Spike TV announced the nominees for Scream 2009 and Star Trek XI led the pack with seventeen nominations.
The Fourth Annual Scream awards, honoring the best in science-fiction, fantasy, horror and comics, will be taped in Los Angeles on October 17 and will air on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 at 10 P.M.

Simon Pegg (Scotty) will star in the black comedy Burke and Hare, directed by John Landis.
Burke and Hare, written by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft, will tell the story of gruesome murders that occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 1827-1828. Killers William Burke and William Hare murdered seventeen people and then sold the bodies of their [...]

It’s a girl for Simon Pegg and his wife Maureen McCann.
As reported by Celebrity Baby Scoop and contactmusic.com, Pegg became a father for the first time last week, with the arrival of a daughter.
“Hello all,” said Pegg on his blog. “As is being reported by various news sources (don’t know who told them, ‘cos [...]

In spite of the success of Star Trek XI, Simon Pegg is still low-profile in Tinseltown.
As reported by California Chronicle, Pegg, who is more well-known in the U.K. due to the success of his British sit-com Spaced, can laugh about his American anonymity. “I could walk down Hollywood Boulevard naked and no one would notice,” [...]

With the approach of the general release of Star Trek XI in a few weeks, the actors are out and about and talking Star Trek.
As reported by stuff.co.nz, Simon Pegg (Scotty) enjoyed the London premiere of Star Trek XI and spoke about Star Trek fans. “”I love the Star Trek fan base,” he said. “They [...]

Not only the Star Trek fans were dressed up for the London Star Trek XI premiere.
As reported by MSN UK, while he didn’t wear Vulcan ears like some fans, Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in Star Trek XI, donned a kilt for the Star Trek XI premiere in London’s Empire Leicester Square.

A video special from the Star Trek XI German premiere offers coverage of the press coverage as well as plenty of interviews. Plus: London video interviews.
As reported by Trek News Germany, a half-hour video with interviews from J.J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg and John Cho has been posted for eager [...]

Simon Pegg was both flattered and terrified to be considered for the part of Scotty.
As reported by SFX, the offer of the Scotty role was unexpected for Pegg. “I didn’t flatter myself to think that I’d be considered. I know Scotty is slightly senior to the other crew but I kind of figured that they’d [...]

Spock, Kirk and Scotty feature in the latest video clip from Star Trek XI to hit the Internet.
As reported by Collider.com, the arrival of Kirk and Scotty aboard the Enterprise is unexpected and acting Captain Spock wants to know just how they beamed aboard a ship traveling at warp speed. (Minor spoilers)

Simon Pegg, Star Trek XI’s Scotty, will be voicing Buck the weasel in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
As reported by Empire, Buck the weasel is a “larger than life, swashbuckling, one-eyed weasel.” In Ice Age 3, Buck will help mammoth Manny (Ray Romano) and other characters when they fall into the lost world [...]