My Macbook won't start after a automatic update from "Updater"

Hey all,
I just tried to update my iPhone with iTunes but it said I was need to update my iTunes to 10.5, I updated it and I got a popup which shows the Mac auto-updater; it found 900 mb of updates. I updated and it ask for reboot. I reboot but now the loading screen of my Macbook is stuck and it wont start...
plz help

AppleStar wrote:
Please verify you got this screen as well:
I had the same after updating fronm 10.7.1 to 10.7.2 tonight. Not even a re-install of the OS X 10.7 and Combo update to 10.7.2 helped. I think this time Apple messed up big time with the 10.7.2 update and some Mac Books (my case: MacBook 15" Mid 2009 = MacBookPro5,3)
If any Apple Support person reads this: Please get in contact with me. This is highly unusual!!
I think the best thing would be to call AppleCare 1-800-MY-APPLE.

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