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"Star Trek: The Animated Series," originally just called "Star Trek," debuted on September 8, 1973. It will soon be commemorating its 50th anniversary. To celebrate, as announced at this year's San Diego Comic Con, Paramount will be newly animating several "Star Trek" characters and tapping extant "Star Trek" actors to produce several promotional bumpers in the old "Tas" style. Jonathan Frakes will play Commander William Riker in one such bumper, Armin Shimerman will return to play Quark in another, while Doug Jones will appear as Saru from "Star Trek: Discovery."

The announcement was given by "Star Trek" creative consultant Casper Kelly, who previously worked on "Star Trek: Short Treks."

"Star Trek: The Animated Series" famously reunited most of the original series cast (Walter Koenig does not appear) and merrily continued the five-year mission of the U.S.S. Enterprise. James Doohan reprised his role as Scotty, but also took on a lot of the show's supporting characters,...

Filmation, a low-budget animation studio, created the first-ever DC Universe with shared continuity outside the comic books themselves. The series finale of The Flash on The CW ended one DC "cinematic" universe, and The Flash movie is the beginning of the end of another. However, DC characters have been sharing a universe in animation for decades.

Of all the recent entries in the live-action DC Comics multiverse, its most prolific, consistent and under-appreciated is the Arrowverse. There's just something about the serial nature of television that lends itself to that kind of storytelling. Perhaps the perfect version of shared superhero continuity is the DC Animated Universe from the 1990s and early 2000s. Its depictions of Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and other characters are the definitive ones for a generation that grew up with plenty of those characters in live-action. However, before movie audiences believed a man could fly, Filmation producers...

Kim Zolciak Biermann loves pushing the boundaries in flirty — and often skin-baring — outfits (that is, when she isn’t padding around the house in her beloved bath robe). So when the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star attended a Kentucky Derby party at the Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York on Saturday, she put her own little sheer spin on the traditionally festive dress code.

Biermann, who celebrated the annual race with her hubby, NFL star Kroy Biermann, chose a semi-see-through white babydoll sundress featuring multicolor pink, aqua and lavender feathery sleeves. She accessorized with ankle-strap sandals and a...

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Tarzan, Space Sentinels, The New Adventures Of Batman, Flash Gordon, Bravestarr and more, as we salute Filmation...

For a child of the 1970s and 80s, nothing readied you for a half hour of quality entertainment quite like the Filmation logo. Immortalised by their phenomenal success with He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, and its spin off She-Ra: Princess Of Power, Filmation produced some of the most fondly remembered animated series to grace the small screen.

Over a period of 26 years - in tandem with classic Doctor Who funnily enough - the company's writers, artists and producers delivered a staggering amount of programming. While naysayers point to Filmation's penchant for reusing a stockpile of rotoscoped body movements, or the heavy handedness of its moralising and educational content - children on the other hand, thrilled to an irresistible mixture of action, adventure and superhuman heroes.

Now something of a lost art form,...

The year now ending marks another 12-month period of losing talents who have given television viewers entertainment or information ... and some of those passings, even more sadly, came as major and untimely shocks. Zap2it remembers:

Paul Walker: The actor best-known for the "Fast & Furious" movies had career roots in such TV shows as "Who's the Boss?" "Highway to Heaven" and "Touched by an Angel."

James Gandolfini: He projected so much older as mobster Tony Soprano, many were surprised to learn the three-time Emmy winner only was in his 30s and 40s when he played the part.

Cory Monteith: As Finn Hudson on "Glee," the Canadian-born performer touched fans of all ages both in life and afterward.

Jean Stapleton: Forever TV's top "dingbat," the "All in the Family" actress earned three Emmys as lovably daffy Edith Bunker.

Jonathan Winters: The improvisation genius who inspired his...

Producer Lou Scheimer—a founder of the Filmation studios responsible for cartoons like Fat Albert and He-Man—has died at the age 84. Along with Disney veteran Hal Sutherland and the late Norm Prescott, Scheimer founded Filmation Associates, a production company geared to turning out animated and live-action children’s TV shows for Saturday mornings. Filmation’s cartoons, in particular, had a distinctive, readily identifiable look that was largely the result of such cost-cutting measures as rotoscoping and heavy reliance on the repeated use of stock footage. Filmation sought to compensate for the deficiencies of its animation with tie-ins to ...

Lou Scheimer, Emmy award-winning co-founder of Saturday morning cartoon specialists Filmation, died Thursday. He was 84. The producer, composer, and frequent voice actor formed animation studio Filmation in 1962 with Norm Prescott and Hal Sutherland; their first toon was 1963′s Rod Rocket. For DC, Filmation created The New Adventures of Superman cartoon in 1966, followed by The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, Aquaman, and The Batman/Superman Hour. Filmation’s legacy was primarily carved out in TV animation during the ’70s and ’80s. Scheimer produced or exec produced many of Filmation’s animated properties including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Ghostbusters, Shazam!, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, Flash Gordon, and Bravestarr and performed voice work for, among other characters, Fat Albert‘s Dumb Donald and He-Man‘s King Randor, Stratos, and Orko. In 2003 he received the Annie Award for Special Achievement in Animation.

Well it’s the start of another week, so you know what that means – yet more DVD and Blu-ray releases hit the high street, ready and waiting to swallow up all your hard-earned cash! So here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, November 21st 2011. I hope you guys like stand-up comedy…

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Horrible Bosses (DVD/Blu-ray)

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers… permanently. There’s only one problem: even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them. Review.

And the rest…...

It's always tricky to have kids on live TV -- and the sometimes-poised stars of " Toddlers & Tiaras " are no exception! 5-year-old beauty queen Kalia Deliz , who has appeared on the TLC show before, was on Fox's Studio 11 L.A. earlier this week ... where she showed off more facial expressions than Jim Carrrey . While reporter Jeff Michael tried his best to keep a straight face while Kalia contorted hers, even he (and the crew) couldn't help but crack up. It's a hilarious clip -- and we're just happy to see a 5-year-old acting like an actual 5-year-old ... and not dressing like a prostitute . Read more...

Melbourne, July 29: Kat Von D walked out of ‘Good Day La’, moments before she was supposed to go on air all because she was asked about her ex-fiance, Jesse James.

The act took place after one of the hosts, Jeff Michael referred to James, with whom she split earlier this week.

Von D had come to promote her show ‘La Ink’ and the drama occurred just after the preview of the reality show was aired on ‘Good Day La’.

She had got a tattoo of James’ face just before the break-up, and although she might have proclaimed to the world about her split on Twitter, she did not seem happy when asked about the.

Reality television star Kat Von D abruptly left the set of the “Good Day L.A.” television show yesterday, angered by comments by one of the hosts concerning a tattoo depicting her ex-fiancee Jesse James.

Kat Von D, who was doing publicity for the new season of “La Ink,” was preparing for her first appearance on television since announcing the break-up with James on Twitter. However, closed-circuit television cameras showed Kat Von D leaving the building after co-host Jeff Michael raised the sensitive subject before the interview began.

The hosts of the morning show were clearly confused after Kat Von D refused to do the segment, leading to a war of words on the internet about the unusual circumstances of the situation.

Kat Von D fired the first salvo, sarcastically thanking the hosts for the “waste of a perfectly good morning.” However, she eventually calmed down after reevaluating the situation,...

Kat Von D walked off the Good Day La set after she felt the hosts showed a lack of compassion and respect following her split with Jesse James.

The tattoo artist was scheduled to appear on Wednesday's morning program to promote the newest season of her TLC show, but walked off when host Jeff Michael mentioned her breakup during the introduction.

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Kat Von D threw a hissy fit and ran out of a live interview today just as she was being introduced because the anchor mentioned her split with Jesse James… and after she left the hosts went off about her! Watch the videos.

Don’t mention the name “Jesse James” around Kat Von D, she may freak out. The anchors at Good Day La presented a clip, sent to them by TLC and presumably approve by Kat, of her show La Ink which featured her getting a tattoo of Jesse’s face on it as a gift to him. Awkward, considering they have now called off their engagement! When Kat realized they mentioned her split with Jesse, she ran out of the building. We spoke to an eyewitness who was there.

“Kat stormed down the hallway and I was really confused because she was supposed to be on set,” says our source.

It's a Kat fight! Kat Von D and Jillian Reynolds are in a war of words on Twitter, following a morning show appearance gone wrong. Reynolds, 44, and her Good Day L.A. co-host Jeff Michael were scheduled to have Von D, 29, on the program Wednesday to promote the new season of her TLC show L.A. Ink. Related: Jesse James and Kat Von D SplitMichael introduced her saying, "She just broke up with fiancé Jesse James, but not before getting a tattoo of his childhood picture." Next thing the co-hosts knew, Von D disappeared. "Kat Von D just walked out of the building,...

Kat Von D says she had a Damn good reason for walking off " Good Day L.A. " this morning -- telling TMZ, she made one reasonable request ... and producers repeatedly Blew Her Off. Kat tells us, she agreed to answer a question about her breakup from Jesse James on one condition -- that the anchor didn't mention the split in his introduction. But according to Kat, that request was Ignored -- and as we previously...

Kat Von D walked off the set of " Good Day L.A. " this morning ... minutes before she was set to give an interview -- and we're told, it was all because the anchor mentioned her breakup with Jesse James . Sources on set tell TMZ, Kat was all set to give the interview -- but flipped out when she heard how she was introduced on the show ... and walked out of the building before the interview even started.

DC Comics has announced the impending release of what amounts to a DC Comic geek’s soundtrack. The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection contains some great superhero tunes, ranging from 1941′s Superman March, through the theme for the 2008 animated tv show, Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Check out the cover and full track listing below.

The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection

1. Superman March – Sammy Timberg (1941)

-Previously unavailable. Digitally remastered. From the Academy Award Nominated cartoon series “Superman” produced by Max Fleischer. This was the first Superman cartoon.

2. Theme From Superman (Album Version) – John Williams (1978)

- From the live-action film “Superman.” Digitally remastered.

3. The New Adventures of Superman – John Gart (1966)

- Previously unavailable. Digitally remastered. From the Filmation cartoon “The New Adventures of Superman.”

4. Lois and Clark / The New Adventures of Superman – Jay Gruska (1993)

- From the live-action TV Series “Lois and Clark”. Digitally remastered.

Later this year, DC is releasing an album including almost every DC movie, cartoon, and TV show theme song ever. 21 of the 31 tracks have never been released before, including Max Fleischer’s 1941 Superman theme, so if you’re a DC fan you’ll probably want this album. Some of the other tracks include unreleased music from Smallville, Justice League and Superfriends, and the CD will also include re-mastered versions of the Lois & Clark theme along with 7 different Batman themes. The album doesn’t include every single DC theme ever (as Topless Robot points out, the new Teen Titans theme is omitted) but it will have the vast majority of them. Hit the jump for a full track listing.

Track listing via Topless Robot.

The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection

1. Superman March – Sammy Timberg (1941)

-Previously unavailable. Digitally remastered. From the Academy Award Nominated cartoon series “Superman” produced by Max Fleischer.