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Zellweger: ‘People don’t know me in my 40s’

LOS ANGELES

Renee Zellweger says she looks different because she’s “living a different, happy, more fulfilling life.”

The 45-year-old Oscar winner issued a statement to People magazine late Tuesday after she became a trending topic on Twitter, with many fans claiming the actress had become “unrecognizable.” Her appearance at a Hollywood event earlier this week sparked widespread Internet chatter.

Zellweger’s most-recent acting credit was in 2010, and she says, “People don’t know me in my 40s.”

She said she has concentrated on her health and personal development in recent years and is “thrilled that perhaps it shows.”

Shatner, ‘Trek’ director to meet about role

NEW YORK

“Star Trek” may be the next frontier for William Shatner — again.

Shatner, who played the original James T. Kirk, says he’s meeting soon with Roberto Orci, who’s directing “Star Trek 3,” to discuss reprising his Kirk in the rebooted franchise.

“I had a talk with him the other day,” says Shatner. “So there’s talk — simply talk — about the next movie.”

Shatner has said J.J. Abrams, who produced and directed the 2009 “Star Trek” film and 2013 sequel, recently called to say Orci had an idea about how Shatner might be in the next film of the new franchise, which stars Chris Pine as Capt. Kirk.

Shatner says he would do the movie if it’s a meaningful part, “a role that had something to do with the turning of the plot.” Still, the 83-year-old actor says he’s not sure how they’d bring him back now — 20 years after his character was killed off in “Star Trek: Generations.”

Associated Press