Star Trek star Chris Pine, aka Captain Kirk, arrives at Nickelodeon’s 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday (March 28) in Westwood, Calif.

JustJared.com met up with the 28-year-old actor on the orange carpet and asked him if he’s touch with the Internet world. He told me, “I think I have a website, but that’s about as in touch that I am.” (JJ Note: He doesn’t.)

When asked what his favorite prop on the Star Trek set was, Chris shared, “My favorite prop was the prop that didn’t work. It was the transporter room, which in theory is a brilliant machine, although there weren’t any fun effects to play around with.

On the Kids Choice Awards carpet, We asked Chris Pine, who plays Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ new “Star Trek,” if his clothes are slime-proof.

“Yes,” he replied. “I have an invisible plastic coating on.”
We would expect nothing else.

So why on earth is the “Star Trek” premiere in Australia?
“I have no idea but I’m very excited to go there and I’m working on my accent!”

Does Pine Twitter? “Nope, and no Facebook or Myspace either. Just real people.”
Is that a new website?

What’s he doing after “Trek” opens. “A play at the Geffen in LA.”

Here’s the deets according to Culture Monster: Pine will star in “Farragut North,” Beau Willimon’s play about the world of spin during a presidential campaign. Pine is a Geffen veteran, having appeared there in 2007 in Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig.”

From the Bridge of the Starship Enterprise to the stage at the Geffen.
Pretty cool.

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Various celebrities including Chris filmed guest cameo’s for Greg Grunberg’s awareness website for epilepsy. Chris alongside Star Trek co-star Zachary Quinto are shown discussing First Aid in the video below. Be sure to check out TalkAboutIt.org

I’ve also added 30+ captures of Chris from the video too!

By: Brian Scott Lipton · Mar 12, 2009 · Los Angeles
The Geffen Playhouse has postponed its world premiere musical Nightmare Alley and will replace it with the West Coast premiere of Beau Willimon’s political drama Farragut North, to run June 16-July 26, according to Variety.

As in New York, where it debuted, Farragut will be directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes and co-star Chris Noth. For this production, the leading role of press secretary Stephen Bellamy will be be played by Chris Pine. Additional casting will be announced shortly.

The play tells the story of a young press secretary who gets caught up in political double-dealings will working on a presidential campaign.

Nightmare Alley, with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Brielle, was to be helmed by Geffen producing director Gil Cates, who made the decision to postpone the show.

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A huge part of this update is all thanks to ZathrasKnowz @ Flickr.com hard work in finding many of these photos and videos.

Also be sure to check out their Flickr from the link above if your interested in watching videos from the 2009 WonderCon with the Star Trek cast, they have many links to fan recorded videos from the event.

Gallery Link: 02/28/2009 – WonderCon 2009

J.J. Abrams was at the CGV multiplex in Apgujeong-dong in southern Seoul yesterday with stars Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana to present exclusive footage from his upcoming summer release “Star Trek: The Beginning.”

The acclaimed writer, director and producer of TV shows “Lost” and “Alias” the movie “Mission Impossible 3” said the new version of the film – set for its world premier on May 7 – was a re-imagining of the original television series.

“We made this film not for Trekkies but for future fans of Star Trek,” Abrams said.

“The studio wanted to give the film a fresh start and I was originally brought in as a producer, but upon reading the script, I saw so much potential and possibility that the original had failed to realize due to technological constraints so I got very greedy and I decided to direct it myself.”

The new version of the film, as the title indicates, is a prelude to rest of the Star Trek series. The four five minute clips gave a glimpse into the origin of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise – icons of the television series that spawned legions of fans known as “Trekkies.”

Chris Pine plays the younger version of Kirk – an aimless drunkard who is inadvertently thrust into the world of galactic warfare as a new recruit on the USS Enterprise.

For Chris Pine, reinventing the character that William Shatner had made so famous, posed a great challenge.

“I began watching the original series pretty feverishly cause I knew I only had a limited amount of time to prepare for the role and after getting half way through the first and second season I wasn’t doing myself any favors by trying to pick up on the mannerisms of William Shatner and the minutiae of the Star Trek world,” said Pine.