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Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Zachary Quinto Begging Edition!

STV — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:20:32 EST

I spotted ZACHARY QUINTO and his friend/date/Vulcan/whatever trying to talk his way into the HBO party after the Golden Globes. He was pleading for entry because his blood sugar was very low, and he was super hungry — but they wouldn't let him in 'cause he wasn't on the list. If he was so fucking starving, I'm not sure why he didn't just make like Billy Bush and beam himself upstairs to the NBC-Universal party to nosh on a plate of greasy veggies, stale pasta, and a slice of beef that had been marinating under a loverly red lamp all night long. Live long and prosper! [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Zachary Quinto

STV — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:15:37 EST

ZACHARY QUINTO, TV's Sylar and Spock in the upcoming J. J. Abrams Star Trek installment, out for a quiet Italian dinner with a friend at Prizzi's Piazza on Franklin. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

Reality Bites: We've been agitating for...

Kyle Buchanan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:02:32 EST

Reality Bites: We've been agitating for a while to get an image of Winona Ryder donning her Vulcan ears as Spock's mom for J.J. Abrams's new film Star Trek: Underwear, and thanks to /film's helpful selection of big still frames from the trailer, we got what we wanted — almost. Yes, that's the first image of Ryder in character, but the "babuschka chic" look covers her...wait, what's that? Spock's mom is human, not Vulcan? Then we have no earthly explanation for how the 37-year-old Ryder apparently popped out Spock's portrayer, 31-year-old Zachary Quinto, at age six. [/film]

More Amazing Pictures Released From 'Star Trek: Muppet Babies'

Kyle Buchanan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:46:33 EDT

Yesterday, we spent time dissecting Entertainment Weekly's new cover devoted to the J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek, starring a Marfan's-afflicted Katie Holmes and the president of Pi Kapp. Today, even more images were released for the film, which comes out next summer but is being heavily promoted now, in October, because the strike-wary studios have fuck-all for you until next year. Let's have a look, shall we?

Here is your Enterprise crew, from left to right: Chekov, Young Kirk, Ricky Gervais's hated rival, Bones, Sulu, and Uhura. NEEDS MOAR TYLER PERRY.

Spock and Young Kirk's first meeting goes poorly when a thetan-wary Spock applies this very unconventional "personality test."

Meet Eric Bana as the film's Romulan villain, Nero. Fun fact: Abrams originally approached Russell Crowe for this part. Sadly, the A-list casting move was heavily lobbied against by the cash-strapped craft services department.

Young Kirk's tragically far-ranging quest for a "cold brewski, braugh," leads him to crash-land on this ice planet.

The all-white reinvention of the Enterprise's bridge was so Apple Store-reminiscent that ''People would joke, 'Where's the Genius Bar?''' says Abrams in EW. Sadly, this may explain why the crew had to wildly overpay for something as simple as a pair of pointy earbuds.

'Star Trek': New Movie, New Vision [EW]

Is This Your New Spock From 'Star Trek,' Or a Melty-Faced Katie Holmes?

Kyle Buchanan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:22:45 EDT

Today, Entertainment Weekly released images from its upcoming issue devoted to J.J. Abrams's reboot of Star Trek, and featured on the cover were the two clearest looks yet at Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk (what, were Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder busy?). Heroes star Quinto has seemed like a natural to don Leonard Nimoy's ears ever since the casting was announced, but we must admit that this cover gave us pause. Is it the amped-up drag queen eyebrows? Or is it that Quinto, with his severe bob and vacant expression, resembles a Marfan's-afflicted Katie Holmes? Let's do a side-by-side:

Yes, there are some differences: for instance, Holmes has a longer bob, and her eyebrows are markedly more masculine. Then again, it isn't really fair to evaluate the similarity unless we give Quinto a crack at Holmes's signature accessory:

Uncanny! With those enormous sunglasses, Quinto-as-Spock is a dead ringer for our favorite boyfriend jeans lover (someone check his knees to see how far the resemblance goes). Something tells us that the inevitable Star Trek sequel will involve a search for Xenu — if so, beam us on up!

Star Trek Covers Entertainment Weekly [JustJared]