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: : Have you seen Tough Love/ Gigli? And is it as BAD reported? It sounds like it could hurt Jersey Girl... : : : : : If you can believe it, these two bastions of journalistic integrity have misreported (or : : : flat out lied, depending on how you look at it) about "Jersey Girl" and re-shoots that : : : just don't exist. : : : Here's their story. My comments below... : : : ----------------------- : : : Jennifer Lopez and Ben AffleckTough Luck : : : J. Lo and Ben's latest vehicle may be a stinker. Plus, Kirsten Dunst becomes : : : political : : : by BeatBoxBetty : : : The scoop on the latest, name-changing film from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck is : : : that in addition to having an identity crisis, it's just plain bad. Tough Love has had : : : its name changed from Gigli, had its release date pushed back four or five times : : : and had a $5 million rewrite after test audiences were left unimpressed. In fact, the : : : original ending had Ben's character dying, but since audiences hated that, the : : : studio had to re-shoot a new ending. : : : A quick review of the plot and it's easy to see why folks have freezer burn over this : : : puppy. In a nutshell, Ben plays a lowlife thug named Gigli who kidnaps the mentally : : : retarded brother of a federal prosecutor to save his mobster boss from : : : incarceration. Staked-out in his apartment with his kidnapee, Gigli's soon joined by : : : Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous lesbian gangster who's sent in to assist. But as time goes : : : by (and your life force drained from you) -- his feelings for Ricki grow, (and she of : : : course, falls for him) and then they become concerned for their prisoner... blah, : : : blah, blah. : : : Some say the fact that J.Lo and Ben met on set may be the only positive thing to : : : come out of filming, while others claim that too is a sham. I'm betting both go : : : straight to video. But wait, there's more!  Reports are also coming in that Ben and : : : Jen's romantic chemistry is zero onscreen. Nada. Zippity-doo-dud. According to the : : : National Enquirer, producers of their other new flick Jersey Girl are desperately : : : rewriting love scenes because test audiences don't get why their characters are : : : even attracted to each other!  Price tag for re-shoots? A hefty $3 million. The cost of : : : having Ben and Jen turn up the chemistry meter? Priceless. : : : ----------------- : : : Yeah, use the Enquirer as a source. That's always smart. : : : I know it's only a gossip piece, but gossip or not, I thought I'd state for the record, : : : that we have not re-shot, nor do we have plans to re-shoot, scenes for "Jersey Girl." : : : Ben and Jen's chemistry in the flick is the exact opposite of zero. I'm not : : : desperately (or even casually) rewriting dick. Both test audiences seemed to get : : : why the two characters were together quite well. And there's no $3 million being : : : spent. There - you now have it from a credible source. : : : I'd heard they were playing that Enquirer game on Stern the other day and this : : : "Jersey Girl" $3 million re-shoot crap came up as a true story. I assumed (wrongly, I : : : guess) that anyone who really gave a shit knew that it was "Gigli" that had done re- : : : shoots, not "Jersey Girl." : : : Now I'm seeing this isn't the case. : : : In her (or his) haste to attack and damn Ben and Jen's relationship in any way : : : possible (because it catches the interest of a news-reading public whose attention : : : would be better spent on the war abroad), MSN's unfortunately named BeatBox : : : Betty has dragged our flick into a spot of mud, alleging problems where there are : : : none. I know she (or he) is only a gossip hound, but I'd ask that, in the future, she : : : (or he) at least try to contact someone involved with a production she (or he) plans : : : to besmirch, rather than lazily take her cues from the likes of a tabloid. : : : While I'm at it, though, I'd also like to point out that all this "Gigli" stuff is crap too. : : : I've seen the flick with a test screening audience, and I haven't heard laughter like : : : that in a movie theater since "American Pie" (or "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"). : : : And, mind you, the laughter was WITH, not AT, the movie. : : : Much as I hate to disappoint BeatBox, both movies seem like they're going to do : : : just fine - quite like Ben and Jen's relationship. : : : Regardless, next time you're writing a story, even if it is for a gossip sheet, how : : : about simply picking up a phone and doing a little research? Just because you've : : : been reduced to the lowest rung on the ladder of journalism (manufacturing news : : : where there really isn't any), it doesn't mean you have to conduct yourself like an : : : asshole, know-nothing.

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