More controversy and publicity surrounding Megan Fox and Transformers. Hmmm, so soon before the new movie comes out. How ironic, right?

They’re STILL using Megan Fox to generate publicity!

“She was in a different world, on her BlackBerry. You gotta stay focused. And you know, the Hitler thing. Steven [Spielberg] said, ‘Fire her right now,’” Bay said in a recent interview.

The “Hitler thing” refers to comments Megan Fox made in British magazine Wonderland, saying Bay liked to run his set in the style of the dictator.

“I wasn’t hurt, because I know that’s just Megan. Megan loves to get a response. And she does it in kind of the wrong way.”

“I’m sorry, Megan. I’m sorry I made you work 12 hours. I’m sorry that I’m making you show up on time,” Bay told GQ, which profiled him and many of his longtime collaborators, including current star Shia LaBeouf.

“Criticism is one thing,” LaBeouf said of Fox. “Then there’s public name-calling, which turns into high school bashing. Which you can’t do. She started [crap] -talking our captain.”

Wow. I thought Shia was supposed to be a friend of Megan’s. Friends don’t talk [crap] about friends, though, so I’m guessing he’s not much of one.

Shia LaBeouf recently had this to say about Megan Fox, Michael Bay, and the new girl.

“Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment [stuff] that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael, who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women,” LaBeouf said. “Mike films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It’s summer. It’s Michael’s style. And I think [Fox] never got comfortable with it. This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America. And she had a hard time accepting it. When Mike would ask her to do specific things, there was no time for fluffy talk. We’re on the run. And the one thing Mike lacks is tact. There’s no time for [LaBeouf assumes a gentle voice] ‘I would like you to just arch your back 70 degrees.’”

The script for Transformers 3 is finished, which is exciting news all by itself… But it gets even better. Josh Duhamel is now officially on board for the movie – joining Megan Fox, Shia Labeouf and Tyrese Gibson. I was getting pretty nervous about him!

I’m just hope, hope, hoping that T3 has a lot more of Tyrese, Josh, the ‘rents, and my guy Bumblebee. T2 was kind of disappointing with all of the co-eds and the lack of the core characters from the first movie. Hopefully this one will be more like the original.

Filming for Transformers 3 will begin this summer.   Transformers 3 is scheduled to hit theaters on July 1, 2011.  Bring it on!

After a day (and night) spent promoting their hot hit, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf met up for dinner in NYC. She’s still wearing the gorgeous black dress she wore on Letterman – she just threw a cute sweater over the top.

Click the link to see the full set of pictures: Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf Have Dinner in NYC

My favorite poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was just released. It has Mikaela, Sam, and Bumblebee – so, yeah, it’s pretty much the best movie poster ever. Click to access the much larger version.

Shia LaBeouf Reveals ‘Transformers’ Villain The Fallen.

Shia LaBeouf apparently told Playboy magazine (jokingly) that he used to spy on Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu during the filming of Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (he was just 16 at the time).

He said: “I remember my trailer was set up in such a way that Cameron Diaz’s and Lucy Liu’s trailers were visible through my window, through this little shade I had.

“I’d put down the blackout shade just enough to have my eye peeping through and get them in my crosses!”

About Megan Fox, Shia said: “[She is a] very attractive girl. Very attractive. And she’s a very close friend.

“But it hasn’t been a romantic thing, because you’re trying to respect the work environment. You don’t push anything. And with sex and romance, things can become so convoluted so fast.”