Gibson opens mouth, inserts foot again
Mel Gibson criticized the war in Iraq while recently promoting his new film “Apocalypto” at a Texas film festival.
Gibson, 50, drew parallels between the collapsing Mayan civilization depicted in the movie and the United States at a screening Friday at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, the Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
“The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again,” the actor-director said after a screening of an unfinished cut of “Apocalypto,” his first directorial effort since “The Passion of the Christ.”
“What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?” he said at the festival, which is devoted to new science fiction, horror and fantasy films.
Oprah for president? Not yet, she says
Oprah Winfrey says her lawyers shouldn't have gone after the man who is trying to promote her as a candidate for president.
Not because she's running, mind you.
“I feel flattered by it,” the 52-year-old talk-show host told The Associated Press on Monday. “My lawyers overreacted, I think, by sending him a cease-and-desist order because it really is a flattering thing.”
She's thinking of calling Patrick Crowe of Kansas City, Mo., herself.
Crowe has been campaigning to urge Winfrey to run for president for years, setting up a Web site that has its own campaign song.
Not this time, sweetheart; Carter calls off marriage
Aaron Carter has broken off his engagement to his older brother's ex-girlfriend.
The 18-year-old pop singer called off his engagement to 22-year-old actress Kari Ann Peniche just a week after he proposed onstage in Las Vegas, Us Weekly reported Sunday on its Web site.
Peniche is an ex-girlfriend of Carter's 26-year-old brother, Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. She's also a former Miss Teen USA and former Playboy Playmate.
Maloof family finds niche in movie business
The Maloof brothers have ventured into professional sports and gambled on Las Vegas. They now hope to have success in Hollywood.
The family sunk about $700,000 to complete the low-budget horror movie “Feast,” which came out of the Bravo TV series “Project Greenlight.” The reality show features aspiring screenwriters and directors who make films with the help of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Although “Feast” had Wes Craven as a producer, the movie struggled to get finished.
- From wire reports
Gibson, 50, drew parallels between the collapsing Mayan civilization depicted in the movie and the United States at a screening Friday at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, the Hollywood Reporter said Monday.
“The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again,” the actor-director said after a screening of an unfinished cut of “Apocalypto,” his first directorial effort since “The Passion of the Christ.”
“What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?” he said at the festival, which is devoted to new science fiction, horror and fantasy films.
Oprah for president? Not yet, she says
Oprah Winfrey says her lawyers shouldn't have gone after the man who is trying to promote her as a candidate for president.
Not because she's running, mind you.
“I feel flattered by it,” the 52-year-old talk-show host told The Associated Press on Monday. “My lawyers overreacted, I think, by sending him a cease-and-desist order because it really is a flattering thing.”
She's thinking of calling Patrick Crowe of Kansas City, Mo., herself.
Crowe has been campaigning to urge Winfrey to run for president for years, setting up a Web site that has its own campaign song.
Not this time, sweetheart; Carter calls off marriage
Aaron Carter has broken off his engagement to his older brother's ex-girlfriend.
The 18-year-old pop singer called off his engagement to 22-year-old actress Kari Ann Peniche just a week after he proposed onstage in Las Vegas, Us Weekly reported Sunday on its Web site.
Peniche is an ex-girlfriend of Carter's 26-year-old brother, Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. She's also a former Miss Teen USA and former Playboy Playmate.
Maloof family finds niche in movie business
The Maloof brothers have ventured into professional sports and gambled on Las Vegas. They now hope to have success in Hollywood.
The family sunk about $700,000 to complete the low-budget horror movie “Feast,” which came out of the Bravo TV series “Project Greenlight.” The reality show features aspiring screenwriters and directors who make films with the help of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Although “Feast” had Wes Craven as a producer, the movie struggled to get finished.
- From wire reports
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