BOP Daily News
September 23, 2003
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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Mel Gibson's next film, The Passion, is receiving support from an
unexpected
quarter. The Vatican has come out as a staunch defender of devout
Catholic
Gibson's project, which covers the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus
Christ. Answering negative criticism that the film is anti-Semitic, the
Vatican's spokes...Cardinal says the film does not portray Jews in a
negative way. Meanwhile, members of the Anti-Defamation League believe
the
movie could promote racial disharmony by blaming Jews for the death of
Christ. We'd just like to see the film released as soon as possible.
Good,
bad or indifferent, at least the "controversy" would be over.
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Yet another graphic novel is being turned into a live-action feature
with
reports that Revolution Studios has greenlighted Jingle Belle. The
story
centers on the teenage daughter of Santa Claus, who gets feed up with
cooling her heels at the North Pole and decides to strike out on her
own.
But her rebellion sets in motion a chain of events that place Christmas
in
jeopardy. Hey, this sounds like it would make a great double-bill with
The
Passion.
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Remember when Paul Hogan was all the rage? Well, we don't, either, but
the
producers of the new film Strange Bedfellows are hoping somebody does.
Crocodile Dundee is costarring in the comedy, which is currently filming
in
the wilds of Australia. Nobody seems to be talking much about the plot,
but
we'll be mighty surprised if it doesn't involve Hogan spouting some
Aussie
slang and brandishing a big, old knife.
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Getting fed up with all the will they/won't they speculation over Ben
and
J-Lo and the Wedding of the Century of the Week? Yeah, us, too.
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"I'm just saying if I were your accountant...."
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