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June 14, 2008

See Jackie Collins' massive tour bus

5:00 PM Sat, Jun 14, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

jackiecollinstourbus.jpgJackie Collins' tour bus, site of my aforementioned interview with William Shatner, is so big that it deserves its own blog post.

It already has its own Web site, sort of. In interviews, she's said it once belonged to Mariah Carey, although people at the scene told me it was Avril Lavigne's. Maybe it was both. All three could fit in there.

Anyhow, you can see it for yourself at 7 p.m. July 7, when Ms. Collins visits Borders at Preston and Royal to sign Married Lovers.

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William Shatner on his life, his autobiography, and the secret combination to Captain Kirk's safe

3:49 AM Sat, Jun 14, 2008 |
Michael Merschel   E-mail   News tips

uptillnow.jpgWith Up Till Now, William Shatner has written a genuinely entertaining book -- a rarity, I think, in the celebrity autobiography genre. But I thought my interview (appearing now in GuideLive) with him was going to end before it began when I suggested this. Here's the transcript of our opening remarks (I turned my recorder on right after he said, "Let's get this done.")

Humble Books Editor: Tell me a little bit about the process of writing this book. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did but I ...

William Shatner (interjecting): Why don't you tell me about that. What were your expectations?

HBE (only slightly off-guard): My expectations would have been ... in my experience, a lot of celebrity biographies are not very funny and not very revealing.

Shatner: So why do they write them?

HBE: I don't know. I'm here to ask you.

Things got better from there, as he talked about the writing process, his charity work and even answered one very gratuitous Star Trek-related question. But he makes an interviewer work for his 17 minutes.

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