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| What do you do with the gains from the most successful independent film of the year? Well, if you’re Mel Gibson, you buy an island in the Pacific. Gibson reportedly bought the island of Mago, located near Fiji, from a Japanese hotel chain earlier this month, and is planning on turning it into his own private retreat and an exclusive getaway location for family and friends. Rumors that Gibson plans to use the island to hold certain members of AMPAS hostage until the Oscar votes go “the way God intended” could not be confirmed at press time. |
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The Who’ll Be Bond sweepstakes seems to have taken a bit of an odd turn suddenly. For those of you who have been living in a cave for the past year, rumors have been swirling since spring that Pierce Brosnan would not continue as 007 in the 21st film in the franchise, with the pendulum swinging back and forth between “Yes, he will” and “No, he’s out”, and scads of young Brits being touted as the frontrunner to replace Brosnan. Now that it’s definite the dashing Irishman has donned the tuxedo and brandished the legendary license to kill for the last time, the rumor mill has begun anew, with Ioan Gruffudd, most recently seen as Sir Lancelot in the better-forgotten King Arthur, reportedly having the job in the proverbial bag. But since nature abhors a vacuum, the lack of an official announcement as to the next Bond has left the door open for further speculation, the most recent - and possibly most bizarre - being Nicolas Cage as the iconic superspy. Certainly the recent success of his action/adventure flick National Treasure casts Cage in a more heroic light than many of his films, but although Cage admits he’d love to play the part, he echoes Tom Hanks - who has also expressed his desire to play Bond - in pointing out that no American would ever be allowed to play the British agent. As Cage puts it, “You can have a Brit play Batman” but as an American, “I will never be invited to that party.” And in a related story, George Lazenby still remains the answer to a trivia question. |
| The all-singing, all-dancing Brad Pitt? Could be coming to a screen near you soon if Catherine Zeta-Jones goes along with the plan. Zeta-Jones recently played the love interest of Pitt’s character in the upcoming Ocean’s 12, and although Pitt is said to be concentrating on running the production company he has with wife Jennifer Aniston, he would reportedly jump at the chance to work with Zeta-Jones again. Pitt has been quoted as saying he and Zeta-Jones talked about doing a musical together, and allowed how he is actually a song-and-dance man, saying “Interpretive dance is my specialty.” While Zeta-Jones has expressed interest, saying Pitt has “a good voice” and “he really can dance”, we just can’t get past the picture the words “interpretive dance” and “Brad Pitt” in the same sentence conjure up in our mind long enough to know if we’d be excited to see the film or prepared to lambaste it mercilessly. Then again, maybe Pitt could do an interpretive dance of the Best Picture nominees at next year’s Oscar ceremony. |
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