The first official movie trailer for Avatar, which hits theaters on December 18, has been released. The trailer below isn’t very good quality, but there is a much higher quality French MSN version here.

Although Apple has been hyping the download, and viewing, of the trailer from their site here, and the direct download of the HQ version here, the links are dead right now.

From what I’ve see so far I’m not sure yet how good the story is. Even the 3D special effects are leaving me wondering if they can live up to the master of special effects George Lucas of Star Wars fame.

Avatar is one of those movies that HG will see no matter what just to see if it will change how movies are made as James Cameron says it will.

So I got my two free tickets for August 21 to see the movie that is supposed to change how movies are made called Avatar. After I got confirmation my free tickets were waiting I discovered I wasn’t going to see the whole movie free, but instead was going to sit through a 15 minute trailer that only included one additional scene. Almost the exact same trailer will then be shown before other movies the next day, so why would I even waste my time. Granted the screening will be in 3D, and shown on an IMAX screen, but that’s not enough. I expect to see the whole movie, so I can write a review for Hollywood Grind readers.

I want to give the tickets away to someone more interested, but I have to present my I.D. at the door, so it looks like those seats will be empty. If James Cameron wants to spread the word about his movie, he’ll have to offer more than a 15 minute screening that everyone will see anyway.

Avatar will hit theaters on December 18, so I’ll just wait like everyone else.

Fans seeking free tickets to a sneak-peek at the 3D sci-fi adventure Avatar have crashed the Web site for the upcoming James Cameron film.

Visitors to the site Monday who clicked to get tickets to a free 15-minute preview scheduled for Friday instead got an error message.

A representative for 20th Century Fox said the site was being repaired. The studio will unveil the film’s trailer in theaters and online Friday, and fans who score tickets for special showings at 3D theaters across the globe will see extended previews.

The web site is currently up and running again.

Britney Spears is still being a bad girl. Last week she didn’t take her drug test after she didn’t supply the drug testers with her address. The judge said the last time she missed tests that a missed test was a failed test. The judge revoked her one day a week visitation.

The parenting coach also phone in during an emergency hearing with the judge, who is really a commissioner, and asked if she could end home visits since she wasn’t making any progress with Britney’s parenting skills.

Before her Blackout album hits record stores there is now news that pre-orders are now at number 76 on Amazon.com. The analysis is that Britney’s bad behavior is creating so much negativity that there is now very little interest in her new album. There is one way to make celebrities act like decent people, and forcing the talented ones to rise to the top, instead of scum. Don’t buy their albums, watch their movies, or buy their products until they spend more time giving great performances, rather than breaking the law.

Britney Spears was seen in Malibu along the Pacific Coast Highway, and today there is a huge fire raging. Did Britney start the fire with a flick of her cigarette? Maybe now she’ll stop smoking when the paparazzi are filling her car with gas. No one is saying yet what started the fire, but the following stars have so far been evacuated: Jennifer Aniston, Sting, Bill Murray, Tatum O’Neal, Rob Reiner, Linda Ronstadt, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg,Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Olivia Newton-John, and James Cameron.

The Spears/Federline is under court seal, so it is difficult to get timely information. Despite having her visitation revoked, Britney was out yesterday, at Starbucks, with her kids and a court monitor, so it looks like she made another deal. Britney probably had to take a drug test and pass it before the commissioner let her see her kids.