BOP Daily News
August 19, 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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Disney’s new boss, Robert Iger, has been accused of making a death threat, but the surprise of this story is the recipient. No, it is not Roy Disney. Instead, it’s movie exhibitors. John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners, expressed outrage over comments Iger offered. The chairman of Team Mouse House indicated earlier this month that Disney might be considering simultaneous day and date DVD and theatrical releases. The statement was made during a conversation with Wall Street analysts about the changing face of cinema. Fithian described this potential scenario as a “death threat to the industry”. He was left with but one choice afterward, immediately greenlighting a new series of commercials. Any day now, you may expect to see Manny the Stuntman discussing how DVD sales are destroying his livelihood by making him too much money but not enough for exhibitors.
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How do you celebrate your birthday? If you are an aging musician and former starlet, there is but one answer. Madonna decided that the best way to turn 47 was to break her wrist, collarbone and three ribs. A stubborn horse obliged, bucking the faded diva from her perch in the saddle. BOP speculates that the horse paid $7.50 worth of oats to see Swept Away in the theater and has been angling for revenge ever since.
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Art imitates life on the production of Beowulf. Angelina Jolie, the woman widely credited as seduces Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston, has been cast as an evil temptress. The former Lara Croft will portray the mother of Grendel. She is the manipulative woman who attempts to trick the film’s titular hero away from his true path. Whether or not she also talks Beowulf into adopting a baby named Zahara and spending a freakish amount of money on bondage gear is a to be determined.
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Charles Roth is officially the scariest greasy fanboy in the world. The Canadian actor has taken his obsession with Star Wars and turned in into a new job. The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy is a New York play based upon, well, pretty much what the title says. The 31-year-old man has few other hobbies in his life, apparently. So, he has taken in the various Star Wars movies some 400 times by his count. Using this knowledge (?), Roth has turned six hours worth of cinema into a roughly hour long one-man show. BOP expects that as a diehard nerd, Mr. Roth has a lot of experience with one-man shows.
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"Jesus Christ: black man. Babe Ruth: black man. Madonna:... slept with black men."
Previous edition's quote: The Usual Suspects
Box Office Prophets offers quality, reliable news about the entertainment industry. BOP is also entertaining. To that end, please be advised that some content in this column is intended to be humorous and should not be considered factual.
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