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Over the weekend, Sony sent over the very first poster for the Aaron Sorkin-penned, David Fincher-directed Facebook founders biopic "The Social Network." This triggered a rash of clever blog headlines fusing Facebook lingo with the film's title. See above for a case in point.

The poster is actually pretty neat. You don't get a great look at star Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, but the shadowy face behind the giant-sized white lettering certainly does bear a striking resemblance to the real-life Internet billionaire. I also dig the web browser-style Facebook bar that runs the length of the right side of the poster. You can check out the full image after the jump. Read more...

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1. "Toy Story 3" ($109 million)
2. "The Karate Kid" ($29 million)
3. "The A-Team" ($13.8 million)
4. "Get Him to the Greek" ($6.1 million)
5. "Shrek Forever After" ($5.5 million)

Let there be no question about it: the toys are back in town. The return of the "Toy Story" franchise to movie theaters nationwide was greeted with wide open arms from film fans of all ages, resulting in a decisive first place finish for the beloved Pixar property. Read more...

Tags get him to the greek, jonah hex, shrek forever after, the a-team, the karate kid, toy story 3

1. "Toy Story 3" ($42 million)
2. "The Karate Kid" ($8.9 million)
3. "The A-Team" ($4.2 million)
4. "Shrek Forever After" ($2.5 million)
5. "Jonah Hex" ($2 million)

It's been eleven years since the most recent "Toy Story" installment hit theaters — not counting last summer's special 3-D double feature of the first two films — but even after all this time, moviegoers proved that their love for Woody, Buzz and the rest of Andy's toys remains intact by awarding the threequel with a first place victory on Friday. Read more...

Tags jonah hex, shrek forever after, the a-team, the karate kid, toy story 3

Emma Roberts may have opted to delete her Twitter account (R.I.P.) after announcing her allegiance to Team Jacob, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse drew some Twitter hate that he was forced to respond to today after attempting to make a joke about the situation.

Another team you don't want to mess with right now is the Los Angeles Lakers. They took home this year's NBA championship honors last night, and some fans in their home city decided to tear some streets up in celebration. Find out what Twitter-Wood thought about that and what Lindsay Lohan's iPad artwork looks like after the jump.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for June 18, 2010. Read more...

Tags christopher mintz-plasse, frankie muniz, john hodgman, jon favreau, lindsay lohan, michael chiklis, nina dobrev, patton oswalt, shaquille o'neal, Twilight, Twitter-Wood

Today, Universal Orlando officially opened the doors of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to one and all. It's been a project in development for a long time, but by all accounts the wait has been worth it. From the faithful re-creation of well-known locales Hogwarts and Hogsmeade to thrilling rides Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, this new section of Universal's Islands of Adventure is all about immersing attendees in the "Harry Potter" universe.

By all reports, it's insanely popular. The word from Terri Schwartz, our reporter on the ground in Orlando, is that wait times to get into the park today run between four and six hours for some. Wizarding World is undoubtedly going to be the theme park's biggest draw for many families to visit, at least until the movie series concludes next summer and probably well beyond that. What this means is that, sooner or later, someone's going to get the bright idea of expanding the park, adding some new attractions so that former first-time visitors have a reason to come back. Fortunately for Universal, we've done the work of coming up with some ideas... just give us 10% of all concession sales and they're yours!

No deal? Fine. Ideas for everybody! Read more...

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"Toy Story 3," opening today, marks the end of a very long journey for Pixar. "Toy Story" hit theaters 15 years ago, introducing the world to what would quickly become known as the most consistently creative filmmaking team on the planet. The tale of Woody, Buzz and their pint-sized pals ends with the release of the third and final movie in the "Toy Story" trilogy. Or that's what we were led to believe at least.

Now director Lee Unkrich is out there saying that we haven't seen the last of the talking toys. In fact, we'll be seeing them next summer in the Pixar-standard animated short appearing in front of "Cars 2." There are no thoughts of a fourth movie in the series... yet. But fans should be pleased that there are also no thoughts of putting these characters to rest for good. For more from Unkrich, check out this interview over at MSN Movies.

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by Brooke Tarnoff

Jonah Hill isn't "Superbad." He's not even kindabad. The real Hill -- not to be confused with the continuous stream of foul-mouthed miscreants he plays -– is more mellow than you’d expect. In fact, he admits he’s getting a little tired of trotting out his zany alter-egos for every interview. If only we’d known – we’d have given the "Cyrus" star a break.

MTV: So I loved the movie. Cyrus is a pretty challenging guy. Were you able to find something about him you liked?

JONAH HILL: Yeah, that’s what’s interesting. A lot of people say that to me like, why actors say you have to find something you love about the person. And for me, it wasn’t so much finding something that I loved about him; I sympathized with him. I don’t like him as a person. But I feel bad for him as a person, and I sympathize with him because he was raised incorrectly. His mom loved him, and there’s such thing as loving someone so much that you end up hurting them by the way you raise them, by protecting them from too much… you find out he is this really smart, manipulative guy -- but then you find out he’s just this scared little kid, who’s scared of losing the only person that he really cares about and that cares about him. So…

I did sympathize with him, but I don’t know if I liked him. Read more...

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Seeing the below clip from Michael Winterbottom's "The Killer Inside Me," you'd never know that Casey Affleck is playing a deranged sociopath. His lovely sweetheart, Amy Stanton (Kate Hudson), certainly doesn't. But that's exactly what Affleck's quiet, baby-faced lawman Lou Ford is. Really, the less you know the better. If you really must pull away the veil, read Kurt Loder's glowing review and then check it out in theaters beginning today.

Tags casey affleck, kate hudson, Michael Winterbottom, the killer inside me, Video

by Jill Pantozzi

The hardcover version of Stephenie Meyer’s fourth “Twilight” installment, “Breaking Dawn,” clocks in at a whopping 756 pages. So when the official announcement came earlier this week that the film adaptation would be split in two no one was really all that surprised.

We all know Hollywood will milk properties for all they're worth and anything involving “Twilight” is worth a lot. But what does this mean for the fans? After hearing the news some sighed in relief, most screamed with pleasure while others might have peed their pants a little.

What do they want to know most? Where the heart-stopping cliffhanger will occur in Part One. Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg knows where she’d like it to happen. Read more...

Tags breaking dawn, Melissa Rosenberg, Twilight

There's no such thing as too much monkey business. "Rise of the Apes," prequel to "Planet of the Apes," will be here before you know it -- it's got a summer 2011 release -- and the cast is starting to fill out. James Franco was in talks to lead the cast as of late-May and now the word from Bloody Disgusting is that offers are out to Don Cheadle and Freida Pinto as well. No word on what their roles would be, but the origin story is reportedly set in present day San Francisco, showing exactly how it was that genetic engineering led to the first sparks of human-level intelligence in apes. Hail to the chimp, baby.

Tags don cheadle, freida pinto, james franco, Rise of the Apes