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BOP Daily NewsSeptember 28, 2005The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| Not content with putting hidden porn in its releases, Rockstar Games is now emerging as a player in the movie business. The company, best known for the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is coming out with the R-rated documentary, "Sunday Driver." The Hollywood Reporter (Reuters) provided the details: "Produced by Rockstar Games, 'Driver' is an all-access documentary film that chronicles the Compton/Watts chapter of California's low-rider car club, the Majestics. Directed by Carol Strong, the film focuses on a community working together to build the ultimate customized vehicles while struggling to legitimize their lifestyle under close scrutiny of the authorities." In the fine spirit of convergence between computer gaming and film, the documentary will be available only in Sony's UMD (Universial Media Disc) format, playable only on Sony's PSP (unless you know a hyper-intelligent teenage computer guru not afraid of being prosecuted under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The release of the film is set to coincide with Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories ... which will be available only for the PSP. Expect similar releases in the future. Rockstar has also licensed the rights to The Warriors, the 1979 cult film about street gangs directed by Walter Hill ("Warr-iors! Come out and play-ay!"). We're getting our clown make-up and baseball bats ready now. |
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The year 1983 was a very good year. Pre-Scientology Tom Cruise starred in All the Right Moves. Some of the best albums from R.E.M. (Murmur), The Violent Femmes (self-titled), and U2 (War) were released. And Reagen-era nightmares about ultra-conservative politicians trampling civil rights into dust were suffusing the American zeitgeist. In response, 20th Century Fox gave us The Star Chamber. Michael Douglas starred as a young, idealistic, and ultimately frustrated judge who is forced to let violent criminals go free because of ludicrous legal loopholes. A veteran judge (played by Hal Holbrook) recruits the young idealist into the Star Chamber, a small group of very powerful, rather shadowy men who privately "retry" the most outrageous cases. Criminals found guilty by the Star Chamber are then killed by hired hit-men. Now, over 20 years later, we have a PATRIOT Act-inspired nightmares about shadowy secret courts hitting the public zeitgeist, and we need a remake of The Star Chamber! So it's Hollywood to the rescue! Ashok Amritraj, the producer behind Shopgirl and Get Carter (2000) announced that he's undertaken a remake of The Star Chamber. No announcement about who's attached to this remake, but we simply must see Hal Holbrook involved in this project. Historical Note: The original Star Chamber was a secret court of England from 1487 to 1641. Housed within the Palace of Westminster, it got its name from the room of the ceiling, which was painted with a pattern of stars on a dark blue background. Consult your local Wikipedia for more information. |
| We are shocked -- SHOCKED -- to learn that anyone in the fashion industry would ever do drugs. Especially any illegal substance that would eliminate appetite and hunger pangs, create boundless energy all night long, and be allowed through the doors the finest nightclubs in New York, London, and Milan. You can imagine our dismay (and shock!) when rumors about supermodel Kate Moss doing drugs reached our ears (half the BOP staff still has her Calvin Klein ads posted up inside their lockers ... the other half are straight women or gay men). Reports of Moss's alleged cocaine use started leaking out earlier this week, courtesy of photographs published in The Daily Mirror, and the giants of the fashion industry rallied to her side by dumping her immediately. Exercising restraint until all the facts are known, H & M clothing stores tossed her aside before Page Six even got off the phones, Burberry canceled a fall advertising campaign featuring Moss, and Chanel said it had no plans to ever work with her again. The most recent break-up came from Rimmel cosmetics, courtesy of their company spokesperson, Caroline Pycroft: "Rimmel London is shocked and dismayed by the recent press allegations surrounding Kate Moss' behavior. We are currently reviewing her contract." While not admitting any actual past or recent drug use, Kate did release a statement to the press yesterday saying she took full responsibility for ... something. We're not quite sure what because her statement only vaguely alluded to "personal issues." However, she did say "I want to apologise to all of the people I have let down because of my behaviour which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others. I am trying to be positive, and the support and love I have received are invaluable." We love you, too, Kate. Hang in there. |
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