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BOP Daily NewsFebruary 16, 2004The spirit of BOP News lives on in
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| Aw, is somebunny losing he cwout? Supersized Miramax studio head Harvey Weinstein has canceled his annual post-Oscar party, reportedly because AMPAS failed to respond to his annual pre-awards badgering and present Cold Mountain with the expected number of nominations. Weinstein, whose Oscar campaigning in recent years has become infamous for both its excessiveness and relentlessness, is supposedly so furious that instead of receiving a nod in each of the top categories only Jude Law and Renée Zellweger were recognized that he’s called off his traditional lavish bash. According to a Miramax spokesperson, however, the after-party was canceled because another event has been deemed the best, so “there is no need to compete”. Weinstein taking his proverbial marbles and going home makes perfect sense...if he was five years old and didn’t need to work and play well with others. |
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And in more Oscar news, Tom Cruise may be attending the ceremony stag, as reports surface that his current lady, Penélope Cruz, is so nervous about hitting the red carpet she’s seriously thinking of skipping the awards altogether. The Spanish lovely is reportedly so uncomfortable with seeing pictures of herself or watching her movies that she’s said to be “almost phobic” about walking the famed gauntlet of reporters and fans, a situation not helped by the prospect of being on the arm of one of the most congenial red-carpet walkers in the industry. Beautiful, young, dating one of Hollywood’s top movers-and-shakers, a success in two languages in an industry where many would almost literally kill to be a success in one; yeah, we can see how that would give a person an inferiority complex. |
| And making this a sort-of Oscar-related triumvirate, current nominee Renée Zellweger, currently filming the Bridget Jones’ sequel Edge of Reason, has been dropping hints that she’d be willing to embark on a third screen outing as the voluptuous British heroine, even though there isn’t yet a third novel in the series. Zellweger, who has to gain weight in order to play the role, even has ideas about where the character’s creator, Helen Fielding, could take Bridget Jones next. Given the reports of the millions of dollars Zellweger was paid to pack on the pounds and the millions more she’ll be paid to take them off again, we can certainly see why she’d be looking forward to the possibility of a third picture. |
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With all the publicity surrounding the opening of Mel Gibson’s religious epic The Passion of the Christ - which, believe it or not, is still more than a week away - you’d think they were billboarding the Second Coming itself. |
"Crucifixion?
Yes.
Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each. "
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