Chris Pine to receive award

Los Angeles: ‘Star Trek’ actor Chris Pine will be honoured with the CinemaCon Male Star of the Year Award at NATO`s convention in April.

Pine will be honoured with the award at the National Association of Theatre Owners convention during the closing-night gala. ‘Indiana Jones’ actor Harrison Ford will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony while Joseph Gordon-Levitt be Breakthrough Filmmaker Award for ‘Don Jon`s Addiction’, his directorial debut, said Hollywood reporter. Armie Hammer will be honored at the ceremony with the Male Star of Tomorrow award. "With this summer`s Star Trek Into Darkness... And then at year`s end, with the release of Jack Ryan, without a doubt 2013 is going to be Chris Pine`s year," CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser said. "Chris Pine has emerged as one of Hollywood`s hottest and most accomplished young actors, and CinemaCon is thrilled to honor him as its 2013 Male Star of the Year," he added. Pine will rejoin fellow castmates Zoe Saldana and Zachary Quinto in the upcoming ‘Star Trek’ sequel, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, which hits theatres May 17. He will also star as the title character in ‘Jack Ryan’ with Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner. CinemaCon will take place from April 15-18 in Las Vegas. IANS