UPDATE (07.18.03): Anthony Montgomery's Friday night show at the Comedy Store has been postponed due to a professional conflict. STARTREK.COM will announce the new date when he reschedules.

Brent Spiner in Logan's "Aviator"

Brent Spiner ("Data") is doing another movie written by his friend John Logan (screenwriter of "Star Trek Nemesis"). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Spiner has recently been added to the cast of "Aviator," directed by Martin Scorsese. Spiner is playing the part of Robert Gross, the president of aircraft company Lockheed, in the biographical movie about Howard Hughes, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the obsessive billionaire. The movie is currently in production, and targeted for release in December 2004. Also on the cast list is Adam Scott, who played a Defiant conn officer in "Star Trek: First Contact."

Have You Seen... John Billingsley on the Big Screen?

If you've been to the movies in the last couple of weeks, you might have been pleasantly surprised to see a bigger-than-life and very human John Billingsley on the silver screen. Billingsley (otherwise known as "Dr. Phlox") is featured prominently in the trailer for "Out of Time" in several scenes with star Denzel Washington. You can view the trailer online at www.OutOfTimeMovie.com, or at IMDB.com or Yahoo! Movies. The crime thriller is tentatively slated for release in October, according to IMDB.

McNeill, Picardo Keeping Busy

Robert Duncan McNeill ("Tom Paris") is getting very comfortable in his director's beret (figuratively speaking, of course). According to his official site, McNeill is lined up to direct his third Enterprise episode starting in late August (stay tuned to STARTREK.COM for updates). McNeill previously helmed "Cold Front" and "The Breach," along with several Star Trek: Voyager episodes. This fall, he's also slated for a trip to Wilmington, North Carolina to direct an episode of a new series called One Tree Hill, which will debut on the WB network in January. In addition, according to the site, McNeill is developing a new television series concept with Voyager castmate Robert Picardo.

McNeill directed the sixth episode of Showtime's newest hit series Dead Like Me (related story), and that segment, called "Reaper Madness," is tentatively set to air on Friday, August 8, at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 9:00 Central, with repeat showings throughout the following week. Check your local listings.

Picardo himself is keeping busy these days in front of the camera, having recently been seen in a guest spot on The Dead Zone, and in commercials for The Lyon's Den, the Rob Lowe series debuting on NBC this fall. Picardo is a featured guest star in the premiere episode of the new legal drama. Picardo has also recently completed filming on Warner Brothers' "Looney Tunes: Back in Action," where he plays the vice-president of the Acme Corporation. That movie is due out in November. Keep track of his latest news at RobertPicardo.com.

Kate, Bill, Kirsten, Ed

Now that her New York run has concluded, Kate Mulgrew is preparing to take her one-woman stage show "Tea at Five" to Florida. The performance schedule has been announced and tickets will be available for sale starting this Monday, July 21. The play, featuring Mulgrew as the late Katharine Hepburn, will open November 4 at the Cuillo Centre for the Arts in West Palm Beach, and is scheduled to run through January 25. Visit TotallyKate.com for complete info on dates and tickets. More about the show itself can be found at TeaAt5.com.

William Shatner will be in Monterey, California, this weekend for the 56th annual convention of the California Broadcasters Association to be inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame, according to WilliamShatner.com.

Kirsten Dunst ("Hedril" in "Dark Page") is set to star with Ashton Kutcher in "Elizabethtown," a romantic comedy directed by Cameron Crowe, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is slated to begin shooting in early 2004 in Oregon and Kentucky, and will be jointly produced by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks.

Ed Begley Jr. ("Henry Starling" in "Future's End") will host a concert at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend called "The Blue Planet LIVE!" which will take place both Friday and Saturday night, July 18 and 19. British composer George Fenton will conduct his Emmy Award-winning score of the BBC/Discovery Channel documentary "The Blue Planet" to underwater scenes projected on the Bowl's giant screens. Begley will narrate the footage. Find out more at HollywoodBowl.com.

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