“Watchmen” is out on DVD today!!! Make sure you head on over to your local video retailer and pick it up, its the directors cut, so you’re getting the film you were supposed to see.

We’ll have HQ captures of Malin from the film coming up sometime this weekend – stay tuned!

Lots of new media has been released for Malin’s upcoming movie, “Couples Retreat”! There is a poster, production stills and trailer now online! I have added the poster and stills to our gallery, you can view those by clicking on the thumbnail to the left of this post. The trailer is now online at Apple.com/Trailers – go on over there to view it now! (I’ll be adding captures from the trailer asap)

The film is going to be released on October 9, 2009 and the film’s website is going to be located at CouplesRetreatMovie.com.

Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Faizon Love star in Universal Pictures’ upcoming comedy Couples Retreat. Based on an original idea of Vaughn’s, the comedy follows four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couples. The film also stars Kali Hawk and Jean Reno.

Malin is nominated for a “Teen Choice Award”! She is nominated for “Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure” for her role as Silk Spectre II in “Watchmen”.

Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure
– Malin Akerman, Watchmen
– Jordana Brewster, Fast & Furious
– Bryce Dallas Howard, Terminator Salvation
– Mila Kunis, Max Payne
– Zoe Saldana, Star Trek

The show will be a two-hour special on Aug. 10 on the Fox network. Fans, ages 13-19, can vote for the winners at TeenChoiceAwards.com, EVERY DAY. Make sure you go and vote for Malin – just put that you’re between 13-19 (you don’t really have to be ).

Malin was in attendance at the Spike TV’s “Guys Choice Awards” on Saturday to pick up the Hot ‘n’ Fresh award! She was also in attendance at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday – sporting a white pants suit and rocking it!

I’ll be adding photos from both events later today – check this space!

Malin is scheduled to make an appearance at the 2009 Guys Choice Awards!

The two-hour event will serve as a tribute to all the things that get guys’ blood pumping. Scheduled to tape Saturday, May 30 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA, “Guys Choice” premieres Sunday, June 21 (10:00 PM – Midnight, ET/PT).

Scheduled appearances include: Malin Akerman, Anvil, Judd Apatow, Halle Berry, Russell Brand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Billy Crudup, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Irvin, Jesse James, Mila Kunis, Brock Lesnar, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jason Statham, Quentin Tarantino, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Dwyane Wade, Rainn Wilson and many more.

Remember to vote for Malin at this year’s awards! Voting for this year’s winners is being held online at www.guyschoice.spike.com through Friday, May 22nd. Also online, fans can log-on to view exclusive red carpet and backstage coverage of “Guys Choice.”

This morning’s press reception for The Bang Bang Club in Cannes was rather affected by the conspicuous absence of the film’s main star, Ryan Phillippe, who pulled out at the last minute due to illness, making it a slightly quieter affair than many had expected. But what the press who didn’t attend missed out on were co-stars Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch, who introduced the film with director Steven Silver and sat down with Rotten Tomatoes to tell us more.

The project, which has just wrapped principal photography, is the tale of a group of photojournalists in post-Apartheid South Africa who risked their lives to take some of the most iconic warzone imagery in severely troubled times. “I was a young student during the early 90s which is when the film is set,” director Steven Silver told RT. “I joined the anti-Apartheid struggle and looked through many of the events described in the book and the film. I remember seeing this group of young photographers who were roughly my age. I’d see them taking photographs in the middle of this chaos. When I read a Time Magazine article about them I thought that it would make a compelling film. I’ve been pursuing it ever since.”

The film is based on a book of the same name, released after the Time article, which was written by two members of the titular club. For Wolverine star Taylor Kitsch, who plays Kevin Carter, who killed himself shortly after the death of another member of the group, taking on the character of a photographer was a challenging process. “I’ve always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera — not just a point and shoot. But getting a role like this there’s no better moment to take it in. I look at photography in a different light, now.”

The responsibility of bringing Carter to screen was an important one and one that required Kitsch to change himself both mentally and physically. “Taylor lost 30 pounds in this role,” Akerman told us, “He was eating fruits and veggies and that’s it.”

Explains Kitsch, “I was incredibly moody. I remember being in my room once and the internet connection was slow. I remember I called down and asked them if it’d improve, and they said the internet in South Africa is just pretty slow. I was so emotionally wrecked that I cried!”

For Akerman, the experience of shooting on location was a humbling one. “South Africa was very hard to shake off — I didn’t want to leave,” she told RT. “It had such an impact on your soul. We did a film about the end of Apartheid and we’d go to homes of people in shacks and meet children living in poverty and they’re not sad. They appreciate that there’s peace. It warms your heart and you know you have nothing to complain about in life.”

“These war photographers would break up in front of you telling their story,” added Kitsch. “That raised your game, your focus and what you put into it. I think for me this is why I do it. It’s why you put in the work. You’re telling the story of someone who lived and you have to do it right.”

The Bang Bang Club is currently in post-production and is due for release next year.

From Rotten Tomatoes

Michelle posted a scan a few days ago and here’s an article about Malin being in the top 5 (#4 spot) in the 2009 “The Hot 100″ list by “Maxim” magazine!

Here’s the Hot 100 for 2009 from Maxim:
1. Olivia Wilde
2. Megan Fox
3. Bar Refaeli
4. Malin Akerman
5. Mila Kunis
6. Eliza Dushku
7. Adriana Lima
8. Rihanna
9. Jordana Brewster
10. Jennifer Love Hewitt

View the rest of the list