BOP Daily News
April 11, 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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Who says Hollywood flick lack originality? Disney has paid a six-figure sum for a pitch by Kara Holden about a romance between a "blue state" boy and a "red state" girl. Remember that incredibly stupid idea for a movie you had a while back? Yeah, it's not sounding so bad right now, is it?
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The only thing more painful than a bad Hollywood film is a sequel to a bad Hollywood film. The latest in this ever-growing segment of crap is a sequel to last year's Garfield: The Movie. Fox has signed Tim Hill to direct the project which will continue the further misadventures of the lasagna-loving tabby and his owner Jon. Breckin Meyer and Jennifer Love Hewitt are set to reprise their roles from the original which grossed almost $200 million globally. That's the bad news; the really bad news is that this development further pushes back Hewitt's first ever nude scene.
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Remember the first ever all-black lacrosse team from Morgan State University that rose to prominence despite huge obstacles in the early to mid 1970s? If not, then Warner Bros. Has some great news for you. The studio has optioned Ten Bears, a book written by two men who were part of the real-life story of a team that picked up a sport that most people today haven't even heard of. Chip Silverman, an administrator who became the team's head coach, and Miles Harrison Jr, a player on the team, wrote a book chronicling the team's battle to the top and will now see their story on the big screen. While the writers are overjoyed at having their book optioned, The Funk Brothers are even happier at the potential deluge of royalty cheques.
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Aaaannndddd it's officially final. MGM, the studio whose biggest property is the James Bond franchise, has finally been bought out by Sony-err, no wait, it's now Jude Law; MGM has been bought out by Jude Law. No, wait, now we're getting word it's Clive Owen-no, now it's Eric Bana-hold on, we're back to Clive Owen but it could also be Heath Ledger-err, out of nowhere, Pierce Brosnan makes a return-nope, he's denying it so it's now-P. Diddy-no, Clive Owen...
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"These hypocrites. All posh and shiny getting ready for four more years of ramming it to the rest of us."
Previous edition's quote: Thunderball
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