Fact: The screenwriting duo behind the new Star Trek and Transformers franchises, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, have ended their movie partnership. No reason has been given for the split, although the pair, which also worked on the new The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and its sequel, is expected to continue working together on their Tv projects via their production company K/O Paper Products, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Fact: Mark Wahlberg is sporting a neck brace after waking up with a mystery ailment while shooting the new Transformers movie in Hong Kong. The actor showed off his new accessory on Wednesday (11Dec13) when he was photographed out in Hollywood. He tells the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter he has just recovered from three herniated discs, explaining, "I'm not in pain anymore. I've been able to repair them through corrective exercises.
Fact: The fourth Transformers movie will be titled Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Quote: "I can't imagine having a kid and then not being able to be there - that would just drive me crazy. My head would be at home with mom and baby. We want to work it out so that we can be together; whether I am working, they can come with (me) or if she is working I can go with them. I can't see myself ever wanting to be away from my wife and kid." Josh Duhamel plans to scale back on his work commitments once he becomes a dad. The Transformers star's singer wife Fergie is pregnant with the couple's first child.
Fact: The Devil Wears Prada star Stanley Tucci has joined the cast of the fourth Transformers movie. He will appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in the first Michael Bay Transformers movie not to feature Shia LaBeouf.
Fact: Transformers star Rachael Taylor is reportedly teaming up with fellow Aussie Philip Noyce for a new U.S. Tv cop drama. Moviehole.net reports Salt director Noyce will take charge of the as-yet unnamed project.
Fact: Transformers star Josh Duhamel has signed on as the host of the 26th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The event will take place on 23 March at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. Past hosts have included Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Rosie O'Donnell, Jack Black and Will Smith, who took charge of the show last year (12).
Tweet: "History has been made. Lord Stanley's Cup now resides in LA. Congrats to the Kings on an amazing run!!" Transformers star and ice hockey fan Josh Duhamel celebrates the Los Angeles Kings' Stanley Cup victory over the New Jersey Devils.
Quote: "I'd really like a bouncy castle." Transformers star Josh Duhamel reveals what's on top of his Christmas wish list.
Tweet: "Thankful to #AllMyChildren for launching my career. Excited for Leo's return today!" Transformers star Josh Duhamel on returning to daytime soap All My Children on Thursday (04Aug11).
Quote: "This is not to be comparing myself to (Leonardo) DiCaprio, but I remember the hatred for him when every girl I liked wanted to (sleep with him). It's not extraordinary envy, like Robert Pattinson fan-worship s**t, but I do feel animosity from men. They feel like they want to challenge me. 'I just f**ked up Shia LaBeouf!' It's a story you can tell, and I guess you're cool for it." Transformers star Shia LaBeouf can understand why he's become a hate-figure among some men.
Quote: "I just turned 25 and I'm learning to edit myself and say no comment." Shia LaBeouf is embarrassed by the fuss surrounding his comments about romancing Transformers co-star Megan Fox in Details magazine.
Fact: Patrick Dempsey landed a trio of firsts at the Transformers: Dark Of The Moon premiere in Moscow, Russia on Thursday (23Jun11) - it was his first Russian premiere, his first appearance in a Transformers film and the first time he had ever seen a 3D movie.
Quote: "I'm a huge Linkin Park fan and so is she. That's why she was so upset that she couldn't be here. She's like, 'What, Linkin Park's performing and I don't get to go?'..." Josh Duhamel's wife Fergie is disappointed she won't be able to attend the premiere of her husband's latest Transformers movie in Moscow, Russia. The screening will feature a concert by Linkin Park for a crowd of more than 20,000.
Fact: The new Transformers movie will premiere as part of a massive bash in Russia's Red Square. Linkin Park will perform the film's theme for 20,000 fans in Moscow at the party - the biggest launch in Paramount Pictures' history.
Quote: "I've shot a few pheasants and a few rabbits. I'm probably gonna be hated for that." New Transformers star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley on her upbringing on a farm.
Fact: Upcoming blockbuster Transformers: Dark Of The Moon will open the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival in Russia next month (Jun11). The screening on the 23 June (11) will also mark the world premiere of the third installment in the robot franchise.
Quote: "There is an ongoing joke about how (director) Michael Bay ruined my feet because they are battered after running in heels. The stunts are something I loved doing but my feet didn't." Model-turned-actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley suffered on the set of the upcoming Transformers movie.
Quote: "It's a two-mile run on Santa Monica beach. It's a youth run but anyone can come. We'll be selling shirts that go for $25 and the run itself is $10." Transformers star Josh Duhamel urges people of all ages to join him on his California beach fun run this Sunday (27Mar11) to raise funds for relief charities in Japan. The movie star did the same thing a year ago (10) to help the post-earthquake aid effort in Haiti and raised "about $100,000".
Fact: Transformers: DARK OF THE MOON co-stars Josh Duhamel and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and the film's director Michael Bay will serve as Grand Marshalls at this weekend's (20Feb11) Daytona 500 car race in Florida. Motors featured in the movie will be pace cars for the big race.
Fact: Tennis ace Andy Roddick's supermodel wife Brooklyn Decker missed out on a role in the new Transformers film DARK OF THE MOON to fellow Victoria's Secret stunner Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Quote: "I don't have a perfect boy. I guess they need to be honest and who I can really be myself around. Although, if they look identical to Shia LaBeouf that would be great!" Selena Gomez harbours a crush on Transformers star SHIA LABEOUF.
Quote: "You grow up and you realise it isn't just about the aesthetic. It's about whether or not that person makes you better and whether or not that person makes you happy. You're lucky if you can find it." Transformers star Josh Duhamel insists his love for his pop star wife Fergie is more than skin deep.
Fact: Popular children's toy THE GOOD LUCK TROLLS are coming to the big screen. The colourful frizzy-haired dolls are set to be featured in a new movie from the company behind the Shrek franchise, following in the footsteps of other toy movies including Transformers and the upcoming BATTLESHIP and STRETCH ARMSTRONG.
Quote: "He's got more talent in those bangs than I've got in my whole body." Transformers star Megan Fox is a fan of Justin Bieber.
Quote: "The only thing I will say is that I will miss working with Shia LaBeouf. He's such a good guy and we became very good friends on those two Transformers films. Look, it started off my career and I am grateful for the time that I got to work on them." Megan Fox will always have fond memories of her time filming the TRANSFORMERS movies.
Quote: "I love Megan and I miss the girl." Shia LaBeouf is already pining for actress Megan Fox after she quit the Transformers franchise. She will be replaced by British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in the upcoming third installment.
Fact: British funnyman Russell Brand will celebrate his upcoming 35th birthday on Friday (04Jun10) in Los Angeles. The comic's fiancee Katy Perry has hired out the picturesque Griffith Observatory, which has featured in films including Rebel Without a Cause and Transformers, for a party.
Tweet: "Michael Bay I love your work! I know what a artistic brilliant genius you are! Cast me in the next Transformers." Heidi Montag reaches out to the director following news Megan Fox has been dropped from the third TRANSFORMERS movie.
Fact: GREY'S ANATOMY star Patrick Dempsey will play Megan Fox's boss in the second Transformers sequel.
Fact: Hollywood actor John Malkovich has joined the cast of Transformers 3. The IN THE LINE OF FIRE star will appear alongside SHIA LaBEOUF and Megan Fox in director Michael Bay's second TRANSFORMERS sequel, which begins pre-production in April (10).
Quote: "I didn't have a proper boyfriend until I was 19. I was a bit of a geek, a bit like a tomboy growing up with my brother and his friends, so I was nervous about all that stuff. I'm much more romantic now and more easily swept away than I was when I was 16." Carey Mulligan was a late starter in her love life. The 24 year old is currently dating Transformers star Shia LaBeouf.
Quote: "I used to steal my mum's car all the time when I was 14 or 15... and sneak out to my boyfriend's house. She didn't let me get my license until I was 18 because she thought I would never come back once I had it." Sexy Transformers actress Megan Fox on her rebellious childhood.
Quote: "Girls think I'm a s**t , and I've been in the same relationship since I was 18. The problem is, if they think you're attractive, you're either stupid or a w**re." Transformers actress Megan Fox lashes out over perceptions of her sexy Hollywood persona.
Fact: Transformers moviemaker Michael Bay has signed on to direct the new Victoria's Secret holiday ad.
Quote: "I want to hate Megan Fox more than anything. We all do. But I read a bunch of her quotes, and she's witty and smart and carefree. I thought, 'This is the type of girl I'd love to be friends with.'" COUPLES RETREAT star Kristen Bell on her favourite Transformers actress.
Fact: Transformers: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN star Isabel Lucas never leaves home without a lucky tiger eye gemstone and a quartz crystal.
Fact: The Transformers sequel is well on its way to becoming the world's biggest film of the year (09) just 10 days after its release. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is $20 million (£13.3 million) away from toppling Angels & Demons as the globe's highest-grossing film of the year at the worldwide box office, after raking in a staggering $448.4 million (£299.2 million).
Quote: "For 90 minutes, he had me jumping, running, diving over the furniture in his office - that was the audition. I was drenched in sweat... I was looking in his eyes, and he was enjoying it." Transformers: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN star Ramon Rodriguez on how he impressed director Michael Bay and landed a role as SHIA LaBEOUF's sidekick in the hit blockbuster sequel.
Quote: "I was loud and obnoxious and really opinionated, and I'm not much different that now. In middle school, in the lunch room, kids would throw ketchup packets at me, or mustard... I was not attractive." Transformers actress Megan Fox was tormented through school long before she was considered one of Hollywood's most beautiful women.
Quote: "I'm a 23-year-old red-blooded male, so sure there's a lot of real (chemistry) there. She's a beautiful woman." Shia LaBeouf admits he's attracted to his sexy Transformers love interest Megan Fox.
Fact: The Transformers sequel is well on its way to becoming the biggest film of the summer after making $16 million (£10.6 million) from midnight screenings in America alone on Tuesday night (23Jun09).
Quote: "I never (look at myself), even in still photographs. I don't look at anything. I panic if there is a monitor in the room - I immediately go into like an anxiety attack. I'm insecure. I think most actors are pretty insecure." Transformers star Megan Fox hates seeing herself onscreen.
Quote: "In Russia, the director of the KGB called me into his office because he said he was a big Transformers fan. He said I was one of 10 Americans to have been in that building." Moviemaker Michael Bay on his secret service treat during the international press tour of his new action film.
Quote: "I was shocked at what a good kisser he was; he just didn't seem like the sexy type." Megan Fox on smooching with SHIA LaBEOUF in the Transformers movies.
Quote: "I'm terrible in it... The movie wasn't bad, I just wasn't proud about what I did." Actress Megan Fox isn't surprised she didn't win any accolades for Transformers.
Quote: "It's always awkward, you're on set with a bunch of grown men, sweaty sitting outside, carrying camera equipment and wanting to take their break, and you're having to kiss!" Hollywood beauty Megan Fox insists kissing Transformers co-star SHIA LaBEOUF is never as steamy as it seems.
Quote: "I'm totally staring at Megan Fox right now. Is that creepy?" Miley Cyrus was in awe of the Transformers beauty on the red carpet at Sunday's (31May09) MTV Movie Awards.
Fact: Transformers star Tyrese Gibson was pulled over by traffic police in Hollywood on Monday night (18May09) after failing to display the licence plates on his Maserati, reports TMZ.com.
Quote: "I'm so suspicious of all boys-slash-men. They're boys; they're easily toyed with." Transformers star Megan Fox prefers dating experienced men.
Quote: "Those are the most amazing boobs." Transformers star Megan Fox was stunned by the sight of Salma Hayek's chest on the red carpet at the Golden Globes.
Fact: Transformers actress Megan Fox and MAMMA MIA! star Amanda Seyfried will reportedly be the latest female duo to share a same-sex kiss on the big screen. The actresses are preparing to lock lips in the 2009 horror flick JENNIFER'S BODY.
Quote: "We still drive an SUV but were gonna get rid of it. Tesla's coming with some of these little electric cars that I want to get as soon as they're out." Transformers star Megan Fox is transforming into an eco-warrior.
Quote: "I told them that I would literally commit suicide if they made an action figure of me. I will kill myself." Transformers star Megan Fox is desperate not to become an action figure.
Quote: "We joked that you could probably buy action figures of all of us." British comedian/actor Simon Pegg, the star of the upcoming Star Trek film, jokes about starring alongside IRON MAN's Jeff Bridges, Spider-Man's Kirsten Dunst and Megan Fox from the Transformers franchise in HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS + ALIENATE PEOPLE.
Quote: "If acting is lying, then maybe I'm more comfortable with deceit. Which means my goal in life is to be the best possible liar." Transformers star SHIA LaBEOUF on his role as an actor.
Quote: "I'm also pretty sure my agent planted that story!." Transformers star Megan Fox is cynical about recent media comparison between her and Hollywood actress ANGELINA JOLIE.
Fact: Movies including Transformers and Harry Potter AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX helped 2007 become the most successful year yet at the U.S. box-office, with takings of $9.62 billion (GBP4.81 billion).
Quote: "The only thing we have in common is we freely expose our tattoos." Transformers star Megan Fox is sick of being compared to ANGELINA JOLIE.
Fact: Transformers director Michael Bay attached a collection of Barbie dolls to a black suit and went to Heidi Klum's Hollywood Halloween party on Wednesday (31Oct07) as "a chick magnet".
Fact: Transformers has sold more DVDs (8.3 million) in its first week on release than any other title in America so far this year (07).
Quote: "I don't find myself attractive. I think it's way easier to capture me from an angle where I look like Steve Buscemi." Transformers beauty Megan Fox has a low opinion of herself.
Quote: "I just love him. I don't know why. I just think he's the greatest. I know he's kind of craggy and old but he just does it for me." Transformers star Julie White admits to a crush on Tommy Lee Jones.
Quote: "He's such a good actor and he's cute... but I'd be much too intimidated to date him." Britney Spears' actress sister JAMIE LYNN admits to a crush on Transformers star SHIA LaBEOUF.
Fact: Transformers actor SHIA LaBEOUF has been dating Puerto Rican model and musician VAYA for the last two months
Quote: "All my friends, they're normal Joes, they were like, 'What the f**k are you doing that movie for? That sounds stupid.' But it's like the kid comes out in you when you see this movie. It's just fun." Director Michael Bay's pals didn't approve of his decision to direct Transformers.
Quote: "We're going to watch it as soon as she gets back from tour - she's so excited about it." Actor Josh Duhamel reveals his singer girlfriend Fergie can't wait to watch him in action in Transformers.
Quote: "We're going to watch it as soon as she gets back from tour - she's so excited about it." Actor Josh Duhamel reveals his singer girlfriend Fergie can't wait to watch him in action in Transformers.
Fact: A Bronx, New York film fan faces six months behind bars after he was caught trying to videotape footage of blockbuster Transformers in a cinema on Wednesday (04Jul07).
Fact: The speedy GM 'Bumble Bee' car SHIA LaBEOUF's character drives in the upcoming Transformers movie is a $500,000 (GBP250,000) prototype - one of only four made by the motor company.
Fact: The first 8,000 tickets for next week's Transformers release sold out in eight minutes in Los Angeles.
Fact: A new Transformers television series will be screened on U.S. TV's Cartoon Network next year (08). TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED will contain a 90 minute special and 26 half-hour episodes.
Fact: Actor SHIA LeBEOUF ran six miles a day to develop his "swimmer's body" for blockbuster Transformers.