Star Trek has won an Oscar for Best Make Up. It was presented by Ben Stiller who took to the stage made up as a Na'avi from Avatar. Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow were named on the award.

Trek was also nominated for Best Visual Effects, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.

Image : Barney Burman applies Zach's makeup

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In a telephone interview with Wired.com Zach has distanced himself from Star Trek-related activity for the next two years.

He told interviewer Gus Mastrapa “I’m stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years — no movies, no conventions, no anything for a while.”

He also stated “I’m stepping away from that genre and exploring a lot of other territory,” Whether this includes the fantasy series Heroes was not clear, but his comments may worry producers at Heroes who are currently pitching for a fifth season to NBC.

UK based Constellation Events currently have Zach announced as their first guest for a Glasgow convention in July.

The statement probably would not apply to promotional appearances such as any which might occur at San Diego Comic-Con or similar events, as these would normally be within the contractual obligations for Star Trek and Heroes.

You can read the full article here

UPDATE - From the horse's mouth

i have been inundated with questions and confusion about a comment i made during an interview with wired - about the new atari star trek online game - in which i said i am stepping away from trek for the next two years. obviously i will be a part of any upcoming films... reprising my role as spock. what i meant was that in the meantime i won't be making any public appearances related to the franchise - or doing anymore auxiliary projects pertaining to the trek universe. i will be focusing my efforts on other projects and preparing to shoot the next film - which will be released in june of 2012... two years from now. hence the no trek for two years remark. worry not trekkers. it was a misunderstanding of context. i am not spock. but i am spock. all at the same time.
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Zach will appear in a benefit for Naked Angels New Play Fund in New York City on Thursday January 28th.

The night also features Matthew Broderick,Marisa Tomei and Fisher Stevens and will be performed at the Peter Jay Sharp on West 42nd St.

For more info go to http://www.nakedangels.com/playing/

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At last night's Spike TV Video Games Awards, Zachary announced that he would be 'the voice' of Star Trek Online, the new MMORPG from Cryptic Studios and Atari.

The game, which is currently in live Beta testing should be released February 2nd, and will allow players to captain their own starship.

Zach presented the Best Voice in aVideo Game award to Jack Black for his role as Eddie Riggs in Brutal Legend.

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Zachary will be appearing at the Ojai Plays event 'Hearts On Fire', also a tribute to the actor Terence McNally, on January 30th 2010.

McNally will be presented with the OPC 2010 award in recognition of his illustrious career as a playwright, and scenes from his plays will be read by celebrities such as Zach, Steven Weber and Jane Kaczmarek. The readings will be followed by a live auction in which Zach is expected to act as an auctioneer.

Tickets for the reading, at the Matilijia Auditorium, are between $70 and $85. Tickets which include the auction and dinner are $225. For more info contact 640-0400 or http://www.ojaiplays.org/

Pic : Zach at Ojai in 2005.

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This Saturday Zach and his dog Noah will be the celebrity guests at Hollywood Least Wanted 3D, an event which hopes to raise funds for and awareness of abandoned animals.

Artist Rachel Schneidler will be taing 3D pictures of abandoned animals which will be sold, there will also be a raffle.

You can buy raffle tickets here

Official Event Website

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Zach has been announced for Constellation 2010, a Star Trek convention in Glasgow, Scotland, taking place the weekend of July 25th 2010.

The surprise booking would mean that Zach will not be available for San Diego Comic Con. We will bring you more information as we get it.

Tickets are in the region of £130 for a full adult weekend pass, with concessionary charges for children and families. The convention will be at the Glasgow Thistle, and profits go to charity.

Ning Page with the details

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Gaming website Gamespy interviewed Zachary at the Save The Arcades event in Glendale

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Zachary attended a Save The Arcades event in Glendale today but fans were disappointed when they were refused entry. The event was seemingly only for press despite the official press release claiming that local consumers would be involved.

Journalist Jenna Busch tweeted this picture from the event and some fans said they did manage to get inside after a series of flukes, but that a lot more were left outside.

LJ user bdbdb said; "They wouldn't let the fans in the arcade, it was press only. There was a medium sized crowd of people all waiting, and waiting very patiently I might add. Waiting for a long time. When the press finally started leaving they told us that they weren't going to let anyone in, and that ZQ was going to be leaving out the back anyway... Dude, people were really disappointed! And the worst part (for them) I think is that this was all to help save/promote the arcade. Press is all well and good, but I know I would have spent a lot of money on games if I had been inside, and from the people I talked to they would have done the same."

It seems that the event was purely promotional and press only, but that the posting of the press release on a number of sites led to more interest than anticipated. The fact that the event was not mentioned on the Official Site or Twitter account suggests that Zach wasn't aware that the release invited the public.

Were you able to get into the event? Contact kirsty@zacharyquinto.co.uk

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Zach has co- sponsored a reading at this year's Ojai Playwrights Conference after Heroes scheduling forced him to miss his first Conference in seven years.

Zach, who is a director of the Conference did show up to see two readings, Dusk Rings A Bell by Stephen Belber (which he co-sponsored) and The Motherf***er in the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgus. This lucky livejournaller was there and said Hi to Zach.

Ojai Playwrights Conference is an annual event which presents new plays and supports writers. You can find more about their activities at their website

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