BOP Daily News
February 10, 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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Vince Vaughn has decided there is more to life than being cool. The world's most famous swinger took time out from his busy schedule of co-starring in Ben Stiller films to make a National Lampoon movie called Blackball. The results were *ahem* less than satisfactory. Yes, BOP knows that it's shocking for a National Lampoon title to be anything less than an end-of-year awards contender, but that's what we are facing here. As such, National Lampoon Inc. has made the bold decision to release the movie on DVD a mere four days after its release in theaters. Since studio contracts require a two-week run for a release, the film will be available on DVD for over 70% of its theatrical run. More to the point, if you ever want to have sex in a public place, a week two screening of Blackball is a perfect opportunity for isolation and romance.
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Speaking of lousy movies, George Hamilton's masterpiece, Love at First Bite, is getting a sequel. The 1979 release, which saw Jim Carrey losing his virginity in a two minute coffin tryst...wait, that was Once Bitten. Which one was Love at First Bite? Hmm, IMDb says it co-starred Susan St. James, Arte Shaw, Sherman Hensley and Richard Benjamin. Are any of these people still alive? Anyway, the 1979 release is getting a sequel, cleverly entitled Love at Second Bite. Presumably, George Hamilton must be pushing the upper limits of his tanning salon credit card.
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*BREAKING NEWS* That 70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama says he is fine after his breakup with filthy trollop Lindsay Lohan. Repeat, he is fine. You can go on with your daily routine as if nothing is wrong.
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Recent Oscar snub Paul Giamatti is dusting himself off and getting back in the game. The thespian who was a presumed lock for a Best Actor nod for Sideways this year and American Splendor last year will now take up magic. He plans to co-star with sneer master Ed Norton in The Illusionist. The rather unbelievable backdrop for the story is that a man loses a woman to a Viennese prince. In order to win her back and gain revenge, he goes H.P. Lovecraft on the new couple. Pig Vomit plans to use his recently attained warlock powers to ensure himself a 2006 Best Actor nod. It's the only way. He's becoming the bald Jim Carrey in this regard.
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Do you think Wilmer Valderrama is really okay or is he just putting on a brave face in public?
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Universal Studios has added another set piece. The amusement parks already claims the legendary Bates Motel from Psycho and the destroyed scientific lab from Jurassic Park. Its most recent update had been the Wisteria Lane set from Desperate Housewives, but now some plane wreckage has been thrown into the mix. Steven Spielberg's plane crash set from War of the Worlds will become a permanent piece of Universal Studios lore even before its release in theaters. The set joins the other artifact used from the film, the Dakota Fanning kidbot, which has since been decommissioned.
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"There's nothing wrong with letting the girls know that you're money and that you want to party. "
Previous edition's quote: Six Feet Under
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