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Actors Join Relief Efforts

Fans, along with actors form the different Trek episodes are joining together to raise funds for the Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, The Humane Society of the Uinted States, World Vision, and the United Way. The Donations are being raised by a special auction of memoribila donated by fans, and actors and accepting donations at their website

The United Federation of Fans (UFF) has an impressive list of endorsers, led by Chase Masterson, along with Armin Shimerman, Tim Russ, Nana Visitor, and Andrew Robinson just to name a few.

The auction is being handled by G.E.N.I.U.S. (Genre Entertainment Network In Union to Serve) an organization founded by Ms. Masterson to raise funds for charitable causes. Check out the site, and help out in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort!

In a related story, Wil Wheaton (TNG-Crusher) has also organized a set of charity Texas Hold'em torunements over on PokerStars.com to help with the relief efforts as well. PokerStars is matching all player buy-ins of $20.00 for the tunament tomorrow evening, along with prizes to the winner. And, Wil himself is offering autographed copies of one of his books to every person atthe final table. The event tomorrow night is a $20+$0 No Limit Hold'em Freeze out Turnament which starts at 9:30 pm. Check with PokerStars.com to see if space is still available.

Kate Talks Tea...

Kate Mulgrew (Janeway-VOY) has a candid interview about her one woman play based on Katherine Hepburn and her own life over at Star Trek.com Click here to read all about it!

Trials of Obi-Wan in Open Beta

Star Wars Galaxies is now accepting applications to Beta Test it's newest expansion Trials of Obi-Wan which will include exclusive content from the planet Mustafar (seen in Ep III) according to the entry in the forums where you can register your application.

According to the press release, "like Obi-Wan Kenobi after his death in Ep. IV, Star Wars Galaxies has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" with registered sales of over 1 million units of the MMOG software. Missions within the expansion will be delivered by the Jedi Master himself, which will allow players to understand the words uttered by Luke Skywalker's mentor shortly beofre his death.

To apply to the Beta Test, you must have an active Star Wars Galaxies account in good standing, and fill out an application wich you can link to from here. Good luck, and we'll be looking for the expansion later this year!

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