Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. We’ve got seven new trailers for you this week; check ‘em all out after the jump.

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1. Hot on the heels of the news that Google+ has reached the 10 million user mark, GOOD reports that Facebook has been allowing law enforcement officials to snoop around people’s accounts without their consent. Maybe it’s time to make the switch?

2. Edward Norton is currently in talks to play the villain in Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy. Considering that the film is already set to star Jeremy Renner, we’re suddenly finding it a lot easier to accept that Matt Damon will not be returning to the franchise. [via The Playlist]

3. Last night during the Foo Fighters set at the iTunes Festival in Camden, Dave Grohl stopped playing to eject a fan who had gotten too rowdy. Watch a video of the incident here.

4. After failing to make mortgage payments for more than a year, R. Kelly may lose his multimillion-dollar mansion in the suburbs of Chicago. Is it wrong that we kind of hope that he writes another operetta about this? [via Rolling Stone]

5. Ted Danson is going to be taking over for Laurence Fishburne on CSI. But have no fear, Bored to Death fans, he will reportedly remain a series regular on that show as well. [via E!]

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1. Both the album art and tracklisting for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album have surfaced online. Although her publicist hasn’t confirmed anything yet, the images suggest that there are 14 songs, with the title track as the album’s opening song. [via NME]

2. Zach Galifianakis has signed a first-look deal with HBO. His first project for the network will be a pilot starring comedian Brody Stevens, who had a small role in The Hangover. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Stevens, a former amateur baseball player, will play himself in a mockumentary-style comedy with Galifianakis also appearing.”

3. Justin Vernon says that the next Bon Iver album should be ready sometime in June. “I brought in a lot of people to change my voice — not my singing voice, but my role as the author of this band, this project. I built the record myself, but I allowed those people to come in and change the scene.” [via Sound of the City]

4. Well this isn’t surprising: Jason Schwartzman has joined the all-star cast of Wes Anderson’s next film, Moonrise Kingdom, which tells the story of two young lovers who runaway from their New England town. Among the actors already signed on to the project: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton.

5. Marvel Comics is joining Starbucks’ wi-fi network, which means customers will get to browse free comics while they drink their coffee. The Economist, Mediabistro.com, and ESPN are also part of the deal. [via Pop Candy]

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Today at Flavorpill, we decided that if you’re a music lover, Yo Gabba Gabba is > than MTV. We looked at 15 portraits of presidents with ham. We wished that Anna “My Girl” Chlumsky would shorten her matronly hemline — Vada Sultenfuss might have been death-obsessed, but she also showed a little leg. We learned that taking aspirin before drinking can actually give you a hangover. We were excited to hear that Electric Literature just launched Electric Publisher — a licensed iPad and iPhone app platform for indie publishers and authors. We discovered the best and the worst places to work if you’re gay. We wanted to invest in some New York City “gutterspace.” We were reminded why we rarely cook at home. We were temporarily blinded by Katy Perry’s peacock dress. We wanted to win one of Hugh Hefner’s Willy Wonka-style golden tickets. And finally, we found out that Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, and Tilda Swinton are all in talks to appear in Wes Anderson’s next movie, Moon Rise Kingdom. We can’t wait to see it!

1. Now that Edward Norton is out of the running for The Avengers, there’s a rumor that Marvel has offered the role of the Incredible Hulk to Joaquin Phoenix. [via Slashfilm]
2. The lawsuit against Apple and AT&T — which includes any iPhone buyer with a two-year AT&T agreement since June 2007 — has been granted class-action status. [via Reuters]
3. Roman Polanksi will not be extradited to the US to face his 1977 rape (or rape-rape) charge. [via The Awl]
4. What does it take to get fired from Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab before filming has even started? Just ask Tila Tequila. [via Radar]
5. Watch John Mayer parody LeBron James while announcing upcoming tour dates. [via Vulture]

Bonus link: How to open a wine bottle with your shoe

If we were to tell you that Stone is a new thriller directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil) starring Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, and Milla Jovovich, you’d assume that it was a going to be a solid movie, right? Instead we get what could pass for an OK-ish Lifetime Original. Norton (in cornrows and with a weird Southern accent) plays a convicted arsonist who convinces his wife (Jovovich) to seduce his corrections officer (De Niro) in order to blackmail him for early parole. Click through to watch the trailer, which is NSFW, thanks to a few boob shots.

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Thanks to the plethora of reruns airing on TBS, it’s hard to ignore that The Office just ain’t what it used to be. Plenty of people think that the problem is Jim — now that he’s married to Pam and a manager, there’s not as much room for his character to tug at our heartstrings or make us laugh. But NBC obviously thinks it’s something else: a lack of guest star power. That’s why they’re reportedly bringing in the great Kathy Bates to cameo in a story arc as Jo, a bossy Floridian executive whose pals with Jan’s replacement. Maybe they were hoping she’d work her Annie Wilkes magic on the writing staff? (In less exciting news, a day care center could soon be opening at Dunder Mifflin, presumably for Jim and Pam’s spawn.)

While stunt casting can be a tricky beast (and is often a tell-tale sign that a series is on the way out), when done right, it’s a beautiful thing to watch. After the jump, some of our favorite TV guest stars in recent months. Note: We wanted to include Betty White’s super brief cameo on 30 Rock, but the video was nowhere to be found.

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The trailer for Tim Blake’s Leaves of Grass, otherwise known as the movie where Edward Norton plays a pair of twins, reminds us a bit of My Name Is Earl. That might be because of the heavy-handed use of Southern accents — though the film is set in Oklahoma. Then there’s the fact that it just looks really odd.

Keri Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, and Susan Surandon also star in this comedy, which tells the story of an Ivy League professor (Norton) who returns to his hometown after he learns that his redneck pot-growing brother (also Norton) is dead. But his twin isn’t dead, he’s just in big trouble with the local drug lord (Dreyfuss).

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1. Gird yourselves; Facebook Lite is live and on your computer. [via Mashable]
2. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (er, Jeff Bridges) is in talks to play a role made famous by John “Duke” Wayne in a Coen Brothers remake of True Grit. [via Variety]
3. Pearl Jam will eschew its nineties corporate backlash for a new studio album sold exclusively at Target via a partnership with the big-box chain. [via Slate and AV Club]
4. Portrait of the Artist as a Bloody Head: Marc Quinn’s extreme sculpture now on display in London’s National Portrait Gallery. [via ArtsBeat]
5. A chance to ogle Edward Norton in spandex this November when he runs the NYC Marathon with Masaai warriors from Kenya. [via MTV]

1. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR – $42M
2. SAW V – $31M
3. MAX PAYNE – $ 8M
4. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA – $7M
5. PRIDE & GLORY – $7M

Obviously, it’s good to be a vapid franchise, so get pumped for High School Musical 4 and Saw VI. And quite possibly Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 — this movie about talking dogs (including one voiced by DREW BARRYMORE?) has already grossed almost 80 million dollars in just four weeks.

Max Payne isn’t doing nearly as well with audiences as skits about MARK WAHLBERG on Saturday Night Live; maybe this is the universe’s way of telling him he should stick with talking to animals.

While it stars EDWARD NORTON and COLIN FARRELL, Pride & Glory was kept in a hold pattern for two years before WARNER BROTHERS decided to release it; turns out they were right to be worried. After pulling in only six million dollars in its first week (that’s compared to HSM3‘s 42 million…), this cop drama looks destined for a life sentence in the reduced-price DVDs bin.

But back to High School Musical 4 — because you know it’s happening. Since they’ve already covered the gang’s senior year, what do you think the new movie should focus on?

And how much would you pay to see High School College Musical 4: The Freshman 15?