Hello, my name is Tawny Newsom. I play Beckett Mariner on Star Trek Lower Decks.

I am Paul F. Tompkins and I play Dr. Migglymo on Star Trek Lower Decks.

But more importantly, we're just a couple of Star Trek nerds who are excited because we finally get to talk about Star Trek again with all of you.

And we will be featuring Deep Space Nine guests to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

We're gonna be talking Picard Season 3 with members of the original of the next generation cast.

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In the early days of Hollywood's Golden Age, German immigrant Marlena Dietrich

electrified audiences around the world. She defied the expectations of traditional women's roles in her films and in her life.

But it wasn't her acting that led Adolf Hitler to label her a traitor to the quote-unquote fatherland.

It was her patriotic support for her adopted homeland.

When the United States went to war, so did Marlena Dietrich.

It was the beginning of a lifelong dedication to American soldiers that never wavered.

I hope you enjoy hearing her story, which I recorded for the audio version of My Mo Bidjuerri's book.

Marlena Dietrich was 100%.

In 1972, the German-born screen legend and internationally-known cabaret artist

was in London rehearsing for a concert. She was 70 years old.

As with everything related to her image, Dietrich knew exactly how she wanted to be lighted.

Her trusted long-time lighting designer Joe Davis was on hand to make sure her expectations were met.

Dietrich's 22-year-old grandson Peter Riva was also there. He remembers the scene vividly.

I'm standing next to her on the London stage with Joe Davis,

and way up in the clouds at the top of the theater, there's a guy pointing a spotlight on her face.

She kept telling him, waving a hand, where to move the light.

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