Gary Oldman Does Himself a Great Disservice With Anti-Semitic Diatribe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2014 British actor Gary Oldman unleashed a torrent of instantly regrettable remarks about Hollywood culture in the latest edition of Playboy, couching his statements in that tediously familiar type of defiant language so often brandished by the clueless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Last Temptation of TMZ

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 20, 2010 [Editor's note: This cartoon is based on an alleged quotation from Mel Gibson ranting at his former girlfriend.] Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Spokesman

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Toxic Spill

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Mel Gibson Is Done With Apologizing, Calls Reporter an A-Hole

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2010 Is it unfair to bring up Mel Gibson's troubles? After all, it's been more than three years since the superstar allegedly blamed those "fucking Jews" for "all the wars in the world." Gibson loses it in this interview, saying "I've done all the necessary mea culpas." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

OAS Delegation to Honduras

BLANK Aug 8, 2009 Little has been done to undo the coup d'etat that rocked Honduras over a month ago. Now, the Organization of American States, hoping for new elections and the return of President Manuel Zelaya, is sending a delegation to the country to try to negotiate an end to the crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Best Joke of the Night

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2007 Ellen DeGeneres opened this year's Academy Awards ceremony by celebrating its newfound diversity, and she pointed to the bigoted rants of Michael Richards, Mel Gibson and Tim Hardaway: "If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars or anyone named Oscar, when you think about it". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Mel Gibson Acquires Nuclear Weapon

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Oct 16, 2006 The satirist reports on an addition to the nuclear club far more dangerous than North Korea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson to Build Movie Studio on the Moon

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Aug 26, 2006 When a reporter noted that the moon has no people at all, Mr. Cruise became argumentative: "Who told you that? Psychiatrists? Brooke Shields? That is such a load of cr--!" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Bush Awards Gibson Medal of Freedom

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Aug 8, 2006 "You have taken people's attention from the mess I have made of things," the political satirist quoted Bush as saying. "And that's something that even talking about phony issues like gay marriage and immigration could not do." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Conservatives Defend Gibson?s Bigotry

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 Mel Gibson?s recent bout of anti-Semitism might rightly be described as indefensible, yet somehow some conservative commentators have decided to defend the actor?s bigoted outburst. One conservative cast Gibson as the victim of ?the vile and anti-human Political Correctness cult,? while David Horowitz blamed a ?hatred of Christians? for America?s interest in the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Shall We Make Mel Gibson Our Mideast Envoy?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2006 "Why not?" asks Clean Air Watch, after Bush just did something equally inane: appointing an avowed anti-regulatory "ghoul" as the White House's new regulatory czarina. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )