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NEWS ABOUT: Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson stories: 30 news summaries

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OPINION

 The 10 Best Jesus Films 

From Cecil De Mille to Parker & Stone

Apr 11, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Easter, Time lists the 10 best Jesus flicks—from Cecil B. De Mille to South Park—and gives you the scoop on each.
  1. The King of Kings, 1927 Cecil B. De Mille.
  2. The King of Kings, 1961 Nicholas Ray.
  3. The Gospel According
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film • Easter • South Park • Trey Parker • Matt Stone • Martin Scorsese • Mel Gibson • Jesus Christ • Monty Python • Cecil B. De Mille • Nicholas Ray • Pier Paolo Pasolini • David Greene • Robert Elfstrom • Franco Zeffirelli • Terry Jones

OPINION

 Can Mel Make a 
 Comeback? 

Gibson aims for rehabilitation, but Mad Max is 'gone'

Mar 2, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson appears to be making an effort to revive a career stalled after his 2006 arrest and accompanying anti-Semitic tirade, but “it seems unlikely he can ever really come back,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. “Like Tom Cruise, Gibson has sent himself into a weird... More »

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Hollywood • film • sexism • image • film director • Mel Gibson • actor • anti-Semitism • comeback • movies • Roger Friedman

 At $50M, Oprah Stars   
 on Celeb Giving List 

Barbra Streisand ($11M), Paul Newman ($10M) among other 8-figure standouts

Sep 12, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parade's annual list of the 30 most generous celebrities is out, and among the best philanthropists are:
  • Oprah Winfrey: $50.2 million for education, women and children's advocacy.
  • Herb Alpert: $13 million for music education.
  • Barbra Streisand: $11 million for the environment, women's issues, AIDS research.
... More »

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philanthropy • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • charity • Mel Gibson • Paul Newman

De Niro Exit Zings Mel's Comeback

Movie on hold after actor abandons co-star in first week of filming

Sep 6, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mel Gibson's hopes of a Hollywood acting comeback have taken a major hit with the abrupt departure of Robert De Niro from the set of Edge of Darkness, reports the Independent. Unspecified "creative differences" triggered the exit, which has put the thriller on hold, said a De Niro spokesman.... More »

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Robert De Niro • Mel Gibson • actor • movies

 10 Ways to Say 'I'm Not Gay' 

Stars defend heterosexuality to their public

Jul 22, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Jones' ex, Al Reynolds, used YouTube to make it official—he is not gay, just "kind of soft." His coming-in announcement prompts Radar to list the 10 best moments in defensive heterosexuality.
  1. Oprah Winfrey on rumors about her and Gayle King: ''Oh, please.''
  2. Jake Gyllenhaal:
... More »

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Tom Cruise • Oprah Winfrey • SpongeBob • Mel Gibson • Jake Gyllenhaal • homosexual • heterosexual • Mike Piazza • gays

Weekend With Mel Gibson Part of Brit's Rehab

Helping pop princess 'in crisis' behind jaunt
to Costa Rica

May 16, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mel Gibson and wife Robyn are building on attempts to help with ex-neighbor Britney Spears' personal rehabilitation with a getaway to their Costa Rica pad, People reports. The group, also including Brit's dad, jetted there yesterday "for a few days to relax." Gibson and Spears have met up... More »

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Britney Spears • Costa Rica • celebrity • vacation • Mel Gibson • airplane • Jamie Spears

 Gibson to Return to Big Screen 

Will play a good cop in Edge of Darkness

Apr 29, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood honchos said he’d never work in this town again, but Mel Gibson has managed to land his first role since his drunken anti-Semitic antics 2 years ago, Variety reports. Oddly enough, the actor, who's still on probation imposed following the July 2006 DUI incident, will play a police... More »

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Los Angeles • Mel Gibson • movie deal

Judge
Cuts Loose
Mel Gibson

Road Warrior can finish DUI probation without returning to court

Feb 14, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Mel Gibson is free to serve out the rest of his drunk driving probation without returning to the courthouse, Reuters reports. "You're on your own now with the self-help groups, so this is the most difficult time for you," a judge told the Apocalypto director yesterday. "... More »

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drunk driving • probation • Mel Gibson • anti-Semitism

A Fight Club at
U Chicago?!

Combats stereotype of  student as '5 foot 10, pale, skinny, and good at math.'

Dec 1, 07 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - While the movie Fight Club spawned many imitators after its 1999 release, it took eight years for a fight club to emerge at the notoriously intellectual University of Chicago. Called Thunderdome, after the 1985 Mad Max movie, the fight club meets outdoors, on the quads on campus, late at night.... More »

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Brad Pitt • Chicago • University of Chicago • fight • Mel Gibson • fight club • Thunderdome • Mad Max

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Zero to 60 gossip
site ups ante

Sep 23, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - TMZ, the celebrity gossip site that specializes in the self-destructive antics of starlets and B-list celebs, is taking its exuberantly trashy act to TV. No surprise: its 9 million unique visitors in June make it the No. 1 entertainment news site. The surprise, Radar says, is that a major media... More »

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Internet • Alec Baldwin • Paris Hilton • Lindsay Lohan • paparazzi • gossip • TMZ • Harvey Levin • Mel Gibson • Michael Richards

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