Coppola doesn't like The Godfather, a priest stalks Conan O'Brien and Meryl Streep doesn't like ABBA

Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary director behind The Rainmaker, has made a list of the five best films he has made: The Rain People, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, Rumble Fish and the about-to-be-released Youth Without Youth. Did anyone notice what he did there? It’s very clever. After a self-imposed post-uncredited-work-on-Supernova hiatus, Coppola is publicising his comeback movie by indirectly claiming it’s better than Godfather Part III. And also Parts II and I. Most interestingly Coppola forgot Jack, which was the movie he dedicated to his son. Remember that movie? Robin Williams as a man-child (only this time literally). There’s that scene where Williams farts into a Tupperware container and Bill Cosby smells it and falls out of a tree-house. Intelligent stuff. Before we move off Coppola, I want to make sure everyone’s aware of his reaction to his script and back-ups for Tetro being stolen from his studio in Buenos Aires: “The script made Hamlet look like garbage, but it’s gone”. What a modest chap.

The priest accused of stalking Conan O’Brien has been found fit to stand trial. The Archdiocese of Boston has been embarrassed by the actions of 46-year old Reverend David Ajemian, and have “placed him on leave”. Apparently Ajemian would sent “multiple [threatening] communications to O’Brien over 14 months” that he “liked to sign ‘Padre’ … [and] write on parish letterheads”, and excerpt of one printed below:
I’m told by some of those officious little usher people that you’re overbooked. Is this the way you treat your most dangerous fans? You owe me big-time pal. I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution—or [I want] a spot on your couch.
He also contacted O’Briens parents, and tried to break into a taping of NBC’s ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’, which is what finally got him arrested. Ajemian had entered priesthood aged 30, after graduating from Milton and Harvard and failing to find a regular job.

Perennial Oscar stalwart Meryl Streep angered ABBA’s Benny Andersson (what a Swedish name) while shooting the adaptation of Mamma Mia! Despite successfully memorising lines for snoozefests Evening and River Wild, was unable to remember lyrics to Andersson’s songs. The one-time screen legend, who has a deviated septum and a fear of helicopters, explained: “I realized all of their music was stuck in my head without my knowing it, that I knew every word to every song. Except that I got most of them wrong”. Oh. Except that. Apparently Streep prefers the soothing sounds of Peter Gabiel.
In other news about highly-anticipated musicals, Michelle Pfeiffer has been offered a role in the Grease remake. Whether it was her work on the remake of Hairspray, or her lead performance in Grease 2 that secured her a part, is not clear. Jessica Simpson may play the part of Sandy. John Travolta not been approached.

Movie #3391
Catwoman
Pitof, 2004, USA
Halle Berry as a Dominatrix in a PG-13 movie? Sharon Stone as a Beautician/Villain with a Marble Face? Benjamin Bratt as an Actor? The Online Film Critics Society gave this a generous 5%. Directed by Pitof? More like Pissoff.