BOP Daily News
April 9, 2004
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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John Travolta nearly ended his surprise 50th birthday party almost before it started by failing to recognize some of the stellar guests his wife Kelly Preston had invited. Upon arriving in Cabo San Lucas for the free trip his wife organized, Travolta was convinced that stars such as Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey were autograph seekers from amongst the hotel staff. He began complaining that there was no such thing as a free ride, and that they were going to have to work all weekend in order to “pay” for the room. According to Travolta, “Everyone was being quiet waiting for me to register who they were, but I don't register anybody's face,” but after finally recognizing Streisand and Winfrey, Travolta wondered what they were in the same location his wife had chosen for a vacation. Gradually, it dawned on Travolta that his wife had organized a surprise party, and he was completely missing the surprise. So playing Vinnie Barbarino wasn’t that much of a stretch, eh John?
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This may be one for the record books. J-Lo is set to appear on Inside the Actor’s Studio, in which she will share her “acting” secrets with the assembled film students and unctuous host James Lipton. Lipton is reportedly thrilled with the impending visit, saying, “We’ve never had a Latina on the show before.” J-Lo’s interview segment is expected to be the briefest in the history of the long-running show, with the remaining time being filled with clips from her many award-show appearances in dresses that left nothing to the imagination. The show will then be savaged by critics the next day.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones is reportedly desperate to follow the Charlize Theron path to a Best Actress Oscar and in pursuit of this, is trying to bring the story of Welsh killer Ruth Ellis to the silver screen. Zeta-Jones feels the story of Ellis, who in 1955 became the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, would provide her the perfect vehicle for showing off her talents as a leading lady. According to an insider, Zeta-Jones “wants to show the world she’s a great actress” and is seeking out “meaty roles” to this end. The insider goes on to point out that Zeta-Jones is perfect to play Ellis “because she is Welsh”. We here at BOP find this an appalling trend, and would like to encourage the Academy to reward actresses for looking glamorous. No, it doesn’t require any more acting chops than allowing a make-up artist to make you look ugly, but it’s a helluva lot more fun to watch.
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