Zach at the Gay and Lesbian Centre 38th Anniversary

Zachary attended the anniversary gala of LA's Gay and Lesbian Center on Saturday, presenting a tribute to drag performer Coco Peru. In Greg In Hollywood's report on the evening he has this to say about Zach ;

Zachary Quinto, a big movie star thanks to his role as Spock in the recent Star Trek movie, showed up to pay tribute to an old friend: Coco Peru.

He talked about being taken to one of Coco’s shows when he was just 22 (”A lot longer ago than it looks”) and remembers leaving the show “staggered by how powerful it was for me.”

Zachary paid tribute to Coco for having “the power of transcending limitations” and for being “completely unafraid.”

Quinto also read a message from Lily Tomlin (Liza Minnelli had appeared briefly on video and said to Coco: “You’re GAY? Who knew!”) and he won over the crowd for his total effort to sound somewhat like Tomlin – complete with a snort at the end a la her Ernestine character.

For the entire report click here There are more pics in the gallery.

Zach to perform in The Laramie Project, LA

Zachary Quinto will be appearing in The Laramie Project : Ten Years On at The Sanctuary in Los Angeles, on October 25th.

The performance, which also features Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory and Julie Benz from Dexter, is in aid of the Mathew Shepard Foundation. Tickets can be bought from this site.

The play is a sequel to The Laramie Project, a play and later film, in which a theatre group interviews resudents of Laramie, Wyoming in the wake of the brutal murder of resident Mathew Shepard, who was targeted because he was gay. In 'Ten Years On' the group return to Laramie to see what has changed.

If you get to the show, please let us know your thoughts by emailing news@zacharyquinto.co.uk

Zachary produces country music drama

Zachary Quinto's latest producing project is a TV show about country music stars, and has been picked up by the CW network. The show is co-produced by country singer Brad Paisley and is set in Nashville, Tennessee.

Zach's Before the Door partner Neal Dodson will write, and the show will focus on a young female country singer trying to get her big break, and a male songwriter whose career is on the downs.

Paisley (pictured) "I'm very excited to portray the country music world of my favourite town, Nashville, by showing the exciting life of musicians, songwriters and performers - all very talented people."

We can expect to see the show in early 2010.

Zach honoured by Hollywood Film Festival

Zach has been chosen to receive a Spotlight award at this year's Hollywood Film Festical on October 26th. The award is designed to 'spotlight excellence on exciting talent that deserves recognition this year'. Also receiving Spotlight awards are Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Saddam), Melanie Lynskey (Away We Go) and Paul Schneider (Away We Go).

The gala ceremony will be held at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

Official Hollywood Awards Site

Zach announced for Glasgow convention

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

Zach gets his revenge on Tyler Shields

Tyler Shields has blogged about another Zachary photo shoot, where Zach got his own back for the milk video. In a 'video portrait', Shields is shown being dowsed in milk by Zach as he eats cereal.

Shields also revealed that he will have more pictures of Zach in his upcoming book 'The Dirty Side of Glamour'.

You can see the video portrait here


There is also this sneak peak of new Zach pics with Tyler holding a brick over his head!

You can follow Tyler Shields on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tylershields.

Images are courtesy of Tylershields.com

Zach's new short film is up on Funny Or Die

'Hostage - A Love Story' is a four minute comedy produced by Zach's production company Before The Door. Starring Zach and Rachael Harris ('Reno 911'), the short shows an armed robber and his hostage falling for each other and at the time of writing has already had almost 40,000 views.

You can see 'Hostage-A Love Story' by clicking here

And just for you we made a new 'For Realsies, Babe' shirt in our shop! All profits go to the Alzheimer's Research Trust.

'Hostage - A Love Story' poster released

Before the Door have released a poster image for their new Funny Or Die short 'Hostage - A Love Story'. The short film was what got Zach and the boys into so much trouble as they staged a robbery at a bakery in LA, which some bystanders thought was real. (That story is here)

The film is still listed on the Before the Door website as 'Comic soon..'

Zachayr talks to Gamespy about Save The Arcades

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

Link

New interview with Zach on Sci-Fire Wire

He doesn't give much away but Zach has been interviewed by Jenna Busch of Sci-Fi Wire.

He talks about the status of the Star Trek sequel, Heroes season four and his love of gamers and gaming.

Clicky!

Zach attends Arcades benefit, but fans left out

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

Zach helps to save the arcades!

Zachary has become involved in a campaign to save gaming arcades from bankruptcy, says IGN.

He will appear at Video West Arcade in Glendale, CA to pose for photos and challenge fans to games to do his part for the national 'Save The Arcades' campaign.

Full details here

Thanks to Sylargrrrl for the heads up x

Zach sponsors a play at Ojai

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

Zach will perform at gay marriage plays event

Zachary is scheduled to perform at the El Portal Theater on September 12th in North Hollywood, California for a staged read through of 12 new plays inspired by the debate over gay marriage.

The evening, called "Standing On Ceremony : The Gay Marriage Plays" will benefit the Human Rights Campaign and will also feature Debra Messing (Will and Grace) and Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)

The event is organised by the Attic Theatre Conservatory's Brian Shnipper and will consist of twelve plays, each a few minutes long and by writers such as Terrence McNally (The Full Monty, Love!Valour!Compassion!) and Susan Miller. Zachary appeared in a read of Ms Miller's 'A Map Of Doubt and Rescue' at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in 2004.

For more information and buy tickets, click here