BOP Daily News
February 7, 2005
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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Madonna has apparently turned down an offer from Ricky Gervais, creator of the British cult hit The Office, to star in his new TV series, Extras. The series, which will follow the exploits of a group of film extras looking for their big break, will feature a variety of stars playing themselves, with each episode of the series devoted to a particular star. So far, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Ben Stiller and Samuel L. Jackson have reportedly signed on for cameos on the show. Madonna, however, has refused to play herself, and insists that a character be developed for her. You know, we don’t really blame the Material Girl; after all, who’d want to be stuck playing Madonna?
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In other pop tart news, Britney Spears continues in her attempts to completely torpedo her career, at least judging from news that the Toxic star - we love it when these folk provide the perfect labels for themselves - took over directing duties on the video for her latest...shall we be kind and say hit? - Do Something. According to sources, Britney is honing her skills for her next assault on Hollywood, this time as writer/director of a big-screen musical, and supposedly spends her free time in between weddings - we mean concerts - writing scripts. Spears hopes to direct a musical that “makes fun of Hollywood”. Which would only be fitting, considering how much fun Hollywood is making of her. Now if she’d write that script about a so-called singer-turned-actress whose entire career is built on hype...well, then Madonna’d have that character she wants.
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Our next entrant in the Hey, Let’s Do the Show Right Here! silver-screen musical-revival derby is Hugh Jackman. Seems the X-Men star has signed a deal with Disney and the exec producers of Chicago to star in a string of musicals. The deal apparently came after the Mouse House suits saw Jackman’s Tony-winning performance in The Boy From Oz. Jackman is thrilled that movie musicals are making a comeback, calling them “Mount Everest: though to pull off, but exhilarating and timeless when it works.” The deal will have Disney developing as many as three projects at once, and Jackman is hoping there won't be any remakes, preferring a new challenge. Rumors that the third entry in the X-Men franchise will now become a musical could not be confirmed at press time, but we’ve got the perfect theme song for Jackman’s character.
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Will Smith has reportedly dropped out of plans to build a hotel in Philadelphia because he feared the project would be a humongous flop. The actor and his brother bought a derelict property in the city’s Society Hill five years ago and planned to develop it into a top hotel. The pair secured tax incentives from local authorities to get the project off the ground, but the recent dive in hotel business in Philadelphia has given Will second thoughts, and his real estate company, Treyball Development, has sold the land, reportedly at quite the profit. We trust Will’s judgment on this one, cause really, if anyone knows from big flops, it’s one of the stars of The Wild, Wild West movie.
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"A naked American man stole my balloons."
Previous edition's quote: Shaun of the Dead
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