Viewed from the south steps, the Sydney Opera House looks very much like the Star Fleet-style logo used by Paramount to promote J.J. Abrams’ retooling of  “Star Trek” for a new generation.

The symbolism wasn’t lost on organizers to last night’s Down Under world premiere, as guests snaked up a wide red carpet and into what amounted to an impromptu blue-lit outline of the Enterprise.

"The '90s are totally fair game,” so says one exec of the next phase of the remake craze in Tuesday’s rather depressing article in the Hollywood Reporter.

Running through the list of remakes scheduled is like a hit-list of Generation X’s favorite 1970s and ‘80s flicks -- which is precisely why thirty- and fortysomething suits, writers, directors and produced are seduced into “playing” with these properties.

If the spring seems a little hotter than usual, it’s probably because of the fever millions of fans are running now that “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” has finally gone before the cameras in Vancouver.

The flames were fanned by ET Online on Thursday releasing a teaser for the exclusive interviews and set footage they'll be screening on "Entertainment Tonight" April 23..

Now You Can Own Barbra Streisand … in Wax

A couple of years ago, I bought my first and only piece of Hollywood memorabilia -- the prop finger sawn off by Ben Affleck in that 2003 masterpiece “Gigli.”

For $29.95, including a certificate of authenticity, it was pretty much a steal -- and a guaranteed conversation piece.

The spongy thing arrived in a zip-loc bag, still slick with whatever special effects goo it had been doused with.

No doubt there’s a tiny bit of DNA from Affleck still attached.