BOP Daily News

March 26, 2005


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What is the opposite of the Midas touch? Whatever that is, Russell Crowe seems to have it. First, the world's angriest thespian single-handedly brought down the entire Eucalyptus production due to some discomfort with a full frontal scene (whatcha hiding, Russ?). The loss of income to his native Australia was rumored to be in the tens of millions. Now comes word that Crowe's vanity gig, the band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, has "dissolved/evolved" after six cds. The wording here is particularly amusing considering that Mr. Gladiator apparently considers the evolutionary process to be him becoming a solo act. You know what's sad? Crowe has more CDs than Don Johnson, Bruce Willis and Patrick Swayze combined, yet all of them have more hits than him. Gee, I wonder where Crowe gets that reputation for belligerence.





When considering having this photograph made, he should have done the opposite. George Costanza gonna sue somebody. DreamWorks and/or Nicholas Stoller are the most likely candidates. It appears that scribe Stoller has sold the studio on his concept for Opposite Day. The storyline will sound overly familiar to mid-90s Must See TV viewers. A man wakes up one day to discover that his life has inverted. Everything begins to work the opposite of normal. This leads to comedic hijinks which may or may not involve characters named Kramer, Elaine and Newman.
With every new technology comes new headaches. As an example, the advent of broadband internet access allowed an entire world to view pornography at supersonic speeds. Alas, the newfound web functionality also allowed no-good-niks to pirate movies off the internet rather than pay for a movie ticket, thereby depriving Manny the Stuntman of his living. Similarly, High Definition television seems like a good thing for most. But for Cameron Diaz, it's reveals her personal hell of acne. It is not bad enough that Justin Timberlake's beard recently got bashed in the head as reported in a prior edition of BOP News. Now, she headlines the list of celebrities whose physical blemishes will be negatively highlighted from here on out due to the enhanced picture resolution of HDTV. So much for her being the next Oxy girl. Thank God for airbrushing.









"A job with the New York Yankees! This has been the dream of my life ever since I was a child, and it's all happening because I'm completely ignoring every urge towards common sense and good judgement I've ever had. "
Previous edition's quote: Dodgeball: a True Underdog Story




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