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Wilmer Valderrama

who played Fez,the naive foreign-exchange student on That 70s Show 1998-2006 will now be seen in a keyrole in Larry Crowne,a romantic comedy directed by Tom Hanks. When I finished That 70s Show,I made a choice to take a long break from in front of the camera, says 31-year-old Valderrama. He steered clear of sitcoms and made independent films like Fast Food Nation,The Dry Land and From Prada to Nada,a Latin spin on Jane Austens Sense and Sensibility.With Larry Crowne,his transformation plan seems to be working. I had to walk a very fine line with this role, he says.

Michael Bay,

the director of Transformers:Dark of the Moon and Paramount Pictures,which will release the film on June 29,are racing to persuade moviegoers that the robot film is truly,honestly worth the extra 3 to 5 per ticket to see it in 3D. T here has been a wave of disappointing revenue for 3D films as audiences have been souring on the format. Consumer rebellion over the ticket price premium is one reason films like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides have struggled in 3D. Transformers is one of Hollywoods most valuable franchises.