Warner Brothers has bumped up the release of "Superman Returns" by two days.

Instead of taking flight on movie screens everywhere on Friday, June 30, Bryan Singer's reboot of the superhero franchise will now open on Wednesday, June 28, extending the potential franchise pic's release through the protracted July 4th weekend.

"We were always considering this an option," Dan Fellman, WB's president of domestic distribution tells Variety. "I'm glad that we are in position to do it and take advantage of the summer holiday playtime."

The trade paper reports that the studio had long hoped to have "Superman Returns," which stars Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and newcomer Brandon Routh, in theaters by the Wednesday, but there had been some internal questions regarding the completion of prints, particularly those for the movie's IMAX run.

Now, though, "Superman Returns" is set up for an open playing field from the end of June through the July 4th holiday, which falls on a Tuesday. For that period, "Superman" will face only counterprogramming from Fox's "The Devil Wears Prada."

More competition is expected on July 7th with the release of Sony's "Little Man," as well as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" from Disney.

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Are you thinking what I'm thinking people? Using the 4th July holiday as an excuse cause their running scared over the release of Pirates? This is awesome!

Brentwood, CA :: Actor couple Harrison Ford, 63, and Calista Flockhart, 41, showed their admiration for our fighting men and women by walking at the Memorial Day parade this past Sunday. Calista's five-year-old son Liam came along for at the festivities.

Calista is making her return to primetime in one-hour drama Brothers And Sisters, the story of the trials and tribulations of a group of grown siblings. This is Calista's first TV series since the end of Ally McBeal four years ago. Calista plays Kitty Walker, a former radio personality whose success just landed her a job as a TV pundit. Brothers And Sisters is coming Sundays this fall @ 10PM on ABC.

The website for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST is now online. The film, which stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård and Bill Nighy is in cinemas from July 7th.

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, Captain Jack sets sail on an all new adventure – filled with more intrigue, more spectacular special effects and more comedy.

The site takes you on a journey to seven exotic locations from the film. As you explore each location, interactive figures and objects reveal further secrets about the movie, including key items to be “plundered” and collected in order to face the formidable Davy Jones and unlock the mysterious Dead Man’s Chest, which contains unique digital prizes! Interactive features in each location also take you to downloadable items such as desktop wallpapers and buddy icons, as well as e-cards, posters and digital trading cards. You can also view the trailer and check out the gallery of new movie stills, production photos and concept art.

To visit the new site go here http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates

Maybe it was a joke. Or perhaps Jennifer Aniston was having a dig at her ex-hubby, Brad Pitt and his new flame, Angelina Jolie.

Aniston was sitting at a press conference in Los Angeles to promote her new comedy, The Break-Up, when a reporter asked if she was interested in using her celebrity to tackle any of the world's important issues.

Pitt and Jolie, in between giving birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel, have been vocal about Africa, AIDS and refugees.

So, was Aniston interested in any global issues? How about the war in Iraq or global warming?

"No," Aniston replied. "I'm not interested in any of that."

"I like to just focus on me and my tabloid career."

Her deadpan answer, dripping with sarcasm, scored plenty of laughs.

Aniston went on to say she had plenty of interests, but opted not to reveal them at the press conference.

This poster girl of the tabloids does not give up too much about herself these days, something Australian journalists will learn when she arrives next week in Sydney to promote The Break-Up.

"I have a lot of other interests," Aniston, 37, said defensively. "But, I don't need to tell you all my interests, but there's a lot."

One campaign she probably would not mind leading is a ban on tabloids.

They ran stories about troubles in her marriage to Pitt for months before the star couple officially announced on January 7 last year that they were separating after more than four years of marriage.

The split then sent the tabloids into another frenzy as they chronicled Pitt's relationship with his Mr and Mrs Smith co-star, Jolie, and Aniston's apparent romance with Vince Vaughan, her co-star in The Break-Up.

Which hunky footballer has secretly visited surgeons to get his tackle enlarged? Hes always been shy in the dressing rooms because of his undersized appendage. So he had a spectacularly painful operation, which left him bed-ridden for two weeks. He might not be happy with his lot but hes got some balls to put his crotch through that.

Pop rocker Pink was blown away after giving a speech to 700 girls at Toronto's Humberside Collegiate Institute while promoting her album 'I'm Not Dead', after a group of Paris Hilton wannabes slammed her words, according to the National Enquirer.

The singer explained to the female audience that they shouldn't imitate the Hollywood blonde.

Pink enjoyed screams and applause from the majority of the girls, except for a group of 15-year-old miss prisses who threw insults at her, such as, "Maybe you put down Paris because you are soooo fat and UGLY!"

The singer remained confident in her views, and told them to avoid the "stupid girl epidemic".

The Hilton wannabes snapped back, "You're just jealous because Paris has talent."

A Big Brother contestant ejected from the house for rule-breaking has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to get hold of unedited footage of her time inside.

Dawn Blake, 38, wants to force the show's producers to hand over all film they have of her, and has pledged to refuse food "until I pass out".

She claims that she was held against her will, and needs evidence of her requesting to leave the house to support a complaint she has made to police.

Ms Blake also denied that she had refused to wash while in the house.

She said: "When I came out of the Big Brother house I saw how I was portrayed and a lot of it is not true, it's been edited in a way I don't like, not because I don't look so great but because it's just not true.

"When they said they booted me out, I said I wanted to leave. When they said Dawn refused to wash, that was so untrue.

"I am asking for a copy of the unedited footage in its entirety and I will remain on hunger strike until I get it. I will continue until I pass out."

Unable to afford the legal fees to bring a case for defamation against the show's producers, she said going on hunger strike was her only option.

A spokeswoman for the Big Brother programme said Ms Blake, who left on Thursday, was thrown out of the house for breaking the rules.

Denis Leary is all fired up about the new season of Rescue Me. The FX show last left off with a cliffhanger and there are more twists in store for the season premiere. Leary, 48, gives the inside scoop on the drama, his son following him into showbiz and why kids' movies make him cool.

Season two ended on a sad note, with your character's son being killed by a drunk driver. What happens next?
In the first four episodes, a lot of stuff comes up that's gonna turn your head. His family is breaking up and then there's a danger of the family of the firehouse breaking up. For Tommy, that's sort of the end of the world.

Your 16-year-old son Jack also works on the show.
Jack works as a (production assistant) on the show when he's out of school. Last year he played a kid with his head stuck in a fence.

Will your wife be making a cameo next?
No, he's the only one. Acting is kind of what he wants to do, so the reason I gave him the P.A. job is that I wanted him to find out what it's really like to work on a TV show – you get up at 5:30 in the morning, you work 12 or 14 hours. He accepted it and loved it. In return for that, I gave him a couple of small parts so he could get used to acting on camera.

How do you film those trademark fire scenes?
People don't understand how many fake fires are happening in Manhattan – fires that the Rescue Me cast has to put out. It's real fire, but it's controlled by us. Without fail, the real firemen get called because somebody's looking out a window and says, "Oh my God, these kids are trapped in a burning bus!"

Do real fireman ever pitch storylines?
Almost all of our stories are based on real stories that come from different guys that I know. And we're going to mention the New Orleans fire department this season because that fire department has been decimated. They lost 22 out of 36 houses. Those guys came to visit the set and a lot of the guys from our set had been down there to help them deal with (Hurricane) Katrina.

You voiced the tiger Diego in the Ice Age movies. Why's your voice so distinctive?
I don't know.

Wager a guess.
I guess I sound like a tiger, which nobody ever said to me until the Ice Age people called me years ago.

They told you that?
Yeah! And they called me to be the ladybug in (1998’s) A Bug’s Life. I thought that was pretty funny. I tell you, kids' movies are the easiest things in the world to do. . . . You can just go into a room, look like s---t and stand in front of the microphone all day. Plus, all my nieces and nephews automatically think (I'm) cool.

"You're so stinkin' good looking, and so nice … I hate that he's got a wife! That's what I hate!"
– Halle Berry, responding to X-Men costar Hugh Jackman's question about the toughest part of working with him, on TRL

"I have a very cool wife who doesn't mind me kissing Halle Berry.''
– Hugh Jackman, to Australia's Herald Sun

"The first question was, 'What was your worst break-up?' And I just kind of looked at the guy and I said, 'Really? Are ya kiddin?' "
– Jennifer Aniston, on doing interviews with the foreign press for her movie The Break-Up, to David Letterman

"Good luck in your ongoing non-relationship with Vince Vaughn."
– David Letterman, to Aniston, who has yet to admit she's dating her costar

"I don't tire of (the questions), because I would do the same."
– Vince Vaughn, confessing that he would be just as curious about his relationship status as the rest of the world, to Entertainment Weekly

"I definitely think that you probably get a little advantage being from a small town – not just a small town, but the South....Those are the people that are voting and start crying when you talk to them."
– Katharine McPhee, on losing American Idol to southerner Taylor Hicks

Len Wiseman, director of the movies, is in talks to direct the fourth Die Hard film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Written by Mark Bomback and Doug Richardson, the film will see cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) emerge from retirement to tackle an internet terrorist group.

Previously entitled Die Hard 4.0, the movie had to be partially rewritten in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina since a scene included a great tidal wave caused by an explosion in New Orleans.

Luc Besson, Willis' director in The Fifth Element, was previously rumoured to be helming the project.

Guns 'n' Roses have announced their first full UK tour since 1993.

The group had already agreed to play the Download Festival on June 11 and London's Hammersmith Apollo on June 7, reports the NME.

The full tour calls at:

London Hammersmith Apollo (June 7)

Download Festival (June 11)

Sheffield Hallam FM Arena (July 18)

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (July 19)

Glasgow SECC (July 21)

Manchester MEN Arena (July 23)

Birmingham NEC (July 25)

Nottingham Arena (July 27)

London Wembley Arena (July 30)

Tickets are set to go on sale on June 2 at 9am.

Helena Bonham Carter and her husband Tim Burton are fighting to stop a pub from extending its opening hours.

The couple live in the expensive Primrose Hill area of London, and are trying to stop a celebrity-friendly pub in the area from extending its opening hours, saying the noisy regulars would disturb their way of life.

The couple have written a letter of complaint to the council about The Sir Richard Steele pub, asking the authorities not to allow the landlord to extend his opening hours.

The drinking hole has been a popular haunt for celebrities who live in the area, including Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, supermodel Kate Moss and actress Sienna Miller.

The letter reportedly declared: "We live extremely near to the pub and have to endure enough noise after it has shut. If the hours are extended we fear our quality of living is going to be severely hampered."

Pub manager Paul Davies is shocked by the complaint and insists the pub is not a raucous place.

Boy George has remarked that gay people should snub the conventionality of "civil partnerships" and questions Elton John's marriage.

The former Culture Club frontman has until now felt alienated because of his sexuality, and he resents having to become a regular member of society in order to be accepted.

He said: "I've spent many years being abused for being gay and I love being gay. But Elton getting married, what is that?

"I was raised to be an alien. Now don't tell me I can be normal. It's too late."

The Foo Fighters have announced that they will play a one-off acoustic gig in London this summer.

The band will play unplugged at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on June 14. Joining the band will be a violinist and a keyboard player especially for the show.

Pat Smear, former guitarist with both the Foos and Nirvana will make a special appearance on the night as well.

Paris Hilton boycotted the Cannes premiere of her new movie after a fight with the producers.

The socialite was furious after discovering "National Lampoon's Pledge This!" filmmakers had added nudity to the movie without checking with her first.

She says, "I'm angry that they edited the final cut without my permission.

"I took the part on the assurance I wouldn't do any nudity. I wanted to do something where I'd be taken seriously, and they added a load of scenes with naked girls.

"I was so angry I snubbed my own premiere."

In other Hilton news, she has revealed to the Hong Kong magazine Prestige that her debut album will be a mixture of reggae pop and hip-hop.

Hilton's first single will be a reggae track called "Stars Are Blind" and the album will also include a cover version of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

But she claims she has personally written the lyrics for seven songs that will appear on the CD.

She says, "The whole album has so much different music on it. I like all music. It's not like I only like pop or only rock. I want to have something for everybody."

We're not exactly sure what K-Fed does for a living (backup dancer? rapper?), but apparently he feels secure enough with his place in life to offer career advice to the paparazzi.

Mr. Spears was in Sherman Oaks yesterday afternoon with a couple of pals when one cameraman asked Federline, "Are you angry at the media?"

K-Fed first responded by making a "Shhhhhh" motion and then offered up, "Just take pictures, dude."

Federline and his pals then quickly headed into an apartment building.

Actor Ben Affleck has been treated and released from the emergency room at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge on Monday.

This statement was released after Affleck’s release:

“Ben Affleck was treated for a migraine at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. today (Monday). He was released this afternoon, and is recuperating at home.”

Affleck is in town directing his first film, “Gone Baby Gone.” The film is an adaptation of the book by Boston Author Dennis Lehane.

The Massachusetts native is said to be renting a house in Cambridge while shooting the movie.

Gorgeous Mariah Carey has insured her legs for $1 billion after being signed up to front Gillette's Legs Of A Goddess campaign.

A source close to the 36-year-old whose single, "Say Somethin'" is out on June 5, reveals: "The sum reflects her popularity.

"She's about to start a US tour and she'll have to be careful."

Depp has signed up to star as Michael Hutchence in a film about the INXS frontman’s life and death, Moss is currently in talks to play Hutchence’s doomed girlfriend Paula Yates.

Moss and Depp were together for three years but split in 1997, however, Depp was keen to reassure producers that he and Moss were now friends.

An insider told the Daily Express: "Johnny was asked if it would be a deal breaker for him if Kate was cast.

"He said, 'Not as far as I'm concerned.' He figures there's been enough water under that bridge.

"Obviously he's (director Nick Egan) hoping there's still enough chemistry between them that will translate to the screen. It has been claimed she never got over him and in the film they'll have to appear deeply in love."

Whether Ms Moss will actually appear in the film is yet to be decided.

Sharon Osbourne has kicked off a new spat, live on air.

She threw some serious mud at Rebecca Loos in her capacity as judge on the new celebrity X Factor.

Rebecca was performing with fellow kiss 'n' teller James Hewitt.

The pair performed Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love - and without a hint of a smile, Sharon told them it was a great song choice and they were well suited to each other.

Turning to James, she asked: "You were in the army? With that performance you should be shot."

Then, rounding on Rebecca, she added: "If you get through tonight you should try doing tomorrow night's show with your knickers on. It will help warm up your voice."

When Simon Cowell - of all people - tried to get Sharon to stop, she went on to say that Rebecca had a "bad vibe" coming from her.

Rebecca, for her part, claimed she wasn't surprised by Sharon's comments, saying that she'd shunned the former PA throughout the show.

The reason for Sharon's blast?

James has told all about his affair with Diana, Princess Of Wales, whilst Rebecca alleges an affair with David Beckham - and Shazza is great mates with one Victoria Beckham.

But clearly Sharon's wrath wasn't enough to get the pair booted off X Factor: Battle Of The Stars.

That honour went to magician Paul Daniels and wife Debbie McGee who caterwauled along to Robbie Williams' Let Me Entertain You.

The McFly boys have been working on a new single which spills the beans on member Harry Judd's rumoured fling with actress Lindsay Lohan.

The lyrics of the as-yet-unnamed track is expected to shock and raise a few eyebrows.

Harry reportedly got close with the Hollywood beauty when the band filmed Just My Luck with her in 2005..

The track is out at the end of July, shortly after Just My Luck hits UK cinemas.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci has agreed to star in a film about Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born woman who married into India's most powerful political dynasty and now heads the country's ruling party, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Bellucci's deal was worked out at the Cannes Film Festival, the Times of India reported, quoting producer Sunanda Murli Manohar, who said the actress agreed to take on the role after reading the script.

"Her confirmation finally puts a seal on the deal. She is excited about the prospect of playing Sonia Gandhi," Manohar was quoted as saying. Shooting is expected to begin in September.

Italian-born Gandhi has cultivated an image as an intensely private woman who was forced into politics after her husband, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated in a 1991 suicide bombing.

His mother Indira Gandhi — the country's longest-serving prime minister — also was assassinated, and his grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister.

Sonia Gandhi refused the prime minister's job when her Congress party and its allies won elections in May 2004 because of opposition from Hindu nationalists, who argued that a person of non-Indian heritage should not lead the country.

Still, she remains at the helm of the Congress party and wields a tremendous amount of power.

The movie will be directed by Jagmohan Mundhra, a well-known Indian filmmaker with several award winning movies to his credit.

Mundhra's latest film "Provoked" was screened at Cannes. Bollywood superstar
Aishwarya Rai played the lead role of a woman who kills her husband after suffering 10 years of abuse.

Mundhra told The Times that he had also considered Rai and Preity Zinta, another Bollywood leading lady, for the Gandhi project.

Neither the filmmakers nor Bellucci were immediately available for comment.

West Hollywood, CA :: Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller was all smiles as he picked up his mail including a copy of US Weekly from the Miracle Mile Finance Station post office on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. Prison Break resumes filming in the Dallas area in two weeks.

1-month-old daughter Suri Cruise stayed home while new parents Katie Holmes and fiancé Tom Cruise got some fresh air and exercise in a Malibu park this past Sunday. Recently, it was reported that Katie has turned to Victoria Beckham for tips on how to lose her post-baby bulge. This is in top of Katie recruiting the company 'Buff Brides' to help her get in shape for her wedding to Tom. A source revealed, "Victoria and Katie are really good friends, and Posh knows just how to get back in shape after having a baby. She got her figure back within weeks of giving birth to Cruz. So Katie thought Victoria was the perfect person to ask about shifting her baby weight."

Keira Knightley left clubbers aghast when she shunned a club's VIP room to disco dance by the lav. Keira moved her party of 10 - including boyfriend Rupert Friend - from the celeb section of London's Paper club to a spot outside the loos. But not before knocking back several green tequila shots, we're told. That explains it... Our spy said: "People kept doing double-takes as they came out - but Keira just smiled as if it was nothing out of the ordinary. She was so smashed when she left at 3.30am she hid her face under a woolly beanie." With a vacant stare, presumably.

Jude Law was spotted getting close to Australian singer-turned-actress Sophie Monk.

The reports says that Monk was canoodling with Law in a LA Hotel.

"I think she has bumped into him once or twice. I don't know if they were canoodling. As far as I know there wasn't anything serious going on," a close friend of Monk said.

- Nikki Sanderson and her boyfriend Danny Young getting on the District Lane at St James'Park.

- David Beckham enjoying dinner at Benihana on Kings Road.

- Jonathan Ross regaling the checkout man in Waitrose with tales of interviewing Halle Berry.

- David Cameron buying flowers for his wife in Covent Garden.

- Samantha Bloom having her hair done at Richard Ward, Duke of York Square.

- Denise Van Outen strolling past H.O.B salon on Baker Street.

- Leslie Grantham in Stevenage wearing a black suit with matching arm sling.

Delta Goodrem played happy families with her fella Brian McFadden's kids at the Soccer Aid match.

The Aussie singer, 21, risked Kerry Katona's wrath by cuddling up to her daughter Molly, 4.

Brian, 26, is fighting ex wife Kerry, 25, for custody of Molly and Lilly Sue.

Which A-lister has got a giant, mirrored room on his yacht for his star-studded cocaine parties? The actor dragged his co-stars away from the after-party for his movie in Cannes to enjoy his nose candy heaven instead. And he had eight film critics forcibly removed from the naughty boat when they discovered the room.

Rebecca Loos has confessed that she is confident about her chances of winning X Factor: Battle of the Stars.

David Beckham's former PA, who has already appeared in several reality TV shows, will be paired with James Hewitt for the series.

"We are both fiercely competitive and feel there's no point taking part in something like this unless you want to win, and we see ourselves winning," Loos told the Sunday Mail.

Hewitt added, "I hope our rapport translates to the live studio audience and the viewers at home. I think together we've got the whole package - the singing, the looks, the fun."

Which Hollywood superstar is having an affair with a woman who is much older than his current partner? The circumstances of this affair are at least novel if the infidelity is not. Our villian is said to be besotted with his older and decidely dowdy mistress despite having a much younger partner.

British director Ken Loach has scooped the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film The Wind That Shakes The Barley.

The movie, set amidst Ireland's struggle for independence, won the Palme d'Or award at the prestigious ceremony.

The president of the nine-member jury, which this year included the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Tim Roth, said that the decision was a unanimous one.

In his acceptance speech, Loach said that he hoped that the film was only a "very little step" towards Britain confronting its previous imperialism.

Writer and actor Vince Vaughn has admitted that his new film The Break-Up was written for his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston, before to two had even met.

The Wedding Crashers star co-wrote the film's screenplay and hired the cast and crew.

He explained to World Entertainment News: "I had her in mind when I was writing, because I wanted someone who was good with comedy, but also a good actor. There was no second choice."

Irish pop group Boyzone are discussing plans for a comeback tour with their manager, Louis Walsh.

Boyzone, comprising Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy, broke up over five years ago, but have recently been inspired to return to the stage.

Louis Walsh has apparently told them that they will need to get fitter if they want to launch a comeback.

He said, "The Boyzone lads will have to work if they want to compete! But I've been talking to all of them about the reunion and it's looking hopeful."