Zach nominated for Teen Choice and Portal Awards

Zach has been nominated for a Teen Choice award as Choice TV Villain. He was nominated in the same category last year but lost out to Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl. The list of nominees in this category is the same as 2008 - Spencer Pratt (The Hills), Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) and Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville).

He is also nominated along with Star Trek co-star for Choice Movie Rumble. Star Trek is nominated for Best Action Adventure Movie. Heroes is nominated as Best Action Adventure TV show, and co-stars Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere and Kristen Bell are nominated in the TV acting categories.

In the lesser known Portal Awards, presented by the website AirlockAlpha Star Trek was nominated as Best Movie with Zachary and co-star Chris Pine battling it out as Best Actor alongside Heath Ledger, Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen). Zoe Saldana is also nominated as Best Actress.

Zachary Quinto promises Tribbles and Aliens in Star Trek

Zach has done a great interview with Daily Sundial, the college newspaper of California State University. He and Chris Pine talk tribbles, conflict and production design.

Full interview here.

Zachary Quinto appears at Wondercon

Zachary attended San Francisco's Wondercon this weekend to appear on the Star Trek XI panel with director JJ Abrams and co-stars Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana.

His appearance had not been revealed and he was unveiled as a surprise guest in front of thousands of fans. Zach answered questions and the assembled fans were shown a new trailer with previously unseen footage.

You can read what Zach had to say about working with Leonard Nimoy here.

Video of the panel can be found in the video gallery.