Morning Mix: Spurned William Shatner's Lost Scene -- Revealed!

Spurned William Shatner's Scene Revealed. Star Trek writers/producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman revealed the details behind a failed William Shatner plot in J.J. Abrams' reboot of the sci-fi franchise. While the TV version's beloved Spock -- Leonard Nimoy -- was effortlessly indexed in the movie's younger cast, Shatner reportedly feuded with the director, and had but few (albeit encouraging) words for Chris Pine, his replacement as Captain Kirk. Will he figure into a Abrams' Trek sequel, already in the works? If the MTV video of these two guys talking about how hard it would be to make Shatner happen is any indication, well, it looks unlikely. [MTV News]

Bruce Jenner Is "Sweet," Even Post-Lift. God, it's so awkward when your stepdaughter tries to act as your spokeswoman, through her blog, about how your botched face lift and nose job have landed you in dire need of a 60th-birthday touch-up. And when, either because of or in spite of this -- unclear as of press time -- she calls you "sweet." And when all this is unintentionally humorous, because your pre-surgery mug is about as slack as a djembe drum. And when your stepdaughter is Kim Kardashian. And when you are Bruce Jenner. Whose uber-burnised aesthetic, by the way, has always reminded us of those singing California raisins from our childhood. Mmm, raisins. [People]

American Gladiator to Hit Multiplexes? Speaking of mid-1980s television: the creator of "American Gladiators" will take the franchise to the big screen, and interestingly, he claims it was supposed to have been a film all along. We'll believe it when we see it -- in the meantime, the project's producer cites the goal as "creating a compelling story" and a "new set of characters." That'd be a good start. [Variety]

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