Star Trek legend William Shatner is preparing to boldy go into his eighties this week - the veteran actor becomes an octogenarian on Tuesday.

After starting out as a classically-trained Shakespearean actor, Shatner swapped the theatrical stage for the bright lights of Hollywood in the late 1950s and went on to win the part that has defined his career - Captain James T. Kirk in classic sci-fi TV show Star Trek.

When the series came to an end in 1969, he reprised his role as Kirk on numerous occasions, including seven Star Trek movies, but has continued to find success on the small screen...

We spotted Heather Locklear visiting the shops at the Mailbu Country Mart over Labor Day Weekend. She looked quite sexy in a loose fitting tank top and very baggy gray trousers.

Earlier this year Heather was cleared over an alleged hit-and-run incident after officials rejected the case due to a lack of evidence.

The "Melrose Place" star was alleged to have been arrested and cited after failing to alert police about a collision with a road sign in Westlake Village, California in April.

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Colin Farrell struggled to perfect his accent for his latest movie Ondine - even though he plays an Irishman.

The actor had to speak in his native brogue to play an Irish fisherman in the movie, about a man who catches a woman in his net and believes her to be a mermaid.

However, Farrell admits he was nervous about speaking in his native accent - because he's so used to acting with an American drawl.

He tells the New York Daily News, "I spent most of my childhood watching TJ Hooker and CHiPS so I was more familiar with an American accent than an Irish one. This film was one of the har...

Heather Locklear will reprise her role as scheming vixen Amanda Woodward of "Melrose Place" on November 17. Check out some photos from the episode!

In the 1980s, Locklear starred in Dynasty and as the ever-imperiled lady cop Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker. She joined the popular 1990s series of "Melrose Place" at the end of season one and stayed on throughout the series' successful seven-year run. She later starred in Spin City and LAX.

Will Locklear's return to "Melrose" revive her career and/or the show? We sure hope so. This week the series hit a new low with just 1.40 million viewe...

According to Variety.com, T.J. Hooker is being remade as a film. No actors have been cast yet.

The TV series, produced by Aaron Spelling, debuted in 1982 and ran for five seasons on ABC. William Shatner starred as police detective T.J. Hooker, who during a major crime outbreak returned to active duty, voluntarily taking the lower rank of sergeant and pounding a beat for the LCPD. Heather Locklear also starred in the cop drama.

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Long before Angelina Jolie (or Sarah Palin for that matter) ever picked up a gun, hot chicks in movies and TV have been packing heat. Kate Jackson (who turns 60 this week!) and the other stars of the original "Charlie’s Angels" inspired a generation of girls to feather their hair and kick butt.

Here’s our list of the top 15 gun-toting beauties, past and present. Doesn’t matter what side of the law they’re on. All that counts here is how they look wielding a piece.

See our Girls With Guns Flipbook here.

15. Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, and Kate Jackson in Charlie’s Angels

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William Alan Shatner is a man of many talents. With over fifty years of acting experience, he is a critically acclaimed musician and author, and at seventy-seven he revels in his status as a titan of popular culture. Just one glimpse of the man's face brings on a deluge of images and names: Captain James Tiberius Kirk; long………… dramatic……… pauses; Priceline.com-the list could go on for pages. Below you will find the career of William Shatner broken down into a few categories, starting from his humble beginnings in the 1950s all the way through to the man we have today.

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Veteran actor William Shatner is set to add chat show host to his resume after signing up to interview celebrities for upcoming TV program "Shatner's Raw Nerve."

The former Star Trek and T.J. Hooker star will interview fellow actors and politicians on the half-hour show, to air on the Biography Channel.

Television bosses have already lined up 13 episodes of "Shatner's Raw Nerve," to air in 2008.

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