<![CDATA[Up Till Now: The Autobiography]]>

false <![CDATA[Up Till Now: The Autobiography]]> 2316748 8 <div><div>“It is now Bill Shatner’s universe---we just live in it.”---New York Daily News After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. Winning an Emmy for his role on Boston Legal. Doing commercials for Priceline.com. In the movie theaters. Singing with Ben Folds. He’s sitting next to Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, and he’s practically a regular on Howard Stern’s show. He was recently honored with election to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. He was a target on a Comedy Central’s Celebrity Roast entitled “The Shat Hits the Fan.” In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere. It was the original Star Trek series, and later its films, that made Shatner instantly recognizable, called by name---or at least by Captain Kirk’s name---across the globe. But Shatner neither began nor has ended his career with that role. From the very start, he took his skills as an actor and put them to use wherever he could. He straddled the classic world of the theater and the new world of television, whether stepping in for Christopher Plummer in Shakespeare’s Henry V or staring at “something on the wing” in a classic episode of The Twilight Zone. And since then, he’s gone on to star in numerous successful shows, such as T.J. Hooker, Rescue 911, and most recently Boston Legal. William Shatner has always been willing to take risks for his art. What other actor would star in history’s first---and probably only---all-Esperanto-language film? Who else would share the screen with thousands of tarantulas, release an album called Has Been, or film a racially incendiary film in the Deep South during the height of the civil rights era? And who else would willingly paramotor into a field of waiting fans armed with paintball guns, all waiting for a chance to stun Captain…er, Shatner? In this touching and very funny autobiography, William Shatner reveals the man behind these unforgettable moments, and how he’s become the worldwide star and experienced actor he is today. </div></div> 2323266 13 5 2008 Up Till Now: The Autobiography total:254|5:44|4:100|3:89|2:16|1:5| 254 924 394 104 3 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:02:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 11:37:33 -0700 2008
I like biographies. I like to learn where people came from and what experiences made them who they are today. And I'm a huge TOS Trek fan, though far more of Spock then Kirk. So I wanted to read Trek stories from the horse's mouth, I wanted to put...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 11 16:36:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 08:52:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 05:45:42 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 06:17:24 -0700 2008 Star Trek fan. As I got older, I grew disenchanted, for many of the reasons Martin Luther grew disenchanted with Catholicism ;-). Right now (mid-2008), I find it a little hard to work up enthusiasm for Trek, though I'm sure I'll get my enthusiasm back in th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 17:01:33 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 19:33:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 15:57:20 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 16:12:07 -0700 2009
If you're looking for unexpected insights, deep introspection, or new revelations about S...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 09 11:32:01 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 12:02:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 03:36:49 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 03:21:47 -0700 2009
Comments: William Shatner's autobiography covers his entire life from growing up in Montreal, Canada to virtually the present with his thoughts on not being invited to participate in the r...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:09:17 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 10:55:24 -0700 2008
I'm amused at how many people felt in necessary to say "I'm not a Star Trek fan" in their reviews here. I am a Star Trek (original series, please) fan. So there....]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 14:15:27 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:21:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 07:08:19 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 08:28:37 -0800 2008 1 I was amazed at the length and breadth of Shatner's career, from stage, to TV to Films to recording artist: fro...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jun 15 02:03:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 02:04:11 -0700 2008
then it turns out, he's a complete greedy maniac.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 15:55:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 16:22:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 03:56:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 04:09:11 -0700 2009
It's an enticing and amusing read, he has...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 11:27:31 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 13:48:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 13 15:20:38 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 16:53:59 -0700 2008
It's a statement I've really thought about. I've long been a fan of Shatner, and even now I'm not sure how much talent he really does have. Most of the projects...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 11:25:07 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:30:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 17:10:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:47:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 12:34:06 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 12:38:37 -0800 2009
I bit thick and hard to take in places, much like the man himself. Nonetheless, an enjoyable read although I admit I was predi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 22:04:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 22:24:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 15 12:08:06 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 05:14:16 -0800 2008 1
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