BOP Daily News
April 20, 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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Talking about it like it’s a good thing, The Rock has let it slip that John Woo is in the running to helm The Rock’s next big actioner, Spy-Hunter. Woo, whose last film was the Ben Affleck snoozer Paycheck, previously directed such high profile films as Mission: Impossible 2 and Face/Off. The Rock currently has Walking Tall out in theatres, a film whose box office numbers show that it is limping more than walking. Not sure who is supposed to revive whose career on this one.
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Tom Cruise is yet again filing a lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper that has insinuated that he might not prefer the ladies. This time, Cruise’s lawyers are taking aim at the London Independent for publishing the false claim that he and wife Nicole took acting lesson specifically to make love scenes for their film Eyes Wide Shut seem more realistic. The paper reported that Cruise and Kidman sought the help of drama coach Susan Batson which was a false claim; Cruise’s attorneys have clarified that Batson worked with Kidman and not Cruise. Of course, any half wit who has seen Eyes Wide Shut, in which Cruise had no love scenes at all much less have a love scene with Kidman, would know that the original claim was false. Let us be the first to cry out in defiance against all these Tom Cruise is gay allegations; leave the man alone.
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Speaking of leaving people alone, another British tabloid is claiming that David Beckham has confessed to his wife that he did indeed cheat on her. Apparently, British newspapers have nothing to write about these days. The British people apparently have nothing better to do than gossip about other people’s lives. Yes, we know this has nothing to do with movie news but nothing will stop us from a good rant.
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Speaking of gay insinuations, Kevin Spacey sure isn’t helping curb all the rumors about his leanings. Spacey had claimed on Saturday that he was mugged in South London’s Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, has issued a public apology stating that he indeed was not attacked on that morning. Spacey admitted that he was the victim of a con perpetrated on him by a young man who stole his cell phone. Spacey allegedly injured his head when he tripped over his dog while trying to chase the man down. Spacey acknowledged that this scenario, specifically the reason why he was walking his dog at 4 a.m., would likely once again spin the rumor mill. We agree, except this mill is facing 200 Mph winds.
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