May 16, 2009 My favorite academic digital rag, the Chronicle’s Wired Campus newsletter reports: “Henry Jenkins, co-director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies Program, thought it was some kind of joke when he got an e-mail message from a Hollywood casting director asking him to be an extra in the latest Star Trek film...But a few weeks later he was getting fitted for a … [Read more...]
Beam Me Up, Scholars: Arcane Star Trek Cameo Tidbits
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