BOP Daily News
July 28, 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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Pierce Brosnan has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly what has been a topic of speculation for the last 18 months - his tenure as James Bond is over. The Irish actor revealed that the last bond film, Die Another Day, was his last and that he would not be returning to the franchise that he helped revive in 1995. That year’s Goldeneye marked the suave secret agent’s rise to prominence after many, many years of mediocrity. Prosnan took over from Timothy Dalton who, with the help of anemic budgets, had seen the long-running franchise wilt in his time. Brosnan leaves with four 007 adventures to his name. Now begins the search for his replacement as the next Bond flick is set for release in November of 2005. As big a black mark as King Arthur is, BOP would like to restate its support for Clive Owen, who was born for the role of Bond.
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If Michael Moore doesn’t win any Academy Awards for his latest film, he certainly should win a marketing award or two. After his film was not picked up in Crawford, Texas, the President’s adopted hometown, Moore offered a copy of the film to the Crawford Peace House, a facility dedicated to workshops and discussions on peace. Moore will be introducing his feature as well as answering any questions about the film in a Q&A to follow. In conjunction with this action, Moore has invited President Bush to attend the screening while thanking him for starring in the film and stating, "...let’s face it, you’ve got some of the funniest lines in the film!” In unrelated news, the terror alert status has been raised to an reddish orangie color.
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Lord of the Rings geeks, grab your bunk socks, New Line has announced that the special edition of the final chapter of the trilogy, The Return of the King, will be 50 minutes longer than the theatrical version. Yes, 50 minutes. That’s eight more minutes than a full Law & Order episode. The footage also includes an extra 300 special effects shots. Yes, 300 shots. That’s 20 more than the upcoming Best of Jenna Jameson DVD.
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All of the CSI fans that were disheartened by the news of the firing of George Eads and Jorja Fox can rest easy. Both have reached an understanding with CBS and will be returning to production this week. Eads, who had claimed he had overslept and was not actually doing a walk out due to a salary dispute, was officially rehired over the weekend while Fox was rehired sans explanation. In related news, Dave Wannstedt has announced that Ricky Williams will indeed return to the Dolphins in time for training camp. In related unrelated news, I am now taking trade offers for Ricky Williams in the BOP fantasy football league.
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""We coulda been good; we coulda been special. But you one craaaazy bitch!""
Previous edition's quote: Scream
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