Does a little ol' tabloid scandal bring down property values?
Mel Gibson is about to find out. His 2.75-acre home, Lavender Hill Farm, is where the actor reportedly fought with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. And you can buy it for a cool $14.5 million.
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A Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman says detectives investigating Mel Gibson have received audio recordings from a court hearing the actor's child custody matter.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says detectives received the recordings Thursday morning after a court hearing. Several sheriff's detectives were spotted outside a closed hearing where Gibson's criminal attorney and attorneys for his ex-girlfriend appeared.
All of the attorneys declined comment. The sheriff's department is investigating whether the Academy Award-winner abused his ex-girlfriend, Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva, in January.
Whitmore says the detectives received CDs, but did not know how many recordings were on them. He says detectives will now work to authenticate the recordings for a possible criminal case.
A third audio recording of Mel Gibson raging against ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva surfaced Tuesday. But it hasn't stopped another celebrity from coming to his defense: "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg.
For the second consecutive day, Goldberg defended Gibson, citing their longtime friendship. "I don't like what he did here, but I know Mel and I know he's not a racist," she said Monday (see video below).
Read the rest of this entry »Oscar-winning director and actor Mel Gibson, who caused a media storm four years ago over an anti-Semitic statement, is again making headlines for using an apparent racial slur in an argument with his ex-girlfriend.
Celebrity news website Radaronline.com Thursday published excerpts of an audiotape of Gibson telling Oksana Grigorieva, whom "The Passion of the Christ" director is battling in court, that they way she is dressed made her look like a "pig in heat."
"If you get raped by a pack of n***ers, it will be your fault," Radaronline reported Gibson as shouting at Grigorieva during an argument she taped, apparently using an expression that is deeply insulting to African Americans.
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Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" opened in four theaters this past weekend, sold them all out, and is headed for 10 more this Friday.Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" is entering its twilight phase in theaters after making just $40 million domestically. It cost $80 mil (production budget) plus another $20 mil (promotion, etc). "Edge" hasn't been a huge hit overseas, either, with just $5 million from the U.K., where it started as a miniseries.Read the rest of this entry »
Mel Gibson's new film, "Edge of Darkness," cost at least $80 million. Add in another $15 million, let's say, for marketing, and you've got nearly a $100 million movie.As of Wednesday, "Edge" had $21 million in its till. But it also had a unique problem. From Tuesday to Wednesday, it had the largest drop-off of any movie in the top 10. It was off 19.7%. The next closest drop went to "When in Rome," Disney's sort of straight-to-airplane romantic comedy which fell 19%.The other eight were all at much less, including Denzel Washington in "The Book of Eli," also from Warner Bros and a comparable commercial big studio entertainment.The gauge for "Darkness" will show up later today, when we can see who went to see it on Thursday night.Read the rest of this entry »
It seems like college graduate Jodie Foster is the only celebrity friend left for Mel Gibson.At this week's Hollywood premiere for Mel's big comeback movie, "Edge of Darkness," Foster was the only celebrity who was photographed on the red carpet with Mel.Otherwise, the hundreds of photos on WireImage's site are of Mel, babymama Oksana Grigorieva, and a selection of movie execs and Mel's publicist.Read the rest of this entry »
