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| On Star Trek: The Next Generation, LeVar Burton's character, Geordi
LaForge, is blind and must wear a visor to see. But in real life,
while he is wearing the visor, Burton has only 20 percent of his
normal vision. "When (Geordi) wears the visor he sees more than normal human
beings see. He sees all of what we call the electromagnetic
spectrum. He sees everthing from infrared to X-ray," Burton | |
| In real life, Marina Sirtis has a lot of people who come to her
with their problems, much like her character, Deanna Troi, does on
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Interestingly enough, she did not originally audition for the
part of the empathetic ship's counselor, but for the role of
Security Chief Tasha Yar. (That character was later written out of
the show.) "I would have liked being her b | |
| Jonathan Frakes thinks he got the part because he fits the physical
type that the producers had in mind: "I was tall and looked like a
soldier." Frakes said that serving on the USS Enterprise is like serving
on a military ship. "The ranks on Star Trek are based on the
British naval ranks." After graduating from high school in Bethlehem, Pa., where he
grew up, Frakes went on to Pennsylvania St | |
| Imagine a 12-year-old boy growing up in a poor industrial town in
post-World War II England. Living in a destitute household, the
family brings in barely enough money to survive. His only means of
escape from this dreary existence are his friends in town and the
movies he so dearly loves. Now picture a man living a comfortable life in modern-day Los
Angeles, a Hollywood actor who has a passio | |
| Growing up in a small town with nothing to do, WISH-TV (Channel 8)
news anchor Debby Knox turned to the media to learn what was
happening in the outside world. Today, her job is to inform others of current events. Recently, she exchanged greetings with former Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev on a trip to Los Angeles. She has interviewed
former first lady Barbara Bush and was impressed upon inte | |
| TV is often criticized as having too much sex, violence and bad
language in its programming. Christy, based on the best-selling
novel by Catherine Marshall, has none of the above, yet it still
commands a loyal following. It is so well- liked, in fact, that its producer has received
more than 120,000 letters and postcards in support of the series. The problem is, CBS is not currently airing Chr |
