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  • Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green Sell Home Once Belonging to Bing Crosby

    Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have sold their Toluca Lake, California home for $2.6 million in a private sale. The ranch-style home was once a carriage house belonging to the late Bing Crosby. It was built in 1936.

    Undergoing an extensive remodel in 2008, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s home features 6,720 square feet of living space, including a master suite with his and hers bathrooms. An additional three bedrooms and five bathrooms grace the home, too.

    Outside, those who purchased the home will enjoy a saltwater swimming pool, along with a spa, fire pit, and 563-square-foot pool house with its own kitchen.

    So why are Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green selling this amazing home?

    The two are in the middle of divorcing. Megan Fox filed for divorce from Brian Austin Green in 2015. She has agreed to pay him spousal support. They will share joint custody of their two sons, Noah and Bodhi.

    Megan Fox is best known for her roles in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers series of films. She is set to reprise her role as reporter April O’Neill in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, due out this coming summer. She also stars in the TV show New Girl.

    Brian Austin Green starred in the original Beverly Hills, 90210 TV show. He also appeared on Anger Management and Desperate Housewives.

    While the reason behind Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green selling their home is sad, whomever the new owners are, they are sure to enjoy this incredible home. It was likely fun to buy a home they knew Bing Crosby once owned, too.

  • Shia LaBeouf Shares Cryptic Tweet Following Arrest for Public Intoxication

    Shia LaBeouf was arrested for public intoxication in Austin, Texas on Friday. Just prior to his arrest, the troubled actor reportedly ran down the street and jaywalked in front of officers.

    Just two days following his arrest, Shia LaBeouf took to Twitter, sharing a cryptic message–no doubt making some people wonder if the actor is suffering from some form of mental illness or substance or alcohol abuse problem.

    Shia LaBeouf has a fairly lengthy history of bizarre behavior. A year ago June, he was arrested at a Broadway performance of Cabaret for drunken behavior.

    In July of 2008, the Transformers star was arrested for drunk driving in West Hollywood after hitting another vehicle and rolling his pickup truck. Shia LaBeouf suffered injuries to his hand and had to have surgery, which delayed filming of Transformers for two days.

    In February of that same year, Shia LaBeouf was cited for smoking in a non-smoking area in Burbank. A judge dismissed the charges, however.

    Back in November of 2007, Shia LaBeouf was arrested at 2:25 A.M. at a Chicago Walgreens because he refused to leave the store after several requests by security. He was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing charges. The store later dropped the charges against him.

    One of the strangest things Shia LaBeouf ever did was to show up at the Berlin Film Festival back in 2014, wearing a paper bag over his head. The bag was printed with the words, “I am not famous any more.”

    What do you make of Shia LaBeouf’s latest arrest and his cryptic tweet? Is this guy in desperate need of professional help–or what?

  • Megan Fox: Will She Have to Pay Spousal Support to Brian Austin Green?

    Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have split up, and rumor has it she might have to pay him spousal support once their divorce is final. Is there any truth to this rumor?

    According to Monday’s report from TMZ, there certainly is. In fact, they state that it’s practically certain Megan Fox will wind up paying spousal support to her ex.

    It seems Brian Austin Green has suffered from vertigo ever since he and Megan Fox were involved in a head-on car crash with a drunk driver late in 2014. He has had little to no work since then as a result of the accident.

    Legal analyst John Burns tells The Huffington Post that Green’s health condition can, in fact, play a strong role in the couple’s divorce settlement.

    “It’s going to be huge,” Burns says. “First of all, spousal support is intended to allow both people to maintain the same lifestyle they had during the course of the marriage, post-marriage and here you have Megan Fox, who made tons more money than the gentleman here, Brian Austin Green, so he was going to get spousal support no matter what. But the vertigo claim adds another element because he can’t work, he can’t do anything else … he needs to maintain that same lifestyle and he can’t do it because he can’t work. That’s going to increase the amount of money that Megan Fox has to pay out.”

    Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have two children together. Neither the Transformers star nor Green had a prenup.

    How do you think Megan Fox will feel if ordered to pay spousal support to her ex in their divorce settlement? Will the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star fight it in court if it is determined she must pay up?

  • Shia LaBeouf Gets In Drunken, Public Argument With Girlfriend in Germany

    Shia LaBeouf continues with his bad boy ways.

    A video has reportedly surfaced showing Shia LaBeouf and girlfriend Mia Goth getting into a very public, and seemingly drunken, verbal argument in Germany on Friday night.

    The video, obtained by Entertainment Tonight, shows La Beouf, 29, and Goth, 22, having a heated discussion while coming out of a taxi. At one point, a group of locals intervenes, telling LaBeouf they can drive him to the airport.

    The Transformers star seems defensive at the good samaritans intervention and can be heard saying, “I don’t want to touch a woman. I don’t want to hit a woman. But I’m getting pushed.”

    LaBeouf continues to tell Goth to give him his bag while telling her he doesn’t want to be aggressive. According to German newspaper, Bild, Goth had apparently grabbed her LaBeouf’s bag in an attempt to keep him from walking away.

    Local bystanders recorded the incident and then drove Shia LaBeouf to the airport. In the car, LaBeouf tells the guys who gave him a lift, “I gotta get out of here, bro. If I’d have stayed there, I would have killed her.”

    The witness told Bild LaBeouf seemed intoxicated. Another German tabloid, Pure Stars, reported LaBeouf left with an injured hand and Goth was seen the next day with a black eye.

  • Shia LaBeouf Shares Intense ‘Just Do It’ Motivational Speech

    Shia LaBeouf doesn’t do small things. He either goes all out or he goes home. Remember the paper bag he wore on his head that said, ‘I’m Not Famous Any More?’

    In a like manner, Shia LaBeouf has created a ‘Just Do It’ motivational speech as part of a video project with a group of fine art students in London.

    The speech is filled with the same kind of intensity the Transformers star is known for.

    In the speech, Shia LaBeouf screams, “Just do it!” very loudly a number of times.

    “Don’t let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow, so just do it. Make your dreams come true, just do it!” he says.

    There is that one part in his motivational speech when Shia LaBeouf actually makes some (rather calm and collected) perfect sense.

    “If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up,” he said.

    It’s uncertain if anyone will heed Shia LaBeouf’s advice in this speech, because they first have to get past his boisterous theatrics.

    When he’s not making strange speeches or wearing paper bags over his head on red carpets, Shia LaBeouf is an actor. In addition to starring in the Transformers films, he has appeared in Lawless, Fury, and Nymphomaniac. Yes, in that film he had live sex while filming.

    It’s no likely anyone shouted, ‘Just do it,” while that was taking place.

  • Megan Fox Knows People Don’t Think She’s Smart, But She Disagrees

    Megan Fox has fought the image that the world has of her since she appeared on the Hollywood radar.

    Megan Fox said in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia that she knows what people think about her, but she insists that if they would just look a little closer, she’s not really what they would imagine her to be.

    Megan Fox said, “I would say most people assume that I’m not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I’m sort of narcissistic, chasing attention, and wanting people to like me.”

    She added, “It makes me laugh because I’ve done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I’m not your typical music video model. My life is not about seeking other people’s approval because I know it isn’t going to come.”

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    Megan Fox blew the world away with her stunning good looks when she appeared opposite Shia LaBeouf in Transformers. At that time, she was in her early 20’s and she admits that she was inexperienced and a little rough around the edges.

    Megan Fox is ready to concede that she wasn’t fully grown up yet, saying, “I think there’s a lot of growing personally that I needed to do, to control my passion. I really wanted to be a mom, and I wasn’t yet, and I really struggled with that. I was just too young to see where I wanted to go.”

    A photo posted by Megan Fox (@the_native_tiger) on

    What kind of world would it be if we were all remembered for who we were when we were 20? Not a good one.

    Over the years, Megan Fox has learned not to take criticism so personally, because everyone has an opinion in Hollywood, but there are certain opinions that matter more than others.

    Megan Fox said, “In Transformers I was a kid. I had no idea what I was doing. There was nothing for me to do, but then I did nothing and that was my own call.”

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    She added, “I don’t take it personally because in some ways I acknowledge and agree. But at the same time, both established comedians and Quentin Tarantino have come up to me and said, ‘I really liked Jennifer’s Body. You were really good in that’. The people whose opinions matter liked it, so I’m OK with that.”

    Do you think Megan Fox has a chance to outgrow her former eye-candy-only image?

  • Megan Fox Opens Up On Accusations of Being ‘Narcissistic’ — ‘My Life is Not About Seeking Other People’s Approval’

    Megan Fox is apparently comfortable in her own skin and doesn’t let criticism thrown her way get to her.

    “I would say most people assume that I’m not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I’m sort of narcissistic, chasing attention, and wanting people to like me. It makes me laugh because I’ve done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I’m not your typical music video model,” she told Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, via E!Online.

    Megan Fox, who starred in Eminem and Rihanna‘s Love the Way You Lie music video in 2010, said she will complete projects that interest her and not to be loved.

    “My life is not about seeking other people’s approval because I know it isn’t going to come,” she conceded.

    Megan Fox, who began her career in her early 20s opposite Shia LaBeouf in Transformers, says she had a lot of growing up to do to become the wife, mom, model and actress she is today.

    “I think there’s a lot of growing personally that I needed to do, to control my passion. I really wanted to be a mom, and I wasn’t yet, and I really struggled with that,” she says. “I was just too young to see where I wanted to go.”

    As to critics who panned her acting ability she said, “In Transformers I was a kid. I had no idea what I was doing. There was nothing for me to do [in the film], but then I did nothing and that was my own call,” she recalls. “I don’t take it personally because in some ways I acknowledge and agree. But at the same time, both established comedians and Quentin Tarantino have come up to me and said, ‘I really liked Jennifer’s Body. You were really good in that’. The people whose opinions matter liked it, so I’m OK with that.”

    Her most important role is that of being mother to sons Noah, two, and Bodhi, 13 months, and stepmother to husband Brian Austin Green‘s 13-year-old son Kassius.

    “I don’t think I need to teach my children with harsh words or with punishment. I believe that if I love them the right way, there’s no need for that,” Megan Fox of her parenting philosophy. “I’m a free-spirit mother,” adding that she regrets not being “a better influence” on Kassius when she began dating Green.

    “I don’t talk to Bodhi like he’s an adult, obviously, but I listen to everything he says to me and I believe in him: I believe that he sees things I don’t see, I believe he has things to teach me, and so I don’t act as a disciplinarian or an authority figure per se. I don’t ever want to be a restrictive force on him; I want to be an expansive force…I want him to be inspired by me because he constantly inspires me as well. Motherhood has really deepened me and has given me so much perspective. I’m very dedicated.”

  • Mark Wahlberg Annoys Michael Bay with Weight Loss

    Actor Mark Wahlburg recently shed roughly 60 pounds for a role, and director Michael Bay wasn’t too happy about the new look when it came time for Transformers reshoots.

    Wahlburg shed the weight to play a down and out literature professor in the crime drama The Gambler, which is set to open in theaters on December 19.

    During an interview before The Gambler AFI Fest premiere Monday night, Wahlburg related the story of Bay’s reaction to his new look at a housewarming party. The Transformers: Age of Extinction director said, “You look like crap! What are you going to do? We’ve got to shoot in five weeks.”

    Wahlburg went on to discuss the regimen of jumping jacks and a liquid diet required to tone down his Marky Mark-ness.

    Here is the trailer for The Gambler:

    Wahlburg, 43, went on to say, “I probably put on 40 pounds back. But it still wasn’t enough for him. He said, ‘Aw, I’ve got to shoot you like this to make you look cool again.’ He’s a perfectionist. He was more upset than my wife (Rhea Durham). I mean, my wife was a little freaked out that I was losing this much weight, but he was really freaked out.”

    The Gambler also stars John Goodman and Jessica Lange.

    Wahlburg has also appeared in the A&E reality program Wahlburgers, which documents the goings on surrounding his brother Paul’s Boston-based burger restaurant chain. Brother Donnie, of New Kids on the Block fame, also stars.

    Here is the second season trailer for Wahlburgers:

    Donnie recently married former The View co-host Jenny McCarthy, and Mark’s absence at the nuptials made the news. Though, the Boogie Nights actor did post a congratulatory Facebook clip:

    Post by Mark Wahlberg.

    Bay is said to be in pre-production on the generically titled Transformers 5, which is planned to be released in 2016. No word on whether Wahlburg’s “Cade Yeager” character will be featured in the fifth installment of the Transformers franchise.

  • Megan Fox Defends Friend Shia LaBeouf, saying ‘He’s Perfectly Fine’

    Megan Fox Defends Friend Shia LaBeouf, saying ‘He’s Perfectly Fine’

    Megan Fox took a stand for her friend and Transformers costar, Shia LaBeouf.

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star told the New York Daily News Sunday she doesn’t worry a bit about the beleaguered actor.

    “I’m not worried about Shia. I love my Shia. He’s perfectly fine,” said Fox. “I haven’t talked to him in a couple of years, but I don’t worry about him.”

    “He’s a brilliant kid, talented and funny,” the 28-year-old continued. “There’s no reason to worry.”

    While Fox may not be worried, others have questioned LaBeouf’s antics of late.

    In February, he arrived on the red carpet at the Berlin Film Festival’s Nymphomaniac premiere wearing a brown paper bag over his head with “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE” written across the front of the bag. That same month, he co-created an art piece in Los Angeles entitled “#IAMSORRY.”

    In December, LaBeouf came under fire for plagiarizing illustrator Daniel Clowes’ work for his short film HowardCantour.com.

    And in June, he was arrested in New York City in a bizarre appearance at a performance of Cabaret. LaBeouf was escorted from the performance and now faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. The case is pending until Sept. 10 while attorneys try to negotiate a plea deal.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Megan Fox Talks Baring Her Body in Films and Lack of Ambition

    Megan Fox says she never feels “ashamed” about baring her body for movie roles and considers it just “part of” the job.

    “I don’t mind doing that stuff, I think that’s been a part of being an actress in Hollywood since the beginning,” said the 28-year-old actress at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles press conference in Los Angeles.

    “I don’t feel ashamed or like I can’t be taken seriously while also wearing a tank top. If you don’t take me seriously when I’m wearing a tank top, that’s your f***ing problem.”

    Recently, the beautiful actress said she thinks it’s “bizarre” to be as successful as she is and credits her lack of ambition for the success.

    “I’ve never been very ambitious, which is why it’s so bizarre that I’ve had any success,” she said to the UK edition of Cosmopolitan.

    “Most people make three movies a year. I barely make one. Sometimes when you’re not hungry for something, amazing projects fall into your lap.”

    Fox says she is not a needy person and mostly keeps to herself, apart from one or two close friends.

    “I consider myself a girl’s girl in that I’m not competitive, jealous or catty,” she reasoned. “But I don’t have a ton of female friends – I have one: Mindy, a facialist. I don’t have many guy friends either. I’ve never been a social butterfly. I don’t feel lonely or isolated. I have one really great friend and that’s all I need.”

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Aziz Ansari Rags on Transformers Movies on Twitter

    If you aren’t terribly excited about Transformers: Age of Extinction, then you aren’t alone as Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari is less than enthusiastic about the fourth Transformers flick as well. Maybe you’ve vented about Hollywood putting out yet another Transformers movie on your social media account, but it’s probably a safe bet that your mini rant didn’t quite garner the same reaction as Ansari’s comment on Twitter.

    Just a little more than a week after Transformers: Age of Extinction took the box office by storm and had the best opening weekend of the year with $100 million in domestic ticket sales, Ansari got on his Twitter account and accused Transformers fans of making the world worse (when it comes to movies, that is).

    Check out Aziz Ansari’s tweet on Transformers 4 below.

    No surprise there, but quite a few folks found themselves in agreement with Ansari. After all, the box office this summer has been all about the sequel, which may be getting a little old for some people. (Seriously, how many X-Men and Spider-Man movies can they make?)

    And while we saw more people supporting Aziz Ansari’s anti-Transformers post than not, there was a select group of people that didn’t quite see eye to eye with the funny man:

    Ouch.

    In the meantime, when Aziz Ansari isn’t busy ruffling feathers by ragging on Transformers movies on Twitter, the comedian made an appearance on the latest episode of the Jerry Seinfeld web show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which you can check out here.

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  • Mel Gibson Empathizes with Shia LaBeouf

    Just after accepting a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, actor Mel Gibson shared his thoughts on the recent bizarre behavior of former Transformers actor Shia Labeouf, saying that his “heart goes out to [him].”

    LaBeouf was arrested and charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of criminal trespassing during a Broadway performance of Cabaret in June. The actor was allegedly smacking audience members, and would not stop smoking or spitting. This comes after a rather pedestrian display of “performance art” LaBeaouf had undertaken during a red carpet event at the Berlin Film Festival. The actor arrived wearing a paper bag over his head that read “I Am Not Famous Anymore.”

    Here is poor Shia in his bag:

    Alas, LaBeouf warned us this would happen:

    Commenting on LaBeaouf’s antics of late, Gibson said, “When I see somebody like Shia LaBeouf with the bag on his head and stuff, my heart goes out to the poor guy. I think he’s suffering in some way, or why would he do that? And it’s easy to point the finger at him and say that he’s this, that, or the other, and it’s easy to judge. But I’m sure he’s going through some kind of personal, very painful, cathartic thing that he has to exorcise and get out there. He’ll probably play it out and come back. He’ll be all right.”

    LaBeouf, 28, is a former Disney child star, and got his big break in 2007 in Michael Bay’s Transformers. LaBeouf starred in two sequels, but was replaced by Mark Wahlberg for the fourth installment of the franchise. In 2008, Shia played Henry “Mutt Williams” Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

    Gibson added, “I actually like the kid. I think he’s good.” The Braveheart director went on to share his views regarding the nature of fame – “You’re a target. And you have to be really adept at tap dancing and dodging the bullets. And sometimes you get hit. Sometimes mortally. It’s pretty bad.”

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Mark Wahlberg Doesn’t Want His Kids To Be Actors

    Mark Wahlberg has played a rock star, a cop, a porn star, a sniper, a thief, a gangster, a soldier, and a guy who owns a talking teddy bear. But Wahlberg’s toughest job, the one that puts him on his knees, is being a dad.

    Wahlberg recently told People magazine, “It’s not easy. But it’s how we always pictured things.”

    “I pray for patience,” he says. “But the kids test me.”

    Wahlberg says that he dreads the day his two daughters, now ages ten and four, get old enough to start dating.

    “The boys will be difficult in some ways that the girls won’t, but I’m dreading the teenage years with my daughters; it’s not going to be easy for them to go on a date. But I’m hoping one nice, nerdy boy will come into each of their lives at the right time when they’re twenty-something and they’ll be with that person forever.”

    Wahlberg had a tough life growing up in South Boston. He did time in jail. His kids have it much easier. But he wants to instill in them the knowledge that, even though they are fortunate, they need to work hard for the things they want in life.

    “That’s the challenge Rhea and I face every day. I want to give them all the things I never had but make sure they understand it’s not normal and that it takes hard work to get what you want.”

    Wahlberg says he would prefer that none of his four kids, two boys and two girls, go into acting. But he will back them in whatever field they choose.

    “I’m extremely nervous about it and want to push them in any other direction, but Ella already says things like, ‘I want your job!’”

    “As long as the kids know they need to get a college education first, and after I teach them all the pros and cons of the business if it’s something they still want to do, I’ll support them 110 percent.”

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  • “Transformers” Smashes Box Office Records

    “Transformers” Smashes Box Office Records

    It was a good weekend for Optimus Prime and the Autobots.

    Despite poor reviews (a 17% rating on rottentomatoes.com), Transformers: Age of Extinction absolutely crushed at the box office last weekend. The Michael Bay blockbuster starring Mark Wahlberg (not Shia LaBeouf, who also had a busy weekend) took in $100 million domestically, the best opening weekend of any film this year.

    Transformers: Age of Extinction achieved the fourth largest June opening weekend of all-time (behind only to 2013’s Man of Steel, 2010’s Toy Story 3 and 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).

    But that’s just the beginning. The fourth Transformers installment also raked in another $201.3 million from 37 different territories internationally. The most impressive numbers coming from China, where the film earned about $90 million, making it the best opening for a foreign film ever.

    Transformers: Age of Extinction is also a career box office high for Mark Wahlberg. The film tells the tale of what happens five years after the epic battle that left Chicago nearly in ruins.

    Coming in at second place this weekend at the box office is the action comedy sequel 22 Jump Street. The movie has already surpassed its domestic total from the original Jump Street in just three weeks. So far, the film has taken in $139.8 million domestically.

    Here’s how the top ten finished at the box office over the weekend:

    1. Transformers: Age of Extinction: $100 million (opening weekend)
    2. 22 Jump Street: $15.4 million ($139.8 million U.S. cumulative; week 3; previous ranking: no. 2)
    3. How to Train Your Dragon 2: $13.1 million ($121.8 million U.S. cumulative; week 3; previous ranking: no. 3)
    4. Think Like a Man Too: $10.4 million ($48.2 million U.S. cumulative; week 2; previous ranking: no. 1)
    5. Maleficent: $8.2 million ($201.9 million U.S. cumulative; week 5; previous ranking: no. 5)
    6. Jersey Boys: $7.6 million ($27.3 million U.S. cumulative; week 2; previous ranking: no. 4)
    7. Edge of Tomorrow: $5.2 million ($84.15 million U.S. cumulative; week 4; previous ranking: no. 6)
    8. The Fault in Our Stars: $4.8 million ($109.5 million U.S. cumulative; week 4; previous ranking: no. 7)
    9. X-Men: Days of Future Past: $3.3 million ($223.4 million U.S. cumulative; week 6; previous ranking: no. 8)
    10. Chef: $1.65 million ($19.4 million U.S. cumulative; week 8; previous ranking: no. 10)

    Image via Transformers, Twitter

  • Mark Wahlberg ‘Dreading’ the Day his Daughters Date

    Mark Wahlberg’s four kids are growing up fast, too fast as far as he is concerned.

    The Transformers: Age of Instinction actor says he is “dreading” the moment his daughters become teenagers and begin dating.

    Mark is father to two girls — ten-year-old Ella and four-year-old Grace with wife Rhea Durham. The couple also have two sons, eight-year-old Michael and five-year-old Brendan.

    One might argue that he still has time and should just enjoy the moment while they are still little, but as all parents know, they really do grow up fast.

    Wahlberg is well-known as a good dad and it’s no secret that he loves being a father, but admits he is anxious about the duties which come with parenthood as the kids get older.

    “I’m dreading the teenage years with my daughters; it’s not going to be easy for them to go on a date,” he joked with People.

    “My boys are obsessed with everything sports. The first thing out of their mouths in the morning when their eyes are barely open is, ‘Dad, did the Clippers win?’”

    Mark and Rhea have been together since 2001 and married in August 2009. A large family was always part of the bigger picture for the family, even if it does come with a certain amount of stress and difficulties.

    “It’s not easy. But it’s how we always pictured things,” he said.

    “I pray for patience. But the kids test me.”

    The 43-year-old star may know what he’s talking about. The younger version of Wahlberg had various run-ins with the police and he didn’t graduate from high school.

    Having overcome a difficult start to life and making it through his struggles, Wahlberg is determined to encourage his kids, guide them and support them in life’s endeavors.

    “I want to give them all the things I never had but make sure they understand it’s not normal and that it takes hard work to get what you want,” he noted. “You have to provide them with the tools that will make them good people.”

    “I think the most important thing is to always be involved in every aspect of their life,” Wahlberg told Esquire. “To give them enough trust that they can share things with you. I don’t want them to be terrified of me, you know? But I don’t want them to think they can do whatever they want and get away with it, either, because they can’t.”

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  • Shia LaBeouf Arrested at Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’

    Shia LaBeouf was taken away from a Broadway performance of Cabaret in handcuffs on Thursday night following some very bizarre behavior. He’s been charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of criminal trespassing. The show, which stars Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming, was in its first act when the Transformers star started behaving in a very disruptive manner. The NYPD reports that Shia was also ‘making threats.’ The cast and audience members witnessed the rather disturbing scene.

    LaBeouf made big headlines earlier this year for his ‘performance art’ in Berlin–wearing a paper bag over his head at a red carpet event that read ‘I’m Not Famous Anymore.’ That, of course, has some people wondering if Thursday night’s stunt at the theater was yet another facet of the bizarre actor’s ‘performance art.’

    Social media is abuzz with comments about the strange incident.

    Actress Lena Dunham seemed to find humor in the odd situation.

    Coincidentally–or not–this weekend marks the premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction–and this is the first film in the franchise in which Shia LaBeouf isn’t starring. Mark Wahlberg has taken over his role.

    Is Shia LaBeouf mentally unstable or is he simply displaying his ‘performance art’ in a most belligerent way? Is he trying to get attention because Transformers premieres this weekend and he isn’t part of the award-winning cast?

    Either way it’s kind of sad. The former Even Stevens Disney child star was adorable and talented. His career skyrocketed shortly thereafter. Something has very clearly gone wrong.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Angry Birds Transformers Mash-up Is a Real Thing That’s Happening

    Because the world needed the word ‘Deceptihog’, Rovio and Hasbro have teamed up once again to bring you a new Angry Birds mashup that will spawn a new game, a new product line, and more branded toys.

    This time, it’s the Transformers.

    “We’re really excited to combine the iconic Transformers universe with the quirky world of Angry Birds” said Blanca Juti, Chief Marketing Officer of Rovio. “This mash-up is going to appeal to those who grew up with the brand in the 80s, as well as fans of the brand today. People are going to love it!”

    Yes, there will be ‘Autobirds’ and “Deceptihogs’.

    “Angry Birds Transformers provides fans worldwide with a fun, new story and characters, and innovative ways, like our TELEPODS platform, for consumers to engage with the brand” said John Frascotti, Chief Marketing Officer at Hasbro. “We collaborated with Rovio to create opportunities for kids and families to experience Autobirds and Deceptihogs across multiple formats and entertainment platforms, for a completely immersive branded experience.”

    No word yet on exactly when the new Angry Birds Transformer mobile app will launch, but there’s a teaser site you can go check out right now. Other than a big graphic, all you’ll find is the tagline Birds disguised as robots in disguise.

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  • Transformers: Age of Extinction Trailers Released Over And Over Again

    It’s the movie that keeps releasing trailers left and right. It’s Transformers: Age of Extinction. Yesterday a new trailer appeared on Micheal Bay’s YouTube account with no description besides the title: ‘Judgement’.

    Many fans are excited, which is exactly what the studio wants. If they’ve succeeded in showing off what Micheal Bay plans to unveil, then kudos to them. However, we’ll have to wait a few more weeks before we find out if the new Transformers movie is the smash hit the summer is waiting for. But for now, we have this trailer.

    And what a trailer it is. As Alex Zalben of MTV put it: “Multiple dinobots? Check. Some sort of robot that can turn into cubes or whatever? Check. Reference to the best “Terminator” movie ever made? Check, and mate.” Zalben’s not alone in his excitement over dinobots. The New York Post included dinobots twice on their list of most anticipated rumors regarding the movie.

    Does this new trailer show promise that the fourth live-action Transformers movie will deliver an amazing action-packed movie-going experience? See for yourself:

    The movie makers are churning out trailers like crazy to drum up interest in the movie. The day before yesterday’s video was placed on YouTube, another trailer, titled “Destroyer”, churned its ugly head. It seems that the whole movie may show up in trailers before it hits theaters. By the way, the actual date this movie comes out is June 27th in the United States and July 5th in the United Kingdom.

    The epic trailers keep rolling in. Last week, another “seriously epic trailer” popped up on the internet. This one was a lot longer than the other two, and went into more detail regarding Mark Wahlberg’s starring role as a mechanic who finds Optimus Prime. At the rate this movie is going, there will be half a dozen more trailers before it comes out.

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  • ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’; Seriously Epic Trailer

    The action-packed trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction has debuted with an explosion.

    The fourth Transformers movie stars Mark Wahlberg playing the character of Cade Yeagar, a mechanic who is struggling to make ends meet. He then stumbles upon a Transformer and finds government agents after him demanding to know the whereabouts of the Autobots’ leader, Optimus Prime.

    When ET visited the set of the movie while they were filming, Wahlberg didn’t reveal much about the movie, but his character tinkers with something and everything gets a little crazy. Now that the trailer has been released, it is evident that Wahlberg was referring to tinkering with Optimus Prime.

    Behind the scenes in Detroit

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    In 2012, Bay mentioned in an interview with Hero Complex that the fourth Transformers film will be the last for him and that the plan is to leave it in the “best hands possible.”

    The trailer features Dinobots, and according to reports, there are also two new Autobots that will be making their debut appearance in the fourth installment. The two remain to be unnamed, but sources say that one is a 1,200-horsepower blue and black Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse and the other is a green C7 Corvette Stingray. Hound, a jeep in the Transformers animated series, will also be making an appearance in the film as a camouflaged tactical vehicle.

    Also apparent in the trailer is the upgrade of Optimus Prime’s body from a Peterbilt Model-379 in the last Transformers film, to a custom-built Western Star truck. Another upgrade is Bumblebee, which was changed from a Chevy Camaro to a vintage 1967 Camaro SS that was modified.

    Transformers: Age of Extinction also stars Nicola Peltz, Kelsey Grammer, Li Bingbing, Stanley Tucci, Sophia Myles, TJ Miller, and Jack Reynor. The film hits theaters on June 27.

    ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’. Watch Full Trailer

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  • Watch Mark Wahlberg in New ‘Transformers’ Trailor

    Mark Wahlberg stars in Transformers: The Age of Extinction, the fourth installment in the franchise, and the trailer was released Tuesday.

    The 42-year-old actor plays Cade Yeager, a single father and a mechanic, struggling to support his daughter Tess (played by Nicola Peltz) and protect her from her boyfriend, Shane (Jack Reynor), a race car driver.  Yeager discovers a Transformer in the form of a truck he was planning to use for parts. Yeager and his daughter make a discovery that brings down Decepticons and Autobots, and have a paranoid government official on their backs as a result.

    The upcoming Paramount release is said to take place four years after the battle between the Decepticons and Autobots in Chicago.

    The sequel is the first installment in a trilogy with an all new cast of characters, with the only one from the first three films remaining being Peter Cullen, who continues as Autobot leader Optimus Prime.

    The film reunites Wahlberg and director Michael Bay, who worked together on Pain and Gain, released in 2013. 

    The actor is also featured in the new poster for the film, which he posted on Facebook Monday.

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    Transformers: Age of Extinction will hit theaters June 27.

  • Shia LaBeouf Wins $800k Lawsuit Against Uncle

    Transformers star Shia LaBeouf won a lawsuit, on Wednesday, after a judge ruled that his uncle Barry Saide must pay back a loan from 2009.

    Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten declared that Saide must pay LaBouf the $800,000 that he borrowed when he fell on hard times five years ago. Saide has argued that LaBeouf should accept the interest from his four companies, that were used as collateral for the loan, instead of cash.

    “The terms of the note are clear and the amount due and owing … is forth in the note,” Bransten wrote in her decision. Saide originally agreed to pay LaBeouf back in fifteen installments of $53,333, however he failed to make any payments.

    After LaBeouf filed the suit last year, Bransten encouraged them to try to settle the matter without taking it to court. She said that it would be better for the family. However, LaBeouf and Saide could not come to an agreement, and the lawsuit proceeded.

    “Had I thought that Shayne [LaBeouf’s mother] and Shia would take this extraordinary step and seek to impoverish me, I never would have borrowed a dollar from Shia,” Saide reportedly said in an affidavit. He also claimed that he helped take care of LaBeouf and his mother before Shia became famous.

    Bransten has ordered Saide to pay back the entire lump sum plus nine percent interest, along with attorney’s fees.

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