BOP Daily News
March 31, 2004
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Michelle Pfeiffer is in negotiations to star in a remake of Witness for the Prosecution, the Agatha Christie novel about a murder trial which contains perhaps the original surprise-twist ending. Pfeiffer would play Christine Helm Vole, the main female character, who was played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1957 Billy Wilder-directed version. David E Kelly, Pfeiffer's real-life spouse, is adapting the screenplay. Dame Agatha's grandson, Mathew Pritchard, raved about the choice of Pfeiffer for Christine, saying the part was written for someone like Pfeiffer and that his grandmother would definitely approve. He goes on to say, "She's gorgeous, sultry and superbly talented." Aw, sounds like someone has a crush.
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Sarah Jessica Parker is slated to receive a special Fashion Icon award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America during their 2004 meeting in New York. The award will be given out at the city's public library, and is reportedly being given largely due to Parker's wardrobe on her recently-ended HBO series Sex and the City. Luckily for Parker, no one on the Council of Fashion Designers saw what she wore to the Academy Awards, or the Council would likely be looking for another award recipient.
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Speaking of fashion, Charlize Theron went on a tear at a recent charity event over people focusing her looks instead of her acting. Theron - ironically wearing a see-through dress when she went on her "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful" tirade - was reportedly hitting back at those who have expressed the belief that the star won her recent Oscar because she drastically altered her appearance to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster. She was heard to ask, "Do you think the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is going to give an award to somebody just because they made themselves ugly?" In a word, Charlize, yes.
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Jennifer Lopez has reportedly decided to leave Los Angeles for full-time residency in Miami in order to change her diva image and show her fans her "true" self, which according to the singer is her down-to-Earth "Jenny from the Block" persona. J-Lo is apparently under the impression that if she leaves LA, she will also leave behind her image as a rich, overly-pampered brat who has become more famous for being famous than for anything she's produced artistically. A source close to the singer reportedly stated recently that here will be no more "high-diva demands" when J-Lo works on a project or does a photo shoot. In the past, Jenny from the Block has asked for such things as white lilies in her dressing room and 600-thread count sheets in her hotels. The singer apparently feels announcing this planned change in her behavior, along with a few "Look at me, I'm a good sport" appearances in such venues as the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, will erase the picture in the public mind created by all the high-profile tales in various gossip columns. In all the talk about her image make-over plan, however, no one has yet devised a method of erasing the terror that was Gigli from anyone's mind.
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"I am constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders."
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