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It has just been announced that Brad Pitt will be travelling to Australia to attend a local premiere of his new movie World War Z! The zombie thriller will hold its Sydney red carpet event on June 9 with the main man present on the scene ahead of its June 20 national release.

June will see another Hollywood heartthrob making his way Down Under — on the weekend it was confirmed that new Superman Henry Cavill will be on hand for the June 24 Sydney premiere of Man of Steel, which is released on June 27.

The excitement follows the return of The Great Gatsby cast at next week’s Australian premiere on May 22. And for TV fans, Revenge’s Gabriel Mann, who plays billionaire Nolan Ross, will also be coming this month for a publicity tour.

Director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is already one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, and the latest trailer makes me even more excited for it. The cryptic first preview finds Clark Kent/Superman (Henry Cavill) struggling with his identity and his place in the world, and while this new one is no less existential, it does show a lot more of the supporting cast. We see Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Superman's real father, in the midst of his planet's destruction, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as Clark's protective adoptive parents, Michael Shannon in action as villain General Zod, and Amy Adams as intrepid reporter Lois Lane.

Though I was initially skeptical of Adams as Lois, the interaction between her and Superman in the last moments of the trailer is giving me a lot more faith in her casting. I'm also loving the dark but hopeful tone of the movie, which could be a refreshing change of pace from the many other Superman films we've seen before. Man of Steel opens June 27 in Australia, but until then, watch the new trailer after the jump.

Finally! After a teaser for the latest Superman instalment, a full trailer for Man of Steel is here. In this longer look, it's clear that director Zack Snyder's Superman may be the most psychologically burdened version of the icon so far. We meet Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) as a young boy who's perplexed by his superhuman abilities, which aren't helped when his human father (Kevin Costner) advises him to keep that side of himself hidden after he saves a school bus full of classmates. Fast-forward to him as an introspective adult working through his issues (made apparent by his beard and water meditation). He obviously has a way to go before he becomes the flying, red-and-blue suited hero we see by the end of the trailer.

There's so much to see in this preview, like Superman being hauled off in handcuffs (like in the poster), as well as famous characters, though those glimpses are pretty brief. Still, it's exciting to see Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russell Crowe as Jor-El, and Michael Shannon as villain General Zod. We still have to wait until next June to see the movie, but you can take a look at the new Superman in action after the jump.

If you didn't know you were watching the teaser for the new Superman movie, you probably wouldn't figure it out until the very end of the trailer for Man of Steel. That's because the first preview of the movie doesn't exactly look like a superhero movie: we see a lot of laundry flapping in the breeze and a scruffy Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) doing work aboard a fishing boat. We hear the voice of Kevin Costner (Clark's adoptive father) saying that he's going to "change the world." It almost seems like an indie movie until the big payoff at the end: we see Superman fly!

Suffice it to say, I'm going to need to see a lot more footage from this movie before making a decision about how I feel about it, but this teaser is encouraging. It looks like director Zack Snyder is steering away from the cartoonish comic book movies of the past and closer to darker, grittier takes like Batman Begins. The film doesn't hit cinemas until Jun. 13, 2013, so there's plenty of time to watch the teaser again and again when you keep reading.

Kellan Lutz arrived on the red carpet at his Immortals premiere in LA last night holding hands with his girlfriend, actress Sharni Vinson. Kellan and Sharni reportedly started dating back in July, and weren't shy about showing some PDA last night, sneaking in a kiss as they arrived. The duo were on hand to join Kellan's co-stars, including Sharni's former Home and Away co-star Isabel Lucas, Freida Pinto, who had boyfriend Dev Patel on hand, Henry Cavill and Stephen Dorff for the big debut at Nokia Live, which drew a large crowd of fans and spectators.

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• Kanye West says he will be the godfather of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s baby — Famous
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• Photos from Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ sexy Italian mini-honeymoon — Us Weekly
• Peter Andre will play the Patrick Swayze role in a musical version of Ghost — Daily Telegraph
• Henry Cavill continues work on the set of Man of Steel — BuzzSugar
• Blake Lively gets back to the Gossip Girl set after her quick Australian trip — Just Jared

Well, this is a big step up from that Entertainment Weekly cover: Warner Bros. has just released the very first official photo of Henry Cavill from Superman: Man of Steel. Though it's a little dark, it's clear the "steel" theme is in full effect here, and Superman's suit looks closer to that of Andrew Garfield's new Spidey costume than the original tights and undies combo. Still, there's no denying Cavill's dashing superhero looks — or those huge muscles. How do you feel about it?

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