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Superman Returns star Kate Bosworth was spared having to wear uncomfortable contact lenses throughout the making of the movie because director Bryan Singer decided her odd eyes were perfect for her role as Lois Lane. The actress has one brown and one blue eye, which fascinated the movie-maker.She says, "One of the first things I had to do was a screen test to see if Bryan Singer wanted to keep them the way they are, and he decided that he wanted to. So now the Lois Lane dolls have different colour eyes, which is pretty strange. The doll doesn’t really look like me at all, but the eyes are very distinct."

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LET’S hope Matthew Perry’s new sitcom, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," is a hit – because Hollywood’s hottest TV producer, Darren Star, won’t ever work with him after the run-in the two had this week at a Los Angeles movie theater.

According to several sources, Star arrived at the AMC Century 14 in Century City the other night with a close friend and the friend’s 11-year-old niece and 15-year-old nephew to see "Superman Returns."

"Everyone was very excited," one source said. "Darren didn’t want to see the movie at the premiere or screening – he explicitly wanted to see it on opening night as a paying customer. It is a magical experience."

After buying tickets, Star’s group found four seats together, "but they had tape over them, as if they were reserved – like they do at premieres," we’re told. "But movie theaters do not reserve seats, and this was not a premiere, so Darren lifted the tape and his group sat down."

Moments later, a theater employee came up to the "Sex and the City" creator and said, "You can’t sit here. These seats are reserved." When Star objected, the employee threatened to call security, prompting Star to ask, "Who are they reserved for?"

The employee said, "Matthew Perry." Star replied: "Well, you tell Mathew Perry that Darren Star is sitting in his seats because I got here first and this is not a premiere or a screening." The employee shuffled off and came back moments later saying, "Matthew Perry would like to speak with you."

Another eyewitness said: "Perry was in the hallway outside of the theater with a group of three adults, looking very annoyed. When Darren got there, he demanded to know why Darren was in his seats."

After the two bickered for a bit, Star finally said, "Look, I am here with a friend and two children. Do you really want us to move?" Perry snipped: "Yes."

Star’s group moved, but he’s said to be still fuming over the incident.

Star declined comment. Perry, via his rep said, "I really enjoyed the movie, although it is slightly implausible that a man can fly." A customer service manager for the theater said, "No, we don’t reserve seats. Not even for celebrities."

One Hollywood insider laughed: "Matthew Perry thinks he is so special, he has to call up and reserve his seats? I mean, come on – ‘Friends’ has been off the air for years now."

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LOIS + CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN star DEAN CAIN insists KATE BOSWORTH’s portrayal of LOIS LANE in SUPERMAN RETURNS is disturbing, because she puts her child at risk. Caine, who played the Man Of Steel on TV between 1993 and 1997, has a six-year-old son of his own, and cannot understand how intrepid journalist Lane could put her offspring into danger because of her career. He tells USA Today, "TERI’s (HATCHER) Lois had a hard exterior with a real soft interior. The whole thing with Lois having a child in the film was unsettling. "I have a child (CHRISTOPHER DEAN CAIN) and that changes things. "Lois Lane is always going to be an intrepid reporter, but I would never bring my child to a place where he could possibly get in danger – yet she does, which was kind of surprising."

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I’m told Warner Bros.’ Superman Returns opened Wednesday with $19 million at the U.S. box office. That’s only OK — not great, not terrible, prompting box office guru analysis that the gay whisper campaign which crescendoed into newspapers and on the Internet hurt the movie’s viability as did its star Brandon Routh’s anonymity. Predictions are that Superman Returns could muster $100 million for the long July 4th weekend which in many American households will continue from Friday through Tuesday. But the problem is not only the film’s $200 mil-$250 mil budget, but that the movie will get swamped its second weekend out by Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which continues tracking as the biggest movie opening ever. Major film critics have been split almost down the middle reviewing this film, although Bryan Singer’s direction is generally lauded. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has been desperately re-tooling its marketing campaign for the movie in light of the studio’s failure to stem the gay buzz surrounding Superman Returns. As late as this week, new TV ads transformed Routh from doe-eyed softie to macho techno-man of steel, borrowing heavily from other comic books successes like Spiderman and X-Men in its look and feel, with special effects set to pounding rap music (cue Terminator-like eyeball suck-out) and no thumpa-thumpa Gloria Gaynor within earshot. For more Hollywood summer movie madness, read my latest LA Weekly column, Super-Manly Makeovers, Slackers and Perkbusters.

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Just like in the comics and the movies, Superman is receiving much adulation while dodging Kryptonite as he faces movie critics today (Tuesday) in advance of midnight screenings of Superman Returns. The critics are about equally divided over whether Superman flies. "Man, oh Man of Steel, it’s good to have you back," Jack Mathews fairly shouts in his review in the New York Daily News. William Arnold in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer describes the film as "immensely satisfying … magnificently mounted." Claudia Puig in USA Today calls it "a rousing spectacle… an action-packed saga with exhilarating special effects and dazzling production design." To Terry Lawson in the Detroit Free Press, it’s "an elegantly rendered, perfectly pitched homage to the golden era of comics." Lou Lumenick in the New York Post writes that with this sequel, "Bryan Singer’s super, soulful and very expensive new resurrection of the venerable big-screen franchise ups the ante with must-see results." Amy Biancolli expresses thanks to the filmmakers for not trying to invest Superman with angst as the makers of Batman Begins did with their superhero. "because an angsty Superman is no Superman at all." Ty Burr in the Boston Globe also remarks that "this isn’t a reinvention of a beloved franchise. It’s a renewal." He concludes that the film is "a generally thrilling entertainment that’s not quite the grand slam you want it to be." Similarly, Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune dishes out what he calls "qualified praise" to the film, but refers to the title character as "the savior from Krypton." But Manohla Dargis in the New York Times takes the criticism a step further, accusing director Bryan Singer of turning the superhero into a kind of Jesus. Referring to his earlier work on the X-Men franchise, Dargis remarks: "Mr. Singer likes to make important pop entertainments that trumpet their seriousness as loudly as they deploy their bangs. It’s hard not to think that Superman isn’t the only one here with a savior complex." Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times makes a similar point: "This is a film that tries too hard and wants too much," he writes. And Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times simply dismisses it as "a glum, lackluster movie in which even the big effects sequences seem dutiful instead of exhilarating."

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