM - Channel 11 TNT
PROGRAM: Drama (60 Minutes)
"The Jade Trap". The Angels pose as guests at a posh hotel to nab a burglar who may have murdered; guests Barry Bostwick, Dirk Benedict.
GEORGE PEPPARD
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Wednesday, September 30, 1998 - 8:00 AM - Channel 49 TMC
MOVIE: Romance-Comedy (115 Minutes)
(1961) New York playgirl Holly Golightly puzzles a writer who lives below. >From the Truman Capote novella. Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney. Directed by Blake Edwards. Rated "NR". Adult Situations.
DWIGHT SCHULTZ
Woman With a Past
Monday, September 28, 1998 - 9:00 PM - Channel 29 LIFE
MOVIE: Docudrama (120 Minutes)
(1992) Federal marshals arrest a career woman whose husband and family never knew she was an escaped felon. Pamela Reed, Dwight Schultz, Carrie Snodgress, Paul Le Mat, Richard Lineback, Adam Faraizl. Directed by Mimi Leder.
The Temp Tuesday, September 29, 1998 - 3:05 AM - Channel 26 HBO MOVIE: Suspense (100 Minutes) (1993) A junior executive's temporary helper works her way up the ladder with her own deadly agenda. {CC,Stereo}. Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Colleen Flynn. Directed by Tom Holland. Rated "R". Adult Language, Violence,Adult Situations.
Star Trek: First Contact
Tuesday, September 29, 1998 - 2:30 PM - Channel 50 MAX
MOVIE: Science Fiction (120 Minutes)
(1996) Picard, Riker and the others set off to stop the half-robot Borg from sabotaging a historic rocket flight in 2063. {CC,Stereo}. Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden. Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Rated "PG-13". Violence.
MR. T
Freaked
Monday, September 28, 1998 - 6:30 PM - Channel 50 MAX
MOVIE: Comedy (90 Minutes)
(1993) A mad scientist uses an industrial chemical on two pals and a gal at the theme park Freek Land. {CC,Stereo}. Alex Winter, Megan Ward, Michael Stoyanov, Randy Quaid, Mr. T, Brooke Shields. Directed by Tom Stern. Rated "PG-13". Adult Language, Violence, Adult Situations.
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