BOP Daily News
May 23, 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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There's certainly something to be said for playing to your strengths. Serial skank Tara Reid has apparently decided to play to her party-girl image, having signed to host E! TV's Wild On! Series, which goes to various hotspots around the world and shows nubile young people getting their freak on. E!'s crack PR team employed their usual purple prose in a press release that told how Tara is "known for hitting Hollywood's hotspots" and that she'll now take viewers along as she "skips to the front of the line" and ushers the audience into the "wildest parties in the world". Fine grasp of the obvious there, boys. Reid's newest gig is a 180 from her recent stance that she wasn't being taken "seriously" by Hollywood because of all the reports of her party-hopping. Right; and that distinct lack of acting ability had nothing to do with it. Still, as long as hitting the parties for E! keeps her far, far away from making movies and actual TV shows, the set-up's fine by us.
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And speaking of people we'd like to keep off our screens, word is that Madonna's next feature-film appearance will be as an animated character. Madonna lends her voice...let's call them "talents", shall we? - to the upcoming live-action/animation feature Arthur. The film, which tells the tale of a young boy who endeavors to save his grandfather's house by employing the help of the Minimoys, a group of pixie-like creatures, has just started production, and in addition to the redoubtable Madonna, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie will also be voicing animated characters, with Mia Farrow appearing in the live-action portion of the film. Should Madonna's voiceover abilities turn out to be equal to her acting and singing ventures, could we just give her the Razzie now and have done with it?
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Of course no entertainment piece would be complete right now without the obligatory Star Wars mention, and so we bring you news of the long-in-the-works live-action TV series that Lucas apparently still plans on producing. It's being reported that Australian actor Matt Newton is slated to play Anakin Skywalker in the show, which will purportedly set to span 100 episodes. An overly-ambitious plan form where we're sitting to obtain that magic syndication number, but maybe Lucas believes h's still got the juice to secure such a commitment from whatever network picks up this dog. The reports claim Lucas has done an availability check on Newton, which is often a first step to offering an actor a role. The reports also state that Newton was originally Lucas' second choice to play Anakin in the just-completed Star Wars prequel trilogy, a role that everyone in the galaxy knows went to Hayden Christensen. No word on which part of the saga will be covered by the TV show, but we'd like to send a message to whatever network picks up this puppy: Please, we're begging you on bended knee here. Do not let George Lucas anywhere near the writing for this thing, OK? We honestly don't think we can take any more of his "dialogue".
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Apparently the studios suits got the impression from the last Oscar telecast that Beyonce is the only singer in Hollywood. Beyonce reportedly been signed to star in the upcoming big-screen version of the '80s musical Dreamgirls, which was loosely based on the career of the Supremes. Along with Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Usher are also apparently set to appear in the film, which is a tad confusing, since Usher's mom denied the singer had anything to do with the flick only a few days before Usher confirmed her was probably going to play the group's choreographer, CC White. Eddie Murphy is also being rumored as being courted to play the role of R&B singer James "Thunder" Early, who is purportedly a cross between James Brown and Marvin Gaye. We're not sure which portion of this story disturbs us more: The prospect of Beyonce once again singing every song ever written, or a repeat of Eddie Murphy's "My girl likes to potty all the time" vocal "stylings".
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"Have you got any idea how many anonymous henchmen I've killed over the years? I mean, look at you. You don't even have a name tag. You don't stand a chance. Why don't you just fall down?"
Previous edition's quote: The Simpsons
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