{"id":45245,"date":"2017-01-26T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=45245"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:38:27","slug":"quinto-to-receive-oscar-wilde-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2017\/01\/quinto-to-receive-oscar-wilde-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinto To Receive Oscar Wilde Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Zachary Quinto<\/strong>, who can claim Irish ancestry on his mother&#8217;s side of the family, will be honored at next month&#8217;s <em>Oscar Wilde Awards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another familiar Trek name, <strong>J.J. Abrams<\/strong>, will be emceeing the event, which will take place February 23 at the <em>Bad Robot<\/em> offices in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>US-Ireland Alliance<\/em> created the <em>Oscar Wilde Awards<\/em> to &#8220;recognize the contributions of the Irish (and even some who aren\u2019t Irish) in film, television and music.&#8221; The organization is &#8220;a proactive, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to consolidating existing relations between the United States and the island of Ireland and building that relationship for the future. 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