BOP Daily News
August 1, 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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Last week was one of the best in recent memory for Cameron Diaz. First, a man who tried to extort money from the Charlie’s Angel was convicted for his crimes. Now, a British tabloid has gone to extremes in order to prevent Diaz from winning another legal battle. The Sun has paid an undisclosed but reportedly “substantial” sum of money to Diaz and a married man with whom they alleged she was having an affair. Not only did the publisher pay out, but they also posted an apology and retraction. They also acknowledged in court that “the incident involved no more than Ms. Diaz giving a friend a goodbye hug and any suggestion of a romantic involvement is entirely untrue and without any substance whatsoever." The above statement also accurately describes Diaz’s beard-relationship with Justin Timberlake. (BOP Legal says bring it.)
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After nearly 15 years of declined invitations. Julia Roberts is finally ready to become a Broadway star. The world’s most famous actress will make her debut in a twelve week run of Three Days of Rain. Roberts and the play’s director, Joe Mantello, discussed several potential projects with the Georgia native, but they both settled upon the Richard Greenburg classic. “It was a play they both felt passionately about.” Mantello is the king of Broadway right now with Wicked and Take Me Out drawing raves and a Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick production of The Odd Couple next in the queue. Given the romantic history of Roberts and her decision to get involved with someone on the set of every project, rumors would be flying about the Mantello/Roberts pairing…if not for the fact that he is, you know, a director of Broadway plays. She’d have a better chance of bedding Justin Timberlake. (Bring. It.)
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BOP News is now forced to discuss a more uncomfortable subject. While doing press for the upcoming remake of Dukes of Hazzard, the new Boss Hogg professed an attraction to Uncle Jesse. Burt Reynolds, who knows a little bit about hot male/male action from his days on the Deliverance set, is convinced that aging hippie and IRS defrauder Willie Nelson is a soul mate. Reynolds is quoted as saying, “If I’d have been gay, it would’ve saved me millions, just because we’d still be happily married.” Nelson did not comment on the gay crush as he was too busy creating cowboy hats made out of hemp. We will comment on his behalf. Ewww.
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Consider the source but Page Six’s Cindy Adams of the New York Post has posted a juicy rumor (it is, after all, what she does). The pseudo-journalist claims that informed sources with the New York Bar Association have indicated that Dukes of Hazzard star Jessica Simpson is ready to split with husband Nick Lachey. In fact, Adams goes so far as to say that not only have divorce papers been drawn up, but they have already been signed by both parties. If true, poor Mr. Lachey will not be bouncing up in Ms. Simpson’s undercarriage from here on out.
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"What's so annoying is now I'm so totally fierce when it comes to nudity clauses. "
Previous edition's quote: Mallrats
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