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In "You, Me and Dupree" Owen Wilson once again plays the uninvited guest, only instead of crashing weddings this time he's a really annoying guy crashing on a friend's couch.

Wilson plays Dupree and told reporters at the Hollywood premiere of the film last night that there's definitely a little bit of his character in him.

"I think for my older brother I was a little bit of a Dupree when he was first married. Sometimes they would even try to lock me out to get some privacy. One time I had to go in to get some clothes and I ended up going through the crawl space and falling through the ceilings. That didn't help the marriage."

Will Hollywood blockbuster budgets continue to fly "up, up and away?" Not necessarily.

At least, not at Warner Bros. Pictures. After a $225 million "Pirates of the Caribbean" sailed into port, taking the wind out of "Superman Returns'" $205 million Spandex, Warner Bros. executives are said to be circumspect as to whether the Man of Steel will fly again.

Talent agency insiders with ties to the film tell TMZ that Warner Bros. Pictures president and COO Alan Horn has informed agents that a sequel hinges on whether grosses of "Superman Returns" can crest the $200 million mark domestically. What's more, the studio plans to shave millions - many millions - off any "Superman" sequel's budget. (Amusingly, in the current "Superman Returns," Lois Lane pleads with Lex Luthor, "But millions will die! " It turns out she was right on the money.)

As Variety's box office guru Ben Fritz noted last July 4th, "Superman Returns is off to a strong start, albeit not as fast as a speeding bullet. Warner Bros. superhero tent pole grossed a solid $52.5 million on its opening weekend and $74 million over the five-day Fourth of July frame. Since its Wednesday opening, the Bryan Singer-helmed franchise restart has taken in $106 million."

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards confirmed Monday what everybody already knew: He will join Johnny Depp in the next "Pirates of the Caribbean" film.

"As far as I know I believe I'm doing a week or so in September. That's the story that's what I'm told by the newspapers, that's what Johnny says so yeah...It suddenly answered the question as to why he [Depp] paid for all those dinners." Richards will play the father to Captain Jack Sparrow in the third film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

Sienna Miller has a new trend -- she's hot for her leading men.

While she was filming "Factory Girl" last month, she was rumored to be hooking up with "Factory" leading man, Hayden Christensen.

And now this month she's filming a new movie, so you know what that means ... new man!

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Captain Jack Sparrow and his band of scurvy dogs sailed into theatres this weekend and invaded the box office for a record $132 million -- even if they didn't manage to plunder many plaudits from the critics.

In fact, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" proved once again this summer that taking a beating from the critics only heightens the chance that a movie's going to open big. For instance, one of moviedom's most influential critics, Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum, put the smackdown on "Pirates," calling it "a hellish contraption into which a ticket holder is strapped, overstimulated but unsatisfied, and unable to disengage until the operator releases the restraining harness." Schwarzbaum gave the film a dismal D+ -- and look what happened.

Captain Jack Sparrow and his shipmates have plundered the Death Star and the "Star Wars" empire, and now they're heading full sail at Spider-Man and the truly valuable booty: the all-time biggest weekend movie opening ever.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" took in $55.5 million at the box office on Friday, setting a record for the largest one-day take ever.

Captain Jack Sparrow himself was bestowed the highest honor of achievement by the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe. Depp was presented the Grand Medaille de Vermeil last night, an award given to those who demonstrate devotion to the city.

"The country itself, the city itself has been very kind to me. It introduced me to my beautiful girl Vanessa, gave me two beautiful kids - doesn't get better than that," said a proud Depp, who came to the premiere with girlfriend Vanessa Paradis.

The presentation was made at the French premiere of his new film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" and co-star Orlando Bloom had only good things to say about his co-star.

"Johnny is a guy who sort of has a lot of integrity, he's an actor who's doing his work and he's focused on the work and developing characters and he's courageous with it. It's as simple as that."

The Oscar-nominated actor has traded his "Hustle & Flow" Jerry Curl for swim trunks in his new film about a 1970s era coach of a swim team for troubled teens.

Taking on the role of Jim Ellis in "Pride" required Howard to whip himself into shape, losing nearly 30 pounds to get into character. "This is the first time I really had to train for a project..I had to learn how to swim, to be in a competitive state," says the actor of his training.

It wasn't all boot camp though, especially with co-star's Bernie Mac's presence keeping things light on the set.

"Every Friday he hosted a party at one of the local bars for the whole staff," Howard says of Mac, but the perks don't stop there, "and a masseuse come every Friday to take care of the crew and all of that and as a result people are applauding."

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.