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Matthew McConaughey likes to play safe ... in the sun!

While the sun-worshipping, shirt-deprived hunk likes to keep his sweaty, hairless golden abs and pecs out of harm's way by using suntan lotion, TMZ has learned that Matt recently had producers of his new film, "Surfer Dude," purchase over 50 bottles of HIC 2X sunblock. Anybody wanna rub some on his back? Or front?! Place the lotion on his basket!

The 37-year-old muscled bachelor knows it doesn't matter how hot your body is ... if your face looks like a brown Gucci leather handbag. Right, Donatella?

Perry Caravello, the one-time "star" of a practical joke flick, filed suit today in Los Angeles County Superior Court claiming, among other things, the three funnymen owe him $10.5 million.

For several years, Caravello was duped into believing he was going to play the lead role in the faux action flick "Windy City Heat." Every actor and member of the crew was in on the joke -- except Caravello. The final product, er, joke, aired in 2003 on Comedy Central.

In his suit, Caravello claims the defendants "falsely and fraudulently" represented the project, and promised him, among other things, that he "would be paid 10 million dollars if he placed his penis in a mousetrap." Caravello says he "was severely injured when the trap literally went on his manhood." Ouch. To add insult to injury, Caravello says he's suffered "humiliation and emotional trauma" because the video has circulated the Internet. Talk about viral.

Caravello is suing for the $10.5 million that he says he is owed, plus damages and medical expenses.

Of course, Miss Bobby Trendy had to have her picture taken with the actor as well. In fact, there hasn't been a pic from the movie without the bejeweled diva's made-up mug in it! Smile, girl!

So what do you think?

Charlie Sheen says he's not backing away from narrating a provocative 9/11 documentary that charges that the World Trade Center was exploded from within, refuting a Page Six report earlier this week that he'd had second thoughts about lending his voice to the movie.

In a statement released through his publicist, Stan Rosenfield, Sheen says that his "views and convictions regarding the events of 9/11" remain the same, namely that "the truth [about 9/11] needs to be exposed," as he told "EXTRA" recently. Sheen continues in the statement, "The suspicious fact that certain relevant testimonies were not included in the Keen [sic] Commission's final report, discredits the majority of their findings." Rosie O'Donnell, another proponent of certain 9/11 conspiracy theories, had promoted "Loose Change" on "The View" and on her blog.

Sheen goes on to suggest that another panel be assembled, but this time "not some tepid rehash of Bush-serving lap-dogs cherry picking evidence to support erroneous and fictional 'Magic Bullet' explanations."

In the spirit of helping Lindsay Lohan and her rehabilitation, we have been asked by Lindsay to comply with her wishes to continue working on "Poor Things." We are trying to rearrange the shooting schedule to facilitate her working at the end of the shoot to coincide with the completion of her rehabilitation. We wish her love and the blending of mind, body and spirit.

Shirley MacLaine
Rob Hickman
Producers

A source connected to Lindsay Lohan's next movie says the actress' rehab will not get in the way of her performance, but TMZ knows differently.

The production source told TMZ that arrangements had been made to shuttle Lohan back and forth from Promises in Malibu while Lindsay shoots the new Shirley MacLaine movie, "Poor Things," right down the road in Santa Monica. Lohan was scheduled to be on the set next week.

Lindsay Lohan's weekend antics may just have cost her a plum role with Shirley MacLaine, TMZ has learned.

According to MacLaine's rep, there's actually "no deal" in place for Lohan to act in "Poor Things," produced by and starring MacLaine. The rep added that casting isn't set, and shooting wasn't scheduled to start for a couple weeks.

That's not what we were hearing just this weekend, when several very reliable sources (and the trades) were saying that Lohan was set to begin shooting on Thursday for three weeks, and Still Rolling Productions -- the company producing "Poor Things" -- said that Lohan's DUI arrest wouldn't affect shooting.

While promoting "Oceans 13" in Cannes with co-star Matt Damon, the two started to rip on Brangelina, saying "Brad has had it tough" between being "hobbled with children" and "that horrible, ugly wife." Clooney went on to say that Brad should just kill himself to get out of the horrendous situation.

Of course, Pitt also stars in the upcoming caper, and the gang has a history of ragging on each other and playing practical jokes -- TMZ's favorite? Clooney allegedly putting a "Small Penis on Board" bumper sticker on Pitt's car. That's what friends are for.

While casting is still a ways off, perhaps the producers wouldn't mind a few suggestions:

-- Matthew McConaughey never wears a shirt and he's buff as all hell. Don't think He-Man plays the bongos, though.

-- Andy Roddick has the guns for the part. Can they Photoshop a whole movie?

-- Dolph Lundgren starred as He-Man in 1987's "Masters of the Universe." His schedule is probably wiiiiiiiiiiide open.

TMZ has obtained a publicity shot of the actor playing Howard K. Stern in the "Anna Nicole" movie starring Willa Ford. He may not be David Schwimmer, but he's still hotter than the real thang!

Actor Chris Devlin plays Anna's partner and Dannielynn's faux father in the independent feature. Although Devlin never got to meet Stern, he told TMZ he imagines Howard's time with Anna was like "being in a hot tub full of whip cream -- on the Titianic." Iceberg!

As TMZ mentioned before, the film also stars lip-glossed glamatron Bobby Trendy as himself ... which means the movie should be awfully hysterical!

The 50-year-old dewy-skinned hunk turned up at the premiere of Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park" -- looking like the sunglassed spitting image of Sylvester Stallone. Rambotox strikes again!

Oh Mickey, you're so fine. You're so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Mickey!

Selleck went on the air this morning with Los Angeles' STAR 98.7's Valentine & Lisa Foxx and said that he would be more than willing to take on the role again if the script were good -- and if they called him!

Who's being whispered about to play the pretty private dick in a Magnum opus? The buzz is that Ben Affleck is the lead contender. As hot as Ben is, he ain't got what Selleck's got ... a moustache!

The cast and crew had their wrap party on Sunday in Los Angeles. All were present except for the movie's star, Willa Ford. We contacted Ford's reps to find out what kept the busty blonde from attending, but her peeps were not available for comment by deadline.

TMZ staffers who saw Cameron at this weekend's VH1 Rock Honors in Vegas are in agreement; in person she is "gor-GEOUS" -- while others think the ruddy-skinned star has more in common with "Shrek."

TMZ wants to know what you think. Is Cameron Diaz hot or not?!

Dan Glickman, Chief Finger Wagger for the ratings board told the NY Post, "Now, all smoking will be a consideration in the ratings process," and that "pervasive" or "glamorize" smoking might snag an R-rating for flicks. Put that out!

Anti-smoking activists have long sought an automatic R for pix that feature puffing, but regulators stopped short of the instant R, and will consider films individually, as they always do.

Bruce Willis gave nerdy film fanboys the shock of their lives when he joined an Internet chat about his upcoming movie "Die Hard 4." Yippie Kai-Yay geeks!

Film fans on Ain't It Cool News were chatting about the new film's lame PG-13 rating when a member by the name of "Walter B" logged on, claiming to be Bruce Willis. Most fans were skeptical - especially one by the name of Moriarity, with whom Willis verbally sparred, telling him to "hit me with your best test." OK, what's Demi like in bed? When that failed to work, Willis took the technology route, hooking himself up to a web-camera to prove who he was in the flesh. Somebody's been watching "Punk'd."

Among the topics Willis covered with fans: working on the film "Armegeddon" ("A screaming director on set does not make for a pleasant experience"); his new hip-hip documentary, "The Hip Hop Project"; and his all-time favorite films ("Resevoir Dogs," "Bullit," and "Spartacus," among others.) Hey, what about "Hudson Hawk?"