I wish someone would hand me over a Bently as a thank you present. Oh wait... I've never brought in a half a billion dollars for someone. Perhaps that's why it hasn't happened yet. Well, Robert Downey Jr. got the surprise of his life when Iron Man execs handed over a $200,000 car to thank him for what he contributed to the film.

"Robert was shocked when they gave it to him. But he was so grateful and is so happy."

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I LOVE how Robert Downey Jr.'s son is head to toe in Batman gear! I mean, you can't make this stuff up. He's like, 'Yeah, whatever Dad... you're Iron Man. But you ain't Batman!' Teenagers... :)

Here they are leaving the Urth Cafe in West Hollywood and headed to the Bodhi Tree Bookstore.

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They always say bad press is good press right? After all, it got Burger King into Iron Man, one of the most sought after movies of 2008.

While Robert Downey Jr. was in the middle of his drug and alcohol addiction, he made a pit stop at Burger King. While there, the food was so bad that it caused him to reevaluate his LIFE.

"I have to thank Burger King. It was such a disgusting burger I ordered. I had that, and this big soda, and I thought something really bad was going to happen."

According to Britain’s Empire magazine, Downey Jr. proceeded to throw all his drugs into the ocean, resolving to clean up his act then and there.

UNREAL!

You can even see a hint of that fateful moment in Robert's new movie when his character Tony Stark requests a cheeseburger from Burger King after being released from his captors. Robert requested that scene have a place in the film as a tribute to his own life.

First of all, YEAHHH!! "Iron Man" was officially released today and I'm so excited. Both Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. looked amazing as they attended the Los Angeles premiere of, "Iron Man" the other night. I'm definitely going to go see this tonight and I already know it'll be great. I mean it has the fabulous Robert after all...Doesn't he look divine? I adore the picture of him kissing his wife Susan.Now onto Gwyneth, isn't she sexing it up a bit for the press run of the film. I like this new side of her!Flynet

The wonderful, talented and super cool Robert Downey Jr. was outside London's Radio 1 Studios surrounded by the paparazzi yesterday. From the introduction you probably already guessed that I adore him. I rooted for him the whole time he was going through his drug problems and I'm ecstatic that he's clean, happy, and making movies again.Flynet

First I just have to say I am so excited to see this movie!! Love, love, love Robert Downey Jr.Now onto Gwyneth Paltrow and the dress she arrived in to the German premiere of, "Iron Man" at the Cinemaxx Theater in Berlin. I like her make-up and hair for the most part and I love the length of the dress, but what about the face? Would the dress have looked better without it, or do you think the face makes it more interesting?WENN

You forget these things. Well, at least I do. Robert Downey Jr. and Sarah Jessica Parker were a serious couple back in the day. And probably would still be together if it hadn't been for Robert's terrible drug problem. He recently admitted that it was his addiction that caused the split.

"I was so selfish. I liked to drink, and I had a drug problem, and that didn't jibe with Sarah Jessica, because it was the furthest thing from what she is. She tried to help me. She was so miffed when I didn't get my act together. I was in love with Sarah Jessica . . . and love clearly was not enough. I was meant to move on. And, after some heartache, she was meant to find her home with a great star."

Sarah Jessica doesn't seem like the type to be into that lifestyle. A few years back she admitted that she didn't understand how serious addiction can be.

"Fairly early on in our relationship, he told me he had a drug problem. I was stunned. I did not recognise the signs, I didn't know the profundity of it. I was innocent in so many ways. I thought, "Well I'll help him.' I didn't think that addiction was something that would impose itself on us. I was very wrong. I believed I was the person holding him together. In every good and bad way I enabled him to get up in the morning and show up for work. If he didn't, I was there to cover for him, find him, clean him up and get him to the set or theatre."

More pictures of Robert Downey Jr. at the Iron Man premiere here.click here.

Um... Ok. So Robert Downey, Jr. is going to be Iron Man. Either this casting call is genius or the worst one in history.

Robert Downey, Jr. is suiting up to star in "Iron Man," a superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character. Jon Favreau is directing the Paramount Pictures release. Filming is slated to begin in February in Los Angeles. (source)