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Michael Bay's $75-million payday for 'Transformers'
Michael Bay's $75-million payday for 'Transformers'
When I interviewed Michael Bay last month, he certainly seemed unfazed by all of his many critics. Now I know one of the reasons -- or maybe even 75 million of them. Claudia Eller and Ben Fritz, who delve into...
Megan Fox: 'Fallen' angel
Megan Fox: 'Fallen' angel
ew.com — ''Transformers'' star talks a blue streak about creepy men, jealous women, and why she's no ''publicity android'' Megan Fox: 'Fallen' angel
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Korea Press Conference #1 (video)
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Korea Press Conference #1 (video)
youtube.com — Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Korea press conference clip with Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and director Michael Bay. From Innolife Japanese site. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Korea Press ...
CHEAP TRICK SINGS ABOUT TRANSFORMERS
CHEAP TRICK SINGS ABOUT TRANSFORMERS
filmdrunk.uproxx.com — Here’s Cheap Trick singing the Transformers theme from Transformers Revenge of the Fallen , a song which sounds a lot like “ Surrender ” - possibly the best song ever written on the subject of someone’s mother getting ... CHEAP TRICK SINGS ABOUT TRANSFORMERS
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Michael Bays $75 Million Payday
Transformers Live Action Movie Blog — A new article on LA Times Hero Complex blog further illustrates what a shrewd business man Michael Bay is as it is estimated he made about $75 million for the first Transformers movie. Considering he probably has the same or greater profit sharing agreements with Paramount and Hasbro and the film is tracking for a record breaking opening week, it’s safe to say he will make even more with the sequel. Snippets below, full article here. Director Michael Bay agreed to forgo his normal percentage of ticket sales and a portion of his upfront fee in ...

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/Film — Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 27 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. For those of you who don’t know, winners of the Webby Awards are only allowed to give 5 words for their acceptance speech. Above you can watch Beaker, representing The Muppets, give his 5 ...

Coming (Too) Soon: Ass, Starring Megan Fox
Agent Bedhead — ... the same time, Megan Fox was picked as summer’s sexiest babe by an overwhelming 55 percent, followed by Sandra Bullock at 10 percent and Sienna Miller at 9 percent. (Probably good news for Sandra and bad news for Sienna.) In other words, Paramount could have done just as well by leaving out the lasers, the explosions, the autobots, and the swinging steel testicles and just letting Megan Fox wander around in skimpy outfits for a couple of hours. For that matter, they could have saved a ton of money by leaving Michael Bay out of the mix. With any luck, some of the studio suits ...

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Shia LaBeouf: 'I Don't Know What An Actor Does'Latest News on omg! 6/10/2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Shia LaBeouf may be one of Hollywood's biggest young stars, but the "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" actor says he's been pulling the wool over audiences' eyes. "I think acting is a con game," Shia told Parade Magazine ...
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