I’ve added 9 photos taking by talented photographer Joe Quinto. This photoshoot was taken on May 8th 2008, so that explains why Chris is sporting blonde highlights. Thanks to Luciana and SylarQuinto for the heads up!

Gallery Link: Photo Sessions > Joe Quinto

Zach Quinto & Chris Pine recently donated an amazing experience to the Alzheimer’s Association — 2 tix and after party passes to the April 30th LA premiere of Star Trek!. Please pass on the news, as you all can help out a great cause close to the actors’ hearts, and join the celebs for an amazing night! charityfolks.com/startrekmovie

Thanks so much to Laura for letting me know about this, I think it’s wonderful! 😀

Just wanted to extend a huge thanks to all those who came down for the London Premiere of Star Trek on Monday. It was a fantastic night which culminated in a great party at the Royal Festival Hall. Seeing the movie in the main theatre at the Empire Leicester Square was nothing short of exhilarating. The crowd was pumped, the atmosphere was electric and the sound was turned up to eleven. I still haven’t been able to get the smell of dilithium out of my kilt.

In my ongoing fight against mean spirited journalism, I feel I should wade in and defend my NBF, Chris Pine who according to the British Sun newspaper, “was really annoyed because Simon got all the laughs at the premiere — both during the film and on the red carpet.” He then went on to “shun” the party. Let’s just be clear about this, Chris really isn’t the type to shun; he’s not a shunner and nobody at the party (that he most certainly did attend) felt his enshunment. He actually spent a good hour posing for photos with my family, who for the next 24 hours seemed incapable of saying anything other than, “Chris is lovely, isn’t he?” I’m guessing the story was twisted from generous statements he made on the red carpet about his fellow actors that (horror of horrors) he might have expressed with a hint of irony. Like me saying “damn you Pine you handsome talented bastard!” as I do every night before bed.

Trust me, you are going to love Chris’s Kirk. He demonstrates all the swagger of Shatner and combines it with a lightness and likability which is all his own. If anyone walks off with this movie, it’s The Pine .

Thanks to Carrie for the heads up!

I got the chance to buy the May issue of Men’s Health yesterday with Chris on the cover and am happy to share the clear High Quality scans with you guys 🙂 I’d also like to thank Ian for kindly donating the May 2009 Empire Magazine scan of Chris.

Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > Men’s Health Magazine ( May 2009 )

Gallery Link: Magazines / Publications > Empire Magazine – ( May 2009 )

Student Life recently got to join in on a talk with “Star Trek” stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Pine plays James Tiberius Kirk, the rebellious Iowa farm boy going full speed to nowhere. Quinto plays his opposite, Spock, the emotional half-human outcast on planet Vulcan—a world where emotions have long before been eradicated. Read on as the two actors answer questions about the movie that chronologically precedes 726 episodes, 10 movies and a legendarily loyal fan base.

Student Life: How would you describe the characters?

Zachary Quinto: I think, it’s specific to this iteration of the story because I think if you ask Leonard, that you’ll have a different answer obviously because of his relationship to the character and because his character existed in a different sort of time. My version of Spock is definitely a little bit more unsettled. He’s less in control of the duality that exists within him. He’s much more in conflict.

Chris Pine: I think that this version of Kirk is a bit more brash and arrogant, and young essentially. We get to see this character before he becomes the confident commander of the later years, where he’s dealing with what he’s going to do with his life, whether or not he wants to face up to this challenge that’s presented to him by Captain Pike of joining Starfleet, whether he’s going to face his fears or be a victim to them.

SL: Chris, you’ve mentioned in the past a desire to do your own thing with Captain Kirk as a character. Specifically, what are some of the things that you wanted to do differently and what did you feel was essential to keep the same?

CP: It’s a difficult question because it wasn’t as if I have like a sheet of Shatner-ian characteristics that I wanted to keep and then a sheet of new things that I wanted to do in the character. There’s certain things that are just characteristics of Kirk that happen to be the same from the original version to the version that you all will see…He’s decisive and confident and can be arrogant at times. And he’s a flirt.

Thanks to Mata I’ve added a additional 19 photos of Chris from the London, UK premiere.

Gallery Link: 2009 > 04/20/2009 – London, UK Premiere of ‘Star Trek’