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You know you're talented good looking when not even calling your boss Hitler gets you booted from the job.

Not that Megan Fox needed any further proof of her genetic superiority.

Popcorn flick panderer extraordinaire Michael Bay has confirmed that Fox will not only be back for Transformers 3, but that the robots in disguise will be hitting theaters nearly a full year earlier than he previously announced.

Oh, and did we mention it's already in the works?

"Well its official: We have a great Transformers 3 story," Bay wrote on his official blog. (Thanks for the heads-up, but we'll believe it when we see it, Michael.)

"The release date is now July 1st 2011. Not 2012."

And as for that acid-tongued, talk-first think-later leading lady of his? Here's hoping she's got a good health plan...

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With all these celebrity sex tapes (or naked tapes) and leaked private photos, it's pretty much like, yeah, every famous person has some naked footage.

Eventually it will leak onto the Internet, then their rep will freak out. Then blogs will make jokes the next time they see a photo of that celebrity, like "Vanessa Hudgens actually has clothes on."

It's just the way that news cycle goes. Over and over again.

But Megan Fox, whose whole career is based on her hotness and scantily clad photo shoots, swears to MTV News that we can forever count her out of all that nonsense, like sex tapes:

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It may suck the big robot when it comes to the reviews, but the Transformers sequel is also sucking in some serious bank.

After 14 days in theaters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has hit the $300 million mark in U.S. ticket sales—second only to last summer's The Dark Knight, which went on to become the second-biggest grossing film of all time behind 1997's Titanic.

By way of comparison, 2007's original Autobots vs. Decepticons battle raked in $319.2 million during its entire domestic theatrical run, and $700 million worldwide.

Since its June 24 release, the very noisy Revenge of the Fallen, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, has grossed $600 million internationally, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. About 8 percent of the total comes from IMAX screenings.

Guess you could say demolition-happy director Michael Bay has really gotten a buck for his bang.

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And the tie goes to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Final returns today showed the giant-robot sequel edging out Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, $42.3 million to $41.7 million, for its second straight No. 1 weekend finish.

Yesterday, estimates provided by the franchises' two studios had the films deadlocked at $42.5 million. In the end, Dawn of the Dinosaur's Sunday came up about $1 million short of projections.

"Obviously, the Fourth of July weekend hurt it," said Exhibitor Relations box office analyst Jeff Bock, who'd expected family business to give Dawn of the Dinosaurs the crown. "It looked like it carried over into Sunday, too."

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Dinosaurs versus giant robots—now there's an even match.

And so it was at the weekend box office, where the tracking firm Exhibitor Relations declared the race "too close to call," with the studios behind Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen both estimating $42.5 million grosses.

Johnny Depp's Public Enemies debuted with an estimated $26.2 million, on the high side for grown-up movies, circa 2009, if not on the high side of projections.

Drilling down into the numbers:

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•  Janet Jackson attended the BET Awards to pay tribute to her brother Michael Jackson. Father Joe Jackson also made an appearance and a statement on behalf of the family.

•  When the star's autopsy was ruled inconclusive pending the toxicology report due in six to eight weeks, the family requested a second go-round before they take possession of his remains for a burial.

•  Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, claims he did not give or prescribe his patient Demerol or Oxycontin and, after a three-hour interview, the LAPD has deemed him no more than a witness in their investigation. Meanwhile, Jackson's former nanny Grace Rwaramba tells the British press of Michael's prescription drug use.

•  As A-listers continued to share their mourning moments, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley blogged about a prophetic conversation she once had with Michael in which he predicted his own untimely demise.

•  Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon were joined in the afterlife by TV pitchman Billy Mays.

•  This weekend wasn't all bad! E!'s own Kendra Wilkinson tied the knot with Philadelphia Eagles footballer Hank Baskett. And Ugly Betty star Ana Ortiz welcomed a baby girl, Paloma Louise Lebenzon, with husband Noah Lebenzon.

•  Lastly, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen took home some major bank—a whopping $201 million—some of which ought to go toward making sure the third time's the charm for that poor flower kid trying to meet Megan Fox.

As if Thursday's events weren't enough of a kick in the butt, let's all take a moment to remember how short (and sweet) life is as we peruse our gallery of Shocking Pop Star Deaths.

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Giant robot movie, indeed.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will score $112 million over the weekend, Paramount Pictures estimated today, bringing the sequel's overall take to a towering $201.2 million.

If projections hold, the five-day gross will go down as the second largest in movie history behind only The Dark Knight, which sped to $203.8 million in the same time frame last summer.

It'll also neatly—and quickly—cover director Michael Bay's reputed $200 million production budget.

Revenge of the Fallen's Friday-Sunday performance gives Hollywood its first $100 million weekend winner of the year.

Here's how you make $201.2 million—fast:

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The 11-year-old Brit boy who earned mad tabloid coverage when he was tragically snubbed when offering Megan Fox a rose after the London premiere of the new Transformers flick got a second chance. Why not? Megan apologized, after all. The New York Post reports that Kodak, seeking a Kodak moment photo op (wouldn't you just know?), flew young Harvey Kindlon to New York Friday in hopes of meeting Foxy at the Today Show, where she was scheduled to be pimping her box-office-devouring robot-porn action movie.

But sadly, Harvey's projected brush with fame once again ended in a brush-off with fame after Michael Jackson's death bumped Megan from Today and she hightailed it back to Los Angeles. If it's any consolation to the kid, we're betting he's not the first guy to get blown off more than once by Megan. Hang in there, Harvey, maybe the third time's the charm.

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The bad news for Michael Bay is that some people think Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen features racially insensitive robots. The good news is a lot of people are judging for themselves.

The filmmaker's rock 'em, sock 'em sequel grossed an estimated $60 million yesterday. The staggering take is Hollywood's second-biggest for an opening day after The Dark Knight's $67.2 million haul from last year.

Revenge of the Fallen kicked off its fat Wednesday with $16 million from midnight screenings. The movie is projected to gross at least $165 million by the end of the weekend. And to start a couple of good arguments, too.

Shia LaBeouf broke out some serious lady game this morning on the Today show when producers tried to hook him up with a 20-year-old superfan, Samantha.

While his admirer was freaking out, Shia played it cool, saying, "She seems like a real special person." That's every girl's favorite line.

Then when Samantha was given an opportunity to ask the Transformers star a question, she wanted to know, "What kind of girl are you, like, interested in...honestly?"

He stared at her intensely and replied, "All kinds, all kinds. Seriously, being honest with you, I don’t have a specific." It must have been a relief that he didn't say only Megan Fox types.

The follow-up question was "Do you have a girlfriend?" natch, to which he answered negative and then tried to score a five-way date with Samantha and her friends. Smooth operator, this guy.

In the end, though, it's hard to tell just which one is more adorable: Shia and his lady-charming ways, or his fangirl as she hijacks the show from Meredith Vieira.

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What's a summer tentpole without a little controversy?

The guaranteed blockbuster is barely 24 hours out of the gate and already much ado has been made over twin autobots Skids and Mudflap from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, whose over-the-top, hip-hop-inspired vernacular and stereotypically black-sounding voices are, at best, racially and culturally insensitive and, at worst, grossly ignorant and offensive.

Meanwhile, the movie blog UGO suggests that the Transformers sequel has something to offend everyone—Muslims, Asians, Jews, Italians, Scots, German, the French, women...but that's another story.

The main focus of the latest round of finger-wagging (George Lucas, who unleashed the subservient, suspicously accented Jar Jar Binks on unwitting Star Wars fans in 1999, can identify) are Skids and Mudflap.

When they're not going incognito as Chevy concept vehicles, they sport gold teeth, can't read and cite their place of origin as "da hood."

How original.

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