Mel in the Family
If they still had those classic boozy celebrity roasts rife with crude humour and clumsy sarcasm, like the kind Dean Martin used to specialize in back in the early 70's; then Mel Gibson would've been the superstar most likely to have been roasted, up to the past few years. He was a superstar of almost Rat Pack proportions. Nowadays he's the celebrity most likely to get slow roasted over hot coals. Some of that has to do with his ex girlfriend/baby momma Oksana Grigorieva; and a lot of it has to do with the awful stuff Mel was caught saying on tapes that Grigorieva illegally made.Hey Mel, Jesse James would like to thank you for getting the heat off of him!
Back in the days when Mel was still enjoying his booze fueled fling with the Plastic Russian, they'd fight all the time. Stuff that would make Britney & KFed look like Sunday school kids. Oksana often like to record these fiery exchanges; perhaps for sentimental value, or maybe it has some thing to do with her being Russian (you know how they were for secret recordings, especially back in the old days). Anyway a lot of stuff got said and recorded, usually while Mel was drunk of his head. Stuff like Oksana's "a pig in heat who should be raped by a pack of niggers".
stupid like a fox
Naturally the tapes were source of concern for Mel (He was concerned that the tapes existed, not that he'd actually said the stuff - big difference. Mel might make movies about Jesus Christ but he "ain't stupid, if you know what I mean" Savvy men of the world are always more sorry about getting caught than about what they've done.). Similar comments made by Sandra Bernhard about then vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin effectively ended the mediocre comedienne's successful career (without in any way impacting on Sarah Palin's momentum). So Mel went to court and had the tapes banned.
Well some how the tape got leaked to the media sources - radaronline and TMZ. That's how we know about he 'pig in heat' comments. Reps of both outlets listened to the tapes in their entirety. Though they wouldn't publish them, fearing their own legal liability in posting tapes that had been banned by the court; reps of the agencies did vouch did vouch for the content, with plenty of quotable quotes.
TMZ would like to ask if you've stopped beating your girlfriend yet?
The latest bombshell, which might be the one that decisively sinks Mr. Heartthrob's battle ship, was one recently referred to by the usual Internet sources. The bombshell is an admission by Mel, on tape, that he beat Grigorieva. On the tape a teary Grigorieva is asking Mel how he can strike a woman holding a child twice in the face. Mel responds "you fucking deserved it!" It seems to be the 'you fucking deserved it' comment that has many of Mel's former female fans ready to break out the razor blades on iodine on his sorry hide.
Braveheart - from heart breaker to face breaker
It get's worse. This argument was the one during which Oksana supposedly got her front teeth knocked out. Mel's people are denying that any kind of violence ever took place. However there is supposedly a DVD out there some where floating around like a mine at sea, which shows Oksana's bloody and bruised face following a Mel Gibson attack. Mel's people are supposedly desperately trying to verify the existence of the tape, locate it, and then terminate it's potential as a threat. Sounds very CIA doesn't it? Can't really blame him. As Chris Brown could tell him, pictures speak much louder than words!
Oksana Grigoreiva has officially denied through TMZ & Radaronline, that she leaked the tapes. She did say that she began making them after Mel made repeated threats on her life.
Michael Lohan: Dining out on bad parenthood
Mel isn't the only celebrity in a world of grief these days. Lindsay Lohan has finally got sentenced to 90 days in jail, plus 90 days in rehab. While Dina broke down in court, shrieking "Why, why, why?" - because you're daughter is a drug addict who endangers the lives of others every time she gets behind the wheel of a car - and insisting that this was "so not fair to my child" & that's true cause it should've happened years ago; Michael Lohan hit the bars, Hours after the sentencing he was pictured living it up @ The Saddle Ranch. That's reputedly the wildest bar on Sunset Strip! I'm sure that Michael just needs to blow off some grief so that he can keep up his hectic schedule of media conferences & press releases.
irresponsible combinations
As for Lindsay, she's been getting some help keeping it together. Lindsay had some dental work a little while back. It was a wisdom tooth procedure. Now you know how risky these things can be with celebrities. It was a wisdom tooth extraction that allegedly sent Mischa Barton to the psych ward on a 5150 hold order (filed by her mother?). Lindsay is a sensitive soul, so her dentist made sure that she was loaded up on goodies to see her through the trying weeks ahead, namely Dilaudid & amphetamines. Dilaudid is 3x more powerful than morphine!
Dilaudid & amphetamines seem like an irresponsible combination to give to a desperate and unstable woman at the time of her sentencing, but give the dentists a break. Lindsay is too old for a lollipop, unless it's a Fentanyl lolli. Just keep you fingers crossed for Lindsay during the next few weeks, cause Dilaudid + amphetamines is a recipe for an overdose!
BTW a heads up to Olivia Munn fan's. Olivia, occasionally featured int his very blog, has her new book out soon. This after getting a walk on in Ironman 2 (she was the reporter at the Stark Expo), and after being the rumoured choice to play Wasp in the upcoming Batman! She's a busy gal. She also regularly makes the men's mag's 100 hottest chick lists! Keep appraised of Munn's book news through her twitter account Oliviamunn!
Had DC only realized what a rich vein of subtle self parodying humour could be found in Wonder Woman (like Superman back in the golden days when the comic was basically a situation comedy instead of a graphic novel narrative!), then they might have avoid the recent issue 600 major overhaul!
