The Biography Channel a lot of William Shatner’s-themed programming this month, which includes the debut of his new talk show Shatner’s Raw Nerve on Tuesday, December 2, at 10pm.

The show will feature Shatner interviewing fellow celebrities, probing them with sensitive questions to touch upon “raw nerve” subjects.

The first episode is with actress Valerie Bertinelli, where they discuss her former marriage to rock star Eddie Van Halen, her son Wolfgang, and her past addictions to food. Future episodes will have Shatner digging deep with Tim Allen, Jimmy Kimmel, Jenna Jameson, Kelsey Grammer, and Judge Judy (see current air date schedule here below). Some yet-to-be scheduled episodes will see Jon Voight and Shatner’s Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy in the hot seat.

Also this month, the cable channel will run their one-hour special, Biography: William Shatner — you can catch it today at 11AM ET — as well as Star Trek: Captain’s Log hosted by Shatner, which has interviews with cast members from the original Star Trek series [...]

Amazon’s Black Friday Sale was pretty cool, I know I snagged myself a bunch of DVDs. And just so you know, the sale is still going on and will be for the next few days; some of the prices have gone up — still low, but not as low — so best to get your shopping done sooner than later it seems.

Anyhow, at the time of the Friday sale I was in such a DVD-buying frenzy that I didn’t even think to browse around the other sections. Now that I’m looking today, I see a few new Video On Demand titles for 99 cents!!! Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Incredible Hulk, and Get Smart (2008) are available for viewing right now on demand for only 99 cents.

I don’t typically look through the music section, as I already have a 30,000-song music library, so there’s usually nothing too new that I’d be on the lookout for. But, I did notice that Metallica’s Death Magnetic is available as a $5 MP3 download. I have the album and totally love it, so if you don’t already own it, now is your chance to get it for only five bucks [...]

Yesterday, we wrote about some news images of the USS Kelvin that were discovered at upcoming Star Trek Intel’s cross-promotional Star Trek site at boldlygo.intel.com/newfrontiers.

The site has been updated to include more images of and details about of the Federation starship, as well as details and photos of some of the crew members, including first officer George Kirk, James T. Kirk’s father.

To navigate to the images and stats of the crew members, go to “Explore The Final Frontier” then click on “Join the Enterprise Construction Crew” then chose “USS Kelvin.” Here you’ll see a 3D model of the starship. Click the up arrow until you see the top view of the ship and three blue circles appear [...]

Intel and Lenovo have partner with JJ Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek and have launched an Exploration Sweepstakes site at boldlygo.intel.com/newfrontiers.

Visitors to the site can test their Trek knowledge, download exclusive Star Trek wallpapers, and enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win a Lenovo Y530 laptop with Intel Centrino 2 technology, in addition to other prizes.

I went to the QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge section (in the upper left corner) and somehow answered all four questions correctly (the last question will be know by any diehard Trek fan), one of which was a new fact about the USS Kelvin. Answering correctly unlocked a new wallpaper image from Star Trek of the starship.

At the bottom right, click the “Explore The Final Frontier” button; if you then click on “Join the USS Enterprise Construction Crew,” it brings you to the Starfleet Shipyard where the NCC-1701 is under construction. There’s four areas you can browse: USS Kelvin, a 3-D movable version of the ship (see a screenshot of the image here at right); Starfleet Database, contains images from the film, the trailers, and Intel/Star Trek wallpapers [...]

Amazon has begun their super-mega Black Friday Sale today, with prices drastically slashed!

The sale is on until 11AM (Pacific time) today while quantities last.

Select NEW DVDs likeThe Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Iron Man, are on sale for only $8.99, while Spider-Man, and Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man are only $1.99!

Blu-ray users rejoice! Transformers(Two-Disc Special Edition + BD Live) is only $9.99. Check out all the Blu-ray deals for under $15.

The sale is more than just DVDs, it extends to books, electronics, videogames, music, and more! Check out the Black Friday Sale and snag your deal before they all disappear [...]

El Paso, TX, native Gene Roddenberry was honored with a Star Trek float yesterday in the city’s 72nd annual Sun Bowl Parade.

The float consisted of a 12-foot USS Enterprise, the popular, easily recognizable starship from the 1960s television show that late Roddenberry created.

The float, dubbed “Star Trek: A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry,” was created by the Downtown Lions Club of El Paso [...]

Right after the image of the new USS Enterprise from JJ Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek was released, everyone under sun offered up their thoughts on how this ship compared with the original from the 1960’s television series and other versions. Our very own Dr. Geek gave his first impressions earlier this month.

But what do the stars of the original series think of the revamped starship?

In a recent video posted at the Shatner Project, William Shatner, pretty much gave his blessings on the new design, which keeps the iconic saucer shape.

Watch the video here [...]

Universal’s 2-disc special edition of Wanted arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday and will be loaded with extras. For now, check out the sneak peek clips here below taken from the bonus materials from the upcoming release.

The first one — “Searching for the Hero” — is a behind-the-scenes interview-style feature about the search for the actor to play Wes, the action hero of Wanted, the role that went to James McAvoy. The other one — “Angelina Jolie Kicks My Ass” — in another behind-the-scenes feature with McAvoy talking about how Angelina Jolie, who plays the sexy assassin Fox, kicked his butt. Both clips have Jolie’s response to starring against McAvoy.

Also being released this week is the limited edition Wanted DVD Collector’s Edition, which includes the Book of Assassins, Collectible Postcards, and Motion Film Cell. See the video below of all the goodies that come with this collector’s set.

Be sure to check back at Geeks of Doom real soon for your chance to win a copy of the Wanted DVD Collector’s Edition!

An updated version of the previously released trailer for JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek is now online.

What’s the vision? It’s only a few seconds, but it’s huge. If this had been in the original version of the trailer, everyone who have went completely insane with delight.

Near the end, it’s the last piece of footage shown from the film before the title comes up — our first look at Leonard Nimoy as the Elder Spock, oh glory be!!!!

Head over to AICN for your pick of three exclusive high-res QuickTime versions, or check out the low-res one here [...]

IDW Publishing has released the first cover image for their upcoming 4-issue limited comic book series that will serve as a prequel to JJ Abrams’ 2009 feature film Star Trek.

Star Trek: Countdown #1 will be released in January 2009, and will serve as a lead in to the events of the Star Trek movie, which is itself a prequel/reboot of the 1960s television series.

The comic book series has a story presented by Abrams and was plotted by Star Trek screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman; it was written by Mike Johnson and Tim Jones with art and covers by David Messina [...]

At the end of October, I was invited by Laika Entertainment to a sneak peek here in NYC of their upcoming 3D stop-motion animated feature Coraline. I got to see 30 minutes of the film, after which writer/director Henry Selick came out for an audience Q&A.

Soon after the screening, I got an email from the Coraline Team out in Portland, OR, telling me to be on the lookout for a package from them specially made for me with me in mind and that I will be one of 50 people slated to receive such an item — each being one of a kind.

This is a big deal for me, because I’m a great fan of the Coraline book, I love stop-motion, and c’mon, it’s Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas. There’s a reason I can’t stop writing about this project! Anyhow, so I couldn’t imagine what they’d be sending, but the other day it arrived — a handcrafted aged box with an oval plate that read “Handmade in Oregon - 14/50.” Inside the box was a weathered letter with a wax seal with a black button just like the ones used in the film. The letter explained why I was getting such a unique gift and a bit about how it was made. From what I can tell, from the few other people online I saw who’ve gotten their own box, most of the message is a standard form letter, but there’s one paragraph that specifically addresses the recipient. My paragraph has some nice things to say about Geeks of Doom (we’re artistic, hilarious, unconventional…), but probably the coolest thing it said was …

THAT’S WHY WE ADMIRE GEEKSOFDOOM - (GREATEST NAME EVER).

Several Neil Gaiman-related items are currently up for bids on eBay, with the proceeds going to the CBLDF charity.

The image at right is of two unrelated comic book characters together — Hellboy, drawn by Mike Mignola, and Sandman, drawn by Neil Gaiman. The drawing will be up on eBay for the next 20 hours or so.

Another charity item on eBay ending in less than a day is a sketch by Fables artist Mark Buckingham of Gaiman playing drums (and the author points out that while he does play instruments, drums is not one of them).

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) exists to fight censorship and defend the first amendment rights of comic book professionals throughout the United States.

The Office webisodes are back, this time with a series about an outburst that Oscar has on the phone while at work.

The new Webisode series, called “The Outburst,” has the Dunder Mifflin employees going out of their way to find out what Oscar’s outburst was really about.

The first installment, which debuted online last Thursday, is available for viewing right here below!

I got a chance to watch the entire Webisode series already, which totals about to about 11 minutes of footage, so I know it’s definitely worth a watch. Be on the lookout for future installments of “The Outburst” real soon [...]

Last week, Summit Entertainment announced that they had picked up the rights to the sequels of Twilight and had secured screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg to script the second and third stories.

Today, Summit has announced that they’re officially greenlit production for New Moon, a big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s second novel in the Twilight Saga.

Summit has hit it big with the Twilight franchise, the first movie of which opened up this weekend in theaters to sold-out showings, and has already grossed over $7 million for midnight showings on Thursday, with a total of $35.7 million so far — a great achievement, considering the film’s budget was $37 million [...]

Aside from starring Twilight’s Kristen Stewart in what I consider to be her “natural” state, I have tons of reasons why I already know I’ll love Adventureland.

First of all, it takes place in Long Island, NY (not far from my neck of the woods in Brooklyn) in the summer of 1987 — a great year, if I say so myself — at an amusement park (love it!). It’s about a recent college grad (Jesse Eisenberg who you might remember from Cursed — I do) who has to take a low-wage job at a local amusement park where he falls in love with his co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart) and ends up having the best time of his life.

The R-rated film is directed by Greg Mottola, who’s directorial debut was the raunchy teen comedy Superbad, which I thought was funny as hell. While Adventureland is also a comedy, it’s doesn’t seem to be the outlandish kind. The movie screams “indie darling” and even has that Garden State wallpaper [...]

On November 18th, [my boyfriend] Kirk Hammett performed with Metallica in Tulsa, OK, on his 46th birthday. Some video was captured of the lead guitarist playing “Seek and Destroy” while the road crew ambushed him in celebration with silly-string.

Watch the video here below of the event and see how Kirk manages to continue playing the song — and doing the lead! — even though he and his guitar are covered with the sticky substance and he’s continuously getting strayed with the stuff. Now that’s talent.

Another video below is of Mercyful Fate frontman King Diamond performing with the “Mercyful Fate” medley with Metallica at the Ozzfest this summer.

One of the greatest pieces, if not the greatest piece, on Metallica’s 1998 double album of covers tunes, Garage Inc., was the track titled “Mercyful Fate.” The track was actually a medley of songs from Danish metal band: “Satan’s Fall,” “Curse of the Pharaoh,” “A Corpse Without Soul,” “Into the Coven,” and “Evil.”

Coming to Comedy Central this Sunday at 10pm is A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!, an original one-hour musical holiday special hosted by the Colbert Report’s Stephen Colbert.

The program will feature musical performances by Colbert, as well as Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart.

After its premiere this weekend, A Colbert Christmas will be released on DVD on Tuesday, November 25, and include several bonus features. Also on Tuesday, iTunes will exclusively offer a digital album with songs from the TV special, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity.

Watch clips from the upcoming special here below; for full details of the show, DVD, and digital album, see the full press release below.

Be sure to check back soon, as Geeks of Doom will be giving away 3 copies of the DVD A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!

The theatrical trailer for the 3D stop-motion animated Coraline is now online.

Watch it here below! Also, the final theatrical poster is at right (click for large view).

Coraline was written and directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, based on the book by Neil Gaiman and is the first movie to ever be filmed in 3D.

The young Coraline bored in her new home, goes searching around and finds a secret door that leads to an alternate version of her own life. At first, Coraline loves this other world, as it seems so much better than her own. On the other side, is an Other Mother and Other Father, who want her to stay there forever, and while at first she’s tempted, she soon realizes that there’s something wrong with this other place, but is it soon enough to escape back to her real home and family? …

Two new black and white character posters, plus the first TV spot for JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek have been released.

The two new black and white character posters are of Zoe Saldana as Uhura (click image at right for full view) and Eric Bana as the Romulan villain Nero (click image below for full view.)

Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight is a love letter as well as a wink and a nod to all the diehard fans of the novel by Stephenie Meyer on which it is based. There’s no doubt that Meyer’s book sparked a pop culture phenomenon the likes of Harry Potter, but where the Potter film adaptations were big-budget huge effects fantasy efforts that are fun for the whole family, Hardwicke’s movie is really a small-time indie drama with a touch of supernatural aimed straight at the heart of young girls.

The film opens with Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) leaving her home in sunny Phoenix to go live with her father in the dreary town of Forks, Washington. Bella’s voiceover explains that she’s relocating so that her mom can go on the road with her new husband, a minor league baseball player.

Once in Forks, the shy Bella does make some friends, but also seems to have earned the disdain of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a handsome yet mysterious boy who only socializes with his equally mysterious foster siblings. Bella finds herself attracted to her unnaturally pale classmate, even though he is openly repelled by her. She can’t understand what his issue is with her, until one day he saves her from a car accident and reveals his true nature as a vampire, and that what Bella thought was disgust was actually lust — for her and her blood [...]