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Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon and funny man Owen Wilson are grouping together for a summer laughfest in their new movie "You, Me and DuPree."

Matt Dillon plays Carl Peterson, Kate Hudson's husband in the flim, and describes his onscreen wife as "endearing, as well as easy on the eyes," and when being asked about having a possible crush on his co-star he admits "It's kind of hard not to."

Owen Wilson plays best friend to Carl and annoyance to Hudson's Molly, felt a little pressure from his stunning blonde co-star. Hudson clearly has gold popcorn statues in her dreams and told Wilson,"If we dont get the MTV award for Best Kiss, it's not worth it."

Kate's always been easy on the eyes but her life has gotten even hotter since picking up a sexy extracurricular activity: pole-dancing. When asked about her new obsession she gushes that "It's so much fun, it's the best time."

Robin Williams chats about his upcoming movie "The Night Listener" which is inspired by an incident that happend to his friend, author and scribe Armistead Maupin. But just when you think Robin can make it through the inteview without busting out the wackiness the voices start popping out.

Only Williams can create a scenario where a 40 year-old midget is scamming the Make A Wish foundation. He then goes from failed relationship to penile enhancement with wings. Then finally "touches" on Catholic priests and altarboys. Huh?? Only Robin Williams

The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 p.m. outside Element, a club frequented by celebrities. As Harrelson left with three women and two men, Levine and other photogs began shooting. Harrelson became irritated and asked Levine to stop shooting. Harrelson then walked over to Levine, put his hand on the camera and asked Levine to stop. Levine said "All I'm doing is my job." Harrelson, who appears in "A Prairie Home Companion," then said, "I've asked you to stop, are you going to stop?" and Levine replied, "Not when you ask me like that." The video then shows Harrelson break the camera and the picture goes dead.

TMZ obtained a second video, shot by another photog, showing the altercation. The photographer began shooting just as Harrelson grabbed Levine's neck.There is no audio in this portion of the tape.

After the incident, Levine was visibly agitated and argued with a man who appeared to be Harrelson's security guard. Then Levine flagged down an LAPD patrol car and told the two officers inside, "Hey bro, I just got assaulted by Woody Harrelson. He choked me out right now." A man standing near Levine added, "Yeah, I'm a witness." The police did not acknowledge Levine and simply drove away.

Harrelson's publicist, Ina Treciokas, told TMZ: "Unfortunately, this is not the first or last time the paparazzi have provoked an incident with a celebrity. Mr. Harrelson is evaluating all of his legal options against the photographer."

Levine went to LAPD's Hollywood division and filed a criminal complaint against Harrelson. The police have Levine's tape as evidence, and TMZ has given the LAPD a copy of the second tape. Levine, who suffered neck lacerations, was then taken by two officers to Cedars Sinai emergency room, where he was examined and released.

In "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" Johnny and Keira's characters share a passionate kiss, but for one of them the experience was "unbelievably awkward."

Depp, who plays Captain Jack Sparrow, believes any film kiss is bound to be uncomfortable to shoot but this one more than most.

"Any kind of scene like that whenever you're doing that sort of thing, it's always unbelievably awkward especially having met Keira when she was 17 years old," he says, "but regardless of that it's always awkward so you kind of just make light of it; she was a good sport and we just kid of did what we had to do, that's the gig."

Of course Keira was a good sport, considering most 21 year-old women like her would love to be in the same situation.

"I couldn't ask for a better kissing scene with Johnny Depp actually, I think my 14 year-old self was yelping with pleasure," says Knightley of the experience. "It was fantastic! What more can a girl ask for? I've got Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and I get to kiss both of them. It's wonderful!"

And Knightley reveals that this lip-lock may not interfere with the relationship between Elizabeth Swann and Orlando's Will Turner, adding "it's not an ordinary kiss, it's a kiss with a twist, which is great."

It's a bizarre story that starts in Namibia, where the shower was thrown. James Haven, Jolie's brother, took a number of pictures in Namibia. When he returned to L.A., his camera broke so he took it to Best Buy where the camera was purchased, and asked them to fix it under the warranty. Best Buy sent the camera to Precision Camera and Video Repair in Enfield, Connecticut.

Sources tell TMZ that two employees at Precision, Bill Keyes and Adam Beckwith, discovered the pictures in the digital camera. We're told that Keyes told authorities that Beckwith downloaded the photos.

Keyes mother, Madelon, told TMZ that her 36-year-old son was excited, showed her the pictures and sent an email to someone in California. Sources say the email may have been an attempt to sell the photos. Madelon Keyes told TMZ, "I don't think he would do something like that."

A sergeant from the Westfield Police Department confirmed with TMZ that authorities searched Keyes' home and seized his computer. The sergeant also said a search warrant was executed at Precision Camera and Video Repair and the actual camera that took the pictures was also seized.

A prequel to the Comedy Central TV series that was canceled in 2000 after three seasons, the film finds comic-actress Amy Sedaris reprising her starring role as Jerri Blank, the forty-something ex-con, ex-junkie, bi-sexual prostitute. Fresh out of prison, Jerri returns to her childhood home and finds her father (Dan Hedaya) in a coma, so she goes back to high school to "become the good girl I never was and never had any desire to be," in hopes that it will revive him.

Starring Stephen Colbert as a science teacher who uses the Bible as a text book and Paul Dinello as an art teacher who is having a secret gay affair with Colbert's character. "Strangers" isn't your kids after-school special.

Oscar-winning actor Charlize Theron was feted for the diversity of roles which have seen the former model play a disturbed serial killer, a coal miner and a punch packing assassin .

She received the L.A. Film Festival's Spirit of Independence Award Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Theron's filmography runs the gamut from her award-winning portrayal of real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the low-budget "Monster" to playing video-game heroine Aeon Flux in last fall's big-studio flop.

The magazine's August issue features Will Ferrell, alongside a bikini-clad Leslie Bibb, his co-star in the upcoming Nascar spoof, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

But before hard-core Stuff readers call to cancel their subscriptions, they can take heart: It's Bibb's bod people will see on newsstands; Ferrell can be found only after you fold out the cover of the mag.

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."