BOP Daily News
May 14, 2004
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This is So Last Week,
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Even before the last hurrahs have died down, reports have surfaced that Kelsey Grammer is considering bringing Fraiser Crane back to the small screen. After playing the neurotic psychiatrist for 20 years, Grammer apparently can't let go of the role that made him famous. Paramount seems to be on board with the idea, although there aren't any definite plans as to when or how. David Hyde-Pierce, who played brother Niles on the hit series, has gone on record as saying he doesn't think it's possible to revive his character, but supports Grammer's idea, saying he doesn't feel that at the end of the series Grammer had "exhausted all he could do with the character." As much as we love Fraiser, we've gotta say that this strikes us as something that could easily destroy the good feelings and fond memories people have of the good doctor. After all, Dennis Franz isn't still playing a... wait; that was a bad example. OK, then, William Shatner isn't still trading on...um...ah, hell, Kelsey; milk that sucker for all it's worth.
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Friends of buxom blonde Anna Nicole Smith are reportedly becoming worried over her current weight loss plan. According to sources, the former star of her own reality program has become so enamored of the praise she received after shedding a good deal of her excess weight earlier this year that she's taken to avoiding food in order to maintain her svelte new figure. Her friends worry that Smith has now gone too far the other direction and may be endangering her health. One concerned friend points out that, "A while back she couldn't pick up a box of cookies without eating them all; now she won't even read the label." While this sounds like improved behavior to us, the same friend goes on to say Smith is "wasting away." After viewing recent pictures of Anna Nicole, we would agree that her friends should be concerned...with their command of the English language. Because if that's what they consider "wasting away", perhaps they should get themselves a dictionary and review the meaning of that phrase.
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After providing a delighted press with a cornucopia of embarrassing sound bites, Brad Pitt has apparently decided he's delighted the tabloids long enough. Pitt, on the road to promote his upcoming release Troy, has been peppered with questions about the state of his marriage to Jennifer Aniston, and has inexplicably been answering them all in ways that have led to speculation that his union with Aniston either is or recently has been on the rocks. Pitt has now decided he's tired of the constant questions about his personal life, and has canceled a number of the remaining interviews scheduled to promote the film. As is usually the case when spin is being put on a situation, a spokesperson for Pitt claims that only "about an hour" of interviews was canceled due to "exhaustion", while Warner Bros is saying Pitt cut short his promo tour so he could start shooting Ocean's Twelve. We're betting that Pitt's wife finally got hold of her husband's ear and demonstrated to him the error of his ways in that special way only an angry and embarrassed spouse can.
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A laptop that supposedly contains some explicit photos of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher in "compromising positions" has apparently been stolen from the home of Kutcher's friend, Adam Goldberg. Moore is now reportedly "worried" that the raunchy pictures will turn up on the Internet, à la the Paris Hilton sex tapes, causing an even bigger sensation than that little venture into amateur porn. According to a report on the TV show Celebrity Justice, Goldberg reported the theft to the police, who upon investigating could find no evidence of forced entry; they also determined the laptop was the only thing missing. A spokesperson for Moore, on the other hand, denies the star knows anything about any laptops or photos. Mmm. Moore and Kutcher have pretty much dropped off the planet recently. Now photos of them doing what consenting adults do just happen to be on someone else's laptop which just happens to get "stolen", and Moore says she's "worried" about the possibility that the photos will be included in the Best Celebrity Amateur Porn Videos parade. Now, why do we get this distinct impression that what Moore meant to say was "hopes"?
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"Don't you *dare* call me irrational! You *know* that makes me crazy!"
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