“Trekkies” have a great opportunity to get their hands on some rare Star Trek memorabilia soon. Personal effects belonging to the creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, and some show memorabilia will be auctioned off on the 27th of June.

The proceeds from the auction will go to the Roddenberry Foundation. The foundation focuses on helping children, education and the environment. Some of the items on auction include costumes used on the show, hand annotated scripts and even Roddenberry’s studio pass.

William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original series, will also donate a few items towards the auction. He is putting up his custom made Harley-Davidson motorbike, the certificate he received for his Golden Globe nomination and the plaque that was presented to him when his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star was revealed in 1983.

Shatner has made many donations to charity before, but one in particular was extremely curious and begs a mention here. Some time ago, Shatner had kidney stone problems and had to get treatment. An unnamed company actually offered to buy the kidney stone after it passed out from him. The figure? $75,000. Shatner promptly accepted the offer and donated the money to Habitat for Humanity.

The auction is due to take place at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino located in Las Vegas. The bidding process has been extended to the online and phone mediums as well as to on location. Key items will be on display at Ponte 16 which is in Macau, China and later on at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

In the world of adult entertainment, exotic dancers or strippers are but an extension of a man’s fantasy in the real world. Almost every tourist spot in the world today uses this form of entertainment as a way to attract a large part of its customer base, needless to say, a male-dominated audience.

So if one wants to make a career in exotic dancing, the road to success lies in deft use of the stripper pole as well as in maintaining a body that makes men want you as well as women want to be you. Like the handy workman who uses conventional tools of the trade, the stripper uses ‘equipment’ at her disposal in the art of seduction as a means to an end leading to a lucrative career.

What this means for the budding exotic dancer, just as it applies to everyone wanting to be the best at what they do, is long hours of practice in a place of seclusion that will help create your own style of pole-dancing for your awestruck customers.

For this very purpose, a removable stripper pole can be very useful if you would like to use it for your workout and then dismantle it in minutes. Not only can one purchase this very useful type of pole but they can also rent it as well.

If you are already in the stripper profession, you can also find a wide range of poles that can suit every occasion such as portable stripper poles, spinning poles, glow poles as well as poles with stages.

The Na’vi may not have been involved this time but the story mirrored the movie (somewhat) in the Amazon. Recently, Director James Cameron was on location and in action trying to save a certain part of the Amazon from destruction.

Cameron and the Xingu region’s indigenous people successfully put a stop to the construction of what would have been the third largest dam in the world. If it had been constructed, it would have had severe repercussions on the way of life experienced for countless generations of the indigenous people there. The Indians claimed that the fishing, hunting and co-existence they had with the forest would disappear forever. They also said that they feared that their children and grandchildren would never live in peace.

Although this battle has been won, the war to save the forest is only just beginning. The administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has no intention of letting this go quietly. They are intent on appealing the decision by a judge to suspend bidding on construction. This is not the first time that the dam building has been thwarted; back in 1989 musician Sting spearheaded a successful protest that stopped international funding for the dam. But unlike that instance, Brazil does not need any foreign assistance to see the $11 billion Belo Monte dam project through.

As a result, the protestors have a long fight ahead of them if the forest and the way of life of the indigenous people are to be saved.

Next month two movies will hit the cinemas and cause controversy. Both movies have the Islamic religion as the central theme but neither of them attempts to portray it in a bad way. The controversy will come from other elements in the movie and how people perceive it.

The movie “Four Lions” is a satirical look at four males – Omar, Waj, Barry (a convert), Fessel- who get radicalized and decide that they should become suicide bombers. While Omar and Waj go off to terrorist camp in Pakistan the other two stay behind and Fessel comes up with a plan to train crows to carry bombs. In Pakistan Omar and Waj recruit a fifth member to the team but they are back to four when Fessel accidentally dies in a training exercise. The ultimate plan that the team has is to blow themselves up at the London Marathon. The film will no doubt cause a lot of uncomfortable feelings in England as there are many similarities to the attacks that took place in 2005 on the London Underground.

“The Infidel” will stir up some very uncomfortable feelings as it is about a Muslim man who discovers that he was born a Jew. The movie follows the chief character as he tries to discover his roots from his main source, an alcoholic Jewish cab driver, while managing to impress his daughter-in-law to-be’s father who just happens to be a firebrand Muslim preacher.

Although both movies are just about poking fun at religion, how the Muslim community at large will receive it is completely unknown. Even though Muslim actors form a large part of the main cast, the reaction is still expected to be unfriendly.

Marcus Wright, Perseus and of course, Jake Sully are the names that have propelled Sam Worthington in to the limelight and stardom.

Although a somewhat established actor before those key roles, Worthington really came into the public eye when he played in Marcus Wright in the James Cameron franchise “Terminator Salvation.” Worthington had already been involved in the production of the mega blockbuster-to-be “Avatar” long before “Terminator”, so the reception he got based on “Terminator” was a sign of things to come.

As Jake Sully in “Avatar”, Worthington captured the hearts and minds of millions worldwide. A difficult thing to do considering that for 90 % of the movie he was represented by an animated character. Nevertheless, this prompted many to sit up and take note of this “new” talent from Australia. As a result of that Worthington, was cast as Perseus in “The Clash of the Titans”. The remake of the 1981 movie features Worthington as a demigod who fights for humanity against the Olympian Gods, especially Zeus.

The new-found popularity and success is something that Worthington is taking in his stride. He says that he already had a career before this, so this is like a new chapter which he finds exciting and full of opportunities. He is also not worried about choosing the right movies and says that he will do a movie if he feels like it would be something he would watch in a cinema. The actor already has a few movies that are varying stages of production and with Cameron’s “Avatar” sequel looming on the horizon, the future looks good for this star from down under.