1. Here’s your first look at the teaser trailer for Joss Whedon’s highly-anticipated adaptation of The Avengers. Unfortunately for fans, it doesn’t contain any new footage that we haven’t already seen before.

2. “At it’s core, it is the most expensive and creative Film History 101 course of all time.” – The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg reacts to an unfinished version of Martin Scorsese’s children’s movie Hugo, which screened last night at the New York Film Festival.

3. If you loved Paris Is Burning, then you’ll be excited to hear that writer W. Merritt Johnson (In Treatment, Temple Grandin) is teaming up with Precious director Lee Daniels on a new dramatic series for Showtime that looks at New York City’s underground drag ball scene. [via Vulture]

4. Law enforcement officers in Hungary seized “85 functioning weapons” from a warehouse in Budapest that were going to be used in the filming of Brad Pitt‘s zombie movie World War Z, and it’s not really clear what will happen with them now. [via ArtsBeat]

5. A post-pregnancy January Jones has returned to the set of Mad Men. Check out some photos of Betty Draper Francis rocking a surprisinly frumpy house dress here.

Bonus Buzz: Movies That Go Bump In The Night

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 ten new trailers this week, from biopics to historical epics to documentaries to thrillers; check ‘em out after the jump.

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It’s a good thing Bobby Draper has never been a terribly important Mad Men character, because he’s about to be recast for the fourth time in five seasons. Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart both preceded Jared Gilmore, who most recently played Bobby and is leaving to roll the dice on the new ABC fairy-tale drama Once Upon a Time. What we find amusing about this story isn’t that Gilmore is leaving, though — it’s his exit interview with TV Guide. When asked whether he had any advice for the new Bobby, he told the magazine, “Be careful around January [Jones]. She’s not as approachable as the others… She’s really serious about what she does. [But] everyone else is so nice.” Burn! And just like that, we know why the scenes where Betty is terrible to her children are so convincing. [via Digital Spy]

This time last summer, we were readying ourselves for the premiere of Season 4 of Mad Men. Our biggest worry? Perfecting our Old-Fashioned recipe before having people over to watch it on Sunday night. This year, thanks to some intense and drawn out negotiations between Matthew Weiner and the powers that be, we’ve got to settle for the news that filming on Season 5 begins on August 8 and we won’t be seeing any new episodes until March of next year.

This creates a few interesting questions: How will producers deal with January Jones’s pregnancy on-screen? (She isn’t due until November.) Will Jon Hamm, who recently signed on to guest star in five episodes of David Cross’s British comedy The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, find it difficult juggling the two gigs (especially given that he’s planning to make his directorial debut with the season premiere)? And perhaps, most importantly, how many of our predictions for Season 5 will come true, given the production delays?

1. Terrence Malick’s much-debated drama The Tree of Life won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, but the director, who is notoriously shy, did not take to the stage to accept his award. [via indieWIRE]

2. In the wake of Saturday’s total lack of Rapture, it was a “really tough weekend” for Family Radio co-founder Harold Camping, who is reportedly “flabbergasted” and still “looking for answers.” [via The Daily What]

3. That crazy Philip Treacy hat that Princess Beatrice wore to the Royal Wedding — which later became its own meme — sold for over $131,000 on eBay over the weekend. The money will got to benefit Unicef and Children in Crisis. [via Gawker]

4. Joseph Brooks, a songwriter who won an Oscar for his version of “You Light Up My Life” back in 1978, was found dead in his New York apartment yesterday after an apparent suicide. He was 73. [via NME]

5. “That’s really funny because, if I remember correctly, she and I were very rude to each other. It was crazy. I was at a party — I’d never met her — and she was like, ‘Come sit down.’ So I sit at her table and talk for 10 minutes, and she goes, ‘I think it’s time for you to leave now.’ So I say, ‘January, you are an actress in a show and everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so f*cking be nice,’ and I got up and left. And she thinks that’s funny?” – Zach Galifianakis talks to ShortList about January Jones

Bonus link: A quick recap of last night’s underwhelming Billboard Music Awards

1. In case you somehow managed to miss it earlier today, here’s the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first public kiss as husband and wife. It actually looks more exciting in the photo than it did watching it live. [via Pop Eater]

2. Mad Men star January Jones — who plays one of television’s most evil mothers — has announced that she is pregnant. Could this mean that Betty Francis will be written off the show? Or will she and Henry have a child of their own?

3. This could be very, very bad: Summit Entertainment (the production company who made their name on the Twilight franchise) is acquiring the rights to a film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s classic science fiction novel Ender’s Game. Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is set to direct Card’s script. [via Deadline]

4. “It is true. Kong is dead. There were a few moments of George in a spare office yesterday, cleaning up the last bits and inserting a few new bits in longhand, while I typed the changes into the electronic files, but we are honestly and officially done. And there is MUCH rejoicing!” – George R.R. Martin’s editor, Ann Groell, has confirmed that the final book in the Game of Thrones series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is complete.

5. The Cabin in the Woods, a horror movie co-written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), is finally going to make it to theaters, with Thor’s hunky Chris Hemsworth in one of the starring roles. It was originally scheduled to be released back in 2009. [via Vulture]

Bonus link: Toothpaste for Dinner: Grade Inflation

The New York Post reports that two Beverly Hills plastic surgeons have surveyed more than 1,200 of their current and former patients to come up with a list of “Hollywood’s Hottest Looks.” So what do most women want? Taylor Swift’s hair, Anne Hathaway’s eyes, January Jones’ cheeks, Natalie Portman’s nose, Scarlett Johansson’s lips, Halle Berry’s jaw line, Amy Adams’ skin, and Penelope Cruz’s body. And because this is the New York Post that we’re dealing with, they decided to throw all of those features onto one face; check out what this composite “perfect” woman would look like after the jump.

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2011′s Unknown (not to be confused with 2006′s Unknown) is one of those movies that easily translates into a thrilling trailer. You’ve got lots of action (car wrecks, things exploding, hand-to-hand combat), beautiful women (January Jones and Diane Kruger), and mysteries (Where is Liam Neeson’s passport? Why is Aidan Quinn pretending to be him? Is January Jones in on the con? Where did Frank Langella come from?!) In other words, while we have no idea if the full-length version will be as exciting as this snippet, we’ll probably be shelling out 10 bucks in order to find out.

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1. Because she got naked in public for her controversial “Window Seat” video, Erykah Badu must pay a $500 fine and will serve six months of probation. [via EW]
2. J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot are developing a horror movie based on “7 Minutes in Heaven” — and yes, we mean the kissing game. [via THR]
3. January Jones has landed the role of Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. Also joining the cast: Zoe Kravitz. [via The Playlist]
4. A showdown of Lady Gaga vs. Elvis Presley fans? It could only happen in Vegas. [via NY Post]
5. Courtney Love has settled a dispute with a management company over the $20 million proceeds from a sale of rights to Kurt Cobain‘s songs. [via BBC]

Bonus link: National Parks Infinite Photo

Editor’s note: Welcome to the first installment of This Week In Buzz. Each Friday, our internet-savvy friends over at BuzzFeed will curate a post that’s filled with links to some of their favorite items on the web that week. Enjoy!

We started this week with the Bard of Wasilla, who taught us some fancy new words. We watched the Gathering of The Juggalos infomercial and promptly ordered new facepaint. (Tila Tequila will be there. Will you?) Matty B taught us to love “California Gurls,” and Andrew W.K. once again taught us how to party. We prepared for Season 4 of Mad Men by appreciating Jon Hamm, ogling Christina Hendricks, and staging a dating intervention for January Jones.  We checked in on Atreyu — he’s a dad! 4chan went “family-friendly,” and we laughed, then danced around to the GMA theme song.   We decided that Burlington Cat Factory is maybe not the worst business idea — but stay clear of Atlantis Poo. This Price Is Right spokesmodel mind-neutered us with her eyes. And finally, we joined the “Get Peter Gallagher To A Million” project, because what is Twitter for, if not the wisdom of Sandy Cohen?