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“Iron Man 2,” the anticipated sequel to “Iron Man,” won’t open in theaters until May 7, 2010, but a first poster for the action flick has just now hit the Web, courtesy of the folks at Yahoo! Movies.

It’s only a first one-sheet, but it’s already badass, don’t you think? Iron Man himself looks great, and this poster also gives you a first look at the mean War Machine, a role played by Don Cheadle.

So, what do you think? Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Sam Rockwell (Justin Hammer), Mickey Rourke (Whiplash), Samuel L. Jackson, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg, and Gwyneth Paltrow co-star in the sequel.

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Morning shows haven’t been so great at handling this Adam Lambert thing (remember CBS’s blurry double-standard?), but it was probably poor form for Good Morning America to cancel Lambert’s performance and line up Chris Brown shortly after. Now, after controversy broke out about the booking, GMA has decided to cancel Brown’s performance, though his interview with GMA anchor Robin Roberts will simply be rolled up to 20/20 instead. (Which reminds me: Where is the Dateline tell-all with the drunk Ewoks?) [NY Post]

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With some shows off for the holidays already, this week’s televisual focus falls to two lost girls: Syfy’s reimagination of Lewis Carroll’s Alice, and the two-hour return of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Viva the gogglebox!

Monday

It’s the usual Monday evening decision between Fox’s House, wherein the West Wing’s Joshua Malina guests as a former patient of Wilson’s who’s now a little bit too close to dying for everyone’s comfort, and NBC’s Heroes, which promises an “unexpected destination” for Claire and Peter, who are struggling to come to terms with the truth. Both of them air at 8pm, so feel free to choose House and read our Heroes recap, instead. You know it’ll be easier on everyone.

Tuesday

Prophets of Science Fiction on the Science Channel at 9pm is about it, now that V has slunk its way off-screen for a few months (And am I the only person who spent the last episode waiting for a big lizard reveal, only to be thwarted? They even talked about skinning an alien just to tease us, the bastards). But in many ways, this documentary about science fiction creators whose work predicted the future is likely to be less frustrating than ABC’s alien drama, even if it may not be more entertaining.

Wednesday

While Mythbusters carries on Kari-less on Discovery at 9pm (Adam and Jamie look into whether you can escape from jail using antacids, while I continue to unfairly criticize newgirl Jessi Combs purely because of my love for the missing Ms. Byron), ABC’s Eastwick begins to draw to a conclusion with new episode “Tasers and Mind Erasers.”

Thursday

With the CW shows on reruns, your evening viewing is wide open for a helping of Flashforward at 8 pm on ABC and Fringe at 9 on Fox. This week’s FF promises to reveal more about Demetri’s future death, Zoey’s flashforward and, most excitingly, what actually caused the flashforward itself. Meanwhile, Fringe gets out the Lovecraftian influence as “Snakehead” reveals a spooky squidlike creature burrowing into host bodies. Calamari will never be the same again.

Friday

If new episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Medium on CBS (at 8pm and 9, respectively) or Stargate Universe and Sanctuary on Syfy (at 9pm and 10, respectively) don’t float your boat — Although, SGU sees Young handing over command of the Destiny to Camille when he’s accused of murder aboard the ship, so maybe you should tune into that just in case — then there’s only one thing that could take your attention (Well, beside Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network at 9).

And that’s the return of Dollhouse, with two new episodes starting on Fox at 8pm. “The Public Eye/The Left Hand” sees Senator Wesley From Angel finally stop talking and start doing something in his so-far-useless campaign against the Dollhouse, while Topher and Adelle meet a programmer with a connection to Echo and – Oh, never mind. All you want to know is this: It’s the episode with Summer Glau. See? Now you’ll tune in.

Saturday

NBC is showing the best Fantastic Four movie ever made, The Incredibles at 8:30pm. I’m sure most of you already own it on DVD though, right?

Sunday

Sure, Sunday night still belongs to The Venture Bros (a new episode is on Cartoon Network at midnight), but we’re still kind of tempted by Syfy’s Alice revival, from the people who brought you Tin Man. Bringing the story up to date and adding in various contemporary re-readings of famous scenes, there’s always the possibility of things going totally wrong and it turning out to be another Prisoner, but we have hope nonetheless…

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ABC’s had a difficult time navigating the wake of Adam Lambert’s controversial AMA performance. The Walt Disney Co-owned network claimed no previous knowledge of the “dance moves” which they edited out on the West Coast and defended the performance as a non crisis, yet canceled Lambert’s appearance on Good Morning America before booking and dropping a much more controversial guest, Chris Brown. Now, it seems that ABC is pressing forward with an ironclad contractual agreement that will prevent any future crotch grabs, same-sex kisses, middle fingers (and spontaneity) from its live television performances.

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A lot of Tim Burton’s early artwork in his MoMA retrospective consists of pitches for movies he never got to make… and they’d make some kick-ass films today. Here are the best Burton monsters and mutants that deserve screen time.

Insect (1979-1982)

Gotta love the attention to detail here. “It’s dancing horseshit,” “music by the Beatles,” and “The Movie Everyone Is Buzzing About!”

A closer look

Stalk of The Celery Monster (1979) A short short.

Romeo And Juliet, the Monster Movie!

Little Dead Riding Hood (1981)

Hansel and Gretel (1982). A storyboard from a Hansel And Gretel movie pitch, takes us to a world where the walls melt candy.

Mothera (1980-1988)

The Gardener
His hands are gardening tools. This was one of the many superhero villains Burton dreamed up, and he’s very Edward Scissorhands-like.

Dr. Brain

Another villain, Dr. Brain, who needs two assistants to hold his head up at all times, or else it cracks open — see the right image. If only Burton got his own superhero movie, where he could dream up an entire new team of heroes and baddies.

Superman Lives – Brainiac

And finally here’s a genuine concept art from Tim Burton’s Superman movie with Nic Cage, that never saw the light of day. Still this is a pretty bad-ass Brainiac.

Superman Lives- Superman

And this is his Superman, who looks like Johnny Depp.

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