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Famous as :
Actor, director, producerBirth Name :
Mel Columcille Gerard GibsonBirth Date :
January 03, 1956Birth Place :
Peekskill, New York, USASpouse :
Robyn Moore (nurse, since 7-Jun-80)Claim to fame :
As Mad Max Rockatansky in "Mad Max" (1979)
'Lethal Weapon 5' Moves On With Its Casting
October 07, 2008 11:10:37Dance choreographer-turned-actor Columbus Short is most likely to trade off his dancing shoes with guns in "Lethal Weapon 5". In a recent interview with IGN Movies, the 26-year-old revealed that he is in talks to star in the fifth film for the cop-action franchise stating, "We've been talking about it. Joel Silver talked to me about it, and it was like 'Um, yeah! I'll do Lethal Weapon with Danny [Glover] and Mel [Gibson]."
For the possible role he is going to tackle in the new project, he fessed up that he may end up playing the son of Danny Glover's character, LAPD Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh. "Joel says it'd be a great role," commented the actor who will soon be seen in "Quarantine" as Wilensky. On the movie itself, he noted that the people behind the project is currently trying to "fast track" it. The full interview with Short can be seen at IGN Movies.
'Lethal Weapon 5' Puffs Possibility
August 07, 2008 12:08:58Despite Danny Glover's earlier rejection on the idea of another "Lethal Weapon" movie, "Lethal Weapon 5" could have been put on the burner. A recent report claims that the writer of the first "Lethal Weapon" film, Shane Black, has written a spec script for the fifth installment of the cop action franchise.
According to Hollywood tracking board TrackingB.com via Coming Soon, the scribbler has shown the script to producer Joel Silver in hopes that the story is continued. Reportedly, the fifth film will follow homicidal Detective-Sergeant Martin Riggs and his partner, LAPD Detective Sergeant Roger Murtaugh, in solving their last case before retiring for good.
Justice League of America Casting Buzz
August 31, 2007 04:08:16Looks like talks about "Justice League of America" now are focusing on the cast lineup after those about whether the project will be motion capture flick that circulated for the past few days.
Again coming from IESB.net, words have it that a number of prominent Hollywood names are being planned to round out the cast. Among those being eyed reportedly are Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel with Mel Gibson tipped for Maxwell Lord, Bruce Willis as Lex Luthor, Scarlett Johansson as Talia Al Ghul, and Laurence Fishburne as the Martian Manhunter.
Mel Gibson Has Two Film Projects in Mind
May 03, 2007 10:05:01
Enjoying working on his way as director and producer besides being a renowned actor, Mel Gibson is reportedly in deep consideration to spark not only one, but two more big screen features from his skilled hands.
The first one is the follow-up to his 1994 starring vehicle "Maverick", which found him appear alongside James Garner and Jodie Foster as a wisecracking gambler attempting to raise $25,000 to enter a major five-card draw poker tournament.
Mel Gibson Eyes Filming Next Projects in Panama
March 06, 2007 02:03:42
Apparently looking forward to repeat his experience in filming "Apocalypto", Mel Gibson is in consideration to again head south to make his next directorial effort, this time in Panama, tourism officials claimed yesterday, March 5.
The Panama Tourism Bureau said in a news release that the Australian actor-director, accompanied by 24-year-old son Edward, had dinner on Sunday night, March 4, with tourism spokesman and singer Ruben Blades who advised him to do a remake of the 1950 film noir "Panic in the Streets" in the country.
America's Favorite Movie Stars in 2006, Per the Harris Poll
January 17, 2007 11:01:04
Another year, another favorite. Move over Tom Hanks because people have their new favorite. It's Denzel Washington. The Hollywood hunk has been chosen the No. 1 America's Favorite Movie Star in the nationwide Harris Poll of 1,147 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive between December 12 and 18, 2006.
Dropping from number one to number two is Hanks, while movie legend John Wayne remains in third place. Tough guy Clint Eastwood jumps up two spots to fourth place. Next on the poll is Will Smith who along with actress Julia Roberts tie for the 5th spot.
No Mel Gibson in "Apocalypto" Mexican premiere
January 12, 2007 01:01:08
Seems the Mexican audience have to bury their hope of seeing Mel Gibson as they come to the premiere of his latest directorial work "Apocalypto" in the country.
The 20th Century Fox publicist Christina Inman said yesterday, January 11 that the "Braveheart" star will not spare his time to attend the event nor a news conference of the picture though he indeed is going to visit Mexico next week for a private viewing of the movie.
The Most Annoying People of 2006
December 20, 2006 10:12:42
Life is about preference, and it is sad to say that Britney Spears prefers the bad instead of the good ones. The pop singer's life turns from good to bad from the point she married estranged hubby Kevin Federline and then gets worse when she filed for divorce even worst when she decided to get along with Paris Hilton. As a result of those bad things in her life, Spears has been named the Most Annoying People of 2006.
In a poll conducted by Star magazine on the 50 Most Annoying People of 2006, Spears captures the crown. "Brit was quite the headline maker this year! But Brit doesn't top our list because of her dubious child-care techniques or her uber annoying Matt Lauer interview. Nope. The icing on the cake was her post K-Fed decision to make Paris Hilton her BFF and party without panties with such a vengeance that even Lindsay was jealous!", the publication write on Spears.
Does Mel Gibson Have A Secret Love Child?
December 19, 2006 09:12:30
Trouble has found Mel Gibson, again. The actor is allegedly facing a paternity suit brought by a young Australian woman who insists she is his love child.
Painter Carmel Sloane is claiming that Gibson picked her mother Marilyn when she was hitchhiking in Australia in 1976. Gibson, who worked at an orange juice factory in Adelaide before he became one of the most recognizable faces in showbiz, apparently then romanced her in the back of his wagon, Unfortunately, Marilyn, who then got pregnant with Carmel, never saw him again.
Hollywood's Most and Least Popular Stars
December 11, 2006 11:12:45
When it comes to Hollywood public's Most Favorite Stars, veteran movie actor Tom Hanks is the best. In a new Gallup poll which involved 1,003 adults conducted from Nov. 27 to 29, it is found out that 44 percent of movie goers will go out of the way to watch one of Hanks' movies.
Come right after him is Robert De Niro with 33 percent of the votes, followed by Julia Roberts in 3rd spot with 29 percent of the votes. The 4th Most Popular Stars in Hollywood are Will Smith and Sandra Bullock with 27 percent of the votes.
Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" Infuriated the Mayans
December 09, 2006 11:12:56
Considered to be unrealistic and presents a stereotyped depiction upon describing Mayan civilization, "Apocalypto" has angered indigenous members of the culture who condemned the movie and director Mel Gibson as being inaccurate and racist.
Guatemalan human rights activist Lucio Yaxon was quoted remarking Gibson of "saying the Mayans are savages" while Ignacio Ochoa, director of the Nahual Foundation that promotes Mayan culture, perceived that the Australian-born actor/filmmaker replays "an offensive and racist notion that Maya people were brutal to one another."
Film Threat's Annual "Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood"
November 18, 2006 10:11:55
George Clooney does hot and everyone agrees on that. Approvingly, the hunk has appeared on the very top spot of People magazine's list of "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2006. While George earns such predicate, it is bad for Mel Gibson that he's no longer on the line, and was instead chosen as the first "least-powerful, least-inspiring, least-intriguing people in all of Tinseltown."
The action-hero actor, who's been chosen as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for two decades, tops Film Threat's annual "Frigid 50: The Coldest People in Hollywood." This none other is due to the anti-Semitic remarks he made during his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Second on the cold list is Jennifer Aniston who the Web site claims has made "a string of disappointing box-office performances as she attempts to make the jump from the television sit-com "Friends" to the big screen."
Latino Business Organization Honors Mel Gibson for "Apocalypto"
November 03, 2006 04:11:01
His drunken driving arrest and anti-Semitic remarks apparently couldn't prevent Mel Gibson from receiving public's appreciation. The senior actor has reaped his hard work when he was honored by Latino business organization for his upcoming film "Apocalypto."
An Oscar-winning actor and director, Gibson was granted the Latino Business Association's Chairman's Visionary Award. He received the accolade Thursday Nov 2nd at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Mel Gibson Sorry for the Anti-Semitic "Stupid Rambling"
October 11, 2006 09:10:57
Mel Gibson is speaking out for the first time about the anti-Semitic comments he made to police when they booked him for drunken driving last summer. The actor tells Diane Sawyer in a two-part interview for ABC's Good Morning America, set to air Thursday and Friday mornings, that his anti-Semitic statements were "just the stupid rambling of a drunkard".
In the media interview, the movie star also tells Sawyer he is committed to make amends, saying "What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said. So, this is the last thing I want to be is that kind of monster." Watch the exclusive interview with Mel Gibson Thursday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 13 on "Good Morning America," which airs across the country from 7 to 9 a.m.
Mel Gibson to Appear on "Good Morning America" Next Week
October 07, 2006 10:10:25
What's next from Mel Gibson? It's something big for you. The actor will have an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America", which will be his first ever since his DUI arrest last July during which he made several anti-Semitic remarks.
ABC said Thursday Oct 5th that the interview has already been taped somewhere in Southern California recently and is scheduled to air on Oct. 12 and 13. The interview "will be a segment in the show," said ABC news spokeswoman Bridgette Maney. "It's not going to be the entire Good Morning America"
Mel Gibson Spotted Drinking Beer, Again
October 05, 2006 09:10:14
He has just completed his rehab stints. But Mel Gibson was spotted drinking beer, again, in a bar in Austin, Texas.
The upcoming issue of the National Enquirer quoted a musician named Steven Smith as saying, "I couldn't believe my eyes. Mel Gibson was swigging a Bud with two adoring young women hanging on his every word".
Chevy Chase to Guest-Star on "Law & Order"
September 27, 2006 01:09:29
Emmy-winning comedy superstar Chevy Chase has been booked to guest star on NBC's "Law & Order" and already begins filming his part by this week.
Slated to star in an episode titled "In Vino Veritas Chase", Chevy is set to play a TV personality who's pulled over for drink driving "while wearing blood-soaked clothes, and whose religious prejudice comes out after his arrest".
Mel Gibson's Daughter Married
September 19, 2006 11:09:36
Amidst media frenzy on his being arrested on DUI charges in July 2006 and the anti-Semitic comments he made during the arrest, Mel Gibson at least still has something good to be remembered. It is his daughter's wedding.
The actor's daughter, Hannah Gibson married platinum-selling guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Saturday September 16th in California.
Mel Gibson Pleads No Contest to Misdemeanor Charge
August 18, 2006 10:08:15
A plea agreement with prosecutors has been reached in the drunk-driving case involving Mel Gibson. And so, instead of being sent behind the bar, the actor-director indeed was sentenced to three years probation, fined $1,300 and ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and enroll in what was described as a three-month-long "alcohol-abuse program."
Gibson did not attend the court Thursday August 17th when the probation was granted. His lawyer Blair Berk, entered the plea on his behalf before Malibu Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira.
Actor-Director Mel Gibson Charged with Misdemeanor DUI
August 03, 2006 01:08:23
Oscar-winning director and actor Mel Gibson has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving Wednesday August 2nd, five days after he was stopped on Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway for speeding and made anti-Semitic comments that have stained his public image.
In a statement issued by Deputy District Attorney Ralph Shapiro, the deputy in charge of the Malibu office, it is stated that Gibson "was charged with one misdemeanor count each of driving under the influence and driving while having a .08 percent or higher blood alcohol content".
Mel Gibson Says He's Not An Anti-Semite
August 02, 2006 09:08:16
Just three days after issuing an apology to everyone he had offended concerning his DUI charge, Mel Gibson has just issued another apology. The actor has on Tuesday August 1st issued a specific apology to "everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words" he used when he was arrested for drunken driving last Friday.
As it's been widely reported before Gibson is quoted as having said to the Malibu officer: "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asking the arresting officer, "Are you a Jew?"
Mel Gibson Enters Rehab
August 01, 2006 10:08:14
What's next for Mel Gibson after his DUI controversy? It's rehab time. The actor, as told by his representative Alan Nierob on Monday July 31st, has sought treatment for alcoholism.
"He definitely entered a program," said Nierob who remained tight-lipped about the program and how long Gibson planned to be there.
Mel Gibson Apologized for DUI Arrest
July 31, 2006 11:07:22
Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson issued a statement Saturday July 29th, 2006 apologizing for saying "despicable" things to sheriff's deputies when he was arrested for investigation of DUI.
"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable," Gibson said.
Mel Gibson Arrested for DUI
July 29, 2006 10:07:56
Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving (DUI) at 2:36 a.m. Friday July 28th in Malibu. Gibson's 2006 Lexus LS 430 was speeding on Pacific Coast Highway, going about 80 mph, when deputies stopped him, a spokesman for the sheriff's department said.
Deputies then conducted field sobriety tests and found that Gibson's blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent, while the legal limit in California is 0.08. As a consequence, the star was booked, and later released from custody after posting $5,000 bail.
Touchstone Pictures Has Pushed Back "Apocalypto"
April 18, 2006 11:04:27
Mel Gibson's Mayan epic "Apocalypto" which actually is slated to hit worldwide theaters on August 4th, 2006 has to reluctantly been pushed to December 8, so Touchstone Pictures announced.
Detailing on the reason behind, a spokesperson for the studio said that the production had fallen behind because of heavy rains in Mexico, where Gibson is shooting the film.
America's Favorite Movie Stars per the Harris Poll
January 21, 2006 11:01:01Lucky Tom Hanks that he's been chosen America's Favorite Movie Star for the second year in a row, according to a poll released Friday Jan 20th by Harris Interactive. The survey, involving 1,001 adults, places Johnny Depp as second on the list, ahead of Harrison Ford and John Wayne who both tied in 3rd spot.
Rounding out the top 5 is actress Julia Roberts. Clint Eastwood is in 6th place, while Mel Gibson is in 7th spot. George Clooney is 8th, followed then at 9th by Sean Connery, with Sandra Bullock rounding out the Top 10 list on the poll.
Mel Gibson to Make the Holocaust
December 08, 2005 03:12:04Gloriously produced the highly praised film "The Passion of the Christ," Mel Gibson is now giving his hand at television mini-series. The star reportedly is to make a film about the Holocaust, which is based on the book of "Survival in the Valley of Death."
The project, which is slated to air as early as next year, will be adapted from the self-published memoir of Flory A. Van Beek, a Dutch Jew whose Christian hubby hid her from the Nazis, but who lost several family members in the concentration camps.
Huston Falls for Seraphim
November 11, 2005 09:11:37Wanna see how "Seraphim Falls"? See the soon to come film in the nearest theater. The film is an action drama that is set at the end of the Civil War. It tells the story of a colonel who fails to put down his weapon and instead hunts down a man to settle a grudge from the war.
It is reported that Anjelica Huston will star in opposite Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson. The movie star is said to head to New Mexico next week to film her part.
"Apocalypto" Begun Next Month
October 31, 2005 12:10:20These days are busy and tiring days for multitalented actor Mel Gibson as he's preparing for "Apocalypto." Nonetheless, he seems to be very glad of it. That's for sure as the highly anticipated film will be a very qualified one.
"Apocalypto" reportedly will star unknown Mexican actors speaking in the Mayan tongue of Yucateco. Moreover, it will focus more on dialogue and heavy on images and action.
Gibson Donates $1 Million for Hurricane Victims
October 21, 2005 11:10:07Movie star, director and producer Mel Gibson has a very deep concern for the society. The highly celebrated is donating US$1 million to the victims of Hurricane Stan through the Rotary Club of Mexico.
The hurricane destroyed Central America and Mexico from October 1, and triggered floods and landslides. More than 2125 deaths were reported in Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua.
Gibson to Release Pope Movie
April 14, 2005 11:04:08The deeply religious actor/director Mel Gibson is reported planning to make a movie about the Pope John Paul II who died this month at 84 years age. For the sake of the planned film, the movie star has purposely sent a film crew to the Vatican City on Friday April 8, 2005, to capture crowd scenes at the late pontiff's funeral for future use, American website Pagesix.Com mentioned.
Virgin Mary in Gibson's Next Movie
March 09, 2005 11:03:25Mel Gibson is now working on the follow-up movie to "The Passion of the Christ" that will tell about the experience of three children, Lucia Dos Santos and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta, all of whom claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to them in a vision in Fatima, Portugal, a place she predicted World War II, turmoil in Russia and a Pope being shot.
Gibson once talked to the becoming Sister Lucia after a special screening of The Passion of the Christ last year at her Rome convent he specially arranged for the nun who wanted to see it. Sister Lucia passed away a month later, but it doesn't hinder Gibson to keep working on his new movie about her and the visions she had at Fatima, which an Italian film insider says still very much at the initial stages.
Mel Gibson's Stalker Sentenced Guilty
March 08, 2005 10:03:58Mel Gibson may feel relieved after Van Nuys Superior Court, California sentenced his stalker, a 34 year homeless Idaho man Zack Sinclair, guilty and charged him 3 years in prison after he took him to jail for refusing to stay away from the Gibsons.
Judge John Fisher was still considering asking a court-appointed mental health expert to examine Sinclair before he sentences him on March 10, 2005.
Man on God's Mission Accused of Stalking Mel
March 03, 2005 10:03:25A homeless man named Sinclair has been accused of stalking actor Mel Gibson. Believing God had sent him to pray with the actor, Sinclair began writing letters to him last July. Gibson's security chief, Jerry McKay, testified that Sinclair sent Gibson 12 letters in which he said God had sent him to California to pray with him and he also wrote in his letter that he had spent over two years in jail in Idaho for stalking a mentally ill woman.
In his action creeping past guards at a gated Malibu community to get to Mel Gibson, Sinclair who prosecutors say has a history of mental illness and a prior case of stalking in Idaho, was stopped by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Winn and being told to leave and could not return. The court has decided that Sinclair is charged with one count of felony stalking.
Gibson's Braveheart Won Worst Oscar
February 26, 2005 09:02:57Mel Gibson's 1995 movie Braveheart has topped British magazine Empire poll, which lists the least-deserving winners of the Academy Awards' most prestigious prize, chosen as the worst ever movie to win a Best Picture Oscar. Right after Brave Heart there is Russell Crowe's 2001 drama A Beautiful Mind to win the second place in the poll.
Gibson Loses Bid to List Estate As Farm
January 17, 2005 11:01:48Mel Gibson has lost his appeal in claiming 17 of his 75.7 acres Connecticut estate in Greenwich taxed as farm land. The town Assessor John "Ted" Gwartney said that a farmland isn't merely about having a few pigs in the back yard, but is more than having something for personal use. It's about producing continually goods and Gibson doesn't fit the condition.
The refusal then prohibits Gibson from saving for about $10,000 per year in property taxes on his $17.7 million Connecticut estate if only it was granted as farm land. From which according to the Greenwich Time, Gibson has to pay for around $137,000 for his annual property tax bill.
