BOP Daily News
January 26, 2004
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This is So Last Week,
our pop culture week-in-review,
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Here’s an interesting pairing. Robin Williams and Susan Sarandon are set to star in the upcoming historical epic The Conspirator. The film, based on the book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killers, will tell the story of Mary Surrat, who was accused of conspiring to assassinate Lincoln and ultimately became the first woman in the US executed for treason. No word yet on whether Sarandon or Williams will play the role of Mary.
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![Noooooooooooooo[gasp]ooooooooo!](loadimage.cfm?image=012604_williams.jpg "Noooooooooooooo[gasp]ooooooooo!")
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Speaking of conspiracy theories, Oliver Stone is scheduled to receive a career achievement award at the 2004 Bangkok International Film Festival. Stone is currently in Thailand filming Alexander, and will be honored the closing night of the festival, which takes place later this month. Although the festival’s director praised Stone as being a “thought-provoking” filmmaker, there were unconfirmed reports the director had apparently uncovered a conspiracy aimed at awarding him the honor in order to keep “the truth” hidden. Although there was no indication of what this “truth” might be, there are whispers in certain quarters that Stone is getting the award mostly because he happens to be the most famous director filming in Thailand during this year’s festival.
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Guess all the publicity from her barely-more-than-two-day marriage to a childhood friend convinced Britney Spears to expand her acting career. Supposedly the word around Sundance is that Spears will be taking a role in the new Tim Allen comedy In the Pink. The film, which will also reportedly star Bette Midler, Cher and Wanda Sykes, follows a corporate bigwig who loses his job and joins up with a group of women selling cosmetics door-to-door. No word on what role Spears would be playing, but after suffering through the pain that was Spears’ first movie, Crossroads, moviegoers everywhere are fervently hoping the part, if it materializes at all, will be as long-lasting as her wedding vows.
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Ashton Kutcher seems to have adopted a scorched-earth policy with regard to his television career. First the sit-com star, who is increasingly becoming better known as Demi Moore’s boy-toy than as an actor, decided to end his MTV practical-joke series, Punk’d, and now comes word that Kutcher aims to lay That ‘70s Show to rest at the end of next season. According to fellow star Topher Grace, he and Kutcher have decided to end the series’ run “out of respect to the show” and that they “want to go out while it's still good." Given the bashing his latest film, The Butterfly Effect, has taken from critics, and the rumors of acting jobs he’s lost out on recently, one would think Kutcher would be wise to keep himself in front of the public via the sole solid vehicle in his arsenal. Then again, reaching a wise decision requires one have wisdom to begin with.
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