Mel Gibson visit's Riverwind Casino for a special benefit event and screening of his latest movie, "Apocalypto" Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 in Norman, Okla. Proceeds from the special benefit event will go to the Mayan People of Mexico, the Oklahoma Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America Inc., Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa and Oklahoma City Indian Clinic.
It's my own fault, I knew better than to log onto a celebrity, gosspi, wanna be news site. You would think I would have learned my lesson this summer. This is the reasons that I started my own blog in the first place, I was mad at all the negative things people were saying about Mel.
I hope everyone caught the interview on Primetime last night, it was great. Not only was it informative about the movie Apocalypto, but the Mayan culture as well. Plus Mel, what more could a fan ask for? Alright, I know what you would ask for, but this isn't that kind of site. ;-)
Is Michael Richards is not "famous" enough to be scolded by the Mainstream Media? Acording to Michael Levine "Richards' remarks likely will continue but won't match the level prompted by Gibson's behavior because Richards is far less famous," theVeteran publicist said. This is wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to begin.Let's start by saying that I like Michael Richards and I am a huge Seinfeld fan, but as a fan of Mel Gibson I feel with the incident involving Michael Richards has moved us two step back and in the wrong direction. Could it be that it's not fame at all but maybe whom the remarks were made about. Does the media feel that one group is more important than another? some food for thought.
For the past two days everytime Michael Richards name is mention so has Mel Gibson name been repeated. Do I hear any of them saying how Mel made his comments while impaired? NO! The media keeps lumping them together, even thought the situations were completely different. I could go on and on about this, but I won't. The bottom line is this;
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Domestic:
$370,782,930
60.6%
+ Foreign:
$241,116,490
39.4%
= Worldwide:
$611,899,420
People cheer for the underdog, then when you come out on top, everyone starts to ripe you apart, escpecially when you go out on a limb and do it on your own. When you cause Jealousy, Envy and Greed, it's a tale tale sign that your on top in Hollywood.
Washington, Nov 14: Aussie director George Miller thinks that reason why Mel Gibson behaves the way he does, is because he is the ‘classic tortured Catholic’.
Miller, who directed Gibson in his breakthrough role ‘Mad Max’, insists that though the actor/director is a wonderful person, he is wracked with guilt over his Catholic religion – something that only adds to his artistic abilities.
The result, according to the director, makes Gibson into an “incredibly sweet and lovely person with a dark side”.
"On the difficulty that he had with his drinking, I've known him to be an incredibly sweet and lovely person with a dark side," Contactmusic quoted Miller.
Miller recalled the time when he directed Gibson as a 21-year old in ‘Mad Max’, and said that even at that time, he was the epitome of the “classic tortured Catholic”.
“He was a baby out of drama school doing Shakespeare. Like everyone in those days he'd do his drugs and drinking. I've seen him angry at his family, his friends. I've seen him angry at me, I've seen him angry at his church. He's always been devout. Most of all I've seen him angry at himself. He's a classic tortured Catholic,” Miller said.
As a result, the director believes, Gibson’s dilemma is that he happens to be a “good man” who believes that he’s a sinner, and that the paradox is what makes him a great artist.
“He's a good man who thinks he's a bad man. I also think he's one of the sweetest people I've ever met and incredibly kind and generous, so that's the paradox. I think that paradox, to be honest, is what give a lot of these actors charisma. I think charisma needs that tension," the director insisted. (ANI)
(I don't know Mel, but even I think this is true)
Latin Business Assn. Chairman Rick Sarmiento, who has seen a cut of the film, due out Dec. 8, said it made him feel "extremely proud of everything having to do with my culture."Gibson discussed the challenges he faced in choosing to make a movie with relative unknowns. "It's tantamount to being at the Super Bowl and getting your quarterback from the audience," he said.But he praised the Mexican men, women and children who were cast in their roles, and did "phenomenal" work. The actors came from all walks of life — one worked in a juice bar, another was a kindergarten teacher. There did have a few things in common, Gibson said, including remarkable bone structure. "I was just jealous of all their hair lines," he joked. There is a seven-year-old girl who gives a key speech, he noted, "It was kinda scary, she's kinda like this prophetess."The cast, though, helped him achieve his goal: He wanted to avoid any feeling of a typical Hollywood production. At its essence, he said, "it's a film made by Mexicans" about their culture.
read the entire article here: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15390682/
http://apocalypto.movies.go.com/
not an official Apocalypto movie poster, I just had nothing else better to do today.
