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Date Posted: 01:35:06 08/01/06 Tue In reply to: Jew Hating Duo, Twin Towers of Anti-semitism 's message, "David Duke and Mel Gibson Forever" on 01:12:48 08/01/06 Tue Gibson: Downcast, Outcast, But Not Uncastable? One of the interesting things about the industry's reaction to Mel Gibson's PR nightmare is that it highlights exactly how far outside Hollywood the actor been gone in recent years, and how comfortable he is being a pariah.Even before the "The Passion of the Christ" made him a very, very very wealthy man, Gibson had made many millions more for himself as a producer: Rather than take a specific paycheck, Gibson formed Icon Prods., a company that would distribute films he starred in overseas. Gibson often accepted the monies from territories like Italy or Scandinavia in lieu of a fee, gambling that he could do better than by just taking a flat salary. More often than not, Mel was right. And so, when "The Passion" hit big, Gibson's gains were enormous, because he wasn't just the producer - he owned the film and distributed it. Which brings us this weekend's events: Normally, when an actor of Gibson's stature gets caught accusing the Jews of starting every war throughout history, he's committed career suicide. Not just because Hollywood finds such bigotry repellent, but because American audiences do, too. Unable to work, he usually goes kind of "Howard Hughes" and spends his final years locked away at home, peeing in milk bottles and not bathing all that much. But Gibson is a special sort of case. For one thing, he doesn't need Hollywood's money to make movies. He can afford to finance almost any film of his choice, and (at least overseas) distribute it. The studio and network chiefs may find Gibson's views and behavior repugnant, but after the spurning he got in trying to make "The Passion," Gibson hasn't exactly been speed-dialing Paramount's Gail Berman or Stacy Snider looking for work, probably because because both sides aren't interested. Gibson's tired of being a gun-for-hire, and many studio execs think he's an aging actor who's alienated half his audience. As one studio chief told TMZ, "He'd already been kind of hard to cast [because of 'The Passion,'] because he was so polarizing. But this is off the charts." More, although I applaud Ari Emanuel's call for a boycott of Gibson, in the end, his comments are mostly rhetorical. They reflect one agent's opinion - not an entire agency's. An Endeavor spokesman put it to me "Ari's blog reflects his personal opinion, not the agency's. It's our clients who determine who they want to work with." In other words, agents can't boycott Mel Gibson anymore than they can force their clients to work a director or actor they do love. Amusingly, Arianna Huffington today recommended that Gibson's agent Ed Limato, should "immediately drop him as a client..." Well, he may not need to: Are clients who can't get work from studios really clients? Says one top talent agent at a rival agency: "I believe his career will be very seriously, negatively impacted. Directors and other actors will be legitimately uneasy about working with this guy. Studios will have to ask, 'At what point does the publicity from the celebrity overwhelm the project?' I mean, Tom Cruise is already having significant problems for his position on certain topics, and that's far less painful [that this incident.]" The agent stops to add, "Of course, he can continue to make movies by financing them himself. But who's going to star in them?" Another manager disagrees, predicting that in two months, all will be forgotten. In the meantime, however, Disney is forced to issue tight-lipped statements about Gibson's new film, "Apocalypto." For now, the studios is only saying that it is being released on December 8th and that it's declining to explicate on what if any role Gibson will play in marketing the picture. And no wonder: With no bankable stars and shot entirely in a Yucatan dialect, the film desperately needs the luster of a Gibson to attract press. Unfortunately, Gibson's star is decidedly tarnished, leaving Disney without much of a game plan for now. Calls to ABC about the future of Icon's "Flory" - a TV miniseries about a Dutch Jew hidden from the Nazis by her non-Jewish boyfriend during the Holocaust - were not returned at deadline. But our guess is, anyone expecting to see that hit the airwaves of ABC anytime this year is tilting at windmills. Despite Mel's "mea culpa," Hollywood seems to be fixated on a different Latin phrase: "In vino veritas." Or as a talent manager pal of mine put it more succinctly: "The truth comes out when your drunk, not when you're sober, dude." Bulletin: Sheriff's Dept. Releases Gibson Mug ShotThe Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has just released actor Mel Gibson's booking photo from his early Friday morning arrest. TMZ was first to break the news of Gibson's arrest on suspicion of DUI and the first to break the story of an attempted cover up by the Sheriff's Department.
EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson Busted for DUI
EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: A sheriff's official told TMZ Gibson had a blood alcohol level of .12. The legal limit in the state of California is .08. UPDATE 9:15 p.m. Explosive new details in this case! Click here. Gibson Eats His Words In yet another ironic twist in the Mel Gibson DUI saga, an interview with the actor in 2004 shows Gibson slamming reports of anti-semitism and opening up about his past issues with alcohol abuse.In the sit-down with Diane Sawyer for "Primetime" Gibson laughs off rumors of anti-semitism saying, "for me it goes against the tenets of my faith to be racist in any point." The Aussie was also grilled about his issues with alcoholism, which Gibson swore were in the past -- "Sometimes I used to drive inebriated, this is at the height of careless stupidity and when you think of that kind of insanity, I look back at that now and go what was I thinking." Bulletin -- Prosecutors Reviewing Gibson Case
Gibson's next scheduled court date is September 28. No timetable on when the D.A. will make its decision. Mel: Not Good For the Jews It turns out that Mel Gibson might have actually been right about one thing in his drunken, anti-Semitic rant: His life does appear to be "f***ked."Professionally, at least. The Huffington Post yesterday published a screed from talent agent Ari Gold, err, Ari Emanuel to go on the record with his thoughts about Gibson's virulent soliloquy of hate. Viz, the original Entourager called on Hollywood to "demonstrate they understand how much is at stake in this by professionally shunning Mel Gibson and refusing to work with him, even if it means a sacrifice to their bottom line." Well, this is mighty interesting: On the one hand, as a Jew myself, I can fully understand Emanuel's feeling that a line must be drawn. As a journalist, however, I feel compelled to note that Emanuel is also a former ICM employee who defected to found Endeavor, and who has always been eager -- like all agents -- to destabilize his alma mater's business. And what a time to try: ICM should be riding high right now, glorying in its recent acquisition of TV powerhouse agency, BWCS. Instead, its biggest gross player, one whose last movie grossed over a billion in box office and home video worldwide, is in the cross-hairs of the entire industry. How badly has Gibson damaged his career? Talent agent and executive opinion varies. As Gabriel Snyder writes in today's Variety, "'Americans have a very spotty track record in separating the personal lives and the on screen lives of the movie stars they idolize,' said one exec who asked not to be named." But what is clear is that Gibson has damaged Disney: The studio is on the hook for tens of millions in marketing for the director's "Apocalypto," a Mayan film that's become a minefield. More, Disney's ABC TV network last December announced it was developing "Flory" a longform TV project about a Dutch Jew hidden by her non-Jewish boyfriend during WWII. Neither of these projects can possibly expect to benefit from the controversy. On Sunday, as Deadline Hollywood Daily columnist Nikki Finke reports, "Rabbi Marvin Hier, head of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, is urging Hollywood: 'A person that doesn't have sensitivity about Jews, that says such a thing, is not the right director to direct the film about the Holocaust.'" In short, it almost doesn't matter if more agency presidents or studio heads publicly reveal they'll never work with Mel Gibson again, because it appears they have no choice but not to, regardless of how they feel; Mel's become radioactive. Advocacy groups like the ADL and the Wiesenthal Center will never let this drop, and networks and studios are loathe to risk millions on projects that make the American public and press sick to its stomach. It's ironic that this is all happening at a time where movies like "The Da Vinci Code" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" are alleged to be "critic-proof." Films might well be; actors are clearly not. Developing... Mel Gibson: Malibu's Finest Amid rumblings that Mel Gibson received preferential treatment from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a public service announcement that Gibson taped on their behalf has surfaced.The PSA was recorded back in 2002 on behalf of a sheriff's charity, The Los Angeles Sheriff's Star Organization (LASSO). In the spot, Gibson, dressed in a sheriff's uniform, pulls over Scott Baio to thank him for supporting LASSO. He implores viewers, "Give back to those who give so much."
Sheriff's Rep: There Was No Cover-up Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, just concluded (9:15AM PT) a press conference with reporters, answering questions about the Mel Gibson DUI controversy. The video is courtesy of the FOX affiliate in Los Angeles.Whitmore, speaking outside the Sheriff's headquarters in Monterey Park, reiterated that there was no "sanitizing" of the police report and that no force was used in Gibson's arrest. He went on to say that Gibson did not run away from law enforcement officers -- but as TMZ first revealed, the report and other evidence points to the contrary. According to the report TMZ obtained, "Gibson quickly turned and bolted towards his own vehicle." The report goes on to say that "Gibson attempted to escape arrest." When asked about the case as it relates to the media, Whitmore said, "Is this a cover-up to the press or is it a cover-up to the public? Because we believe it is not a cover-up at all. Having said that, I understand the concern. Is there influence peddling here? Absolutely not." EXCLUSIVE: Gibson Skated Twice Before TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson has been stopped for reckless driving two other times in Malibu but he was allowed to leave without a ticket or arrest.As TMZ first reported, Gibson was arrested on Friday for suspicion of driving under the influence on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu -- driving 87 miles an hour. As we reported, the deputy who arrested Gibson was ordered to sanitize his arrest report to make it appear that Gibson's arrest was "without incident." In fact, The report states Gibson was abusive, violent and vulgar, and even attempted to escape. TMZ has confirmed that approximately three years ago, Gibson was driving 74 miles per hour on Pacific Coast Highway, one mile from his house, when he was pulled over by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy. Sources say Gibson avoided eye contact with the deputy during the stop and even though the deputy was suspicious of Gibson's sobriety, he let him go. Approximately one year ago Gibson was stopped again, after driving 64 miles an hour on Pacific Coast Highway -- where the speed limit is 45. Sources say that Gibson was so cocky that he was on his cell phone the entire time he was detained by the deputy. Ultimately, the deputy decided to let him go without giving him a citation. And there's new information about Friday's arrest. Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Gibson Skated Twice Before Check Mate For Sheriff's in Gibson Case Let me borrow a line from Mel Gibson's play book -- The L.A. County Sheriff's Department is f****d."The Department has been caught in a huge lie that they now can't undo. My sources say the Sheriff's officials are scrambling at this very moment, trying to figure out what to do and the Sheriff himself, Lee Baca, has been involved from the outset (I'll explain more about this on Monday). Here's the problem. The deputy who arrested Mel Gibson wrote an eight page report detailing Gibson's rants and aggressive conduct, but officials ordered the arresting deputy to sanitize his report, eliminating the four pages TMZ has posted on the web site. The sanitized report was signed and became the party line that the arrest occurred "without incident." That is a blatant lie -- a lie the Sheriff's department never thought would be exposed. When I first called a Sheriff's spokesman to comment on the story we were about to publish, he told me I was "wrong" and the story was "erroneous." When he said that, I had plenty of information but I was not in physical possession of the four phantom pages. When I finally got the documents and called the spokesman back, his response changed. He said when the case is presented to the D.A. it will have all the information about the case. Do you see how that begs the question? Of course, now it will have all the information because we exposed the Sheriff and Mel Gibson. This was a cover up and there's no way of getting around it. The Sheriff said it happened "without incident" and that's just a blatant lie. Now there's an official, signed report that does not have the information TMZ has published, so something's rotten in Denmark. As far as I know, the arresting deputy has not even re-written the information in this new "supplemental report" that for some reason was supposed to be locked in the watch commander's safe. The Sheriff didn't get this sloppy overnight. Clearly many celebrities must have gone where Mel Gibson did on Friday. We have more information that we will publish on Monday, but The L.A. County Sheriff's Department must be investigated. What do you think about this story? Call the TMZ comment line and we may post your raves and rants on TMZ! Call toll-free 866-895-8877 now! Mel Gibson Case -- An Outrage
But even worse is that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has become a shill to celebrities. I knew this 11 years ago with Tony Danza, who beat up a photographer and stole his camera. The Sheriffs were ridiculous -- they merely asked him to return the camera, which Danza did after removing the film. That was just fine with the Sheriffs. Well, it's gotten a lot worse. In the Mel Gibson case, I called the lieutenant who was on duty Friday, who told me that Gibson's arrest was "without incident." And I asked her about the anti-Semitic comments around mid-day. She said, in the phoniest of ways, "Oh, I'm just sure that's not the case." It was such a lying comment -- I just felt it. Well, turns out that this time I was right on target. The lieutenant who gave me the bogus statement is the same person who told the arresting Deputy to 86 the truth and create a bullshit explanation for what went down. The Sheriff's Department is so screwed. They thought they could protect their celebrity resident who did not deserve protection. What they didn't know is that we'd get a copy of the report that they tried to censor. And what's worse, there's evidence that I'm not allowed to report that will nail them to the wall. There needs to be an investigation of the L.A.County Sheriff's Department and STAT. As awful as Mel Gibson is, the Sheriff's Department is worse. This is a corrupt department. They thought they could get away with this and they got nailed. Now they say they will issue a full report to the D.A. -- yeah, right....because they got caught. Paparazzi: A Malibu Headache Internet reports have surfaced that Britney's neighbor Mel Gibson has decided to sell the multi-million mansion he purchased last year in order to escape the onslaught of paparazzi and fans that have taken over the neighborhood.Mel's not the only Malibu resident irritated by the influx of paparazzi. A local shop tells TMZ that the paparazzi is the worst it's ever been and its starting to wear on the residents of the seaside town. Employees at a nearby restaurant commented that they have seen the paparazzi swarming around town -- mostly just getting in the way. Is Mel Gibson a sign of the times in Malibu? Or will the paparazzi posse fade into the dunes? For the residents of Malibu, we hope the latter will happen. Calls to Mel Gibson's publicist were not returned.
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Mel Gibson is garbage. What an awful person he is. True enough, I'm no f*****g jew, though grotesque remarks still don’t please me none. And resisting arrest -- let me just say, I am privy to incontrovertible evidence that he did indeed try to bolt. It will come out, and it will shock you.