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After the record-breaking performance of "Aquaman," another superhero movie is set to open and try to steal away the box office crown. With June 28 right around the corner, does "Superman" have what it takes to dethrone "Aquaman"?

Box office pundits were surprised when "Aquaman" broke the record for the biggest opening weekend ever -- with $116,844,114 -- besting the 2002 opening of "Spider-Man" by $2 million.

For director James Cameron, "Aquaman" marked his biggest opening weekend by far. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" took in $31.7 million during its first three days, while "Titanic" only took in $28.6 million. "Titanic," of course, went on to be the highest-grossing movie of all time ($600.7 million).

He can stop bullets, but not even Superman can stop Cupid's arrow.

Brandon Routh has been with his girlfriend, actress Courtney Ford, for two and a half years. The happy couple arrived at the "Superman Returns" premiere together and were inseparable.

While Brandon's career is flying high, Courtney insists the action star hasn't changed at all. In fact, Courtney describes the relationship as "kinda boring."

A new Leo DiCaprio movie is threatening to ruin the bling business this fall.

The diamond industry has swung into full crisis-management mode in anticipation of "The Blood Diamond," scheduled for release this autumn by Warner Bros. In the movie DiCaprio plays a diamond smuggler in Sierra Leone, the West African nation torn apart in the 1990s by diamond-backed rebels.

The film, already generating buzz as an Oscar contender, has rattled the diamond business, which fears a Hollywood bling backlash smack in the middle of the red-carpet awards season. DeBeers Corp., which controls most of the world's diamond trade, has hired Sitrick & Co., a LA crisis communications firm, to handle fallout from the flick. Sitrick began its damage control effort earlier this month in Las Vegas, at the jewelry industry's biggest buying fair.

Sitrick is hoping to get out the message that the diamond business's bloody days are behind it, and that the industry is critical to the African economy.

Jewel, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears (and of course, Madonna) have taken their turns in movies, now Pink and Justin Timberlake are the latest popsters to make the jump from stage to the big screen.

Pink is set to appear in the horror flick "Catacombs," produced by the folks who brought you "Saw" and "The Hostel." While she's enjoying touring this summer, Pink also tells Billboard she's excited about the film project:

"It's pretty intense. It's not only a sort of slasher-type, scary movie -- it's also psychological and shows how mean and cruel siblings can be to one another. I liked that part of it."

Justin's got two film projects in the works. Justin appears along side Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in "Black Snake Moan." According to IMDB, the film is about a "bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it."

Justin is also set to lend his voice to the next Shrek installment with girlfriend Cameron Diaz. In "Shrek the Third," Justin plays a young King Arthur.

There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Gwyneth Paltrow lately... and not cause she just had a new baby. She had reportedly been recording an album!

TMZ went straight to the source to see (or hear) if the world would be graced with Gwynnie's lovely voice as we were in the film "Duets." Alas... that is not the case. Gwyneth's rep says although she has recorded some minor vocals for producer William Orbit, she is not recording an album for herself.

What happens when a 47-year-old ex-con goes up against the boy in blue? Will Jerri Blank be able to stand up to Superman?

Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris -- creators of the acclaimed Comedy Central cult favorite "Strangers with Candy" -- hope so as they bring the sitcom about a 47 year-old loser who returns to high school to the big screen.

Turns out Jessica Simpson won't be building a body of acting work based on 80s tv shows after all.

TMZ has learned that Katie Cassidy, daughter of 70's heart-throb and Vegas showman David Cassidy, has beaten out Jessica Simpson and Kristin Cavallari for the coveted Lucy Ewing role in the upcoming "Dallas" movie. Cassidy will be joining John Travolta as J.R. Ewing and Jennifer Lopez as Sue Ellen in the re-make of the beloved 80s drama.

Cassidy, who appears in this week's #1 film "Click" has appeared on the canceled/resurrected television show "7th Heaven" and has been in Vancouver shooting the movie "Black Christmas"

The film is not even in cinemas yet, but "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh already has his own wax figure modeled after his character.

Routh was on hand as the figure was unveiled the Man of Steel- er, wax- by the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York City Tuesday.

The young actor said "It's very flattering, but it's Superman as much as it is me. It's great to have that part of history in Madame Tussauds and for people to come up and see is kind of exciting. Everybody wants to see "Superman Returns."

The fashion industry is all about taking simple fabric and making something amazing. Acting is about taking simple words on a page and making someone come to life.

So when Meryl Streep sat down to plot her role as the vicious fashion maven in "The Devil Wears Prada," she didn't want the film to just be a "a documentary of Anna Wintour or Vogue." As the actress puts it: "I wanted to make this person up."

She was so successful that at the very first read-through, Anne Hathaway reports being "gobsmacked." "It was so different from the way Miranda was on the page," says Anne. "I think I stared at her mouth agape."

Emily Blunt patterned some of her British "weird comedy" on the famed English comedian John Cleese, while integrating some of "two or three of the most excruciating people I had come across."

Stanley Tucci's character Nigel is also a delicate blend. He is a snide and, as Stanley puts it, "a bit of a bastard" -- yet he "warms up."

Even though years have passed since Keanu Reeve's hey day as a sex symbol, the dreamy actor is still thought of as something of a chick magnet. Rumors involving him and Claire Forlani are quickly dismissed by Keanu, who points out that Claire's "in a relationship". "We're friends" he says.

Another one of his friends is Winona Ryder, who Keanu has plenty of kind words for. Calling her an artist, Reeves points out that "she's been acting and in show business for over 20 years" and that "she's succeeded in a way... that no young actress has achieved".

While Saturday's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" premiere included an endless red carpet, a fantastic ride and tons of screaming fans, by far what some celebrities dared to wear was the night's biggest spectacle.

The premiere of the "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" hit the Magic Kingdom this year with an arrival line that stretched from the entrance of the park to the newly renovated ride which inspired the film.

Of course, this would be no celebration without Captain Jack Sparrow and he didn't disappoint. Johnny Depp, who came solo to the premiere, was amazed by the number of young fans who lined the arrival line, "It's always kind of overwhelming but it's also nice to meet these people. They came out to support us. It's very touching."

Audiences surfing the cinematic dial this weekend chose "Click" in a big way, giving the Adam Sandler comedy vehicle a $40 million opening and the top spot at the box office, according to studio estimates.

Though the film's debut fell short of such recent Sandler outings as last year's "The Longest Yard," 2003's "Anger Management," and 1999's "Big Daddy," "Click" is the seventh picture starring the goofball actor that surpassed the $35 million mark in its first three days, proving that Sandler is as bankable a commodity as exists in Hollywood. And if Sandler's past six comedies (with the exception of "Little Nicky") are any indication, "Click" is on track to pass $100 million in total domestic receipts with ease.

What would you do if you could control the universe with a remote? For Adam Sandler's character in 'Click' it's time to pause the work day and give his boss, David Hasselhoff, a good bitch slap.

For some, the visual of someone smacking "Baywatch"'s Mitch Buchanan around would be worth the price of admission alone, but it definitely doesn't hurt that the film co-stars the lovely Kate Beckinsale.

"It's a strange thing to see yourself sped through and rushing up the stairs really fast backwards, that's kind of strange," says the Brit about her role as Sandler's wife, "I think the movie is clever in that it sets up an idea of 'wouldn't that be a wonderful thing' and by the end of it if you handed it out to the audience I don't know how many people would end up taking it."

For the former "SNL" alum, having the power to fast forward through life would be good for one thing: "I guess I would fast forward to find out of I would ever eventually become president, because it's on my mind every now and then; is it going to happen?"

EXCLUSIVE: We just got the word: Joaquin Phoenix is in negotiations to star in a film adaptation of "Reservation Road," the novel by John Burnham Schwartz. Directed by "Hotel Rwanda" writer/director Terry George, it marks the Oscar-nominated George's first project since "Rwanda." (George wrote and was to have directed the Denzel Washington drama, "American Gangster" but dropped out of the project after Universal lost interest in its escalating budget.)

The film, like the novel, explores the emotional aftermath following the hit-and-run killing of a college professor's 10-year-old son, and his subsequent desperate hunt for the murderer.