Star Trek's Takei marries partner

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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Star Trek's Takei marries partner

Takei, 71, who played Mr Sulu in the sci-fi series, married business manager Brad Altman, 54, in front of a number of his Star Trek co-stars.
They included best man Walter Koenig, who played Chekhov, and matron-of-honour Nichelle Nichols - Uhura.
The wedding - at Japanese American National Museum - came after California lifted a ban on same-sex marriage.
The couple, who have been together for 21 years, wore matching white tuxedos in the ceremony.
Takei, who recently appeared in US TV show Heroes, said in his vows that Altman was "an organised, detailed-obsessed, punctuality-driven control freak".
"I'm easygoing so we're a good fit," he added.
Speaking before the ceremony, Takei said: "We have a relationship that's been stronger and longer-lived than some of our straight friends and yet we were not equal.
"What this does is give us that dignity." The couple were among the first Californian couples to receive a wedding licence when the state lifted its same-sex marriage ban on 17 June.
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Thoughts?
 
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Good for him. He was interviewed on the radio show that I podcast and listen to. He is a pretty cool guy and has a good sense of humor.
 
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vader said:
Good for him. He was interviewed on the radio show that I podcast and listen to. He is a pretty cool guy and has a good sense of humor.
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He was also held in the interment camps in Arkansas during World War II.

He is a delightful human being.
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
He was also held in the interment camps in Arkansas during World War II.

He is a delightful human being.
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Yeah. They did quite a bit of his back story during the interview. It was pretty fascinating.
 
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I once posed as a childhood friend of him on a warships webboard, boy did I make a lot of people angry!
 
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The man is hilarious when he's on Howard Stern - he's got a great sense of humor and puts up with a lot of crap on the show. What they've done to his (and others') book on tape is freakin' genius.
 
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I have no opinion of him one way or the other, but Conan O'Brien isn't overly find of him. He tried to get him to do something (can't remember if it was for The Simpsons or his show), and said he hung up on him. He always seemed like a douche to me, but who knows, he may be a nice guy.
 
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I met him about 12 yrs or so ago at UNC when he was invited to speak at an Asian-American function the school was hosting. I got an autographed copy of his autobiography. He is rather personable.
 
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