The first wave of nominees for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards have been announced. The 2012 Teen Choice Awards will be airing live on Sunday, July 22nd at 8:00 on Fox. If you’re between the ages of 13 and 19 and would like to cast your vote, you can visit the Teen Choice website here.

Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Avengers

Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Chris Hemsworth, The Avengers
Robert Downey Jr., The Avengers

Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers

Choice Movie: Action
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Choice Movie Actor: Action
Tom Cruse, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

GeekTyrant.com thought all of the Avengers represented in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers got their fair share of screen time. But lets face it, some got more screen time than others. Vulture went ahead and clocked the screen time of each character in the film just so we could know this useless bit of geek trivia. They also give a fun little breakdown of some other time stats of each character. Enjoy!

Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye
Clock time: 12:44
It’s no surprise that Jeremy Renner’s assassin was the recipient of the least screen time. His talent involves being a really good archer with a really awesome collapsible bow and really explosive arrows. His longest scene (2:40) is a conversation with Black Widow following a brawl between the two of them.

Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye 12:44
Chris Hemsworth as Thor: 25:52
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk: 28:03
Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow: 33:35
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man: 37:01
Chris Evans as Captain America: 37:42

Marvel’s The Avengers opened as the top film in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off the summer movie season with a record $200.3 million in sales this weekend for Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Revenue topped the previous best of $169.2 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 last year, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e-mailed statement. Analysts had forecast sales of $150 million to $170 million for “The Avengers.”

Summer ticket sales are expected to surpass the record of $4.4 billion set last year, according to Jeff Bock, box-office analyst at Exhibitor Relations Co. Other films scheduled in the coming weeks include Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan, and Sony Corp. (6758)’s Men in Black 3, a sequel that reunites Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as government agents managing Earth’s secret alien population.

The Avengers is the first Marvel movie Disney is distributing since buying the comic-book company for $4.2 billion in 2009. The movie provides Burbank, California-based Disney with a hit after the box-office failure of “John Carter,” the science-fiction film released in March that resulted in a $200 million loss for the company. (Source)

I’ve added scans from the May 2012 issue of Total Film Magazine. A fantastic muli-page article about The Avengers was featured in the May issue. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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Earlier in the week, Jeremy attended the Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Ceremony in honour of friend and co-star, Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett was the recipient of her very own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. I’ve added over 80 HQ and MQ images from the event into the gallery. Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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Just a quick reminder … Jeremy can be seen reprising his role of Hawkeye in The Avengers the weekend! The Avengers has now hit North American theatres everywhere! Check your local listings for theatres and showtimes! Be apart of the experience!

Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner could be the latest A-listers hitting the boards. The pair, who co-star as superheroes in the expected blockbuster The Avengers opening Friday, could be Broadway bound as husband and wife in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Oscar-winner and recent resident action hero Renner revealed last month he was considering starring as Brick alongside Johansson as Maggie.

Johansson, who on Wednesday received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won a Tony for her 2010 role in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. (Source)

How huge is The Avengers? The comic-book event has now grossed more money than all but our moviegoing nation’s biggest box-office hits of the year—and, as you may have noticed, it hasn’t opened here yet.

Since opening in some countries on Wednesday, the team-up flick has grossed a combined $178.4 million through Sunday, its studio estimated. If that take were a domestic total, it’d place The Avengers between Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and 21 Jump Street for third place among 2012′s biggest moneymakers.

As an international take, it’s more than Battleship grossed in in its first two weeks overseas, and it’s not that far off from the international total of what was the year’s biggest box-office star: The Hunger Games.

“The Avengers” set all-time weekend records everywhere from Argentina to New Zealand. Its biggest overall haul came from the United Kingdom, where the film stood at $24.7 million so far.

More big money presumably is to come. The film has yet to open in the monster markets of China, Japan and Russia. Oh, and, yes, the film hasn’t been released here in North America yet, either.

Not that U.S. and Canadian-based fans are watching their clocks… (Source)

Thursday night, Jeremy was in Las Vegas for the CinemaCon 2012 award ceremony. Jeremy was the recipient of the “Male Star of the Year Award” … which he proudly posed with! Congratulations Jeremy on the much deserved honour! Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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The Collider.com sat down with The Avengers cast and director to discuss the highly anticipated film. I’ve highlighted the Jeremy portion of the interview, take a look below:

What was your most memorable moment making this movie?
JEREMY RENNER: It’s when everybody was together. That’s the most memorable and creepy and funny. Getting to play with Thor’s hammer while he stroked my bow. That’s going to get me in trouble! It was getting all the actors in one room, all in costume. It was like Halloween. They were hesitant as humans, but then they were dressed up like silly people. It was great to laugh at each other. That will always stick in my mind.

What are your favorite video games?
JEREMY RENNER: Dance Dance Revolution.

Jeremy, what did you do to prepare for the role of Hawkeye, and did you get injured during filming?
JEREMY RENNER: Yeah, it broke my heart. No. I stretched a lot. I prepared by stretching. I did take some archery, but I realized very quickly that I couldn’t really use it in the film. It ended up being superhero archery. It’s nice to know the technique behind it, but I was shooting behind my back and over my shoulder. But, I did give it a go. I shot a few bales of hay, and missed a few. Most of the physical part was just stretching, so I didn’t get injured. But, you get banged around every day when it’s hand-to-hand stuff. Scarlett and I beat each other up pretty good. It was fun. I love getting beat up by Scarlett. Wouldn’t you?

Read the Full Interview: www.collider.com