· Take that, The King's Speech! Oscar-nominated in the Best Animated Feature category in 2010, How to Train Your Dragon is headed to the United States as a stage show, but not before getting out its animatronic kinks out in Melbourne, Australia. The initial takeaway? These dragons look killer -- in a non-Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark way. Expect to see Dragon in America sometime next year. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Is Tom Cruise releasing a moody rap album in conjunction with Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol? Sadly, not; though if Cruise changes his mind, at least the album art is out of the way. Click through to see a moody Tom wearing a moody jacket in this moody still from the latest Mission: Impossible sequel, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· When Dwayne Johnson isn't tweeting about how he knew Osama bin Laden was dead before anyone else, he's showing off pictures of himself, his ridiculously jacked torso and a giant machine gun on the set of G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. Go, Joe! Or something. Click through for the muscle, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· The second international trailer for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has arrived online and it's just as tense as before, but with one added twist: the music from X-Men: First Class! (Hat tip to Cinema Blend for that pull.) If only Michael Fassbender was cutting his way through Cold War Europe in this one too! Alas, you'll have to settle for Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth and a host of other British thespians. While you await the U.S. trailer for the Tomas Alfredson-directed John LeCarre adaptation, watch this bit of exciting marketing ahead. Your Thursday Buzz Break is here.
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· As if your crush on Mila Kunis wasn't big enough, the Friends With Benefits star used fluent Russian during a press conference last week to dress down a female reporter who wondered why Justin Timberlake stopped being a musician. Sure, you could deduct points from Kunis's badass scorecard because she was actually born in the Ukraine -- thus making her Russian language skills slightly less impressive -- but don't be a hater. Click ahead to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Matt Damon is an outspoken political activist, and at the Save Our Schools march in Washington, DC last weekend, he did some outspeaking. When asked a silly question about whether a lack of job security makes him work harder as an actor -- a roundabout way of saying that teachers should have less job security themselves -- Damon replied, "You think job insecurity is what makes me work hard? It's not an incentive, I want to be an actor." Things unravel from there, though -- unfortunately -- Damon did not regurgitate Gordon Wood in his dress-down. Click through to watch. Your Tuesday Buzz Break is here.
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· Courtesy of indieWIRE's Eric Kohn comes this photo of a graffitied poster for The Change-Up in a New York City subway station that may very well cull the film's marketing down to its most basic of levels. After all, what is the sight of Ryan Reynolds cupping the backsides of a pair of models telling audiences besides this? Click through to see for yourself, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Well done, Internet; well done! Saturday Night Live writer Mike O'Brien debuted his new web series 7 Minutes With Heaven on Friday, and guest Kristen Wiig is more than up to the challenge of appearing on a show set inside a closet. Watch the Bridesmaids star mug for the camera, hide under a dress and make claustrophobia look as hilarious as possible. The only problem? The episode isn't seven minutes long! Guess 4 Minutes and 31 Seconds in Heaven wasn't as catchy. Your Friday Buzz Break is here.
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· If it wasn't apparent from the Comic-Con panel for Twixt last weekend, director Francis Ford Coppola is thinking outside the box for his new horror film. As such, fans (or "fans" since it hasn't been released yet) are encouraged to vote for one of four poster designs on the film's Facebook page. Interactive! Click through to see Movieline's favorite, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Nine days after the tragic death of war photographer and Restrepo co-director Tim Hetherington, Newsweek's James Wellford received an email from his deceased friend that had apparently been caught in cyberspace. "Hey man, just checking in," Hetherington's email read. "Crazy day today. Full on city fight. It's an incredible story... and hardly anyone here." Wellford has posted the images Hetherington sent, and you can see one of them ahead. Your Wednesday Buzz Break is here.
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· What can you even say about this? The animating warlords over at Taiwanese news animation organization NMA have come up with a "trailer" for The Dark Knight Rises that seems to combine all aspects of Christopher Nolan's past work. Also, Bane and Walmart. It's confusing and crazy -- just the type of thing you want to watch on a lazy Tuesday. Click ahead for a viewing, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Concept art -- it's so hot right now! Hot on the heels of Paradise Lost and Snow White & The Huntsman comes this first look at artwork showing what Mark Ruffalo will look like all Hulked out in The Avengers. Spoiler: he looks like the Hulk. Click through for a peak, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Robert Rodriguez made a moderate splash at Comic-Con on Thursday by announcing plans for the seemingly perpetually rumored sequel to Sin City. That's great and all, but why bother when there's already Bunraku -- a hyper-stylized actioner with Sin City veteran Josh Hartnett (with moustache) playing a mysterious drifter trying to save a town from evil. Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman and a nearly unrecognizable Demi Moore co-star. Seriously -- Demi is the female Ben Button. Click through to watch, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· The Tarsem Singh-directed version of Snow White (i.e., the one that doesn't include Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and a battalion of awesome British character actors) doesn't have a title just yet, but it does have a release date -- and a photo of Lily Collins in costume. The Relativity Media project is due out on March 16, 2012, and judging from the new pic, at least Snow White's costume is in order. Next stop: a name! Click through for a look, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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· Justin Timberlake shows off his charming comedy chops in Friends With Benefits, but in the upcoming Andrew Niccol sci-fi film In Time (heinous title, FWIW), things are slightly more laugh-free. After all, it focuses on a future society where aging stops at 25 and the rich are immortal because they can "buy time." OK, then! Click through to see Timberlake and co-star Amanda Seyfriend (doing her best Lindsay Lohan impression) running from some danger, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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