BOP Daily News
November 28, 2003
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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Poor Mel Gibson. As if there wasn’t enough controversy surrounding his upcoming epic The Passion of Christ, now there are reports that The New York Post screened a bootleg copy of the film for a panel that included a rabbi, a priest, a professor of religion, a randomly-selected reader and the Post’s own movie critic. The group’s opinions of the movie were none too complimentary, a fact the Post then turned into a news store. Gibson is said to be furious, and is looking to sue the New York Post over the incident. Many studio head purportedly share in Gibson’s ire, with attributed quotes describing the action as “bad ethics” and showing “a complete lack of compassion for artists.” The Post, however, stands by its actions, saying, "With so much controversy and attention surrounding this film, we feel this is a legitimate news story." Given the nearly-unanimous poor reaction to Gibson’s master-work, we predict the title of his next film will be Dude, Where’s My Career?
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Hollywood’s hardest-working actor is back in the harness. Michael Caine has reportedly just signed on to two upcoming films, the latest incarnation of Batman and the sequel to Miss Congeniality. Caine will portray Bruce Wayne’s quintessential English butler, Alfred, in Batman; his role in Miss Congeniality is yet to be defined. Well, well; apparently, Caine is once again in need of house payments. Just so long as there’s not another Jaws IV on the horizon. Otherwise, there will be trouble.
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George Romero has an interesting project on the horizon. Diamond Dead, a black comedy with music, finds the veteran horror director helming the tale of an ‘80s garage band that has seen little success and is on the verge of breaking up. Enter an aspiring female vocalist who has her heart set on fronting the group, believing she can bring them to stardom. Or at least out of the garage. Unfortunately, before she can realize her dream, she manages to kill the entire band. Undeterred, the vocalist makes a deal with Death to bring the band back, except she forgets to read the fine print and is rather unsettled when the band returns from the dead as zombies. The singer and her undead band realize they have hit the big time when Britney Spears starts dating the lead guitarist.
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"Could be worse. Could be raining."
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