BOP Daily News
May 18, 2004
The spirit of BOP News lives on in
This is So Last Week,
our pop culture week-in-review,
presented in a pleasing quiz form.
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Apparently J-Lo has decided her love life has been out of the headlines far too long. First came reports that she was engaged to her latest beau, singer Marc Anthony, which were quickly denied by J-Lo's people. No sooner had that story died down than reports surfaced that Anthony has gifted Lopez with a gigantic diamond ring, designed to outdo the pink diamond engagement ring given the singer by former fiancé Ben Affleck. J-Lo's newest rock weighs in at eight carats, a full two carats more than the one she received from Affleck. Her "love don't cost a thing"? Yeah, right.
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Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are reportedly as baffled as everyone else as to why they saddled their baby daughter with the moniker Apple. Martin, lead singer of the group Coldplay, was quizzed by reporters about the baby naming decision, and admitted he and Paltrow had no idea why they decided to make a selection from the Bizarro Baby Name Book other than that the name is "very cool". Other reports have Paltrow stating she wanted to give her baby a name "nobody else has". We can think of lots of names "nobody else has", none of which should be stuck on an innocent child by pretentious parents. Maybe the idea of having couples obtain a license before procreating isn't such a bad one after all.
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Ashton Kutcher's cruel practical joke show Punk'd has struck again, this time duping Jennifer Love Hewitt. Hewitt, who's still trying to kick-start a career that seemed to have peaked with the slasher flick I Know What You Did Last Summer, was tricked into meeting an actor posing as a casting director who was looking to cast Hewitt opposite Brad Pitt in a World War II pic called Wages of War. During the interview, the fake CD began to kvetch about his money woes, including a debt he reportedly owed some rather shady types due to losing a big Super Bowl bet. This was followed by a pair of "debt collectors" breaking into the guy's office to get the dough. Showing more sense than we gave her credit for, Hewitt tried to quickly and quietly exit the premises, but stopped when she was informed it was all a prank. The relieved star then asked rather plaintively if this meant she wasn't going to "be in a cool movie", which is just...sad. We look forward to that not-too-distant time when Ashton Kutcher finds himself in the Hollywood remaindered bin and hope he has someone turn the tables on him in a similar fashion.
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