The Space Network is holding its Second Annual Spacey Awards on April 18, and Star Trek: Enterprise has several nominations, including "Fave TV Series," "Fave TV Character Male" (Captain Jonathan Archer) and "Fave TV Character Female" (Subcommander T'Pol). The Second Annual Spacey Awards Show will be broadcast on Sunday April 18, check your local listings for more information.

Shatner Turns on the Charm for Playboy.com

Captain James T. Kirk was always a ladies man, and now his real-world alter-ego, William Shatner has stepped behind the lens to take pictures for Playboy.com. The photo shoot took place at Playboy's Santa Monica studio where Shatner took photos of Playmate Deanna Brooks, (Miss May 1998).  Not content to take standard photos, he requested an exotic fisheye lens to shoot the kind of artistic images he was after.

"I have been fascinated with photography most of my life," said Shatner.  "I came here with the intention of not just shooting a beautiful girl, but photographing those parts of her that say
something to me — the texture of her skin, the curve of her body and the femininity that we men like to look at."

The photos and an interview of Shatner are currently at Playboy.com (adult content).

Voyager's Fuller inks pact with Fox

Star Trek: Voyager writing alum Bryan Fuller has signed a two-year deal with 20th Century Fox as a series co-producer. Fuller, the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed yet cancelled Wonderfalls will focus primarily on developing new shows and also possibly working on existing ones as well.

"I'm really looking forward to sitting down and developing new projects with these people because they were so incredibly supportive and nurturing with Wonderfalls," said Fuller, who also created the Showtime series Dead Like Me. Fuller is also working, independently of his Fox deal, on Amazing Screw-on Head, a half-hour animated pilot based on the Mike Mignola (Hellboy) comic for the Sci-Fi Channel.

Klingon Speakers Star in Documentary

A new documentary, entitled "Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water" (a reference to a description of Humans from the TNG episode "Home Soil") follows members of the Klingon Language Institute during their annual get-together, or qep'a, and delves into what makes an invented language so popular amongst fans.

Developed by linguist Marc Okrand for Star Trek, the Klingon language for many is more than just a novelty, it's a way of life. "Language fascinates me," says Dr. Lawrence Shoen, Director of the Klingon Language Institute. "By age five, we have learned a lot of our language, and it defines our humanity, forms our society, and helps to develop and transfer our technology."

The film "is not a 'Trekkies' imitator," says "Earthlings" Producer, Steve Williams of SONEW productions, "But instead it's an entertaining view of an intellectual (and sometimes not-so-intellectual) endeavor to sort out and to explore humans and language and the definitions of success and failure." EARTHLINGS will make its international debut at the upcoming Cannes Film Market, May 12 - 23, 2004. For more information, visit the movie's site at the link below.