December’s GQ is the magazine’s “Men of the Year” issue and they’re celebrating with multiple covers. This one is my favorite, featuring the hottest Captain Kirk since, well, William Shatner, “Star Trek”‘s Chris Pine, as their pick for Breakout of the Year. Check out their other covers for men of the year here.

The testosterone-fueled, ruggedly “handsome” screen star as we know him—strong jaw line, brooding eyes, a prominent nose—is on the way out, if the New York Observer is to be believed. Surely, in this post-“Queer Eye” world, it’s no secret that even the Manliest of Manly Men are trimming their facial scruff and plucking their beastly brows. But Irina Aleksader at the Observer wonders if what currently makes girls squeal are…girlie men.

Oh, Chris Pine. Simcha and I are so sorry for doubting you. We didn’t think you had the brawny hotness to play Captain Kirk. We thought you were too pretty to battle the Romulans and woo the ladies with your rough, raw male charisma. But we were wrong. Oh. So. Wrong. Pine captures the essence of Captain Kirk without resorting to a Shatner impersonation, and he brings a whole new level of sexiness to the notorious ladies man character. For long time fans and new converts alike, here’s everything there is to know about the delicious Chris Pine.

So, it’s still nearly six months until the moment Amelia and I have been waiting for—“Star Trek XI” comes out in May 2009!  But they’re already Kirk-teasing us (get it?) with two movie trailers. I have to say both of them totally burst my nerd bubble. Ugh, the Captain Chris Pine looks like the kind of tool you accidentally have sex with while on vacation. Only the combination of sun and margaritas would get your guard down enough to do his kind of douche bag. Honestly, I’d rather have sex with 70-something Shatner.  But on the up side, Spock is one hot of hunk of space junk!  So, maybe, just maybe there’s hope this prequel won’t suck.  Above is trailer #2, which at least has some original content.  Trailer #1 is just about a boring blow torch. [Star Trek Movie Site]