BOP Daily News
February 18, 2004
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Vanity Fair, the glossy monthly much in the news of late, Fair has digitally reunited the members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, even though the troupe reportedly decided to skip a proposed reunion for the magazine’s cameras. The March spread, called Hollywood Portfolio, has pics of the five surviving members of the English sketch-comedy troupe lying in coffins; the troupe posed individually and the pictures were then morphed by computer to create the appearance that the five had posed together. Vanity Fair even resurrected a Python bit where the ashes of deceased member Graham Chapman have been “accidentally” spilled, and one of the others - this time it’s Gilliam’s turn - is trying desperately to sweep them up. The strange layout has the Pythonites, as well as other celebrities, dressed in costume. The troupe went for their favorite Python characters; other stars in the spread include Jack Black as Evel Knievel, Janet Jackson as Lena Horn, and Jim Sheridan as a jockey. Rumors that a photo of Michael Jackson dressed as a priest was pulled from the layout could not be confirmed at press time.
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If you weren’t already sick of all the publicity and controversy surrounding Mel Gibson’s upcoming The Passion of the Christ, the PR folks associated with the film are going to do their best to get you there. The latest reports have Gibson claiming that he shot the film in order to overcome suicidal tendencies resulting from a severe bout of depression. The star claims to have been on the brink of taking his own life when he began filming, but the project brought him out of his black mood. At this rate, it won’t be long before the publicity machine starts claiming that viewing the film will make the crippled walk and the blind see. Hey, if the film is going to perform miracles, how about something useful, like lowering the price of the concessions.
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Batman is about to become an expatriate. The upcoming Christopher Nolan-directed version of the Dark Knight’s tale is being touted as a “re-invention” of the Batman saga, with Nolan focusing more on Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, and how he came to be the Caped Crusader. With a Brit, Christian Bale, slotted for the title role, Nolan has decided to give Bruce Wayne - and by extension, Batman - a “James Bond feel”. Nolan has even gone so far as to sign Bond veterans who are also UK citizens to the crew. Somehow the idea of Batman leaving his breakfast of bangers and mash and scones, then crying “Tallyho” as he drives the new Aston-Martin Batmobile out of the Batcave just seems wrong.
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