Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin had been due to appear together on Broadway in Orphans

After just a week of rehearsals, the actor Shia LaBeouf has walked away from his Broadway debut, with series of tweets issued by the 26-year-old Transformers star suggesting a clash with and his co-star, Alec Baldwin.

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Rupert Grint has bagged the leading role in US television pilot Super Clyde

Rupert Grint lands leading role in US television pilot Super Clyde

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has landed the lead role in a US TV pilot.

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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron release moved forward

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A murky tale of middle-class scandal from Zoë Heller.

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The new Transformers movie includes the Moon landing, while Captain America and the X-Men meet Nazis. Kaleem Aftab says that directors are behaving irresponsibly

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will never turn to the "dark side".

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