BOP Daily News
June 8, 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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Warner Bros. has purchased the rights to, and will be developing a feature film based on the best selling novel The Rule of Four. The novel by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason has been a massive success and should translate well onto the big screen. Telling the story of two Princeton students who try to solve the mystery behind an obscure 500 year-old text. The students apparently solve the mystery by interviewing its original author, Dick Clark.
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Columbia has inked deals with Adam McKay and Will Ferrell to direct and star in Talladega Nights, a film set in the world of high-stakes stock car racing. In addition to directing and starring, McKay and Ferrell will co-write the project. McKay and Farrell’s latest project, Anchorman, is due out this summer. We’re hoping the name of the project changes to Badass Mullet.
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Stop the presses, Jennifer Lopez is married again. The victim this time around is Latin singer Marc Anthony, who is best known for his hit I Need to Know. Lopez, who you might remember from such failed marriages as Chris Judd and some other guy, as well as near-marriages such as Puff Daddy and Ben Affleck, reportedly hosted the small ceremony at her not-so-small Beverly Hills home. Anthony just finalized his divorce from former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres whom he has two children with. Next up in the Latino soap opera known as J.Lo, a marriage to Bumble Bee Man, best known for his literal home wrecking on The Simpsons.
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Los Angeles police has revealed that David Hasselhoff was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. The 51-year old Baywatch actor, and multi-platinum rock star, was arrested on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley area late Saturday night. Someone should tell Hasselhoff that “The car was driving” is not a viable defense in California.
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