For All Mankind season 3 showed how hard Star Trek’s utopia is to achieve

Dev Ayesa leaning over a desk with computers on it; his team around him is smiling and looking on

After two seasons of an extended Cold War, For All Mankind moved into the technology boom of the ’90s. If the real ’90s were driven by a techno-optimism, For All Mankind explores an idea of […]

Reel lives: how I tracked down the class of NME’s C86 album | Indie

The Soup Dragons

It was in the last box I looked in. I reached in and there was the treasure I sought: a cassette tape, battered and scratched, but its gold cover nonetheless shining through the murk of […]

Nichelle Nichols dead: Played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ series

Four photos of Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in "Star Trek" scenes.

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died. Nichols died of heart […]

Nichelle Nichols, Pioneering ‘Star Trek’ Actor, Dies At 89

Nichols as Lt. Nyota Uhura and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel," originally broadcast on Nov. 17, 1967.

Pioneering “Star Trek” actor and space exploration advocate Nichelle Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico. She was 89. Her death was first announced by her son, Kyle Johnson, on Facebook and later confirmed […]

Mo Ostin, music executive who shaped the industry, has died

A black-and-white photo of four men in suits holding a paper banner.

Mo Ostin, the music executive who helped transform Warner Bros. Records into one of the most admired music labels in the world and who earned respect and lasting allegiance from musicians from Los Angeles to […]

The Next Generation Stars Patrick Stewart & Gates McFadden Mark A Reunion

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Stars Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden Reunite At Comic-Con

Comic-Con 2022: Star Trek: The Next Generation Stars Patrick Stewart & Gates McFadden Reunite On Stage ( Photo Credit – Twitter ) ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ (‘TNG’) cast members Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden […]

‘I was on the high of highs, and suddenly it was over’: Linda Hoover on her great lost LP with Steely Dan | Steely Dan

Linda Hoover in 1969.

Few wannabe pop stars release their debut album at the age of 71, especially one that was recorded more than half a century earlier. But Linda Hoover’s I Mean to Shine is no ordinary album. […]