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BOP Daily NewsFebruary 20, 2006The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| Mmm, this is interesting. Only a few days after TomKat announced vehemently - through their publicists, of course - that they had no plans of splitting up after Holmes gives birth, no way, no how, reports surfaced that Cruise would be taking a trip to Australia to attend the state funeral of media mogul Kerry Packer solo, even though travel plans had initially been made for the couple to attend. Within hours of that story surfacing, Cruise and Holmes changed their plans again, and took Cruise's private jet to Sydney to attend the service. Reports that Holmes was initially staying home on the advice of her OB/GYN that the seven months' pregnant actress not make the 14-hour flight were ignored, and replaced with glowing accolades for Cruise from Packer's son James, an old friend of Cruise from the Nicole Kidman era. And Cruise worked the media like a pro, talking up how good it was to be back in Oz and how "thrilled and excited" he is about the upcoming birth of his child. He also made a point of stating that, although he is a fully-qualified pilot, he did not, in fact, fly his own plane, as he was busy "attending to" Holmes, and also "working". Seems TomKat have officially entered the Hollywood relationship stage known as Deny We�re Splitting Up Until We Do, so we promise to be ever so surprised when TomKat announce they're going their separate ways, but will "remain friends for the sake of the baby". Smart money says Cruise should start salting money away for that kid's ginormous therapy bills now. |
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One is frequently awestruck when pondering the hubris of some Hollywoodites. Take, for instance, the idea of trade-marking common English phrases, such as Donald "I Don't Have a Bad Comb-Over, Really" Trump's attempts a while back to prevent anyone else from using the phrase "You're fired" without paying an exorbitant fee to fatten his already grotesquely-huge bank balance, or the efforts of a local Southern California church to claim the glory of Christmas as a copyrighted phrase. The most recent addition to this parade of chutzpah concerns the upcoming biopic on the life and death of '50s TV Superman George Reeves. The Ben Affleck-starrer was titled Truth, Justice and the American Way, the famous catchphrase for the Man of Steel that was part of the intro to the TV series. Well, it seems the folks over at Warner Bros, which produces the big-screen Superman franchise, are a mite peeved at Focus Features, producers of the George Reeves film, for using said phrase as their title, believing it to be copyrighted to them. Under threat of legal action that would have delayed the film's release for some time, Focus Features had little choice but kowtow to Warner's demands and changed the film's title to Hollywoodland, which means nothing to anyone who's not a trivia buff and/or a student of Hollywood history. In a related story, Cameron Crowe is seeking a patent on the word "hello", on the grounds that it is an essential part of the oft-quoted line from his film, Jerry Maguire. |
| And speaking of the talentless, this next item made us double-check our calendar to make sure we hadn't somehow managed to sleep through the rest of February and all of March and somehow awakened on April 1st. Indian director T. Rajeevnath has reportedly approached Paris Hilton to star in his upcoming biopic on...Mother Teresa. Yes, you read that right; Rajeevnath apparently thinks the slatternly socialite could well be the perfect person to play the celebrated humanitarian nun who is in line for sainthood. Although the director allows that several actresses are "willing to play the role" - what a nice euphemism that is for "would sell their mothers to be cast" - he specifically names Hilton as someone his people in California have contacted regarding the part. Rajeevnath goes on to say that, as Mother Teresa was "the most widely respected and loved person", the "history" of the actress chosen to play her will have to be "analyzed thoroughly" before she is given the part. We can save Rajeevnath's people some money by reminding them of their own criteria right there. In a related story, people living near the convent in Calcutta where Mother Teresa was laid to rest have reported in recent weeks hearing sounds of wails and great weeping, and a reed-thin, unearthly voice screaming, "No! No! Don�t do it!", late at night. |
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