The nominations for this year's Hugo awards, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, are out and Stargate SG-1 episode '200' has picked up a nomination in what is likely to be a hotly-contested Dramatic Short Form category. '200' is up against fellow Sci Fi Channel show Battlestar Galactica (for its episode 'Downloaded') and Dr. Who (one nomination for the two-parter 'Army of Ghosts' and 'Doomsday', and individual nominations for 'The Girl in the Fireplace' and 'School Reunion').
Winners of the Hugo awards will be announced at Worldcon, in Japan, on September 1st 2007.
For more information about the awards, and a complete list of nominations, go here.
Direct from the Vancouver Stargate Creation Con, Michael Shanks has revealed that his first appearance in the Fox show "24" should be episode #18. This episode should air in the US on April 16th. Stargate SG-1's Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) is scheduled to appear in a four episode arc of the highly rated "24".
Congratulations from everyone at SDJ to James Spader on the news that ABC have picked up his show, Boston Legal, for a fourth season. The show, featuring the unlikely partnership of Spader (the original Daniel Jackson) and William Shatner (previously better known for his involvement with Star Trek), has been both a ratings and a critical success, picking up Emmys for both actors.
For more on this and ABC's other pickups for the new season, go here.
MGM has confirmed rumours that Richard Dean Anderson will be returning to reprise his role as General Jack O'Neill in the second of the two upcoming straight-to-dvd movies, Stargate: Continuum. Anderson is due to join members of the current cast to film scenes in the Arctic Circle, as they have received permission to film at the U.S. Navy’s Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS), though the exact part he'll be playing in the overall movie still remains unconfirmed.
For more on this story, go here.
Congratulations from everyone here at SDJ to Michael Shanks, whose last episodic appearance as Daniel Jackson in Stargate SG-1 gets its world premiere tonight in the UK - our friends at Michael Shanks Online report that Michael has picked up a recurring role on hit US show 24. He'll be playing a character called 'Michael Bishop' and is due to appear in a four-episode arc, for which filming starts shortly. We'll let you know more as we hear it...
Meanwhile, congratulations too to Erick Avari (who played fan favourite character Kasuf both on the big screen and in the television series). Avari, most recently seen as Chandra Suresh in hit show Heroes, has picked up a substantial role in CBS comedy pilot The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud. For more information on this and other pilots for the new season, go here.
Those of you know in Stargate SG-1 fandom know, we're sure, that Anna (Yum@) of StargateFan has been ill for some time. (For those of you who may have found your way here from other fandoms, Anna is one of those tireless people in fandom who give much to the rest of us who share her love of SG-1.)
As you can imagine, such a long term illness has been a financial stress on her and her family. A group of her longtime friends is embarking upon a fund raising effort to help her out. One such effort will be a zine in her honor, organized by Jmas at the Ancientsgate website.
This auction is another such effort. No, this is NOT a charity auction -- this is an auction of friends helping friends, one of the things that fandom is all about.
We've all searched our shelves, checked the drawers, rifled through the filing cabinets to see whether we'd have anything that might tempt our fellow fans to give new homes to the things we've collected over time.
We've managed to find a few things... trinkets and previously loved zines, magazines and photos. A camcorder, a few rare promo items from past shows.... these and other things will be find their way to our auction. Oh, and thanks to the wonderful people at Legends Memorabilia, very shortly we'll have some very special items from the set of Stargate SG-1.
We're kicking off on March 6, and will run for a couple of weeks. You'll find the link to the auction here.
We hope you will find something to tempt you, and invite you - and ask you - to spread the word of our little effort.
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