The magazine hits newsstands Monday, November 16th from what I hear, so be sure to grab you a copy quick because I’m sure they will sell fast! I know I will!

Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > GQ Magazine ( December 2009 )

Be sure to stay tuned, I’ll have ultra high quality scans soon as well as the actual photoshoot for this issue.

All profits went to the following charities and as you all know Chris is all about supporting the cause.

Gallery Link: RAINN a rape prevention group &LA Breast Cancer alliance Booklet

Thanks to the awesome Mata of Zach-Quinto.net for pointing these out, as well as to Japanese Chris site Chris Blog.jp.

Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > Safari Magazine – ( June 2009 )

Gallery Link: Photo Sessions > Hiroshi Homma

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Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > Screen Magazine – ( June 2009 )

Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > Australia TV Week – ( May 2nd – May 8th 2009 )

Although there have been 10 Star Trek movies in the past 30 years, the last to feature all the characters from the 1960s TV series was back in 1991. So when Lost and Alias creator JJ Abrams was approached to reboot the franchise, it was obvious a fresh approach was needed. Not only were the original actors either deceased or too old for an action blockbuster, but a new angle was required to attract an audience beyond the faithful army of Trekkies. Thus, the idea of a prequel was hatched – a film that would take the story and iconic characters back to their beginnings.

On their recent visit to Australia, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine, who have stepped into the roles of Spock and Kirk respectively, sat down with TV WEEK to discuss their Star Trek voyage.

Trekkies are notorious for the lengths they go to. How extreme was the secrecy surrounding this film?

Zachary: Geez! [Laughs] My first day of shooting was at a cemetery about 30 miles (48km) outside of LA. We were shooting in this chapel which has a huge bay window and originally, we were given barber smock, just like shawls, to wear to walk from our trailer to the set. JJ came to me with his iPhone and showed me pictures of him and I talking in the very room in which we were shooting that had been taken from outside and posted online. The next day, we had floor – length vinyl fireman’s jackets with hoods and we had to get into golf carts that were completely shrouded with black tarp and zipped up. Once we were shooting on the lot, our base camp was completely surrounded by a chain link fence you couldn’t see through.

This film takes us back to the beginning – and Spock and Kirk can’t stand each other!

Chris: It makes sense that Spock and Kirk aren’t the best of friends. What we see are two incredibly obstinate people who are at loggerheads, but the same reasons that push them apart are what they come to love and respect about one another. I think the relationship between Spock, Kirk and Bones (Karl Urban) as well, is so important because it’s three guys who are pigheaded and you need three perspectives on the bridge.

Early into the film, Nero (Eric Bana) travel back from the future to seek revenge – and in doing so, changes the course of history. Was that a good way for JJ to wipe the slate clean and take the story in any direction he wanted?

Z: A little bit, yeah

C: JJ stresses that it a reimagining. It’s the character you know, the world you know, the aesthetic you’re familiar with… but I’m not William Shatner and Zach’s not Leonard Nimoy; it’s a new journey. It’s a new imagining of an old story, so there are liberties that are taken. But respect is definitely paid.

Most of the classic Star Trek phrases make a comeback in the film – how fun was it to say them?

Z: it was great, the first time I say, “Live long and prosper” it has a very different undertone than it usually does and it’s nice to play with that stuff. Anyone who’s been a fan for 40 years will be satisfied by these things that are clearly nods to them but, at the same time, we’re refashioning them and having a good time with them.

Leonard Nimoy makes a guest appearance, too. Was it daunting having the original Spock on set?

Z: Leonard was integrally involved, for me, from the beginning. I was the first one cast so I had months before we started shooting to prepare, and he was instrumental in that time. We’ve actually become very close and I consider Leonard a friend. So it wasn’t daunting so much as it was reassuring for me.

And Chris, apparently you stopped watching early episode of the series because it was interfering with your preparation. Is that true?

C: I did. I’m a perfectionist by nature, so on getting the role, I was doing my due diligence. I started watching the first season and really enjoying it – to my surprise, because I’ve never been a fan before. What Mr Shanter did was so unique that I found myself trying to create a perfect impersonation, which would have done neither myself nor anyone in the movie any justice. JJ prescription for this role was to pay tribute to what had come before, but to do my own interpretation.

There are some fantastic stunts in the film – how grueling were they to shoot?

C: Way more so than I thought they would be! In script, there were pages of action sequences that I’d just casually skim through, not knowing that those four or five pages would take a month and a half to shoot. I have so much more respect for the action heroes of this world now – it’s way harder that I ever thought

Z: For me, the stunt training was gruelling. I did more training for stunt sequences that ended up not being shot.

Will there be a sequel?

Z: A sequel? You wanna do one?

C: Sure.

Z: OK, we’re doing one.

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2. Name one thing we’d be surprised to learn you find sexy.

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who’s good at crossword puzzles.

3. Fantasy time: You have just been named captain of the U. S. S. Enterprise. What famous people do you want on your crew?
Miles Davis, Sean Penn, Mark Twain, and Gandhi

4. Have any quirks?

I talk to myself, especially in the car. I do it to work through ideas, or if I’m pissed off. I use the interior of the car like it’s a [therapist's office].

5. What’s the most romantic gesture a woman can make?
Giving me space and recognizing that we can be together while still being apart. “Me” time us just as important as “us” time.

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You can actually see two scans from inside the magazine here: @source #1 and @source #2

I’ll be getting the issue as soon as I can so you can expect HQ scans shortly, but in the meantime you can check out the scans from the May ’09 issue here @ SocialiteLife though their not great quality.

Gallery Link: Photo Sessions > Art Streiber

You’ve been great in ungreat things. Your career has had few opportunities. And then you’re offered two big jobs. Two different jobs. One is suited to your talents and ambitions; it is your vision of yourself. The other will make you gobs of money.

How can a man choose between self-satisfaction and well-being? Between two different versions of success? Two jobs, two women, two investments: It’s always like this. The two elements you most desire, split down different paths.

Chris Pine had a week to decide between the two jobs. And the 28-year-old actor agonized, because, well, the pinnacle of his career to that point had been The Princess Diaries 2. Not even the original! But now two movie studios wanted him: He could take a role as a disgusting, chemically imbalanced detective in the kind of gritty, actor-driven gig he’d dreamed of. Or he could play James T. Kirk in a Star Trek prequel. The character is uncomplicated. William Shatner already claimed it. Pine would be wearing spandex. But man, it’s a big movie. Big and career changing.

And he was afraid of choosing. He often is. We all are, with decisions like this. You look at each choice and weigh the regret of not going for it. Catch yourself the next time you do this: You aren’t looking forward because you’re too busy imagining what it’ll feel like to look backward, wondering what you should have done instead.

“I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should,” Pine says. “I should have done this. Or I should do that. Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.” But he has still spent his life fighting the word. He can’t always forget it. So when the two jobs were offered, he talked it over with everyone he could, and spent a lot of time by himself, wondering what he should do.

Chris Pine’s girlfriend wakes up every morning at 7 a. m. and is, as he tells it, the very definition of sunshine. She is ready. Yesterday’s gone; today is better. This attitude is something he’s trying to emulate, although it hasn’t happened yet. He needs 2 1/2 more hours and some strong coffee. “I’m so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face,” he says. “My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.”

If he doesn’t stop himself, the rest of the day will feel the same. He obsesses over past mistakes. He’s low on patience. He’s a natural cynic, a grump, a perfectionist. And that’s held him back. He knows it. Imagine what a guy like Pine, classically good-looking with a rich, deep voice, could have done in college. The girls! He could have killed at parties. He could have owned the place. His for the taking.

Here’s what happened instead: “I spent a lot of my time obsessing over schoolwork,” he says. “That’s what I was programmed to do.” So, those parties? Other guys owned them. Guys who looked forward.

Since then, Pine has been focused on changing. It starts by taking cues from others, he says. He follows his girlfriend’s lead, and studies how George Clooney makes fun of himself, and reads dreary but ultimately insightful books like Man’s Search for Meaning by Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. And through this, Pine has learned to refocus. “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective,” he says. “You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.”

Every day, it’s a little easier. He stops running through the shoulds — regretting something he said, something he did — because the simple truth is he can’t change what happened. And it wasn’t that bad now that he really thinks about it. Our failures are often biggest in our minds. To everyone else, they are unremarkable.

Pine is a work in progress. We all are. And that’s fine, so long as we learn from our mistakes and missteps instead of obsessing over them. That’s progress right there.

Damn, he really wanted that gig as the strung-out detective. It was so right for him. It was everything he’d prepared for. He was freaking out. But then Pine’s sister said to him, “Instead of looking at Star Trek as a sacrifice of your artistic principles, is there any way to look at it as a larger challenge?” And he thought about that and realized she was right. The strung-out detective role was easy. He wanted to play it because he felt prepared for it. Star Trek was hard. How do you play a James T. Kirk that William Shatner already dominated? Pine didn’t know.
So he took the job. He might not have taken it if it had been offered years ago. He’d have been too nervous. He’d have been paralyzed by shoulds.

That’s the change in perspective we’re talking about. Look at things differently, and downsides become opportunities. Those choices from the beginning of this story — self-satisfaction versus well-being? That’s garbage. The best parts of life aren’t polar opposites. A choice is just two different ways to make the most of opportunities. It’s a good problem to have, once you’re not afraid of looking back. Which, in this case, Pine no longer is.

“When I started Trek,” he says, “I looked at it, and then I was climbing it, and I didn’t have time for anything else but climbing the thing and getting to the top. And that’s an incredible space to exist in, because there’s tremendous responsibility. There’s tremendous pressure. But all those just clarify your vision.”

Be Your Own Captain
Chris Pine took on a big job this year. Here’s how he faced it head-on

Respect the past, but don’t mimic it
To prepare for the role of James T. Kirk, Pine spent hours studying footage of William Shatner. But he found that instead of learning the role, he was hurting his ability to innovate it. So he stopped watching Shatner and began to focus on himself.

No matter what your job, there are always ways to do something better than your predecessor. That’s why you were hired.

Be ready and willing to fail
It’s easy to become intimidated in a big job, so Pine thinks back to the last time he thought he’d failed at something.

“You realize your failures weren’t even failures. You just weren’t as good as you thought you’d be,” he says. That gives him the strength to try again — knowing that even if he thinks he’s failing, he’s probably not.

Perspective is everything
All eyes are on Pine this summer, so here’s what he thinks to calm himself: “I play a make-believe captain of a make-believe spaceship.

Responsibility is only what you place on yourself.” It’s true. Care about your work, but remember that it’s only one part of you.

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I’d like to thank my good friend Fo of Dustin-Milligan.net for bringing this to my attention.

Gallery Link: V Magazine #53 – ( August 2008 )

I’ve also added the cover of Total Film Magazine’s April ’09 issue. You can view it here