Shia LaBeouf brings his charismatic front-man-in-training charm to Manhattan’s Central Park on September 10, 2009, to act opposite Frank Langella, and a team of little dogs under the watchful eyes of involved director Oliver Stone for his upcoming film Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.

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Shia is reading “And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees“. Sounds like a fun read! His face says it all!

And Then the Roof Caved In skillfully explores the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse. Written by David Faber—the award-winning CNBC correspondent—this compelling account is filled with the candid reflections of the people who brought the crisis to life. Expanded from the CNBC documentary that the New York Times called “broad, comprehensive, and compelling,” and that Frank Rich noted as “superbly done,” this book is a must-read.

“Historians investigating the financial collapse of ‘08/’09 must begin by reading this book. This is close-range reporting . . . the work of a veteran financial journalist who was ‘present at the creation’ of this crisis. Faber has it all, up close the people, failures, and greed. He tells us what it was like to be on the inside when the roof caved in.”

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Shia LaBeouf is a real-life Transformer!

The 5′9″ star of the summer’s biggest action movie used to be appropriately plump. But now that he’s on the road to superstardom, he barely eats, a source tells Star. “Shia’s been living on Parliament cigarettes and black coffee, which make him lose his appetite. He probably only gets about 700 calories a day.”

The 23-year-old actor weighs in at 140 lbs. — down from a healthier 165 — according to Kansas-based certified personal trainer Marty Tuley, who has not worked with the actor.

“It looks like he went on a crash diet to lose so much weight,” says Tuley, author of the book Busting Your Butt and Gut: Minimizing Your Maximum Areas. “He’s lost all of his muscle mass to get this unhealthy thin look.”

But Shia likes his skinny frame, explains the source. “He wants to be slender. He says it makes him look better on the big screen!”

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The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots believing that peace was possible finds out that Megatron’s dead body has been stolen from the US Military by Skorpinox and revives him using his own spark. Now Megatron is back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon reinforcements on the way, the Autobots with reinforcements of their own, may have more to deal with then meets the eye.

Let me just start out by saying that I loved the first Transformers. I thought it was smart, witty, hilarious and the special effects were amazing.  Sure, whenever the robots opened their mouth -you had to laugh, but still, I really enjoyed it!

But I didn’t enjoy the sequel as much. I thought it was funny only a few times, and in almost 3 hours – you need comedy to keep it going.  The robots were bigger – and “scarier” in this movie, and there were lots more of them.  Maybe that’s what killed it for me – just too much of everything!  The special effects really were amazing. More than once I caught my mouth open, just thinking “how in the world did they do that!”  But unfortunately, all this movie really has to offer, is special effects.

Shia Labeouf is awesome. I’m not going to say anything mean about him.  I love me some “Shala Laboof” as my kids call him. Megan Fox on the other hand, I don’t mind being mean to her! While she’s beautiful, no denying that, she can’t act to save her life.  Her lines are painfully delivered – and I almost felt bad for her. She has to be one of the worst actresses out there. At least she looks pretty!

Bottom line? I thought it was entertaining, but it was just too much.  Too loud, too many robots, too long, too many stupid one liner’s.   I’m sure it will make a ton of money, and there are plenty of people who are going to love it. But I’m just not one of them. I thought it was for the most part, pretty stupid.

But that’s just me!

Shia LaBeouf departs from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) wearing a t-shirt that reads “Everybody Must Get Stoned.”

Bauer Griffin