Sentinel Prime is the legendary Autobot and mentor to Optimus Prime who will be voiced by the legendary Leonard Nimoy in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the winsome Victoria's Secret model-turned-actress plucked by Michael Bay from scores of hopefuls who replaces Megan Fox as Shia LaBeouf's love interest. After the jump, meet them both in new images from the upcoming sequel.
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All movie-related Twitter memes deserve Movieline's utmost attention, and this new one is a head-scratcher. "#Tragicmoviedeaths" is the tag, and Twitter's users apparently have varied definitions of cinema's saddest cinematic deaths. Says one user, "Vivica Fox's Dog On Fools Fall In love." Says another, "the f*cking baby in pet semetary ):" And says the esteemed "UltraLinx": "Justin Bieber.......wait it hasn't happened yet, but it WILL. RT if you hope so ;)." Good lord! Let's list a few legitimate responses and a couple more of Twitter's insane suggestions.
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I've got good news and bad news, Tyler Perry fans. Here's the bad news first: Perry's sitcom House of Payne is being canceled. (Moment of silence.) The good news is, a new Perry-backed sitcom is headed to the small screen based on his hit domestic dramaramas Why Did I Get Married and Why Did I Get Married Too, with Michael Jai White and Tasha Smith reprising their roles. Which other Perry film properties should follow suit and live on in syndicated perpetuity on television?
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Now that she's a Glee shrieker, a Goop slinger, and a bestselling author, you might think Gwyneth Paltrow would shy away from polarizing verbiage like the C-word (as it is called on 30 Rock), but avast! No! That is where your labels on Gwyneth Paltrow fail you. Can you guess why the Oscar winner used the naughty word in the company of Chelsea Handler? Video after the jump.
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Variety reports that Warner Bros.'s last-minute Green Lantern VFX efforts have gone over budget to the tune of $9 million as the studio races to finish -- and, one hopes, finish in high quality -- the final touches on the CG-heavy June 17 release. Coincidentally, today WB released new images of Green Lantern Corps. members Kilowog and Sinestro, which look pretty darn impressive. Check 'em out after the jump and hear more of the summer blockbuster squeeze hitting a number of this season's biggest releases.
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Compiling a list of classic summer movies is simple; in fact, a significant portion of them have "summer" in the title. What's harder is remembering the movies that get summer right and manage to nail the nostalgia, malaise, and wonderment of our favorite season. Here's a list of ten movies that pinpoint summer's hazy identity. Some are perennial summer camp favorites, while others are more surprising (even shocking) inclusions.
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Mark your calendars, Ringers! AMC Theaters will screen the director's cuts of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King over three successive weeks starting June 14, timed to coincide with the long-awaited release of the extended edition trilogy on Blu-ray. That only gives you seven weeks to get your Gandalf hats and Hobbit feet dry cleaned, so hop to it! [TheOneRing.net]
· Accio, laughs! As if you couldn't tell already -- if clips of his ridiculously charming lead performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Broadway weren't enough -- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is adorable. This clip will do nothing to change that opinion. Click ahead to watch Radcliffe make his stand-up comedy debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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Here's your weekly reminder of why Helen Mirren is the coolest lady on earth -- or, if you're Liz Lemon, further indication that she's a wizard: The Oscar-winning actress will not be watching the Royal Wedding this weekend because she believes in something a tad old fashioned.
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Mark those Google Calendars! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science announced some very important dates for the 2011/2012 awards season on Tuesday, including just when the 84th annual Academy Awards will take place. Billy Crystal may want to keep that night open. Click ahead for the schedule.
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You voted, and as a result, Roger Ebert won the New Yorker cartoon cartoon caption contest! The film critic defeated Ronn Koeppel of Los Osos, Calif. and Kent Englemeier of Pittsburgh, Pa. for the prestigious honor. His winning caption: "I'm not going to say the word I'm thinking of." Oh, Rog. [Roger Ebert's Journal]
As you may recall, Monday marked the first day of shooting for The Avengers -- provided Marvel Police didn't indefinitely detain director Joss Whedon -- and that means over the course of the next year, there will be plenty of set photos and leaks to keep your superhero-loving mind occupied. This is the first -- though it might be a tad more anticlimactic than you were hoping. Click ahead to see the four coolest empty chairs ever.
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For the past eight years, Johnny Depp has cornered the market for multiplex pirates with his scene-stealing role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But before the actor created Captain Jack Sparrow -- his lovable, Keith Richards-inspired seafarer -- a long line of other silver screen pirates, from classic to campy, pillaged the box office.
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Fast Five doesn't come out until Friday, but that doesn't mean it's too early to think about Fast Six. Universal has already hired Chris Morgan to write a sixth film in the mega-franchise, and Deadline reports that you can expect future installments to move away from car culture and toward the "great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago." Bet you never thought Vin Diesel would be the next Danny Ocean. [Deadline]
Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: World War Z gives Brad Pitt an onscreen wife... Mindy Kaling takes part in Five Year Engagement... American Reunion sets a date... and more ahead.
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